Valeria J. Slankard, 86, died April 16, 2011 at Great Bend Health and Rehabilitation Center, Great Bend, Kansas. She was born March 11, 1925 at Mount Ida, Arkansas, the daughter of Luther and Ruth (Rogers) Gibson. She married John Slankard August 12, 1943 at Great Bend. He died April 12, 1993. Mrs. Slankard was a lifetime Great Bend resident, she worked for Gibson's Discount Store as a sales clerk. Mrs. Slankard was a member of First Assembly of God, Great Bend. Survivors include one son, Jonroy Slankard and wife Rita, Denver, Colorado; two daughters: Lorea Radke and husband Warren, Wichita, Kansas; and Genea Potter, Great Bend; six grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be at 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, April 19, 2011 at Bryant Funeral Home with Pastor Dwight Dozier officiating. Burial will be in Great Bend Cemetery. Friends may call from 5:00 to 9:00 p.m., Monday, April 18, 2011 with the family receiving friends from 6:00 to 7:00 p.m., at Bryant Funeral Home; and from 9:00 a.m. to service time Tuesday at the funeral home. Memorials are requested to the Great Bend Health and Rehabilitation Aviary Fund or First Assembly of God, in care of the funeral home.