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Derby, Wichita, Haysville, and Mulvane, KS Obituaries
John Gerard Orecchio
Nov 3, 2021
John G. Orecchio, 79, passed away on November 3, 2021 at the Kansas Medical Center in Andover, Kansas
He was born on May 7, 1942 in Englewood, New Jersey to Angelo and Lena (Corrado) Orecchio.
John was a hard worker, loved to make jokes, loved to travel to different places, enjoyed...
Leon Conway
Nov 2, 2021
Conway, Leon
85, passed away Tuesday, November 2, 2021 in Derby, Kansas. He was born January 16, 1936 to Carlos and Berniece Conway in Enid, Oklahoma.
Leon was a Science and Art teacher at Scott Community High School in Scott City, Kansas, where he also coached football, basketball and track. Leon also served...
Robert Stephen Pummel
Nov 2, 2021
Robert Stephen Pummel, age 66, Manager, Lumber Yard Steakhouse, passed away Tuesday, November 2, 2021. Visitation 1-7 pm Friday, November 5, with family greeting friends 5-7 pm, with Recitation of the Rosary beginning at 7 pm, funeral service 10 am Saturday, November 6, both at Culbertson-Smith Mortuary, 115 S. Seneca, Wichita, Graveside service 3 pm Saturday, Mt. Olivet Catholic...
Adonna Lowe
Nov 1, 2021
Adonna (Lungren) Lowe, loving wife and mother of two children, passed away peacefully at home in Derby, KS, November 1, 2021, age 72. Adonna was born on January 6, 1949, in Wellington, KS, to Clifford and Ruth (Cox) Lungren, and grew up Northeast of Caldwell, KS, on the family farm. She graduated with the class of 1967 from Caldwell...
Patsy Ruth Snyder
Nov 1, 2021
Rose Hill - Snyder, Patsy Ruth
82, passed away Monday, November 1st, 2021. She was born April 12th, 1939 in Joplin, Missouri.
Patsy loved to read, play BINGO, and loved watching true crime TV.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Jack Snyder; and by son, Ron Snyder....
Clenea Meairs
Oct 31, 2021
Clenea Lawany Meairs (Williams) , age 38, went to be with Jesus on October 31,2021.
Clenea is survived by her husband, Jeremy Meairs, her daughters Emily Meairs (16) and Arrowyia Meairs (8), her parents Lyle and Daphne Williams, brother Nicholas (Denise) Williams of Michigan. Parents Buck and Jayne Meairs; brothers Teddy (Peggy) Meairs, Frank Meairs,...
Claud H. Giles
Oct 30, 2021
Claud H. Giles, 88, of Mulvane, KS passed peacefully from this life early Saturday morning, October 30, 2021.
Claud was born on June 20, 1933 in Kiowa, OK to William Wesley (Jack) and Lucy Oleta Giles. The family moved to Mulvane in 1941, and Claud was very proud to be such a long time resident of this...
John M. Dickerson, Jr.
Oct 30, 2021
On Saturday, October 30, 2021, John Dickerson, Jr. passed away. Survivors include two sons, and one daughter. He will be missed. Funeral service is 10:00 am Thursday, November 4, 2021, with visitation one hour prior, both at Smith Family Mortuary, 1415 North Rock Road, Derby, Kansas 67037.
Charles Leeroy Wilson
Oct 29, 2021
On October 29, 2021 Charles LeeRoy Wilson, known to his family and friends as LeeRoy, went to be with the Lord.
LeeRoy was a devoted husband, father, and grandfather. He was married to wife Mary for what would have been 55 years come January - they have known each other since they were just 10 years old....
Joseph Baxter Cusick Iii
Oct 28, 2021
Mulvane - Cusick, Joseph Baxter, 79, died Thursday, October 28, 2021. He was a devoted husband and father, and dearly loved his grandchildren and great grandchildren.
He was a design engineer at Tweco for 23 years. After that his entrepreneurship began with CAFCO Awning Company followed by PAC-MIG, Inc. He retired to Grand Lake in...
Matthew "Matt" Lee Kennedy "Moo"
Oct 27, 2021
Derby - Kennedy, Matthew Lee
46, passed away Wednesday, October 27th, 2021. He was born May 2nd, 1975 to Charles Kennedy and Wanda "Kitterman" Kennedy in Wichita, Kansas.
Matt worked in construction for most of his life. He gained a love of it from his father and was in competition with his brother...
David Broz
Oct 27, 2021
David William Broz was born on 3/2/1987 in Wichita Ks. David will be truly missed, he leaves behind his parents Joseph and Connie, 12 siblings and many nieces and nephews. I can no longer see you with my eyes, or touch you with my hands, but we will feel you in our hearts forever -love, Mom & Dad.
David Brown
Oct 26, 2021
David Lynn. Brown, 67, died Tuesday, October 26, 2021.
Visitation with the family present: Sunday, October 31, 2021, from 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm at Smith Mortuary, 7031 S. Broadway, Haysville.
David is survived by his wife, Sue Brown; two step children; four grandchildren; one great grandchild; and siblings, Mary Alice,...
Vicki Angle
Oct 26, 2021
Vicki Lavon Angle (Blevins), born May 11, 1965, survived by husband Eldon Angle and four children, Jerred, Darren, Warren and Terrence Angle, and brother John Blevins. She was preceded in death by her mother Esther Blevins (Cook), and father Armold Blevins. Vicki was a loving, homeschooling mother to her four sons, caretaker of many patients in a local hospital...
Doris E. Wilson
Oct 24, 2021
Mrs. Doris Elizabeth Wilson passed away from natural causes on Oct. 24, 2021.
Doris was born in Charleston, Arkansas on May 7, 1934 to Benjamin Dwight and Annie Katherine McLellan.
She attended elementary and high school in Greenwood, Arkansas.
She was employed at Sunshine Biscuits and later was a homemaker who donated time...
Sheridan E. Warren
Oct 24, 2021
Rose Hill, KS - Warren, Sheridan E., 72, died Sunday, October 24, 2021.
Visitation: Saturday, October 30, 2021, from 9:30 am to 10:20 am with the Funeral Service at 10:30 am at South Rock Christian Church, 900 S. Rock Road, Derby, KS. Private graveside will be at Rose Hill Cemetery, Rose Hill, KS.
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Chester A. Green
Oct 24, 2021
Derby, Kansas resident Chester A. Green, age 83, died Sunday October 24, 2021 at Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice in Wichita. Chester was born on April 8, 1938 in Wichita to Ralph and Bertha (Brown) Green. Chester was raised in Harper, Kansas, and graduated from Harper High School in 1956. Chester attended Kansas State Teachers College (now Emporia State University),...
Ray Edwin Smith
Oct 23, 2021
Ray Edwin Smith, 94, of Derby, KS entered his Heavenly reward on October 23, 2021. He was born June 17, 1927 in Ozark County, Missouri.
He was preceded in death by his two sisters and his wife of almost 70 years, Norma Jean Mallow Smith. They were married on August 17, 1946 in Mt. Home,...
Jerry Allen Manning
Oct 23, 2021
Derby - Manning, Jerry Allen
67, passed away Saturday, October 23rd, 2021, at home surrounded by his loving family. Jerry was born September 29th, 1954, to Kenneth H. Manning and NoraBell (Holliday) Manning in Oberlin, Kansas. Jerry was a lifelong Kansan and graduated from DCHS in 1972. He joined the United States Navy, proudly serving for 4...
Kelly Ann Nichols
Oct 22, 2021
KELLY ANN NICHOLS, age 56, was reunited with her Momma in Heaven on Friday, October 22, 2021. She was born in Pawhuska, Oklahoma on March 31, 1965 to Dorsey and Frances (Hatch) Nichols. The family moved to Haysville, Kansas shortly after her birth and remained in the Wichita area her entire life.
Kelly was a student at...
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