Wendell Byers, 86, Great Bend, died Nov. 16 at Great Bend Health and Rehabilitation Center. He was born Oct. 31, 1920, in rural Barton County, the son of Earl J. and Florence Deborah Curry Byers. He married Betty Jean Ruble on Dec. 24, 1941, at Great Bend. She died Oct. 3, 1999. He was a manager for Scheufler Supply and Big A Auto Parts Store. He was a lifetime resident of Great Bend and Barton County. He was a veteran of World War II, serving with the Army Air Corps. Byers was a member of the First Presbyterian Church and a life member of the American Legion Argonne Post 180, both of Great Bend. Survivors include a daughter, Jo Ann Doan of Hays; two grandchildren and six great grandchildren. He was preceded in death by two brothers, Ray Byers and Roy Byers, and a sister, Arlene Thompson. Funeral service will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Bryant Funeral Home, Great Bend, with the Rev. Hal Staats officiating. Interment will be in the Great Bend Cemetery. Friends may call from noon to 9 p.m. today, with the family to receive friends from 6 to 7 p.m., and from 9 a.m. until service time Saturday, all at the funeral home. A memorial in Mr. Byerss name has been established for the Byers and Doan Nursing Scholarship at the Fort Hays Endowment Association, in care of the funeral home.