Mary Evelyn Dobbs, 44, died at her Manhattan, Kansas, residence on December 1, 2006. She was born September 5, 1962 at Great Bend, Kansas, the daughter of Roy T. and Louise I. Cummings Bird. She was a teacher at Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, and Emporia State University, Emporia, Kansas. She had resided in Manhattan since 1998, coming from Great Bend. Survivors include her mother, Louise Bird, Great Bend; three sons, Donovan A. Master, South Korea, Thomas Dobbs and Zach Dobbs, both of the home; one daughter, Erica Dobbs of the home; two brothers, Paul Bird, Topeka, Kansas and Jack Bird, Tokyo, Japan; four sisters, Sandra Gaskins, Lenoir, North Carolina, Rita Sampson, Pasadena, California, Bonnie Fairchild, Herndon, Virginia, and Phyllis Schindeldecker, Clearwater, Minnesota. She was preceded in death by one brother, John Bird. Funeral services will be held Wednesday, December 6, 2006 at 2:00 p.m. at Bryant Funeral Home with the Reverend Scott Tempero officiating. Burial will be in the Great Bend Cemetery. Friends may call from 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. Tuesday, December 5 and 9:00 a.m. until service time Wednesday, December 6, all at Bryant Funeral Home. A memorial fund has been established with the American Red Cross in care of the funeral home.