GREAT BEND — Arnold Frederick Essmiller, Jr., 92, died Nov. 21, 2017, at Cherry Village Nursing Home, Great Bend. He was born July 9, 1925 at Great Bend, the son of Arnold Frederick, Sr., and Arabella Dorothy (Miller) Essmiller. He married Joyce Phillips Jan. 19, 1944, at Great Bend. A lifetime Great Bend resident, Mr. Essmiller was a farmer and stockman and owned and operated Essmiller Oil Company.

Mr. Essmiller was a member of First Presbyterian Church.

Survivors include his wife, Joyce Essmiller, of the home; three daughters, Jan Marie Bolick of Carmel, Ind., ArNell Deanne Briel and husband Jon of Great Bend, and Jadean Takao and husband Eric of Kailua, Hawaii; four grandchildren, Brent Bolick and wife Amy, Wendy Sundahl and husband Shane, Robin Murphy and husband Matt, and Hayley Dicks and husband Shane; and eight great-grandchildren, Sophie Bolick, Olivia Bolick, Connor Deer, Brady Murphy, Dalton Dicks, Parker Dicks, Slade Sundahl and Darby Sundahl. He was preceded in death by one brother, Fritz Diedrich Essmiller; and one sister, Arlene Margaret Ford.

Funeral services will be at 2 p.m., Monday, Nov. 27, 2017, at First Presbyterian Church in Great Bend with Pastor Don Paden officiating. Burial will be in Great Bend Cemetery. Friends may call from 1-9 p.m., with the family receiving friends from 6-7:30 p.m., Sunday, Nov. 26, 2017, at Bryant Funeral Home. Memorials have been established with Wounded Warrior Project or Golden Belt Humane Society, in care of Bryant Funeral Home.

 

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