LENORA M. “FOOTS” MATNEY
Lenora M. “Foots” Matney, age 79 years, of Great Bend, Kansas and formerly of Pawnee Rock,Kansas, passed away on Monday afternoon, November 11, 2013 at her home in Great Bend. Lenora was born on April 11, 1934 at Boise City, Oklahoma to Lewis F. and Geneva May (Merwin) Raybern. She spent the earlier part of her life in the Oklahoma and Texas panhandles, except for the eight years they lived in Pueblo, Colorado (1951 through 1958). Lenora moved to Great Bend from the Texaspanhandle in 1967. She was united in marriage to Roy A. Matney on August 10, 1979 at Woodward,Oklahoma. Lenora worked as a waitress and at various other jobs, and work for several years at the Larned State Hospital in Larned, Kansas, first in the Custodial Department, and then as an Aide, where she became certified as a Mental Health Technician. She retired in 1983 due to health problems, and did foster parenting and respite foster care from 1999 to 2003 for Youthville. Lenora was a member of The United Church of God. She was known for her baked pies and rolls, and was an accomplished seamstress. Lenora loved her grandchildren and great-grandchildren dearly, and spent a lot of her later life as caregiver for her grandsons Daelin and Morgan.
Survivors include three daughters: Donita “Dee” (and her husband, Ivan) Barr of Great Bend, Kansas, Ramona “Mona” (and her husband, Lonnie) Crotinger of Dodge City, Kansas, and Lenora “Jeannie” Triplett of Great Bend, Kansas; her special “daughter” Tamie Thomas of Great Bend, Kansas; one son, Ronald A. “Ron” Clark of Seward, Kansas; nine grandchildren, ten great-grandchildren, and several step-great-grandchildren. Lenora was preceded in death by her parents, her husband (Roy A. Matney on August 10, 1988), two children (Steven Triplett and Geneva Marie Barnett), two sisters (Anna May Kramer and B.B. Strickert), and one brother (Sam Raybern).
Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM on Friday, November 15, 2013 at Charter Funerals inGreat Bend, Kansas with Pastor Curtis Reinhardt officiating. Interment will be in the Pawnee RockCemetery at Pawnee Rock, Kansas. Visitation will be from 4:00 PM to 8:00 PM on Thursday at the funeral home, with a flower reading at 7:00 PM on Thursday. Memorials may be designated in care of the family. Online condolences may be left for the family and a complete obituary may be viewed athttps://www.charterfunerals.
Arrangements Entrusted To
Charter Funerals
2115 Washington St.
Great Bend, KS 67530