Ila Elleen Grossardt, 88, of Great Bend went to be with her heavenly Father on March 2, 2007. She was born September 27, 1918 at Hoisington, Kansas, the daughter of Frank A. and Myrtle Hollar Soderstrom. She graduated from Hoisington High School, attended Bethany College, Lindsborg, Kansas, and Emporia State University where she was a member of Sigma Sigma Sigma social sorority. She studied library science. On November 14, 1954, she married Ernest J. Grossardt at Parsons, Kansas. He passed away August 30, 1996. Ila was a librarian at Hoisington High School as well as a homemaker. Ila lived in Great Bend her last four years, coming from Claflin, where she and Ernie lived and farmed for over forty years. Ila was a member of Faith Community Church, Great Bend. She had been a member of First Christian Church, Hoisington, and Claflin United Methodist Church. She was a member of PEO Sisterhood Chapter IV, Great Bend dimitting from Chapter GG, Hoisington, where she was a charter member. She was a member of Women's Kansas Day Club, as well as Self-Culture Club and Eastern Star, both of Claflin. She served on the Mental Health Board in Great Bend, was a lifetime member of Barton County Historical Society, and served on the Independent Township Library Board in Claflin, where she was instrumental in organizing Claflin's library. Survivors include daughter, Zandra, and husband David Rapoport, Santa Rosa, California, son, Philip, and wife Kim Grossardt, Great Bend, Kansas, daughter, Elleen, and husband Chuck Pike, Great Bend, Kansas. Four grandsons, Alexander Rapoport, Irvine, California, Christopher Rapoport, Santa Rosa, California, Jonathan and Jeffrey Pike, Great Bend, Kansas; a granddaughter, Kammie Tiede, Wichita, Kansas; a niece, Nancy Mundhenke, Kinsley, Kansas; and one sister, Anetha Mauderly, Hoisington, Kansas. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, Ernest; and a brother, Glen A. Soderstrom. Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m., Tuesday, March 6, 2007 at Faith Community Church, Great Bend, with the Reverends Fred Kirkpatrick and Michael Pfortmiller officiating. Graveside services will be at 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, March 6, 2007 at Claflin Cemetery, Claflin, Kansas. Visitation will be Monday, March 5, 2007 from 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., with the family receiving friends from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at Bryant Funeral Home, Great Bend. Memorials are suggested to the Independent Township Library, Claflin, Kansas or to the Faith Community Church/Mission Fund, in care of the funeral home.