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Edna (Butts) Oursler

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

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

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

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

Elisa V. Harmon

Aug 22, 2016

Elisa (Aguilar) Harmon, passed away on Monday, August 22, 2016. Private Services.

Carolyn (Walters) Heckendorn

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Roy M. Rains

Aug 15, 2016

Ramona, Kansas Roy M. Rains, 58, passed away Monday, August 15, 2016. Private Family Services.

Thomas J. Doan

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

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...