Margaret A. "Meg" Zweifel

Margaret Ada “Meg” Zweifel, 88, of Great Bend, Kansas, and formerly of Waldo, Kansas, passed away Sunday, September 21, 2025 at the Brookdale Assisted Living Facility in Great Bend, Kansas.

Meg was born October 21, 1936, to Reuben and Nellie (Roth) Francis, in Lucas, Kansas. Meg was united in marriage to Wayne C. Zweifel at her parents’ home in rural Lucas, Kansas, on February 6, 1955. This union was blessed with five children: Steven Wayne, Sheila Jean, Sherry Kay, Shelly May and Bradley Charles.

Meg’s early years were spent on Rocktown Ranch farm, where the Wilson Lake is now established. In 1955, she and her husband moved to a farm in rural Waldo and built a new home there. She graduated from Lucas High School in May of 1954 and then attended Northwest Kansas College at Hays, Kansas. She belonged to the Paradise Dell FCE Club since 1960, the TOPS (Take off pounds sensibly)# ks.874 and was a charter member and was a KOPS (Keep off pounds sensibly) since 1998, where she held every officer position. She also started the Russell Red Hot Hatters of Russell and the Lucas Post Rock Red Hat Brats of the Red Hat Society. She so enjoyed Biking Across Kansas for 27 years, which she loved very much and made some very dear friends.

Meg devoted her life to being a loving wife, mother and homemaker to her growing family while her children were growing up. After her children were in school, Meg went to work at the Russell County Courthouse for five years, then was office manager at DSNWK. She then worked for several years as Secretary/Bookkeeper at Smoky Hills Public Television Station in Bunker Hill, Kansas, and was also a Tour Guide for Cheyanne Travel Agency of Great Bend. After she retired, she accepted a part time position as a Loan Officer at Rapid Cash in Russell where she worked for over 12 years until she was 83 and retired again because of the COVID Pandemic.

Meg was a long time member of the Amherst Methodist Church in rural Waldo and was baptized in 1997. Meg enjoyed music and loved to sing Hymns. She also enjoyed making homemade candies for Christmas to give away and adored attending her grandchildren’s sporting events and school programs. She was always excited to see her children, grandchildren and great grandchildren and so enjoyed the family get togethers, including the traditional cocoa and biscuit breakfast and all the one-on-one trips with her grandchildren to their Condo’s in Pagosa Springs, Colorado and the marvelous family vacations to Hawaii, Pennsylvania, Silver Dollar City in Branson and Washington, D.C. plus many other wonderful places.

Meg helped her husband with farming and harvest by bringing out sandwiches for the crew and her creative casseroles, occasionally driving a truck when needed. She faced life, as well as her many health challenges, with calm acceptance and desire to adjust to whatever new reality she faced – which she did without complaining.

Surviving family include: daughters, Sheila Hinman (Greg) of Lewis, Kansas, Sherry Pruter (Dale) of Great Bend, Kansas, Shelly Post (Ron) of Great Bend, Kansas; son, Bradley Zweifel (Beth) of Waldo, Kansas. Grandchildren; Jeannie Grimme (Casey), Jeff Hinman (Maggie), Jessica Hinman (Bryce Brown), Luke Pruter (Maggie), Audra Rostine (Eric), Holly Johnson (Eric), Megan McGuire (Ross), Alisha Livingston (Mathew), Carol Joyce Ridgley (C.J.) and Payton Zweifel; great grandchildren, Connor Grimme (Madison), Claire Grimme, Kaiden, Kenzlie and Kooper Rostine, Sheridan and Clayton Johnson, Hudson and Hazel Hinman, Amelia and Kaladin McGuire, Wesley, Lily and Eliza Livingston; great-great granddaughter, Oakleigh Grimme and a great-great grandson on the way; and a host of nieces, nephews and friends.

Meg was preceded in death by her husband, Wayne, on April 2, 2021; son, Steven Wayne Zweifel on June 12, 1968, in a tractor accident; her parents; sisters, Lillian Waugh and Janeice Hochman; and her granddaughter-in-law, Abby Hinman.

Celebration of Meg’s Life will be held at 10:30 A.M., Saturday, September 27, 2025 at the Luray Community Church in Luray, Kansas. Burial will follow at the Amherst Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 9:00 AM to 8:00 PM, Friday, September 26, 2025, at Pohlman-Varner-Peeler Mortuary in Russell, with the family present to greet friends from 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM. A Memorial has been established with the Amherst Church. Contributions and condolences may be sent to Pohlman-Varner-Peeler Mortuary, who is in charge of these arrangements.