Joseph Walker Coonfield
Sep 5, 2017
PRATT, KANSAS JOSEPH WALKER COONFIELD, 20, Taco Delite employee, was taken to early from this life on September 5, 2017. He was born in Payson, Arizona. He is preceded in death by his mother Donna Coonfield. He is survived by his daughter, Elizabeth Rennaker Coonfield; father William Coonfield; brother William Coonfield; sisters Desirae Coonfield and Joel Coonfield; niece Brianna and...
James 'Tex' Stephens
Sep 3, 2017
WICHITA, KANSAS JAMES GILBERT 'TEX' STEPHENS passed away on Sunday, September 3, 2017, at the age of 88. Boeing Aircraft - 35 years Machinist and Management. Wichita State University Student – Studying Law – History. Pleasant Valley Church of Christ Member 40 years with 20 years as the Treasurer. Tex raised his three children as a...
Helen (Musser) Brooks
Sep 2, 2017
SEDGWICK, KANSAS HELEN MARIE (MUSSER) BROOKS, 97, passed away on Saturday, September 2, 2017. She was born in Woodstock, Illinois to Joe and Bertha (Roser) Musser. You would find her reading her Bible, listening to Christian Music and doing church work of any kind. She loved traveling, even doing mission trips to Haiti and Russia. She...
Cleo (Sivils) Oliphint
Sep 1, 2017
WICHITA, KANSAS CLEO ELLEN (SIVILS) OLIPHINT , 78, passed away September 1, 2017. She was born in Arlington, Kansas to William Delaney Sivils and Willa Mae (Arnold) Sivils. She was a graduate of Arlington High School. She was a cosmetologist in Arlington and Dodge City, Kansas and then moved to Amarillo, Texas where she retired as...
Stacey L. Perkins
Sep 1, 2017
WICHITA, KANSAS STACEY LYNN PERKINS, 52, passed away on Friday, Sept. 1, 2017, at Newton Medical Center in Newton, Kansas. She was born on Feb. 23, 1965, in Beloit, Kansas to James and Joan (Kulesza) Perkins. Stacey went to Burrton High School and later became a CNA. She enjoyed listening to music, watching movies and spending...
Brenda (Walford) Strelow
Aug 26, 2017
WICHITA, KANSAS BRENDA GAIL (WALFORD) STRELOW , 63, passed away on August 26, 2017. She was born in El Dorado, Kansas to Wilford E. Walford and Nora J. (Wilson) Walford. She was a graduate of El Dorado High School and Riverside Community College. Brenda loved country music and shopping. She was dedicated and loved her family...
Charles A. Harvey
Aug 23, 2017
LAS VEGAS, NV formerly OF BENTLEY, KANSAS CHARLES ANDREW HARVEY, 92, passed away on Wednesday, August 23, 2017. He was born in Wichita, Kansas to Henry Andrew Harvey and Blanche Nellie (Lewis) Harvey. He attended Eureka schools then East High School, Wichita. He entered the U.S. Army on July 22, 1940 and was discharged honorably on...
Chester 'Chet' Nickelson
Aug 22, 2017
Chester M. "Chet" Nickelson , of Valley Center, passed away on Tuesday, August 22, 2017, at the age of 91. Chet was born to parents Frank and Lillian (née Moreland) Nickelson on June 11, 1926, in Freedom, Oklahoma. He grew up as the eldest of four children on a cattle ranch on the outskirts of town. He graduated...
Lloyd W. Verbeck, Jr.
Aug 18, 2017
85, retired Grumman Aircraft and Cessna Aircraft Jig Builder, passed away on Friday, August 18, 2017. He was born in Modoc, Kansas to Lloyd Warren Verbeck, Sr. and Elsie Iva (Fairchild) Verbeck. He was a graduate of North High School in Wichita, Kansas. He was a Purple Heart recipient while serving in the U.S. Army and a Korean War Veteran....
Larry L. Pinkston
Aug 18, 2017
CLEARWATER, KANSAS LARRY LEE PINKSTON, 78, passed away on Friday, August 18, 2017. He was born in Great Bend, Kansas to Jesse M. and Viola (Radke) Pinkston. He was a graduate of Larned High School, Larned, Kansas and then American Business College in 1959. He met and married the love of his life, Luanna, on September...
Maggie (Hodges) Turner
Aug 16, 2017
Wichita, Kansas MAGGIE LEE TURNER, 79, passed away on Wednesday, August 16, 2017. She was born in Urbana, Missouri to Oscar and Vida (Stark) Hodges. Maggie was a graduate of North High School in Wichita, Kansas. She began her career at Cessna then retired after 22 years from Southwestern Bell and AT&T where she worked as a training manager and...
Shirley (Cameron) Westerman
Aug 14, 2017
PARK CITY - BEL AIRE, KANSAS SHIRLEY JEAN (CAMERON) WESTERMAN, 75, Pastor's wife, was called home on August 14, 2017. She was born in St. Louis, Missouri to Cecil Arvil Cameron and Helen Lorraine (Moore) Cameron. On July 3, 1965 in Burke City, Missouri, she married the love of her life Charles E. Westerman. Shirley loved...
Lela (Scofield) Gadbury
Aug 11, 2017
WICHITA, KANSAS LELA MAXINE (SCOFIELD) BECK GADBURY, 67, passed away on Friday, August 11, 2017. She was born in Wichita, Kansas to Leland Max Scofield and Lillian Louise (Bennett) Scofield. She worked at Koch, Dold and retired from Boeing. Being in a large family, she enjoyed being at and participating in family events. She is survived by her...
Judith 'Judi' (Snyder) Schoendorf
Aug 10, 2017
SALINA, KANSAS JUDITH LEE 'JUDI' SCHOENDORF, 70, of Salina, passed away on August 10, 2017. She was born October 4, 1946, in New Orleans, La., to George and Mildred Snyder. Judi graduated from the nursing program at the Pilgrim State Hospital in New York on full scholarship in 1967, spending the next 20 years in nursing....
Clifford K. Cross
Aug 8, 2017
PARK CITY, KANSAS Cross, Clifford Kenneth "Gus" 91, beloved husband, father, grandfather, brother, uncle and best friend to many, passed away on Tuesday, August 8, 2017. Services will be held at Kechi United Methodist Church, 4533 E. 61st N., Kechi, Kansas on Monday, August 14, 2017. Viewing will be at 10:30 followed by the service at 11:00 am, followed by...
Katherine 'Kathy' King
Aug 8, 2017
WICHITA, KANSAS KATHERINE 'KATHY' KING, 67, passed away on Tuesday, August 8, 2017. She was born in Poughkeepsie, Arkansas and was raised in Wichita, Kansas. She is preceded in death by her parents Earl C. King and Eddie Faye (Milligan) Osburn. Kathy is survived by her daughter Cari (Aquarias) Aaron, sons Larry King and Gary King;...
Hilda (Blanchard) Jones
Aug 8, 2017
NEWTON, KANSAS HILDA MAE (BLANCHARD) JONES, 95, passed away on Tuesday, August 8, 2017 in Newton, Kansas. She was born in Gotebo, Oklahoma to Claude Henry Blanchard and Beulah (Colter) Blanchard. She married the love of her life, Charles W. Jones. She worked in the early 50's as a Beech Aircraft clerk, then in the 60's...
Elizabeth 'Liz' (Giefer) Truman
Aug 6, 2017
VALLEY CENTER, KANSAS ELIZABETH MARY (GIEFER) TRUMAN 'Liz',86, passed away on Sunday, August 6, 2017. She was born eldest of eight children to Bernard P. Giefer and Agnes Theresa (Horsch) Giefer in rural Wellington, Kansas. She was a graduate of Wellington High School and St. Joseph School of Nursing. On June 30, 1952, at All Saints...
Beulah (Carter) Rader
Aug 2, 2017
VALLEY CENTER, KANSAS BEULAH MARIE (CARTER) RADER, 90, passed away on August 2, 2017. She was born in Valley Center, Kansas to Elzava Carter and Mabel (Fanning) Carter. She was a graduate of Valley Center High School. She continued in her Mother's footsteps, retiring from the Valley Center USD 262 Food Service, preparing and cooking at...
Virginia (Riesen) Courtright
Jul 28, 2017
WICHITA, KANSAS VIRGINIA LEE (RIESEN) COURTRIGHT, passed away on July 28 at the age of 82. She was born in Newton, KS and lived on a farm near Halstead. She is survived by her husband, Bert Courtright; her three daughters: Deanna (Bill) Vincent, Patricia (Art) Smith, and Linda (Daryl) Robillard; six grandchildren: Christopher (Monica) Vincent, Virginia...
