Gertrude Anna Augusta Newsome, 95, died Sunday, June 17, 2007, at Salina Regional Health Center, Salina, Kansas. Gertrude was born May 5, 1912 at Holyrood, Kansas, the daughter of Albert E. and Bertha Christian Stratmann. She had resided in Salina for four months. She was a resident of Great Bend since 1962 coming from Hoisington, KS. She was a homemaker. On December 11, 1931, she married Cecil Oliver Newsome at Holyrood, Kansas. He died on September 9, 1965. She was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church, Eagles Auxiliary #646 and V.F.W. Auxiliary #3111 all of Great Bend. Survivors include: one son, Harold C. Newsome and wife Karen of York, Nebraska; two daughters, Barbara Ann Randolph and husband Ray of Salina, Kansas and Nancy Schukman of Casper, Wyoming; one brother Clarence Stratmann of Wilson, Kansas; one sister, Edna Pfloughet of Ellsworth, Kansas; sixteen grandchildren and many great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren. Gertrude was preceded in death by a son, Norman Newsome, a daughter, Deloris Orth, a grandson, Cody Orth, a granddaughter, Denise Orth, a brother, Reinhart Stratmann and a sister, Elda Oliver. Funeral services will be held on Thursday, June 21, 2007 at 2:00 p.m. at Bryant Funeral Home with the Reverend James A. Strasen presiding. Interment will be in the Great Bend Cemetery, Great Bend, Kansas. Visitation will be Wednesday, June 20, 2007, 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. with family to great friends from 7:00 to 8:00 p.m. and Thursday, June 21, 2007 from 9:00 a.m. to service time at Bryant Funeral Home. Memorials are suggested to the Eagles Max Baer Heart Fund or the V.F.W. Cancer Fund in care of the funeral home.