Dateline: Great Bend, Kansas

Name of Deceased: Kristi R. Bender                                                   Age: 48

Date of Death: November 19, 2015

Place of Death: Clara Barton Hospital, Hoisington, Kansas

Date of Birth: April 5, 1967 at Great Bend, Kansas

Parents Name: David and Linda (Kratzer) Monroe

 

OBITUARY INFORMATION

She married Leo Bender, Jr. July 1, 1995 at Great Bend, Kansas.

She was an Avon salesperson and baker.

Kristi was a Great Bend, Kansas resident for twenty-five years, coming from Geneseo, Kan..

She was a member of Prince of Peace Parish at St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church and the Altar Society, Great Bend.

 

SURVIVORS

husband: Leo Bender, Jr. of the home

father: David Monroe, Blakeslee, PA

mother: Linda Monroe, Geneseo, KS

two sisters: Kelly Archer of Temecula, Calif., and Kathy McLouth and her husband Rusty of Kansas City, Mo.

two brothers: Kerry Monroe and his wife Catie of McPherson, and Kasey Monroe of Lawrence, KS

sister-in-law, Stefanie Ann Shumate of Great Bend, KS

mother-in-law, Betty Bender of Great Bend, KS

nieces and nephews, 9

 

SERVICE INFORMATION

Altar Society Rosary will be at 4:00 p.m. and Vigil Service will be at 7:00 p.m., Sunday, November 22, 2015 at Bryant Funeral Home. Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10:30 a.m., Monday, November 23, 2015 at St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church in Great Bend. Burial will be in Great Bend Cemetery North, Great Bend. Friends may call from 1:00 to 9:00 p.m. Sunday, November 22, 2015 at Bryant Funeral Home. Memorials are requested to Barton County Relay for Life, 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