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Derby, Wichita, Haysville, and Mulvane, KS Obituaries

Nikki Lynn Trusty

Nikki Lynn Trusty

Nov 8, 2021

On the evening of November 8th, 2021, at 5:49pm, our creator called home a beautiful spirit who we knew as Nikki Lynn Trusty.

Visitation with the family will be on Tuesday, November 16th, at 1:00pm, with a Funeral Service following at 3:00pm.

She is preceded in death by George Blaine (great-grandpa),...

Rhonda Ihde

Rhonda Ihde

Nov 7, 2021

Rhonda Ihde (Hines), age 67, retired USD 259 employee, passed away Sunday, November 7, 2021. Celebration of her life will be held at Shelter #5, at Lake Afton Park, 25513 W. 39th Street South, Goddard, Kansas. Saturday, November 13, 2021, from 1:00 to 4:00 pm, lunch will be provided.

Rhonda is preceded in death by her parents...

Celia Alice Cassidy

Celia Alice Cassidy

Nov 7, 2021

Alice Cassidy, age 82, retired Unit Clerk, Wesley Medical Center, passed away Sunday, November 7, 2021. No visitation. Memorial service 10 am Saturday, November 13, 2021, Culbertson-Smith Mortuary, 115 S. Seneca. Inurnment will follow at Ascension Cemetery. Alice is preceded in death by her husband, Clarence; parents, Herbert and Tessie Hoover; brothers, Truman, Dwain, Dale and Roy Hoover; and...

Betty Jo Jones

Betty Jo Jones

Nov 7, 2021

Betty Jo Jones passed from this earth on Sunday, November 7th, 2021 at the age of 92.

Betty Jo always said she “grew up in the cotton patch” as a child in southern Missouri. Some of her best days were spent singing at the top of her lungs while she picked cotton.

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Ron Horning

Ron Horning

Nov 6, 2021

Wichita - Horning, Ronald Dennis, 67, died Saturday, November 6, 2021.

Visitation: Friday, November 12, 2021, from 1:00 pm to 8:00 pm with the family present from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm and Funeral Service: 10:00 am, Saturday, November 13, 2021, both at Smith Mortuary, Haysville. Interment to follow at Greenwood Cemetery.

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John Gerard Orecchio

John Gerard Orecchio

Nov 3, 2021

John G. Orecchio, 79, passed away on November 3, 2021 at the Kansas Medical Center in Andover, Kansas

He was born on May 7, 1942 in Englewood, New Jersey to Angelo and Lena (Corrado) Orecchio.

John was a hard worker, loved to make jokes, loved to travel to different places, enjoyed...

Leon Conway

Leon Conway

Nov 2, 2021

Conway, Leon

85, passed away Tuesday, November 2, 2021 in Derby, Kansas. He was born January 16, 1936 to Carlos and Berniece Conway in Enid, Oklahoma.

Leon was a Science and Art teacher at Scott Community High School in Scott City, Kansas, where he also coached football, basketball and track. Leon also served...

Robert Stephen Pummel

Robert Stephen Pummel

Nov 2, 2021

Robert Stephen Pummel, age 66, Manager, Lumber Yard Steakhouse, passed away Tuesday, November 2, 2021. Visitation 1-7 pm Friday, November 5, with family greeting friends 5-7 pm, with Recitation of the Rosary beginning at 7 pm, funeral service 10 am Saturday, November 6, both at Culbertson-Smith Mortuary, 115 S. Seneca, Wichita, Graveside service 3 pm Saturday, Mt. Olivet Catholic...

Adonna Lowe

Adonna Lowe

Nov 1, 2021

Adonna (Lungren) Lowe, loving wife and mother of two children, passed away peacefully at home in Derby, KS, November 1, 2021, age 72. Adonna was born on January 6, 1949, in Wellington, KS, to Clifford and Ruth (Cox) Lungren, and grew up Northeast of Caldwell, KS, on the family farm. She graduated with the class of 1967 from Caldwell...

Patsy Ruth Snyder

Patsy Ruth Snyder

Nov 1, 2021

Rose Hill - Snyder, Patsy Ruth

82, passed away Monday, November 1st, 2021. She was born April 12th, 1939 in Joplin, Missouri.

Patsy loved to read, play BINGO, and loved watching true crime TV.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Jack Snyder; and by son, Ron Snyder....

Clenea Meairs

Clenea Meairs

Oct 31, 2021

Clenea Lawany Meairs (Williams) , age 38, went to be with Jesus on October 31,2021.

Clenea is survived by her husband, Jeremy Meairs, her daughters Emily Meairs (16) and Arrowyia Meairs (8), her parents Lyle and Daphne Williams, brother Nicholas (Denise) Williams of Michigan. Parents Buck and Jayne Meairs; brothers Teddy (Peggy) Meairs, Frank Meairs,...

Claud H. Giles

Claud H. Giles

Oct 30, 2021

Claud H. Giles, 88, of Mulvane, KS passed peacefully from this life early Saturday morning, October 30, 2021.

Claud was born on June 20, 1933 in Kiowa, OK to William Wesley (Jack) and Lucy Oleta Giles. The family moved to Mulvane in 1941, and Claud was very proud to be such a long time resident of this...

John M. Dickerson, Jr.

John M. Dickerson, Jr.

Oct 30, 2021

On Saturday, October 30, 2021, John Dickerson, Jr. passed away. Survivors include two sons, and one daughter. He will be missed. Funeral service is 10:00 am Thursday, November 4, 2021, with visitation one hour prior, both at Smith Family Mortuary, 1415 North Rock Road, Derby, Kansas 67037.

Charles Leeroy Wilson

Charles Leeroy Wilson

Oct 29, 2021

On October 29, 2021 Charles LeeRoy Wilson, known to his family and friends as LeeRoy, went to be with the Lord.

LeeRoy was a devoted husband, father, and grandfather. He was married to wife Mary for what would have been 55 years come January - they have known each other since they were just 10 years old....

Joseph Baxter Cusick Iii

Joseph Baxter Cusick Iii

Oct 28, 2021

Mulvane - Cusick, Joseph Baxter, 79, died Thursday, October 28, 2021. He was a devoted husband and father, and dearly loved his grandchildren and great grandchildren.

He was a design engineer at Tweco for 23 years. After that his entrepreneurship began with CAFCO Awning Company followed by PAC-MIG, Inc. He retired to Grand Lake in...

Matthew "Matt" Lee Kennedy         "Moo"

Matthew "Matt" Lee Kennedy "Moo"

Oct 27, 2021

Derby - Kennedy, Matthew Lee

46, passed away Wednesday, October 27th, 2021. He was born May 2nd, 1975 to Charles Kennedy and Wanda "Kitterman" Kennedy in Wichita, Kansas.

Matt worked in construction for most of his life. He gained a love of it from his father and was in competition with his brother...

David Broz

David Broz

Oct 27, 2021

David William Broz was born on 3/2/1987 in Wichita Ks. David will be truly missed, he leaves behind his parents Joseph and Connie, 12 siblings and many nieces and nephews. I can no longer see you with my eyes, or touch you with my hands, but we will feel you in our hearts forever -love, Mom & Dad.

David Brown

David Brown

Oct 26, 2021

David Lynn. Brown, 67, died Tuesday, October 26, 2021.

Visitation with the family present: Sunday, October 31, 2021, from 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm at Smith Mortuary, 7031 S. Broadway, Haysville.

David is survived by his wife, Sue Brown; two step children; four grandchildren; one great grandchild; and siblings, Mary Alice,...

Vicki Angle

Vicki Angle

Oct 26, 2021

Vicki Lavon Angle (Blevins), born May 11, 1965, survived by husband Eldon Angle and four children, Jerred, Darren, Warren and Terrence Angle, and brother John Blevins. She was preceded in death by her mother Esther Blevins (Cook), and father Armold Blevins. Vicki was a loving, homeschooling mother to her four sons, caretaker of many patients in a local hospital...

Doris E. Wilson

Doris E. Wilson

Oct 24, 2021

Mrs. Doris Elizabeth Wilson passed away from natural causes on Oct. 24, 2021.

Doris was born in Charleston, Arkansas on May 7, 1934 to Benjamin Dwight and Annie Katherine McLellan.

She attended elementary and high school in Greenwood, Arkansas.

She was employed at Sunshine Biscuits and later was a homemaker who donated time...

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