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Bertha

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Kuhn

Dec 24, 1921 — Apr 29, 2012

Obituary

Bertha Kuhn, 90, died April 29, 2012 at Southwind Hospice, Pratt, Kansas. She was born December 24, 1921 on a farm near Catharine, Kansas, the daughter of Alois L. and Bertha (Grabbe) Leikam. She was a 1940 graduate of Girls' Catholic High School, Hays. She married William "Bill" Kuhn October 6, 1941 at St. Mary Catholic Church, Ellis, Kansas. He died September 20, 1992. A Great Bend resident since 1957, coming from Ellis, Mrs. Kuhn was a homemaker. Mrs. Kuhn often said the move to Great Bend was the best move they ever made. Mrs. Kuhn was a member of Prince of Peace Parish at St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church, the Altar Society of which she was past president, a fifty-year member of Daughters of Isabella, election board, and former leader of Camp Fire. She loved spending time with her family and playing bridge, dominoes, pitch, and pinochle. Survivors include three sons: Bob Kuhn and his wife Barb, Timber Lake, South Dakota; Jim Kuhn, Great Bend; and Tony Kuhn and his wife Pam, Great Bend; two daughters: Judith "Judy" Krebaum and her husband Jim, Great Bend; and Susan Rouse and her husband Herb, Broken Arrow, Oklahoma; one daughter-in-law, Norma Kuhn, Great Bend; sixteen grandchildren: Curtis Kuhn, Great Bend; Karen Rugan, Ellinwood; Kathey Mitchell, Great Bend; Keith Kuhn, Great Bend; Brenda Kuhn, Sioux Falls, South Dakota; Rob Kuhn, Timber Lake, South Dakota; Annette Wine, Phoenix, Arizona; Dawnell Kuhn, Jacksonville, Florida; Kevin Krebaum, Salina, Kansas; Kyle Krebaum, Great Bend; Amy Crosby, Great Bend; Greg Kuhn, Olathe, Kansas; Steven Honomichl, Broken Arrow, Oklahoma; Adam Honomichl, Tulsa, Oklahoma; Christy Rouse, Miami, Oklahoma; and Donna Rouse, Owasso, Oklahoma; thirty great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandson. She was preceded in death by two sons: William D. "Bill" Kuhn and Infant Joseph Kuhn; one daughter: Infant Mary Kuhn; two brothers, Aloysius W. Leikam and Herman J. Leikam; one grandson, Kent Kuhn; and two great-grandchildren, Kelly Kuhn and Makinna Ann Krebaum. Altar Society Rosary will be at 4:00 p.m., Tuesday, May 1, 2012 at Bryant Funeral Home. Vigil service with Daughters of Isabella Rosary will be at 7:00 p.m., Tuesday at the funeral home. Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10:30 a.m., Wednesday, May 2, 2012 at St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church. Father Reginald A. Urban will be celebrant. Burial will be in Great Bend Cemetery. Friends may call from 1:00 to 9:00 p.m., Tuesday, May 1, 2012 at Bryant Funeral Home. Memorials are requested to the Makinna Ann Hope Foundation or Southwind Hospice House, in care of the funeral home.
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