Dateline: Great Bend, Kansas
Great Bend—Wilma Jean Schuster, 86, died March 11, 2017 at Great Bend Regional Hospital, Great Bend. She was born June 20, 1930, at St. John, the daughter of John William and Reno (Kanzleiter) Hathaway. She married Billy Eugene Schuster June 20, 1948, at Great Bend. She has been a resident of Great Bend since 1948 coming from St. John. She enjoyed genealogy, she also was a member of the Gemini Club. She was a clerk for Coast to Coast, ABC Drug and Triangle Drug Store.
Survivors include husband Billy of the home; two sons Rick Schuster and wife Linda of Phoenix, AZ and Stan Schuster and wife Diana of Great Bend; two daughters Nancy Thul and husband Mark of Great Bend and Rita Engram and husband Al of Phoenix, AZ; ten grandchildren Stacy, Tracy, Michelle, Brian, Randy, Jenny, Matt, Abbie, Brian and Erin; and sixteen great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by three brothers Elmer Hathaway, Willie Hathaway and Melvin Hathaway; and nine sisters, Alta Miller, Ida Staub, Edna Staub, Irene Cadman, Myrtle Bradley, Clara Long, Leona Ivy, Mary Hathaway and Grace Abel.
Services will be announced at a later date. Cremation has taken place. Memorials have been established with Golden Belt Home Health and Hospice or Kans for Kids, 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
GREAT BEND – JoAnn Macurdy, 84, died March 8, 2017, at Great Bend Regional Hospital. She was born June 6, 1932, at Ellinwood, the daughter of Charles and Lillian (Bacon) Courtright. She was a graduate of Ellinwood High School and Wichita State University with a degree in accounting and secretarial services. She married James Lynn Macurdy Sept. 29, 1951, at Ellinwood. He died Sept. 3, 1998. A longtime Great Bend resident, Mrs. Macurdy was a bookkeeper for her husband at Macurdy’s Hatchery and Great Bend Poultry Company and later for Brentwood, Ltd. and McDonald’s.
GREAT BEND — Gerardo Acosta Delgadillo, 50, died March 7, 2017, at Via Christi St. Francis Regional Medical Center, Wichita. He was born June 23, 1966, at Aguanueva, Mexico, the son of Jose F. and Rosalia (Acosta) Delgadillo. He married Maria T. Martinez October 20, 1984 at San Juan. A Great Bend resident since 1986, coming from Mexico, Mr. Delgadillo was a concrete finisher for Smokey Hill Construction.
WICHITA — Elmer F. Huslig, 81, passed away March 5, 2017, in Wichita. He was born Aug. 21, 1935, at Fowler, the son of Leo and Mary (Boor) Huslig. Elmer lived in Great Bend until he moved to Wichita in 2002. He worked for Great Bend Candy and Tobacco as well as Great Bend Music as a sales associate. His passion for music was exhibited as a drummer, playing in several bands.
RONALD LEE ZAHNTER 
GREAT BEND — Robert A. “Bob” Parrish, 89, died March 2, 2017, at his home in Great Bend. He was born March 3, 1927, at Oklahoma City, Okla., the son of George Elbert and Leta Faye (Dodson) Parrish. He married Mary Belle “Polly” Pollock Sept. 1, 1949, at Kansas City, Mo. She died April 21, 2005. A lifetime resident of Great Bend, he was owner and operator of Parrish Motors, the Dodge automobile agency. He was a United States Army Air Corps veteran, serving during World War II.
GREAT BEND — Carley M. Day, 82, died Feb. 28, 2017, at Via Christi St. Francis Regional Medical Center, Wichita. She was born April 4, 1934, at Prague, Okla., the daughter of Charles E. and Helen (Coleman) Smith. She married Edwin Harold Day June 20, 1952, at Prague, Okla. He died Aug. 9, 2010. A Great Bend resident since 1954, coming from Stillwater, Okla., Mrs. Day was the long-time manager of Howard’s Apparel.
GREAT BEND — Betty Lou Ferrell, 91, died March 1, 2017, at Presbyterian Manor of the Plains, Dodge City. She was born Sept. 22, 1925, at Garden City, the daughter of Ernest Eugene and Olive (Douglas) Webb. She married Ronell Bombardier Oct. 10, 1943. He died Aug. 29, 1971. She married LaVerne Townsend Sept. 13, 1974. He died June 25, 1977. She then married A.J. Ferrell June 23, 1985. He died Nov. 28, 2006. A Great Bend resident since 1950, moving from Garden City, also residing in Albuquerque, N.M., and Elizabethton, Tenn., Betty had worked as an operator for Southwestern Bell, Great Bend, and served as a secretary and dispatch operator for the Great Bend Police Department. Later moving to Elizabethton, Tenn., she worked as an operator for Intermountain Telephone Company.
GUY L. SUNDERLAND