Paul G. Meier, 90, died March 12, 2009 at Great Bend Health and Rehabilitation Center, Great Bend, Kansas. He was born January 20, 1919 in southwest Russell County, Kansas, the son of John George and Katherine Margaret (Ehrlich) Meier. He was baptized and confirmed at the St. John Lutheran Church, Russell, Kansas, and attended a local school in Russell County. After serving in the Army during World War II, he returned to the Russell area and did various jobs like farming, construction work, etc. On June 2, 1946 he married Jennie Hager at the Lutheran Church in rural Chase, Kansas. He and wife Jennie lived in Plainville, Kansas for twenty-eight years and Phillipsburg for five years. While living in those communities, he served in various church capacities, later moving to Ellinwood, Kansas. After thirty-six years of marriage, she died in Ellinwood on April 12, 1982. There were no children born of this union. He then married Mary Kay Gerritzen at Miami, Oklahoma, in 1983, after five years of marriage, she passed away. There were no children born of this union either. He later moved to Great Bend in 1990 and befriended a special person, Melba I. Pedigo and spent 6 years together before she died September 11, 2000. He was a retired pumper for Phillips Petroleum Company where he worked for thirty-five years retiring on April 1, 1980. He was a member of the BPOE #1127, Fraternal Order of Eagles #646, and American Legion Argonne Post 180, all of Great Bend. He enjoyed fishing and dancing in his leisure time. Survivors include several nieces and nephews and a host of friends. He was preceded in death by his parents, John G. and Katherine M. Meier; four brothers, Carl Meier, Clarence Meier, Leslie Meier, and Harold Meier; and one sister, Lorena Hoffman. Funeral services will at 10:00 a.m., Monday, March 16, 2009 at Bryant Funeral Home. The Reverend James A. Strasen will officiate. Burial will be at Hilltop Cemetery, Raymond, Kansas. Friends may call from 1:00 to 9:00 p.m., Sunday, March 15, 2009, at Bryant Funeral Home. In lieu of flowers memorials are suggested to the Golden Belt Home Health and Hospice or U. S. D. 428 Education Foundation, in care of the funeral home.