Roberta Rose Leiker, 86, died December 29, 2007. She was born April 25, 1921, near Downs, Kansas, to Robert William and Ada Rose Stuart Kiper. She married Ernest Leiker in Great Bend in 1943 and was blessed with 60 happy years of marriage before his death in 2003. She was a member of Saint Rose Catholic Parish for many years, where she was active in the Altar Society. She was a leader for all of her daughters Girl Scout troops and worked as a clerk and book keeper at Gates Drug Store, which was managed by her husband, Ernie. Survivors include three daughters, Janice Magana and husband, Conce, of Dodge City, Judy Laux of Schaumburg, Illinois, and Linda Hess and husband, Hugh, of Lansing, Michigan; her sister, Betty Sumpter and husband, Rex; her sister-in-law, Bernice Leiker, of Oklahoma City; six grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren, all of whom will miss having her in their lives. Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at St. Patrick Catholic Church in Great Bend with Father Wesley Schawe officiating. Burial will be at the Great Bend Cemetery. Memorial donations may be made to the American Heart Association in care of Bryant Funeral Home.