Dateline: Great Bend, Kansas

Name of Deceased: Wendale E. McAllaster, M. D., F. A. C. S.     Age: 90

Date of Death: October 18, 2015

Place of Death: Great Bend Regional Hospital, Great Bend, Kansas

Date of Birth: October 23, 1924 at Greeley County, Kansas

Parents Name: Rollin Marquis and Edna Pearl (Stahley) McAllaster

 

OBITUARY INFORMATION

He married Donna Lee Rhodes January 28, 1950 at Gosper County, Nebraska. A retired surgeon, Dr. McAllaster was a Great Bend, Kansas resident since 1962 coming from Greeley County, Kansas. He was a United States Army veteran, serving during World War II.

He was a member of First United Methodist Church, Barton County Medical Society, Kansas State Medical Society, American Medical Association, American College of Surgeons, Great Bend Rotary, Rotary International, American Trapshooting Association, Past Board member of Kansas Blue Shield and National Blue Shield, Past President of CKMC Medical Staff, and ROMEOs.

 

SURVIVORS

Survivors include his wife: Donna Lee McAllaster, of the home; two sons: Charles Mark McAllaster of Longmont, Colo., and James Wendale McAllaster of Garden City, Kan.; four daughters: Nancy J. Champion and her husband Tom of Shelby Township, Mich., Claudia L. McAllaster, M. D. of Leavenworth, Kan., Paula A. McAllaster of Little Rock, Ark., Tammy McAllaster Ellison and her husband Elton of Leland, N.C.; one sister: Iladeene G. Leierer of Langley, Wash.

Three Grandchildren: Nicholas A. Wilkoff of Alexandria, Va., Anna Jochum of Grosse Pointe Park, Mich., and Luke H. Feil of Valley Center, Kan.; five great-grandchildren: Nathan Jochum, Fiona Jochum, Annabelle Wilkoff, Benjamin Wilkoff, and Jack Feil. He was preceded in death by one brother, Allan R. McAllaster, PhD, and three sisters, Elva A. McAllaster, PhD, Aleta McAllaster, and Myrtie McAllaster.

 

SERVICE INFORMATION

Funeral Service: Friday, October 23, 2015

Time of Service: 10:00 a.m.

Place of Service: First United Methodist Church in Great Bend

Officiant: The Reverend Lennie Maxwell

Interment: Great Bend Cemetery, Great Bend, Kansas

Visitation:  9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., with the family receiving friends from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m., Thursday, October 22, 2015at Bryant Funeral Home

Memorial Fund: Central Christian College, McPherson or First United Methodist Church, 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