Alberta May Gordon
Feb 4, 2011
Alberta May Gordon, 80, retired Bank teller, passed away Friday, February 4, 2011 due to complications from a stroke. Viewing: 2-8pm Wednesday with family greeting friends from 5-7pm. Service: 2pm, Thursday, February 10, 2011, both at Smith Mortuary, 1415 N. Rock Rd., Derby. Additional services will be held at 11am, Friday, February 11, 2011, First Christian Church, 201 S....
Lloyd B. Brockman
Feb 4, 2011
Lloyd B.Brockman, 91, retired truck driver, died Friday, February 4, 2011. Viewing: 11-8pm Tuesday with family greeting friends from 6-8pm. Service: 1:30pm, Wednesday, February 9, 2011, all at Smith Mortuary, 1415 N. Rock Rd., Derby, Ks. Survivors: wife, Leona; son, Floyd (Connie) Brockman of Claremore, OK; daughter, Glenda (Steven) Shaver of Haysville; 5 grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; 1 great-great grandchild....
Larry Eugene Farber
Feb 3, 2011
Larry Eugene Farber, age 68, of Derby, farmer, stockman and race car owner, died Thursday, February 3, 2011. Visitation 1-8 PM Tuesday with family receiving friends 5-7 PM, Smith Mortuary 1415 N. Rock Rd., Derby. Funeral service 10 AM Wednesday, Woodlawn United Methodist Church. Larry is a member of Mulvane Lodge # 201 A.F. & A.M., York Rite, Midian...
Evalee Walker
Feb 1, 2011
DERBY – Walker, Evalee, age 80, homemaker, died Tuesday, February 1, 2011. Visitation 1-8 PM Friday with family receiving friends 5-7 PM, Smith Mortuary, 1415 N. Rock Rd., Derby. Funeral service 2 PM Saturday, Woodlawn United Methodist Church. Evalee is preceded in death by her husband, John Lynn Walker; mother, Irma Knickerbocker; and son-in-law, Dennis Boyce. Survivors: son, Alan...
Richard Darrel Weaver
Jan 31, 2011
Dateline: Douglass
Richard Darrel Weaver, of Douglass, age 54, construction worker, died Monday, January 31, 2011. No visitation. Memorial service 2 PM Saturday, Douglass United Methodist Church, 204 S. Willow. Richard is preceded in death by his father, Bob Weaver and a brother, Roger Wayne Weaver. Survivors: mother, Jean Weaver, Douglass; sisters, Karen Sue Tatom...
John Richard Twyman
Jan 28, 2011
HAYSVILLE – Twyman, John R. “Chief”, age 65, owner of the Haysville-Havasu Heat Baseball Teams passed away January 28, 2011. Memorial Gathering 4-8pm with family present Thursday at Smith Mortuary 7031 S. Broadway, Haysville. He was preceded in death by his parents, John and Evelyn Twyman. Survivors include: wife, Carrie Twyman; children, Richard Twyman and Dawn (Michael) Scott; grandchildren,...
Zerena Michelle Finley
Jan 28, 2011
Haysville – Finley, Zerena Michelle, age 7, passed away Friday, January 28, 2011. Visitation 1-8pm Thursday with family present 6-8pm at Smith Mortuary, 1415 N. Rock Road, Derby. Funeral service Friday 1pm at Colonial Heights Assembly of God, 5200 S. Broadway. Zerena is survived by her parents, Boyd and Amy Finley; siblings, Zachary Finley, Zavry Goulden and Zara Finley;...
Ernest Everett Megli
Jan 28, 2011
Ernest E. Megli, 91, retired warehouseman and WWII Veteran, passed away Friday, January 28, 2011. Visitation 1-8 Wednesday at Culbertson-Smith Mortuary, 115 S. Seneca. Graveside service 2 p.m. Thursday, February 3, 2011 at White Chapel Memorial Gardens, 1824 N. Oliver, Wichita, Ks. Ernest was preceded in death by his wife of 66 years, Dorothy; son John Megli; parents William...
Twila June Evans
Jan 28, 2011
Evans, Twila June, 79, passed away Friday, January 28, 2011. Private services will be held in the spring. Twila was preceded in death by her husband, John H. Evans; daughter, Deborah June Sutton; 2 brothers, and 3 sisters. She is survived by children John W. Evans, Doug (Charlotte) Evans, Mary (Stan) Busby, Mark (Sandy) Evans; son-in-law Gerald Sutton; siblings...
Aletha Ferne Titus
Jan 28, 2011
Titus, Aletha Ferne, 77, passed to eternal glory Friday, January 28, 2011. Visitation 1-8 p.m. Monday at Senter-Smith Mortuary, 501 SE Louis Blvd., Mulvane. Family present to receive friends 6-8. Funeral service 10 a.m. Tuesday, First Assembly of God, 223 S. 4th Ave., Mulvane. Aletha served as church treasurer at First Assembly of God for 29 years. She was...
Eldon R. Amend
Jan 27, 2011
Eldon R. Amend II, “E.R.”, age 80, of Derby, retired Baxter Laboratories employee, died Thursday, January 27, 2011. There will be no visitation. Memorial service 10 AM Thursday, February 3, 2011, First Presbyterian Church, 324 N. Baltimore, Derby. Eldon is preceded in death by his parents, Eldon & Harriette Amend and his sister, Virginia Finnin. Survivors include his wife...
Yesenia Jayne Rangel
Jan 26, 2011
Rangel, Yesenia Jayne, 22 months, is now free to spread her wings and play amongst the flowers, as of Wednesday, January 26, 2011. Visitation 1-8 Sunday. Funeral 12:30 p.m. Monday, both at Culbertson-Smith Mortuary, 115 S. Seneca, Wichita. Yesenia was preceded in death by a great-great-grandmother. She is survived by her parents, Luis and Tara Rangel; grandparents Tim and...
Anthony Lane Wimer
Jan 25, 2011
Wimer, Anthony L., 46, passed away Tuesday, January 25, 2011. Funeral service 10 a.m. Monday with visitation one hour prior, at Smith Mortuary, 7031 S. Broadway, Haysville. Anthony was very proud of the work he did in the aircraft industry. He is preceded in death by grandparents Raymond and Mamie Wimer and Woodrow Pritchett. Survived by parents, Harry and...
Jerold Cleo Murrow
Jan 24, 2011
Haysville – Murrow, Jerold Cleo “Shorty”, age 72, retired maintenance mechanic for Safelite Industries, passed away Monday, January 24, 2011. Visitation 1-8pm Thursday with family present 6-8pm; funeral service 10:30am Friday both at Smith Mortuary, 1415 N. Rock Rd., Derby. Jerold was preceded in death by his parents, William and Dora Murrow; daughter, Shelley Loman. He is survived by...
Harriet E. Clarke
Jan 24, 2011
Clarke, Harriet E., 66, passed away Monday, January 24, 2011, at her home. Memorial service 11 a.m. Friday at First Christian Church, 201 N. Derby St., Derby. Harriet was preceded in death by a sister, Marlyn Cooley. Survived by her son, Jeff (Mary) Dietz, grandchildren Lauren and Josh Dietz, all of Derby; sisters Doris Bauer and Ellen Lyon. In...
Louis Robert Vancauwenbergh
Jan 22, 2011
Derby – VanCauwenbergh, Louis Robert “Bob Vann”, age 85, WWII Veteran and retired Boeing employee, loving husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather went home to be with Jesus January 22, 2011. Visitation 1-8pm Thursday with family present 6-8pm; funeral service 2pm Friday both at Smith Mortuary, 1415 N. Rock Road, Derby. He was preceded in death by his parents, Theophile...
Pamela Kaye Evans
Jan 22, 2011
Derby - Evans, Pamela Kaye (Hunt), age 65, member of First Presbyterian Church in Derby, passed away Saturday, January 22, 2011. Memorial service 1pm Thursday at the First Presbyterian Church, 324 N. Baltimore Ave., Derby. Pam was born to Harold Edward and Dores (Calhoon) Hunt on June 19, 1945 in Wichita. She taught in the Nursing Dept. at Butler...
Mary Bridget Blankenship
Jan 21, 2011
Mary Bridget Ann (Moran) Blankenship, was born on June 18, 1909 in Houston, Texas. Growing up, she attended McCowan Elementary and San Jacinto High School. She also studied two years at Wichita State University. On November 24, 1934, she married Ernest Merle Blankenship. He died in 1975 after 41 years of marriage. Mary and Ernest lived in a small...
David E. Sanchez
Jan 19, 2011
Belle Plaine
David E.Sanchez, 59, carpenter and former Forming Specialists employee, died Wednesday, January 19, 2011. David was born on August 20, 1951. He is preceded in death by his parents Rebecca and Ralph Sanchez; brother Frank Sanchez; grandparents Lucas and Lupe Rivera, Ralph Sanchez and Mary Valdez. Survivors: sisters, Becky (Ted) Wilson of Belle...
Harold Dean Hain
Jan 19, 2011
Harold Dean Hain, 72, retired A-1 Upholstery owner, died Wednesday, January 19, 2011. Dean is preceded in death by his son Donnie Dean Hain and his parents. Survivors include his wife of 37 years, Kathleen; children, Debra Faulkenburg of Arkansas City, Kimberly Cummings, John Hammond, Sandra Bruce, Thomas Hammond, Kathy Tracy; brother, Don Hain; sister, Barbara Hurley; brother-in-law, Herbert...
