Leo W. "Smoke" Polzin, age 79, died January 22, 2007 at Central Kansas Medical Center, Great Bend, Kansas. He was born three miles north of Beaver, Kansas, July 12, 1927, the son of Edward and Sophia (Esfeld) Polzin. He married Georgia E. Tittle May 21, 1949 at Great Bend, Kansas. Mr. Polzin was a postal worker for the United States Postal Service in Great Bend, retiring in 1982. A resident of Great Bend since 1948, he was a U. S. Navy veteran. Mr. Polzin was a member of Prince of Peace Parish at St. Rose, American Legion Argonne Post 180 and Veterans of Foreign Wars Morris-McFadden Post 3111, both of Great Bend for more than fifty years. He was also active in retired postal workers' issues. Surviving Mr. Polzin are his wife, Georgia, of the home; two daugthers, Coralee Sue Glazer, PhD and husband, Bill, Amherst, New York, and Mary Lou Kultgen and husband, Bob, Flower Mound, Texas; four grandchildren, Chad Kultgen, Haley Popp, Scott Smith, and Stacie Bean-Tullis; five great-grandchildren, Brittany Gorman, Jake Bean, Chloe Tullis, Roman Popp and Willow Popp; and many nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by three brothers, Tony, Frank, and Ed Polzin, and two sisters, Anna Cramer and Geneva "Jean" Ehly. Graveside memorial services will be at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, August 21, 2010 at Great Bend Cemetery with Father Reginald A. Urban officiating. Memorials are requested to the Woodhaven Care Center Activity Fund, in care of Bryant Funeral Home. Bryant Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.