GREAT BEND — Dorothy Mae Newell Schuetz, 98, died July 17, 2017, at her home in Great Bend. She was born April 28, 1919, at Great Bend, the daughter of Traver Perry and Nellie (Christner) Newell. She graduated from Great Bend High School in 1937 and was Rhorea Queen her senior year. That fall she enrolled at the University of Kansas and pledged Chi Omega. She fell in love with Glen Andrew Schuetz of Great Bend and they married June 26, 1938, at Great Bend. He died Nov. 22, 2001. Prior to her marriage, Mrs. Schuetz won a local beauty contest and was Miss Great Bend of 1938. She worked for her husband at Schuetz Hardware and later Schuetz Real Estate, both Main Street businesses.
Mrs. Schuetz was a member of First Presbyterian Church and PEO Chapter FS, both of Great Bend.
Survivors include one son, Perry Schuetz and his wife Nancy of Great Bend; one daughter, Sally Jensen of Great Bend; four grandchildren: Amy (Schuetz) Hurley and her husband Geoff of Imperial Beach, Calif., John Schuetz of Topeka, Jennifer (Jensen) Graves and her husband Brian of Hood River, Ore., and Justin Jensen and companion Meagan Johnson of Pomona, Calif.; five great-grandchildren, Kendyl Hurley, Quinn Hurley, Morgan Graves, Michelle Graves and Maxwell Graves; and one niece, Nell Ann Arvites of Anchorage, Alaska. She was preceded in death by one sister, Helen Phillips in 1981; and one son-in-law, Jeff Jensen in 2010.
Graveside service will be at 10 a.m., Thursday, Aug. 3, 2017, at Great Bend Cemetery. Funeral service will follow at 11 a.m. Thursday at First Presbyterian Church in Great Bend with the Rev. Dr. Scott V. Solether officiating. Friends may call from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., with the family receiving friends from 7-9 p.m., Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2017 at Bryant Funeral Home. Memorials in Mrs. Schuetz’s name have been established with First Presbyterian Church or PEO Foundation or Barton Community College – Glen and Dorothy Schuetz Family Scholarship Fund, in care of Bryant Funeral Home.
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Arrangements by Bryant Funeral Home
1425 Patton Road Great Bend, Kansas 67530
GREAT BEND, Kan. — Stanley Dean Mai, 86, died July 26, 2017, at his home in Great Bend, Kan. He was born Oct. 6, 1930, at Russell County, Kan., the son of Adam and Pauline (Peil) Mai. He married Bonnie Lorene Higgins Jan. 28, 1951, at St. John Lutheran Church, Russell, Kan. She died Aug. 29, 1999. He was a Great Bend resident for 55 years. In 2000, he retired from Monte Gardner Construction in Bakersfield, Calif. He was owner and operator of Independent Transport for Curtis Robinson and Son, Inc., and Kaw Transport. He spent many years as an oilfield employee for Joe Brougher Oil, Clinton Oil Company, Energy Reserve Group, and Sun Oilwell Cementing.
Glenn Wayne Morgan, 66, died July 20, 2017, at his home in Galatia. He was born October 24, 1950, the son of Arthur Glenn and Mary Teresa (Rahall) Morgan.
GREAT BEND — Pearl Irene White, 89, died July 16, 2017, at Wesley Medical Center, Wichita. She was born May 31, 1928, at Ellinwood, the daughter of Joseph A. and Wilhelmine “Minnie” (Rose) Hershey. She married Clifford Eugene White Oct. 30, 1946, at Great Bend. He died Jan. 20, 1993. A lifetime Barton County resident, Mrs. White was a bookkeeper for Wagner Trucking.
GREAT BEND — Palmera L. “Paule” Brack, 81, died July 13, 2017, at Almost Home, Inc., Great Bend. She was born Feb. 2, 1936, at Russell, the daughter of David and Pauline (Ehrlich) Keil. She married J. Dean “Butch” Brack Oct. 21, 1956, at Russell. He died April 11, 1993. A Great Bend resident since 1956, coming from Russell, Mrs. Brack was owner and operator of Paule’s Bridal and Dress Fashions and Special Touch Flowers.
ELLINWOOD — Robin Lee Armstrong, 57, died July 11, 2017, in Barton County, as the result of an automobile accident. She was born March 14, 1960, at Council Bluffs, Iowa, the daughter of Earl and Betty Gillenwater. She married Steven Armstrong July 1, 2000, at Des Moines, Iowa. An Ellinwood resident since 2013 coming from Des Moines, Iowa.
GREAT BEND — Thelma R. Carpenter, 93, died July 11, 2017, at Brookdale Senior Living, Great Bend. She was born Nov. 24, 1923, at Ozawkie, the daughter of Levi Church and Rachael Ruth (Hurt) Noble. She graduated from Rock Creek High School and attended radio school in Topeka. She married Neal Russell Carpenter Jan. 30, 1943, at Cottonwood Falls. He died August 24, 2015. She worked at Pratt-Whitney in Kansas City during World War II. She moved to Albuquerque, N.M., where she worked at Dillards and retired from Sandia National Laboratory. She moved to Great Bend in 1988, where she was a member of Liberty FCE and Lions.
GREAT BEND — Diana Elizabeth Sanders, 73, died unexpectedly July 8, 2017, at her rural Great Bend residence. She was born Aug. 29, 1943, at Great Bend, the daughter of George Joseph and Luella Pauline (Burhenn) Schwager. She married Robert LeRoy Sanders July 7, 1962, at Great Bend. A lifetime Great Bend resident, Mrs. Sanders was a homemaker, property manager and sales professional. She currently was employed by Great Bend Appliance and Furniture.