Name of Deceased: Sandra Sue “Sandy” Essmiller Age: 66

Date of Death: October 12, 2011

Place of Death: Huntington Memorial Hospital, Pasadena, California

Date of Birth: January 13, 1945 at Great Bend, Kansas

Parents Name: Lester Arnold & Clara LaVergne (Hanhardt) Hagerman

 

OBITUARY INFORMATION

Baptized and confirmed at Peace Lutheran Church, Albert.

1963 Graduate of Otis High School.

Received a degree in Home Economics from Kansas State University in 1967.

Married to Jim Essmiller in June 1968 at Peace Lutheran in Albert, later divorced.

She worked as a manager for Wal -Mart and more recently for USD 428 as a special education teacher.

Ms. Essmiller grew-up in Rush County, Kansas and had been a longtime Great Bend, Kansas resident.

Active member of Trinity Lutheran Church – especially in women’s groups and church leadership.

Sandy was a long-time square dancer and had a life-time love for quilting and sewing.

Sandy found her greatest joy being a Grandma, spending time with her grandchildren and watching them grow

 

SURVIVORS

Companion: L. R. Stoskopf of Hoisington, KS

Two sons: Kyle Essmiller of Edmond, OK

John Essmiller and wife Kimberly of South Pasadena, CA

One sister: Karen Wiltse and husband Ken, of Timken, KS

Three grandchildren: James Essmiller and Kennedy Essmiller of Edmond, OK, and their mother Kathy Essmiller also of Edmond

Emiko Essmiller of South Pasadena, CA

 

 

SERVICE INFORMATION 

Funeral Service: Saturday, October 22, 2011

Time of Service: 10:00 a.m.

Place of Service: Trinity Lutheran Church in Great Bend

Officiant: Rev. James A. Strasen

Interment: Peace Lutheran Church Cemetery, Albert, Kansas

Visitation: 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., with the family receiving friends from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m., Friday, October 21, 2011 at Bryant Funeral Home

Memorial Fund: USD 428 Foundation to benefit Special Education 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

Christine Beakey, 87, died October 4, 2011, at Great Bend Health and Rehabilitation Center, Great Bend, Kansas. She was born March 16, 1924, at Chicago, Illinois, the daughter of Arthur Louis “Red” and Isabella (Schwager) Beakey. She was a 1941 graduate of Great Bend High School. She was a welder during World War II and later was a bookkeeper for Jule’s Glass Company and the Barton County Treasurer’s Office. Miss Beakey was a Great Bend resident since 1932, coming from Chicago.

Miss Beakey was a member of Prince of Peace Parish at St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church, the Altar Society, Daughters of Isabella, American Legion Argonne Post 180 Auxiliary, and was past District Seven Legion Auxiliary president.

Survivors include two sisters: Ruth Piltz, Denver, Colorado; and Marian Call, Great Bend; and one brother, Augustine James “Jim” Beakey, Adolphus, Kentucky. She was preceded in death by one brother, Kenneth Beakey; one sister, Stella Devine; and one nephew, Augustine James “Bimbo” Beakey.

Altar Society Rosary will be at 4:00 p.m., Thursday, October 6, 2011 at Bryant Funeral Home. Vigil service will be at 7:00 p.m., Thursday at St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church. Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10:30 a.m., Friday, October 7, 2011 at St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church. Father Don Bedore will be celebrant. Burial will be in Great Bend Cemetery. Friends may call from 11:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Thursday, October 6, 2011 at Bryant Funeral Home. Memorials are requested to the American Diabetes Association or the American Heart Association, in care of the funeral home.

Bradley Livingston Kasper, 33, died October 3, 2011 a his home, Hoisington, Kansas. He was born September 8, 1978 at Hutchinson, Kansas. He married Evelyn Barnett December 15, 2008 at Hoisington. He worked for D & S Casing and Murray Casing Crews. He was a Hoisington for three years, coming from Hutchinson.

Survivors include his wife, Evelyn Kasper, of the home; his father, Mark McVey; his mother, Jeanne Gibbs, Arizona; adoptive parents, Bob and Helen Borrowman, Hutchinson; one son, Bradley Borrowman, North Carolina; two daughters: Pennie Adams, Great Bend; and Raven Means, Hutchinson; two brothers: Jason Goss, Great Bend; and Josh Goss, Hutchinson; two step-sons: Blake Newsome and Aaron Newsome, both of Great Bend; one step-daughter, Taylor Newsome, Great Bend; and several step and half sisters.

Visitation will be from noon to 9:00 p.m., with the family receiving friends from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m., Friday, October 7, 2011 at Bryant Funeral Home. Memorials are requested to the Bradley Kasper Expense Fund, in care of the funeral home.