Name of Deceased: Roger Lee Brining                                               Age: 49

Date of Death: June 8, 2014

Place of Death: Barton County, Kansas

Date of Birth: November 21, 1964 at Great Bend, Kansas

Parents Name: Richard C. & Clarice E. (Hammond) Brining

 

OBITUARY INFORMATION

He married Erika Ullman December 22, 1986 at Great Bend, Kansas. 

A lifetime Great Bend, Kansas, resident, Mr. Brining was a farmer.

He was a United States Air Force veteran, serving from 1984 to 1988.

Mr. Brining was a member of First Assembly of God, where he was deacon for six years, active in Church dramas, volunteered in the sound booth, and hosted many Church events at the farm. He was also a member, serving as Past President and Treasurer, of the Experimental Aircraft Association (E.A.A.), also providing free flights through the Young Eagles Program; Model Association of Central Kansas (M.A.C.K.); member of No-Till on the Plains; Kansas Ag Research and Technology Association Board; Great Bend Chamber of Commerce and Economic Development, volunteering for the Kids Ag Day, Fall Fest, and the Great Bend Farm and Ranch Expo; and the City of Great Bend Airport advisory committee. He was also an Angel Flights volunteer, flying patients to various medical appointments; volunteered for the City of Great Bend Air Fest event, and won several conservation awards from the Kansas Bankers Association.  Being an active pilot for 25 years, Roger logged more than 1,580 flight hours.

 

SURVIVORS

wife: Erika Brining, of the home

mother: Clarice Brining of Las Cruces, NM

one son: Robert Brining of the home

two daughters: Rachel Mawhirter and her husband Justin of Great Bend, KS

                           Rebecca Brining of the home

one sister: Linda Keener and husband Will of Las Cruces, NM

one brother: Robert Brining and wife Linda of Aspen, CO

one grandson: Jace Mawhirter

 

 

SERVICE INFORMATION

Funeral Service: 10:30 a.m., Thursday, June 12, 2014 at First Assembly of God in Great Bend

Officiant: Pastor Dwight Dozier

Visitation:  9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., with the family receiving friends from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m., Wednesday, June 11, 2014 at Bryant Funeral Home

Interment: Great Bend Cemetery, with military honors conducted by U.S. Air Force Honor Guard

Memorial Fund: Angel Flights Central, in care of Bryant Funeral Home

 

Condolences may be sent and notice viewed at www.bryantfh.net

                      Arrangements by    Bryant Funeral Home         1425 Patton Road       Great Bend, Kansas                      67530