Roy Joseph VonFeldt, 79, died Dec. 23, 2016, at Great Bend Health and Rehabilitation Center, Great Bend. Born Aug. 4, 1937, at Walker, he was the son of Joe E. and Pauline (Bittel) VonFeldt. He married Carla Jean Smith Nov. 13, 1961, at Great Bend.  She died June 22, 2013. A resident of Great Bend most of his life, Mr. VonFeldt was a heavy equipment operator for Barton County Road and Bridge Department. He was a United States Army veteran.

Survivors include two sons, Randy VonFeldt and his wife Rhonda and Brad VonFeldt and his wife Michelle, both of Great Bend; three grandchildren; three step-grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; and six step-great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by six brothers, Robert VonFeldt, Ralph VonFeldt, Raymond VonFeldt, Rudy VonFeldt and Richard VonFeldt, and three sisters, Faye VonFeldt, Pauline VonFeldt and Albertine Denning.