Great Bend will soon lose its JCPenney department store at 1500 Kansas Ave.Last month, J.C. Penney Company Inc. announced plans to close 130-140 stores over the next few months, along with two distribution facilities. On Friday, the list of stores to close was released, and the Great Bend store was on it.Most stores will begin liquidation sales on April 17 and close in June.Four other Kansas stores are on the list: in the Hutchinson Mall, Chanute Square shopping center, the Winfield Plaza and a freestanding store in Lawrence.Shortly after the retailer’s corporate headquarters in Plano, Texas, made the announcement Friday, Yvonne Zink received a call from her daughter in Texas. Zink worked at the JCPenney store in Great Bend for 10 years before retiring in 2016.“I was really kind of surprised,” Zink said.