Dolores M. Schneider, 86, died at Central Kansas Medical Center, Great Bend, Kansas, November 23, 2006. She was born December 6, 1919 at Rush County, Kansas, the daughter of Carl W., Jr. and Martha Augusta Tammen Schneider. Miss Schneider was a telephone operator, instructor and supervisor for Southwestern Bell Telephone Company, retiring after 38 years of service. A lifetime resident of Great Bend, she was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church, Great Bend. She was baptized January 18, 1920 at St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Albert, Kansas, and was confirmed April 14, 1935. She was an honorary member of the Telephone Pioneers of America. Miss Schneider is survived by a sister, Isabella Nuss, Great Bend, Kansas; a nephew, Mark Schneider, Pratt, Kansas; and a great-niece, Danielle Hott, Centennial, Colorado. She was preceded in death by a brother, Arthur Schneider, a sister, Eleonore Nuss, and one niece, Magdaline Hott. Funeral services will be Tuesday, November 28, 2006, at 10:00 a.m., at Trinity Lutheran Church with the Reverend James A. Strasen officiating. Interment will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Park, Great Bend, Kansas. Friends may call at Bryant Funeral Home Monday from 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. A memorial fund has been established with Trinity Lutheran Church in care of Bryant Funeral Home.