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Maili (Karlowski) Barnhill

Maili (Karlowski) Barnhill

Nov 28, 2023

Maili Elane (Karlowski) Barnhill, 75, of Maize, Kansas went home to be with her Lord on Tuesday, November 28, 2023. She was born in Wichita, Kansas to Richard S. and Josephine (Martin) Karlowski. She was raised in the Wichita area and graduated from North High School. She worked for Cities of Valley Center and Andover as a...

Mary (Davis) Mason

Mary (Davis) Mason

Nov 28, 2023

Mary Jo Mason, 79, passed away on November 28th, 2023.   Mary Jo was born in St Joseph, Missouri and grew up in rural Gower, Missouri area.  Mary Jo spent many years in Missouri, Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas raising her children before she settled in Ashland, Kansas and went to work at the Ashland Nursing Home.  Mary Jo...

Merle Manning, Jr

Merle Manning, Jr

Nov 27, 2023

Merle Manning Jr., age 81, of Park City, Kansas passed suddenly on November 27, 2023.  He was a US Air Force Veteran.  He was a 1960 graduate of Valley Center High School, Valley Center, Kansas. Merle was an employee with the Buckley Insulation Company for 35 years.

Services are pending at this time....

Kenneth N. Andrews Sr

Kenneth N. Andrews Sr

Nov 27, 2023

Kenneth N. Andrews Sr, 93, of Park City, Kansas passed away on Monday, November 27, 2023 surrounded by his loving family.  He was a U.S. Navy Veteran. Ken's career was as a Chemical Engineer.

Visitation will be 3-5 p.m., Monday, December 4 at Baker Funeral Home Chapel, Valley Center, Kansas. Ken's wishes were...

Misty (Shepard) Wiley

Misty (Shepard) Wiley

Nov 20, 2023

Misty Lynn (Shepard) Wiley was born on March 23, 1973, and passed away at 48 years old on November 20, 2023. Misty was a red headed, tough, temperamental, firemen loving, thief tackling, Texas spit fire of a woman; she loved with all her heart for everybody to see. To have known Misty was to either love her...

Arlene (Lansdown) Guthrie

Arlene (Lansdown) Guthrie

Nov 18, 2023

Arlene June (Lansdown) Guthrie, 97, loving wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother passed away on Saturday, November 18, 2023.

Arlene was born on April 7, 1926, to Erman and Mary Lansdown. Arlene married Dale L. Guthrie on March 31, 1950. Together they raised two sons, Neil and Alan. Arlene retired as church secretary from...

Jon A. Auer

Jon A. Auer

Nov 16, 2023

Jon A. Auer, age 75, passed away Thursday, November 16th, 2023.  He was born on April 1, 1948 to John and Wilma Auer in Denver, Colorado.  They moved to Wichita, Kansas, where Jon later graduated from WSU and started a long career of 37 years with Bombardie Lear Jet, Wichita. He loved to hunt and fish, as...

Beverly (Diamond) Candy

Beverly (Diamond) Candy

Nov 9, 2023

Beverly Ann Candy, 73, passed peacefully in her sleep with family by her side on Thursday, November 9th.  Bev owned and operated C&D car wash at 13th and Broadway for 20 years.

Beverly was born January 28, 1950, in Harrison, Arkansas to L.D. Diamond and Willie Faye (Mays) Diamond.  They moved to Wichita,...

Pamela J. Medlam

Pamela J. Medlam

Nov 6, 2023

Pamela "Pam" Jeanne Medlam passed away on November 6, 2023 in Wichita, Kansas.

Pam was born July 29, 1934 in Wichita, Kansas to Frances Marion Wirth. She was adopted at the age of 12 by Lorene Page and Clarence Howard Best. She was raised in the Wichita area where she attended school and...

Michael D. Hollowell

Michael D. Hollowell

Nov 6, 2023

Michael Dean Hollowell, 66 passed away November 6, 2023.

Michael grew up in Johnson City TN.  He  graduated from Science Hill High School in 1975 where he excelled in academics, football and wrestling teams. Michael received his BBA at East Tennessee State University, Cum Laude and his CPA credentials from the State of...

Richard "Dick" Bartel

Richard "Dick" Bartel

Nov 4, 2023

Richard "Dick" Bartel, 95, of Valley Center, Kansas, passed away on Saturday, November 4, 2023. He was born December 11, 1927 to Jacob and Ida (Unruh) Bartel in Hillsboro, Kansas. He was the youngest of five children and grew up on the family farm north of Lehigh, Kansas. He graduated from Lehigh High School in 1945. During...

Ralph R. Wolfe

Ralph R. Wolfe

Nov 3, 2023

Ralph Royce Wolfe, 90, of Three Rivers, Michigan passed away Friday morning November 3rd 2023 in his home in Park City Kansas. He was born November 28th 1932 in White Pigeon, Michigan and was the son of Ernest and Thersa Wolfe and graduated from Three Rivers High School. On August 18th 1956 he married Delores L Harsh....

Lyla (Pruitt) Bybee

Lyla (Pruitt) Bybee

Nov 2, 2023

Lyla Bybee, age 72 of Wichita Kansas passed away peacefully November 2, 2023 surrounded by her loving family.  Lyla was born in Morrilton, Arkansas on July 24, 1951 to Charlie and Dean (McDonald) Pruitt and in later years Grandma Dean came to live with Lyla and John until her death in 2021.

Lyla...

Phillip "Tony" Lefebvre

Phillip "Tony" Lefebvre

Nov 1, 2023

Phillip Anthony (Tony) Lefebvre

May 31, 1952 – November 1, 2023

Tony Lefebvre passed away on Wednesday, November 1, 2023, in his home in Colwich, Kansas.  Tony grew up in Hays, Kansas where he developed a passion for woodworking and restoring classic cars, mostly Oldsmobiles and Chevrolets.  He married Clara Anderson in 1976.  ...

Kelli Carter

Kelli Carter

Oct 27, 2023

Kelli Dawn Carter, 46, of Wichita, Kansas, passed away on October 27, 2023, in Wichita. She was born on February 15, 1977, in Wichita, Kansas. Kelli was a genuine and devoted individual, always putting her kids, family, and friends first. She showed love to everyone she met. Known for her caring nature, Kelli left a lasting impact...

Alta (Somers) Hickok

Alta (Somers) Hickok

Oct 27, 2023

Alta Hickok, 93, went home to be with Jesus on October 27, 2023. She was born in Medford, Oklahoma to Willard and Leona (Robertson) Somers on May 1, 1930. She attended a one room schoolhouse North of Medford, and later graduated high school from Gore Consolidated. After graduation, she worked at a restaurant in Pond Creek, Oklahoma...

Lucinda 'Cindy' (Strasser) Whitenack

Lucinda 'Cindy' (Strasser) Whitenack

Oct 23, 2023

LuCinda 'Cindy' Whitenack went to be with her Lord and Savior on October 23, 2023, after a battle with a rare respiratory illness.

Cindy was born October 4, 1961, the first of four children born to Dennis and Bonnie Strasser. She grew up in Peabody, Kansas and was a 1979 graduate of Peabody...

Gerald R. Rawlins

Gerald R. Rawlins

Oct 22, 2023

Gerald Ralph Rawlins, 89, passed away peacefully on Sunday, October 22, 2023, at his home in Newton, Kansas, with family by his side. He was born on October 10, 1934, in Straight Creek Township, Kansas, to Herbert Ralph and Ellen Arvenda (Cannon) Rawlins. He was raised in Straight Creek Township and Whiting, Kansas, attending country school and...

Ronald D. Jackson

Ronald D. Jackson

Oct 15, 2023

Ronald D. Jackson 71, passed away on Sunday, October 15, 2023, in Wichita, Kansas. He was born in Wichita, Kansas to Delmont Marshall Jackson and Jettie Cleo (Winsel) Jackson. Ron was a 1970 graduate of Heights High School in Wichita. He was a Real Estate Agent for Brookshire -Hathaway Pen Fed Realty.

Preceded...

Roxana Rollings

Roxana Rollings

Oct 8, 2023

Roxana Rollings went home to be with Jesus and all her family who went before her on Sunday, October 8, 2023.  She was born in Wichita, Kansas to Elmer Levi Friedman and Eileen Gladys (Thomas) Friedman.  She was raised in the Wichita area where she attended school, graduated and attended college. She retired after many years of...