Melba J. Helm Sunley, 82, died May 24, 2011 at Cherry Village Nursing Home, Great Bend, Kansas. She was born October 13, 1928 at Winfield, Kansas, the daughter of Boyd and Virginia (Hobbs) Meyer. She married Carl Fritz Helm June 10, 1947 at Chandler, Oklahoma. He died February 14, 1981. She then married Marion William Sunley October 15, 1988 at Great Bend. He died September 20, 2010. A longtime Great Bend resident, retiring in Kingston, Oklahoma, Mrs. Sunley was a bookkeeper for Mid-Continent L. P. Service, Five Oaks, and Dr. Perry Schuetz. Mrs. Sunley was a member of First Christian Church. She enjoyed painting, quilting, and sewing. Survivors include two sons: Carl Helm and wife Connie, Great Bend; and Mark Helm and wife Sheila, Great Bend; two daughters: Claudia Arnold and husband Bruce, Salina, Kansas; and Anne Butler and husband Brent, Centerview, Missouri; one step-son, Ralph Sunley and wife Diana, Great Bend; two sisters: Nola Self and husband Howard, Kingston; and Margaret McConnell, Kingston; one brother, Bob Meyer and wife Lennie, Kingston, Oklahoma; eleven grandchildren; and twenty-three great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by one daughter, Lila Girton; and one grandson, Kevin. Funeral services will be at 1:30 p.m., Friday, May 27, 2011 at Bryant Funeral Home with the Reverend William F. Johnson officiating. Burial will be in Great Bend Cemetery. Friends may call from 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., with the family receiving friends from 7:00 to 8:00 p.m., Thursday, May 26, 2011 and from 9:00 a.m. to service time Friday at Bryant Funeral Home. Memorials are requested to Golden Belt Humane Society, in care of the funeral home.