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Derby, Wichita, Haysville, and Mulvane, KS Obituaries
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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