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Bill C. Faunce

Bill C. Faunce

Nov 27, 2022

Bill Clayborn Faunce - nicknamed 'Catfish Willy', 94, passed away on Sunday, November 27, 2022 in El Dorado, Kansas surrounded by loved ones. He was born in Anthony, Kansas to Ira E. Faunce and Flossie (Hogoboom) Faunce. He was a lifetime resident of Burns, Kansas and later moved to El Dorado, Kansas.  Bill enjoyed many things, yet...

Donald S. Williams

Donald S. Williams

Nov 25, 2022

Donald S. Williams, 93, went to be with the Lord on Friday, November 25, 2022. He was born August 25, 1929 in Topeka, Kansas to Walter and Hazel Williams. He was raised in Topeka and graduated from Topeka High School in 1946. He worked for Karlan Furniture for two years and then went to work for  The...

Linda (Gastineau) Keene

Linda (Gastineau) Keene

Nov 22, 2022

Linda S. Keene passed away on November 22, 2022 at her residence in Park City, Kansas. She was born September 12, 1948 in Bloomington, IL to Wayne and Betty (Schroeder) Gastineau. She attended Bloomington/Normal Schools and graduated from Normal Community High School. After graduation, she was a waitress and CNA. She later obtained her Food Service...

Richard L. Sloan

Richard L. Sloan

Nov 22, 2022

Richard Lawrence Sloan, 63, passed away on Tuesday, November 22, 2022. He was born in Wichita, Kansas to Walter L. Sloan and Frances C. Sloan.  He was raised in Valley Center where he attended school. He went on to be an OTR Truckdriver for many years.  Richard loved riding motorcycles (Harley Davidson), going fishing, hunting and collecting...

Peggy S. Gardner

Peggy S. Gardner

Nov 21, 2022

Peggy Gardner, 52 years old, passed away on Monday, November 21, 2022, in Hutchinson, Kansas.

She was born in Hutchinson, Kansas to Robert T. Gardner and Betty (Barker) Gardner.  She was a lifelong resident of Hutchinson; she attended schools and was a graduate of Hutchinson High School.  She worked as a  CNA for...

Jacqueline (Hoffine) Montelongo

Jacqueline (Hoffine) Montelongo

Nov 6, 2022

Jacqueline Dell Montelongo, 50, passed away on Sunday, November 6, 2022. She was born in Wichita, Kansas to James Daniel Hoffine and Jerri (Brink) Hoffine. She was a lifelong resident of the Valley Center Community where she attended school, was a 1990 Valley Center High School graduate and was involved in many activities. After graduation she received...

Bonnie (Mckee) Fry

Bonnie (Mckee) Fry

Nov 3, 2022

Bonnie Lou (McKee) Fry, age 79, residing in Park City, Kansas, passed away surrounded by her family on November 3, 2022, after battling metastatic breast cancer for many years.

Bonnie, born on October 2, 1943, grew up in Wichita, Kansas, and graduated from Wichita East High School in 1961. She attended Wichita University....

Douglas F. Prideaux

Douglas F. Prideaux

Nov 3, 2022

Douglas Frederick Prideaux  "Doug", age 57, passed away on Thursday, November 3, 2022 at home surrounded by his loved ones.  He was born in Wichita, Kansas to Charles Duane Prideaux and Lola Ann (Maynor) Prideaux. He was raised in the Valley Center / Wichita areas where he attended school. He was a Valley Center graduate where he...

Judith (Griffin) Stancer

Judith (Griffin) Stancer

Nov 2, 2022

Judy (Judith) Rae Stancer, 76, of Valley Center, KS, went to be with the Lord with family by her side on November 2nd, 2022. Judy was preceded in death by her Brother Douglas Griffin, Father Don Griffin, and Mother Jeanne Griffin. She will be lovingly remembered by her husband of 58 years James H. Stancer, and sons Don Stancer, Michael...

Alice (Gehlen) Magson

Alice (Gehlen) Magson

Oct 30, 2022

Alice Marie Susie Magson, 85, passed away on Sunday, October 30, 2022.  She was born at home in Colwich, Kansas to Aloysius Nicholas "Ollie" Gehlen and Mary Elizabeth (Bayer) Gehlen.  She lived in the Colwich and Mount Hope, Kansas area most of her life with a few years on the family farm in Elsmore. She remembers receiving...

Gordon S. Fitz John

Gordon S. Fitz John

Oct 28, 2022

Gordon S. Fitz John, 98, of Wichita, Kansas passed away on Friday, October 28, 2022.  He was born in Neosho, Missouri to James Franklin Fitz John and Gladys (Higganbotham) Fitz John. Having been raised in the Neosho area where she attended school and was a graduate of Neosho High School.  Gordon served in the U.S. Army and...

Marjorie (Nicholson) Thompson

Marjorie (Nicholson) Thompson

Oct 26, 2022

Marjorie G. Thompson, 92, entered Heaven's gates on Wednesday, October 26, 2022. She was born in Maize, Kansas to William and Marie (Roof) Nicholson.  She attended schools and raised in Maize, was a 1947 graduate of Maize High School.

On September 9, 1951 she married the love of her life Dale E. Thompson....

Richard Lee Baker

Richard Lee Baker

Oct 23, 2022

Richard Lee Baker, 75, was born February 10, 1947 to Cecil James Baker and Loretta (Halstead) Baker.  He passed away October 23, 2022. He was raised in the Wichita area where he attended school and worked. He entered and served in the U.S. Army from 1966 to 1968 and was a Veteran of the Vietnam War.

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Carl "Sam" Gardinier

Carl "Sam" Gardinier

Oct 22, 2022

Carl "Sam" Gardinier, age 98, was born to Olive and Ralph Gardinier at Minneapolis, Kansas.  He was a Sheet Metal worker and member of the Sheet Metal Workers Local 1129.  He served with the U.S. Army C Troop, 7th Reg 1st Cal. Div. in World War 2.

He is survived by his wife...

Everett "Doyle" Bachelder

Everett "Doyle" Bachelder

Oct 14, 2022

Everett "Doyle" Bachelder passed away on Friday, October 14th, 2022 in Bel Aire, Kansas. He was born in Valley Center, Kansas to Everett Leo Bachelder and Mildred Mae (Lavender) Bachelder. A lifelong resident of Valley Center he graduated from VCHS in 1949. After graduation, he joined the U.S. Navy during the Korean War and then upon his...

Ingaby Bell (Shafer) Kelley

Ingaby Bell (Shafer) Kelley

Oct 14, 2022

Ingaby Bell Kelley, 91, passed away surrounded by her family on Friday, October 14, 2022 in Wichita, Kansas.  She was born in Milo, Missouri to James Loyd Shafer and Bertha Ellen (Ritchey) Shafer.  She was raised and attended various schools in the surrounding area with her brothers and sisters.  The family has many stories of their mischiefs...

Gervis Ladelle "Delle" (Davis) Nagle

Gervis Ladelle "Delle" (Davis) Nagle

Oct 11, 2022

Gervis LaDelle Nagle "Delle" passed away on Tuesday, October 11th, 2022, at home with her daughter, Stephanie and longtime friend, Santos, in Wichita, Kansas. Delle was born in Georgetown, Texas in 1946 to Emily Gervis Enochs and John Hester Davis. Delle was a lifelong resident of Houston, Texas, where she enjoyed all the arts the city of...

Joyce (Sherrill) Hardisty

Joyce (Sherrill) Hardisty

Oct 11, 2022

Joyce J. Hardisty, age 88 yrs old, passed away on Tuesday, October 11, 2022, a fter a long illness with COPD. Daughter of William and Kathryn (Stephenson) Sherrill, she was a lifetime resident of Salina, Kansas .  After attending Salina schools and High School graduation, she finished her education at Marymount College in Salina.  She worked at...

Robert "Bobby" Raux, Jr.

Robert "Bobby" Raux, Jr.

Oct 10, 2022

Robert "Bobby" Harold Raux Jr. passed away peacefully on October 10, 2022 at the age of 70 in his hometown of Wichita, Kansas. Born to parents Robert Harold Raux Sr. and Shirley Ann (Warner) Raux on August 25, 1952, he attended Sowers Elementary, Jardine Junior High School, and was a class of 1970 graduate from...

Rebekah Mae Mitchell

Rebekah Mae Mitchell

Oct 7, 2022

Rebekah Mae Mitchell, 23, of Park City, KS, passed away on Friday, October 7 th , 2022, in Tampa, Florida of medical complications.   She was born April 2, 1999, in Independence, KS, to Frank, Jr and Dana (Bryant) Mitchell.  A beloved mother, daughter, sister, granddaughter, girlfriend, cousin and friend. Rebekah was a beautiful person inside and out,...