Kenneth 'Ken' Ray Schumacher, formerly of Great Bend
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November 10, 1934 - June 7, 2023
Kenneth “Ken” Ray Schumacher, 88, passed away June 7, 2023, at Sunrise Retirement Home, Sioux City, Iowa. He was born on November 10, 1934, in Drayton, North Dakota, to Gordon and Barb (Helm) Schumacher.
He married Barbara (Petersilie) Tomlinson on December 5, 1981, in Great Bend. She passed February 27, 2014. He then married Marilyn (Shaffer) Beach on September 16, 2017 in Ankeny, Iowa. She survives.
A resident of Ankeny, Iowa since 2017, Ken formerly lived in Great Bend and was the owner and operator of Kansas Door from 1988 until his retirement in 1998. He was also the Windsor Door salesman and director of the Mohawk Division at Fuller Brush. Ken was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church, AMBUCS, Elks Lodge and Kiwanis. He enjoyed fishing, traveling and held his pilot’s license.
Survivors include two sons, Miles Schumacher of Raleigh, North Carolina and Rick Tomlinson and wife Debbie of Great Bend; two daughters, Teresa Wondra and husband Kevin of Great Bend and LeAnn Gill and husband David of Sioux City, Iowa; thirteen grandchildren; thirty great-grandchildren; and one great-great-granddaughter.
He was preceded in death by his parents; a brother, Everett Schumacher; a half-brother, Duane Merritt; and a half-sister, Mavis Cronk.
Visitation will be held from 1:00 to 8:00 p.m., Sunday, June 11, 2023, with family to receive friends from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. Funeral service will be held at 10:00 a.m., Monday, June 12, 2023, at Trinity Lutheran Church in Great Bend, Kansas, with Pastor James A. Strasen presiding. Interment will be in the Great Bend Cemetery.
Memorials have been designated to Heartland Cancer Center, in care of Bryant Funeral Home.
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