Evelyn Visser Smith, 77, died August 30, 2008 at Hospice House, Hutchinson, Kansas. She was born January 31, 1931 at Riley, Kansas, the daughter of William Edward and Martha Esther (Sylvester) Visser. She married Xenophen P. Smith, Jr., February 15, 1953 at Riley. He died January 28, 2000. Mrs. Smith was Executive Director of Great Bend Housing Authority for seventeen years, retiring in 1993. Previously she had been employed by Santa Fe Hospital, Topeka, Kansas; Drs. Kendall, Leiker, Replogle, and McAllaster; Central Kansas Medical Center; and Fuller Brush Company, all of Great Bend, Kansas. Mrs. Smith was a Great Bend resident since 1953, coming from Topeka. Mrs. Smith was a charter member of Trinity United Methodist Church, Great Bend. She was also a member of Beta Sigma Phi, Petal Pusher Garden Club, southwest N.A.H.R.O., a former Girl Scout Leader and a Boy Scout Den Leader, Alzheimer's Support Group, the High Rise Kitchen Band, and the High Rise Board of Directors. Survivors include two sons: Xenophon Phillip Smith and wife, Sharon, Marion, Kansas; Seaton V. Smith and wife, Jill, Powell, Wyoming; two daughters: Marti S. Worman and husband, Robert, Derby, Kansas; and Denise A. Corliss and husband, Roger, Livermore, Colorado; three brothers: Virgil Visser, Wakefield, Kansas; Eugene Visser, Goff, Kansas; and Albion Visser, Sidney, Nebraska; ten grandchildren: Allison Smith, Memphis, Tennessee; Alexa Smith, Marion, Kansas; Forrest H. Smith, Powell, Wyoming; Alyssa Smith, Powell, Wyoming; Michael Crossland, Alvord, Texas; Tamera Workman, Derby, Kansas; Cortney Hartz, Freemont, Nebraska; Chance Corliss, Bruning, Nebraska; Paige Parker, Fort Collins, Colorado; and Kendall Corliss, Bruning, Nebraska; and one great-grandson, Lukas Corliss. Mrs. Smith was preceded in death by four brothers: George Visser, LeRoy Visser, Harold Visser, and Kenneth Visser. Funeral services will be at 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, September 2, 2008 at Trinity United Methodist Church. Pastor Julie Shields will officiate. Burial will be in Great Bend Cemetery. Friends may call from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m., Monday, September 1, 2008 and from 9:00 a.m. to noon, Tuesday, September 2, 2008 at Bryant Funeral Home. Memorials are requested to the Trinity United Methodist Church, in care of Bryant Funeral Home.