Richard E. Henderson
Aug 5, 2022
Derby - Richard E. Henderson, 70, died Friday, Aug. 5, 2022. He was born May 4, 1952 to Paul (Swede) and Joyce (Koons) Henderson in Wichita, Kansas and resided in Derby.
Rich grew up hunting & fishing and this remained a passion throughout his life. When he wasn't found at his job at Insulating Products...
Rev. Garry Jackson Ledbetter
Aug 4, 2022
Garry went to be with the Lord at the age of 76 years. He had been very ill for four years. He left a legacy of love and compassion.
Garry was born in Huntsville, Arkansas. He was born in the home and was the son of Willis Jackson Ledbetter and Mamie Nadine (Stone) Ledbetter. He...
Ross Eugene Mckee
Aug 4, 2022
Retired Air Force Master Sergeant, Ross Eugene McKee, age 85 passed away peacefully on August 4 th , 2022, in his home surrounded by family. He was born May 6th , 1937, in Richmond, Indiana and grew up alongside his older brother Tom who was his best friend. At the age of 23, he enlisted in the United States...
Don Sumner Jr
Aug 3, 2022
Donald Keith Sumner Jr, 78, died Wednesday, August 3, 2022.
Cremation has taken place. There will be no service, per his request.
He was preceded in death by his his wife, Peggy; parents, Keith and Jo Sumner; and sister, Shelley Mosler (Dennis).
Donald is survived by his...
Corey Dane Green
Aug 3, 2022
Wichita - Green, Corey Dane 35, passed away Wednesday, August 3rd, 2022. He was born September 29th, 1986 to Larry and Patty (Schwilling) Green in Wichita, KS. Corey enjoyed video games, collecting shoes, snowboarding, cars, motorcycles, he was 05 graduate of Campus HS where he competed in soccer, swimming, and was in choir, he did competitive gymnastics as a...
Hezekiah Chapman Reynolds Shaffer
Aug 2, 2022
Haysville - Hezekiah Chapman-Reynolds, 19, died Tuesday, August 2, 2022. He was a student at Campus High School.
Funeral Service: 10:00 am, Tuesday, August 9, 2022, at Smith Family Mortuary, 1415 N. Rock Rd. Derby. Interment to follow at Potwin Cemetery.
He was preceded in death by his brother, Xavier; and...
Joyce Marie (Hayes) Moore
Aug 2, 2022
Haysville - Moore, Joyce Marie (Hayes) 47, passed away Tuesday, August 2nd, 2022. She was born November 18th, 1974 to Thomas and Teresa (Shepherd) Hayes in Wichita, Kansas. Joyce was a loving wife, mother, daughter, sister and friend. Joyce was a 1993 Campus High School Graduate and attended Ozark Christian College & was a longtime member of Countryside Christian...
Dean Smith
Aug 1, 2022
Dean Smith, 87, of Haysville, died August 1, 2022. Born March 29, 1935, she was the daughter of Vernon and Bessie (McCan) Ryland.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband Silas A. Smith. Dean is survived by her sons Danny and Darren Smith, her daughter Deb (Mike) Kanaga, grandsons...
Nancy Louise Schnitker
Aug 1, 2022
Nancy Louise (Freeman) Schnitker was born April 15,1941 to Roy L. and Louise E. (Day) Freeman. She was born at home on the Freeman farm North and West of Pretty Prairie, KS.
Nancy graduated from Lewis Public School in 1959. She married Robert M. Schnitker on Aug. 14,1960. Nancy & Bob had 2 sons, Eric...
Vivian T. Peiffer
Jul 31, 2022
Vivian Theresa Adam Peiffer, 87, of Derby, died peacefully after a short illness on Sunday, July 31, 2022. Recitation of the Rosary will be at 7:00 PM Friday, August 12 with the Mass of Christian Burial at 10:00 AM on Saturday, August 13 at St. Mary Catholic Church, 2300 E. Meadowlark, Derby. Inurnment will be at the Kansas Veterans’...
Cosmo James Espinoza, Sr.
Jul 31, 2022
Derby - Espinoza, Sr., Cosmo James
86, passed away Sunday, July 31st, 2022. He was born May 21st, 1936 to Joe Espinoza and Edna Affet Espinoza in Chicago Heights, Illinois. He proudly served his country in the United States Air Force, retiring after 26 years. His second career spanned 18 years with Grede Foundries in Wichita. He...
Dixie Ann Nespor
Jul 30, 2022
Derby - Nespor, Dixie Ann 82, passed away Saturday, July 30th, 2022. She was born March 26th, 1940 to Edward Hall and Alberta(Barner) Hall in Wichita, KS. She was preceded in death by her parents, Edward Hall & Alberta Hall-Craig. Dixie was a 1961 graduate of Wesley School of Nursing, served as an RN at Wesley Hospital and home-care...
Barbara J. Ward
Jul 30, 2022
BARBARA JEAN (JONES) WARD
Barbara Jean (Jones) Ward, 78, of Derby, KS, passed away after a 13-year battle with Frontotemporal Degeneration (FTD) on Saturday, July 30, 2022, at Meadowlark Adult Care Homes with her daughters by her side.
Barbara was born in Wichita, KS on August 23, 1943, to Alvin and...
Thomas Burnett
Jul 29, 2022
Wichita - Burnett, Thomas Steven
71, passed away Friday, July 29, 2022. He was born May 23, 1951 to Cecil and Ethel (Smith) in Baltimore, Maryland.
He was preceded in death by his parents; siblings, Terry Stickle, Joseph Burnett; and granddaughter, Sabrina Dodge.
Tom is survived by his wife...
Patricia Ann Becker
Jul 29, 2022
Mulvane - Becker, Patricia Ann
74, passed away Friday, July 29th, 2022. She was born July 20th, 1948 to Chester Smith and Reba Duncan Smith in Batesville, Mississippi. She met Oscar E. Becker at Derby Junior High School. The high school sweethearts were married in 1966 and had their first child in 1967. Pat was a loving...
Horace "Jerry" Dean
Jul 29, 2022
Horace "Jerry" Dean, 73, died Friday, July 29, 2022.
Memorial Service: 2:00 pm, Tuesday, August 16, 2022 at Smith Mortuary, 1415 N Rock Rd Derby.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Wanda.
Jerry is survived by his daughter, Jennifer Stevens (William) and extended family members....
Wesley Provines
Jul 29, 2022
Wesley Eugene Provines, 94, carpenter, passed away on July 29, 2022. He was born to Robert Wesley and Edna Emilee in Reydon, OK on April 26, 1928.
On December 14, 1951, Wesley married the love of his life, Irma. Wesley was a loving and devoted husband, father, grandfather, and great-grandfather. He was a supervisor at...
Betty White
Jul 28, 2022
Betty Jane White, 79, of Erie, passed away Thursday, July 28, 2022 in Rose Hill, Kansas. She was born July 2, 1943 in Holton, the daughter of Maurice and Jane (Dunlap) Tharp. She grew up in Topeka, graduating from Topeka High School in 1961. She met the love of her life, Elden L. White in 1961 and they were...
Doris Frazier
Jul 27, 2022
Doris June Frazier, 85, passed away in the arms of her loving husband on Wednesday, July 27, 2022. She was born December 17, 1936 in Carthage, Missouri to Wesley and Cloetela Long, where she grew up and graduated from Carthage Senior High School. She married Dale Frazier on September 5th, 1956. Together they grew their family and built a...
Frances M. Humbolt
Jul 25, 2022
Douglass – Frances Marie Humbolt passed Monday July 25th at the age of 90. She was born July 4th, 1932, to William and Doris Dennett in rural Rose Hill, Kansas.
Frances was passionate about her church where she started the Mother’s Day Out childcare program at the Mulvane Church of Christ, a program that is still going...
