Berdena B. Sellens, 92, died January 19, 2010 at Great Bend Regional Hospital, Great Bend, Kansas. She was born July 25, 1917 at Blackwell, Oklahoma, the daughter of Jacob and Lena (Weber) Bangerter. She married her husband of 71 years, Kenneth I. Sellens May 28, 1938 at Hoisington, Kansas. A longtime resident of Hoisington, Kansas, moving to Great Bend after the tornado, Mrs. Sellens was the retired secretary of First United Methodist Church, Hoisington. Mrs. Sellens was a member of First United Methodist Church, VFW Auxiliary #7428, and held many offices in the United Methodist Women, all of Hoisington. Survivors include her husband, Kenneth I. Sellens, Ellinwood, Kansas; one son, Jim Sellens and wife Sharon, Wasilla, Alaska; four daughters: Judy Harmon and husband Roger, Round Rock, Texas; Janice Westrum and husband Gordon, Monument, Colorado; Jolene Boys and husband Mike, Great Bend, Kansas; and Demaries Jayne Klir and husband Steven, Denton, Texas; seven grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by two brothers, Howard Bangerter and Harold Bangerter; and four sisters, Isabelle Rose, Maybelle Ruse, Pearl Bartles, and Bertha Lenk. Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m., Saturday, January 23, 2010 at First United Methodist Church, Hoisington. The Reverend Ralph Jarboe, Jr. will officiate. Burial will be at Hoisington Cemetery. Friends may call from 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., with the family present from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m., Friday, January 22, 2010 at Nicholson-Ricke Funeral Home and from 9:30 a.m. to service time Saturday at the church. In lieu of flowers, memorials are requested to the Woodhaven Care Center Memorial Fund or United Methodist Women, both in care of the funeral home.