BETTY  P.  SLOAN

 

Betty P. Sloan, age 90 years of Great Bend, Kansas and formerly of Lewis, Kansas, passed away early on Friday morning, November 6, 2015 at Great Bend Regional Hospital in Great Bend after a brief illness.   Betty was born on May 13, 1925 at Lewis, Kansas to Lloyd and Stella (Hainer) Robbins and graduated from Lewis High School in 1943.  She was united in marriage to Merle A. Sloan on June 23, 1944 at Larned, Kansas.  Betty was a homemaker for many years and in 1958 went to work as a Postal Clerk at the Lewis Post Office in Lewis, Kansas, a position she held for 27 years until her retirement in 1985.  Betty moved to Great Bend with her husband in 2000.  She was a member of the Church of Christ in both Lewis and Great Bend, and loved sewing, cooking, and painting wooden crafts.

Survivors include one son, Larry (and his wife, Mary) Sloan of Albert, Kansas; two daughters:  Loretta (and her husband, Roger) Leith of Wichita, Kansas and Lorena Sloan (and her husband, Marlin Portenier) of Great Bend, Kansas; four grandchildren (Jacob, Jessie, and Jodie Sloan and Kim Velez) and four great-grandchildren (Colton, Elizabeth, and Ethan Sloan and Daniel Velez); one brother, W.R. (and his wife, Yvonne) Robbins of Great Bend, Kansas and one sister, Verna “Jean” Davis of Great Bend, Kansas.  Betty was preceded in death by her parents, her husband (Merle A. Sloan on March 10, 2005), and one brother (Ross Robbins).

            Graveside Services will be held at 2:00 PM on Monday, November 9, 2015 at Wayne Cemetery near Lewis, Kansas.  Visitation will be from 4:00 PM to 8:00 PM on Sunday at Charter Funerals in Great Bend, Kansas.  Memorials may be made in care of the family..  Online condolences may be left for the family and a complete obituary notice may be viewed at https://www.charterfunerals.com/locations/great-bend.php.

 

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Charter Funerals

2115 Washington St.

Great Bend, KS  67530

(620) 793-6161