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Derby, Wichita, Haysville, and Mulvane, KS Obituaries

Pattie V. Kindley

Pattie V. Kindley

Aug 9, 2011

Kindley, Pattie V., 89, passed away Tuesday, August 9, 2011. Funeral service 10 a.m. Friday, August 12, Smith Family Mortuary, 1415 N. Rock Rd., Derby.

Anna Marie Herod

Anna Marie Herod

Aug 8, 2011

DERBY- Herod, Anna Marie “Grandma Purple,” age 76, passed away Monday, August 8, 2011. Visitation 1-8 Wednesday, family present 5-8, at Smith Family Mortuary, 1415 N. Rock Rd., Derby. Funeral service 2 pm Thursday, First United Methodist Church in Garden City. Burial 11 am Friday, Glenwood Cemetery (near Walnut, KS). Anna was a Home Economics teacher at Garden City...

Bernie Keegan

Bernie Keegan

Aug 8, 2011

Bernie Keegan, age 85, retired Executive Director of Plant Services at St. Joseph Medical Center and well-known scuba diving instructor, passed away, Monday, August 8, 2011. Visitation 10 AM – 5 PM Wednesday, Culbertson-Smith Mortuary, 115 S. Seneca. Rosary 7 PM Wednesday, Funeral Mass 10 AM Thursday, both at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church, 861 N. Socora. Bernie...

Charles D. Somers

Charles D. Somers

Aug 7, 2011

Charles D. Somers, 82, passed away August 7, 2011. Viewing: 9-4pm Tuesday, Smith Mortuary, 1415 N. Rock Rd., Derby. Graveside service: 10am Wednesday, August 10, 2011, El Paso Cemetery, Derby. He is preceded in death by his wife Christine, parents, son Gregory, 1 brother, 3 sisters. Survivors: children, Brenda O’Neill (Mike), Sheila Hampton, Donald Somers (Nina); sister, Betty Phillippe;...

Guy Michael Sawhill

Guy Michael Sawhill

Aug 5, 2011

Guy Michael Sawhill (AKA Alexander Guy Wills) 47, self employed masseuse, died Friday, August 5, 2011. He is preceded in death by his brother Ora Scott Sawhill. Survivors include his parents, Joyce and Walter Sawhill; siblings, Janet Peery, David Sawhill, Lauri Brown and her husband Larry and Steven Sawhill. Memorial services will be held on Tuesday, August 9, 2011...

John Willard Baumfalk

John Willard Baumfalk

Aug 5, 2011

John Willard Baumfalk, of Derby, age 78, Sam’s Club employee and retired McLeods store manager, passed away Friday, August 5, 2011. Visitation 1-8 pm Monday with family receiving friends 5-7 pm, Smith Mortuary, 1415 N. Rock Rd., Derby. Funeral service 1 PM Tuesday, August 9, 2011, Holy Cross Lutheran Church, 600 N. Greenwich Rd., Wichita. John is preceded in...

Bonnie Jean Shaw

Bonnie Jean Shaw

Aug 5, 2011

Bonnie Jean Shaw, age 93, of Mulvane, retired secretary for Mulvane High School, passed away, Friday, August 5, 2011. Visitation 1-8 PM Monday with family present 5-7 PM, Senter-Smith Mortuary, 501 SE Louis Blvd., Mulvane. Graveside service 10 AM Tuesday, August 9, 2011, Mulvane Cemetery. Jean was born March 1, 1918 in Chautauqua County, the daughter of John Edward...

Grace Genevieve Kuntz

Grace Genevieve Kuntz

Aug 4, 2011

Grace Genevieve Kuntz, 75, retired sheet metal mechanic, died Thursday, August 4, 2011. Grace was born January 30, 1936 in Winfield, Kansas. Grace and Howard Edward Kuntz were married on June 27, 1954 in Oxford, Kansas. She is preceded in death by her husband, Howard “Tuffy”; parents, Maurice and Lucille Cheuvront; sisters, Marie Spoon, Rosie Robinson; brother, Jesse Cheuvront....

Dorothy E. Swigert

Dorothy E. Swigert

Aug 1, 2011

Belle Plaine - Swigert, Dorothy E., age 84, passed away Monday, August 1, 2011. Visitation 10-4pm Wednesday, August 3rd, at Hatfield-Smith Funeral Home, 219 W. 2nd, Belle Plaine, KS. Graveside service 10am Thursday, August 4th, at Belle Plaine Cemetery, Belle Plaine, KS. Dorothy was preceded in death by her parents, Homer Kelly and Thelma Kelly-Zumbren, husband, Bill Swigert; sister,...

Beverly May Nachbor

Beverly May Nachbor

Jul 31, 2011

Nachbor, Beverly May (Felkins), 62, loving mother and grandmother passed away Sunday, July 31st, 2011. Rosary 7pm Thursday, August 4th; funeral Mass 10am Friday, August 5th, both at St. Anne Catholic Church, 2901 S. Seneca St., Wichita. Beverly was preceded in death by her parents, Cecil and Ella May Felkins; brother, Tom Felkins. She is survived by her children,...

Lela Delores Dikeman

Lela Delores Dikeman

Jul 31, 2011

Lela Delores Stufflebeam Dikeman passed away peacefully on Sunday, July 31, 2011 at the Villa Maria in Mulvane. Lela was born on April 3, 1918 on the Brandon family homestead on the banks of the Walnut River near Douglass, KS, to James M. Stufflebeam and Florence Ann Brandon Stufflebeam. She grew up in the Perkins, OK area and married...

Larry J. Warren

Larry J. Warren

Jul 30, 2011

HAYSVILLE – Warren, Larry J., 69, retired LearJet Inspector, passed away Saturday, July 30, 2011. In accordance with Larry’s wishes, no services will be held. He is survived by his wife, Nancy, Haysville, and son Jim (Sharon) Warren of Peck.

Erma Maxine Morris

Erma Maxine Morris

Jul 28, 2011

Morris, Erma M., 87, passed away Thursday, July 28, 2011. Visitation 1-8 p.m. Tuesday, funeral service 2 p.m. Wednesday, both at Culbertson-Smith Mortuary, 115 S. Seneca. Erma loved to cook and garden. She was preceded in death by her husband, Charles Ward Morris, Jr. Survived by children Linda (Kendall) Lamm, Wichita; Carol (Marvin) Hladik, Towanda; Gary (Mary) Morris, Derby;...

Norma J. Dawson

Norma J. Dawson

Jul 28, 2011

DERBY- Dawson, Norma J. (Valentine), age 83, homemaker, died Thursday, July 28, 2011. Visitation Sunday, July 31, 2011 from 2 to 7 pm at Smith Family Mortuary, 1415 N. Rock Rd., Derby; followed by Rosary service. The Funeral Mass will be Monday, August 1, at 10:00 a.m., St. Mary Faith Center, 2300 E. Meadowlark, Derby. Norma was an active...

William Victor Mayfield

William Victor Mayfield

Jul 28, 2011

William Victor Mayfield 4th, known to most people as Jerry Mayfield, was born at University State Hospital in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma on October 9, 1937 to William Victor “Bill” Mayfield, Jr. and Avis Rae McDowell. He passed away on July 28, 2011 at St. Francis Hospital in the Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice Center in Wichita, Kansas at the age...

Patricia Kathryn Gray

Patricia Kathryn Gray

Jul 28, 2011

DERBY – Gray, Patricia Kathryn, 85, born in Lenora, KS and graduated from Minneapolis High School in 1944, retired baker, she went to be with her Lord, Thursday, July 28, 2011. Patricia will be remembered as Grandma Cookie to her grandchildren & great-grandchildren. She had been a baker for over 50 years at Cowan Bakery, White Kitchen Bakery, Walls...

Rex Eugene Hensley

Rex Eugene Hensley

Jul 27, 2011

WICHITA – Hensley, Rex Eugene, age 71, retired Wichita businessman, passed away Wednesday, July 27, 2011. Visitation 2 – 6 p.m. Sunday, July 31, with family present from 2 – 3 p.m. Funeral service 10 a.m. Monday August 1, both at Smith Mortuary, 1415 N. Rock Road, Derby, KS . Rex was preceded in death by his parents Gene...

Jon P Beirne

Jon P Beirne

Jul 27, 2011

Jon P. Beirne, 38, former stockman for Sam’s Wholesale Club, died Wednesday, July 27, 2011. Viewing: 1-8pm, Monday, August 1, 2011. Services will be held at 10am, Tuesday, August 2, 2011, all at Culbertson-Smith Mortuary, 115 S. Seneca, Wichita, Ks. Survivors include his wife, Brenda; sons, Mark and Scott; parents, Leah and Dennis Rasmussen all of Wichita; siblings, Jamie...

Robert Douglas Jones

Robert Douglas Jones

Jul 24, 2011

Robert Douglas Jones, of Mulvane, age 91, retired sales manager, Lusco Brick and Stone, passed away Sunday, July 24, 2011 at the Kansas Veterans Home in Winfield. Memorial service 11 AM Friday, July 29, 2011 in the Chapel at First United Methodist Church, 330 N. Broadway, Wichita. Robert is preceded in death by his first wife, Doralee; second wife,...

Nellora Anna Evans

Nellora Anna Evans

Jul 23, 2011

Nellora Anna Evans, age 91, of Wichita, retired Newfer Photos employee, passed away Saturday, July 23, 2011. Visitation 1-8 PM Tuesday with family receiving friends 5-7 PM, Culbertson-Smith Mortuary. Graveside service 10 AM Wednesday, White Chapel Memorial Gardens. She is preceded in death by: husband, Edgar; parents, Fred & Marguerite Dow; brothers, Loren & Dale; sister, Zelma. Survivors: daughter,...

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