HOISINGTON — Isabelle Fern Dumler, 97, died May 3, 2020, at Country Place Senior Living, Hoisington. She was born April 11, 1923, in Galatia, Kan., the daughter of Edd and Charlotte (Dumler) Karst. On March 28, 1937, she was confirmed at the St. Paul Lutheran Church in Galatia. Isabelle graduated from Hoisington High School.   

On Dec. 14, 1941, she married Armin F. Deutsch, in Susank, Kan. To this union four children were born. Armin preceded her in death on Sept. 3, 1973. She later married Benjamin Dumler on Nov. 24, 1984, in Hoisington. He preceded her in death on May 26, 2006.

A longtime Hoisington resident, Isabelle was a homemaker and a farmer’s wife. She also worked at the Town and Country Grocery Store and Clara Barton Hospital.

She was a member of the Concordia Lutheran Church and the Lutheran Women’s Missionary League.

Isabelle is survived by son, Melvin Deutsch and wife Diana of Lawrence; daughter, Jolene Hindman and husband Paul of Claflin; son-in-law, Roy Nolte of Hoisington; stepdaughter, Verna Maier and husband Al of Great Bend; stepson, Larry Dumler and wife Roberta of Dodge City; brother, Clayton Karst of Hoisington; sister, Pauline Ray of Junction City; eight grandchildren, seven step grandchildren, and 20 great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husbands; infant son, Ronnie Deutsch; daughter, Barbara Nolte; brother, Paul Karst; and grandson, Michael Deutsch.

Visitation will be from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m., Friday, and 9 a.m. to 12 noon, Saturday at Nicholson-Ricke Funeral Home. Funeral service will be 1 p.m., Saturday, May 9, 2020, at Concordia Lutheran Church, with Pastor Gary Wolf presiding. In order to comply with the current KDHE social distancing specifications, seating will be limited. Burial will follow at St. John Lutheran Cemetery, rural Susank, Kan. Memorials may be made to Concordia Lutheran Church in care of the Nicholson-Ricke Funeral Home, PO Box 146, Hoisington, KS 67544.

Funeral arrangements provided by

Nicholson-Ricke Funeral Home 

P.O. Box 146 

Hoisington, KS 67544

Great Bend (Kan.) Tribune, May 6, 2020