Myrtle Katherine Pitts, 89, died January 3, 2011 at Great Bend Health and Rehabilitation Center, Great Bend, Kansas. She was born January 23, 1922 at Beaver, Kansas, the daughter of John and Pearl (Hinderliter) Christians. She was a 1940 graduate of Hoisington High School. She married Herbert L. Pitts March 16, 1941 at Beaver. He died February 23, 2007. Mrs. Pitts was a homemaker and helped establish a family farm near Beaver with her husband, where they lived for fifty-four years before making Great Bend their home the past eighteen years. She loved sewing and quilting. Mrs. Pitts was a member of First Church of the Nazarene, WCTU, and Quilters Guild. She was a seventy year former member of Beaver Friends Church. She served her churches as a Sunday School teacher and choir member. Survivors include one son, Donald G. Pitts, Great Bend; one daughter: Jerree Ehrlich and husband Larry, Broken Arrow, Oklahoma; one brother, Robert Christians, Valley Center, Kansas; four grandchildren: Kim Sell and husband Roger, Great Bend; Tami Flaspohler and husband Kevin, Ponca City, Oklahoma; Kara Potter and husband Jeff, Claflin, Kansas; and Tonia Jordan and husband Jason, Bixby, Oklahoma; and nine great-grandchildren: Connor Sell, Kendal Sell, Ryan Flaspohler, Jake Flashpohler, Luke Flaspohler, Annie Potter, Zoe Potter, Jaxon Jordan, and Lexi Jordan. She was preceded in death by one brother, Edward Christians; and one sister, Lola Wright. Funeral services will be at 10:00 a.m., Thursday, January 6, 2011 at First Church of the Nazarene, Great Bend. The Reverends Josh Foster and Mark Pennington will officiate. Burial will be in Hoisington Cemetery. Friends may call from 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., Wednesday, January 5, 2011, with the family receiving friends from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m., at Bryant Funeral Home. Memorials are requested to First Church of the Nazarene, in care of the funeral home.