Marion R. Harders, 88, died December 7, 2010 at his Great Bend, Kansas, residence. He was born May 9, 1922 at rural Great Bend, the son of Fred and Anna (Hemken) Harders. He married Ellen Dolores Stoskopf November 22, 1942 at Albert, Kansas. She died March 4, 1994. A lifetime Great Bend resident, Mr. Harders was a mechanic for Dowell Oil Company, Great Bend, and later farmed the family farm west of Great Bend. He was a United States Air Force veteran of World War II. Mr. Harders was a member of Our Saviour Lutheran Church and American Legion Argonne Post 180, Great Bend. Survivors include one son, Richard Harders and wife Opal, Hutchinson, Kansas; one daughter, Charlotte Ann Wapelhorst and husband Paul, Great Bend; one daughter-in-law, Ysolde Harders, Gypsum, Kansas; one brother, Robert Harders, Great Bend; two sisters: Marjorie Murphy and Gladys Brack, both of Great Bend; and three grandchildren. He was preceded in death by one son, Bruce Harders; and four brothers: Martin Harders, Ralph Harders, Allen Harders, and Delmer Harders. Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m., Friday, December 10, 2010 at Nicholson-Ricke Funeral Home. The Reverend Garry Dassow will officiate. Burial will be in Hoisington Cemetery. There will be no visitation. Memorials are requested to Our Saviour Lutheran Church or Golden Belt Humane Society, in care of Nicholson-Ricke Funeral Home.