Mary Elizabeth Gerritzen, 93, died December 15, 2008 at Sandstone Heights Nursing Home, Little River, Kansas. She was born August 20, 1915 at Dorrance, Kansas, the daughter of Frank Joseph and Barbara Rose (Vopat) Zeman. A graduate of Wilson High School, Mrs. Gerritzen was a former school teacher and homemaker. She married William Joseph Gerritzen August 22, 1939 at Wilson, Kansas. He died June 9, 1975. After raising her family, she worked at Fuller Brush Company as a machinist. Mrs. Gerritzen was a member of the Prince of Peace Parish at St. Rose of Lima, the Altar Society, Daughters of Isabella, Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary, and a Barton County Gold Star Mother. Survivors include one son: Leo Richard Gerritzen and wife, Jeanette, Denver, Colorado; five daughters: Frances Marie Aumiller, Hutchinson, Kansas; Marge Rose Bieberle and husband, Marvin, Great Bend, Kansas; Mary Louise Alexander, Hutchinson, Kansas; Virginia Grose and husband, Ronald, Little River, Kansas; and Dorothy Barbara Jordan and husband, Joe, O'Fallon, Missouri; three sisters: Josephine Hinnenkamp, Salina, Kansas; Sister Mary Leo Zeman, Concordia, Kansas; and Alice Homeier, Wilson, Kansas; twenty-one grandchildren; thirty-eight great-grandchildren; and four great-great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by three sons: William Anthony Gerritzen; and infants, William Francis Gerritzen and Lawrence Gerritzen; one daughter: Alice Ann Ward; two brothers: Frank Zeman and Emil Leo Zeman; three sisters: Agnes Staudinger, Barbara Hlaus, and Anna Staudinger; and one great-granddaugher, Megan Crawford. Altar Society Rosary will be at 4:00 p.m., and a Daughters of Isabella Rosary will be at 7:00 p.m., Thursday, December 18, 2008 at Bryant Funeral Home. Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10:30 a.m., Friday, December 19, 2008 at St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church. Father Reginald A. Urban will be celebrant. Burial will be in Great Bend Cemetery. Friends may call from 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., Thursday, December 18, 2008 at Bryant Funeral Home. Memorials are requested to the Holy Family School Endowment Fund or Sandstone Heights Nursing Home, both in care of the funeral home.