Name of Deceased: Lydia Blehm
Date of Death: April 6, 2012
Place of Death: Great Bend Health and Rehabilitation Center, Great Bend, Kansas
Date of Birth: August 29, 1921 at Alexander, Kansas
Parents Name: George Jacob & Catherine Elizabeth (Albrandt) Wittman
OBITUARY INFORMATION
Married Frederick William “Bill” Blehm May 5, 1939 at Bazine, Kansas. He died September 18, 1993.
She was a homemaker and was a bookkeeper for Bazine Co-op and Boogaart’s Grocery Store, Great Bend; and later cleaned houses.
Mrs. Blehm was a Great Bend, Kansas resident since 1957 coming from Bazine, Kansas.
She was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church, Great Bend.
She loved to embroider, do word-search puzzles, and spend time with her grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and great-great-grandchildren.
SURVIVORS
One Daughter: E. Delores Schneidewind and her husband Harold of Great Bend, KS
Five Grandchildren: Debra Woods and her husband Greg
Craig A. Schneidewind and his wife Linda
Kim McHenry and her husband Alva
Ricky Blehm and his wife Betty
Andrea Blehm
Great-grandchildren: Thirteen
Great-great-grandchildren: Four
Many nieces and nephews
She was preceded in death by one son, Roger Blehm; seven brothers, Benjamin Wittman, Jacob “Jake” Wittman, Ted Wittman, August Wittman, William Wittman, Herman Wittman, and Reuben Wittman, three sisters, Millie Holmes, Marie Schenkel, and Infant Maria Wittman; and two grandchildren, Curtis Schneidewind and Randy Blehm.
SERVICE INFORMATION
Funeral Service: Monday, April 9, 2012
Time of Service: 11:00 a.m.
Place of Service: Trinity Lutheran Church in Great Bend
Officiant: The Reverend James A. Strasen
Interment: Great Bend Cemetery, Great Bend, Kansas
Visitation: 2:00 to 9:00 p.m., with the family receiving friends from 7:00 to 8:00 p.m., Sunday, April 8, 2012 at Bryant Funeral Home
Memorial Fund: Trinity Lutheran Church or Joyful Praise Bell Ringers or Hospice Care of Kansas, in care of Bryant Funeral Home
Condolences may be sent and notice viewed at www.bryantfh.net