Sara Lee Sherman , 81, died October 2, 2008 at Central Kansas Medical Center, Great Bend, Kansas. She was born on March 22, 1927 in Russell County, Kansas, the daughter of William S. and Mary (Harbaugh) Goodheart. Sara grew up on a farm near Bunker Hill, Kansas. After graduation from high school, Sara moved to Great Bend and graduated from the St. Rose School of Nursing as a Registered Nurse in 1948. She married Mike Sherman in 1949. Putting nursing aside, she became a homemaker and raised five children. Along with being a mother, she participated as a grade school teacher's aide, Girl Scout leader, drum corps mom, attended sporting events and numerous camping and fishing trips. After her children were nearly raised she returned to work and became supervisor at CKMC in the EKG/EEG Department. Sara enjoyed her work at the hospital, and made many friends while working there. After retirement, Sara continued her favorite hobbies of sewing sequin Christmas stockings and calendars for numerous relatives and friends. Cooking and baking also became one of her favorite pastimes as she later became quite well-known for her special cookies. She was a member of the Lutheran faith. Survivors include four sons: Wayne Sherman and wife, Sharon, Henderson, Nevada; Steve Sherman and wife, Sheryl, Hutchinson, Kansas; Kevin Sherman and wife, Mary Ann, Clermont, Florida; and Don Sherman and wife, Maxine, Great Bend, Kansas; one daughter, Marilyn Sherman, Hutchinson, Kansas; and six grandchildren: Julie and Michael, Chase and David, and Andrew and Audrey; and one great-grandchild, Baylee. She was preceded in death by three brothers, Ralph Goodheart, Ray Goodheart, and Floyd "Bud" Goodheart; and three sisters, Florence Boomhower, Vera Michaelis, and Dorothy Langhofer. Funeral service will be at 10:30 a.m., Tuesday, October 7, 2008 at Bryant Funeral Home with the Reverend James A. Strasen officiating. Burial will be in Great Bend Cemetery. Friends may call from 10:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., Monday, October 6, 2008 at Bryant Funeral Home, with the family to receive friends from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Memorials are requested to the Sister Aquinata Penka Scholarship Fund for Nurses Training, in care of the funeral home.