Name of Deceased:  Robert D. “Bob” Engle

Robert D. “Bob” Engle died on February 9, 2012 at Ellinwood District Hospital, Ellinwood Kansas. Bob was born on December 25, 1929 in Ransom, Kansas to Oscar V. and Florence E. (Combest) Engle.
Bob moved to Great Bend at the age of seven and had been a resident since. He graduated from Great Bend High School in 1948. Bob married Virginia Armstrong on November 13, 1948 in Topeka Kansas. She passed away on February 5, 1974. Bob then married Sharon (Williams) Shewbart on March 21, 1975. Bob was involved in several activities, especially baseball, including Ban Johnson Baseball in Great Bend and Ellinwood Town Team Baseball area leagues. He played and managed both men’s and women’s fast- and slow-pitch softball teams. His last years were with the local “famous” slow-pitch Salty Dogs team. Bob also coached his children in both baseball and softball. He served as an officer on the Great Bend Panther Club Board and the Barton Cougar Booster Club.
Bob and Leroy Foos were co-founders and organizers of the Sunflower Rod and Custom Association (SRCA) in 1953. He was a member of various career and professional organizations as well as a member of First Christian Church in Great Bend. He served in the National Guard during the Korean War. Bob worked for his dad, Oscar Engle Construction Company until 1957. He then went to work for Evans, Bierly and Hutchison and Associates until 1976. He operated Bob Engle Construction/Land Surveyors and worked until 1980 when he then served as the building official for the City of Great Bend until 1990. Bob ended his years of service in August of 2002 after returning to EBH in 1990.
Bob is survived by his wife, Sharon of the home; three sons: Lynn Engle and wife Diane, Great Bend; Ryan Engle and wife Rita, Great Bend; and Larry Engle and wife Gail of Las Vegas, NV; six daughters: Brenda Sauer and husband Ron, Oklahoma City, Okla.; Terri Jo Rand and husband John, Oklahoma City, Okla.; and Carla Jo Ann Warren, Oklahoma City, OK; Carrie Shewbart, Keller, TX; Karla Schartz and husband Bert, Larned; and Connie Williams and husband Keith, Great Bend; one brother, Rod Engle and wife Jan, Lee’s Summit, Mo.; cousin Dorothy Gile, Wichita; fourteen grandchildren: Tyler Rand, Great Bend; Auston Brown and wife Molly, Hutchinson; Dustin Brown and wife Tara, Great Bend; Jessica Warren, Norman, Okla.; Marvin Warren, Oklahoma City, Okla.; Jenny Ramsey and husband Ben, Larned; Cody Engle and wife Kristi, Great Bend; Tricia Smith and husband Justin, Larned; Tyrone Shewbart and wife Amber, Great Bend; Robert Shewbart and wife Galina Nixon, Great Bend, Kristin Schartz, Larned; Bailey Schartz, Larned; Ryan Alefs, Great Bend; and Shelly Ramsey, Great Bend; and great-grandchildren:  Brayden Powell Rand, Great Bend; Annastasia and Johnnell Edwards, Norman, Okla.; Lilly Morrison, Great Bend; Khloe Smith, Larned; and Gage Fritz, Spencer Brown, Sapphire Shewbart, Nina Shewbart, Brooklyn Ramsey, and Gentry Ramsey, all of Great Bend. He was preceded in death by one great-grandson, Brodie James Shewbart.
Memorial service will be at 7:00 p.m., Wednesday, March 21, 2012 at the First Christian Church in Great Bend. The Reverend William F. Johnson will officiate. Cremation has taken place. The family will receive friends from 7:00 to 8:00 p.m., Tuesday, March 20, 2012 in the church parlor. In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorial contributions to First Christian Church Parsonage Fund or Ellinwood District Hospital Bed Fund, in care of Bryant Funeral Home.  Bryant Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

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Name of Deceased: Bob D. Post                                                            Age: 88

Date of Death: February 7, 2012

Place of Death: Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice, Wichita, Kansas

Date of Birth: February 20, 1923 at Winfield, Kansas

Parents Name: Walter Eden & Clara Louise (Barrett) Post

 

OBITUARY INFORMATION

 

Married Karen Healzer Wagner June 5, 1970 at Great Bend, Kansas. 

He was a driver and warehouseman for Great Bend Candy and Tobacco, Co., and was an artist and retired from USD #428 as a custodian at Jefferson Elementary School.

Mr. Post was a Great Bend, Kansas, resident since 1966, coming from Hutchinson, Kansas, living most of his life in Oakland, Calif.

He loved to go to movies, enjoyed walking, and was an avid art enthusiast.

 

SURVIVORS

 

Wife: Karen Post, of the home

One Daughter: Michelle Post of Wichita, KS

Step-son: Anthony Wagner of the home

Step-daughter: Faith Jacobs of Wichita, KS

Five Grandchildren: Lydia Deming, Tiffany Carr, Melaine VanderMeer, Jared Roberson and his wife Jodie, and Nicole Roberson

 

He was preceded in death by his father, Walter Eden Post; his mother, Clara Louise Barritt; one brother, Walter E. Post, Jr.; and one grandson, Chad Roberson.

 

SERVICE INFORMATION

 

Funeral Service: Monday, February 13, 2012

Time of Service: 10:00 a.m.

Place of Service: Bryant Funeral Home

Officiant: The Reverend Arlyn Thielenhaus

Interment: Great Bend Cemetery, Great Bend, Kansas

Visitation:  2:00 to 9:00 p.m., with the family receiving friends from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m., Sunday, February 12, 2012 at Bryant Funeral Home

Memorial Fund: Fellowship of Faith or Golden Belt Humane Society, 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

Name of Deceased: William Edward “Ed” Kirk                            Age: 89

Date of Death: February 5, 2012

Place of Death: Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice, Wichita, Kansas

Date of Birth: October 6, 1922 at Kansas City, Kansas

Parents Name: William G. & Shirley M. (King) Kirk

 

OBITUARY INFORMATION

Married Margaret A. Schweder August 22, 1949 in Kansas City, Kansas.  They were married 56 years, until her passing on November 11, 2005.

He retired in 1987 as general manager of Great Bend Commonwealth Theatres and was a former manager of theatres in Hoisington, Pratt, Liberal, and Lawrence. In Missouri he managed theatres in Monett, Columbia, Sedalia, and Springfield. He was a former owner and operator of Leon’s Drive-In and Ice Cream Manufacturing Plant, Pratt.

Mr. Kirk relocated to Great Bend from Pratt in 1972.

He was a United States Army Air Force veteran, serving 3-1/2 years during World War II in the Asiatic-Pacific and American Theatres of Operation.

He was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church, Great Bend Rotary Club for more than fifty years, sustaining member of the Rotary Foundation, American Legion Argonne Post 180 where he formerly was finance officer and member of the Executive Committee, American State Bank American Eagle Club Advisory Council, Great Bend Chamber of Commerce, United Way of Central Kansas, Legacy Society Member of the Golden Belt Community Foundation, and the Carl Aaron Swenson Heritage Society at Bethany College, Lindsborg and was a former member of United Motion Picture Association of Kansas and Missouri, former member of Miss Kansas Pageant Production Staff.

 

SURVIVORS

Three Daughters: Jo Lynne Moore and husband Douglas of Prairie Village, KS

                                 Dana Sue Zessin of Omaha, NE

                                 Sara Jo Oberle and husband Curtis of Kansas City, KS

Three Grandsons: Andrew Moore, Charles Moore, and Zachary Zessin

 

He was preceded in death by his daughter, Dru Anne Kirk in 1981.

 

SERVICE INFORMATION

Funeral Service: 10:00 a.m., Saturday, February 11, 2012 at Trinity Lutheran Church in Great Bend

Officiant: The Reverend James A. Strasen

Interment: Great Bend Cemetery, Great Bend, Kansas with military rites by Fort Riley Honor Guard

Visitation:  9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., with the family receiving friends from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m., Friday, February 10, 2012 at Bryant Funeral Home

Memorial Fund: In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorial contributions to Trinity Lutheran 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                     

Larned – Esther A. Beer Long-time Larned resident and retired school teacher died Feb. 5, 2012 at the Larned HealthCare Center. She was 92.

She was born on Nov. 21, 1919 to Roy and Eva Conard of Ash Valley. On March 4, 1943, she married Wayne E. Beer at Alexandria, LA. At the time, Wayne was serving in the U.S. Army in the States before shipping off to the European Theater. To this union was born six children: Steve, Onalee, Robert, Jeanne, James and John.

Esther Beer was a long-time elementary school teacher in the Larned area for almost 30 years. She was also a devoted homemaker, baking fresh bread daily and sewing many of her daughters’ clothes before she went back to teaching after her youngest entered grade school.

Esther Beer had a great musical talent. In the 1950s and early 1960s she sang in a quartet along with three other farm wives. The quartet sang at various functions in and around Larned and even appeared on regional TV. Esther, who played piano, also formed a singing group with her six children. They sang at various grange functions.

Esther saved her five youngest children from a fire that destroyed the family’s old farmhouse west of Larned during a raging blizzard in March of 1957. Escaping with only pajamas and blankets, Esther helped her children off the second-story of the burning building, took them to safety in a nearby barn and began the trek through deep snow to her nearest neighbors a mile away when a passing Kansas Highway Patrolman drove his patrol car to the farm and gathered Esther and the five children into his warm vehicle. Her husband, Wayne and eldest
son, Steve, were at Wayne’s parents’ dairy farm helping milk dairy cows during the three-day blizzard.

After her retirement as a teacher, she would bake dozens of cookies each month to share with residents of the Larned State Hospital. She did this for several years. She also helped residents of the Dillon Ward in obtaining their GEDs and would proudly tell others of their accomplishments.

She was a long-time member of the United Methodist Church and sang in the choir for years. She was also a member of the Ladies Auxiliary of the VFW, DAR and CIC.

Esther A. Beer was preceded in death by her husband, Wayne; daughter Onalee Sherrid and son John Beer; her parents; brothers Harvey and Harley Conard; sisters Elsie Conard, Audrey Conard and Muriel Ready.

Survivors include four of her children: Steven Beer of Wichita, Robert Beer of Telluride, CO, Jeanne Beer of Larned and James Beer, also of Larned; grandchildren Tonya Long of St. Francis, MN, Kevin Beer of Puerto Rico, Kyle Beer of Newton, Stephanie Yahne of San Diego, CA, Daniel Sherrid of Jacksonville, Arkansas, and Sabrina Quinn of Larned as well as numerous great-grandchildren.

Funeral service will be 10:00 a.m. Saturday at the Beckwith Mortuary Chapel, Larned with the Reverends Bill Fitzgerrel and Jack Singer presiding. Visitation will be Thursday and Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. at the Beckwith Mortuary. Interment will follow at the Larned Cemetery.

Memorials may be given to the United Methodist Church of Larned, in care of the Beckwith Mortuary, P.O. Box 477, Larned, KS 67550. Personal condolences may be left at www.beckwithmortuary.com.

Name of Deceased: Irene June (Curtis) Remmert                         Age: 84

Date of Death: February 6, 2012

Place of Death: Great Bend Health and Rehabilitation Center, Great Bend, Kansas

Date of Birth: May 30, 1927 at Hopewell, Kansas

Parents Name: Bryant W. & Marie Anne (Ernst) Curtis

 

OBITUARY INFORMATION

She was a graduate of Byers High School, Byers, Kansas and St. Rose School of Nursing, Great Bend. She was a Cadet Nurse from 1945 to 1948.

Married Robert Charles “Bob” Remmert February 20, 1949 at Great Bend, Kansas.  He died September 20, 1997.

She was a Registered Nurse for Drs. Don Kendall, Charles Replogle, Wendale McAllaster, William R. Evans, and David Shivel.

Mrs. Remmert was a Great Bend, Kansas resident since 1945.

She was a member of First United Methodist Church, VFW Auxiliary, St. Rose Alumnae Association, Volunteer for Reach to Recovery Organization for American Cancer Society, Cub Scout leader and scouting mom.

Irene was a nurturer and loved traveling. She shepherded her children on many family adventures across the United States. The farm girl learned to cook at an early age and could feed an army over a camp fire, but relished fine-dining experiences everywhere she went.  Irene was the “travel” grandma who made sure her grandchildren played in the fields of her beloved Pratt County sand hills.

 

SURVIVORS

Two Sons: Rick Remmert and his wife Connie of Great Bend, KS

                    John Remmert of Great Bend, KS

One Daughter: Judy Foley of Lincoln, NE

Seven Grandchildren: Tyler Remmert and his wife Ashley; Jenna Remmert Wornkey and her husband Blake; Michelle Remmert, Michael Remmert, Kelsi  Remmert, Katherine Foley Stafford and her husband Jason, and Elizabeth Foley

Three Great-grandchildren

 

She was preceded in death by three brothers, Hillard Curtis, Wayne Curtis, and Glen Curtis; and one sister, Lucille Curtis Garrison.

 

SERVICE INFORMATION

Funeral Service: Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Time of Service: 10:30 a.m.

Place of Service: First United Methodist Church in Great Bend

Officiant: The Reverend Tom Sheldon

Interment: Great Bend Cemetery, Great Bend, Kansas

Visitation:  1:00 to 9:00 p.m., Tuesday, February 7, 2012 at Bryant Funeral Home

Memorial Fund: Great Bend City Parks or Great Bend Public Library or American Cancer Society, 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

Name of Deceased: Calvin D. Showalter                                          Age: 68

Date of Death: February 2, 2012

Place of Death: At home in Albert, Kansas

Date of Birth: June 30, 1943 at Hutchinson, Kansas

Parents Name: Paul M. & M. Catherine (Miller) Showalter

 

OBITUARY INFORMATION

 

He was a Kansas State University graduate with an engineering degree.

Married Susan Boroughs May 7, 1994 at Great Bend, Kansas. 

He was an engineer for Kansas Department of Transportation Great Bend Office, retiring in 2010.

Mr. Showalter was an Albert, Kansas resident since 1994 coming from Hutchinson, Kansas.

He loved fishing and reading.

 

SURVIVORS

 

Wife: Susan Showalter, of the home

Two Sons: Paul Showalter and his wife Sandra of Dubai, United Arab Emirates

                    Travis Showalter of Albert, KS

One Daughter: Maggie Lewis Daisy of Salina, KS

One Brother: Jim Showalter and his wife Bobbie of Topeka, KS

Two Sisters: Paula Hinshaw and her husband Rex of Springfield, MO

                       Barbara Watkins and her husband Dr. Steven of Topeka, KS

Three Grandchildren: Skylar Lewis, Rebecca Lewis, and Luke Showalter

 

 

SERVICE INFORMATION

 

Memorial Graveside Service: Friday, February 10, 2012

Time of Service: 2:00 p.m.

Place of Service: Pleasant View Cemetery, Darlow, (From Crupper’s Corner, south of Hutchinson, 3 miles south on Highway 17, and 2 miles west on Greenfield Rd.)

Inurnment: Pleasant View Cemetery, Darlow, Kansas

Friends may sign the register book:  9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Thursday, February 9, 2012 at Bryant Funeral Home

Memorial Fund: American Cancer Society, 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

Name of Deceased: Dean Edwin Wiziarde                                       Age: 86

Date of Death: February 5, 2012

Place of Death: Cherry Village Nursing Home, Great Bend, Kansas

Date of Birth: December 9, 1925 at Kansas City, Kansas

Parents Name: Clarence August & Fleeta Grace (Faulconer) Wiziarde

 

OBITUARY INFORMATION

 

Married Betty Jean Popp January 5, 1947 at Larned, Kansas. 

He was an oilfield pumper for ARCO Oil Co.

Mr. Wiziarde lived in Little River and Great Bend most of his life.

He was a United States Army veteran of World War II. 

He was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church, Great Bend; Grace Lutheran Church, Lyons; and Veterans of Foreign Wars Post, Little River

 

SURVIVORS

 

Wife: Betty Jean Wiziarde, of the home

Four Sons: Kenneth Dean Wiziarde and his wife Laurie of McPherson, KS

                   Daniel K. Wiziarde and his wife D’Ann of Independence, KS

                   James J. Wiziarde of McPherson, KS

                   Pastor Jon M. Wiziarde and his wife Sue of Zion, IL

One Daughter: Ginger Christeson and her husband James of Plano, TX

Grandchildren:  Eight

Great-grandchildren: Nine

 

SERVICE INFORMATION

 

Funeral Service: Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Time of Service: 2:00 p.m.

Place of Service: Bryant Funeral Home

Officiant: The Reverend James A. Strasen

Interment: Hillcrest Memorial Park, Great Bend, Kansas with military honors by Fort Riley Honor Guard

Visitation:  1:00 to 9:00 p.m., Tuesday, February 7, 2012 and 9:00 a.m. to service time Wednesday at Bryant Funeral Home.  The family will receive friends from 7:00 to 8:00 p.m., Tuesday at the funeral home.

Memorial Fund: Dean E. Wiziarde Funeral Expense Fund, 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

Basilia Vieyra, 103, formerly from Larned, died February 3, 2012 at Medicalodge Nursing Home in Kinsley.

She was born to Ricardo and Sanjuana Hernandez Chavez on September 10, 1908 in La Aldea, Gjto., Mexico. She married Pasqual Vieyra on May 1, 1926 at St. Theresa’s Catholic Church in Hutchinson, KS. He died October 7, 1971. They had 7 sons and 5 daughters.

She is survived by five sons; Alex and wife Sally, Hutchinson, Frank and wife Alice, Hutchinson, Joe and wife Sandy, Larned, Benny and wife Ardis, La Crosse, and Ricardo and wife Mary Ann, Junction City; three daughters; Sandy Castor and husband Joe, Schmaumberg, IL, Julia Castaneda and husband Pete, Lewis, Frances Earegood and companion Elmer, Larned. Basilia has forty nine grandchildren, one hundred eight great grandchildren and fifty two great-great grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Pasqual, two sons, Luz and Robert and two daughters, Bernadine Rickman and Adelaida Perez and a sister, McKayla Calvillo.

Funeral Mass will be 10:00 a.m. Wednesday at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Larned with father Warren Stecklein presiding. Rosary will be 7:00 p.m. Tuesday at the Beckwith Mortuary Chapel, Larned. Mass of  Christian Burial will be in the Larned Cemetery.

Memorial may be given to the Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Larned or the Medicalodge Nursing Home, Kinsley; both in care of the Beckwith Mortuary, P.O. Box 477, Larned, KS 67550. Personal condolences may be left at
www.beckwithmortuary.com.