Mary Catherine Gross1

F, d. before 6 January 1997
Mary Catherine Gross|d. b 6 Jan 1997|p786.htm#i23551|Jacob J. "Jake" Gross|d. 9 Jan 1997|p785.htm#i23544|Ida Befort|b. 22 Feb 1917\nd. 6 Jan 2004|p781.htm#i23423|||||||Michael "Mike" Befort|b. 21 Jun 1892\nd. 17 Aug 1962|p779.htm#i23366|Mary Stecklein|b. c 1895|p781.htm#i23420|
     Mary Catherine Gross was the daughter of Jacob J. "Jake" Gross and Ida Befort.1 Mary Catherine Gross married (?) Gottschalk.1 Mary Catherine Gross died before 6 January 1997.1

Last Edited=13 Sep 2008

Citations

  1. [S1628] Obit: Ida (Befort) Gross, Hays Daily News, 1/11/2004
    Ida Gross , January 9, 2004
    SOLOMON — Ida Gross, 86, former Hays resident, died Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2004, at Whispering Timbers Assisted Living Center.
    She was born Feb. 22, 1917, to Mike and Mary (Stecklein) Befort.
    She married Jacob “Jake” Gross on June 19, 1939. He died Jan. 9, 1997. She was a nurse's aide and worked at St. Anthony Hospital for most of her life. Upon retirement she worked as a home health nurse and a senior companion for eight years.
    She was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church, St. Joseph Altar Society and Christian Mothers and the Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary, all in Hays.
    Survivors include three sons, Jim, Portland, Ore., Alan, San Clemente, Calif., and Brad, Milford; a daughter, Laurie Gross, Milford; three brothers, William Befort, Hays, George Befort, Arizona, and Jim Befort, Denver; five sisters, Mary Leiker, Rose Ann Giebler and Dorothy Gottschalk, all of Hays, Olivia Legleiter, Solomon, and Helen Weaver, Salina; 16 grandchildren; and 18 great-grandchildren.
    She was preceded in death by a son, Tom, two daughters, Mary Catherine Gottschalk and Sheila Chavez, six brothers, Ralph, Adam, Harry, Albinus, Robert and Mike Befort, Jr.; and by two sisters, Sister Firmina Befort and Esther Riedel.
    Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Joseph Catholic Church, Hays; burial in St. Joseph Cemetery.
    Visitation will be from 3 to 8 p.m. Friday and from 8:30 to 9:45 a.m. Saturday at Brock's North Hill Chapel, 2509 Vine. There will be an Altar Society and Christian Mothers rosary at 4 p.m., a VFW Auxiliary service at 6:30 p.m. and a parish vigil service at 7 p.m., all Friday at the funeral home.
    Memorials are suggested to the Hays Senior Companion Program.

(?) Gottschalk1

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     (?) Gottschalk married Mary Catherine Gross, daughter of Jacob J. "Jake" Gross and Ida Befort.1

Last Edited=13 Sep 2008

Citations

  1. [S1628] Obit: Ida (Befort) Gross, Hays Daily News, 1/11/2004
    Ida Gross , January 9, 2004
    SOLOMON — Ida Gross, 86, former Hays resident, died Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2004, at Whispering Timbers Assisted Living Center.
    She was born Feb. 22, 1917, to Mike and Mary (Stecklein) Befort.
    She married Jacob “Jake” Gross on June 19, 1939. He died Jan. 9, 1997. She was a nurse's aide and worked at St. Anthony Hospital for most of her life. Upon retirement she worked as a home health nurse and a senior companion for eight years.
    She was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church, St. Joseph Altar Society and Christian Mothers and the Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary, all in Hays.
    Survivors include three sons, Jim, Portland, Ore., Alan, San Clemente, Calif., and Brad, Milford; a daughter, Laurie Gross, Milford; three brothers, William Befort, Hays, George Befort, Arizona, and Jim Befort, Denver; five sisters, Mary Leiker, Rose Ann Giebler and Dorothy Gottschalk, all of Hays, Olivia Legleiter, Solomon, and Helen Weaver, Salina; 16 grandchildren; and 18 great-grandchildren.
    She was preceded in death by a son, Tom, two daughters, Mary Catherine Gottschalk and Sheila Chavez, six brothers, Ralph, Adam, Harry, Albinus, Robert and Mike Befort, Jr.; and by two sisters, Sister Firmina Befort and Esther Riedel.
    Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Joseph Catholic Church, Hays; burial in St. Joseph Cemetery.
    Visitation will be from 3 to 8 p.m. Friday and from 8:30 to 9:45 a.m. Saturday at Brock's North Hill Chapel, 2509 Vine. There will be an Altar Society and Christian Mothers rosary at 4 p.m., a VFW Auxiliary service at 6:30 p.m. and a parish vigil service at 7 p.m., all Friday at the funeral home.
    Memorials are suggested to the Hays Senior Companion Program.

Sheila Gross1

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Sheila Gross||p786.htm#i23553|Jacob J. "Jake" Gross|d. 9 Jan 1997|p785.htm#i23544|Ida Befort|b. 22 Feb 1917\nd. 6 Jan 2004|p781.htm#i23423|||||||Michael "Mike" Befort|b. 21 Jun 1892\nd. 17 Aug 1962|p779.htm#i23366|Mary Stecklein|b. c 1895|p781.htm#i23420|
     Sheila Gross was the daughter of Jacob J. "Jake" Gross and Ida Befort.1 Sheila Gross died.1 She married (?) Chavez.1

Last Edited=13 Sep 2008

Citations

  1. [S1628] Obit: Ida (Befort) Gross, Hays Daily News, 1/11/2004
    Ida Gross , January 9, 2004
    SOLOMON — Ida Gross, 86, former Hays resident, died Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2004, at Whispering Timbers Assisted Living Center.
    She was born Feb. 22, 1917, to Mike and Mary (Stecklein) Befort.
    She married Jacob “Jake” Gross on June 19, 1939. He died Jan. 9, 1997. She was a nurse's aide and worked at St. Anthony Hospital for most of her life. Upon retirement she worked as a home health nurse and a senior companion for eight years.
    She was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church, St. Joseph Altar Society and Christian Mothers and the Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary, all in Hays.
    Survivors include three sons, Jim, Portland, Ore., Alan, San Clemente, Calif., and Brad, Milford; a daughter, Laurie Gross, Milford; three brothers, William Befort, Hays, George Befort, Arizona, and Jim Befort, Denver; five sisters, Mary Leiker, Rose Ann Giebler and Dorothy Gottschalk, all of Hays, Olivia Legleiter, Solomon, and Helen Weaver, Salina; 16 grandchildren; and 18 great-grandchildren.
    She was preceded in death by a son, Tom, two daughters, Mary Catherine Gottschalk and Sheila Chavez, six brothers, Ralph, Adam, Harry, Albinus, Robert and Mike Befort, Jr.; and by two sisters, Sister Firmina Befort and Esther Riedel.
    Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Joseph Catholic Church, Hays; burial in St. Joseph Cemetery.
    Visitation will be from 3 to 8 p.m. Friday and from 8:30 to 9:45 a.m. Saturday at Brock's North Hill Chapel, 2509 Vine. There will be an Altar Society and Christian Mothers rosary at 4 p.m., a VFW Auxiliary service at 6:30 p.m. and a parish vigil service at 7 p.m., all Friday at the funeral home.
    Memorials are suggested to the Hays Senior Companion Program.

(?) Chavez1

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     (?) Chavez married Sheila Gross, daughter of Jacob J. "Jake" Gross and Ida Befort.1

Last Edited=13 Sep 2008

Citations

  1. [S1628] Obit: Ida (Befort) Gross, Hays Daily News, 1/11/2004
    Ida Gross , January 9, 2004
    SOLOMON — Ida Gross, 86, former Hays resident, died Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2004, at Whispering Timbers Assisted Living Center.
    She was born Feb. 22, 1917, to Mike and Mary (Stecklein) Befort.
    She married Jacob “Jake” Gross on June 19, 1939. He died Jan. 9, 1997. She was a nurse's aide and worked at St. Anthony Hospital for most of her life. Upon retirement she worked as a home health nurse and a senior companion for eight years.
    She was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church, St. Joseph Altar Society and Christian Mothers and the Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary, all in Hays.
    Survivors include three sons, Jim, Portland, Ore., Alan, San Clemente, Calif., and Brad, Milford; a daughter, Laurie Gross, Milford; three brothers, William Befort, Hays, George Befort, Arizona, and Jim Befort, Denver; five sisters, Mary Leiker, Rose Ann Giebler and Dorothy Gottschalk, all of Hays, Olivia Legleiter, Solomon, and Helen Weaver, Salina; 16 grandchildren; and 18 great-grandchildren.
    She was preceded in death by a son, Tom, two daughters, Mary Catherine Gottschalk and Sheila Chavez, six brothers, Ralph, Adam, Harry, Albinus, Robert and Mike Befort, Jr.; and by two sisters, Sister Firmina Befort and Esther Riedel.
    Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Joseph Catholic Church, Hays; burial in St. Joseph Cemetery.
    Visitation will be from 3 to 8 p.m. Friday and from 8:30 to 9:45 a.m. Saturday at Brock's North Hill Chapel, 2509 Vine. There will be an Altar Society and Christian Mothers rosary at 4 p.m., a VFW Auxiliary service at 6:30 p.m. and a parish vigil service at 7 p.m., all Friday at the funeral home.
    Memorials are suggested to the Hays Senior Companion Program.

Edwin J. Riedel1,2

M, b. 20 April 1923, d. 28 May 1978
Edwin J. Riedel|b. 20 Apr 1923\nd. 28 May 1978|p786.htm#i23555|John Riedel||p804.htm#i24100|Rosa Urban||p804.htm#i24101|||||||||||||
     Edwin J. Riedel married Esther M. Befort, daughter of Michael "Mike" Befort and Mary Stecklein.1 Edwin J. Riedel was born on 20 April 1923.2 He was the son of John Riedel and Rosa Urban.2 Edwin J. Riedel died on 28 May 1978 at age 55.2

Last Edited=28 Sep 2008

Citations

  1. [S1628] Obit: Ida (Befort) Gross, Hays Daily News, 1/11/2004
    Ida Gross , January 9, 2004
    SOLOMON — Ida Gross, 86, former Hays resident, died Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2004, at Whispering Timbers Assisted Living Center.
    She was born Feb. 22, 1917, to Mike and Mary (Stecklein) Befort.
    She married Jacob “Jake” Gross on June 19, 1939. He died Jan. 9, 1997. She was a nurse's aide and worked at St. Anthony Hospital for most of her life. Upon retirement she worked as a home health nurse and a senior companion for eight years.
    She was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church, St. Joseph Altar Society and Christian Mothers and the Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary, all in Hays.
    Survivors include three sons, Jim, Portland, Ore., Alan, San Clemente, Calif., and Brad, Milford; a daughter, Laurie Gross, Milford; three brothers, William Befort, Hays, George Befort, Arizona, and Jim Befort, Denver; five sisters, Mary Leiker, Rose Ann Giebler and Dorothy Gottschalk, all of Hays, Olivia Legleiter, Solomon, and Helen Weaver, Salina; 16 grandchildren; and 18 great-grandchildren.
    She was preceded in death by a son, Tom, two daughters, Mary Catherine Gottschalk and Sheila Chavez, six brothers, Ralph, Adam, Harry, Albinus, Robert and Mike Befort, Jr.; and by two sisters, Sister Firmina Befort and Esther Riedel.
    Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Joseph Catholic Church, Hays; burial in St. Joseph Cemetery.
    Visitation will be from 3 to 8 p.m. Friday and from 8:30 to 9:45 a.m. Saturday at Brock's North Hill Chapel, 2509 Vine. There will be an Altar Society and Christian Mothers rosary at 4 p.m., a VFW Auxiliary service at 6:30 p.m. and a parish vigil service at 7 p.m., all Friday at the funeral home.
    Memorials are suggested to the Hays Senior Companion Program.
  2. [S1622] Sheri Beffort Fenley <e-mail address>, email to John Teets, 9/18/2008, Befort Family.

Harold F. "Harry" Befort1,2

M, b. circa 1939, d. 16 January 1988
Harold F. "Harry" Befort|b. c 1939\nd. 16 Jan 1988|p786.htm#i23556|Michael "Mike" Befort|b. 21 Jun 1892\nd. 17 Aug 1962|p779.htm#i23366|Mary Stecklein|b. c 1895|p781.htm#i23420|Anton "Linke" Befort|b. 2 Feb 1856\nd. 26 Feb 1929|p205.htm#i6150|Anna Katherine "Kate/Katie" Rupp|b. Oct 1856\nd. 21 Aug 1937|p779.htm#i23365|Johannes Stecklein||p804.htm#i24096|Catherina Jakobs||p804.htm#i24097|
     Harold F. "Harry" Befort married Alice Meier.3 Harold F. "Harry" Befort was born circa 1939.3 He was the son of Michael "Mike" Befort and Mary Stecklein.1 Harold F. "Harry" Befort died on 16 January 1988.3,1

Last Edited=28 Sep 2008

Children of Harold F. "Harry" Befort and Alice Meier

Citations

  1. [S1628] Obit: Ida (Befort) Gross, Hays Daily News, 1/11/2004
    Ida Gross , January 9, 2004
    SOLOMON — Ida Gross, 86, former Hays resident, died Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2004, at Whispering Timbers Assisted Living Center.
    She was born Feb. 22, 1917, to Mike and Mary (Stecklein) Befort.
    She married Jacob “Jake” Gross on June 19, 1939. He died Jan. 9, 1997. She was a nurse's aide and worked at St. Anthony Hospital for most of her life. Upon retirement she worked as a home health nurse and a senior companion for eight years.
    She was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church, St. Joseph Altar Society and Christian Mothers and the Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary, all in Hays.
    Survivors include three sons, Jim, Portland, Ore., Alan, San Clemente, Calif., and Brad, Milford; a daughter, Laurie Gross, Milford; three brothers, William Befort, Hays, George Befort, Arizona, and Jim Befort, Denver; five sisters, Mary Leiker, Rose Ann Giebler and Dorothy Gottschalk, all of Hays, Olivia Legleiter, Solomon, and Helen Weaver, Salina; 16 grandchildren; and 18 great-grandchildren.
    She was preceded in death by a son, Tom, two daughters, Mary Catherine Gottschalk and Sheila Chavez, six brothers, Ralph, Adam, Harry, Albinus, Robert and Mike Befort, Jr.; and by two sisters, Sister Firmina Befort and Esther Riedel.
    Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Joseph Catholic Church, Hays; burial in St. Joseph Cemetery.
    Visitation will be from 3 to 8 p.m. Friday and from 8:30 to 9:45 a.m. Saturday at Brock's North Hill Chapel, 2509 Vine. There will be an Altar Society and Christian Mothers rosary at 4 p.m., a VFW Auxiliary service at 6:30 p.m. and a parish vigil service at 7 p.m., all Friday at the funeral home.
    Memorials are suggested to the Hays Senior Companion Program.
  2. [S1622] Sheri Beffort Fenley <e-mail address>, email to John Teets, 9/18/2008, Befort Family.
  3. [S1655] Obit: Harold F. Befort, Wichita Eagle, The (KS) - January 26, 1988 Deceased Name: Harold F.
    Befort Harold F. Befort, 49, of Los Angeles, former Hays resident, died
    Saturday, Jan. 16, 1988. Service 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, St. Francis
    Catholic Church, Munjor.
    Survivors: sons, Duane, Eric, Harold, Daryl, all of Arkansas City; daughters,
    Elizabeth Steck, Ellene, both of Arkansas City, Dorene, Eva, both of
    Wichita; brothers, Bill, Adam, Mike, Ralph, all of Hays, Albinus of Munjor,
    George, Jim, both of Denver; sisters, Ida Gross, Olivia Legleiter, Esther
    Riedel, Mary Leiker, Rose Ann Giebler, Dorothy Gottschalk, all of Hays,
    Sister Firmina of El Paso, Texas, Helen Weaver of Salina; four
    grandchildren. Hays Memorial Chapel.

Kenneth Neville1

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     Kenneth Neville married Martina "Tina" Befort, daughter of Alexander A. "Alex" Befort and Johanna "Anna" Engel.1

Last Edited=13 Sep 2008

Citations

  1. [S1629] Obit: Henrietta M. Befort, Hays Daily News, February 4, 2007
    Henrietta M. Befort
    Feb. 4, 2007
    Henrietta M. Befort, 83, died January 22, 2007, at the Hospice of Metro Denver, Aurora, Colorado.
    She was born November 13, 1923, in Wallace to Alexander A. and Johanna (Engel) Befort. She was a 1943 graduate of Hays High School.
    She was a member of the Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception Parish, Denver.
    Survivors include a sister, Martina Neville and her husband, Kenneth, Sun City West, Ariz.; a sister-in-law, Isabelle A. Befort, Great Bend; and six nephews and four nieces.
    She is preceded in death by five brothers, Alois Befort Albert Befort, Ignatius Befort, Victor Befort and Celestine Befort, who died in infancy; a sister, Minnie L. Urban; and six nephews and four nieces.
    Services were January 30th at Queen of Peace Catholic Church, Aurora, Colo.; burial in St. Simeon Cemetery, Aurora.
    Memorials are suggested to Mass intentions, in care ofAdvantage Aurora Chase Mortuary Chapel, 1095 Havana St., Aurora, CO., 80010.

Celestine Befort1

M, b. 1913, d. 1913
Celestine Befort|b. 1913\nd. 1913|p786.htm#i23559|Alexander A. "Alex" Befort|b. 10 Apr 1878\nd. 9 Apr 1964|p780.htm#i23376|Johanna "Anna" Engel|b. 1880\nd. 1968|p780.htm#i23381|Anton "Linke" Befort|b. 2 Feb 1856\nd. 26 Feb 1929|p205.htm#i6150|Anna Katherine "Kate/Katie" Rupp|b. Oct 1856\nd. 21 Aug 1937|p779.htm#i23365|Jacob Engel||p800.htm#i23975|Catherine Rupp||p800.htm#i23976|
     Celestine Befort was born in 1913 in Antonino, Ellis, Kansas.2 He died in 1913 in she lived for two weeks, Antonino, Ellis, Kansas.1,3,2 He was the son of Alexander A. "Alex" Befort and Johanna "Anna" Engel.1

Last Edited=7 Mar 2009

Citations

  1. [S1629] Obit: Henrietta M. Befort, Hays Daily News, February 4, 2007
    Henrietta M. Befort
    Feb. 4, 2007
    Henrietta M. Befort, 83, died January 22, 2007, at the Hospice of Metro Denver, Aurora, Colorado.
    She was born November 13, 1923, in Wallace to Alexander A. and Johanna (Engel) Befort. She was a 1943 graduate of Hays High School.
    She was a member of the Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception Parish, Denver.
    Survivors include a sister, Martina Neville and her husband, Kenneth, Sun City West, Ariz.; a sister-in-law, Isabelle A. Befort, Great Bend; and six nephews and four nieces.
    She is preceded in death by five brothers, Alois Befort Albert Befort, Ignatius Befort, Victor Befort and Celestine Befort, who died in infancy; a sister, Minnie L. Urban; and six nephews and four nieces.
    Services were January 30th at Queen of Peace Catholic Church, Aurora, Colo.; burial in St. Simeon Cemetery, Aurora.
    Memorials are suggested to Mass intentions, in care ofAdvantage Aurora Chase Mortuary Chapel, 1095 Havana St., Aurora, CO., 80010.
  2. [S1888] Amelia Sue Simmons Kinderknecht, Email to John Teets, 3/7/2009, Befort History.
  3. [S1630] Obit: Minnie L. (Befort) Urban, Great Bend Tribune, August 17, 2005
    Minnie L. Befort Urban 1911 - 2005
    Minnie L. Befort Urban, 94, of Great Bend, died Aug. 12 at Cherry Village Nursing Home. She was born Jan. 9, 1911, at Antonino, the daughter of Alexander A. and Johanna (Engel) Befort. She married Vincent A. Urban on Jan. 20, 1930, in Wallace. He died Sept. 12, 1960. A longtime resident of Great Bend, coming from Claflin, La Crosse, Wichita and Hays, she owned a restaurant in Wichita. She worked for the former Russell Clinic and was a dietitian at the former St. Rose Hospital and the Central Kansas Medical Center, all of Great Bend. She was a child caretaker in La Crosse and a homemaker.
    Mrs. Urban was a member of the Catholic community of Great Bend, St. Patrick Catholic Church, a member of the Altar Society and the Eagles Lodge. She was a past president of Veterans of Foreign Wars Ladies Auxiliary in La Crosse.
    Survivors include two sisters, Martina Neville of Sun City West, Ariz., and Henrietta Befort of Denver, Colo.; three grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by five brothers, Alois Befort, Albert Befort, Ignatius Befort, Victor Befort and Celestine Befort, who died at infancy; and one son, Leroy M. Urban.
    Altar Society Rosary will be at 4 p.m. today and Vigil Service at 7:30 p.m. at Bryant Funeral Home in Great Bend. Funeral will be at 10 a.m. on Wednesday at St. Patrick Catholic Church, with the Rev. Reginald A. Urban officiating. Burial will be at St. Joseph’s Cemetery in Hays. Friends may call at the funeral home from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. today. Memorials are suggested to Mass intentions or the Holy Family School in care of the funeral home.
    Funeral arrangements provided by
    Bryant Funeral Home
    1425 Patton Rd.
    Great Bend, KS 67530
    620-793-2535
    Great Bend (Kan.) Tribune, Aug. 16, 2005.

Vincent A. Urban1

M, b. 13 April 1908, d. 12 September 1960
Vincent A. Urban|b. 13 Apr 1908\nd. 12 Sep 1960|p786.htm#i23560|(?) Urban||p881.htm#i26422||||||||||||||||
     Vincent A. Urban was born on 13 April 1908.3 He was the son of (?) Urban.2 Vincent A. Urban married Philomena L. "Minnie" Befort, daughter of Alexander A. "Alex" Befort and Johanna "Anna" Engel, on 20 January 1930 in Wallace, Wallace, Kansas.1 Vincent A. Urban died on 12 September 1960 at age 52.1

Last Edited=26 Sep 2008

Citations

  1. [S1630] Obit: Minnie L. (Befort) Urban, Great Bend Tribune, August 17, 2005
    Minnie L. Befort Urban 1911 - 2005
    Minnie L. Befort Urban, 94, of Great Bend, died Aug. 12 at Cherry Village Nursing Home. She was born Jan. 9, 1911, at Antonino, the daughter of Alexander A. and Johanna (Engel) Befort. She married Vincent A. Urban on Jan. 20, 1930, in Wallace. He died Sept. 12, 1960. A longtime resident of Great Bend, coming from Claflin, La Crosse, Wichita and Hays, she owned a restaurant in Wichita. She worked for the former Russell Clinic and was a dietitian at the former St. Rose Hospital and the Central Kansas Medical Center, all of Great Bend. She was a child caretaker in La Crosse and a homemaker.
    Mrs. Urban was a member of the Catholic community of Great Bend, St. Patrick Catholic Church, a member of the Altar Society and the Eagles Lodge. She was a past president of Veterans of Foreign Wars Ladies Auxiliary in La Crosse.
    Survivors include two sisters, Martina Neville of Sun City West, Ariz., and Henrietta Befort of Denver, Colo.; three grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by five brothers, Alois Befort, Albert Befort, Ignatius Befort, Victor Befort and Celestine Befort, who died at infancy; and one son, Leroy M. Urban.
    Altar Society Rosary will be at 4 p.m. today and Vigil Service at 7:30 p.m. at Bryant Funeral Home in Great Bend. Funeral will be at 10 a.m. on Wednesday at St. Patrick Catholic Church, with the Rev. Reginald A. Urban officiating. Burial will be at St. Joseph’s Cemetery in Hays. Friends may call at the funeral home from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. today. Memorials are suggested to Mass intentions or the Holy Family School in care of the funeral home.
    Funeral arrangements provided by
    Bryant Funeral Home
    1425 Patton Rd.
    Great Bend, KS 67530
    620-793-2535
    Great Bend (Kan.) Tribune, Aug. 16, 2005.
  2. [S1888] Amelia Sue Simmons Kinderknecht, Email to John Teets, 3/7/2009, Befort History.
  3. [S1622] Sheri Beffort Fenley <e-mail address>, email to John Teets, 9/18/2008, Befort Family.

Isabella "Isabelle" Herrman1,2

F, b. 8 January 1918
Isabella "Isabelle" Herrman|b. 8 Jan 1918|p786.htm#i23561|John L. Herrman||p786.htm#i23562|Katherine (?)||p786.htm#i23563|||||||||||||
     Isabella "Isabelle" Herrman was born on 8 January 1918 in Liebenthal, Kansas.1 She is the daughter of John L. Herrman and Katherine (?).1 Isabella "Isabelle" Herrman married Victor Adam Befort, son of Alexander A. "Alex" Befort and Johanna "Anna" Engel, in 1941 in Hays, Ellis, Kansas.1

Last Edited=26 Sep 2008

Children of Isabella "Isabelle" Herrman and Victor Adam Befort

Citations

  1. [S1631] Obit: Isabella (Herrman) Befort, Great Bend Tribune, 1/29/2008
    December 30, 2007
    Befort 90th
    Isabelle Befort will celebrate her 90th birthday on Jan. 8 at her home in Great Bend. The daughter of John L. and Katherine Herrman, she was born in 1918 on a farm near Liebenthal.
    She married Victor A. Befort in 1941 in Hays, where the couple lived until 1948, moving to Great Bend where she has since lived. Mr. Befort died in 1994. She has two sons, Robert J. and Eugene L., both of Great Bend.
    Cards may be sent to her at 2123 Morton St., Great Bend, KS, 6.
  2. [S1649] Obit: Victor A. Befort, Wichita Eagle, The (KS) - October 30, 1994 Deceased Name: Befort, Victor
    A. Befort, Victor A., 79, retired meat cutter and First National Bank & Trust
    employee, died Saturday, Oct. 29, 1994. Rosary 7 p.m. today, Bryant-
    Christians Funeral Home; service 2 p.m. Monday, St. Patrick Catholic
    Church, Great Bend. Survivors: wife, Isabelle; sons, Robert of Great Bend,
    Eugene of Denver; brother, Ignatius of Hays; sisters, Minnie Urban of
    Great Bend, Henrietta Befort of Denver, Martina Neville of Sun Lakes, Ariz.
    Hays.

John L. Herrman1

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     John L. Herrman married Katherine (?).1

Last Edited=13 Sep 2008

Child of John L. Herrman and Katherine (?)

Citations

  1. [S1631] Obit: Isabella (Herrman) Befort, Great Bend Tribune, 1/29/2008
    December 30, 2007
    Befort 90th
    Isabelle Befort will celebrate her 90th birthday on Jan. 8 at her home in Great Bend. The daughter of John L. and Katherine Herrman, she was born in 1918 on a farm near Liebenthal.
    She married Victor A. Befort in 1941 in Hays, where the couple lived until 1948, moving to Great Bend where she has since lived. Mr. Befort died in 1994. She has two sons, Robert J. and Eugene L., both of Great Bend.
    Cards may be sent to her at 2123 Morton St., Great Bend, KS, 6.

Katherine (?)1

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     Katherine (?) married John L. Herrman.1

Last Edited=13 Sep 2008

Child of Katherine (?) and John L. Herrman

Citations

  1. [S1631] Obit: Isabella (Herrman) Befort, Great Bend Tribune, 1/29/2008
    December 30, 2007
    Befort 90th
    Isabelle Befort will celebrate her 90th birthday on Jan. 8 at her home in Great Bend. The daughter of John L. and Katherine Herrman, she was born in 1918 on a farm near Liebenthal.
    She married Victor A. Befort in 1941 in Hays, where the couple lived until 1948, moving to Great Bend where she has since lived. Mr. Befort died in 1994. She has two sons, Robert J. and Eugene L., both of Great Bend.
    Cards may be sent to her at 2123 Morton St., Great Bend, KS, 6.

Robert J. Befort1

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Robert J. Befort||p786.htm#i23564|Victor Adam Befort|b. 12 Jul 1915\nd. 29 Oct 1994|p780.htm#i23386|Isabella "Isabelle" Herrman|b. 8 Jan 1918|p786.htm#i23561|Alexander A. "Alex" Befort|b. 10 Apr 1878\nd. 9 Apr 1964|p780.htm#i23376|Johanna "Anna" Engel|b. 1880\nd. 1968|p780.htm#i23381|John L. Herrman||p786.htm#i23562|Katherine (?)||p786.htm#i23563|
     Robert J. Befort is the son of Victor Adam Befort and Isabella "Isabelle" Herrman.1

Last Edited=13 Sep 2008

Citations

  1. [S1631] Obit: Isabella (Herrman) Befort, Great Bend Tribune, 1/29/2008
    December 30, 2007
    Befort 90th
    Isabelle Befort will celebrate her 90th birthday on Jan. 8 at her home in Great Bend. The daughter of John L. and Katherine Herrman, she was born in 1918 on a farm near Liebenthal.
    She married Victor A. Befort in 1941 in Hays, where the couple lived until 1948, moving to Great Bend where she has since lived. Mr. Befort died in 1994. She has two sons, Robert J. and Eugene L., both of Great Bend.
    Cards may be sent to her at 2123 Morton St., Great Bend, KS, 6.

Eugene L. Befort1

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Eugene L. Befort||p786.htm#i23565|Victor Adam Befort|b. 12 Jul 1915\nd. 29 Oct 1994|p780.htm#i23386|Isabella "Isabelle" Herrman|b. 8 Jan 1918|p786.htm#i23561|Alexander A. "Alex" Befort|b. 10 Apr 1878\nd. 9 Apr 1964|p780.htm#i23376|Johanna "Anna" Engel|b. 1880\nd. 1968|p780.htm#i23381|John L. Herrman||p786.htm#i23562|Katherine (?)||p786.htm#i23563|
     Eugene L. Befort is the son of Victor Adam Befort and Isabella "Isabelle" Herrman.1

Last Edited=13 Sep 2008

Citations

  1. [S1631] Obit: Isabella (Herrman) Befort, Great Bend Tribune, 1/29/2008
    December 30, 2007
    Befort 90th
    Isabelle Befort will celebrate her 90th birthday on Jan. 8 at her home in Great Bend. The daughter of John L. and Katherine Herrman, she was born in 1918 on a farm near Liebenthal.
    She married Victor A. Befort in 1941 in Hays, where the couple lived until 1948, moving to Great Bend where she has since lived. Mr. Befort died in 1994. She has two sons, Robert J. and Eugene L., both of Great Bend.
    Cards may be sent to her at 2123 Morton St., Great Bend, KS, 6.

Henry Leiker1

M, b. circa 1851
     Henry Leiker married Mary Katherine "Kate" Befort.1 Henry Leiker was born circa 1851 in Russia.2,1

Last Edited=14 Sep 2008

Children of Henry Leiker and Mary Katherine "Kate" Befort

Citations

  1. [S1622] Sheri Beffort Fenley <e-mail address>, email to John Teets, 9/11/2008, Re: Befort Family on your Teets Website
    from "Saint Francis Parish, Munjor, Kansas 1876-1976"
    Emigrants from Russia Who Settled in Munjor, and their Immediate Families.
  2. [S1619] Census: 1895 Ellis, Kansas (Kansas State Collection, 1855-1915), Wheatland, March 1, 1895,
    HH#94-94
    Leiker, Henry, 44, Russia
    Kate, 41, Russia
    Anna, 17, KS
    Marget, 11, KS
    Frank, 13, KS
    Rosa, 5, KS
    Martin, 1, KS
    HH#95-95
    Gross, John, 25, Russia
    Kate, 23, Russia [daughter of Henry Leiker]
    Kate, 4, KS
    Ferdinand, 1, KS.

Mary Katherine "Kate" Befort1,2

F, b. circa 1854
     Mary Katherine "Kate" Befort married Henry Leiker.2 Mary Katherine "Kate" Befort was born circa 1854 in Russia.2

Last Edited=14 Sep 2008

Children of Mary Katherine "Kate" Befort and Henry Leiker

Citations

  1. [S1619] Census: 1895 Ellis, Kansas (Kansas State Collection, 1855-1915), Wheatland, March 1, 1895,
    HH#94-94
    Leiker, Henry, 44, Russia
    Kate, 41, Russia
    Anna, 17, KS
    Marget, 11, KS
    Frank, 13, KS
    Rosa, 5, KS
    Martin, 1, KS
    HH#95-95
    Gross, John, 25, Russia
    Kate, 23, Russia [daughter of Henry Leiker]
    Kate, 4, KS
    Ferdinand, 1, KS.
  2. [S1622] Sheri Beffort Fenley <e-mail address>, email to John Teets, 9/11/2008, Re: Befort Family on your Teets Website
    from "Saint Francis Parish, Munjor, Kansas 1876-1976"
    Emigrants from Russia Who Settled in Munjor, and their Immediate Families.

Anna Leiker1

F, b. circa 1878
Anna Leiker|b. c 1878|p786.htm#i23568|Henry Leiker|b. c 1851|p786.htm#i23566|Mary Katherine "Kate" Befort|b. c 1854|p786.htm#i23567|||||||||||||
     Anna Leiker married John Schyler.1 Anna Leiker was born circa 1878 in Kansas.2,1 She is the daughter of Henry Leiker and Mary Katherine "Kate" Befort.1

Last Edited=14 Sep 2008

Citations

  1. [S1622] Sheri Beffort Fenley <e-mail address>, email to John Teets, 9/11/2008, Re: Befort Family on your Teets Website
    from "Saint Francis Parish, Munjor, Kansas 1876-1976"
    Emigrants from Russia Who Settled in Munjor, and their Immediate Families.
  2. [S1619] Census: 1895 Ellis, Kansas (Kansas State Collection, 1855-1915), Wheatland, March 1, 1895,
    HH#94-94
    Leiker, Henry, 44, Russia
    Kate, 41, Russia
    Anna, 17, KS
    Marget, 11, KS
    Frank, 13, KS
    Rosa, 5, KS
    Martin, 1, KS
    HH#95-95
    Gross, John, 25, Russia
    Kate, 23, Russia [daughter of Henry Leiker]
    Kate, 4, KS
    Ferdinand, 1, KS.

Margaret Leiker1

F, b. circa 1884
Margaret Leiker|b. c 1884|p786.htm#i23569|Henry Leiker|b. c 1851|p786.htm#i23566|Mary Katherine "Kate" Befort|b. c 1854|p786.htm#i23567|||||||||||||
     Margaret Leiker married Andrew Leiker.1 Margaret Leiker was born circa 1884 in Kansas.2,1 She is the daughter of Henry Leiker and Mary Katherine "Kate" Befort.1

Last Edited=14 Sep 2008

Citations

  1. [S1622] Sheri Beffort Fenley <e-mail address>, email to John Teets, 9/11/2008, Re: Befort Family on your Teets Website
    from "Saint Francis Parish, Munjor, Kansas 1876-1976"
    Emigrants from Russia Who Settled in Munjor, and their Immediate Families.
  2. [S1619] Census: 1895 Ellis, Kansas (Kansas State Collection, 1855-1915), Wheatland, March 1, 1895,
    HH#94-94
    Leiker, Henry, 44, Russia
    Kate, 41, Russia
    Anna, 17, KS
    Marget, 11, KS
    Frank, 13, KS
    Rosa, 5, KS
    Martin, 1, KS
    HH#95-95
    Gross, John, 25, Russia
    Kate, 23, Russia [daughter of Henry Leiker]
    Kate, 4, KS
    Ferdinand, 1, KS.

Franz Anton "Frank" Leiker1

M, b. circa 1882
Franz Anton "Frank" Leiker|b. c 1882|p786.htm#i23570|Henry Leiker|b. c 1851|p786.htm#i23566|Mary Katherine "Kate" Befort|b. c 1854|p786.htm#i23567|||||||||||||
     Franz Anton "Frank" Leiker married Rosa Leiker.1 Franz Anton "Frank" Leiker was born circa 1882 in Kansas.2,1 He is the son of Henry Leiker and Mary Katherine "Kate" Befort.1

Last Edited=14 Sep 2008

Citations

  1. [S1622] Sheri Beffort Fenley <e-mail address>, email to John Teets, 9/11/2008, Re: Befort Family on your Teets Website
    from "Saint Francis Parish, Munjor, Kansas 1876-1976"
    Emigrants from Russia Who Settled in Munjor, and their Immediate Families.
  2. [S1619] Census: 1895 Ellis, Kansas (Kansas State Collection, 1855-1915), Wheatland, March 1, 1895,
    HH#94-94
    Leiker, Henry, 44, Russia
    Kate, 41, Russia
    Anna, 17, KS
    Marget, 11, KS
    Frank, 13, KS
    Rosa, 5, KS
    Martin, 1, KS
    HH#95-95
    Gross, John, 25, Russia
    Kate, 23, Russia [daughter of Henry Leiker]
    Kate, 4, KS
    Ferdinand, 1, KS.

Rosa Leiker1

F, b. circa 1890
Rosa Leiker|b. c 1890|p786.htm#i23571|Henry Leiker|b. c 1851|p786.htm#i23566|Mary Katherine "Kate" Befort|b. c 1854|p786.htm#i23567|||||||||||||
     Rosa Leiker married Joseph Dechant.1 Rosa Leiker was born circa 1890.2,1 She is the daughter of Henry Leiker and Mary Katherine "Kate" Befort.1

Last Edited=14 Sep 2008

Citations

  1. [S1622] Sheri Beffort Fenley <e-mail address>, email to John Teets, 9/11/2008, Re: Befort Family on your Teets Website
    from "Saint Francis Parish, Munjor, Kansas 1876-1976"
    Emigrants from Russia Who Settled in Munjor, and their Immediate Families.
  2. [S1619] Census: 1895 Ellis, Kansas (Kansas State Collection, 1855-1915), Wheatland, March 1, 1895,
    HH#94-94
    Leiker, Henry, 44, Russia
    Kate, 41, Russia
    Anna, 17, KS
    Marget, 11, KS
    Frank, 13, KS
    Rosa, 5, KS
    Martin, 1, KS
    HH#95-95
    Gross, John, 25, Russia
    Kate, 23, Russia [daughter of Henry Leiker]
    Kate, 4, KS
    Ferdinand, 1, KS.

Martin F. Leiker1

M, b. circa 1894
Martin F. Leiker|b. c 1894|p786.htm#i23572|Henry Leiker|b. c 1851|p786.htm#i23566|Mary Katherine "Kate" Befort|b. c 1854|p786.htm#i23567|||||||||||||
     Martin F. Leiker married Veronica Pfannenstiel.1 Martin F. Leiker was born circa 1894 in Kansas.2,1 He is the son of Henry Leiker and Mary Katherine "Kate" Befort.1

Last Edited=14 Sep 2008

Citations

  1. [S1622] Sheri Beffort Fenley <e-mail address>, email to John Teets, 9/11/2008, Re: Befort Family on your Teets Website
    from "Saint Francis Parish, Munjor, Kansas 1876-1976"
    Emigrants from Russia Who Settled in Munjor, and their Immediate Families.
  2. [S1619] Census: 1895 Ellis, Kansas (Kansas State Collection, 1855-1915), Wheatland, March 1, 1895,
    HH#94-94
    Leiker, Henry, 44, Russia
    Kate, 41, Russia
    Anna, 17, KS
    Marget, 11, KS
    Frank, 13, KS
    Rosa, 5, KS
    Martin, 1, KS
    HH#95-95
    Gross, John, 25, Russia
    Kate, 23, Russia [daughter of Henry Leiker]
    Kate, 4, KS
    Ferdinand, 1, KS.

Katherine Leiker1

F, b. circa 1873
Katherine Leiker|b. c 1873|p786.htm#i23573|Henry Leiker|b. c 1851|p786.htm#i23566|Mary Katherine "Kate" Befort|b. c 1854|p786.htm#i23567|||||||||||||
     Katherine Leiker married John Gross.1 Katherine Leiker was born circa 1873 in Russia.1 She was the daughter of Henry Leiker and Mary Katherine "Kate" Befort.1

Last Edited=14 Sep 2008

Citations

  1. [S1619] Census: 1895 Ellis, Kansas (Kansas State Collection, 1855-1915), Wheatland, March 1, 1895,
    HH#94-94
    Leiker, Henry, 44, Russia
    Kate, 41, Russia
    Anna, 17, KS
    Marget, 11, KS
    Frank, 13, KS
    Rosa, 5, KS
    Martin, 1, KS
    HH#95-95
    Gross, John, 25, Russia
    Kate, 23, Russia [daughter of Henry Leiker]
    Kate, 4, KS
    Ferdinand, 1, KS.

John Gross1

M, b. circa 1870
     John Gross married Katherine Leiker, daughter of Henry Leiker and Mary Katherine "Kate" Befort.1 John Gross was born circa 1870 in Russia.1

Last Edited=14 Sep 2008

Citations

  1. [S1619] Census: 1895 Ellis, Kansas (Kansas State Collection, 1855-1915), Wheatland, March 1, 1895,
    HH#94-94
    Leiker, Henry, 44, Russia
    Kate, 41, Russia
    Anna, 17, KS
    Marget, 11, KS
    Frank, 13, KS
    Rosa, 5, KS
    Martin, 1, KS
    HH#95-95
    Gross, John, 25, Russia
    Kate, 23, Russia [daughter of Henry Leiker]
    Kate, 4, KS
    Ferdinand, 1, KS.

John Schyler1

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     John Schyler married Anna Leiker, daughter of Henry Leiker and Mary Katherine "Kate" Befort.1

Last Edited=14 Sep 2008

Citations

  1. [S1622] Sheri Beffort Fenley <e-mail address>, email to John Teets, 9/11/2008, Re: Befort Family on your Teets Website
    from "Saint Francis Parish, Munjor, Kansas 1876-1976"
    Emigrants from Russia Who Settled in Munjor, and their Immediate Families.

Rosa Leiker1

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     Rosa Leiker married Franz Anton "Frank" Leiker, son of Henry Leiker and Mary Katherine "Kate" Befort.1

Last Edited=14 Sep 2008

Citations

  1. [S1622] Sheri Beffort Fenley <e-mail address>, email to John Teets, 9/11/2008, Re: Befort Family on your Teets Website
    from "Saint Francis Parish, Munjor, Kansas 1876-1976"
    Emigrants from Russia Who Settled in Munjor, and their Immediate Families.

Andrew Leiker1

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     Andrew Leiker married Margaret Leiker, daughter of Henry Leiker and Mary Katherine "Kate" Befort.1

Last Edited=14 Sep 2008

Citations

  1. [S1622] Sheri Beffort Fenley <e-mail address>, email to John Teets, 9/11/2008, Re: Befort Family on your Teets Website
    from "Saint Francis Parish, Munjor, Kansas 1876-1976"
    Emigrants from Russia Who Settled in Munjor, and their Immediate Families.

Elizabeth Leiker1

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Elizabeth Leiker||p786.htm#i23578|Henry Leiker|b. c 1851|p786.htm#i23566|Mary Katherine "Kate" Befort|b. c 1854|p786.htm#i23567|||||||||||||
     Elizabeth Leiker is the daughter of Henry Leiker and Mary Katherine "Kate" Befort.1 Elizabeth Leiker married Jacob Leiker.1

Last Edited=14 Sep 2008

Citations

  1. [S1622] Sheri Beffort Fenley <e-mail address>, email to John Teets, 9/11/2008, Re: Befort Family on your Teets Website
    from "Saint Francis Parish, Munjor, Kansas 1876-1976"
    Emigrants from Russia Who Settled in Munjor, and their Immediate Families.

Jacob Leiker1

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     Jacob Leiker married Elizabeth Leiker, daughter of Henry Leiker and Mary Katherine "Kate" Befort.1

Last Edited=14 Sep 2008

Citations

  1. [S1622] Sheri Beffort Fenley <e-mail address>, email to John Teets, 9/11/2008, Re: Befort Family on your Teets Website
    from "Saint Francis Parish, Munjor, Kansas 1876-1976"
    Emigrants from Russia Who Settled in Munjor, and their Immediate Families.

Joseph Dechant1

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     Joseph Dechant married Rosa Leiker, daughter of Henry Leiker and Mary Katherine "Kate" Befort.1

Last Edited=14 Sep 2008

Citations

  1. [S1622] Sheri Beffort Fenley <e-mail address>, email to John Teets, 9/11/2008, Re: Befort Family on your Teets Website
    from "Saint Francis Parish, Munjor, Kansas 1876-1976"
    Emigrants from Russia Who Settled in Munjor, and their Immediate Families.
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