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

a.m. to 9 p.m. today and Wednesday at the mortuary. Memorials are suggested to Phi Beta Psi Sorority cancer research fund, in
care of the mortuary. Funeral arrangements provided by Elliott Mortuary 1219 North Main Hutchinson, KS 67501 620-663-3327
Great Bend (Kan.) Tribune, March 23, 2004
Joan Young
WICHITA — Joan Young, 85, died March 19. She was a homemaker. She was a member of First Methodist Church and PEO
Chapter HR, both of Great Bend, Veterans of Foreign Wars Ladies Auxiliary, Women of the Moose of Hutchinson, Polka Lovers
Klub of America in Wichita and Noble’s Lady of Isis Temple of Salina. Survivors include two sons, Dennis Young of Kansas City,
Mo., and Roger D. Young of Atlanta, Ga.; one daughter, Celinda D. Graham of Wichita; one brother, Bill Smith of Hutchinson;
eight grandchildren; and 12 great-grandchildren. Funeral will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at East Heights United Methodist Church
in Wichita. Graveside service will be at 3 p.m. Wednesday at Great Bend Cemetery. Friends may call from 7 to 8 p.m. today at
Downing & Lahey Mortuary East in Wichita. In lieu of flowers, memorials are suggested to Shriner’s Crippled Children’s Hospital,
c/o Midian Temple, 130 N. Topeka, Wichita, KS 67202. Funeral arrangements provided by Downing & Lahey Mortuary 6555 East
Central Wichita, KS 67206 316-682-4553 Great Bend (Kan.) Tribune, March 23, 2004
Lloyd V. Brown 1936-2004
NEWTON — Lloyd V. Brown, 67, died March 21 at his residence in Newton. He was born Oct. 7, 1936, in Great Bend, the son of
Lawrence and Anna Sofia Drehle Brown. He married Martha M. Mische Feb. 11, 1956, in Yates Center. She died April 22, 1991.
He married JoAnn Gerritzen Oct. 12, 1996, in Newton. A resident of Newton, he was a manufacturing engineer for Hesston Corp.,
Bunting Magnetics and UNIFLO. Brown attended St. Mary’s Catholic Church and Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church, was a
member of Elks Lodge, the American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars and Varmit Callers Association. Survivors include his wife
of the home; three daughters, Carol Ann Rizo of Wichita, Patsy Jean Dilts of Hesston and Mary Elizabeth Schmidt of Bedford,
Texas; two sisters, Leveta Abboud of Wichita and Carol Brown of Carson City, Nev.; and six grandchildren. He was preceded in
death by one brother, Larry Brown. Rosary will be at 7 p.m. today at Petersen Funeral Home in Newton. Funeral will be at 10 a.m.
Wednesday at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Newton, with the Rev. John Hotze officiating. Burial will be at St. Mary’s Catholic
Cemetery in Newton. Friends may call from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. today at the funeral home. Memorials are suggested to St. Mary’s
Catholic Church Building Fund or Our Lady of Guadalupe Golden Jubilee Fund, both in care of the funeral home. Funeral
arrangements provided by Petersen Funeral Home Inc. 215 N. Main Newton, KS 67114 316-283-2525 Great Bend (Kan.)
Tribune, March 23, 2004
Margaret Juergensen Stanton 1910-2004
COLUMBUS — Margaret Juergensen Stanton, 93, died March 22 at Freeman Hospital in Joplin, Mo., after an illness. She was
born Nov. 22, 1910, on the family farm in Cherokee County, the daughter of Andrew P. and Sophie Kueffner Juergensen. She
was a 1929 graduate of Columbus High School and Kansas State Teachers College in Pittsburg. She married Elmer “Dick”
Stanton in 1946, in Joplin. He died in 1954. A resident of rural Columbus, she was a retired school teacher working in Rural
Empire in Galena, Great Bend, Clay Center, Joplin and rural schools in Cherokee County. Mrs. Stanton was a member of St.
Johns Lutheran Church in Pittsburg. Survivors include one son, Gary Stanton of rural Columbus. Graveside service will be at
10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Edgmand Cemetery in rural Columbus, with the Rev. Carol Willadsen officiating. Family requests
friends meet at the cemetery. Memorials are suggested to the church or Columbus Community Foundation, in care of Simpson
Funeral Home in Columbus. Funeral arrangements provided by Simpson Funeral Home 323 S. Kansas Columbus, KS 66725
620-429-4200 Great Bend (Kan.) Tribune, March 23, 2004
Vernon Kerbs 1921-2004
BEAVER — Vernon Kerbs, 82, died March 21 at Kiowa County Memorial Hospital. He was born April 19, 1921, at Tampa, the son
of Henry and Nathalie Klein Kerbs. He married Ruby Hammers in 1944, at Wellington. She died in 1973. He married Beverly Jane
Hutson March 26, 1977, at Ellsworth. A resident of Beaver since 1976, coming from Wellington, he was a maintenance supervisor
working in Tripoli, Libya, for Whitco Libya for four years, then returned to the United States and continued his work in the oilfield.
Kerbs was a member of Masonic Lodge in Wellington and Emmanuel Lutheran Church in Hoisington. Survivors include his wife of
the home; two stepsons, Greg Hutson of Nacogdoches, Texas, and Noel Hutson of San Jose, Calif.; three stepdaughters, Juanita
Borrell of Delphos, Linda Hopkins of Beaver and Bobbie Hamilton of Austin, Texas; and four stepgrandchildren. He was preceded
in death by one brother, Lawrence Kerbs; one sister, Evelyn Little; and one stepgranddaughter, Jenna Scott. Funeral will be at 10
a.m. Wednesday at Nicholson-Ricke Funeral Home in Hoisington, with the Rev. James A. Strasen officiating. Burial will be at 3
p.m. Wednesday at Prairie Lawn Cemetery in Wellington with Masonic burial rites. There will be no visitation, cremation has taken
place. Memorials are suggested to Claflin Ambulance Fund or Beaver Fire Department Fund, both 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 Great Bend (Kan.) Tribune, March 23, 2004
Enid Lourine Dahle 1916-2004
Enid Lourine Dahle, 87, of Great Bend, died March 21 at Central Kansas Medical Center in Great Bend. She was born Nov. 29,
1916, the daughter of Edd and Zella Truex Fisher. She married Budge Dahle. He died in 1976. A resident of Great Bend for two
years, coming from Hesperia, Calif., she was an inspector for Hughes Aircraft, retiring in 1976. Mrs. Dahle was a member of River
of Life Foursquare Church in Great Bend. Survivors include four cousins, Wilma Jean Truex, Delores Rusco and Verdean LeRoy,
all of Great Bend, and Doreen Powell of Honolulu, Hawaii. She was preceded in death by one brother, Ed Fisher. Memorial