Dateline: Great Bend, Kansas

Name of Deceased: Mabel E. Hiss                                                        Age: 91

Date of Death: December 18, 2014

Place of Death: Great Bend Regional Hospital, Great Bend, Kansas

Date of Birth: April 9, 1923 at Great Bend, Kansas

Parents Name: August H. & Anna (Gagelman) Werhahn

 

OBITUARY INFORMATION

She married her high school sweetheart, John R. Hiss October 29, 1944 at Great Bend, Kansas.  He died August 4, 2005.

A lifetime Great Bend resident, Mrs. Hiss was a homemaker and also worked at the Great Bend Tribune during World War II. She attended Washburn University.

Mrs. Hiss was a member of First Presbyterian Church, where she was active in Presbyterian Women, taught Sunday School and served as an elder. She was also a member Order of Eastern Star Golden Sheaf Chapter, and was a Youth Friend at Riley Elementary School.

 

SURVIVORS 

one son: Bob Hiss and his wife Patsy of Great Bend, KS

one daughter: Becky Hill of Great Bend, KS

three grandsons: Mike Hill and wife Sydney of Garden City, Matt Hiss and wife Dena of Great Bend, and Mason Hiss and friend Heidi Martin

two great-grandsons: Collin Hiss and Graham Hiss

two great granddaughters: Cara Crossland and Jamie Crossland

one great-great-grandson: Eaton Crossland

 

She was preceded in death by one daughter, Martha Jane Hiss, two brothers, August W. “Gus” Werhahn and Walter Werhahn, and three sisters, Mildred Mull, Elfreda Walker, and Margaret Werhahn.

 

SERVICE INFORMATION

Funeral Service: 10:30 a.m., Tuesday, December 23, 2014 at First Presbyterian Church in Great Bend

Officiant: The Reverend Dr. Scott V. Solether and The Reverend Joshua Leu

Interment: Great Bend Cemetery, Great Bend, Kansas

Visitation:  9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., with the family receiving friends from 7:00 to 8:00 p.m., Monday, December 22, 2014 at Bryant Funeral Home

Memorial Fund: John and Mabel Hiss Endowment for First Presbyterian Church at Golden Belt Community Foundation, in care of Bryant Funeral Home.

Condolences may be sent and notice viewed at www.bryantfh.net

                      Arrangements by    Bryant Funeral Home
1425 Patton Road       Great Bend, Kansas                      67530