William F. (Bill) Hurst
William F. (Bill) Hurst, son of Fahy and Mina Hurst, brother to Carol Chiles, born Sept. 3, 1927 in Caldwell Kan., went ahead Thursday, May 1, 2008 to be with his savior, Jesus Christ. He is survived by his wife and true love, Betty Lou Hurst, Port Aransas, Texas, son, William F. Hurst III, Goddard; daughters, Julie Kay Wade and Susan Gail Stubbs, both of Austin, Texas; grandchildren, Dani, Karissa, Will, Matt, Mary Beth, Brittany, Charlie; daughter-in-law, Beth E. Hurst; sons-in-law, James L. Wade and Robert E. Stubbs, and faithful companions, Britches and Spike.
Bill was a Tau Kappa Epsilon that graduated at Kansas State University on the GI Bill after serving his country in the Navy during WWII. He was a purchasing agent for Boeing where he met bride to be Betty. Bill and family started Wm. F. Hurst Co., Inc. in 1962 and prospered because of faithful and honest service to his customers and staff. He still greatly enjoyed coming into the office to see his extended family.
Bill and Betty fell in love with Arabian horses and were active in the Kansas Arabian Horse Society where Bill served as President for many years. He loved to hunt, fish, ride his horse, Sonny, tell stories and have lunch every Tuesday at the Scotch and Sirloin with his lunch buddies.
Bill and Betty snow-birded in Port Aransas, Texas and moved down full time last spring where they have many friends, all of which are considered part of the extended Hurst family. An Albert Pike Mason and Shriner, Bill was a friend to many and one of the best men the Lord ever blessed us with. We are all a little better because of him and a little less because he has gone ahead. Memorials have been established with: United Methodist Open Door, P.O. Box 2756, Wichita, KS 67201 and W.F. Hurst Memorial Fund, Benefit KSU Gardens, 2323 Anderson Ave., Suite 500, Manhattan KS 66502.
Evelyn Leis
Evelyn J. Leis, age 73, beautician, of Goddard passed away Wednesday, May 7, 2008. She was born March 7, 1935 in Goddard, Kan., the daughter of Raymond and Pauline (Wapelhorst) Schwartz. On May 15, 1954 she was united in marriage to Lawrence Leis in Colwich, Kan. She is survived by son Jeff (Ann) Leis of Oxford, Kan., and daughter Dana (Rick) May of Pagosa Springs, Colo., brother Linus Schwartz, and sister Rosina Rau, both of Colwich, six grandchildren, six great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, Lawrence.
Rosary was 7:30 May 7 and service is 11 a.m. Thursday, May 8, both at St. Mary’s Catholic Church with Father Samuel Pinkerton and Father Joseph Gile officiating. Interment is at St. Mary’s Cemetery, Aleppo, Kan.
Memorials have been established at Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice or the Lords Diner.
Wulf-Ast Mortuary, Garden Plain, is in charge of arrangements.
George Obrock
George William Obrock, Sr., age 84, passed away Wednesday, April 30, 2008.
He was born on June 1, 1923 in St. Louis, Mo., to his parents, Dewey and Freida (Schmidt) Jones. He entered the United States Army Air Force in 1943, during World War II, serving a little over two years.
On July 4, 1946 he was united in marriage to Vallerie F. Elsworth in St. Louis. He worked as a bell captain at the Lassen Hotel and as a salesman for Dairy Bell, Hinneman’s Food and F&E Wholesale Foods in Wichita, with routes throughout Kansas. In 1956, he served as a Clearwater police captain. He was also a former owner/operator of Copa Kitchen in Kingman, Kan. Upon retirement he and Vallerie moved to Arkansas. After her death he lived in Cottonwood Falls, Kan., Liberal, Kan., and of late, the Cherry Village Nursing Home, in Great Bend, Kan. George was a loving and dedicated family man, who cared for people and loved God.
Memorial services were held 10 a.m., Saturday, May 3, at Webb-Shinkle Mortuary Chapel in Clearwater. A memorial has been established with Cherry Village Nursing Home, 1401 Cherry Lane, Great Bend, KS 67530.
He was preceded in death by his wife of 55 years, Vallerie; his parents, brothers, Clyde Tuttle and Arthur Obrock. He is survived by his children: Bill Obrock, Jr. of Dodge City, Kan., Bud and Rex Obrock, both of Kingman, Jerry Hughes of Phoenix, Ariz., Linda Price of Rogers, Ark.; Tammy Williams of Los Angeles, Calif., sister, Dorothy Bradshaw of Dupo, Ill.; brother, Edward Obrock of Golden, Mo; 18 grandchildren, eight great-grandchildren.
Webb-Shinkle Mortuary, Clearwater was in charge of arrangements.
James Rausch
James (Jim) Edward Rausch, 52, maintenance supervisor at Tweeco Products and facilities manager at Precision Pattern, of Garden Plain, passed away on May 1, 2008. He is survived by his high school sweetheart and wife of 33 years, Beverly (Weber); daughters, Melissa (Walter) Bleser of Kansas City, Mo., Jannessa (fiancé Matthew Moore) of Shawnee, Kan.; son, Patrick of Manhattan, Kan., parents, Francis and Theresa Rausch; brothers, Mick (Nancy) of Garden Plain, Tom (Donna) of Viola, Don (Laurie) of Ocoee, Fla.; sisters Barb (Jim) Littell of Stillwater, Okla., and Mary (Jeff) Richardson of Viola. He was preceded in death by his mother, JoNell (Petroski) Rausch.
Rosary was 7:30 p.m. May 4 and service was 10:30 a.m., Monday, May 5, both at St. Anthony’s, Garden Plain. Memorials may be sent to Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice, 313 S. Market, Wichita KS 67202.
Wulf-Ast Mortuary, Garden Plain, was in charge of arrangements. |
