Mildred F. Sweeden, 85, died April 23, 2011 at Great Bend Regional Hospital, Great Bend, Kansas. She was born June 3, 1925 at Yale, Oklahoma, the daughter of John B. and Anna (Bachalor) Lanning. She married Alvin M. Sweeden, Sr., April 3, 1946 at Stillwater, Oklahoma. He died April 27, 1991. A homemaker, Mrs. Sweeden was a Great Bend resident most of her life. Survivors include two sons: Alvin M. Sweeden, Jr. and wife Donna, McAllister, Oklahoma; and Gerald R. Sweeden and wife Karen, Hutchinson, Kansas; six daughters: Helen Senn, Lake Arrowhead, California; Faye Lamb and husband Jerald, Great Bend; Sandra Brinson and husband Loren "Gene", Hoisington, Kansas; Carol Fox and husband Rich, Great Bend; Ruth Ann Staley and husband Dwight, Salina, Kansas; and Kathy Coyle, Great Bend; and numerous grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and great-great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by two brothers and four sisters. Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m., Tuesday, April 26, 2011 at Bryant Funeral Home. The Reverend Don Fisher will officiate. Burial will be in Great Bend Cemetery. Friends may call from 1:00 to 9:00 p.m., Monday, April 25, 2011 and from 9:00 a.m. to service time Tuesday at Bryant Funeral Home. Memorials are requested to Golden Belt Humane Society, American Heart Association, or Barton County Relay for Life, in care of the funeral home.