Archive By Section - Obituaries
Debra Ann Rumble 1955 - 2011
LEAWOOD - Debra Ann Rumble, 56, died Nov. 8 at her home in Leawood. Born May 20, 1955, in Manhattan, she was the daughter of Robert G. and Jean E. (Antenen) Rumble. Growing up in Great Bend, she was a graduate of Great Bend High School and obtained her Master of Library Science degree from Kansas State University. A resident of Leawood, she was a retired librarian for the Turner School District. Debbie was devoted to her cats, Maddie and Murphy, who along with her family and friends will miss her.
Lorin L. Peter 1926 - 2011
ELLINWOOD - Lorin Peter, 84 , died Nov. 12, 2011, at Ellinwood.
John Edward Sandberg 1956 - 2011
GREAT BEND - John Edward Sandberg was born Nov. 28, 1956 and he left this world on Nov. 13, 2011.
Myron J. Behnke 1942 - 2011
LYONS - Myron J. Behnke, 69, died Nov. 13, 2011 at Via Christi St. Francis Hospital in Wichita.
Larry Dean Berry, Sr.
WICHITA - Larry Dean Berry, Sr., 65, entered eternal life Nov. 12, 2011.
V. Lenora Musgrove 1927-2011
CLAFLIN - V. Lenora Musgrove, 84, died Nov. 11 at Woodhaven Care Center, Ellinwood. She was born May 20, 1927 in Leedey, Okla., the daughter of William Braxton and Bertha (McKay) Yarbrough.
Lorin Peter
ELLINWOOD - Lorin Peter, 84, died Saturday at Ellinwood District Hospital. Survivors and arrangements will be announced by Kimple Funeral Home in Ellinwood.
Wanda M. Schrock 1937-2011
SALINA -Wanda M. Schrock, 74, Salina, died Nov. 10. She was born March 13, 1937 in Great Bend to Louie and Goldie (Sloan) Burhenn. For many years, she lived in Longmont, Colo., where she married Laddie Schrock on Jan. 13, 1989. In 2004, they moved to Salina from Apache Junction, Ariz. She was a homemaker and a member of Salina Heights Christian Church.
Sandra L. “Sandi” Simmons 1944 - 2011
Sandra L. "Sandi" Simmons, 67, died Nov. 11 at Great Bend Health and Rehabilitation Center. Born May 14, 1944 in Great Bend she was the daughter of Gerhardt LaVern and Delora Jean (McCullough) Nuss. She was married to Gary Simmons for 35 years. A lifetime resident of Great Bend, she was the owner and operator of Great Bend Floral for 38 years.
Willie Edwin Schultz 1932 - 2011
LITTLETON, Colo. - Willie Edwin Schultz, 78, died on July 7, 2011 at the Mayo Clinic Hospital in Phoenix, Ariz. surrounded by his wife, children and grandson.
Diana Marie (Dian) Walters 1950-2011
LITTLETON, Colo. - Diana Marie (Dian) Walters, 60, passed away at Minnequa Medical Center in Pueblo, Colo., on Oct. 5 after being ill for a number of years. Diana was born Oct. 21,1950, in Great Bend, the daughter of Cleat and Virginia Walters. She graduated from Great Bend High School and moved to Denver in 1972.
Dorothy Lucile Brining 1917-2011
Dorothy Lucile Brining, 93, died peacefully on Nov. 9 in her son and daughter-in-law's home in Waddington, N.Y. For the last 12 months, Don and Cher lovingly cared for her in their home where she often got to spend time with her granddaughter, Danielle and her husband, Ronnie Plumadore and share in the joy of the upcoming birth of their first child–her first great grandchild!
Marie Krug 1914 - 2011
BAZINE - Marie Krug, 97, passed away Nov. 9, 2011, at Crossroads Hospice in Lakeview Village, Lenexa. She was born on July 4, 1914, the daughter of John F. and Elizabeth Keil Wittman in Russell.
LaVera F. Schuckman
HAYS - LaVera F. Schuckman, 77, Hays died Nov. 7 at St. John's of Victoria. She was born Feb. 16, 1934.
Judith E. “Judy” Espinosa
STAFFORD - Judith E. "Judy" Espinosa, 71, Stafford, passed away Nov. 6 at Via Christi St. Francis in Wichita. Born Aug. 16, 1940 in Ponca City, Okla., she was the daughter of Bob and lola Mae (Graves) Snow. On April 4, 1992 she married Jose A "Joe" Espinosa. He survives. She worked as a cook in nursing homes at Moline and St. John, and at the hospital in Hoisington and was also a homemaker.
Articles by Section - Obituaries
Karlene K. Meckfessel 1945-2014
LARNED - Karlene K. Meckfessel, 68, passed away April 1, 2014 at her home.
John B. McKim
John lived in the Pratt and Sawyer area in his younger years and graduated from Moscow High School and Fort Hays State University. He served seven years in the Army Reserves out of Hays.
