Stanley Odegard, 85, a resident of West Palm Beach, Florida, died at his residence, December 17, 2006. He was born at Breckenridge, Minnesota, September 14, 1921, the son of Sigvart and Lena Olson Odegard. He married LaVera Emma Bruns September 29, 1943 at Hertford, North Carolina. She died January 23, 1998. Mr. Odegard was a postal clerk for the U. S. Postal Service. He had been a West Palm Beach, Florida resident for the past eight years, coming from Great Bend, where he had resided for fifty years. He served the United States Navy in World War II, and was a member of the U. S. Army Reserves, retiring in 1981. Mr. Odegard was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church, American Legion Argonne Post 180, Veterans of Foreign Wars Morris-McFadden Post 3111, all of Great Bend; and a member of Faith Lutheran Church, Lake Park, Florida. Surviving Mr. Odegard are three sons, Ron Odegard, Jupiter, Florida, Larry Odegard, Westminster, Colorado, and Steve Odegard, Hays, Kansas; one sister, Val Rabbe, Williston, North Dakota; seven grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m., Saturday, December 23, 2006 at Trinity Lutheran Church, Great Bend, Kansas, with the Reverend James A. Strasen presiding. Interment with military committal rites will be in Great Bend Cemetery, Great Bend, Kansas. Friends may call from 10:00 a.m. until 9:00 p.m. on Friday, December 22, 2006 at Bryant Funeral Home. A memorial fund has been established with the American Heart Association or American Legion Argonne Post 180, both in care of the funeral home.