Obituaries
Ella McCandless
Mar 4, 2015
Ella Mae McCandless , age 84, passed away March 4, 2015 at Leisure Homestead, St. John, KS. She was born on May 1, 1930 at Great Bend, KS, the daughter of Fred and Julia (Schminke) Schrepel. She was a graduate of Great Bend High School and moved to St. John in 1955, eventually working at the First...
Charlene Morgan
Feb 20, 2015
Charlene (Smith) Morgan , age 72, passed away February 20, 2015 at the Kansas Heart Hospital, Wichita. She was born on Dec. 27, 1942 at Plevna, KS, the daughter of Ezra E. and Doshia H. (Bryan) Smith. Charlene worked at Hearthstone Nursing Home in St. John for 29 years as a nurses aide. ...
John Bright
Feb 2, 2015
John “Russell” Bright , age 88, passed away Feb. 2, 2015 at Hutchinson, KS. He was born on Nov. 24, 1926 at Longton, KS, the son of John Riley and Lola (Hughes) Bright. He was a resident of St. John since 1948 where he was an Oil Field Consultant. His memberships include the First Baptist...
N. Witt, Jr.
Feb 1, 2015
N. Theodore “Pete” Witt, Jr., age 72, passed away Sunday, February 01, 2015 at his home in Hudson. He was born on Sept. 1, 1942 at Great Bend, KS, the son of Norman Theodore and Erna (Drach) Witt. On Aug. 31, 1963 he married Ardis L. (Bourbina) at Abilene, KS. A life-long resident of Hudson, he was...
Betty Seibert
Jan 26, 2015
Betty Jean (DeBusk) Seibert , age 91, passed away Jan. 26, 2015 at Parkwood Village, Pratt, KS. She was born on Dec. 21, 1923 in rural Macksville, KS, the daughter of Percy Clive and Hazel Minerva (Cool) DeBusk. She was a life-long resident of Macksville and a 1941 graduate of Macksville High School. She was a retired...

Noah Heyen-Blevins
Jan 24, 2015
Noah Daniel Ray Heyen-Blevins ,infant son of Cody Andrew Blevins and Jaime Marie Heyen was born in the arms of angels on Jan. 24, 2015. Noah is survived by both parents. Other survivors include, Mary Ann Heyen, Brenda Heyen, Jadance Heyen, Elvin Jones, Jakobus McCrory and Erika Bebee. He was preceded in death...

Gloria Murphy
Jan 17, 2015
Gloria Lucille Murphy , age 78, passed away Jan. 17, 2015 at Great Bend Regional Medical Center. She was born Mar. 10, 1936 in Clay Co., KS., the daughter of Carl and Maxine (Lisher) Murphy. Memorial service will be held at Rosewood Services Memorial Garden on Jan. 23, 2015 at 2:00 PM. Minnis Chapel,...

Dennis Staub
Jan 9, 2015
Dennis Lee Staub , age 61, passed away Jan. 9, 2015 at his home. He is the son of Victor Lee and Phyllis Joan (Reynolds) Staub. He was a life-long resident of St. John and a Veteran of the US Army from 1972-79. He attended the Church of Christ, was past Noble Grand...

Hurley "Joe" Gillette
Jan 6, 2015
Hurley (Joe) M. Gillette, Jr ., age 54 died Jan. 6, 2015 at his home in St. John. The son of Hurley M. and Helen L. (Curry) Gillette, Sr. Life-long resident of St. John, he was an avid NASCAR racing fan, Dale Earnhardt being his favorite. He also raised rat terrier dogs and...
Elizabeth Homer-Siemers
Jan 4, 2015
Great Bend, Kansas Dateline:
Elizabeth Ann Homer-Siemers , age 88, passed away Jan. 4, 2015 at Cherry Village Care Home, Great Bend. She was born Oct. 22, 1926 at St. John, the daughter of John B. and Erma H. (Headding) Kendall. She was a...
William "Bill" Lewis
Jan 2, 2015
William “Bill” Henry Lewis Jr., 87, died Friday, Jan. 2, 2015, at Wesley Towers, Thorne Care Center, Hutchinson.
He was born February 9, 1927 in Hutchinson, KS, the son of William and Irene Errett Lewis. He was a 1945 graduate of St. John High School and a 1950 graduate of Kansas State University. A resident of Hutchinson...

Gerald Prescott
Dec 24, 2014
Gerald Brent Prescott , age 71, passed away Dec. 24, 2014 at his home in Colorado Springs, CO. , He was born Feb. 18, 1943 at Alhambra, CA, the son of Virgil C. “Bub” and Mary Dean (Starke) Prescott. He was a retired school teacher and veteran of the US Air Force from...

Joann Willinger
Dec 4, 2014
ST. JOHN – JoAnn (Knoche) Willinger, 68, died Dec. 4, 2014, at South Wind Hospice, Pratt. Jody was born March 25, 1946, to Clyde and Neoma “Cherry” Knoche. Survivors: mother, Cherry; sister, Cindy; brothers, Gregg and Randy; sons, Troy and Tiff; daughter, Nicki; spouses; six grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. Memorial Service at 11 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 6, 2014, at the...
Stanley "Stan" Harris
Nov 30, 2014
Stan Harris age 83, was born August 18, 1931 in Stafford, KS to Frank and May Hahn Harris. Stan was an only child, raised in St. John, KS. He graduated from St. John High School and the University of KS. He served in the US Army during the Korean War and was an architect and a partner in the...
Doris Anderson
Nov 30, 2014
Doris M. Fox Anderson 12/26/1933 – 11/30/2014
Doris Marie Anderson, 80, died Sunday, November 30, 2014, in Joplin, Missouri.
She was born on December 26, 1933 on the family farm in Ohio Township, Stafford County Kansas. Doris was the fourth child and first daughter of Earl and Marie Cooper Fox.
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Daniel Ivy
Nov 22, 2014
Yakima, WA dateline:
Daniel Raymond Ivy , age 70 passed away Nov. 22, 2014. He was born Apr. 30, 1944 at Colorado Springs, CO, the son of Samuel C. and Pauline E. (Blount) Ivy. He was an Automotive Mechanic. Survivors include his wife Chris, a son, Charles...

William Bordewick
Nov 15, 2014
William Donald Bordewick , age 79, passed away Nov. 15, 2014 at Via Christi St. Francis Hospital, Wichita, KS. He was born on Sept. 11, 1935 in Great Bend, KS, the son of Orville W. and Doris L. (Rose) Bordewick. A life-long resident of Seward, KS, he was a farmer and very active...
Kathy Kaiser
Oct 19, 2014
Great Bend, Kansas Dateline:
Kathy L. Kaiser , age 65, passed away Oct. 19, 2014 at her home. She was born on Aug. 10, 1949 in Hopeton, OK, the daughter of Glenn S. and Artie R. (Elliott) Jones. She was a resident of Great Bend since 1977...

Linda Hathaway
Oct 18, 2014
Linda Joyce Hathaway , age 66, passed away Oct. 18, 2014 at Stafford County Hospital. She was born July 22, 1948 in Wewoka, OK, the daughter of George and Cathy Penix. She was a Home Health Care Aide and Homemaker. She married Jerry Hathaway in Nov. of 2000, he survives of the...

Ruth Stone
Oct 11, 2014
Ruth Stone , age 100, passed away Oct. 11, 2014 at Bay Vista Rehabilitation Center, Long Beach, CA. She was born on Dec. 22, 1913 the daughter of Bernard F. and Louise E. ( Wustenfield ) Adams. She was a homemaker. On May 1, 1935 she married Vestal Stone in Hutchinson, KS, he preceded...