Dorothy Marie Alefs, 87, died July 12, 2012 at Lakepoint at Crestview, Wichita, Kansas. She was born January 18, 1925 at Great Bend, Kansas, the daughter of John Taylor and Florence (Grice) Boatright. She married Irwin Frank Alefs October 28, 1945 at Great Bend. A Great Bend resident most of her life, living twenty years at Moscow, Kansas, she was a homemaker. Mrs. Alefs was a member of First Christian Church, Joy Group, Eastern Star, and the Feisties, all of Great Bend. Survivors include her husband, Irwin Frank Alefs, of the home; one son, John Alefs and his wife Sally, Wichita, Kansas; two daughters: Karen Capell and her husband Bill, Casa Grande, Arizona; and Betty Livingston and her husband Gary, Wichita; one sister, Helen Victor, Bella Vista, Arkansas; four grandchildren: Heather West and her husband Mike, Robb Collins and his wife Corinne, Spencer Alefs, and Maggie Alefs; and three great-grandchildren: Anna West, Brandon West, and Charly Collins. Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m., Saturday, July 21, 2012 at Bryant Funeral Home. The Reverend William F. Johnson will officiate. Burial will be in Great Bend Cemetery. Friends may call from 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., Friday, July 20, 2012 at Bryant Funeral Home. Memorials are requested to First Christian Church or Golden Belt Home Health and Hospice, Great Bend or Rivercross Hospice, Wichita, in care of the funeral home.