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

Atlanta, Ga., and William L. Broadnax of Tipton, Mo.; and six grandchildren. She was preceded in death by one daughter, Delois
Broadnax. Funeral will be at 11 a.m. Satur-day at Nicholson-Ricke Funeral Home in Hoisington, with the Revs. Paula Bell and
Don Fisher officiating. Burial will be at Hoisington Cemetery. Friends may call from 1 to 8 p.m. today and from 9 a.m. until service
time Saturday, all at the funeral home. Funeral arrangements provided by Nicholson-Ricke Funeral Home 415 N. Main
Hoisington, KS 67544 620-653-4165 Great Bend (Kan.) Tribune, Feb. 13, 2004
February 12, 2004
Larry L. Bales 1940-2004
BISON — Larry L. Bales, 64, died Feb. 9 at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita. He was born Jan. 28, 1940, in Spencer, Iowa, the
son of Henry H. and Florice Cole Bales. He married Carol J. Fox Sept. 1, 1960, at Anchorage, Ky. A longtime resident of Rush
County, coming from Yates Center, he was a farmer and stockman. Bales was a member of Seventh Day Adventist Church of La
Crosse, Seventh Day Adventist church elder for many years, and a member of Mid State Farmers Co-op. Survivors include his
wife of the home; one son, Kevin Bales of Bison; three daughters, Debra Hovorka of Holcomb, Denyse Chubb of Tustin, Calif.,
and Cindy Ladd of Fairbanks, Alaska; one brother, Erving Bales of Sturgeon, Mo.; two sisters, Bonnie Carter of La Selva Beach,
Calif., and Sherita Wren of El Dorado; and nine grandchildren. Funeral will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Janousek Funeral Home chapel
in La Crosse, with the Rev. Ed Jumper officiating. Burial will be at Shaffer Seventh Day Adventist Cemetery in Bison. Friends may
call from 9 a.m. to 1:50 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. Memorials are suggested to Enterprise Academy, Hays Seventh Day
Adventist School or American Diabetes Association, all in care of the funeral home. Funeral arrangements provided by Janousek
Funeral Home 719 Pine La Crosse, KS 67548 (785) 222-2517 Great Bend (Kan.) Tribune, Feb. 12, 2004
February 11, 2004
Ernest Fredrick ‘Ernie’ Strecker 1913-2004
PARADISE — Ernest Fredrick “Ernie” Strecker, age 90 of Osborne and formerly a longtime Paradise area resident, died early
Sunday, Feb. 8, at Parkview Care Center in Osborne. He was born Aug. 5, 1913, at Paradise, the son of Henry and Minnie
Stielow-Strecker. On April 24, 1936, he was united in marriage to Eva Mae Weller at Russell. They shared over 67 years of
married life together. He grew up in the Paradise area and graduated from Paradise Rural High School in 1931. After his
graduation he was at home on the family farm, homesteaded by Ernest’s grandfather Fredrick Stielow. Here, Ernest built a
successful farm and ranch operation. He was involved with numerous agricultural committees and civic organizations. He lived in
the Paradise community for 78 years, later moving to Russell and then to care facilities in Hesston and Osborne, where he
resided in Parkview Care Center since April 2003. He was a member of Paradise United Methodist Church, the Masonic Lodge in
Natoma and later the Russell Masonic Lodge, Waldo Lions Club and was very active in civic organizations. He volunteered as
baseball coach for summer baseball and was a fixture for many years as timekeeper for Paradise High School basketball games.
Ernie enjoyed his children and grandchildren, hunting, fishing and sports, particularly Kansas City Athletics/Royal baseball. Ernest
is survived by his wife, Eva of Parkview Care Center in Osborne; two daughters, Wanda Kay Augustine and her husband, Harold,
of Great Bend, and Mary Anderson of Osborne; two sons, Albert Strecker and his wife, Janice, of Hutchinson, and Glenn Strecker
and his wife, Rhonda, of Olathe; 11 grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; one stepgrandchild; and two step great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents; two brothers, Herman and Carl Strecker; and his sister, Marie Reich. Funeral services
will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at Paradise United Methodist Church with the Rev. Elsie Crickard officiating. Interment will follow
in Mt. Herman Cemetery near Paradise. Visitation will be held from noon to 9 p.m. today at Pohlman-Heise Mortuary in Russell
and from noon until the service on Thursday at the church. Memorial contributions may be made to Paradise United Methodist
Church and may be sent in care of Pohlman-Heise Mortuary, 610 N. Maple St., Russell, KS 67665. Funeral arrangements
provided by Pohlman-Heise Mortuary* 610 North Maple St. Russell, KS 67665 (786) 483-2212 Great Bend (Kan.) Tribune, Feb.
11, 2004
Frances Marie Starbuck 1923-2004
Frances Marie Starbuck, 80, of Great Bend, died Feb. 9 at Great Bend. She was born Oct. 21, 1923, at Jennings, the daughter of
Leo and Esther Hanson Bendon. She married Paul Edwin Starbuck July 14, 1946, at Salina. He died Jan. 18, 2002. She was a
resident of Great Bend since 1946, coming from Salina. She was a 1941 graduate of Decatur County High School in Oberlin.
Frances was a bookkeeper and had worked for Junction City Transit Lines, and in Great Bend for Parrish Motor Company, Hanna
Oil Company and Hoffman Oil Company. She was a member of First United Methodist Church, UR Welcome Sunday school
class, Golden Sheaf Chapter 226 Order of the Eastern Star, American Legion Post 180 Auxiliary, Veteran of Foreign Wars Post
3111 Auxiliary, Reserve Officers Association League, Kiwaniqueens, a leader of Girl Scout Troop 81, den mother of Cub Scout
Pack 117, member of Northwest EHU and a volunteer for the American Red Cross Bloodmobile. She was a Barton coordinator of
the President Ford Committee -1976, a delegate to the Republican First Congressional District and State Convention in 1976 and
had worked on numerous Bob Dole election campaigns. She was preceded in death by one brother, Leo T. Bendon and two
sisters, Glee Jorn and Lila Jean Bendon. Survivors include one son, Mike and Rhonda Starbuck of Hebron, Neb.; one daughter,
Pamela and Ian Patrick of Nederland, Colo.; three sisters, Cecil Hess of Oberlin, Helen Riepl of Cimarron, and Mary Lou Olson of
Herndon; two grandchildren, Andy and Trish Starbuck of Colby, and Audrey Starbuck of Lincoln, Neb.; and one great-grandson,
Drew Michael Starbuck of Colby. Funeral will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday at the church with the Rev. Gary Brooks officiating. Burial
will be at Great Bend Cemetery. Friends may call from noon to 9 p.m. today and from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Thursday, both at Bryant
Funeral Home in Great Bend, and from 9 a.m. to service time Friday at the church. Memorials are suggested to the church, Great
Bend Public Library or Golden Belt Home Health and Hospice, all in care of the funeral home. Funeral arrangements provided by