Wilma M. "Jean" Swigart, 78, died June 29, 2009 at Central Kansas Medical Center, Great Bend, Kansas. She was born September 22, 1930 at Carver County, Minnesota, the daughter of William and Emma (Petrick) Schroeder. She married Kenneth Edward "Wayne" Swigart September 21, 1957 at Great Bend. A resident of Great Bend since 1956, moving from Minnesota, Mrs. Swigart was a homemaker as well as a housekeeper and health care provider. Mrs. Swigart was a former member of Trinity Lutheran Church and the Eagles. She attended First Southern Baptist Church, Great Bend. Survivors include three sons: Wayne Ulrich and wife, Mary, Russell, Kansas; Randy Swigart and wife, Kathy, Overland Park, Kansas; and Steven Swigart, Great Bend, Kansas; three daughters: Cathy Reich and husband, Mike, Buffalo, Minnesota; Gail Alexander and husband, Gary, Great Bend, Kansas; and Susan Thornburg and husband, Lance, Great Bend, Kansas; one sister, Glenna Harris, Yakima, Washington; eighteen grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild. She was preceded in death by seven brothers: Martin, Ewalt, Elmer, Ervin, Wilbur, Clarence, and Harold Schroeder; and four sisters, Ella Loehrs, Adeline Piefer, Clarinda Templing; and infant Gertrude. Funeral services will be at 1:30 p.m., Thursday, July 2, 2009 at First Southern Baptist Church. The Reverend Dr. Doyle Smith will officiate. Burial will be in Great Bend Cemetery. Friends may call from 4:00 to 9:00 p.m., Wednesday, July 1, 2009, with the family receiving friends from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m., at Bryant Funeral Home. Additional visitation will be from 9:00 to 11:00 a.m., Thursday, July 2, 2009 at the funeral home. Memorials in Mrs. Swigart's name are requested to Fresenius Medical Care of Great Bend, in care of the funeral home.