Name of Deceased: George Bergen, Jr.                                              Age: 81

Date of Death: March 19, 2014

Place of Death: Research Medical Center, Kansas City, Missouri

Date of Birth: May 6, 1932 at Washita, Oklahoma

Parents Name: Gerhart & Bertha (Sawatsky) Bergen

 

OBITUARY INFORMATION

Married “Dilly” Emma Faye Salem November 7, 1964 at Hudson, Kansas.  She died December 30, 2004.

He was a baker for Karolee Donut Shop, was a roughneck and mud engineer, worked for Great Bend Packing, and was co-owner of Dilly’s Restaurant from 1987 to 2004.

George was a Great Bend, Kansas resident since 1964 coming from Liberal, Kansas.

He was a member of First Southern Baptist Church, Great Bend.

 

SURVIVORS

one son: Stanton Bergen of St. John, KS

three daughters: Deborah Coppedge and her husband Brad of Claremore, OK; Rhonda Hughes of Great Bend, KS; and Shelly Bottcher and her husband David of Grandview, MO,

three sisters: Verna Tinsley of Lexington, SC, Evelyn Burke of Shawnee, OK, and Delores Behl of Forest Hill, CA

six grandchildren: Stephanie Keenan and her husband Matt, Dalton Hughes, Emmaly Bottcher, Evan Bottcher, Michele Shell and her husband Chris, Brian Coppedge and Rebekah

five great-grandchildren:  Ashlyn Shell, Autumn Shell, Katelyn Bergen, Hunter Casto, and J. J. Davis and expecting Baby Keenan.

 

He was preceded in death by one son, Steven Bergen; three brothers, Herbert Bergen, LeRoy Bergen, and Donnie Bergen, three sisters, Beatrice Edwards, Bernice Haddock, and Louise Kirby, former son-in-law, Marlin Hughes; one grandson, Jarod Bergen; and one great granddaughter, Summer Kay Shell.

 

SERVICE INFORMATION

Funeral Service: Sunday, March 23, 2014

Time of Service: 2:00 p.m.

Place of Service: First Southern Baptist Church in Great Bend

Officiant: The Reverend Dr. Doyle Smith

Interment: 10:00 a.m., Monday, March 24, 2014 at Great Bend Cemetery, Great Bend, Kansas

Visitation:  1:00 to 9:00 p.m., with the family receiving friends from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m., Saturday, March 22, 2014 at Bryant Funeral Home

Memorial Fund: First Southern Baptist Church or George Bergen Expense Fund, 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