Obituaries

Susan ‘Susie’ Jean Steiner, 70, passed away Jan. 17, 2021, at Great Bend Health & Rehab. She was born Aug. 26, 1950 in Ellsworth to Clayton C. and Barbara J. (Foote) Steiner. She lived the first three years of her life in Blackwolf, Kan. After 1953, she was a resident of Great Bend.

Dale Herman Anschutz, 90, of Ellsworth, Kan. passed away Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021, in Salina, Kan. He was born May 6, 1930 to William and Hattie (Schepmann) Anschutz in Wilson, Kan. Dale was a member of Immanuel Lutheran Church of Ellsworth, American Legion Post 200 of Holyrood, Kan.

Loretta K. Small passed away on Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021, at the Wilson Care and Rehabilitation Center in Wilson, Kan., at the age of 51. She was born Oct. 2, 1969 to Jesse and Melba (Kindlesparger) Whitmer in Ellsworth, Kan. Loretta was a lifetime resident of Wilson.

Kurt Frevert was the beloved husband of Anita Frevert for 53 years and the beloved father of Kurtis and Kevin Frevert. The tragic loss of this fine man will be carried in their hearts forever. Kurtis ‘Kurt’ K. Frevert was born Jan. 11, 1941 in Great Bend, Kan.

Betty Jane Hinton, 90, passed away Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021, in Wilson. She was born Jan. 4, 1931 in Kodiak, Alaska to Herbert and Florence (Nymen) Heglin. Betty married Clarence Frank Hinton in Kodiak, Alaska May 10, 1959. She was a line worker at the fish canning factory in Kodiak.

Ed was born on June 17, 1932 to Albert Hlad Jr. and Mary Vejl Hlad in their home at Bunker Hill, Kan. and passed away Jan. 11, 2021. Edward was their firstborn of four children. He is survived by his wife, Millie (Mildred) Louise Hendrich Hlad; brother, Ronald (Jane) Hlad of Sylvan Grove, Kan.

Roy ‘Shorty’ Folk, 94, passed away Friday, Jan. 8, 2021, in Ellsworth. He was born April 11, 1926 in Lorraine, Kan. to Harry and Carrie (Droegemeier) Folk. Roy graduated high school in 1944 and served in the U.S. Air Force from 1944 to 1946.

Sharon J. Habiger, 61, passed away Friday, Jan. 8, 2021, in Lyons, Kan. She was born July 7, 1959 in Sterling, Colo. to Roy and Margaret (Feist) Killingsworth. Sharon married James “Jim” Habiger in Lyons Nov. 5, 1976.

Mary Jane (Major) Steinle, 83, of Dorrance, Kan., passed away Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, at the Sunshine Meadows Assisted Living in Buhler, Kan. Mary Jane  was born May 3, 1937 to Benjamin and Freda (Kaps) Major in Ellsworth, Kan. She passed away peacefully at the age of 83, on Jan. 6.

Heaven gained one tough and sweet woman. Bernadette Loretta Dlabal Heleniak from Redding Calif. passed away from a well lived life Jan. 3, 2021.   Born Jan. 13, 1938 on Hell Creek just outside of Wilson Kan., Bernadette was the sixth of eight children for John and Philomena (Pospisil) Dlabal.