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Derby, Wichita, Haysville, and Mulvane, KS Obituaries

Jerry T Mashaney

Jerry T Mashaney

Nov 24, 2024

Jerry T. Mashaney, 80, owner of Mashaney Carpet Service (Wichita), passed away on November 24, 2024, peacefully at home, surrounded by family and friends.

He was preceded in death by his father Orbin T. Mashaney, his mother Anna Pauline Mashaney (Riley), brother Ronnie and brother Wayne.

Jerry is survived by 4...

Laura Jane Underwood

Laura Jane Underwood

Nov 23, 2024

Laura Jane (Hill) Underwood, aged 90, passed away November 23, 2024.

She was a life-long, faithful Christian, and was multi-talented as an expert needle crafter, seamstress, knitter and crocheter, gardener, and cook. She was married 64 years to her husband, a USMC Officer. She supported him as a Marine Corps wife for nearly 30 of...

Kenneth C Walcher

Kenneth C Walcher

Nov 23, 2024

Walcher, Kenneth Charles, 70, passed away Saturday, November 23rd, 2024. He was born December 29th, 1953 to Alvin and Bernice Walcher in Wichita, Kansas.

Ken, or Kenny as known through childhood, graduated in 1972 from Kapaun-Mount Carmel High School and continued school at Wichita State University earning a Bachelor’s of Business Administration in 1977. While...

Saralie "Sadie" Palmer

Saralie "Sadie" Palmer

Nov 23, 2024

Saralie Sue (Force) Palmer, 89, passed away on Saturday November 23, 2024, at Brookdale Derby, Kansas. Sadie was born July 24th, 1935, in Emporia, Kansas to Ivan Farmer Force and Arlie Virginia (Force) Crookham. She married Harold Wayne Palmer on March 20th, 1954, in El Dorado Kansas. They were married for 69 years and spent many happy years in...

Saralie Sadie Palmer

Saralie Sadie Palmer

Nov 23, 2024

Saralie Sue (Force) Palmer, 89, passed away on Saturday November 23, 2024, at Brookdale Derby, Kansas. Sadie was born July 24th, 1935, in Emporia, Kansas to Ivan Farmer Force and Arlie Virginia (Force) Crookham. She married Harold Wayne Palmer on March 20th, 1954, in El Dorado Kansas. They were married for 69 years and spent many happy...

Ellen Soto

Ellen Soto

Nov 21, 2024

Ellen D. Soto, 81, retired from St. Joseph Hospital as a lab technician, where she worked for over 20 years. Ellen was born in Atimonan, Quezon, Philippines.

Our beloved mother, Elena “Ellen” Soto, sadly passed away on Thursday, November 21st at the age of 81. She was a devoted mother, wife, and grandmother. She was...

Thomas Clay Roberts

Thomas Clay Roberts

Nov 19, 2024

Thomas Clay Roberts, age 57, passed away Tuesday, November 19, 2024 at his home in Wichita. He was born in Wichita, May 11, 1967, to James and Sheryl (Stamm) Roberts, they survive. Other survivors include his daughter, Paige N. Roberts; brothers, Steve and his wife, Teresa Roberts, and Ken Roberts; nieces and nephews, Adam Roberts, Cherie Roberts, Amy Roberts...

Sandra Sue Titus

Sandra Sue Titus

Nov 18, 2024

Mulvane- Sandra Sue Titus. 78, passed away Monday November 18, 2024. She was born August 29, 1946 to Lee Howard and Lilith (Smith) Howard.

Sandra was a lifelong resident of Mulvane. She was proud of her community and supported and attended every Mulvane Old Settler’s Day.

She followed all athletic events...

James Monroe Gilmore

James Monroe Gilmore

Nov 18, 2024

James Monroe Gilmore, 84, passed away Monday, November 18, 2024. He was born August 28, 1940 to Billy Monroe and Ferne Naomi (McComak) Gilmore in Galena, Kansas.

Preceded in death by his wife Darlene and his parents. He is survived by three children Michael Gilmore, William (Tina) Gilmore, and Lesley (Jim) Eliasen; granddaughter Morgan (Tarent)...

Mary Ann Lockwood

Mary Ann Lockwood

Nov 17, 2024

Mary (Marie) Ann Lockwood, age 84, retired Beechcraft employee, passed away Sunday, November 17th, 2024.

Mary was preceded in death by her parents, Gordon and Maxie Carneal; husband of 58 yrs Claude Lockwood; brothers James Benny and Charles Carneal; and sisters Rose Carney, Pearl Lee Robertson and Arlene Curtis.

Survivors include...

Joe Dean Humbolt

Joe Dean Humbolt

Nov 15, 2024

On the 22nd day of May, 1928, Joe Humbolt came into the world. Born the child of Iven and Bertha Humbolt. I lived on a farm that was two miles North and three miles East of downtown Mulvane. At that time, main street was the city of Mulvane. The Humbolts had 5 boys and two daughters. All was well...

June Shirley Koker

June Shirley Koker

Nov 15, 2024

Derby - Koker, June Shirley

97, passed away Friday, November 15th, 2024. She was born June 8th, 1927 to Louis Charles Gilde and Theresa Albrecht in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Romans 12:9 is titled Love in Action. June displayed many of the qualities to her family, her friends, and people she would meet. Like her...

Kay Layton

Kay Layton

Nov 15, 2024

Marilyn “Kay” Layton, 86, a loving wife, Mother, Grandmother, and friend died November 15, 2024, while at home in Derby, Kansas. Kay was born in Grant County, Oklahoma, west of Nash, on December 13, 1937 to Lester and Nellie Wayman Hutcheson. At nine months of age her family moved to a farm four and one- fourth miles west of...

Garland Humbolt

Garland Humbolt

Nov 14, 2024

On Thursday November 14th Garland E. Humbolt of Wichita, Ks passed away at 90 years of age. He was preceded in death by his parents, William & Myrtle Humbolt, Joyce Humbolt, his first wife, Althea Humbolt, his second wife, and Ronnie Smith, stepson.

He was survived by John Humbolt, son, Charlene Humbolt, Daughter-In-Law, Teresa Humbolt, Grandaughter, and...

Laveta Rae Sterrett

Laveta Rae Sterrett

Nov 14, 2024

LaVeta Rae Stuckey, 83, also known as “Sis” and eventually “Mom,” arrived in this world as the daughter of Roy A. and Loretta M. Stuckey on July 17, 1941 on a farm near Harper, Kansas.

She was preceded in death by her parents; and her husband, Lynn Sterrett. She is survived by her brother, Mervyn...

Linda L Winn

Linda L Winn

Nov 14, 2024

Winn, Linda Lorraine, 77, passed away Thursday, November 14th, 2024. She was born March 1st, 1947 to John and Magdalene Wilcox, in San Francisco, California.

She was preceded in death by her parents; brother, Don Wilcox and nephew, Jeremy Schmaling. Survivors include her husband, of 59 years, Robert; children, Allison (Jeremy) Wharton, Ryan Winn, Todd...

Vicki Sue Lehrman

Vicki Sue Lehrman

Nov 14, 2024

Wichita - Lehrman, Vicki Sue 73, died Thursday, November 14th, 2024. She was born May 4th, 1951 in Newton, KS to Victor and Ruby (Warner) Klassen, the fourth of five sisters—Barbara Oliver, Janet Barnes, Vivian Hultgren and Georgia Klassen—all of whom preceded her in death. She also had three step-siblings—Debbie Burgess, Charles Little and Robert Little—and one half-sister, Melinda...

Martin Wilkes

Martin Wilkes

Nov 13, 2024

Martin Dean Wilkes, 67, passed away on November 13th, 2024, in Haysville, KS due to injuries received in a tragic farming accident. Martin was born to Donald & Geneva Wilkes on July 21st, 1957 in Neodesha, KS. He married Grace “Susie” Vanderhoof, the love of his life, on June 25th, 1983.

Martin spent 30 years...

Connie S. Capistrant

Connie S. Capistrant

Nov 13, 2024

Capistrant, Connie Sue, 80, passed away peacefully Wednesday, November 13th, 2024. She was born February 28th, 1944 to Duane A. Robinson and Eunice M. Robinson in San Bernardino, California.

A thrifty homemaker and volunteer, Connie is preceded in death by her parents; husband, Joseph Capistrant; son, William H. Mayhugh; daughter, Brandy L. Lea and step-son,...

James Warren

James Warren

Nov 13, 2024

James (Jim) W. Warren, 61, of Peck, Kansas, passed away at home on November 13, 2024.

Born on September 10, 1963, at Ramey Air Force Base in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, Jim was the cherished son of Larry J. Warren and Nancy J. (Chase) Warren.

Jim spent nearly his entire life in Kansas, where...

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