Dateline: Great Bend, Kansas

Name of Deceased: Ellen I. Baldwin                                                  Age: 79

Date of Death: January 7, 2016

Place of Death: At her home in Great Bend, Kan.

Date of Birth: February 28, 1936 at Wauneta, Neb., the daughter of Jay C. and Olive (Michelson) Hays

 

OBITUARY INFORMATION

She married Harold J. Wiesner. She later married Kent Baldwin April 9, 1983 at Ellis, Kansas.  He survives.

A Great Bend resident since 1967, coming from Ellis, Mrs. Baldwin was a secretary for Dr. Kutina and a clerk at Dillon’s.

She was a member of First Christian Church and RSVP. She enjoyed volunteering at St. Rose Health Center, and the Bloodmobile, as well as golfing and flower gardening.

 

SURVIVORS

husband: Kent Baldwin, of the home

one son: Kirk Wiesner and his wife Terri of San Diego, Calif.

step son: Michael Baldwin of Wichita

one daughter: Terri Hughes and her husband Rick of Great Bend

step daughter: Diana Schuster and her husband Stan of Great Bend

two sisters: Donna Kuhn of Hays and Cleo Hockman and her husband Rick of Hill City

three brothers: David Hays and his wife Sharon of Fort Collins, Colo., Jay C. Hays of Kanopolis and Alan Hays and his wife Donna of Ellis

four grandchildren: Brian Hughes and his wife Michelle, Nathan Hughes and his wife Erin, Jay Wiesner and his wife Erin and Alex Webster

six great-grandchildren: Olivia Hughes, Adelynn Hughes, Trenton Hughes, Blakely Hughes, Rowen Hughes and Kathleen Wiesner

three step grandchildren: Brian Schartz and his partner Jeff, Erin Schartz and Abbie Schuster

two step great-grandchildren: Avery Ellison and Brady Schartz

She was preceded in death by her parents, and one sister, Evelyn Schumacher.

 

SERVICE INFORMATION

Funeral Service: 10:30 a.m., Monday, January 11, 2016 at First Christian Church in Great Bend

Officiant: The Reverend Sue Bishop

Interment: Great Bend Cemetery North, Great Bend, Kansas

Visitation:  1:00 to 9:00 p.m., Sunday, with the family receiving friends from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m., January 10, 2016 at Bryant Funeral Home

Memorial Fund: Multiple Sclerosis Society or Kans for Kids or Ronald McDonald House, 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