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Marilyn (Emsley) Betts
Oct 27, 2017
NEWTON, KANSAS MARILYN JUNE (EMSLEY) BETTS , age 79, passed away peacefully on Friday October 27 at Asbury Park in Newton after a long battle with chronic lung disease. She was born April 1, 1938 to Howard Allen Emsley and Gladys (Loader) Emsley in Worcester Massachusetts. She grew up in Grafton Massachusetts, and graduated from Abbot...
Carol (Clark) Hunsinger
Oct 25, 2017
VALLEY CENTER, KANSAS CAROL JEAN (CLARK) HUNSINGER, 87 years, passed on October 25, 2017. She was born October 18, 1930, in Roxbury, Kansas, to Roy and Elsie (Brown) Clark. She graduated Roxbury High School, attended Bethany College and earned her bachelor's and master's degrees at Wichita State University. She was happily married to Charles Hunsinger for...
Carolyn S. Defore
Oct 25, 2017
VALLEY CENTER, KS CAROLYN S. DEFORE, passed away on October 25, 2017. She was born on November 16, 1948. She graduated from Valley Center High School in 1967, she was a Raytheon employee for 32 years. She is preceded in death by her husband, Charles, and her parents, Orvill and Marjorie Werner. Carolyn in survived by...
Linda (Oliphant) Jones
Oct 24, 2017
VALLEY CENTER, KANSAS LINDA CAROL (OLIPHANT) JONES, 67, passed away on Tuesday, October 24, 2017. She was born in Wichita, Kansas to Joseph J. Oliphant and Bonnie L. Oliphant. She was a graduate of North High School, Wichita, Kansas. She is survived by her Mom Bonnie Oliphant; husband Gene Jones; children Dawn Nance (Layton), Lori Bell...
Catherine (Fleet) Schiffiano
Oct 20, 2017
WICHITA, KANSAS CATHERINE 'CATHY' SCHIFFIANO, 64, Was born on March 1, 1953, and passed away on Friday, October 20, 2017 in Wichita, Kansas. Service at Crosswinds Community Church, 208 N. Georgie Ave, Derby, at 2 p.m, Friday, Oct. 27. Having spent a life helping children and families as a foster parent and counselor, she has...
Kathleen (Acker) Litton
Oct 17, 2017
PARK CITY, KANSAS / AUGUSTA, KANSAS KATHLEEN ANN (ACKER) LITTON , 71, beloved wife, mother, grandmother, sister and friend, retired records secretary for the College of Education at WSU, passed away in the home on Tuesday, October 17, 2017. She was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan to Robert Paul Acker and Dorothy Marie (White) Acker. She...
Dru Wranosky
Oct 17, 2017
HALSTEAD, KANSAS
DRU (MURRAY) WRANOSKY, 80, passed away Tuesday, October 17, 2017 in Halstead, Kansas. She was born in Carbon, Texas to Luther Leon Murray and Nora Elizabeth (Phelps) Murray. In 1963, she married Gary Lawrence Wranosky in Monahans, Texas. She is survived by her children Loren (Julie) Wranosky...
Sarah Rose Merriman
Oct 17, 2017
VALLEY CENTER, KANSAS SARAH ROSE MERRIMAN, 24, beloved, daughter, sister, aunt and friend, went home to be with her Lord on Tuesday, October 17, 2017. She touched so many lives with her joyful loving outlook on life. Her smile brightened each person that she came in contact with changing their lives forever. Sarah was a proud...
Deborah (Green) Swindle
Oct 15, 2017
Deborah Lynn Green was born February 10, 1965, in Wichita, Kansas. She was adopted at birth by Irving Bird, Sr. and Patricia M. Bird. Debbie attended Wichita Southeast High School, where she was a cheerleader, in addition to her other activities and was a 1983 graduate. Upon graduation, she enlisted in the United States Army. She was an army medic....
David A. Montelongo
Oct 14, 2017
David Allen Montelongo, 21, died of suicide by handgun on Saturday, Oct. 14, 2017, in Newton, Kan., after trying his hardest to overcome the traumas of prenatal drug exposure, prolonged child abuse and neglect, repeated exposure to domestic violence, and multiple disruptive placements in the broken Kansas foster care system. David was born May 2, 1996, to Deborah L. Mercer...
Brent C. Ray
Oct 10, 2017
VALLEY CENTER, KANSAS
BRENT CURTIS RAY, 55, passed away on Tuesday, October 10, 2017. He was born in Wellington, Kansas to Clinton Cleo Ray and Joy (Pace) Ray. He is a graduate of Clearwater High School. He married the love of his life, Sheila, on October 26, 2011 in Las Vegas,...
Robert D. Taylor
Oct 9, 2017
PARK CITY, KANSAS ROBERT DUANE TAYLOR , 89, passed away on Monday, October 9, 2017. He was born in Wamego, Kansas to Doyle Henry Taylor and Laura Maxine (Henneberg) Taylor. After High School he joined the U.S. Army serving from 1950 to 1953 and was a Korean War Veteran. He retired after working as a construction...
Donna (Weller) Nicks
Oct 6, 2017
MAIZE, KANSAS
DONNA LEE (WELLER) NICKS, 93, passed away on October 6, 2017. She was born in Blue Rapids, Kansas on May 8, 1924 to Eldon B. Weller and Ethel (Dutton) Weller. She was a 1942 graduate of Blue Rapids High School. In 1945, Donna married Clyde Alton Nicks in Maize,...
Marilyn (Davis) Pitts
Oct 4, 2017
ROSE HILL, KANSAS
MARILYN DALE (DAVIS) PITTS, 92, went home to be with her Lord and Savior on October 4, 2017. She was born in Peck, Kansas to Albert and Mabel (Heston) Davis. She was a graduate of Clearwater High School Clearwater, Kansas and Friends University, Wichita, Kansas. She worked for...
Verla (Bradbury) Roberts
Oct 1, 2017
WICHITA, KANSAS VERLA MAY (BRADBURY) ROBERTS , 89, passed away on Sunday, October 1, 2017. She was born in Wichita, Kansas to Herman E. Bradbury and Thelma (Burnside) Bradbury. She was a 1946 graduate of North High School, Wichita, Kansas. She worked at Woolworths and then as a bookkeeper for Frederick Plumbing in Wichita, and later...
Tiffini (Rogg) Rowe
Oct 1, 2017
PARK CITY, KANSAS TIFFINI DAWN (ROGG) ROWE On Ocober 1st, 2017, Tiffini Dawn (Rogg) Rowe left to be with her Heavenly Father. She was born July 25th, 1970 in Russell, Kansas to father Darrell Rogg and mother Jolene Mayers. Tiffini was blessed some years later with loving bonus parents, Frank Mayers and Vicki Rogg. Growing up...
Wayne Oshel
Sep 27, 2017
Wayne Oshel , of Wichita, passed away on Wednesday, September 27, 2017, at the age of 86. Wayne was the last child of eleven children born to Emmett Cleveland Oshel and Edna Leora (Fields) Oshel. He was born in Fall River, Greenwood County, Kansas. After graduation from High School, Wayne enlisted into the U.S. Army in Syracuse,...
Sheri (Wright) Harmon
Sep 23, 2017
SEDGWICK, KANSAS SHERI ANN (WRIGHT) HARMON, 53, passed away on Saturday, September 23, 2017. She was born in Wichita, Kansas to Blain and Billie Wright. She was a graduate of Bethel College and began a career in the medical field as a Registered Nurse. She enjoyed helping others and working for Cottonwood Pediatrics and Dr. Jantz....
Robin (Miller) Arellano
Sep 21, 2017
NEWTON, KANSAS ROBIN LYNN (MILLER) ARELLANO, 59, passed away on Thursday, September 21, 2017. She was born in Newton, Kansas to Paul and Maryann Miller. She was a graduate of Newton High School. Robin was a happy-go-lucky, free spirited person. She had a smile that no one could ever forget, and one of the biggest hearts....
Kay (O'Brien) Thomas
Sep 17, 2017
WICHITA, KANSAS KAY CHARLENE (O'BRIEN) THOMAS , 74, passed away on Sunday, September 17, 2017. She was born in Cambridge, Kansas to Harvey Allen O'Brien and Lola Isabelle (Skinner) O'Brien. She married Jerry Max Thomas and to this union were three children. Kay worked as a secretary for the L. & L. Moving Company 20 years....
