Darlene J. Delaney, 77, died March 17, 2012 at Select Specialty Hospital, Kansas City, Kansas. She was born April 7, 1934 at La Crosse, Kansas, the daughter of John B. and Esther (Foos) Foos. She married Clayton "Jake" Delaney August 24, 1952 at Bazine, Kansas. A Great Bend resident since 1960, coming from Ness City, Kansas, Mrs. Delaney was a sales clerk at Litwin's, Great Bend. Mrs. Delaney attended Grace Community Church, Great Bend. Survivors include her husband, Clayton "Jake" Delaney, of the home; one son, Daniel Clayton Delaney and his wife Diane, Great Bend; one daughter, Sherlyn D. Delaney and her husband Tony Whited, Leawood, Kansas; four grandchildren: Lindsay Schartz and her husband Darin, Great Bend; Clay Delaney and his wife Amy, Hutchinson, Kansas; Matthew Harbaugh, Overland Park, Kansas; and Mark Harbaugh, Leawood; and three great-grandchildren: Jace Daniel Schartz, Cal Brady Schartz, and Adilynn Leigh Delaney. She was preceded in death by one brother, John Alan Foos. Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m., Thursday, March 22, 2012 at Grace Community Church. Pastor Jay Beuoy will officiate. Burial will be at 2:30 p.m., Thursday, at Ness City Cemetery. Friends may call from 1:00 to 9:00 p.m., with the family receiving friends from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m., Thursday at Bryant Funeral Home. Memorials are requested to Grace Community Church or Select Specialty Hospital Employee Activity Fund, in care of the funeral home.