Leona Victoria (Beck) Weiser, 89, died July 14, 2011 at her Great Bend, Kansas, residence. She was born August 1, 1921 at Odin, Kansas, the daughter of Ferdinand and Anna (Peschka) Beck. She was a 1941 graduate of Odin High School and attended St. Catherine School of Nursing in Garden City, where she graduated with honors in June 1943. She passed her state boards in July 1943 and began a career as Registered Nurse, a profession she continued for fifty-five years. After obtaining her nursing degree, she moved to Great Bend and was a private duty nurse. She married her high school sweetheart, Larry Weiser May 5, 1947 at Great Bend, Kansas. Mrs. Weiser was a registered nurse for St. Rose Hospital and Central Kansas Medical Center where she was supervisor of pediatrics until 1979. After leaving the hospital she worked for Drs. Replogle, Copening, and McAllaster. In 1980, she and Sister Dominic began the Home Health Service in Great Bend. She retired from nursing in 1998. Mrs. Weiser was a member of Prince of Peace Parish at St. Patrick Catholic Church, the Altar Society, Lake Barton Womens Golf Association and Nurses Association. Besides being a loving and caring wife and mother, she enjoyed music, golfing, traveling, and KU football and basketball games. She enjoyed having her children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren around and always made sure to take great care of them when they visited. She was the happiest when her family was around her. Survivors include her husband of sixty-four years, Larry, of the home; three daughters: Connie Weiser, Great Bend; Linda Barnes and husband Bill, Wichita, Kansas; and Patricia Harbaugh and husband Doug, Leawood, Kansas; three sons: Don Weiser and wife Lynne, Salina, Kansas; Michael Weiser and wife Lexie, Salina; and Kent Weiser and wife Amy, Emporia, Kansas; one brother, Larry Beck, Winoka, Oklahoma; two sisters: Mildred Fitzstephens, Casper, Wyoming; and Dorothy Johnson, Springfield, Tennessee; fourteen grandchildren; and thirteen great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by one brother, Arthur Beck. Altar Society Rosary will be at 4:00 p.m., and a vigil service will be at 7:00 p.m., Sunday, July 17, 2011 at Bryant Funeral Home. Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10:00 a.m., Monday, July 18, 2011 at St. Patrick Catholic Church. Burial will be in Great Bend Cemetery North. Friends may call from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m., Saturday, July 16, 2011 and from 1:00 to 9:00 p.m., Sunday, July 17, 2011 at Bryant Funeral Home. Memorials are requested to Benedictine Mission House, Schulyer, Nebraska; Elder Care; or Golden Belt Home Health and Hospice, in care of the funeral home.