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Edna (Butts) Oursler
Aug 25, 2016
PEABODY, KANSAS EDNA C. OURSLER, 89, beloved wife, mother and grandmother, passed away on Thursday, August 25, 2016. She was born in Newton, Kansas to Eli Benjamin Butts and Nancy Caroline 'Lina' (Branson) Butts. She was a graduate of Newton High School. Edna began as a waitress at the age of 13 to 16 as she...
Ann Evelyn (Hoffman) Musser
Aug 25, 2016
ANN E. MUSSER , 50 passed away on Thursday, August 25, 2016 at Via Christi Saint Francis Regional Medical Center, Wichita, Kansas. She was born November 17, 1965 at Great Bend, Kansas, daughter of Victor F. and Evelyn (Johanning) Hoffman. She married Todd A. Musser on July 10, 2004 at St. John the Evangelist Church, Hoisington. A Newton...
Ann (Hoffman) Musser
Aug 25, 2016
ANN EVELYN MUSSER , 50 passed away on Thursday, August 25, 2016 at Via Christi Saint Francis Regional Medical Center, Wichita, Kansas. She was born November 17, 1965 at Great Bend, Kansas, daughter of Victor F. and Evelyn (Johanning) Hoffman. She married Todd A. Musser on July 10, 2004 at St. John the Evangelist Church, Hoisington. A Newton...
Richard D. Bockius
Aug 24, 2016
Richard Duane Bockius (Richie Duane) age 73, passed away on Wednesday, August 24, 2016. He was born in Geneva, Nebraska to Jack Eugene and Dorothy Maxine (Flick) Bockius, and was the youngest of three children. He is survived by four nieces, Victoria Slowek of Brewster, Massachusetts, Kelly MacFarlane of Cohoes, New York, Tammy Castell of Fort Collins, Colorado...
Elisa V. Harmon
Aug 22, 2016
Elisa (Aguilar) Harmon, passed away on Monday, August 22, 2016. Private Services.
Carolyn (Walters) Heckendorn
Aug 22, 2016
NEWTON, KANSAS CAROLYN JOAN (WALTERS) HECKENDORN, 72, passed away on Monday, August 22, 2016. She was born in El Dorado, Kansas to Richard Vincent Walters and Edris Mildred (Davis) Walters. She was a graduate of El Dorado High School, El Dorado, Kansas and Lindenwood University, St. Charles, Missouri. In May, 1982, she married the love of...
Larry L. Thiel
Aug 21, 2016
WICHITA, KANSAS LARRY LEE THIEL, 68, passed away peacefully with family and his two pets at home. He resided in Hutchinson, Kansas at his time of death on Aug 21, 2016, after battling cancer. He was born on October 19,1947 in Hutchinson, Kansas to Charley James Thiel and Margaret Ann (Maltbie) Thiel. He was a graduate...
Gerald W. Brown
Aug 19, 2016
WICHITA, KANSAS GERALD WAYNE BROWN , 62, passed away Friday, August 19, 2016. He was born May 21, 1954 in Wichita, Kansas to Victor W. and Agnes J. (Becker) Brown. He was a graduate of South High School, Wichita. He was a retired Boeing Aircraft and City of Wichita employee. He is survived by his wife...
John 'J.D.' Hopper
Aug 18, 2016
WICHITA, KANSAS JOHN DOYLE HOPPER 'J.D.', 70, passed away Thursday, August 18, 2016. He was born to Doyle B. and Juanita Hopper. J.D. was a graduate of South High School, Wichita, Kansas. On April 17, 1965 he married the love of his life, Terry Lea Dooley. He became a barber in 1973, living and working as...
John 'J.D.' Hopper
Aug 18, 2016
WICHITA, KANSAS JOHN DOYLE HOPPER 'J.D.', 70, passed away Thursday, August 18, 2016. He was born to Doyle B. and Juanita Hopper. J.D. was a graduate of South High School, Wichita, Kansas. On April 17, 1965 he married the love of his life, Terry Lea Dooley. He became a barber in 1973, living and working as...
V. Jean (Holsinger) Feil
Aug 18, 2016
WICHITA, KANSAS VIOLA 'JEAN' (HOLSINGER) FEIL, 83, beloved mother of Michael Feil (Anne Simon) of Wichita, passed away Thursday, August 18, 2016. Former Boeing flight manuals employee, Thomlinson Oil Co. executive secretary, retired Enron Corp land and lease analyst, and F.G. Holl Oil Co. land department employee. She was born in New Cumberland, West Virginia to...
Robert W. Lehrman
Aug 17, 2016
NEWTON, KANSAS
ROBERT WADE LEHRMAN, 64, passed away Wednesday, August 17, 2016, after having a battle with lung cancer. He was born on July 24, 1952, in Newton to Walter and Leona Lehrman. Robert was a machinist at Bunting Magnetics for 30 years. He was married to Terry L. Lehrman in...
Shirley (Robbins) Gibbens
Aug 17, 2016
WICHITA, KANSAS formerly of Valley Center SHIRLEY JUNE (ROBBINS) GIBBENS, 81, lost her battle with cancer on August 17, 2016. She was born February 27, 1935 to Ernest and Lucy June (Ford) Robbins. She is survived by her children, Cindy Sparks (Jeff), Kim Gibbens (Sonja), Angela Wooten, six grandchildren, eleven great-grandchildren, three sisters, and extended family....
Glenn D. Engle
Aug 17, 2016
WICHITA, KANSAS
GLENN DAVID ENGLE, was born July 30, 1953 at Herington, Kansas. He was the only son of Roy and Wilma Engle. He was blessed with four sisters – Rebecca (the late Jerry) Miller, Patricia (Dan) Newman, Kathryn Christiansen and Barbara (David) Potter. Although he never had the brothers he...
Robert "Bob" Niedens
Aug 16, 2016
Robert Dean Niedens, passed away on August 16, 2016 at Wesley Woodlawn Hospital, Wichita, Kansas. He was born on July 23, 1938, the son of Rudolph and Nathalia "Dollie" (Dumler) Niedens. He was baptized and confirmed at St. John Lutheran Church, Susank, Kansas. Bob was a 1957 graduate of Hoisington High School, Hoisington, Kansas. Upon graduation he enlisted in the...
Viola (Curless) Darbyshire
Aug 16, 2016
MT. HOPE, KANSAS VIOLA LUCY (CURLESS) DARBYSHIRE, 99, passed away on Monday, August 15, 2016. She was born in Hutchinson, Kansas to Charles and Flossie Elvina (Barnes) Curless. Viola was a homemaker and also during World War II worked at Cessna Aircraft. She is preceded in death by her parents, nine siblings, 5 husbands, daughter Faye...
William 'Bill' Colbert
Aug 16, 2016
KECHI, KANSAS WILLIAM 'BILL' LAWRENCE COLBERT , passed away on Tuesday, August 16, 2016. Memorial Service will be held at 2:00 pm on Saturday, August 20 at Wichita Collegiate School, 9115 E. 13th, Wichita, Kansas. Predeceased by his father George B., and survived by his wife Deanna, mother Jean, sister Connie. In lieu of flowers memorials...
Roy M. Rains
Aug 15, 2016
Ramona, Kansas Roy M. Rains, 58, passed away Monday, August 15, 2016. Private Family Services.
Thomas J. Doan
Aug 7, 2016
SEDGWICK, KANSAS
THOMAS JON DOAN, 78, passed away on Sunday, August 07, 2016. He was born in Chicago, Illinois to Robert Doan and Otha Henrieta (Lantis) Doan. He received his Bachelor's Degree and was a Professional Photographer. Services 3:00 p.m., Friday, August 12, at the Sedgwick County Park Horseshoe Shelter, 6501 W. 21...
Kevin Rader
Aug 7, 2016
WICHITA, KANSAS
KEVIN CHARLES 'KC' RADER, 58, of Wichita, KS, passed away on Sunday, August 7, 2016. He was born on March 19, 1958 to Elizabeth (Milburn) and Robert "Tex" Rader in Wichita, Kansas. He married his wife of 38 years, Debra (Lewellyn) Rader, on July 22, 1978. KC was a...
