Judith Beat
Jun 29, 2024
Judith M. Beat, 84, passed away peacefully on June 29, 2024, at St. Teresa Hospital in Wichita, Kansas.
Born on June 26, 1940, in El Reno, Oklahoma, Judith was the daughter of Rolf and Sylvia von Merveldt. Sadly, her mother died shortly after childbirth. By age three, she was lovingly raised by her father and Mary (Hemphill)...
J.R. Boria
Jun 28, 2024
J.R. Boria 75, passed away Friday, June 28th, 2024. He was born October 10th, 1948, to Eufemio Boria and Sylvia Boria in Gurabo, Puerto Rico.
J.R. lived in Wichita, Ks for the past 50 years. He loved life and lived it his way. He was a man of many talents. He had a passion for...
Betty Lou Montgomery
Jun 23, 2024
Montgomery, Betty Lou, 91, passed away on Sunday, June 23, 2024. She was born on March 9, 1933 in Cushman, AR to Willie and Novella Moser. She graduated High School in Violet Hill in 1950 and on August 15, 1950, she married the love of her life, David Devon Montgomery. She worked for years as a lunch lady at...
Loyd Franklin Belveal
Jun 22, 2024
Wichiita - Belveal, Loyd Franklin
84, passed away Saturday, June 22nd, 2024. He was born January 2nd, 1940 to Albert Belveal and Edna (Caple) Belveal in Walnut Ridge, Arkansas.
He was preceded in death by his parents; siblings, Robert Belveal, Ruth Bliss, Evelyn Belveal, Al Belveal.
Loyd is survived...
Leland Dean Donivan
Jun 22, 2024
84, passed away Saturday, June 22nd, 2024. He was born September 27th, 1939 to Charles Donivan and Violet (Anderson) Donivan on a farm in Assaria, Kansas.
Leland served in the Army National Guard Reserve and retired from the Wichita Eagle as a pressman after forty three years. He was a wonderful father and grandfather and...
Albert L. Woody
Jun 21, 2024
Albert Lloyd Woody, 84, born on April, 2 1940, Rose Hill, Kansas, passed away on June 21, 2024, in
Peoria, Illinois.
Al was preceded in death by his parents, Nadine and Milton Woody, and his brother, John Woody. He is
survived by his sons: Mark Woody, Brian Woody, Michael Woody, and...
Walter "Gene" Kruckenberg
Jun 20, 2024
Walter Eugene Kruckenberg passed away June 20th, 2024, at 84 years of age after a long battle with cancer. Known as Gene to his friends, he was a long-time farmer in Isabel, KS. Over the years he raised pigs, cattle, chickens, and horses, as well as farming corn, soybeans, sunflowers, and wheat. A major accomplishment in Gene’s life was...
Kay "Winnie" Hilger
Jun 18, 2024
Kay “Winnie” Hilger, age 70, passed away Tuesday, June 18, 2024 from complications from cancer.
She was born January 18, 1954 in Hillsboro, Kansas. She was a graduate of South High in Wichita, KS.
She worked at various truck lines as a typist and rate clerk for many years before making...
Joseph E. Nolan
Jun 17, 2024
Joseph E. Nolan age 77, retired Lead Tool Crib Attendant for Boeing passed away on June 17th, 2024. Joe was born in Louisville, Kentucky to Joseph and Josephine (Ficker) Nolan.
He was preceded in death by his brother, Robert Nolan and parents Joseph and Josephine Nolan. Survived by his son Bryan (Melissa) Nolan; grandsons Peyton...
Joseph Madison Sparks, Jr.
Jun 16, 2024
Derby - Sparks, Joseph Madison
72, passed away Sunday, June 16th, 2024. He was born February 1st, 1952 to Joseph Sparks and Edna (Abernathy) Sparks in Arkansas City, Kansas.
Joseph was born and raised in Ark City, Kansas in the Sleeth District. He was a hard worker but also enjoyed singing, baseball, fishing...
Brian J. Anderson
Jun 15, 2024
Brian Joseph Anderson, 61, of Wichita, Kansas, passed away Saturday morning, June 15th, 2024.
Brian was born June 28th, 1962 to Howard and Eileen Anderson in Wichita, Kansas. He attended Southeast High School and later graduated from college at the University of Kansas. Brian was married to Shelly Anderson (34 years) at Eastminster church in April '90,...
Jacqueline M. Killough
Jun 14, 2024
Jacqueline “Jackie” Marie Wenzel-Killough born October 16, 1953 in Wichita, KS. Died June 14, 2024 in Mulvane, Kansas.
She graduated from Wichita North High in 1971. Jackie worked in the funeral and hospice industries in Fort Myers, FL and Wichita, KS before retiring in 2018 after a diagnosis of breast cancer.
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Starla J. Cunningham
Jun 13, 2024
Wichita - Cunningham, Starla J
78, passed away Thursday, June 13th, 2024. She was born February 9th, 1946 to Paul Cunningham and Mona Bolander Cunningham in Dallas, Texas. She spent most of her life in Wichita, Kansas.
Starla loved teaching, reading and spending time with her pets. In her younger days, she loved...
Stephen Louis Laufer
Jun 12, 2024
Stephen Louis Laufer, 75, died on Wednesday, June 12th, 2024. He was born February 9th, 1949 to Fredrick Laufer and Letha Butler (Patterson) in Wichita, Kansas.
Steve served in the U.S.Army. He worked at Boeing/Spirit for 44 years. He loved to golf, play tennis and pickleball and go dancing and traveling with his wife, Sheila.
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Jane A. Ray
Jun 12, 2024
Jane Ann Ray of Derby, Kansas, age 91, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, June 12, 2024.
Jane was born March 24, 1933, to Claude and Una Marion in Stella, Missouri. She graduated from Fairview High School, Fairview, Missouri, where she met her future husband. Jane married John Earl Ray on July 3, 1951, and they...
Gerald Ray Huston
Jun 11, 2024
Gerald R. Huston (Jerry) age 83., was born in Quincy, Kansas in 1941, to Wanda and Glenn Huston. His family moved to Great Bend, Kansas, where Jerry graduated from Great Bend High School in 1959. He moved to Wichita in 1963. Jerry was a former Henry's Clothing salesman. He retired from Boeing after 21 years as a Finance Inventory...
Eva Mae Shrode
Jun 10, 2024
Udall - Shrode, Eva Mae 91, passed away Monday, June 10th, 2024. She was born December 8th, 1932 to Willard Fowler and Grace (Fowler) Dutton in Bentley, Kansas.
She was a cherished wife to Francis Shrode, they were wed on July 16, 1965, they had been married for 51 years at the time of his...
Kathleen Ann Gibfried
Jun 9, 2024
Derby, KS - Gibfried, Kathleen Ann, 90, passed away Sunday, June 9th, 2024. She was born May 8th, 1934 to Earl Douse and Catherine Kinney in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Kathleen spent her childhood climbing trees and riding bikes with her brother Peter, things young ladies were not supposed to do. Her first job was at...
Steven J. Butts
Jun 9, 2024
Mulvane - Butts, Steven Jay 69, died Sunday, June 9th, 2024. He was born December 8th, 1954 to Forrest and Delva Butts in Wichita, Kansas.
He was a lifelong Farmer and Rancher. He was an avid hunter and enjoyed fishing.
Survivors include: Wife Kay, daughters Jennifer Vincent and Janell Ruiz and...
V. Darlene Scott
Jun 8, 2024
V. Darlene Scott of Haysville, KS, left us on Saturday June 8, 2024, just 10 days after her husband passed. Darlene was born August 27, 1940 in Wichita, KS to James and Anna (Worden) Wharton. She lived in Derby, Wellington and Belle Plaine KS, in her youth and graduated from Belle Plaine High School. She attended Business college and...
