GREAT BEND – Janis Friedeman Sayler, 84, entered heaven on Sept. 25, 2015.  She was born July 13, 1931 in Great Bend, where she spent most of her life raising her family.  She was the secretary at Washington Elementary School until retirement.  Janis was a devoted wife and mother, enthusiastic Christian, prayer warrior and founding member of Foundry Methodist Church.

Janis was preceded in death by her parents, Roy and Florence (Lonnon) Travis and by her husband, Jerry Friedeman.  She is survived by her husband, Adrian Sayler, of St. John, KS; her sister, Carole (Maurice) Boughton of Tacoma, Wash.; five children, Dick Friedeman of Great Bend, Lisa (Rurel) Ausley of Niceville, Fla., Matt (Mary) Friedeman of Jackson, Miss., Todd (Karen) Friedeman of Overland Park, Kan. and Kent (Susie) Friedeman of Olathe, Kan.; thirteen grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

Visitation will be at Foundry Methodist Church in Great Bend at 2 pm and a memorial service at 3 pm on Friday, October 2, 2015.  In lieu of flowers, memorial gifts may be made to Foundry Methodist Church at or Wesley Biblical Seminary, in care of Bryant Funeral Home.

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