Jon Randall "Randy" Knobloch, 57, passed from this life into the presence of the Living Savior on December 31, 2006. He was born the second son of Tommy and Eleanor Knobloch, on March 28, 1949 in Great Bend, Kansas. Randy lived in Great Bend for most of his life. He graduated from Great Bend High School in 1967, and from Barton County Community College in 1971. He also lived in Colorado Springs, Colorado, from 1972-1985. He was self-employed and was exceptionally talented at designing and building special projects in his machine shop. He loved golf, bowling, and fishing, but what he loved the most was caring for his mother and sharing with others his faith in our Lord, Jesus Christ. His father preceded Randy in death in 1987. He is survived by his mother, of the home; brother, Mike and his wife, Debbie, Great Bend, Kansas; sister, Barbara Erdman, Albert, Kansas; brother, Alan of Los Angeles, California; and niece Heidi Erdman attending school at Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Thursday, January 4, 2007 at the First Church of the Nazarene, 4811 Broadway Avenue, Great Bend, Kansas. Pastors Robert Castile and Dwight Dozier will officiate. Burial will follow in Great Bend Cemetery, Great Bend, Kansas. Friends may call Wednesday, January 3, 2007 from 9:00 a.m. until 9:00 p.m., with the family receiving friends from 6:00 until 8:00 p.m. and Thursday, January 4, 2007, from 9:00 a.m. until noon, at Bryant Funeral Home. A memorial fund in Mr. Knobloch's name has been established with the First Church of the Nazarene or the American Heart Association, in care of the funeral home.