George Earl Cole
Sep 6, 2016
George Earl Cole, age 71, died Tuesday, September 6, 2016. Visitation will be held 11-1pm Saturday, September 10, 2016, Smith Mortuary – Mulvane, 501 S.E. Louis Blvd. Graveside service following visitation at 2pm at Mulvane Cemetery, Mulvane, KS. A native of Wichita, Kansas, and resident, Mr. Cole died peacefully at home with his family at 8:00 a.m. Tuesday, September...
Arnold Holt
Sep 6, 2016
Arnold Holt Jr. age 78, passed away September 6, 2016. Visitation 1-8pm, Sunday, September 10, 2016 with family greeting 5-7pm at Smith Mortuary-Haysville, 7031 S. Broadway. Funeral 10am Monday at Westside Freewill Baptist Church, 3310 W. MacArthur Rd. Wichita, KS 67217. Arnold is survived by his sons, Gregory A. (Amy) Holt, John J. (Christina) Holt, David W. (Robin) Holt;...
Clauda Kay Warner
Sep 1, 2016
Clauda Kay Warner, 69, passed away September 1, 2016. Visitation: 1-8 Tuesday, September 6, 2016 and Funeral Service 10am Wednesday September 7, 2016 at Smith Family Mortuary, 1415 N. Rock Rd., Derby, Kansas. Graveside service 3:30 pm Wednesday at Memorial Park Cemetery, Enid, Oklahoma. Survivors: husband, James D. Warner; daughters, Denise Dawson (Philip) and Connie Dotson (Dave); four grandchildren,...
Larry D. Hart
Aug 31, 2016
Larry D. Hart, 66, died at his home Wednesday, August 31, 2016. He was born March 3, 1950 to Otis and Ruby (Henning) Hart in Great Bend, KS. After graduating from Great Bend High School in 1968, Larry attended Sterling College where he earned his Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology. He later earned his Master’s Degree in Counseling from Pittsburg...
Michael Maurice Bowmaker
Aug 31, 2016
Bowmaker, Michael Maurice, 88, passed away Wednesday, August 31, 2016. Visitation Friday 1-4 p.m., at Smith Mortuary-Haysville, 7031 S. Broadway. Recitation of the Rosary Friday at 6:00 p.m.; Funeral Mass 10:00 a.m. Saturday, both at St. Cecilia Catholic Church, 1900 W. Grand Ave., Haysville. Michael was preceded in death by his wife, Donnis; son Robert Bowmaker, and grandson Kyle...
Frank J. Debarea
Aug 29, 2016
Frank J. DeBarea Jr, 59, loving husband, son, father, papa, brother, uncle & friend, passed away Monday, August 29, 2016 with family at his bedside. Rosary: 7 PM, Monday, September 5, 2016; Funeral Mass 10:30 AM, Tuesday September 6, 2016, both at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Church. Frank worked for the family business, Duraform, in Clearwater, KS for...
Julia Mattley
Aug 29, 2016
Julia Mattley, loving wife, mother, gramma, and "GeGe," was born on January 15, 1917, in Leeds, Iowa, the oldest child of LeRoy and Mary Gillette. She passed peacefully with grace and dignity on August 29, 2016, in Derby, Kansas. She is survived by one son, Miles Mattley (Mary), of Derby, KS; three grandchildren: Melanie Fleming of Wichita, Tony Mattley...
Danny William Hooper
Aug 28, 2016
DERBY – Hooper, Danny W., age 72, retired Tool Maker for Boeing, was born January 21, 1944 at Morrilton, AR to William and Beatrice Hooper. He went home to be with The Lord, Sunday, August 28, 2016. Services have been held. Danny is preceded in death by his father, William and an infant sister, Geri Lynn Hooper. He is...
Theresa Mary Gier
Aug 28, 2016
Theresa Mary (Schneider) Gier, 88, of 2322 S. Washington Wichita, KS., formerly of Ridgway, PA., died August 28th 2016. Theresa was born?November 24, 1927, in Saint Marys, PA. Daughter of the late George and Margaret (Geyer) Schneider. On April 15, 1950, Theresa married and is survived by her husband of 66 yrs. John C. Gier. She is survived; by...
Caroline June Lupton
Aug 27, 2016
Caroline J. Lupton, age 67, of Haysville, retired aircraft machinist & devoted volunteer for the United Way entered into His heavenly house Aug. 27, 2016. Memorial service 10 AM Friday, September 2, Christian Chapel Foursquare, 5828 S. Broadway. Caroline was born on July 2, 1949, the daughter of Betty & Wesley Wedel. On January 18, 1991, she married William...
Patricia Newberry
Aug 27, 2016
Patricia Newberry, 55, died Saturday, August 27, 2016. Survived by husband, David; sons, Christopher and Shaun; 6 grandchildren; siblings, Lee Smith (Teresa), Lola Townsend, Stephen Smith (Karri), Tom Smith (Jennifer). She is preceded in death by her son, Joshua; parents, Herbert and Elaine Smith; sisters, Deborah and Evelyn. Viewing: 2-8 Tuesday with family present 5-7pm. Funeral service: 11am Wednesday,...
Frances Vancauwenbergh
Aug 26, 2016
Frances VanCauwenbergh, 81, died August 26, 2016. She was born November 11, 1934 in Sharon Springs, Kansas to Neal and Edith Smith Rauch. Survivors include sons, Bernard, Neal and Brian; 3 grandchildren. She is preceded in death by her parents, Neal and Edith Rauch; husband, Louis; son, Robin. Viewing: 3-8pm Tuesday, Smith Mortuary, 1415 N. Rock Rd., Derby. Graveside...
Victor S. Cox
Aug 25, 2016
Victor S. Cox, age 97, retired Boeing and Cessna employee, passed away Thursday, August 25, 2016. Visitation 1-8 Monday, August 29, with family greeting friends 5-7 PM, Smith Mortuary, 1415 N. Rock Rd., Derby. Funeral service 2 PM Tuesday, August 30, Rose Hill Friends Church, 14062 SW 180th St, Rose Hill. Vic was a WWII US Army veteran who...
Donna Belle Baker Chance
Aug 24, 2016
Donna Belle Baker Chance, age 88, passed away August 24, 2016. She was born February 20, 1928, in Wichita, and grew up on a farm north of Rose Hill, KS, the third of five children, to Floyd and Waldena Showalter. She graduated from Rose Hill High School in May 1945. She married M. Dean Baker, also from Rose Hill,...
Sidney L. Sanders
Aug 23, 2016
Sidney L. Sanders, 84, retired ATT Communications Technician, died Tuesday, August 23, 2016. Survivors: wife, Roberta; sons, Greg and Gary; 2 grandchildren; 2 great-grandchildren. Viewing: 3-8pm Friday. Funeral service: 2pm Saturday, August 27, 2016, both at Smith Mortuary, 1415 N. Rock Rd., Derby. Memorials are established with Amedysis Hospice, 250 W. Douglas, Ste 110, Wichita, KS 67202 and American...
James Arthur Wheeler
Aug 22, 2016
James Arthur Wheeler was born July 31, 1927 in Winfield, KS, to James and Sallie Lee (Jessee) Wheeler. He passed from this life in Wichita, KS on August 22, 2016 at the age of 89. He grew up on the family farm in Rock, KS and attended Green Valley School through eighth grade, spent his freshman year at Cambridge...
Esther Koontz
Aug 22, 2016
Esther Koontz, 91, passed away Monday, August 22, 2016. Funeral 2:00 p.m., Friday, August 26, at Haysville United Methodist Church, 601 E. Grand Ave. Preceded in death by two husbands, LeRoy Rose and Willard Koontz; sister Mildred Harris, and son-in-law Wayne Harbaugh. Survivors: children Dale Rose, Sandra Harbaugh, Diana (Randy) Mierau; seven grandchildren; eleven great-grandchildren; brother Marvin (RaNay) Elm;...
John Kearns
Aug 21, 2016
John Kearns, age 70, passed away August 21, 2016. Inurnment will be at Sunset Cemetery, Manhattan, KS. Survivors: wife, Na; sons, Dan (Carla) and Paul (Kim); six grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; brothers, Jim and Bob. He was preceded in death by his parents, Archie and Hazel and brother, David. Culbertson-Smith Mortuary.
Francis Woods
Aug 21, 2016
Francis “Irene” Woods, age 87, went to be with her Lord and Savior on August 21, 2016. Visitation 1-8pm, family greeting 5-7pm Friday; Funeral 10am Saturday, both at Smith Mortuary - Derby, 1415 N. Rock Road. She is survived by her children, Dan Shell, Marlene (Jerry) Myers, Debra (John) Gray; step-children, Cecilia (Darrell) Duncan, James R. (Susan) Woods Jr.,...
Shandi Cox-Dutton
Aug 20, 2016
WICHITA – Cox-Dutton, Shandi, 32, loving mother, daughter, granddaughter, sister, and aunt, passed away Saturday, August 20, 2016. She was born July 11, 1984 in Wichita, KS. Shandi was a kind and loving person with a huge heart that enjoyed helping other people. She was preceded in death by her step-father, Dwayne Hoffman; and grandparents, Don and Pat Dutton....
