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

Fork Club, and Community Concert Association. Survivors include one daughter, Linda Rasek of Hutchinson; one niece, Jackie
Ohlson of Denver, Colo.; and one nephew, Larry Rasek, Greeley, Colo. She was preceded in death by one brother, Lawrence
Chester Taylor. Funeral will be at 1:30 p.m. Thursday at the church with the Rev. Hal Staats officiating. Burial will be at Great
Bend Cemetery. Friends may call from 1 to 5 p.m. today and from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Wednesday, both at Bryant Funeral Home in
Great Bend, and from 11:30 a.m. to service time Thursday at the church. Memorials are suggested to Alzheimer’s Association,
the church or Barton County Community College Scholarship Fund, all in care of the funeral home. Great Bend (Kan.) Tribune
Jan. 6, 2004
Raymond G. Dufford 1917-2004
LARNED — Raymond G. Dufford, 86, died Jan. 3 at Great Bend Health and Rehabilitation Center. He was born March 15, 1917,
at Pawnee Rock, the son of Elmer and Waty Dickey Dufford. A lifetime resident of Pawnee and Barton counties, he was a
farmer. Survivors include two daughters. Cremation has taken place and no service is planned. Memorials are suggested to
Raymond Dufford Memorial, in care of Beckwith Mortuary of Larned. Great Bend (Kan.) Tribune Jan. 6, 2004
Elsie Vainer 1906-2004
MARION — Elsie Vainer, 97, died Jan. 3 at Central Kansas Medical Center in Great Bend. She was born Jan. 15, 1906, at
Herington. She married Joseph Vainer. He died in 1960. A resident of the Tampa and Pilsen communities most of her life, she
was a homemaker. She was a member of Holy Family Parish in Marion County. Survivors include one son, Jim Vainer of Great
Bend; one daughter, Virginia Means of Napa, Calif.; three grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren. Rosary will be at 7:30 p.m.
today at Zeiner Funeral Home in Pilsen. Funeral will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at St. John Nepomucene Church, Holy Family
Parish in Pilsen with the Rev. Paul Oborny officiating. Burial will be at Pilsen Church Cemetery. Friends may call from 9 a.m. to
8:30 p.m. today at the funeral home. Memorials are suggested to Center for Basic Cancer Research, Kansas State University, in
care of the funeral home. Great Bend (Kan.) Tribune Jan. 6, 2004
Leslie A. Meier 1930-2004
Leslie A. Meier, 73, of Great Bend, died Jan. 5 at Central Kansas Medical Center. Survivors and funeral arrangements will be
announced by Bryant Funeral Home in Great Bend. Great Bend (Kan.) Tribune Jan. 6, 2004
Ora Kenneth Hudson 1918-2004
PAWNEE ROCK — Ora Kenneth Hudson, 85, died Jan. 3 at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita. He was born in rural Greenwood
County, the son of Harvey H. and Nille Mae Osborn Hudson. He married Emma Jane Bruce July 22, 1939, at Cottonwood Falls.
She died Aug. 2, 2003. A resident of Pawnee Rock since 1996, coming from Hanston, he was a retired self-employed mechanic.
He attended Jehovah’s Witness Kingdom Hall of Larned. Survivors include one sister, Avis Fern Werner of Rogers, Ark. He was
preceded in death by two brothers and two sisters. Funeral will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at Morell Funeral Home in Larned with
Butch T. Espinosa officiating. Burial will be at Pawnee Rock Cemetery. Friends may call from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the
funeral home. Memorials are suggested to American Cancer Society Relay for Life or the church, both in care of the funeral
home. Great Bend (Kan.) Tribune Jan. 6, 2004
Dale H. Stinson 1915-2004
ST. LOUIS, Mo. — Dale H. Stinson, 88, died Jan. 2 at St. Louis. He was born June 21, 1915, at Milton, the son of Ralph and
Margaret Stinson. He married Naida Sept. 2, 1938, at Topeka. She preceded him in death. A resident of Topeka, coming from
Wilson, he was owner and operator of the Wilson World Newspaper until 1954 and Wilson postmaster, retiring in 1980. Survivors
include one son, Terry Stinson of Phoenix, Ariz.; one daughter, Jean Naney of St. Louis; one brother, Lee Stinson of Dodge City;
three granddaughters; and one great-granddaughter. Memorial service will be at a later date at Wilson Methodist Church with
inurnment at Wilson Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to Wilson Methodist Church, P.O. Box 459, Wilson KS 67490.
Keiegshauser West Mortuary in St. Louis is in charge of the arrangements. Great Bend (Kan.) Tribune Jan. 6, 2004
January 4, 2004
Barry Lee Pruner 1948-2003
LaMESA, Calif. — Barry Lee Pruner, 55, died Dec. 26 at his home in LaMesa. He was born Dec. 27, 1948, at Stafford, the son of
Lee and Rosie Heyen Pruner. He was a 1967 graduate of Ellinwood High School and attended Fort Hays State University. He
married Kathy Bills in the early 1970s. She died in the 1980s. He later married Susan L. Clinton Nov. 3, 1984. A resident of San
Diego, Calif., since 1970, coming from Ellinwood, he was an engineer for SBC Communications for 30 years. He was a U.S.
Navy veteran, having served in the Vietnam War. Survivors include his wife of the home; one stepson, Jeffrey Clinton of San
Diego; and one sister, Susan Curtiss of Ellinwood. He was preceded in death by one brother, Jim Pruner. Military graveside
service will be at 10 a.m. Monday at Greenwood Memorial Park in San Diego. A local remembrance gathering will be at 4 p.m.
Jan. 11 at the home of Joe and Susan Curtiss, 315 E. 1st, Ellinwood. Memorials are suggested to Center for Basic Research at