Rita Jo (Link) Bownes – 1959 – 2016

GREAT BEND — Rita Jo (Link) Bownes, 57, died Oct. 12, 2016, at Via Christi St. Francis Regional Medical Center, Wichita. She was born April 13, 1959, at Great Bend, the daughter of Kenneth J. and Shirley J. (Wallace) Link. She married Lynn Bownes August 11, 1978, at Ellinwood. A lifetime Great Bend resident, Mrs. Bownes owned Beer 30 Drinking Hole.

She was a member of Prince of Peace Parish at St. Patrick Catholic Church, Altar Society, and “The Tribe”. She enjoyed NASCAR, especially Carl Edwards, dachshunds, 4-H, her many friends and time with her grandchildren.

Survivors include her husband, Lynn Bownes, of the home; her parents, Kenneth and Shirley Link of Great Bend; two sons, Ryan Bownes and his wife Staci of Great Bend, and Derek Bownes and his wife Ashley of Holcomb; one daughter, Kalesha Schartz and her husband Matt of Garden City; two sisters, Linda Meyeres and husband Jim of Chase, and Denise Barbour and husband Jack of San Angelo, Texas; and four grandchildren, Mikayla, Brenna, Mae Lynn and Emeri. She was preceded in death by two brothers, Mark Allen Link and Kent Eugene Link.

Altar Society Rosary will be at 4 p.m. and Vigil service will be at 7 p.m., Sunday, Oct. 16, 2016, at Bryant Funeral Home. Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10:30 a.m., Monday, Oct. 17, 2016, at St. Patrick Catholic Church in Great Bend, with Father Ted Stoecklein celebrating. Burial will be in Eden Valley Cemetery, rural Seward. Friends may call from 1 to 9 p.m., Sunday, Oct. 16, 2016, at Bryant Funeral Home. Memorials have been established with the Rita Bownes Memorial to help with expenses or Zimmerman-Bownes Relay for Life, in care of Bryant Funeral Home.

 

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