Phyllis Bessie Espinoza
Oct 5, 2012
DERBY – Espinoza, Phyllis Bessie, age 76, homemaker, loving wife, mother, grandmother and sister passed away Friday, October 5, 2012. Visitation 5-7pm Monday, October 8, at Smith Mortuary, 1415 N. Rock Road, Derby. Rosary at 10am, Liturgy of the Word at 10:30am both Tuesday, October 9, at St. Mary Faith Center, 2300E. Meadowlark, Derby. Phyllis loved camping, was very...
Judy Webster
Oct 5, 2012
DERBY – Webster, Judy L. (Kerby), age 62, owner/CEO of Rental Properties and Management Company, passed away Friday, October 5, 2012. Visitation 10-5 Tuesday, October 9, at Smith Mortuary, 1415 N. Rock Road, Derby. Rosary 7pm Tuesday, October 9; Funeral Mass 10am Wednesday, October 10, both at St. Mary Faith Center, 2300 E. Meadowlark, Derby. Judy was preceded in...
Shirley Ann Thomas
Oct 4, 2012
DOUGLASS – Thomas, Shirley Ann, age 74, loving and caring mother, grandmother, sister, aunt and friend, passed away Thursday, October 4, 2012. Visitation 1-8pm Sunday, October 7, with family present 4-6pm at Hilyard-Smith Funeral Home, 507 S. Maple, Douglass. Funeral service 2pm Monday, October 8, at the First Baptist Church of Douglass, 107 S. Maple, with interment to follow...
Donovan Monroe Denny
Oct 4, 2012
Denny, Donovan Monroe, 91, retired Beechcraft Draftsman, passed away Thursday, October 4, 2012. Visitation Tuesday, October 9, at Senter-Smith Mortuary, 501 S.E. Louis Blvd., Mulvane. Funeral service 2 pm Wednesday, at Mulvane Christian Church, 502 Highland Park Dr. Don was a longtime member of Mulvane Christian Church, and served as an elder for 30 years. He was a proud...
Janet Lee Clark
Oct 3, 2012
Clark, Janet Lee, age 59, passed away Wednesday, October 3, 2012. Memorial gathering to be held at a later date. Janet was born in East Cleveland, OH on September 7, 1954 to James Ross and Jeanne Alice (Rhodes) Clark. She worked for Dillons at Central and Rock Road in Wichita for 8 years. Janet was preceded in death by...
Ernest Curtis Sinklier
Oct 2, 2012
Mulvane-Sinklier, Ernest C. 83, retired Boeing employee and member of Mt. Vernon United Methodist Church, died Tuesday, October 2, 2012. Ernie enjoyed volunteering with the Mulvane EMS, Police Department and Sedgwick County Sheriff’s Department and bowling at Thunderbird Lanes. Preceding Ernie in death was his wife, Hazel (Hightower) Sinklier; parents, Bee & Hazel Sinklier; sister, Evelyn Sinklier. He is...
Alyssa Michelle Wilson
Oct 2, 2012
Alyssa Michelle Wilson, age 10, Udall Grade School 5th Grader, passed away Tuesday, October 2, 2012. Visitation 1-4 PM Sunday, Smith Mortuary, 1415 N. Rock Rd., Derby. Recitation of the Rosary 7 PM Sunday, Mass of Christian Burial 10 AM Monday, both at St. Michael Catholic Church, 525 E. Main, Mulvane. Interment will follow at Mulvane Cemetery. Alyssa is...
Audrey Ann Kirk
Oct 1, 2012
Kirk, Audrey A. (Jaeger), age 72, passed away Monday, October 1, 2012. Visitation 1-8pm Wednesday, October 3, with family present 5-7pm; funeral service 2pm Thursday, October 4, both at Culbertson-Smith Mortuary, 115 S. Seneca. Audrey was born January 9, 1940 in Mankato, MN to Owen and Verona Benton. She worked for Cessna for 37 years as a machinist until...
Octavine Passmore
Oct 1, 2012
Passmore, Octavine “Hoot,” 88, passed away Monday, October 1, 2012. Memorial service 2 pm Wednesday, at Smith Family Mortuary, 1415 N. Rock Rd., Derby. Pereceded in death by husband of 64 years, Onice, her parents, and five siblings. Survived by daughters Carolyn Davis and Sharron Collins, four grandchildren, ten great-grandchildren, and six great-great-grandchildren. Memorial established with Good Shepherd Hospice,...
Sandra Rose Demeyer
Sep 30, 2012
DeMeyer, Sandra Rose (Showalter), 47, beloved wife, mother, and daughter, passed away Sunday, September 30, 2012. She was a member of Faith Lutheran Church and a Girl Scout leader. Visitation (no viewing) 1-8 Friday, at Smith Mortuary, 1415 N. Rock Rd., Derby. Memorial service 10:30 a.m. Saturday, at Faith Lutheran Church, 214 S. Derby, Derby. She is survived by...
Anna Corinne Doherty
Sep 30, 2012
Anna Corinne, age 89, of Udall, homemaker, passed away Sunday, September 30, 2012. Visitation 1-8 PM Wednesday, Smith Mortuary, Derby. Graveside service 11 AM Thursday, Belle Plaine Cemetery. Anna was born March 27, 1923 at Atchinson, KS. She married Joseph Doherty on June 6, 1941 at Eudora, KS. Anna is preceded in death by her parents, William & Louise...
Virginia Donnie Cooper
Sep 29, 2012
Virginia Cooper, 55, died September 29, 2012. Viewing: 9-4pm Tuesday, Smith Mortuary, 1415 N. Rock Rd., Derby. Graveside service: 2pm Wednesday, October 3, 2012, El Paso Cemetery, Derby. She is preceded in death by her parents Bert and Mary Cooper and one nephew. Survivors: siblings; Patsy Cooper, Robert Cooper, Roy Cooper, Ruth Kiker (Alan), Elvinia Frances Marling, Leo W....
Lewis Wayne Woodruff
Sep 28, 2012
Lewis Wayne Woodruff, 62, hairdresser, passed away Friday, September 28, 2012. He is preceded in death by his parents Volney and Verla Woodruff and grandparents Harold and Stella Stiles. Survivors include his children, Dustin Woodruff of Enid, Oklahoma, Jason Woodruff and his wife Adrienne of Clearwater, Kansas, Darla Sigg and her husband Brandon of Haysville, Kansas, David Woodruff and...
Dwayne E. Howard
Sep 27, 2012
Dwayne “Shorty” Eldon Howard passed away at his home in St. George, Utah, on September 27, 2012. He was born in Wichita, Kansas, on March 20, 1933.
He is survived by his wife Myrna Coon Howard, daughter Julie Champion AuBuchon, son Jerry Lee Howard, granddaughter April Fazzini, great-granddaughter Clover Fazzini, and brothers Burt, Mike and Gene Howard....
Linda Sue Schniepp
Sep 27, 2012
Linda Sue Schniepp, 63, dental hygienist, passed away Thursday, September 27, 2012. Visitation: 1-8pm Thursday, October 4, 2012. Service: 10:00am, Friday, October 5, 2012, both at Culbertson-Smith Mortuary. Graveside service: 3pm, Carlisle Cemetery, Toronto, KS. Memorials to Alzheimer’s Association, 347 S. Laura, Wichita, Ks. 67211.
Additional obituary information will follow.
Velda Jean Vogt
Sep 25, 2012
Velda Jean Vogt, age 84, of Derby, loving wife, mother, sister, grandmother and faithful servant of the Lord (who incidentally out-fished everyone on the boat) passed away Tuesday, September 25, 2012. Visitation 1-8 PM Friday, with family receiving friends 5-7 PM, Smith Mortuary, 1415 N. Rock Rd., Derby. Funeral service 10 AM Saturday, First Presbyterian Church, 324 N. Baltimore,...
Jerome Walter Peiffer
Sep 25, 2012
Jerome Walter “Jerry” Peiffer, 79, of Derby, died at Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice, Tuesday, September 25, 2012. Recitation of the Rosary 7 PM Friday, Smith Mortuary, 1415 N. Rock Rd., Derby. Mass of Christian Burial, 11 AM Saturday, September 29, St. Mary Faith Center, 2300 E Meadowlark, Derby. Inurnment will be at Kansas Veterans' Cemetery, Winfield. Jerome was born...
Janis Kay Leayman
Sep 24, 2012
Janis Kay (Hall) Leayman, 65, retired Certified Nursing Assistant, died Monday, September 24, 2012 in Colorado. She is preceded in death by her father Francis Hall and stepfather Bill Eckhardt. Survivors: mother, Maree Eckhardt of Cassville, MO; daughters, Melodie Hotmar (Roger Stith), Kristina McGee; son, Jason Leayman, all of Newton; favorite grandson, Ty McGee and favorite granddaughter, Shaela Hotmar;...
Earl C. Lindabury
Sep 23, 2012
MULVANE- Beloved husband, father, and avid outdoorsman, Earl C. Lindabury, 74, passed away Sunday, September 23, 2012. Visitation 1-8 Wednesday, family present 6-7, Smith Family Mortuary, 1415 N. Rock Rd., Derby. Funeral service 10 a.m. Thursday, First Baptist Church of Mulvane, 1020 N. 2nd Street. Earl was preceded in death by his parents, Cleo and Ruby; sister Dorothy, and...
Dakota Sue Helen Kennedy
Sep 22, 2012
Dakota Sue Helen Kennedy, infant daughter of Jackie Ray & Matt Kennedy, passed away Saturday, September 22, 2012. Dakota was born August 14, 2012, in Wichita on her older sister, Alyssa’s birthday and passed away on her mother’s birthday. Visitation will be Tuesday 1-8 PM with family receiving friends 6-8 PM, Smith Mortuary, 1415 N. Rock Rd., Derby. Services...
