GREAT BEND — Darrell I. Rexwinkle, 80, died Dec. 4, 2016, at Cherry Village Nursing Home, Great Bend. Born June 3, 1936, at Edna, he was the son of Clifford L. and Opaline O. (Goodwin) Rexwinkle. He married Dixie Colleen Childress March 12, 1955, at Valeda. A Great Bend resident since 1969 coming from rural northeast Oklahoma, Mr. Rexwinkle was a ranch hand, a cattle buyer for Thies Packing, a diesel mechanic for R & S Transportation, and maintenance man for Barton County Historical Society.

Survivors include his wife, Dixie “Colleen” Rexwinkle, of the home; one son: Daryl “Kent” Rexwinkle of Great Bend; six daughters: Angela Skaggs and husband Rick of Stilwell, Rhonda Penka and husband Kenny of Great Bend, Kim Stanley of Overland Park, Sherrie Schnoebelen and husband Mica of Lewis, Shelly Coverdale and husband Jay of Topeka, and Dixie Divis and husband Steve of Great Bend; two brothers, Gordon Rexwinkle and wife Eva of Edna, and Gene Rexwinkle and wife Janet of Parsons; two sisters, Arlene Miller of Medicine Lodge, and Mary Reed and husband Jerald of Parsons; 16 grandchildren;  two step-grandchildren, nine great-grandchildren with one expected in May and five step-great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by one brother, Milburn “John” Rexwinkle, one sister, Margie Humphrey, one great-grandson, Connor Rexwinkle, and one step-grandson, Chris Divis.

Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m., Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2016 at Bryant Funeral Home with the Reverend Reuben Lang’at officiating. Burial will be in Hillcrest Memorial Park, Great Bend. Friends may call from 1 to 9 p.m., with the family receiving friends from 6 to 8 p.m., Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2016, at Bryant Funeral Home. Memorials have been established with Barton County Historical Society or Kindred Hospice, in care of Bryant Funeral Home.

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