Elva Lucile Petz, 95, died April 8, 2011 at Delmar Gardens Nursing Home, Overland Park, Kansas. She was born May 4, 1915 at Rozel, Kansas, the daughter of John L. and Blanche (Ewing) Nairn. She married Melvin John Petz October 12, 1937 at Ellinwood, Kansas. He died January 24, 2001. She worked in the school lunch program in Great Bend schools and was a homemaker. Mr. and Mrs. Petz spent most of their lives in Great Bend, moving to Wichita in 1990 and then to Kansas City in 1994. Mrs. Petz was a member of the Prince of Peace Parish at St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church and the Altar Society, both of Great Bend. Survivors include four daughters: Karen McCosh and husband Kenneth, Hillsdale, Michigan; Patricia Guesnier, Overland Park, Kansas; Beverly Bruntz and husband Craig, Overland Park; and Lynette Richards and husband Les, Round Rock, Texas; one brother, Gene Nairn and wife Earlene, Great Bend; nine grandchildren; and sixteen great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by three brothers, John Wendell Nairn, Daryl Lynn Nairn, and Loren Nairn; five sisters, Fern Walden, Violettie Schwager, Doris Unruh, Winifred Pierce, and Willa Smith; and one grandson, Thomas Guesnier. Altar Society Rosary will be at 4:00 p.m., and a vigil service will be at 7:00 p.m., Sunday, April 10, 2011 at Bryant Funeral Home. Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10:30 a.m., Monday, April 11, 2011 at St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church. Father Peter Fernandez will be celebrant. Burial will be in Great Bend Cemetery. Friends may call from 2:00 to 9:00 p.m., Sunday, April 10, 2011 at Bryant Funeral Home. In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorials to Odyssey Hospice, in care of the funeral home.