Obituaries
Derby, Wichita, Haysville, and Mulvane, KS Obituaries
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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