The Reverend Verdean Gwendolyn LeRoy, 86, died May 7, 2010 at Great Bend Regional Hospital, Great Bend, Kansas. She was born October 16, 1923 at Great Bend, Kansas, the daughter of John S. and Verna V. (Smith) Fisher. She grew up in Great Bend, and lived in Kansas and California. She married Jack Henry LeRoy September 5, 1942 at Los Angeles, California. He died June 24, 1997. She pastored River of Live Four-Square Church as an ordained minister with her husband, the Reverend Jack LeRoy; and was a homemaker, being the mother of four daughters and three sons. She was a Great Bend resident since 1980 coming from LaPuente, California. Mrs. LeRoy was a member of River of Life Four-Square Church, Great Bend. Survivors include three sons: John C. LeRoy, Azusa, California; David LeRoy and Robert LeRoy, Great Bend; three daughters: Verdean Palmer, Great Bend; Marilyn Ramirez, Apple Valley, California; and Theresa LeRoy, Great Bend; two sisters: Dolores Rusco, Great Bend; and Doreen Powell, Honolulu, Hawaii; nineteen grandchildren; and thirty great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by two daughters, Rene Crouch and Jeannean LeRoy; and one great-grandson, Kain Caron. Funeral service will be at 11:00 a.m., Thursday, May 13, 2010 at River of Life Four-Square Gospel Church, Great Bend. The Reverend John LeRoy and Pastor David LeRoy will officiate. Burial will be in Great Bend Cemetery. Friends may call from 5:00 to 9:00 p.m., Wednesday, May 12, 2010 at Bryant Funeral Home. Memorials are requested to River of Life Four-Square Church, in care of the funeral home.