Iris Althea Varner-Mcdavitt
Dec 14, 2011
Iris Althea (Gilstrap) Varner-McDavitt, age 94, retired Sales Associate for Macy’s Department Store, passed away Wednesday, December 14, 2011. Visitation 1-8 PM Sunday and Monday, with family receiving friends 5-7 PM Monday, Culbertson-Smith Mortuary, 115 S. Seneca. Funeral service 11 AM Tuesday, West Side Christian Church 1819 W. Douglas. Graveside service 2:30 PM Tuesday, Walnut Hill Cemetery, Kingman. Iris...
Nora Maxine Ayres
Dec 13, 2011
Ayres, Nora Maxine, age 67, retired USD 259 Food Service Manager, passed away December 13, 2011. Visitation 1-8pm Tuesday, December 20, with family present 6-8pm; funeral service 10am Wednesday, December 21, both at Culbertson-Smith Mortuary, 115 S. Seneca, Wichita. Burial to follow in Pleasant Valley Cemetery, Bentley, KS. Nora was born in DeWitt, AR to Virgil Leroy Howe and...
Hubert Junior King
Dec 12, 2011
Haysville – King, Hubert Junior, age 78, passed away December 12, 2011. Visitation 1-8pm Sunday with family present 6-8pm; funeral service 10am Monday, both at Smith Mortuary, 1415 N. Rock Road, Derby. Hubert retired from Cessna after 40 years of service. He was born to Hubert C. and Madeline King in Fresno, CA on September 6th, 1933. He was...
Lucille Catherine Munroe
Dec 11, 2011
Derby - Munroe, Lucille C., age 80, was born June 16, 1931 in Manchester, New Hampshire to Starr Stuart and Sarah (Mulroy) Scully. She passed away December 11, 2011. Lucille moved to Kansas in 1951 after her marriage to John J. Munroe. They stayed in the Wichita area until 1962 when they moved to Midwest City, OK, where they...
Anita B. Stevens
Dec 10, 2011
Anita Stevens, of Wichita, fell asleep in the Lord early Saturday morning, December 10, 2011, at the age of 91. Visitation will be 11 AM – 5 PM Tuesday, Culbertson-Smith Mortuary, 115 S. Seneca. Funeral Service 7 PM Tuesday, St. Mary Orthodox Church, 344 S. Martinson. Anita was born August 11, 1920 in Worcester, MA, the family moved to...
Maria Jo Praeger
Dec 9, 2011
Praeger, Maria Jo, 28, passed away Friday, December 9, 2011, due to injuries sustained in an automobile accident. David Lawrence, her fiancé, also passed away in the accident. Visitation Thursday, 1-8 p.m. A joint funeral service will be held at 1 p.m. Friday, at Pleasantview Baptist Church, 1335 N. Buckner, Derby. Maria’s family includes her parents, Diana Praeger, Derby,...
David Robert Lawrence
Dec 9, 2011
Canadian, TX – Lawrence, David Robert, age 23, passed away Friday, December 9, 2011, due to injuries sustained in an automobile accident, with his fiancé, Maria Praeger. Visitation 1-8pm Thursday with family present 6-8pm at Smith Mortuary, 1415 N. Rock Road, Derby. Funeral service 1pm Friday at Pleasantview Baptist Church, 1335 N. Buckner, Derby. David loved playing football and...
Dorothy Hackett Mitchell
Dec 9, 2011
Dorothy Hackett Mitchell, of Derby, age 75, retired secretary, passed away Friday, December 9, 2011. Visitation 1-8 PM Sunday, Smith Mortuary. Service 11 AM Monday, Epworth United Methodist Church, Wichita. She is preceded in death by her husband, June, and parents, William & Marie Hackett. Survivors: son, Kurt (Meritha); daughter, Sheila; grandchildren, Maxwell, Markus and Maleah; sister, Theresa (Dave,...
Avis I. Ahring
Dec 9, 2011
Avis I. Ahring, 94, died Friday, December 9, 2011. She attended business school in Hutchinson, Kansas and had worked at Beechcraft before becoming a Controller Secretary at St. Joseph Hospital in Wichita where after 20 years she retired in 1987. Avis is preceded in death by her parents, Louis and Dora Gardner Ahring, brothers, Alvin Ahring and Fred W....
Eunice Marie Hill
Dec 8, 2011
Eunice Marie Hill, age 73, of Douglass, homemaker, passed away Thursday, December 8, 2011. Visitation 1-8 PM Monday with family receiving friends 5-7 PM, funeral service 2 PM Tuesday, all at Smith Mortuary, 1415 N. Rock Rd., Derby. Eunice is preceded in death by her husband, Clarence C. Hill. Survivors: sons, Robert (Bonnie), of Belle Plaine, and David, of...
Marvelle L. Mccray
Dec 8, 2011
Marvelle L. McCray, age 83, of Wichita, retired VA Medical Center nursing assistant, and former St. Francis Medical Center employee and Meridian Health Care Center, Activity Director, passed away Thursday, December 8, 2011. Visitation 1-8 PM Sunday, with family receiving friends 5-7 PM, Culbertson-Smith Mortuary, 115 S. Seneca. Funeral service 10 AM Monday, Northside Church of Christ, 4545 N....
Wreatha O. Stewart
Dec 8, 2011
WINFIELD - Stewart, Wreatha O., 76, passed away Thursday, December 8, 2011. Visitation 1-8 Tuesday, at Hilyard-Smith Funeral Home, 507 S. Maple, Douglass. Funeral service 2 PM Wednesday, at First Baptist Church of Douglass. Wreatha was preceded in death by her husband, Bobby, 3 brothers, and 2 sisters. She is survived by daughters, Dian McKay and Teresa Stewart; siblings,...
Ralph J. Schaffer
Dec 8, 2011
Ralph J. Schaffer, 69, retired USPS mail handler and retired United States Army SFC, died Thursday, December 8, 2011. Survivors: wife, Kathleen “Kathy”; children, Sean Schaffer (Jennifer) of Derby, Shannon Schaffer of Kissimmee, FL., Jimmy Schaffer
(Alicia) of Port St Lucie, FL; brother, Roy Schaffer of Wichita. Rosary: 5pm, Sunday, Smith Mortuary Chapel, 1415 N. Rock Rd.,...
Greg S. Mccrary
Dec 8, 2011
Greg S. McCrary, age 25, of Andover, passed away Thursday, December 8, 2011. No visitation. A memorial service will be held 10 AM Tuesday, December 13, 2011, Smith Mortuary, 1415 N. Rock Rd., Derby. Greg is preceded in death by his "Nanna," Stella Loepp. Survivors include his parents, Rick and Kim McCrary, of Andover; sister, Melissa McCrary (Eric Emerson),...
Lorraine Fansler
Dec 7, 2011
Lorraine Fansler, 82, retired dry cleaning presser, died Wednesday, December 7, 2011. She is preceded in death by her husband Pete Fansler. Survivors: sons, Lloyd Fansler (Barbara) of Wichita, David Fansler (Lorrie) of Isle of Palms, SC; brother, J.D. Pottorff (Maria) of Joplin, MO; grandchildren, Jeff Basgall (deceased), Andy Basgall (Vicky), Marc Duncan, Shannon Veach (Rick), Brandy Coffman (Levi),...
Robert Lee Cook
Dec 6, 2011
Robert Lee Cook, of Wichita, age 84, retired Beechcraft employee, died Tuesday, December 6, 2011. Visitation 1-8 PM Thursday, December 8, 2011, with family receiving friends 5-7 PM, Culbertson-Smith Mortuary, 115 S. Seneca. Funeral service 10 AM Friday, Douglas Avenue Assembly of God, 4501 W. Douglas. Robert is preceded in death by his wife, Della; brothers, David, Jerry, Harold...
Billy Y Smart
Dec 6, 2011
Billy Y. Smart, 72, retired Boeing Toolmaker, died December 6, 2011. He was born in 1939 in Lawton, Oklahoma to Hollie and Zilfa Smart. Billy served in the United States Air Force and married his wife of 49 years, Marion McNab in Corby, England. He is preceded in death by his parents and sister, Patricia Russell. Survivors: wife, Marion;...
Johnie George Lawless
Dec 5, 2011
Johnie George Lawless, of Belle Plane, KS, age 83, retired Boeing Company employee, passed away Tuesday, December 6, 2011. Visitation 1-8 PM Friday, December 9, 2011, Hatfield-Smith Funeral Home 219 W. 2nd. Funeral service 2 PM Saturday, Belle Plaine United Methodist Church. Johnie is preceded in death by his parents, Emmett & Bertha Lawless; his stepmother, Lorena Lawless; and...
Tina Mary Jackson
Dec 5, 2011
Jackson, Tina M. age 44, passed away Monday, December 5, 2011. Private family services. Tina was preceded in death by her grandmother, Mary Knack. She is survived by her husband, Bill Jackson; children, Elizabeth Jackson, Stephanie Jackson, Krista Knight, Alex Jackson, Jacob Knack and Heather Mancone; grandchildren, Christopher Knight, Kyle Knight, Lyric Jackson, Evelyn and Emily Knight; brother, Gary...
Laurindo Cruzeiro
Dec 4, 2011
Laurindo Cruzeiro, age 87, passed away Sunday, December 4, 2011. Visitation 1-8pm Thursday with family present 6-8pm at Culbertson-Smith Mortuary, 115 S. Seneca, Wichita, KS. Service and burial will be in Portugal. Laurindo is survived by his wife, Aurora Goncalves Dias; children, Alcino (Emilia) Cruzerio, Joao Cruzeiro and Maria Rosa (Jose) Gomes; grandchildren, Lisa (Christopher) Alexander, Tracie (William) Mauk,...
