Obituaries - January 2004 January 30, 2004 Selma Eubank-Smith ...

the funeral home. Great Bend (Kan.) Tribune Jan. 11, 2004
Lucile Fletcher 1925-2004
BUCKLIN — Lucile Fletcher, 78, died Jan. 8 at Manor of the Plains in Dodge City. She was born Aug. 31, 1925, in Ford County
near Bucklin, the daughter of James Thomas “Bud” and Barbara L. Eskew Lane. She was a 1943 graduate of Bucklin High
School and a 1971 graduate of Dodge City Community College, receiving a licensed practical nurse certificate. She married Carl
W. Fletcher July 19, 1947, in Wichita. He died July 12, 1970. A lifetime resident of Bucklin, she was a homemaker and had
worked as a LPN at Trinity and Human Hospital, both in Dodge City. Survivors include two daughters, Carol Swayze of Bucklin
and Lois Ball of Great Bend; two brothers, Russell Lane of Bucklin and Elvin Lane of Hutchinson; two sisters, Maxine Cecil of
Truth or Consequences, N.M., and Betty Speer of Bucklin; five grandchildren; and one great-grandchild. She was preceded in
death by three brothers, Virgil Lane, Sylvan Lane and Lester Lane; and two sisters, Mary Hampe and Alta Harkey. Funeral will be
at 11 a.m. Monday at Minnis Mortuary Chapel in Bucklin, with the Rev. Jeff Hiers officiating. Burial will be at Bucklin Cemetery.
Friends may call from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. today at the mortuary. Memorials are suggested to Manor of the Plains, in care of the
mortuary. Great Bend (Kan.) Tribune Jan. 11, 2004
Victor F. Krmela 1935-2004
KANSAS CITY — Victor F. Krmela, 68, died Jan. 7 at Shawnee Gardens Nursing Center in Shawnee. He was born April 1, 1935,
in Barton County, the son of Joseph and Libbie Pechanec Krmela. He was a 1954 graduate of Otis High School in Otis. He
attended Conception Seminary from 1955 until his ordination in 1961. A resident of Kansas City for more than 20 years, he was
ordained May 27, 1961, as a priest for Dodge City Diocese. He served as an assistant pastor at St. Rose of Lima in Great Bend,
Sacred Heart in Pratt, St. John in Hoisington and St. Joseph in Ellinwood. He was pastor at St. Joseph in Greensburg, together
with St. George in Bucklin. He was a member of a team ministry that served St. John the Baptist in Spearville, St. Lawrence in
Jetmore, St. Anthony in Hanston, Holy Rosary in Burdett, St. Joseph in Offerle, St. Mary in Hodgeman County, and Sts. Peter and
Paul in North Kinsley. He also served St. John in Kiowa and Holy Family in Timken as an administrator. In addition to his parish
assignments, he served as chaplain at Central Kansas Medical Center in Great Bend, diocesan vocation director, coordinator of
diocesan marriage encounter program and assisted the tribunal office. After making the request to discontinue the exercise of
priestly ministry May 17, 1979, he was employed by Social Security Administration as a computer printer operator until his death.
Krmela was a member of Holy Name Catholic Church in Kansas City. Survivors include one aunt, Leona Krmela in Great Bend.
Vigil and rosary will be at 7:30 p.m. today at Janousek Funeral Home in La Crosse. Funeral will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Holy
Trinity Catholic Church in Timken. Burial will be at 2 p.m. Monday at St. Ann’s Cemetery in Olmitz. Friends may call from 4 to 8:30
p.m. today at the funeral home and from 10 to 10:45 a.m. Monday at the church. Memorials are suggested to Cancer Support
Group in Kansas City, in care of the funeral home. Great Bend (Kan.) Tribune Jan. 11, 2004
Herlan S.Miller
Herlan S.Miller, 101, died Jan. 10. Survivors and funeral arrangments will be announced by Charter Funeral Home in Great Bend.
Great Bend (Kan.) Tribune Jan. 11, 2004
Alva L. Hysom 1923-2004
KANOPOLIS — Alva L. Hysom, 80, died Jan. 9 at Ellsworth County Medical Center, Ellsworth. He was born Feb. 11, 1923, in
Hutchinson, the son of Bert and Minnie Nelson Hysom. He married Audrey Colvin June 19, 1943, in Hutchinson. A resident of
Kanopolis since 1987, coming from Ellinwood, he was a retired United Methodist Church minister. Hysom was a member of the
United Methodist Church in Kanopolis. He was a U.S. Army veteran of WW II. Survivors include his wife of the home; two sons,
Steve Hysom of El Dorado and Jerry Hysom of Alburquerque, N.M.; two daughters, Sue Utterback of Salina and Sandy Hysom of
Wichita; 14 grandchildren; and 13 great-grandchildren. Funeral will be at 2 p.m., Monday, at United Methodist Church, Ellsworth,
with Reverend Steve Hysom officiating. A private family burial will take place prior to the service at Kanopolis Cemetery.
Memorials are suggested to Kanopolis United Methodist Church, Carneiro United Methodist Church, Ellsworth County Medical
Center and Ellsworth County Historical Society, in care of the funeral home. Great Bend (Kan.) Tribune Jan. 11, 2004
January 9, 2004
Robert Lee Rice 1924-2004
Robert Lee Rice, 79, of Great Bend, died Jan. 7 at Fair Acres Manor in Greeley, Colo. He was born Dec. 29, 1924, at Seldan, the
son of Charles Burel and Freida Barnett Rice. He married Evelyn F. Bruns July 20, 1946, at Great Bend. A resident of Great Bend
since 1940, coming from La Crosse, he was a carrier for U.S. Postal Service. Rice was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church,
American Legion Post No. 180 and Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 3111, all of Great Bend. He was a veteran of U.S. Army
and U.S. Navy, serving in World War II and the Korean War. Survivors include his wife of the home; two daughters, Linda Lee
Voss of Williams Bay, Wis., and Kay Thompson of Eaton, Colo.; one brother, Burel Rice of Topeka; one sister, Betty Schmidt of
Scott City; and four grandchildren. He was preceded in death by one sister, Odessa Klein. Funeral will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at
Bryant Funeral Home in Great Bend, with the Revs. James A. Strasen and Bill Johnson officiating. Burial will be at Hillcrest
Memorial Park Cemetery in Great Bend, with military committal rites by U.S. Navy. Friends may call from 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday at
the funeral home. Memorials are suggested to the church of the donor’s choice, in care of the funeral home. Great Bend (Kan.)