James Hanks Jr
Feb 12, 2018
James Lee Hanks, Jr., 69, passed away February 12, 2018, at Almost Home, Great Bend, Kan. He was born July 17, 1948, at El Dorado, Kan., to James Lee, Sr. and Lavina (Parks) Hanks.
Jim married Jean Schroeder September 4, 1971 at Alva, Oklahoma. Jim, a veteran of the U.S. Army serving during the Vietnam War, had...
Wanda May Keenan
Feb 10, 2018
Wanda "Ramona" Keenan passed away February 10th, 2018 at Cherry Village surrounded by her family. Ramona was born August 31, 1931 to Nicholas E. and Anna (Heckens) Gutierrez. She married Gerald P. Keenan July 1, 1949 in Seward, KS. Gerald passed away November 14th, 1994.
During her lifetime Ramona opened her home up to numerous kids and...
Marion J. "Mickie" Shuey
Feb 7, 2018
Marion J. "Mickie" Shuey, 83, passed away February 7, 2018, at Hays Medical Center, Hays, Kan. She was born October 9, 1934, at Hugoton, Kan., to Clark Earl and Lanetta Mae (Carr) Fulkerson. She married Roger Dean Shuey December 7, 1952, at Great Bend, Kan. He died February 14, 2011.
Mrs. Shuey, a longtime resident of Great...
Gael Bujanda
Feb 7, 2018
Gael Bujanda, 4, passed away February 7, 2018 at Children Mercy Hospital in Kansas City, MO. He was born in Great Bend on March 19, 2013, son of Jesus and Yansi Bujanda.
Gael was a beloved son, grandson, nephew and cousin. He absolutely loved all of his toys and he had a smile that would lighten up...
Martha Stephens-Schriock
Feb 6, 2018
Martha Stephens - Schriock, 99, died February 6, 2018, at Leisure Homestead, St. John, Kansas. She was born September 22, 1918, on the family farm, in Bazine, Kansas, the daughter of John and Kathrine (Helmuth) Feck.
On May 20, 1945, she married Sgt. Courtland Harris Stephens, in...
Erlinda Fry
Feb 4, 2018
Erlinda "Linda" Fry, 80, passed away February 4, 2018, at her Ellinwood residence. She was born October 13, 1937, at Manila, Philippines, to Alfonzo and Lydia (Lomboy) Nicolas.
Linda married Harold Fry January 23, 1981, in Honolulu. Erlinda "Linda", a homemaker, was a current resident of Ellinwood, living the majority of her life in Pensacola, FL, and...
Kenneth Horyna
Feb 4, 2018
Kenneth E. Horyna, 77, passed away February 4, 2018 at his home in Holyrood. He was born March 7, 1940 in Great Bend the son of Edward and Marie (Krmela) Horyna. Kenneth attended school in Pawnee Rock graduating with the class of 1958.
Kenneth was a member of the Vintage Chevy Club of America, the Eagles in...
Rose Mary Younger
Feb 3, 2018
Rose Mary Younger, 90, died February 3, 2018, at Great Bend. She was born November 4, 1927, at Liebenthal, Kan. to Alexander and Margaret (Kippes) Amrein. Rose married Cletus Simon Younger September 22, 1949, at Victoria, Kan. He died December 20, 2011.
Rose, a Great Bend resident since 1957 coming from Hays, was a homemaker and had...
Wilma Bahr
Feb 3, 2018
Wilma Maxine Bahr, 90, passed away February 3, 2018, St. Luke's Hospice House, Kansas City, Mo. She was born October 1, 1927, at Minneapolis, Kan., to Earl Francis and Zelma Naomi (Fagan) McCosh. Wilma married Edward A. Bahr on May 7, 1951, at Great Bend, Kan. He died Oct. 25, 1972. Wilma, a homemaker and a long-time resident of...
Bobbie Lee Leon
Feb 2, 2018
Bobbie Lee Leon, 70, passed away February 2, 2018 at Great Bend Regional Hospital. He was born January 6, 1948 in Great Bend the son of Sextos and Irene (Weiss) Leon.
Bobbie was a lifetime resident of Great Bend. He was employed by Holiday Inn and Convention Center as a cook/dishwasher for twenty...
Juanita Eva Weathers
Jan 31, 2018
Juanita E. Weathers, 85, passed away Wednesday Jan. 31, 2018 at Almost Home in Great Bend. She was born May 10, 1932, in rural Otis the daughter of William and Tracy (Hejny) Richter.
She graduated from Otis High School. Juanita was united in marriage to Leroy Weathers on Sept. 22, 1957 at the First Congregational...
Rita Mae Roblyer
Jan 29, 2018
Rita Mae (Peterson) Roblyer, 74, of Great Bend, passed away January 29, 2018, at Hays Medical Center, Hays, Kan. She was born October 22, 1943, at Great Bend, to Clarence Theodore and Jenny Elsie (Marsh) Peterson.
Rita, a lifetime resident of Great Bend, worked for Doonan Truck, Fuller Brush, and American State Bank, and retired from KDOT...
Dorothy E. Minson
Jan 26, 2018
Dorothy E. Minson, 93, died January 26, 2018, at Cherry Village, Great Bend. She was born April 17, 1924, in Hoisington, the daughter of Christian and Marie Elizabeth (Karst) Kramer. Dorothy was a 1942 graduate of Hoisington High School.
A lifetime Hoisington resident she worked for...
Elmer W. Stueder
Jan 24, 2018
Elmer W. Stueder, age 89, Great Bend, died January 24, 2018, at Great Bend Regional Hospital. He was born November 18, 1928 in rural Claflin, to William Stueder and Amelia (Drews) Stueder. He graduated from Claflin High School in the 1946 and from Kansas State University with an Agriculture Degree. He was a farmer and stockman, and was...
Todd Eric Klein
Jan 24, 2018
Todd Eric Klein, 51, died January 24, 2018, at Hays Medical Center. He was born October 11, 1966, in Great Bend, the son of Larry Eugene and Helen (Courange) Klein. Todd graduated from Hoisington High School in 1985.
On July 25, 1986, he married Dawn Denise...
Sylvan Dale Bleeker
Jan 24, 2018
Sylvan Dale Bleeker passed away, January 24, 2018, at Great Bend Regional Hospital, Great Bend. He was born February 23, 1948, at Mitchell, S.D., to Otto V. and Dorothy M. (Lehr) Bleeker.
Sylvan married Dee Ann DeLange April 4, 2003, at Great Bend. He was previously married to Barbara (1970-1972) and Margaret (1974-2001).
A long...
Vera Mae Wilkins
Jan 23, 2018
Vera Mae Wilkins, 99, died January 23, 2018, at Reflection Living, Hutchinson. She was born March 16, 1918, in Stafford, Kansas, the daughter of Coy C. and Nona (Jordan) Vance. In 1936 she graduated from Coldwater High School, Coldwater, Kansas.
She was a resident of Claflin since 1966, moving...
Brenda Kay Brown
Jan 22, 2018
Brenda Kay Brown, 52, passed away January 22, 2018, at Hays Medical Center.
She was born June 5, 1965 at Great Bend, to Cornelius and Gladys (Sanders) Webster. A lifetime resident of Great Bend, Brenda was a homemaker and an alum of the Kansas State School for the Deaf. Her passions in life included Garfield...
Nova Jimmie-Jeanne Martensen
Jan 21, 2018
Nova Jimmie-Jeanne Martensen, 2, died January 21, 2018 at Phoenix Children Hospital in Phoenix Ariz. Nova was born November 21, 2015 in San Bernardino, Calif the daughter of Joshua and Heaven (William) Martensen.
Nova and her parents fought a long hard battle with a rare form of childhood cancer called AT/RT and that is what ultimately took...
Howard M. "Herb" Sellens
Jan 18, 2018
Howard M. "Herb" Sellens, 86, died January 18, 2018, at Clara Barton Hospital, Hoisington. He was born December 14, 1931, in Hoisington, Kansas, the son of Henry and Florette (Overholt) Sellens.
Howard graduated from Bronaugh High School, Bronaugh, Missouri and then enlisted with the United States Army, serving from...
