Rhonda Sue Grunert Browning, daughter of Charles LaVerne and Shirley (McClure) Grunert, was born February 21, 1956, in Wichita, Kansas, and passed away at her home Norton County, Kansas, on November 12, 2018, at the age of 62.

Rhonda and her family moved several times before making their home in Norton in 1972. She graduated from Norton Community High School with the class of 1974, and received her registered nurse education from Cloud County Community College in Concordia, Kansas. She also had extensive education in sign language. She made her home in Colorado Springs, Colorado, for many years where she was a nurse in the neonatal intensive care unit. She later returned to Norton to care for her family. Most recently she served as the County Coordinator for the Norton County Farm Bureau.

Rhonda enjoyed playing the flute but her greatest joy was taking care of her pets, especially her cats.

Survivors include: her brother, Randy, and his wife, Deanna Grunert, Sisquoc, California; one niece, Christy, and her husband, Jeff Mang, Lompoc, California; one great-niece, Sutton S. Mang; other relatives and friends.

Rhonda was preceded in death by her parents and one brother, Ronnie Grunert.

Cremation was chosen and there are no planned services.

MEMORIAL – Second Chance Pet Society – Norton, KS