Evelyn L. Base, 94, died March 23, 2007 at Cherry Village Nursing Home, Great Bend, Kansas. She was born the daughter of Herman and Lucinda (Rudiger) Unruh October 8, 1912 at Dundee, Kansas. She was united in marriage to Leo W. Base on October 14, 1931 at Pretty Prairie, Kansas. He died on January 3, 1979. Mrs. Base was a resident of the Dundee, Pawnee Rock, and Great Bend area most of her life. She lived in Rozel, Kansas, from 1956 to 1976. Mrs. Base was a member of the New Jerusalem Church at Pawnee Rock, Kansas. Surviving Mrs. Base include two sons, Larry L. Base and wife, Vi, Kansas City, Missouri, and Steven W. Base and wife, Elva, Owasso, Oklahoma; two daughters, Carolyn A. Wilnerd and husband Everett, Howard, Kansas, and Betty L. Harvey and husband, Lenny, Garden City, Kansas; one sister, Alberta Troll, Great Bend, Kansas; and one sister-in-law, Luelma Hejny, Great Bend, Kansas. Mrs. Base is also survived by seventeen grandchildren, thirty-one great-grandchildren and five great-great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by a grandson, Scott Wilnerd; a brother, Leslie Unruh; and three sisters, Mildred Dodd, Elsie Potter, and Alma Lewis. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Tuesday, March 27, 2007 at Bryant Funeral Home with the Reverend Eric Zacharius officiating. Burial will be in the Dundee Valley Cemetery, Dundee, Kansas. Friends may call at Bryant Funeral Home from 1:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m., Monday, March 26, 2007. In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorials to the New Jerusalem Church, in care of the funeral home.