All Obituaries

Ricky Meier, 62, passed away at Newton Medical Center on Oct. 18th, 2021. Born in Ellinwood, KS on Feb. 14, 1959 he was the son of Lowell "Red" & Carolin Sue Redding Meier. He was a lifetime Barton Co. resident who traveled the country as a truck driver. Ricky always has been a cowboy at heart even taking on a few bull rides in his earlier years. Survivors include father, Lowell "Red" Meier; sister, Cheryl (Carl) Isern and her children Christopher (Morgan) Isern,...

Robert “Bub” Melvin Hunt, 48, passed away on Oct. 18th, 2021 at Ellinwood District Hospital. Born in Garden City, Ks on Dec. 31, 1972 he was the son of Billy & Beverly Jean (Coates) Hunt. Bub grew up and graduated from Dighton High School. After high school he graduated from Seward Co. Community College with an Associates Degree. For the last 15 years he was resident of Ellinwood, KS where he did farm labor and construction work. Survivors include mother, Beverly Hunt; 3...

Robert G. Thomas, 87, passed away on Oct. 18th at Salina Surgical Center. Born in Ellinwood, KS on July 2nd, 1934 he was the son of William A. & Marie (Schauf) Thomas. A lifetime Ellinwood resident, he graduated from high school in 1953 and married Marjorie Maneth at St. Anne's Church in Olmitz in 1958. They were married nearly 64 years. She survives of the home in Ellinwood, KS. Additional survivors include sons, John Thomas and Danny Thomas; daughters, Joan McNett and...

Neil Wolfe Whetstone, 85, passed away at Wesley Medical Center on Oct. 12, 2021. He was born on Nov. 14, 1935 to Lester and Evelyn (Wolfe) Whetstone in Great Bend, KS. Neil was raised in Ellinwood and loved his hometown and community very much. He first worked for Pacific Gas and Electric Co. in California and Oregon and later worked for and retired from Enron Natural Gas in Bushton. He was an Army veteran and served in the Korean War. Neil was a classic car enthusiast who enjoyed spending...

Ronald Emery Kinsinger Jr., 77, passed away at Good Samaritan Society in Lyons, KS on Oct. 2nd, 2021. He was born in Liberal, KS to parents Ronald Kinsinger Sr. & Verlea (Taylor) Kinsinger on Feb. 9th, 1944. Born and raised in Liberal, KS he graduated from Liberal High and later attended Ft. Hays State & Oklahoma State Universities. Ron worked as an insurance agent for Metlife, farmer/rancher, over the road industrial trucker, & ran a custom cutting hay business.  He was a...

Mary Joanita Doll-Masden, 80, passed away on Sept. 30, 2021 at Ellinwood District Hospital in Ellinwood, KS. Jo was born on Oct. 11, 1940 in Wichita, KS to parents Nick and Clarice (Tuttle) Triplett. She graduated from Ellinwood High in 1958 later marrying Darryl Doll on Sept. 20, 1958 at St. Peter & Paul Church they were married 30 years. From this union there were 4 children Pamela (David) Boxberger, Silver Lake, KS, Michele Doll, Wichita, KS, Kimberly (Troy) Berens, Lee's Summit,...

Donna S. Rine, 71, passed away at Medicalodges in Great Bend, KS on August 27, 2020. She was born on Jan. 21, 1950 in Great Bend and was a lifetime Great Bend area resident where she worked as a waitress and later in home health care. Donna had traveled to a handful of military bases and locations including Japan. She was preceded in death by a daughter, Amanda Zeka.  Inurnment will take place at Hillcrest Cemetery in Great Bend on Wed., Sept. 8th with Rev. Thierfelder officiating....

Phyllis Joan (Renfro) Reifschneider was born on Aug. 17, 1937 in Russell, KS to parents Tom and Wilma (Clothier) Renfro. She started school in Wichita, KS before moving to Ellinwood, KS where she graduated in 1955. Later she began working for American State Bank where she worked for several years. This is where she met Gerald Reifschneider. After their marriage Dec. 7, 1958 they moved to Garden City, KS where she worked at Fidelity State Bank before moving back to Great Bend, KS where...

Windom, KS   Nancy Louise Baldwin, 77, passed away at Sandstone Heights nursing home in Little River, KS on Sunday Aug. 22nd. She was born to parents Thomas & Edna Muth on Jan. 7, 1944 in Lyons, KS.  Nancy grew up in Great Bend, KS where she graduated high school in 1962. She later married Jack Denney Baldwin on June 26, 1965 at St. Rose Church in Great Bend. Jack preceded her in death on Sept. 26, 2020. She was a resident of Windom, KS and Little River, KS area since...

 **A link to a video recording of the vigil service and funeral mass will be posted here following the services. Ellinwood, KS Jean Strobl, 79, died at Wesley Hospital, Wichita, KS, on August 19, 2021. She was born on June 5, 1942, in Chicago, IL. Her parents were Harvey and Leone Brown. Jean was a member of Tri-Circle Unit and St. Joseph’s Altar Society. She was born in the south side of Chicago, moved to Phoenix, Arizona, and met Mike Strobl, got married in 1963, and...