Dorothy A. Hoss, 83, died January 27, 2007 at Central Kansas Medical Center, Great Bend, Kansas. She was born the daughter of Joseph Matthew and Anna Loretta Stroble Hall August 7, 1923 in Stafford County, Kansas. She married Paul L. Hoss November 27, 1946 at St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church, Seward, Kansas. Mrs. Hoss was a homemaker, school teacher and nurses' aide, receiving her teaching certificate at St. Mary of the Plains of Dodge City. Mrs. Hoss was a Great Bend resident most of her life, coming from Seward, Kansas. Mrs. Hoss was a member of Prince of Peace Parish at St. Rose of Lima, and the Altar Society. Surviving Mrs. Hoss are her husband, Paul, of the home; three sons: Don Hoss and wife, Anita, Overland Park, Kansas; Tim Hoss and wife, Deborah, Stafford, Kansas; and Kent Hoss, Great Bend, Kansas; five daughters, Paula Sue Rixon and husband, Kent, St. John, Kansas; Barbara Shirk and husband, Layne, Great Bend, Kansas; Deanna Martinez and husband, Tony, Great Bend, Kansas; Mary Alice Jones, Sterling, Kansas; and Jane Bowers and husband, Robert, Ottawa, Kansas. Mrs. Hoss is also survived by one brother, Frank Hall, Downey, California; one sister, Mary Ann Unruh, Los Angeles, California; twenty-two grandchildren; and sixteen great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by one son, Daniel Paul Hoss. Altar Society Rosary will be at 4:00 p.m., Tuesday, January 30, 2007 with a Vigil Service at 7:30 p.m., all at Bryant Funeral Home. Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10:30 a.m., Wednesday, January 31, 2007 at St. Patrick Catholic Church, Great Bend, Kansas. Father Reginald A. Urban will be the celebrant. Burial will follow in St. Francis Xavier Cemetery, Seward, Kansas. Friends may call at Bryant Funeral Home Tuesday, January 30, 2007 from 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. A memorial fund in Mrs. Hoss's name has been established with Holy Family School Endowment or the Central Kansas Medical Center Foundation for the benefit of the Heartland Cancer Center, both in care of the funeral home.