PENDING FUNERAL NOTICE
Dateline: Great Bend, Kansas
Name of Deceased: Paul E. Dyer Age: 84
Date of Death: October 8, 2014
Place of Death: Great Bend Health and Rehabilitation Center, Great Bend, Kansas
Services are pending with Bryant Funeral Home, 1425 Patton Road, Great Bend, Kansas.
Larned – Donald D. Froetschner, 82, passed away October 7, 2014 at Diversicare of Larned.
He was born November 16, 1931 in Pawnee County the son of Roy William and Mary Stauffer Froetschner. A lifetime area resident, he was a Farmer/ Stockman.
He was a member of the First United Methodist Church, Larned. He was a life member of the V.F.W. and was a United Methodist Pleasant Hill youth group leader. He served in the United States Army in the Korean Conflict. He enjoyed the family farming and ranching operations.
On October 17, 1959, he married Lorene Edmisten in Larned. She survives.
Other survivors include: three daughters, Sally Dreiling and husband Norman, Larned; Kelly Graves and husband Scott, Wichita; Sonja Stout and husband Corky, Larned; three brothers, Roland, Marion and Kyrle Froetschner, all of Larned; two sisters, Donna Christensen, Garden City and Cordelia Overfield, Omaha, Nebraska; five grandchildren, Katherine, Nolan, Jonathon, Kristen and Julia.
He was preceded in death by four brothers, Roy Jr., Glenn, Robert and Wayne Froetschner and two sisters, Marvel Field and Wilma Froetschner.
Funeral service will be held at 2:00 p.m. Friday at the Beckwith Mortuary Chapel, Larned with Rev. Bethann Black presiding. Visitation will be from 9 a.m. to 8p.m. Wednesday and Thursday with family present from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday at Beckwith Mortuary, Larned. Burial will be in the Larned Cemetery, Larned, with military graveside rites.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be given to the Pleasant Hill Community Center or the Pawnee County Humane Society in care of Beckwith Mortuary, PO Box 477, Larned, KS 67550. Condolences may be left for the family at www.beckwithmortuary.com
Dateline: Great Bend, Kansas
Name of Deceased: James W. Herren Age: 92
Date of Death: October 6, 2014
Place of Death: Sumner County Care Center, Wellington, Kansas
Date of Birth: June 24, 1922 at Great Bend, Kansas
Parents Name: George L. & Minda (Knighton) Herren
OBITUARY INFORMATION
Married Beverly A. Barnes July 10, 1978 at Wichita, Kansas. She preceded him in death.
He was a supervisor for Kansas Foundation for the Blind.
Mr. Herren was a lifetime resident of Great Bend.
SURVIVORS
one sister: Mildred Thorman of Sabina, OH
He was preceded in death by one brother, Robert D. Herren, and one sister, Ethel M. Brabander.
SERVICE INFORMATION
Private family inurnment in Great Bend Cemetery will take place at a later date.
Condolences may be sent and notice viewed at www.bryantfh.net
Arrangements by Bryant Funeral Home 1425 Patton Road Great Bend, Kansas 67530
ROBERT J. “BOB” TITTEL
Robert J. “Bob” Tittel, age 56 years, longtime Great Bend, Kansas resident, passed away on Sunday morning, October 5, 2014 at Great Bend Health & Rehabilitation Center in Great Bend. Bob was born on January 23, 1958 at Ness City, Kansas to Benhardt and Hildegard Frieda Emma (Schettler) Tittel. He graduated from Ness City High School in 1976, and that same year he moved to Great Bend. Bob worked for many years as a Cable Technician for CableVision in Great Bend until health issues prevented him from working. Bob was a bit of a Jack-of-all-trades, and enjoyed many activities, including auto body restoration. He attended St. Mark Lutheran Church in Great Bend when he was able.
Survivors include a daughter, Alicia (and her husband, Robert S.) Burch of Kansas City, Missouri; four brothers: Douglas Tittel of Colby, Kansas, Duaine (and his wife, Paula) Tittel of Colby, Kansas, Dwight (and his wife, Kathy) Tittel of Great Bend, Kansas and Richard (and his wife, Melissa) Tittel of Hoisington, Kansas; one sister, Dorothy (and her husband, Earl) Cregger of Great Bend, Kansas. Bob was preceded in death by his parents.
Memorial Services will be held at 2:00 PM on Saturday, October 11, 2014 at St. Mark Lutheran Church in Great Bend, Kansas with Pastor Adam Wutka officiating. Inurnment will take place at a later date. Memorials may be directed to the American Cancer Society. Online condolences may be left and a complete obituary notice may be viewed at https://www.charterfunerals.com/obituary/chgb.
Arrangements Entrusted To
Charter Funerals
2115 Washington St.
Great Bend, KS 67530
(620) 793-6161
Larned- Shirley F. Donovan, 76, passed away October 4, 2014 at Pawnee Valley Community Hospital, Larned.
She was born August 25, 1938 in Mosby, Missouri the daughter of Richard and Amy Guy Roe. A longtime area resident, she was a Supervisor of Housekeeping at the Larned State Hospital and then she was the head cook at Phinney School in Larned.
She was of the Christian faith and loved to bowl.
On October 24, 1959, she married Virgil Donovan in Clovis, New Mexico. He survives.
Other survivors include: three sons, Donnie, Friona Texas, Mike and Larry, both of Larned; a daughter, Debbie Fountain, Arlington; a brother, William Roe, Wichita; two sisters, Irene Matejka, Peoria, Arizona and Janice Spease, Plattsburg, Missouri; five grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by six brothers, Ernest, Richard, Butch, Larry, Charlie and Harold Roe.
Funeral service will be at 10:00am Wednesday at the Beckwith Mortuary Chapel, Larned with Pastor Dan Lundgren presiding. Visitation will be from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday and Tuesday with family present from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday at Beckwith Mortuary, Larned. Burial will be in the Larned Cemetery, Larned.
Memorials may be given to the Larned Fire Department in care of Beckwith Mortuary, P.O. Box 477, Larned, KS. 67550. Condolences may be left for the family at www.beckwithmortuary.com
Dateline: Great Bend, Kansas
Name of Deceased: Lucinda Guliford Age: 100
Date of Death: September 30, 2014
Place of Death: Piedmont Fayette Hospital, Fayetteville, Georgia
Date of Birth: May 31, 1914 at Jetmore, Kansas
Parents Name: Noah and Eliza (Gill) Reed
OBITUARY INFORMATION
She married Woodson H. Bradshaw March 25, 1940 at Jetmore, Kansas. He died August 18, 1943. She then moved to Great Bend where she met and married George Alonzo Allen Guliford October 23, 1945 at Great Bend, Kansas. He died February 9, 1992. Mrs. Guliford was a homemaker. In November 2011, Mrs. Guliford moved to Fayetteville, Ga., to live with her son.
She was a member of First Baptist Church, where she was a clerk of the church and a church mother, and the NAACP, Great Bend. She was a Great Bend Senior Center volunteer.
SURVIVORS
one son: Ernest M. Bradshaw and his wife Ana of Fayetteville, Ga.
two grandchildren: Gerald E. Bradshaw and Jeffrey S. Bradshaw
several great-grandchildren and nieces and nephews
She was preceded in death by two brothers, Melvin Reed and Manuel Reed, one half-brother, Lawson Reed, and three sisters, Helen Reed, Viola Reed, and Marjorie Franklin.
SERVICE INFORMATION
Funeral Service: Thursday, October 9, 2014
Time of Service: 11:00 a.m.
Place of Service: Bryant Funeral Home
Officiant: The Reverend Leroy Keith
Interment: Great Bend Cemetery, Great Bend, Kansas
Visitation: 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., Wednesday, October 8, 2014 at Bryant Funeral Home
Memorial Fund: First Baptist Church, 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
Dateline: Olmitz, Kansas
Name of Deceased: Clara M. Bahr Age: 102
Date of Death: October 1, 2014
Place of Death: At her home, rural Olmitz, Kansas
Date of Birth: October 4, 1911 at Barton County, Kansas
Parents Name: Joseph & Matilda (Beran) Birzer
OBITUARY INFORMATION
She married Leonard R. Bahr November 17, 1936 at Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Church, Ellinwood, Kan. He died April 12, 1993.
A lifetime Barton County resident, Mrs. Bahr was a homemaker and farmwife.
She was a member of St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church and the Altar Society, Hoisington.
SURVIVORS
five daughters: Patricia McConnell and her husband Ervin of Hoisington, KS, Luella Call and her husband Tom of Rolla, MO, Jenelda Moore and her husband Leo of Valdez, AK, Rita Bahr of Jones, OK, and Frances “Jane” Dietz of Russell, KS
four sisters: Margaret Reichuber of Hoisington, KS, Eleanor Penka of Healy, KS, Inez Geissell of Larned, KS, and Bertha Achatz of Ellinwood, KS
Grandchildren: Eight
Great-grandchildren: Eleven
Great-great-grandchildren: Six
She was preceded in death by one son, Donald Bahr, five brothers, George Birzer, August Birzer, Albert Birzer, Robert Birzer, and James Birzer, and eight sisters, Anna Penka, Katie Birzer, Elizabeth Ohnmacht, Laura Tinkel, Celia Denning, Mary Birzer, Helen Schartz, and Emma Birzer.
SERVICE INFORMATION
Rosary will be at 7:00 p.m., Sunday, October 5, 2014 at Nicholson-Ricke Funeral Home. Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10:30 a.m., Monday, October 6, 2014 at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church, Hoisington, with Father Anselm Eke celebrant. Burial will be in St. John Church Cemetery, Hoisington. Friends may call from 1:00 to 8:00 p.m., Sunday, October 5, 2014 at Nicholson-Ricke Funeral Home. Memorials are requested to Golden Belt Home Health and Hospice or Sts. Peter and Paul Heritage Association, both in care of Nicholson-Ricke Funeral Home, P. O. Box 146, Hoisington, KS 67544.
Condolences may be sent and notice viewed at www.nicholsonrickefh.net
Rozel – Calvin C. Blattner, 86, passed away September 30, 2014 in Wichita.
He was born January 14, 1928 in Rozel; the son of Charles and Elizabeth Haun Blattner. A longtime area resident; he was a rural Mail Carrier.
During WWII, he served in the Army, Pacific Theater. He loved bowling, coaching youth sports softball and baseball, was an avid gardener and loved hunting and fishing.
On March 1, 1953 he married Lois I. Wimberly in Larned. She passed away June 6, 2002.
Survivors include: two sons, Tom and wife Susan, Lenexa, and Matt and wife Teresa, Wichita; four daughters, Deborah Conover and husband Dana, Ohio, Kay Blattner, Manhattan, Mary Reasoner and husband Mark, Wichita and Nancy Lloyd and husband Michael, Arkadelphia, AR; a brother, Gene Blattner, Rozel; two sisters, Charlotte Becker, Hays and Dorothy Ideker, Kinsley; fourteen grandchildren and one great grandchild.
He was preceded in death by; five brothers, Sanford, LeRoy, Joe, Vernon and Charlie and a sister, Ellen Bentley.
Funeral service will be 10:00 a.m. Monday at the Beckwith Mortuary Chapel with Rev. Bethann Black presiding. Visitation will be from 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Saturday and 1:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Sunday at the Mortuary. Burial will be in the Fairmount Cemetery, Jetmore, Kansas.
Memorials may be given to the Jordaan Memorial Library, in care of the Beckwith Mortuary, P.O. Box 477, Larned, KS 67550. Personal condolences may be left at www.beckwithmortuary.com.
Larned – Edith M. Haun, 102, passed away September 30, 2014, at Country Living, Larned.
She was born April 11, 1912, in rural Pawnee County, the daughter of John L. and Ruth C. Scott Dryden, she was a homemaker/farm wife.
She was a member of the First United Methodist Church, Sunflower Club, Garden Club, Music Club and was a 4-H sewing leader, all of Larned. She was also an original member of the 34 Star Productions.
On August 20, 1931, she married William Harold Haun in rural Larned. He passed away March 2, 2006.
Survivors include: two sons, Donald Haun and wife Sandy, Larned; and Winston Haun and wife Connie, San Marcos, Texas; two daughters, Joann Mason, Newbury Park, California; and Shirley Smith and husband Don, Bella Vista, Arkansas; a sister, Lois Vasey, Winfield; eleven grandchildren; sixteen great grandchildren and eight great-great grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by four brothers, Arnold, John, Robert and David Dryden; two sisters, Mary Moran, Doris Ferrell; a grandson, David Andrew Smith and a great-great granddaughter, Evangeline Grace Hypes.
Funeral service will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at the First United Methodist Church, Larned, with Rev. Bethann Black presiding. Visitation will be from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday and Friday at Beckwith Mortuary, Larned. Burial will be at the Larned Cemetery, Larned.
Memorials may be given to the Pawnee County 4-H Foundation or the First United Methodist Church in care of Beckwith Mortuary, Box 477 Larned, Ks 67550. Condolences may be left at www.beckwithmortuary.com.
RAMON HERNANDEZ
Ramon Hernandez, age 91 years, of Liberal, Kansas and formerly of Great Bend, Kansas, passed away at the Southwest Medical Center in Liberal, Kansas on Wednesday morning, October 1, 2014. Ramon was born on June 10, 1923 at Los Alamos de San Antonio, Ojinaga, Mexico, and he was united in marriage to Eloisa Tercero on November 17, 1947 at Ojinaga, Mexico. The family moved to Great Bend in 1991. Ramon enjoyed reading and music and was an outdoors person who loved gardening. He was known as a very happy person. Ramon was a longtime member of St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church in Great Bend, Kansas.
Survivors include three sons: Adan (and his wife, Gloria) Hernandez of Great Bend, Kansas, Olevy (and his wife, Elida) Hernandez of Sublette, Kansas, and Juan Ramon (and his wife, Ericka) Hernandez of Liberal, Kansas; four daughters: Teodora (and her husband, Pedro) Hernandez of Great Bend, Kansas, Eva (and her husband, Javier) Villareal of Liberal, Kansas, Elia (and her husband, Candelario) Rubio of Great Bend, Kansas and Mayra (and her husband, Daniel) Sanchez of Great Bend, Kansas; twenty-eight grandchildren, forty-one great-grandchildren, and three great-great-grandchildren; four brothers: Raul Hernandez of Odessa, Texas, Andrez Hernandez and Gilberto Hernandez, both of Ojinaga, Mexico, and Librado (and his wife, Licha) Hernandez of Ulysses, Kansas. Ramon was preceded in death by his parents and his wife, Eloisa Hernandez on June 7, 1995.
Funeral services will be held at 12:00 Noon on Friday, October 3, 2014 at St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church of Prince of Peace Parish, Great Bend, Kansas with Father Don Bedore officiating. Interment will be in the Great Bend City Cemetery, Great Bend, Kansas. Visitation will be from Noon to 8:00 PM on Thursday, October 2, 2014 at Charter Funerals in Great Bend, with a Vigil Service at 7:00 PM on Thursday. Memorials may be directed to St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church, Great Bend, Kansas. Online condolences may be left and a complete obituary notice may be viewed at https://www.charterfunerals.com/obituary/chgb.
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Charter Funerals
2115 Washington St.
Great Bend, KS 67530
(620) 793-6161
