GREAT BEND — Rita Margaret Stoss, 87, died Feb. 20, 2017, at Cherry Village in Great Bend.
Born Nov. 9, 1929, at Bushton, she was the daughter of William and Barbara (Kirmer) Oberle. On Aug. 25, 1954, she married Lester L. Stoss at Bushton. He died Dec. 19, 1984. A lifetime area resident, Mrs. Stoss was a farm wife.
Mrs. Stoss was a member of Prince of Peace Parish at St. Patrick Catholic Church and Altar Society, both of Great Bend.
Survivors include six sons, Kenneth Stoss and his wife Maureen, Davenport, Iowa; Merlin Stoss and his wife Darlene, Great Bend; Dale Stoss and his wife Glenda, Olmitz; Duane Stoss and his wife Mary, Great Bend; Harlan Stoss and his wife Dianna, Olmitz; and Ronald Stoss and his wife Jeanne, Otis; a brother, Urban Oberle, Claflin; three sisters, Barbara Orth, Bushton; Anna Nordman, Albert; and Dorothy Stoss, Great Bend; 13 grandchildren, Nathan Stoss and his wife Nicole, Jeffrey Stoss, Jerald Stoss, Brent Stoss and his wife Jennifer, Nicholas Stoss, Nona Stoss, Erin Rowan and her husband Alex, Natalie Stoss, Angela Stoss, Krisha Stoss, Julie Stoss, Melanie Stoss and Laurie Stoss; and three great-grandchildren, Liam, Bailey and Greyson.
She was preceded in death by a grandson, Kyle Stoss; six brothers, Ambrose Oberle, William F. Oberle, Philip Oberle, Andrew Oberle, and infants, Clement Oberle and Jerome Oberle; and a sister, Mary Frances Hertach.
Altar Society Rosary will be held at 4 p.m. and Vigil Service with Rosary will be held at 7 p.m. Friday at Bryant Funeral Home. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 9:30 a.m. Saturday at St. Patrick Catholic Church in Great Bend, with Father Don Bedore celebrating. Burial will be in St. Ann Cemetery in Olmitz. Friends may call from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., Friday at Bryant Funeral Home.
Memorials have been established with St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital or Kans for Kids, in care of the funeral home. Condolences may be sent and notice viewed at www.bryantfh.net

Funeral arrangements provided by
Bryant Funeral Home *
1425 Patton Road
Great Bend, KS 67530
Great Bend (Kan.) Tribune, Feb. 22, 2017