Archive By Section - Obituaries
HUTCHINSON - Craig Allen Morrison Sr., 59, died Aug. 2, 2017, at his home in Hutchinson. Services are pending with Bryant Funeral Home.
August 03, 2017
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LARNED - Marion Burl Froetschner, 90, passed away Aug. 2, 2017. He was born Jan. 1, 1927, at the family farm house in Pawnee County, the seventh child of 12, the son of Roy William and Mary Ellen (Stauffer) Froetschner. A lifetime area resident, he was a farmer, dairyman, Dekalb seed dealer, and served on Sanford co-op board. Marion and his brother Roland formed a farming partnership that lasted 32 years until retirement. He married Helen Marie McCarty, Aug. 15, 1952 in Larned. She survives.
August 03, 2017
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Former Stratton, Colo. resident Laura Elizabeth McCormick-Lohr passed away peacefully on Sunday, July 30, 2017, at her home in Pawnee Rock. She was 56 years old. She was born March 25, 1961, in Flagler, Colo., the daughter of Thomas and Sylvia McCormick. She was one of three children born to this union.
August 03, 2017
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CLAFLIN - Bernard William "Ben" Kirmer, 85, died Aug. 1, 2017, at Ellsworth County Medical Center in Ellsworth. He was born Nov. 5, 1931, on the farm in rural Odin, the son of Andrew A. "Andy" and Stephanie J. "Fannie" (Zorn) Kirmer.
August 02, 2017
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CLAY CENTER - Wayne LeRoy Hafner died on July 29, 2017 in Leonardville, at the age of 89. He was born on a farm near Green on Aug. 25, 1927, the son of William F. Hafner and Anna Schafer Hafner. His family moved to the Schafer homestead near Bala in 1932 where he lived his entire adult life, until moving to the Leonardville Nursing Home in 2016. He married Wanda Blackwood on Oct. 2, 1949, in Clay Center. Wayne was a farmer and raised Registered Hereford cattle for many years.
August 01, 2017
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HUTCHINSON - Walter Earl Crist, 97, passed away August 1, 2017 at Diversicare Health and Rehabilitation Center in Hutchinson.
August 01, 2017
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LARNED - Urban Iru Huddleston, 97, passed away July 31, 2017, at Locust Grove Village in La Crosse.
August 01, 2017
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GREAT BEND - Jane F. Henderson, 86, died July 31, 2017, at Cherry Village Nursing Home in Great Bend.
August 01, 2017
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WICHITA - Eric L. Gillett, 38, passed away Sunday, July 30, 2017, after a long battle with cancer, at his home surrounded by his friends and family.
August 01, 2017
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HOISINGTON - Nancy L. Mortimer, 83, died July 28, 2017, at Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice, Via Christi St. Francis, Wichita.
July 28, 2017
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Dorothy Mae Newell Schuetz, 98, died July 17, 2017, at her home in Great Bend. She was born April 28, 1919, at Great Bend, the daughter of Traver Perry and Nellie (Christner) Newell. She graduated from Great Bend High School in 1937 and was Rhorea Queen her senior year. That fall she enrolled at the University of Kansas and pledged Chi Omega. She fell in love with Glen Andrew Schuetz of Great Bend and they married June 26, 1938, at Great Bend. He died Nov. 22, 2001. Prior to her marriage, Mrs. Schuetz won a local beauty contest and was ...
July 28, 2017
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Stanley Dean Mai, 86, died July 26, 2017, at his home in Great Bend. He was born Oct. 6, 1930, at Russell County, the son of Adam and Pauline (Peil) Mai. He married Bonnie Lorene Higgins Jan. 28, 1951, at St. John Lutheran Church, Russell. She died Aug. 29, 1999. He was a Great Bend resident for 55 years. In 2000, he retired from Monte Gardner Construction in Bakersfield, Calif. He was owner and operator of Independent Transport for Curtis Robinson and Son Inc., and Kaw Transport. He spent many years as an oilfield employee for Joe Brougher Oil, Clinton ...
July 27, 2017
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GALATIA - Glenn Wayne Morgan, 66, died July 20, 2017, at his home in Galatia. He was born Oct. 24, 1950, the son of Arthur Glenn and Mary Teresa (Rahall) Morgan. Glenn graduated from Doyle High School in Kernersville, N.C. He then attended school at the University of Kansas. A longtime resident of Galatia, Glenn was self-employed, dealing in used cars, parts and antiques.
July 27, 2017
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ANTHONY - Melvin Eugene Riedel was born May 30, 1941, the son of Bernard and Anna Riedel. He resided in Olmitz until 1972, when he moved to Anthony to manage the Bailly's Farm Supply Store. On Dec. 26, 2016, Melvin passed away at Anthony.
July 27, 2017
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RUSSELL - Emma Laubhan, 108, died on Friday, July 21, 2017, at Main Street Manor located in Russell Regional Hospital in Russell. Emma was born on Dec. 30, 1908, in Russell, the daughter of Henry Sr. and Eva Margaret (Becker) Stricker. She grew up in the Bender Hill – Milberger area and attended schools there. She met, fell in love and was united in marriage to Theodore "Ted" Laubhan on Nov. 24, 1946, in Ellsworth. From this union Emma and Ted were blessed with their son Frank. She was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother and homemaker. She enjoyed needlework and other handwork ...
July 26, 2017
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