Archive By Section - Obituaries
Marshall William Mumford, 1921-2013
GREAT BEND - Marshall William Mumford, 91, died March 8, 2013, at the Cherry Village, Great Bend. He was born Sept. 10, 1921, in Atlanta, Kan., the son of James M. and Bonnie Goldie Robinson Mumford. Moving from McPherson in 1950, he was an automotive mechanic at O'Connell Motors, Great Bend. He was of the Methodist faith and served in the United States Army Air Corps. He married Leona Maxine Soft and she preceded him ...
Anna Louise Hejny 1923-2013
OLMITZ – Anna Louise Hejny, 89, died March 6, 2013 at Good Samaritan Center, Olathe. She was born April 5, 1923 at rural Olmitz, the daughter of Alois & Theresa (Zoth) Schmid. She married Murval L. Hejny Sept. 10, 1947 at Olmitz. He died May 17, 2001. She was a homemaker. Mrs. Hejny was a Gardner, Kansas, resident since 2009, coming from Great Bend, where she had resided since 1998 when they retired. She enjoyed ...
Henry Andrew Kurtz Jr. 1925 - 2013
LARNED - Henry Andrew Kurtz Jr., 87, died March 6, 2013 at his daughter's home in Dodge City. Born Nov. 26, 1925, in Buck Lake District, Iron County, Mich., he was the son of Henry Andrew Sr., and Sophia (Stobie) Kurtz. In 1950 he married Lucille B. Bryant in Chicago, Ill. A longtime resident of Barton and Pawnee Counties, he was an iron ore miner in Michigan, the salt mine at Pawnee Rock, an electrician ...
Frieda M. Weber
LIBERTY, Mo. - Frieda M. Weber, 88, of Liberty passed away March 3, 2013. Frieda was a longtime member of St. James Parish at Liberty. She was also a member of the Railway Women Business Association and volunteered at Liberty Hospital Survivors include sons, Douglas Weber of St. Louis, Mo. and Geoffrey Weber of Liberty; two grandchildren, Kimberly Weber of St. Louis and Elizabeth Weber of Columbia, Mo.; and daughter-in-law, Lynnette Weber. She was preceded ...
Glenn F. Morrison
LA CROSSE - Glenn F. Morrison, 83, died March 4, 2013 at Rush County Memorial Hospital in LaCrosse. Services are pending with Bryant Funeral Home, 1425 Patton Road, Great Bend.
Clarence Richard Horyna 1958-2013
ERIE - Clarence Richard Horyna, 54, died March 4, 2013 at Labette Health, Parsons. He was born Sept. 12, 1958 at Great Bend, the son of Clarence E. and Grace Lucille (Alexander) Horyna.
Raven Ranell Schwindt Dale, 1963-2013
SOUTH HUTCHINSON - Raven Ranell Schwindt Dale, 49, did March 2 at home in South Hutchinson. Born March 5, 1963 at Larned, she was the daughter of Keith and Judy (Williams) Schwindt.
Bette M. Billinger 1916 - 2013
HOISINGTON - Bette M. Billinger, 96, died Feb. 28 at Clara Barton Hospital in Hoisington. She was born July 30, 1916, the daughter of Fred and Alice Alt. She married the love of her life, Edmund Raymond Billinger, on April 11, 1942, at Tacoma, Wash. He died Oct. 23, 2011. She was a Registered Nurse, working both in hospitals and private practices in the Denver area, until her retirement. Mrs. Billinger had been a Hoisington ...
William “Bill” Schoenhofer 1927 - 2013
LYONS - Surrounded by the love of his family, Bill Schoenhofer, Lyons, 85, returned to God on Feb. 28, 2013. Friends may call from 2-6 p.m. Monday, March 4, at Birzer Funeral Home in Lyons. Parish rosary will be held at 7 p.m. Monday at St. Paul Catholic Church in Lyons. A Mass of Christian burial will be held at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at St. Paul's Catholic Church with Father Thomas Leland officiating. Interment will ...
Leroy “Lee” Heikkila 1945 - 2013
Leroy "Lee" Heikkila, 67, died Feb. 28 at Great Bend Regional Hospital. He was born May 8, 1945, at Superior, Wis., to Eino and Alice (Humann) Heikkila. He married Cecilia Ross Sept. 1, 1996, at Great Bend. He was a drug and alcohol addictions counselor at Dream Inc. and worked in construction and painting. Mr. Heikkila had been a Great Bend resident since 1980, coming from Billings, Mont. Lee enjoyed fishing with his grandsons, playing ...
Bill Schoenhofer
LYONS - Bill Schoenhofer, 85, Lyons, died Feb. 28. Birzer Funeral Home in Lyons is in charge of arrangements.
Bette M. Billinger
HOISINGTON - Bette M. Billinger, 96, died Feb. 28 at Clara Barton Hospital, Hoisington. Services are pending with Bryant Funeral Home, Great Bend.
Margie Helen (Bragg) Cooper 1927 - 2013
CANYON, Texas - Margie Helen (Bragg) Cooper, 85, died Feb. 27 in Amarillo Texas. Born on Dec. 20, 1927 in Goodman, Mo., she was the daughter of Lena Juliet (Rush) Bragg and August Clifton Bragg. On Sept. 15, 1945 she married Richard D. Cooper in Neosho, Mo. He preceded her in death on Jan. 30, 1977. A resident of Hoisington from 1947 to 2012, moving to Canyon, Texas, she worked as office manager for Dr. ...
Michael R. ‘Mike’ Connell 1954-2013
CLAFLIN - Michael R. "Mike" Connell, 57, peacefully passed away on Feb. 26, 2013. He was born on April 11, 1955 in Greeley, Colo., the son of Richard R. and Bonnie L. (Mousel) Connell. He married Belinda Miller on Nov. 29, 1975 at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Claflin. She survives. Mike attended elementary school in Otis. He was a 1974 graduate of Claflin High School and graduated from North Central Technical College in Beloit. ...
Dorothy Ann Cannon, 1952-2012
GREAT BEND - Dorothy Ann Cannon, 60, died Feb. 26, 2013 at Hays Medical Center. She was born June 6, 1952 at Great Bend, the daughter of Sextos G. and Irene (Weiss) Leon. Mrs. Cannon was a longtime Great Bend resident, living in Pampa, Texas for six years. She was a dietary aide and homemaker. Survivors include four sons, Manford Cannon, Salina; Richard Cannon and his wife Laura, Great Bend; David Cannon of the home; ...
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Dan Allen Noblitt 1934 - 2013
Dan Allen Noblitt, 78, died May 4 at his home in Great Bend. Born Oct. 16, 1934 in Great Bend, he was the son of George O. and Edith (Marsh) Noblitt. On April 18, 1958 he married Thelma Beebe in Norwalk, Calif. A long time resident of Great Bend, he was most recently employed as a regional manager for Super 8 Motels.
Helen R. Berscheidt 1918 - 2013
BELPRE - Helen R. Berscheidt, 94, died April 19, at the Halstead Health and Rehabilitation Center. Born Nov. 22, 1918, she was the daughter of Matt and Martha Heinke Maes. On Feb. 4, 1941 she married John N. Berscheidt in Claflin. He passed away in 1974. A lifetime area resident she was a farmwife and an occupational therapist for the Larned State Hospital for 25 years.
Joyce Fae Nye
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. - Joyce Fae Nye, 86, joined her family in heaven on March 5, 2013, in Oklahoma City. Born in Oakley, she was the eldest of seven children born to Charles Verner Fechner and Thelma Irene Walker Fechner. Joyce loved to read and as a child spent many hours rocking a cradle with her foot while losing herself in the pages of her favorite books. She met her future husband, Harold R. Nye, ...
Charles A. "Jack" Wesley 1949 - 2013
Charles A. "Jack" Wesley, 63, died April 30 at Great Bend Regional Hospital.
