Effie Caroline Champlin
Apr 27, 2011
DERBY – Champlin, Effie Caroline (Christensen), passed away April 27, 2011 after a long illness. She was born February 25, 1923 outside Edison, NE, to Theodore & Amelia Christensen. In 1938 she married Vernon Westgate Champlin in Norton, KS. She lived most of her life in Kansas and Nebraska. Effie was at her best working in her yard and...
Virginia Ann Moyer
Apr 27, 2011
Virginia Ann Moyer, of Derby, age 82, retired Registered Nurse, died Wednesday, April 27, 2011. Visitation 1-8 PM Friday, April 29, 2011, with family receiving friends 6-8 PM, Funeral Service 3:30 PM Saturday, April 30, 2011,Smith Mortuary, 1415 N. Rock Road, Derby. Virginia is preceded in death by her husband, Dr. Herman Moyer; parents, Tom & Mildred Jenney; brother,...
Venita L. Church
Apr 27, 2011
Venita Dameron Church, 90, died Wednesday, April 27, 2011. Venita was born July 5, 1920 in a farm house at Milan, Kansas and moved to Derby when she was four years old. Her mother and step-father operated the first grocery store in Derby as she remained a life-long Derby resident. She was a member of the undefeated 1936-37 Derby...
Gary Wayne Dunlap
Apr 27, 2011
Gary Wayne Dunlap, 60, Lowe’s truck driver, died Wednesday, April 27, 2011. He is preceded in death by his parents, brother Jack, son Jessie. Survivors: son, Jeremy of Mulvane; brother, Ron Dunlap and his wife Ora Lee of Mulvane; sister, Lori McDaniel of Mulvane; step-brothers, Don Wayne Miller of Livingston, TX, Fred Miller of Ft. Scott, KS, Vicki Louk...
Rose Caroline Hoyt
Apr 26, 2011
Rozalia Carolina (Gellenovia) Hoyt
Rose Caroline Hoyt, 84, passed away Tuesday, April 26, 2011, at the Holiday Resort nursing facility in Salina, Kansas. Rose was born April 13, 1927, in the small village of Hronske Kosehy in Czechoslovakia. As war broke out in her country, her family immigrated to America, sailing from France on the RMS Aquitania,...
Maureen Holly Barton
Apr 25, 2011
Maureen Holly Barton, 56, owner and Interior Designer for Spaces and Places, passed away Monday, April 25, 2011. Memorial services will be announced at a later date. Maureen is survived by her two sons, Jarod Guy of Wichita, Forrest Guy and his wife Mandy of Wichita; brothers, Greg Barton and his wife Jeanine of Maryville, TN; Michael Barton and...
Barbara Elizabeth Welch
Apr 23, 2011
Welch, Barbara E., age 60, loving mother, daughter, sister and aunt passed away, Saturday, April 23, 2011. Visitation 1-5pm Monday at Culbertson-Smith Mortuary, 115 S. Seneca. Rosary 7pm Monday; funeral Mass 11am Tuesday both at St. Joseph Catholic Church, 149 S. Millwood. Barbara was preceded in death by her father, George Henning. She is survived by her mother, Marcelline...
Judith Maude Lemaster
Apr 22, 2011
Mulvane – LeMaster, Judith M., age 67, passed away on Friday, April 22, 2011. Visitation 1-8pm Wednesday, April 27th at Senter-Smith Mortuary, 501 S.E. Louis Blvd., Mulvane. No services. Judy was preceded in death by her parents, Frank and Virginia Sandison; brother, Frankie Sandison; sister, Ann Sandison. She is survived by her husband of 41 years, Lee LeMaster; children,...
Doyle T. Burress
Apr 21, 2011
Eufaula, Alabama – Burress, Doyle T., age 75, passed away Thursday, April 21, 2011. Visitation 10-4pm Monday at Smith Mortuary, 1415 N. Rock Road, Derby, KS. Graveside service 11am Tuesday at the Kansas Veterans’ Cemetery, Winfield, KS. Doyle was preceded in death by his parents, Virgil and Edith Burress; step-mother, Tillie Burress; brothers, Clifford (Joanne) and Arnold (Sheila) Burress....
Mary Margaret Callahan
Apr 21, 2011
Callahan, Mary Margaret, 79, passed away Thursday, April 21, 2011. Private services. She was preceded in death by her husband, Homer Callahan. Survived by Son Daniel Callahan of San Antonio, Texas; sister N. Maxine Swart of Wichita; and nephews Victor Swart and Kevin Swart. Memorials are suggested to any animal shelter.
Mary Ann Haynes-Rogers
Apr 20, 2011
Haynes-Rogers, Mary Ann, 73, passed away Wednesday, April 20, 2011. Visitation Friday 1-8, funeral service 10 a.m. Saturday, both at Smith Family Mortuary, 1415 N. Rock Rd., Derby. Mary was former owner of Tradewinds, B&W Restaurant, and South City Strip Mall. She was preceded in death by her parents, Dick and Gladys Jones, and a nephew. Survived by husband,...
Francie Showalter
Apr 18, 2011
Derby – Showalter, Frances Marie, age 63, devoted wife, mother, grandmother, daughter, sister, aunt and friend passed away Monday, April 18th, 2011. Visitation 1-8pm Thursday with family present 6-8pm at Smith Mortuary, 1415 N. Rock Road, Derby. Funeral service 10am Friday at Woodlawn United Methodist Church, 431 S. Woodlawn Blvd., Derby. Francie retired from Cessna December 31, 2010 after...
George William Rosendale
Apr 17, 2011
George William Rosendale, 77, passed away Sunday, April 17, 2011 after a lengthy battle with diabetes. He was born November 4, 1933 near Keenan, Oklahoma to John and Laura Rosendale. George served in the U.S. Army. He married Penney Sue Tillotson on December 27, 1964 at Pleasantview Baptist Church in Derby, KS. George retired from Cessna Aircraft Company in...
Melburn Douglas Clothier
Apr 17, 2011
Clothier, Melburn Douglas “Doug,” 73, passed away Sunday, April 17, 2011. Funeral service 1:00 p.m. Thursday, April 21, Smith Mortuary, 7031 S. Broadway, Haysville. Viewing one hour prior to service. Doug was preceded in death by his parents, Earl and Leona (Woolery) Clothier. Survived by wife, Karen Clothier; children Mitchell Douglas (Sharon) Clothier, Kelly (Shawn) Sullivan, all of Haysville;...
Boyd Milton Binford
Apr 17, 2011
Boyd Milton Binford, age 89,of Udall, Stelbar Oil Corporation employee of 50 plus years, passed away Sunday, April 17, 2011 at The Kansas Veterans Home, Winfield. Visitation 1-8 pm Wednesday with family receiving friends 6-8 pm, Senter-Smith Mortuary, 501 SE Louis Blvd., Mulvane. Funeral service 2 PM Thursday, Udall United Methodist Church. Boyd is preceded in death by his...
Joyce M Ruge
Apr 16, 2011
Joyce M. Ruge, age 73, of Mulvane, beloved wife, mother, grandmother and retired Boeing Company employee, lost her battle with cancer, Saturday, April 16, 2011. Rosary 7 PM Tuesday, Memorial Mass 10 AM Wednesday, both at St. Michael Catholic Church. Joyce is preceded in death by her parents, Albert & Irene Martel; and a brother, Richard Martel. Survivors: husband,...
Dolores Bledsoe
Apr 16, 2011
DERBY - Bledsoe, Dolores, age 85, passed away Saturday, April 16, 2011. Visitation 1-8pm Tuesday, April 19th with family present 5-7pm at Smith Mortuary 1415 N. Rock Road, Derby. Graveside service 1:00pm Wednesday, April 20th at Belle Plaine Cemetery, Belle Plaine, KS. Dolores was preceded in death by her husband, Floyd Bledsoe; son, Michael Young. She is survived by...
Sandra S. Cox
Apr 15, 2011
Sandra S.Cox, 59, homemaker, died Friday, April 15, 2011. Memorial service: 2pm, Friday, April 22, 2011, Smith Mortuary, 7031 S. Broadway, Haysville. She is preceded in death by her parents Ralph and Wilma Blanton and sister-in-law Patricia Cox. Survivors: son, Joe Cox of Wichita; grandson Anthony Cox; sister, Mary Barrows; brother, Johnny Kamler; mother-in-law and father-in-law, Eva and Butch...
Linda Ruth Rhodes
Apr 15, 2011
Linda Ruth Rhodes, 60, of Derby, beloved wife, mother, grandmother and friend, passed away Friday, April 15, 2011 after a long battle with Alzheimer’s disease. Visitation: 2-8pm Monday with the family greeting friends from 5-7pm at Smith Mortuary, 1415 N. Rock Rd., Derby. Funeral services: 11:00am, Tuesday, April 19, 2011, First Christian Church, 201 N. Derby, Derby. Graveside: 5pm,...
Chloe L. Graves
Apr 15, 2011
Chloe L. Graves, 80, retired Cessna sheet metal worker, died Friday, April 15, 2011 in Wichita. Chloe is survived by her husband Edward "Eddie"; daughter Sandra Jessup and her husband Jerry of Haysville; son John Ragan and his wife Sandy of Haysville; 7 grandchildren; 8 great grandchildren. No visitation. Graveside services will be held on Thursday, April 21, 2011...
