Vada Ford Gruber, 88, died at her Great Bend, Kansas, home December 29, 2006. She was born February 3, 1918 at Meade, Kansas, the daughter of Fred Franklin and Sylvia Mae Keltner Ford. She married Vernon J. Gruber May 24, 1942 at Beaver, Oklahoma. He died July 22, 1959. Mrs. Gruber was a cocktail waitress for many years and a Great Bend resident since 1942, coming from Meade, Kansas. Mrs. Gruber was a member of First United Methodist Church, Great Bend, Kansas. Survivors include two sons, Vance Gruber and John Gruber, both of Great Bend, Kansas; one brother, Clarence Ford, Meade, Kansas; three sisters, Garnet Perkins, Hutchinson, Kansas, Evelyn Ellis, Wichita, Kansas, and Ruby Collier, Tulsa, Oklahoma; nine grandchildren, Amanda Gruber, Brandy Gruber, Desirae Gruber, Skeeter Gruber, Vangela Gruber, Paula Gruber, Gabryal Milhon, Cory Glover, and Vanity Gruber; and numerous great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by a grandson, Scott Gruber. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m., Wednesday, January 3, 2007 at Bryant Funeral Home. The Reverend Gary Brooks of the First United Methodist Church will preside. Burial will be made in Great Bend Cemetery, Great Bend, Kansas. Friends may call Tuesday, January 2, 2007 from 9:00 a.m. until 9:00 p.m. at the funeral home. A memorial fund in Mrs. Gruber's name has been established with the Barton County Relay for Life, in care of the funeral home.