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Derby, Wichita, Haysville, and Mulvane, KS Obituaries

Pauline Rittlinger

Pauline Rittlinger

Dec 30, 2022

Rittlinger, Pauline Marie, 80 of Wichita, KS passed away Friday, Dec 30th 2022. Known to many as Polly, born on

Jan 31st 1942, in Bangor, Maine, to Peter Burgess and June (Sanborn) Burgess.

She was preceded in death by her parents; son, Myron, brothers, Albert and Harold Burgess, sisters, Jeanette

Williams,...

Donna Wells

Donna Wells

Dec 28, 2022

Donna was born on January 14, 1958, in Wichita Kansas to James and Edith Kennedy. She was the

middle of three children and the mother of six.

Donna was a caregiver throughout her adult life. She ran her own daycare as well as took care of all her kid’s

friends. After her children...

Joanne Conway

Joanne Conway

Dec 26, 2022

Conway, JoAnne, 87, passed away Monday, December 26th, 2022. She was born April 29th, 1935 to Glenn and Virginia (Harrington) Reed in Enid, OK. JoAnne was a loving wife, mother, grandma, great-grandma, sister, and friend. JoAnne's greatest joy was watching her children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren in all of their many activities. She was always their biggest fan.

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Margaret Harden

Margaret Harden

Dec 26, 2022

Margaret Harden, 73, went to be with the Lord on December 26th, 2022. She was born August 11, 1949 to George and Margaret (Connolly) Lyons.

Margaret was a devoted wife to her husband, Robert Allen Harden, of 49 years. As a student at Ohio State University, she worked one summer at Paper Linen where met...

Larry Robert Powell

Larry Robert Powell

Dec 25, 2022

Larry R. Powell, age 73, passed away December 25, 2022 from a valiant battle with cancer. He was born in Wichita, KS on November, 13, 1949 to Leonard and Erma Irene Powell (Hibbert). Early in his life, he met his wife (La Ronda) at Derby Pentecostal Holiness Church where their faith continued to be the foundation of their marriage....

Keith Rogers

Keith Rogers

Dec 25, 2022

Keith David Rogers, age 44, of Bridgeton, MO, while surrounded by his family, quietly passed, after a courageous battle with Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer, just as the sun rose on Christmas Morning, December 25th, 2022.

Keith is survived by his wife, Karen (Figueroa) Rogers and two children, Christopher Figueroa of Bridgeton, MO and Kaylee Figueroa of...

Frances Pittman

Frances Pittman

Dec 24, 2022

Frances M. Pittman, age 75, retired cosmetologist, passed away Saturday, December 24, 2022. No visitation. Memorial service 10 am Saturday, January 14, 2023, Smith Mortuary, 501 SE Louis Blvd, Mulvane. Frances is preceded in death by her parents, Harry and June Elstun; sisters, Alice Martin and Terry Elstun; and her great-nephew, Camron Harp. Survivors include her husband, Paul; daughter,...

Julia Sontag

Julia Sontag

Dec 24, 2022

Julia Clare Sontag, 64; mother, grandma, sister, aunt, staunch advocate for children and friend to many, died Saturday December 24th in her home.

Julie, to those who knew her, lived a life blessed with many friends and family. Every fall you’d find her melodic voice carrying the likes of Neil Young and Heart across the...

Phillip Wayne Grant

Phillip Wayne Grant

Dec 23, 2022

On Friday, December 23, 2022, Phillip Wayne Grant, loving husband and father of 3 sons, passed away at the age of 70. Phillip was born on September 2, 1952, in Mapleton, KS to Charles and Darlene (Ball) Grant Jr. He served in the U.S. Army Kansas National guard for 31 years while also doing what he loved as an...

Gary De Buhr

Gary De Buhr

Dec 22, 2022

Gary Arlyss DeBuhr, 89, of Wichita, Kansas, passed away December 22, 2022. Gary was born November 24, 1933, the eldest son of Arlyss and Nina (Cottle) DeBuhr. He married Peggy Moore in 1958 and though the relationship wasn’t permanent, they had four children together and remained friends until her passing in 2020.

Gary was raised on his...

William Quincy "Bill"  Guilliams

William Quincy "Bill" Guilliams

Dec 22, 2022

Derby William Quincy "Bill" Guilliams, 84, died, Thursday, December 22nd, 2022. He was born

November 22nd, 1938 to Quincy and Sadie (Babcock) Guilliams in Williamsburg, VA.

Bill was born and raised in Williamsburg, Virginia. After high school, he joined the Air Force to see the

world. After being stationed in Texas and Colorado,...

Bob D. Nichols

Bob D. Nichols

Dec 22, 2022

Bob Nichols of Rose Hill Kansas passed away December 22, 2022 at the age of 89. He was born to Troy and Edna Nichols in Searcy County, Arkansas.

He is survived by three children; Robert Nichols (Patty), Douglass Kansas, Cecily Jimenez (Richard), Rose Hill, Kansas, and Sharon Clark (Shaun), Rose Hill Kansas; grandchildren Justin Nichols...

Susanna Anthony Starks

Susanna Anthony Starks

Dec 21, 2022

Susanna Anthony Starks, 56, left her pain and suffering behind on December 21, 2022. Preceded in death by her parents, 2 siblings and her “Geek Boy,” Tom Starks (husband). Survived by siblings Barbara (Mike) Bulger, Elizabeth (Kenneth) Williams, George (Rhonda) Anthony, Francie (Warren) Potter, Mark (Lynn) Anthony, Theresa (Steve) Hearn, and Margaret Butler, many nieces/nephews and great-nieces/nephews, and her...

Mary Lou Stevens

Mary Lou Stevens

Dec 21, 2022

With heavy hearts, we announce the passing of beloved wife, mother and grandmother Mary Louise (Perez) Stevens of Wichita, Kansas. Mary was born to Frank and Margaret Perez in Parsons, Kansas, on Nov. 8, 1948. She passed away on December 21, 2022.

Mary is preceded in death by her parents and two sisters, Frances Jean...

Eleanor Benningfield

Eleanor Benningfield

Dec 18, 2022

Eleanor Benningfield, age 88, went to be with the Lord on Sunday, December 18, 2022, at her Haysville home, with her family by her side.

Eleanor was born March 14, 1934, in Ash Flat, Arkansas, to James and Edith McEndree. As the second of eight children she spent her younger years on her family farm...

Curtis Carrell

Curtis Carrell

Dec 16, 2022

On Friday, December 16, 2022, Curtis J. Carrell (62), a son, Dad, Pops, and friend passed away peacefully in his home. He was born October 11, 1960 to Larry Carrell and Judith Fields in Manhattan, Kansas. He was an Aircraft painter, most recently employed at Bombardier Learjet. He ran a successful side business as a handyman and could fix...

Margaret Irene Lasiter Gilliland

Margaret Irene Lasiter Gilliland

Dec 15, 2022

Margaret Irene Lyon Lasiter Gilliland 89, born September 26, 1933, Passed way peacefully on December 14, 2022 with her family by her side in her home. Margaret was born in Clifton Springs, New York to Danny and Dorthy Lyon.

Margaret is preceded in by her parents, son Danny, first husband Bryon and brother Eddie. She...

Irvin Palmer

Irvin Palmer

Dec 15, 2022

Revelation 14:13 Then I heard a voice from heaven saying to me, “Write: ‘Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on.’” “Yes,” says the Spirit, “that they may rest from their labors, and their works follow them.”

Irvin Dale Palmer, 95, gracefully and peacefully entered his heavenly home on December 15,...

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