Ryan Charles Tholen
May 11, 2023
Tholen, Ryan Charles, 33, District Manager for Jump Start, passed away Thursday, May 11th, 2023.
Ryan was very musical and taught himself piano, violin and guitar, creating music and listening to all genres was how Ryan channelled all things emotional. Ryan also played soccer, YMCA baseball and went to Northeast Magnet High School where he...
Robert Douglas Cords
May 11, 2023
Colonel Robert Cords (USAF Ret.) passed away May 11, 2023 at the age of 82. He was born April 27, 1941, to Robert and Ruth (Dunning) Cords in Green Bay, Wisconsin. Bob was a loving husband, father, grandfather and friend.
He graduated from Lower Merion High School, Philadelphia, in 1959. He received his bachelor’s degree...
Harold Wayne Palmer
May 11, 2023
Harold Wayne Palmer, 88, passed away on Thursday, May 11th, 2023, at his home in Port Isabel, Texas. Wayne was born June 10th, 1934, in El Dorado, Kansas to Harold O. and Florence Palmer. He married Saralie Sue Force on March 20th, 1954, in El Dorado Kansas. They were married for 69 years and spent many happy years in...
Neola Belle Heasty
May 11, 2023
Neola Heasty, 95, went home to be with the Lord on May 11, 2023.
Neola was born on April 4, 1928 to Floyd and Leona (Nuttle) Wampler in Wellington, Kansas. She graduated from Wellington High School in 1946. She is preceded in death by her parents, Floyd and Leona, brother Neal Wampler, sister Wanda Jeffries, son Milton...
Truman Ware
May 9, 2023
Wichita - Ware, Truman
Truman Ware, Loved Father, Brother, Uncle, and Best Friend, graduated into the Cosmos on May 9, 2023.
Truman was born on December 13, 1937, in the Kiowa Hospital in Lawton, Oklahoma. His parents were Harvey Lee Ware, of the Kiowa Nation, and Priscilla Ware, of the Kiowa Apache Nation,...
Randy Wayne Smith
May 9, 2023
Randy W. Smith, 53 of Derby, Kansas passed away on Tuesday, May 9th, 2023. He was born on September 6th, 1969.
Randy was a hardworking, dedicated manager for QuickTrip for 34 years. He was well-known in the Wichita division and was respected and loved by many coworkers and friends. He was quick-witted and had a...
Jerry Donnelly
May 9, 2023
Jerry M. Donnelly peacefully passed away Tuesday, May 9th, 2023. He was born February 25th, 1940, to Gerald and Vella Donnelly in Wichita, Kansas.
Following graduation from West High School, Wichita, KS in 1957, he married Annetta Stephens on May 27th, 1961, and together they built a beautiful life with four children. He thoroughly enjoyed...
William James Mietzner
May 8, 2023
Bill Mietzner, 67, of Rose Hill, passed away Monday, May 8, 2023. He was born May 18, 1955. Bill was preceded in death by his parents Thaddeus and Virginia (Barta) Mietzner, and by one sister.
Bill is survived by his wife, Donna Mietzner; brother Ted (Kitsie) Mietzner; sisters Cathy (Nick) Mascari, Angie (Steve) Lucas; numerous...
Carey Younkin
May 8, 2023
Wichita - Younkin, Jon "Carey" 60, passed away Monday, May 8th, 2023. He was born May 29th, 1962 to Everett and Irene (Bailey) Younkin in Herrin, Illinois. Carey was a loving husband, father, grandfather, brother, uncle & friend. He enjoyed motorcycles and playing guitar. Carey was also a music trivia expert and was a 20 year volunteer fire fighter...
Jason Edgar Bryan
May 6, 2023
We are sad to share that Jason Edgar Bryan, 35, passed away at home in Belle Plaine, Kansas, on May 6, 2023, from cancer. Jason was born in Wichita, Kansas, on November 25, 1987. He attended school in Belle Plaine, graduating in 2006.
Jason married his high school sweetheart, Bethany Fergen, in 2010, and together...
Dinah Riley Duran
May 5, 2023
Wichita - Duran, Dinah Beth Riley
49, passed away Friday, May 5th, 2023.
Visitation: Saturday, May 13th, 2023, from 11:00 am to 4:00 pm at Culbertson-Smith Mortuary, 115 South Seneca Wichita, Kansas 67213. A private entombment will be held at Old Mission in Wichita.
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Dorothy Hunt
May 5, 2023
Dorothy Josephine Cooper Hunt was born in rural Belle Plaine, KS on December 16, 1918. She passed away on May 5, 2023 at the age of 104 . Dorothy was the 7th and youngest child of Andrew Duvall Cooper and Nancy J. Brenton Cooper. She began country school 4 ½ miles north of Belle Plaine on the Mulvane Road,...
Carol J. Warren
May 4, 2023
Derby - Warren, Carol Jean
93, passed away Thursday, May 4, 2023. She was born December 25, 1929 to James and Letha Mayes in Ralston, Oklahoma.
Carol retired from Boeing and spent the rest of her years enjoying her family , but most especially her 2 grandsons Brock and Grant and later her...
Leslie Gayle Way
May 3, 2023
Leslie Gayle Way, 66, of Derby, Kansas passed away peacefully in her home on Wednesday, May 3, 2023. Leslie was born in Wichita Kansas, the daughter of Victor and Rachel Klein on October 25, 1956. Leslie graduated from Campus High School in Haysville, Kansas class of 1974. She then started working in the aviation industry in Wichita and later...
Margarita Barnett
May 1, 2023
Barnett, Margarita, 65, passed away Monday, May 1st, 2023. She was born May 20th, 1957 to Jose Ramon and Margarita Sida Sida in Durango Durango, Mexico.
Preceded in death by her parents and brother, Miguel. Survived by her husband, Bill; son, Josiah Barnett; step-daughter, Marama (Shantparv) Barnett; grandson, Tyler Barnett and siblings, Jose Ramon, Patricia,...
Patsy Laramore
May 1, 2023
Derby — Patsy Mardelle Laramore, born to Robert and Frances Allen, went to be with her Lord and Savior Monday, May 1, 2023.
Patsy was born August 21,1933 in Cherokee, OK. Though she was an only child, she grew up close to her cousins and used to ride the Doodle Bug (train) to visit them after she...
Dorothy Roth
Apr 29, 2023
Roth, Dorothy Ann, 88, passed away Saturday, April 29th, 2023. She was born December 14th, 1934 to Michael and Francis Legleiter in Liebenthal, Kansas.
Preceded in death by her husband, Ralph. Survived by her two children, numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Visitation is 10:00 to 11:00 am followed by an 11:00 am...
Sheila E. Saindon
Apr 27, 2023
We are heartbroken to announce the death of our Mother, Grandmother and sister. Sheila Saindon passed away at the age of 80, peacefullly, at Via Christi St Francis Hospital, surrounded by her family on April 27th, 2023.
Sheila Elaine Saindon was born July 7th, 1942 in Wichita, Ks. to parents Katherine Elizabeth Dyer of Derby,...
Harper Justice Ivy
Apr 24, 2023
Harper Justice Ivy was born November 4, 2019 in Wichita, Kansas, the daughter of Brandon and Stephanie (Corey) Ivy. She passed from this life on April 24, 2023 in Derby, at the age of 3.
In addition to her parents, she is survived by sisters Emerie and Jordyn McDowell, and grandparents Kim Looney, Steve Looney,...
Debra Ann Margheim
Apr 24, 2023
Debra Ann Margheim, 68, passed away Monday, April 24, 2023. A visitation will be held Thursday, April 27, 2023 from 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm. Funeral Service will be held Friday, April 28th, 2023 at 10:00 am; both at Smith Mortuary, 1415 North Rock Road, Derby, Kansas 67037. Interment to follow at El Paso Cemetery, Derby.
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