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Derby, Wichita, Haysville, and Mulvane, KS Obituaries

Joyce Marie (Hayes) Moore

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

Thomas Scott Mccall

Thomas Scott Mccall

Jul 24, 2022

As said by Webb Chiles, “A sailor is an artist whose medium is the wind. Live passionately.” On Sunday July 24, 2022, Thomas (Scott) McCall, an enthusiastic sailor who lived life passionately and to the fullest, a true artist on the water, left this world. Born September 21, 1950, he served Wichita for 30 years at the Wichita Water...

Dorothy M. Gile

Dorothy M. Gile

Jul 23, 2022

Dorothy M. Gile (Bierce), 97, loving wife, mother, and grandmother went to be with the Lord Saturday, July 23, 2022. She was born February 10, 1925 in Oakley, KS to Ruth and Bruce Bierce.

Dorothy met the love of her life, Gerald (Jerry) in 1945 and the two were united in marriage after a short...

Gilberto Betancourt

Gilberto Betancourt

Jul 22, 2022

Gilberto Betancourt, 71, died Friday, July 22, 2022.

Visitation: Tuesday, July 26, 2022, from 1:00 pm to 8:00 pm with the family present from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm and Funeral Service: 2:00 pm, Wednesday, July 27, 2022, both at Smith Mortuary, 1415 N Rock Road, Derby.

He was preceded in...

Dorothy Wilks

Dorothy Wilks

Jul 21, 2022

Rose Hill - Wilks, Dorothy, 78, passed away peacefully surrounded by family Thursday, July 21, 2022.

Memorial Service: 11:00 am, Tuesday, July 26, 2022, at Rose Hill United Methodist Church, 19551 SW Butler Rd, Rose Hill.

Dorothy was born on April 11, 1944, in Wichita, KS, the daughter of Floyd and...

Jane Viola Kampe

Jane Viola Kampe

Jul 21, 2022

Haysville - Kampe, Jane Viola 88, passed away Thursday, July 21st, 2022. She was born February 11th, 1934 to Hugh and Viola (Whitney) Kelly in Jersey City, New Jersey. Loving mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister & friend. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband Laurence Kampe; son Lawrence Kampe, daughter Janie Kampe & great-grandson Ian Kampe, Brothers: John,...

Francis Maynard Piepho

Francis Maynard Piepho

Jul 21, 2022

Piepho, Francis Maynard "Frank", Jr. 61, passed away Thursday, July 21st, 2022. He was born Oct 23, 1960 to Francis M. Sr. and Sally Piepho in Topeka, KS . Frank proudly served in the US Air Force, and was a longtime service technician at Kellogg RV in Augusta, previously worked at Ledgerwood. He was preceded in death by his...

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