Jennie (Suchy) Fanshier, 110, died May 16, 2010 at Great Bend Health and Rehabilitation Center, Great Bend, Kansas. She was born January 26, 1900 at Olmitz, Kansas, the daughter of Nicholas and Karoline (Schober) Suchy. She married John Henry Fanshier June 4, 1921 at St. John, Kansas. He died December 18, 1973. A lifetime Great Bend and rural Stafford County, Kansas, resident, living a short time in Shields, Mrs. Fanshier was a farmer and rancher as well as a teacher in Stafford County rural school. Mrs. Fanshier was a member of the First United Methodist Church, Social Friends Club, numerous bridge clubs, and Farm Bureau. Survivors include one son, Robert Fanshier and wife Frances, Great Bend; one daughter, June Koelsch, Great Bend; eight grandchildren; fifteen great-grandchildren; and four great-great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by two brothers, John Suchy and Frank Suchy; and seven sisters, Lillie Bailey, Rose Honomichel, Frances Krause, Julia Frey, Helen Koopman, Amelia Bartlett, and Tracy Scott. Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m., Wednesday, May 19, 2010 at Bryant Funeral Home with the Reverend Tom Sheldon officiating. Burial will be in Great Bend Cemetery. Friends may call from 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., Tuesday, May 18, 2010 with the family receiving friends from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m., at Bryant Funeral Home. Memorials are requested to the Great Bend Health and Rehabilitation Center Activity Fund to benefit the Aviary Project (Bird Sanctuary) or to the Donor's Choice, in care of the funeral home.