Leonard Edward Klusener, 75, died February 19, 2008 at Via Christi St. Francis Medical Center, Wichita, Kansas. He was born May 22, 1932 at Redwing, Kansas, the son of Edward and Mary Feltes Klusener. On July 2, 1957 he married Evelyn C. Gomez at Lyons, Kansas. He was a resident of Great Bend since 1946 coming from Dubuque, Kansas, and was a retired carpenter for WHB Rental and Development. Mr. Klusener was a member of the Prince of Peace Parish at St. Rose and American Legion Argonne Post 180, both of Great Bend. Survivors include his wife Evelyn of the home; one son, Edward Klusener, Great Bend, Kansas; five daughters, Virginia Mascarenas and husband, Thomas, LaJunta, Colorado, Katrina Evers and husband, Robert, Great Bend, Kansas, Mary McVey and husband, Patrick, Woodstock, Georgia, Donna Stueve and husband, Drew Zink, Turon, Kansas, and Brenda McNary and husband, Steve, Smith Center, Kansas; four sisters, Christina Klusener, Laquey, Missouri, Bernadine Homolka, Great Bend, Kansas, Mildred Prideaux, Dayton, Ohio, and Delores McDowell, Great Bend, Kansas; seventeen grandchildren; four step-grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by three brothers, August Klusener, Richard Klusener, and Marion Klusener; and one granddaughter, TaCoa Stueve. Funeral services will be at 2:00 p.m., Friday, February 22, 2008 at Bryant Funeral Home with Father Wesley Schawe officiating. Interment will be at Great Bend Cemetery, Great Bend, Kansas. Visitation will be Friday, February 22, 2008, from 9:00 a.m. to service time at Bryant Funeral Home. Memorials are suggested to the Renal Care Group or Prince of Peace Parish at St. Rose, in care of the funeral home.