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Agnes Caroline Davis 1935 - 2004
NESS CITY — Agnes Caroline Davis, 69, died Sept. 16 at St. Francis Campus, Via Christi Medical Center, in Wichita. She was born May 27, 1935, in Ness City, the daughter of Arthur and Louise Nonnast Musbach. She married
Donald G. Davis on Sept. 3, 1955, at Ness City. A lifetime resident of Ness City, she was a homemaker.
Mrs. Davis was a member of the First Baptist Church of Ness City.
Survivors include her husband of the home; a son, Jeff Davis, Fort Scott; two daughters, Diane Suppes, Great Bend, and Dawn Samuelson-Scharff, Wichita; two sisters, Mary Lou Hall, Ness City, and Dorothy Beard, Ardmore, Okla.; nine grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by brothers Harold Musbach and David Musbach, and sisters Ruth McFarren and Dixie Rufenacht.
Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday at Fitzgerald Funeral Home in Ness City, with the Rev. Russell King officiating. Burial will be at the Ness City Cemetery. Friends may call from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. today at the funeral home. Memorial contributions are suggested to the Ness County Historical Society and the Ness City Library.
Funeral arrangements provided by
Fitzgerald Funeral Home Inc.
P.O. Box 96, 207 N. Pennsylvania
Ness City, KS 67560
785-798-3243
Sept. 19, 2004
Velma A. Sauber 1910 - 2004
CLAFLIN — Velma A. Sauber, 94, died Sept. 16 at McPherson Hospital in McPherson. She was born Sept. 13, 1910, at Claflin, the daughter of Anton and Alva Kraft Redetzke. She married
John Sauber Jr. on Oct. 18, 1933, at Dubuque, Kan. He died Nov. 4, 1974. A lifetime rural Claflin resident, living the her last four years in McPherson, she was a farmer and homemaker.
Mrs. Sauber was a member of the St. Catherine Catholic Church, Altar Society and Christian Mothers, all of Dubuque.
Survivors include one daughter, Joyce Koehler and her husband Roger, McPherson; eight grandchildren, DeAnn Koehler, Kevin Koehler, Jamie Larson, Terri Ramsey, Tammy Schrag, Julie Allen, Joni Fincham and Jill Koehler; 12 great-grandchildren; and 10 nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by a son, Alvin Sauber, and two brothers, Vernon Redetzke and Arthur Redetzke.
Funeral will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday at St. Catherine Catholic Church at Dubuque, Kan., with Father Pascal Klein officiating. Interment will be at St. Catherine cemetery in Dubuque. Friends may call from 1 to 9 p.m. today at Nicholson-Ricke Funeral Home in Hoisington. Vigil service will be at 7 tonight at the funeral home, followed by an Altar Society rosary. Memorials are suggested to St. Catherine Heritage Fund in care of the funeral home.
Funeral arrangements provided by
Nicholson-Ricke Funeral Home*
415 North Main, P.O. Box 146
Hoisington, KS 67544
620-653-4165
Sept. 19, 2004
Roberta M. Basye 1947 - 2004
SMITHVILLE, Mo. — Roberta M. Basye, 56, of Smithville, Mo., passed away Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2004.
She was born on Dec. 26, 1947, to William A. and Mary M. (Korf) Demel in Great Bend, Kan. She grew up in Hoisington, Kan., where she graduated from high school. Roberta then attended dental school in Great Bend and worked as a dental assistant.
On May 6, 1967, she was united in marriage to Lewis L. Basye at St. Johns Catholic Church in Hoisington. After their marriage they lived in Kansas City and in 1979 they moved to Smithville, Mo., where they made their home.
Roberta then worked in the Medical Records Department of North Kansas City Hospital for over 25 years. She received the employee of the month award in October of 1999.
She was preceded in death by her parents, and a brother, William F. Demel.
Roberta is survived by her husband, Lewis, of the home; two sons, Derrick Basye and wife Ann-Marie, and Brian Basye and wife Dawn; five grandchildren, Carli, Noah, Alexis, Caleb and Ashlynn, all of Smithville; three brothers, Alvin Demel and wife Patsy, Hoisington, Wayne Demel and wife Beth, Ogden, Kan., and Roy Demel, Miami, Okla.; three sisters, Eileen Basye and husband Jim, Cassville, Mo., Mary Ellen Bowman and husband Larry, Clyde, Kan., and Rita Seyfert and husband Kevin, Hoisington; numerous nieces and nephews, other relatives and many friends.
Funeral Mass will be at 11 a.m. Monday at the Good Shepherd Catholic Church in Smithville. Entombment will be at Mt. Moriah Terrace Park Mausoleum, Kansas City. Rosary will be at 6:30 p.m. today with visitation following until 8:30 p.m. at the Hixson-Klein Funeral Home in Smithville. In lieu of flowers a trust fund for the grandchildren has been set up at Clay County Savings and Loan in Smithville.
Funeral arrangements provided by
Hixson-Klein Funeral Home*
104 Church St.
Smithville, Mo. 64089
816-532-9212
Sept. 19, 2004
Arlene S. Myers 1916 - 2004
HOISINGTON — Arlene S. Myers, 87, died Sept. 18 at Cheyenne Meadows Living Center in Hoisington. She was born Dec. 12, 1916, at Wilkes Barre, Pa., the daughter of Ziba B. and Ella A. Williams Schooley. She married
Fred Bohn, who preceded her in death. She then married
Carl Betcher, who preceded her in death. She then married
Clinton Myers, who preceded her in death. A Hoisington resident for 14 years, coming from Tunkhannock, Pa., she was a homemaker.
Mrs. Myers was a member of the Concordia Lutheran Church in Hoisington.
Survivors include a daughter-in-law, Louise Bohn; five grandchildren, 11 great-grandchildren and five great-great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by a son, Fred J. Bohn; a daughter, Phyllis Ann Bohn; three brothers, Clod Schooley, Fred Schooley and Frank Schooley; and a sister, Edna Mann.
Graveside service will be at 2 p.m. Monday at St. John cemetery in Hoisington with the Rev. Garry Dassow officiating.
Funeral arrangements provided by
Nicholson-Ricke Funeral Home
415 North Main, P.O. Box 146
Hoisington, KS 67544
620-653-4165
Sept. 19, 2004
Doris Compton 1944 - 2004
Doris Compton, 60, of Great Bend, died Sept. 14 at Clara Barton Hospital in Hoisington. She was born July 23, 1944, at Cleburne, Texas, the daughter of Floyd Raymond and Sarah Elizabeth Anderson McDaniel. She married
Robert A. Compton on June 20, 1989, at Hesperia, Calif. A Great Bend resident since 2000, coming from Lake Wales, Fla., she was a transport driver for BOC Gases Operations, Otis, and formerly worked for Jack B. Kelley Inc., Great Bend.
Mrs. Compton was a Baptist.
Survivors include her husband of the home; a son, Casey Daniel Jones of Cleburne; a daughter, Tracy Lyn Jones of Rio Vista, Texas; two half-brothers, J.T. McDaniel of Cleburne and Bo McDaniel of North Dakota; and three grandchildren.
Funeral service will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Bryant Funeral Home in Great Bend with the Rev. John Grummon officiating. Cremation has taken place. Memorials are suggested to Clara Barton Hospital Foundation, in care of the funeral home.
Funeral arrangements provided by
Bryant Funeral Home
1425 Patton Road
Great Bend, KS 67530
620-793-3525
Sept. 16, 2004
Lucille Josephine Fuhr 1921 - 2004
Lucille Josephine Fuhr, 83, died Sept. 14 at her home in Great Bend. She was born Feb. 28, 1921, at Dubuque, Kan., the daughter of Henry John and Teresa Krier Hoffman. She married
Ernest Willy Fuhr on Oct. 21, 1939, at Great Bend. He died May 24, 1995. A lifetime resident of Great Bend, she was a homemaker.
Mrs. Fuhr was a member of St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church, Daughters of Isabella, Altar Society and served on the election board, all in Great Bend.
Survivors include two sons, John H. Fuhr and wife Annette of Colorado Springs, Colo., and Mark A. Fuhr and wife Sharon of Pratt; four daughters, Judy Garmeson and husband Duane of Calhoun, Ga., Norma Jean Carr and husband John of Great Bend, Vernita K. Hodges of Larned and Joanne R. Bortz of Chatham, Ontario, Canada; three sisters, Eleanor Hines of Ellinwood, Lavina Carrier of Great Bend and Pat Dirks of Pawnee Rock; 16 grandchildren; five step-grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren; 10 step-great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandchild; and one step-great-great-grandchild. She was preceded in death by one great-grandchild, Joshua Larson.
Altar Society Rosary will be at 4 p.m. today at Bryant Funeral Home in Great Bend. Vigil will be at 7:30 tonight at the funeral home, followed by a Daughters of Isabella Rosary. Funeral service will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday at St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church in Great Bend with Father Reginald A. Urban officiating. Interment will be at Great Bend Cemetery. Friends may call from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. today at the funeral home. Memorials are suggested to Golden Belt Home Health and Hospice or American Cancer Society, both in care of the funeral home.
Funeral arrangements provided by
Bryant Funeral Home*
1425 Patton Road
Great Bend, KS 67530
620-793-3525
Sept. 16, 2004
Marvella Antje Marie Perry 1924 - 2004
Marvella Antje Marie Perry, 79, of Great Bend, died Sept. 13 at Central Kansas Medical Center in Great Bend. She was born Dec. 4, 1924, at Heizer, the daughter of Emil Fredrick and Sophia Johanna Soeken Kruckenberg. She was a graduate of Great Bend High School. She married
Ancil C. Perry on June 8, 1941, at McPherson. She was retired as a crossing guard for the Great Bend Police Department.
Mrs. Perry was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church, American Legion Ladies Auxiliary and Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 3111, all in Great Bend.
Survivors include a son, Mark A. Perry, Soldier, Kan.; a daughter, Dianna L. Amon, Lewis; two brothers, Lyman Kruckenberg and Robert Kruckenberg, both of Great Bend; a sister, Pauline Halfhill, Great Bend; eight grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband; son E. Dale Perry; sisters Dorothy Marymee and Grace Rhodes; and a grandson, Trenton Perry.
Funeral will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at the church with the Rev. James A. Strasen officiating. Burial will be at Great Bend City Cemetery. Friends may call from 9 a.m. to 9 tonight, with family receiving friends from 7 to 9 p.m., at The Charter Funerals Chapel in Great Bend. In lieu of flowers, memorials are suggested to the Marvella Perry Great-Grandchildren Education Fund.
Funeral arrangements provided by
Charter Funerals
2115 Washington
Great Bend, KS 67530
620-793-6161
Sept. 15, 2004
Lena A. Blakeslee 1902 - 2004
STAFFORD — Lena A. Blakeslee, 101, died Sept. 12, 2004, at Stafford District Hospital. She was born Nov. 1, 1902, at Great Bend, the daughter of Otto and Minnie Heinze Hiss. She was a homemaker and was a Great Bend area resident for most of her life before moving to Stafford in 1999.
She was a member of the Rolling Green United EHU, First Congregational United Church of Christ, and Ladies Card Club, all of Great Bend, and she enjoyed crocheting, sewing and embroidering. On Aug. 22, 1925, she married
George Blakeslee Sr. at St. John. He died June 2, 1971.
Survivors include three sons, Charles Blakeslee of St. John, George Blakeslee of Great Bend and Victor Blakeslee of Stafford; two daughters, Juanita Fischer of Stafford and Helen Boyd of Topeka; 13 grandchildren; 26 great-grandchildren; seven great-great-grandchildren; and two step-great-great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by a brother, Fred Hiss; and a sister, Louise.
Funeral service will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 16, 2004, at Minnis Chapel in Stafford with the Rev. Kasey Crosby presiding. Burial will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Great Bend Cemetery. Friends may call from 1 to 8 p.m. today at the chapel. Memorials may be sent to the Stafford United Methodist Church or First Congregational United Church of Christ, both in care of the chapel.
Sept. 15, 2004
Russell F. Meyer 1930 - 2004
Russell F. Meyer, 74, of Great Bend, died Sept. 11 at Hutchinson Hospital in Hutchinson. He was born May 8, 1930, at Great Bend, the son of Fred H. and Katie Marie Brown Meyer. He married
Mary Ann Tate on Aug. 27, 1959, at Craig, Colo. She preceded him in death. He owned Russ’ Roofing.
Meyer served in the U.S. Army and was a member of First Bible Baptist Church.
Survivors include three sons, Wade Meyer and Mark Meyer, both of Florida, and Greg Meyer of Great Bend; two sisters, Violet Seder of Great Bend, and Viola Befort of Oklahoma City, Okla.; four grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by one daughter, Gina; three brothers; and one sister.
Funeral will be at 10:30 a.m. today at Charter Funerals Chapel in Great Bend with The Rev. John Grummon officiating. Military honors will be conducted by the Fort Riley Honor Guard. Burial will be at Great Bend City Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to the American Lung Association, in care of the funeral chapel.
Sept. 15, 2004
Romona Dannebohm 1938 - 2004
ELLINWOOD — Romona Witt Dannebohm, 65, died Sept. 14 at Ellinwood District Hospital. She was born Nov. 20, 1938, at Great Bend, the daughter of Gust Witt Jr. and Johanna Siefkes Witt. She married
Robert Dannebohm on Feb. 14, 1959, at Hudson. A lifetime Stafford and Barton County resident, she was a secretary for Tennaco, a homemaker and a farm wife.
Mrs. Dannebohm was a member of First Baptist Church of Ellinwood and Cradle Roll Club. She assisted with children’s church and Bible school nursery, and taught Sunday school. She was a 1956 graduate of Hudson High School and attended Fort Hays State University.
Survivors include her husband of the home; daughters Gail Bergling of Atwood and Nancee Meyer of Stafford; sister Lila Snell of Manhattan; and five grandchildren. She was preceded in death by a brother, Vernon Witt.
Funeral will be at 1:30 p.m. Friday at the church, south of Ellinwood, with the Rev. David Wesner officiating. Burial will be at Lakin-Comanche District cemetery in Ellinwood. Friends may call from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday at Kimple Funeral Home in Ellinwood. Memorials are suggested to the church or Ellinwood Ambulance Fund in care of the funeral home.
Funeral arrangements provided by
Kimple Funeral Home
113 North Main
Ellinwood, KS 67526
620-564-2300
Sept. 15, 2004
