Dateline: Great Bend, Kansas

 

Name of Deceased: Ivan “Stanley” Freeman                                  Age: 94

Date of Death: August 9, 2014

Place of Death: Great Bend Health And Rehabilitation Center, Great Bend, Kansas

Date of Birth: December 26, 1919 at Coats, Kansas

Parents Name: Ivan A. & Gertrude M. (Stimits) Freeman

 

OBITUARY INFORMATION

 

Married Betty B. Eastes January 4, 1948 at Pratt, Kansas.  She died August 31, 2012.

Spending most of his life in the oil industry, Mr. Freeman began work for Lyons Oil Company in Pratt. A new opportunity with Tomlinson Oil Company moved the family to Great Bend in 1960. He was production superintendent for the state of Kansas until his retirement in 1991. After a few months of retirement, Stan returned to work as production superintendent for J. A. Allison Oil, retiring again in 2001.

Mr. Freeman was a Great Bend resident since 1960 coming from Pratt, Kansas.

He was a United States Navy airplane mechanic during World War II.

He was a member of First United Methodist Church, Great Bend; and Kilwinning A. F. & A. M. Lodge #265, Pratt. He was honored as a pioneer of the oil industry by the Kansas Oil and Gas Museum, Great Bend. He enjoyed his morning coffee group and spending the afternoon with the great-grandchildren, and was an avid fisherman.

 

SURVIVORS

 

one daughter: Shelly Shelton and husband Doug of Great Bend, KS

two grandchildren: Jason Shelton and his wife Jenny, Wilson, Kan. and Tasha DiLoreto and her husband Dan, Wichita, Kan.

seven great-grandchildren: Jarod Shelton, Jena Shelton, Trista Shelton, Austin McGinnes, McKenzie King, Lexus King, and Danny DiLoreto

 

He was preceded in death by one sister, Connie Carson.

 

 

SERVICE INFORMATION

 

Graveside Service: 3:30 p.m., Wednesday, August 13, 2014 at Great Bend Cemetery in Great Bend

Officiant: The Reverend John Grummon

Interment: Great Bend Cemetery, Great Bend, Kansas with military rites by the United States Navy Honor Guard

Visitation:  1:00 to 9:00 p.m., Tuesday, August 12, 2014 and 9:00 a.m. to service time, Wednesday, August 13, 2014 at Bryant Funeral Home

Memorial Fund: American Diabetes Association, 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