Robert E. Branson

Wichita Services for Robert E. Branson, 82, Wichita, will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at Woodland United Methodist Church, Wichita. A family graveside service will be at 11 a.m. today at Maple Grove Cemetery, Wichita.

Mr. Branson died Saturday, Feb. 9, 2002.

He was born Aug. 12, 1919, in Wichita, the son of Floyd and Merle Branson. He graduated from East High School in Wichita.

Mr. Branson was an Honor 5 recipient upon graduating from Wichita University in 1941. He served in the U.S. Army in the European theater during World War II.

He was a residential and church builder, and was owner and president of Branson & Associates Inc. Commercial Real Estate Co.

He married Jean Kufus on Dec. 18, 1942, in Wichita. She survives of the home.

Other survivors include two sons, Mark, Pasadena, Calif., and Ted, Wichita; three daughters, Jane Vangemeren, Lawrence, Lauren Johnson, Clearwater, and Ann Tobin, Liberty, Ind.; 13 grandchildren; and several great-grandchildren.

The family suggests memorials or condolences to Woodland United Methodist Church, 1100 W. 15th St., Wichita 67203.

Cochran Mortuary in Wichita is in charge of arrangements.