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TALBOT, Gladys Lillian

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TEMPLING, Helen Rosa

b. 5 Sep 1923 - Barton County, Kansas

d. 29 Feb 2008 - Great Bend, Kansas

From Hutchinson (Kan) News - Sunday, March 2, 2008, Submitted by Rachel E. Smith

GREAT BEND - Helen Rosa Bender, 84, died Feb. 29, 2008, at Great Bend Health and Rehabilitation Center.
She was born Sept. 5, 1923, in Barton County, the daughter of David and Mollie Zimmerman Templing. A resident of Great Bend since 1961, moving from Russell County, she was a sales clerk and cashier for Gibson's Discount Store. She belonged to Trinity Lutheran Church, Great Bend.
On Sept. 1, 1946, she married Ernest Herbert BENDER in Russell.
Survivors include: a son, Gary, Charlotte, N.C.; a daughter, Judy McGreevy, Great Bend; a sister, Dorothy Justice, Mountain Home, Ark.; three grandchildren; two step-grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by a brother, Edwin Templing.
Prayer service will be at 3 p.m. today at Bryant Funeral Home, Great Bend. Funeral will be at 2:30 p.m. Monday at Trinity Lutheran Church, Great Bend, with the Rev. James A. Strasen presiding. Visitation will be from 1 to 9 p.m. today and from 9 a.m. to noon Monday at the funeral home, with the family present to receive friends following the prayer service today. Burial will be in Great Bend Cemetery. Memorials may be sent to Trinity Lutheran Church, in care of the funeral home.

GREAT BEND - Bender, Helen Rosa, 84, died Feb. 29, 2008. Service 2:30 p.m. Monday, Trinity Lutheran Church, Great Bend. Survivors: daughter, Judy McGreevy (Dennis); son, Gary (Kathy); sister, Dorothy Justice; 3 grandchildren; 2 step-grandchildren; 5 great-grandchildren. Brynat Funeral Home, Great Bend, has charge. Published in the Wichita Eagle on 3/2/2008

THIESSEN, Ed

b. 21 Jun 1917 - Inman, Kansas

d. 23 Jan 2008 - Garden City, Kansas

From Hutchinson (Kan) News - Friday, January 25, 2008, Submitted by Rachel E. Smith

GARDEN CITY - Ed Thiessen, 90, died Jan. 23, 2008, at the Garden Valley Retirement Village in Garden City.
He was born June 21, 1917, in Inman, the son of John E. and Anna Siebert Thiessen. A 1938 Inman High School graduate, he earned an associate degree at Salt City Business College. He was a resident of Garden City since 1946, having moved from Norristown, Pa. He had been a farmer for 61 years and a Mennonite Mutual Aid Insurance salesman from 1952 to 2001. He belonged to the Garden Valley Church, the Lions Club and Sunrisers Kiwanis, both of Garden City. He served on the boards of the Garden Valley Retirement Village from 1970-1991, Finney County Extension, Farm Bureau, Garden City Co-op and the Southwest Kansas Board of Health. He served in the Civilian Public Service during World War II.
On Nov. 11, 1944, he married Erma FRIESEN at Hutchinson. She survives.
Other survivors include: a son, Douglas Thiessen, Garden City; two daughters, Suzanne Wiens, Newton, and Cynthia Knight, Roseville, Calif.; four sisters, Ann Penner, Ingalls, Helen Schmidt, Hillsboro, Menda Kliewer, Inman, and Martha Loewen, Newton; eight grandchildren; and 12 great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by two grandsons.
Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Garden Valley Church, Garden City, with the Rev. Marion Heisey presiding. Visitation is from 10 a.m. to 8.p.m. today at Price and Sons Funeral Home, Garden City. Burial will be in Valley View Cemetery, Garden City. Memorials may be sent to the Ed Thiessen Memorial Fund for Garden Valley Retirement Village in care of the funeral home.

THIESSEN, Martha Marie

b. abt 1913

d. 22 Feb 2008 - Whitewater, Kansas

From Wichita Eagle - Sunday, February 24, 2008, Submitted by Rachel E. Smith

WHITEWATER - Thiessen, Martha Marie, 95, died February 22, 2008. Service 11 a.m. Wednesday, Swiss Church, Whitewater. Survivors: brothers, Edgar & Wilfred Thiessen, both of Whitewater. Lamb Funeral Home of Whitewater is in charge of arrangements. Published in the Wichita Eagle on 2/24/2008.

THIEZEN, Delsie

b.

d. 12 Dec 2007

From Hillsboro Star Journal - March 5, 2008, Submitted by Rachel E. Smith

Delsie Thiezen Bartel of Marion, S.D., died Dec. 12, 2007. She was preceded in death by her husband, Leonard BARTEL.

Survivors include a daughter, Cathryn (Bartel) Kern, and two sons, Leonhard Keith and Gerald Allen. Other survivors from this area include sisters-in-law, Elda Bartel, Geneva Bartel, Martha Peters, and Linda Goertzen, all of Goessel; brothers-in-law, Peter Bartel of Wichita, Jona Reimer of Walton, and Roland Bartel of Oregon. A memorial service was held Sunday afternoon at Faith Mennonite Church, Newton.

THOMAS, Marcus

b. 22 Oct 1884 - Russia

d. May 1950 - Richardton, North Dakota

From Dickinson ND Press - 9 May 1950, Submitted by eusteel@cox.net

Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. today in St. Mary �s church at Richardton, for Marcus Thomas, who died at 10 a.m. Saturday, in the Richardton school where he was employed as janitor. Death was caused by a heart attack. Rev. Frederick Mundt will officiate at the final rites, and interment will be in St. Mary �s cemetery.
Mr. Thomas was born in Russia, October 22, 1884, and came to the United States in 1892. He had lived in the Richardton area for 57 years and married Tillie BRANDT there in 1914.
Survivors include his wife and ten children: Mrs. W. H. Becker, Dayton, Minn.; Mrs. Arthur Schulz, Minneapolis; Mrs. R. I. Odeen, St. Paul, Minn.; Mrs. Harry Feller, Mrs. Tony Feller, Hardin Mont.; Henry, Arnold, Julius, Larry and Arlene, Richardton. Four children died in infancy.
He also has three brothers and two sisters: Ray, Dickinson; Tony, Williston; Sister Luitgard, Tyndall, S. D.; Mrs. Philip Aman, Richardton; and Brother Stanislaus Thomas, OSB, Conception, Mo.
The Mischel funeral home is in charge of arrangements. Dickinson ND Press 9 May 1950

THYE, Josephine

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TITTEL, Doris Lorraine

b. 9 Jun 1930 - Russell County, Kansas

d. 24 Jan 2008 - Oberlin, Kansas

From Russell County News - Wednesday, 30 January 2008, Submitted by Nadine Hepp

Doris Lorraine Miller, 77, died 24 January 2008, at the Decatur County Hospital, Oberlin, Kansas. She was born 9 June 1930, in Russell County, to William and Mary Heil Tittel. She graduated from Russell High School in 1948. In 1951, Doris married Raymond MILLER in Russell. They resided in McAllister, Oklahoma, then moved back to Russell for several years. For the next 20 years, they resided in Chase, Hutchinson, and Lyons. After Doris and Raymond divorced, she lived in Iola, and Burlington before moving to Oberlin in 1976. Doris worked as a printer for the Obelin Herald from 1976 until she retired in 2005. She was a member of Faith Lutheran Church, Oberlin.

Survivors include three children and their spouses: Roger and Tammy Miller, Clarksville, Tenn,; Richard and Wendy Miller, Loveland, Colo.; and Connie and Jack Hunter, Lyons; three siblings and their spouses, Ralph and Kay Tittel, Pea Ridge, Ark. Verdie and Clyde Peddycord, Greeley, Colo,; and Ruth and Don Pickering, Wichita; nine grandchildren, seven great-grandchildren. Doris' parents and an infant sister preceded her in death.

Graveside services were held 28 January 2008 at the Russell City Cemetery, Russell. Memorial contributions may be made to the Decatur County Youth Softball Program. Pauls Funeral Home, Oberlin was in charge of the arrangements. (Published in the 30 January 2008, issue of the Russell County, News)

TOEVS, Virginia A.

b. 1 Sep 1930 -

d. 14 Mar 2008 - Moundridge, Kansas

From Hutchinson (Kan) News - Saturday, March 15, 2008, Submitted by Rachel E. Smith

MOUNDRIDGE - Virginia A. Stucky, 77, died March 14, 2008, at Memorial Home, Moundridge.
She was born Sept. 1, 1930, the daughter of Jacob E. and Anna B. Mackey Toevs.
On Sept. 1, 1949, she married Dwight D. STUCKY in Moundridge. He died Nov. 20, 1988. Survivors include: two sons, Bruce A. Stucky, Lawrence, and Monte D. Stucky, Moundridge; daughter, Sylvia L. Stucky, Platte City, MO; five grandchildren. Graveside service will be at 10:15 a.m. Monday at First Mennonite Church Cemetery. Memorial service at 11 a.m. at First Mennonite Church of Christian. Visitation 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. with family present from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Moundridge Funeral Home.
Memorials to First Mennonite Church or Memorial Home, both in care of the funeral home.

MOUNDRIDGE - Stucky, Virginia A., 77, died March 14, 2008. Graveside service 10:15 a.m. Monday, First Mennonite Church Cemetery; service 11 a.m. Monday, First Mennonite Church. Survivors: sons, Bruce, Monte; daughter, Sylvia Stucky; 5 grandchildren. Moundridge Funeral Home. Published in the Wichita Eagle on 3/15/2008.