Elsie L. Swope, 90, died December 11, 2011 at Woodhaven Care Center, Ellinwood, Kansas. She was born December 31, 1920 at Salem, Illinois, the daughter of Clyde and Katherine (Brubaker) Barrow. She married Charles Chester Collier in August 1938. He died February 8, 1944. She then married Edward L. Swope April 11, 1965 at Salem. He died August 8, 1974. A Great Bend resident since 1976, coming from Salem, she was a homemaker. She was also worked as a bank teller and in a shoe store and dress shop. Mrs. Swope was a member of First United Methodist Church, Great Bend. She was formerly a member of Salem Baptist Church, where she was active in the choir, Sunday School, and ladies group. Survivors include one daughter, Janet Engleman, Great Bend; two granddaughters: Kathie Keller and her husband Jeff, Great Bend; and Lee Ann Blazen and her husband Joseph, Lenexa, Kansas; and two great-grandchildren: Sarah Keller and Neal Keller. She was preceded in death by one brother, Clyde Albert Barrow, Jr., and one sister, Esther Ellen Ewalt. Memorial service will be at 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, December 31, 2011 at First United Methodist Church. The Reverend Tom Sheldon will officiate. Burial will be in Great Bend Cemetery. Memorials are requested to First United Methodist Church, in care of Bryant Funeral Home.