Sumner County
Sumner County
William S. "Bill" Bielby, 69, retired Bielby
Dental Lab owner, died Friday. Service 2 p.m. Tuesday, Miles Memorial Chapel.
Survivors: wife, Jean; son, William D. of San Francisco; daughters, Jeanette Nichols of Rock, Linda Archer of Claremore,
Okla.; sister, Ruth Goodwin of Bend, Ore.; six grandchildren. Memorials have been established with the American
Heart Association and Cowley County Hospice.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 14 April 1985)
WINFIELD - Birdsell, Joyce C. (Herrman),
64, CNA. Burial Mass 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Michael's Catholic Church, Mulvane. Survivors: daughters Stephanie
Wilson, Michelle Birdsell, Kristina Birdsell; sisters Elizabeth Shea, Juanita Farney, Virginia Love, Jane King,
Linda Bolster; 8 grandchildren. Swisher-Taylor & Morris F.H.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 18 October 2007)
Birkhead, H. Carl, 84, retired Boeing Wichita employee,
died Thursday, Sept. 16, 1993. Service 2 p.m. today, College Hill Church of Christ.
Survivors: wife, Ina; daughters, Mary Dietz of Peck, Carlotta Summer of Willis, Va., Janice Baker of Amarillo,
Texas; sister, Thelma Kincannon of Fort Smith, Ark.; eight grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren. Memorial has
been established with College Hill Church of Christ. Hillside Funeral Home.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 18 Sept 1993)
Birkhead, Ina Lee, 86, retired school teacher, died Saturday,
June 7, 1997. Service 2 p.m. today, College Hill Church of Christ, Mulvane.
Survivors: daughters, Carlotta Summers of Willis, Va., Mary Beth Dietz of Peck, Janice Baker of Amarillo, Texas;
half sisters, Eva Cameron of Paris, Ark., Viosie Adams of Dardanelle, Ark.; nine grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren.
Hillside Funeral Home East, Wichita.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 10 June 1997)
Bishop, Lanore (Newton), 92, retired schoolteacher, died
Wednesday, Oct. 9, 1996. Service 4 p.m. Monday, Mulvane (Kan.) Cemetery.
Survivors: No survivors. Memorial has been established with Mulvane Historical Society. Hatfield-Smith Funeral
Home, Belle Plaine.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 11 Oct 1996)
Bliss, Melvin P., 60, retired Boeing Wichita sheet metal
assembler, died Monday, July 24, 1995. Service 10 a.m. Friday, Senter-Smith Mortuary.
Survivors: wife, Linda; sons, Mark of Yukon, Okla., Chris of Tracy, Calif., Kelly of Wichita; stepsons, J.R. Rodriguez
of Chicago, Andy Rodriguez of Mount Fugi, Japan, Noel Rodriguez of Corsicana, Texas; stepdaughters, Lucinda Rodriguez
of Oklahoma City, Kimberly Taylor of Derby; brothers, Arnold of Hillsboro, Maurice, Alvin, James, all of Wichita;
sisters, Alice Schneider of Lincolnville, Ruby Pschigoda of Hillsboro, Helen Sader of Herington, Dorothy Laughrey
of Olathe, LuElla Tong of Augusta, Sharon Bruner of San Francisco; seven grandchildren.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 26 July 1995)
CHENEY - Kenneth F. Bohner,
86, died Oct. 8, 2006, at Kingman Community Hospital.
He was born July 29, 1920, in Columbus, Neb., the son of Clinton and Nellie Bohner. A resident of Cheney, he was
retired from Stephens Dairy. He joined the U.S. Calvary at the age of 16 and was a member of the "F"
Troop. He received the infantryman badge, Good Conduct Medal, Asiatic Pacific Ribbon with one Battle Star, European
Theatre Ribbon with four Battle Stars, two Purple Hearts, a Bronze Star, and a Silver Star for capturing a German
Pillbox, plus three other campaign ribbons. Kenneth's outfit was at Schofield Barrack during the Japanese attack
on Pearl Harbor.
He belonged to Ninnescah Valley Baptist Church, Cheney.
In 1954, he married Marjorie Houghton in Wichita. She died Dec. 24, 1973. In 1973, he remarried to Aleatha Dennis.
She died Feb. 11, 2003.
Survivors include: a son, Stan Bohner, Wichita; a daughter and son-in-law, Debbie and Gale Evans, Augusta; four
grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by two brothers; and one sister.
Service will be 10 a.m. Wednesday at the Lanterman Funeral Home Chapel, Cheney, with Pastor Don Mace officiating.
Graveside service will be at 2 p.m. at the Mulvane Cemetery.
Lanterman Funeral Home, Cheney, is in charge of arrangements.
(Hutchinson News ~ 10 Oct 2006)
Bonham, Edna M., 78, retired nurse's aide, died Wednesday,
June 2, 1999. Service 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Hillside Funeral Home West.
Survivors: sons, Dennis, Richard, both of Wichita; daughters, Debra Hulsey of McPherson, Karen Bonham of Wichita;
brothers, George Riley, James Riley, both of Wichita; sisters, Mary Mozingo of Udall, Bonnie of Missouri, Pauline
Mashaney of Maize; 15 grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 4 June 1999)
Bonner, Shirley Y. (Rogers), 70, former ABC Properties
bookkeeper, died Feb. 2, 2006. Memorial service 10:30am Mon., Oxford, KS Christian Church.
Survivors: husband, Bruce, Suisun City, CA; daughters, Cindy Pray, Suisun City; Debbie Long, Peck; son, Robert,
Oxford; 5 grand and 2 great-grandchild ren; sisters, Lecil Jonker, Derby, Betty Gorrell, Wichita.
Published in the Wichita Eagle on 2/12/2006.
DERBY - Boone, Clarice, 87,
homemaker, died Feb. 19, 2004. Visitation 1 to 8 p.m. Sunday, with family receiving friends from 6 to 8 p.m.; service
2 p.m. Monday, all at Senter-Smith Mortuary, Mulvane; burial will follow in Mulvane Cemetery. She was preceded
in death by her parents, James W. and Martha B. (Williams) Ellis; husband, Harold B. Boone; son, Russell Boone;
daughter, Pat Howard; infant daughter, Sharon Kaye Boone; sisters, Lily, Bertha and Della; brothers, Martin and
William Alfred.
Survivors: son and daughter-in-law, Frederick and Dorothy Boone, Caldwell; daughter, Judy Fortner, Derby; 8 grandchildren;
9 great-grandchildren; 1 great-grandson.
Published in the Wichita Eagle on 2/21/2004.
NELLIE MAY BOONE, 94, of Mulvane, homemaker, died Sunday.
Service 11 a.m. Wednesday, Mulvane United Methodist Church.
Survivors: son, Stewart of Garden City; daughters, Dorothy Blackburn of Wichita, Doris Norden of Mulvane; eight
grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren. Memorials have been established with the Mulvane United Methodist Church
and the Villa Maria Nursing Home. Senter-Smith Mortuary.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 27 August 1985)
Boone, Russell Lee, 58, former U.S. Postal Service Linotype
operator, died Sunday, Sept. 25, 1994. Rosary 7 p.m. today, Senter-Smith Mortuary, Mulvane; service 10 a.m. Thursday,
St. Mary's Cathedral, Wichita.
Survivors: mother, Clarice of Mulvane; brother, Fred of Winfield; sisters, Pat Howard of Mulvane, Judy Fortner
of Fresno, Calif. Memorial has been established with Hospice Inc.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 28 Sept 1994)
BOSSE, BARBARA CHRISTINE (PATE)
BARBARA CHRISTINE (PATE) BOSSE, 59, of 9211 E. Harry,
homemaker, died Tuesday, May 30, 1989. Service 2 p.m. Friday, Senter-Smith Mortuary, Mulvane. Survivors: son, Thomas
Earl Pate of Twentynine Palms, Calif.; daughters, Sheila Totton of Gales Ferry, Conn., Sue Humbolt of Mulvane,
Kathryn Kind of Wichita; eight grandchildren; four great-grandchildren.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 1 June 1989)
Boswell, Norman, 60, retired pipefitter, died Monday,
August 16, 1999. Service 2 p.m. Thursday, Senter-Smith Mortuary.
Survivors: wife, Jo; sons, Scott Henderson Jr., Jamie Henderson, both of Mulvane, Doug of Derby; daughters, Vicki
Dickerson, Dani Rounds, both of Derby, Cindy Blassingame of Mulvane; mother, Velma, brother, Gary, sister, Sharon,
all of Derby; 11 grandchildren; one great-grandchild. In lieu of flowers, memorials have been established with
Hospice Inc. and International Myeloma Foundation for Research.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 18 August 1999)
MULVANE - Alwyn "Al" Bowers,
67, died Sept. 27, 2005.
A former Hutchinson resident, he was a resident of Mulvane. He was the longtime secretary of the Hutchinson Bowling
Association.
Survivors include: his wife, Beckie; and two sons, Brian L., Derby, and Brent A., Mulvane.
Funeral will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Mulvane United Methodist Church. Memorials may be sent to the Mulvane United
Methodist Church, Music Ministry, 107 South Central, Mulvane, KS 67110.
Senter-Smith Mortuary, Derby, is in charge of arrangements.
(Hutchinson News ~ 29 Sept 2005)
BOWLBY, C. EARL
Bowlby, C. Earl, 96, Died Tuesday, February 21, 2006. Earl was ret. Coleman Jr.
High Principal and customer service representative Fourth National Bank. Services will be 1:00 P.M. Friday, February
24, 2006, College Hill United Methodist Church. Earl was born on a farm south of Mulvane to Louis T. and Lena (Payne)
Bowlby. Earl is the last of three children. Earl attended the one room Cooper grade school close to the home where
he was born, graduated from Mulvane High School, enrolled at Friends University graduating in 1931. Earl married
his longtime sweetheart and class mate Ethel Krueger. Earl was employed at Walton, KS as teacher and athletic coach,
mathematics and social studies teacher at Belle Plaine Rural High School and later as the High School Administrator.
Earl's Wichita education employment started as a teacher in the Wichita School system and continued as serving
as principal at Woodland Elementary, Central Jr. High, J. Marshall Jr. High and Coleman Jr. High where he retired
in 1974. During summers and after retirement, Earl worked as a Fourth National Bank Customer Service Representative
for 5 years. Prior to Earl's poor health, he was active at College Hill United Methodist Church, Senior Services
Retired Professional & Business Men's club and Downtown Kiwanis club. Earl is survived by his wife Ethel. Memorials
have been established with College Hill United Methodist Church, 2930 E. First, Wichita, KS, 67214 or Wichita.
Downing & Lahey East Mortuary. Tributes may be sent to the family via www.downingandlahey.com
(Wichita Eagle ~ 22 Feb 2006)
Bowlby, Mildred Christine, 93, retired Boeing Wichita
accounts payable clerk, died Saturday, Oct. 5, 2002. Visitation 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. today, Senter-Smith Mortuary.
Service 2 p.m. Thursday, Mulvane United Methodist Church.
Survivors: son, Bob of Cleveland, Ohio; daughters, Nancy Human of Denver, Marylou Fallon of Mulvane; 11 grandchildren;
22 great-grandchildren. Memorials established with United Methodist Church, 107 S. Central Ave., Mulvane, KS 67110
and Mulvane Emergency Services, 910 E. Main, Mulvane, KS 67110.
Hightower, Doris Maurine (Stambaugh), 73, homemaker, died Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2002. Visitation 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday,
9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday, Senter-S mith Mortuary. Service 2 p.m. Friday, Mulvane Cemetery.
Preceded in death by her parents and by her sister, June Kephart in 1977.
Survivors: husband, Robert; daughter and son-in-law, Glenda and Robert Lentz of Winfield; brother, Gary Stambaugh
of Larned; grandchildren, Angela and Sarah Lentz of Winfield. Memorials established with Heartland Hospice and
American Diabetes Association.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 9 Oct 2002)
Daisy M. Bowman, 82, homemaker, died Saturday, Nov. 25,
1989. Service 2 p.m. Tuesday, Senter-Smith Mortuary, Mulvane.
Survivors: son, John of Colwich; daughters, Hazel Willhite of Wichita, Janie Kirstatter of Mulvane; 11 grandchildren;
24 great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandchild.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 27 Nov 1989)
Boyer, Norman F., 82, retired Mulvane Co-op employee,
died Monday, Oct. 27, 1997. Service 2 p.m. Wednesday, Mulvane Cemetery.
Survivors: sons, Dale, Dennis, both of Mulvane; daughters, Lois Carrell of Wichita, Linda Butcher of Mulvane; brothers,
Gerald of Colony, Joseph of Iola; six grandchildren, one stepgrandchild, 11 great-grandchildren, six stepgreat-grandchildren.
Senter-Smith Mortuary.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 28 Oct 1997)
Bradberry, Mollie M., 85, homemaker, died Friday, Jan.
16, 1998. Service 10 a.m. Monday, Senter-Smith Mortuary.
Survivors: sons, Charles of Corpus Christi, Texas, Don of Winfield; daughters, Phyrnia Petersen of El Dorado, Treva
Snyder of Haysville; brothers, Opel Smith, Harvey Smith, Guy Smith, sisters, Ida Hayes, Faye White, all of Gassville,
Ark.; 18 grandchildren; 34 great-grandchildren.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 18 Jan 1998)
RAY V. BRADBERRY, 80, of Mulvane, retired tooling engineer,
died Friday, April 8, 1988. Service 11 a.m. Monday, Mulvane Cemetery.
Survivors: wife, Mollie; sons, Charles D. of Austin, Texas, James R. of Springdale, Ark., Don E. of Winfield; daughters,
Phyrnia N. Petersen of El Dorado, Treva L. Snyder of Haysville; sister, Daisy Stump of Bella Vista, Ark.; 18 grandchildren;
18 great-grandchildren. Memorial has been established with Hospice of Wichita. Senter-Smith Mortuary.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 10 April 1988)
MULVANE - Bradfield, Richard D. "Dick," 84, farmer and cattleman, died Thursday, May 6, 2004. Visitation 1 to 8 p.m. Saturday, 4 to 8 p.m.
Sunday; service 2 p.m. Monday, all at Smith Mortuary, Derby.
Survivors: wife, Betty; daughter and son-in-law, Becky and Craig Hitchcock of Viola; son, Rick Bradfield of Derby;
grandson and wife, Robert and Jennifer Rivera of Derby; nieces and nephews. Preceded in death by his parents, George
and Ethel; 3 sisters and 2 brothers. Memorials to the Mulvane Care and Share and the Kansas Humane Society.
Published in the Wichita Eagle from 5/8/2004 - 5/9/2004.
CECIL R. BRADFORD, 63, of Derby, Boeing Military Airplane
Co. employee, died Friday. Service 2 p.m. Monday, Mulvane United Methodist Church, Mulvane.
Survivors: wife, Charlene; son, Richard of Wichita; daughter, Peggy Love of Mulvane; brothers, Rex of Weatherford,
Okla., Dale of Sterling; five grandchildren. Memorial has been established with Mulvane United Methodist Church.
Senter-Smith Mortuary, Mulvane.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 10 March 1985)
BRADFORD, RUTH CHARLENE (MORTON)
Bradford, Ruth Charlene (Morton), 70, homemaker, died
Monday, July 6, 1992. Service 10 a.m Thursday, United Methodist Church.
Survivors: son, Richard of Wichita; daughter, Peggy Love of Mulvane; sisters, Jean Stone of Fort Branch, Ind.,
Jackie Tibbetts of Olathe; five grandchildren. Memorial has been established with the National Arthritis Foundation.
Senter-Smith Mortuary.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 7 July 1992)
Braley, Jack A., 63, osteopathic physician, died Monday,
Aug. 10, 1992. Service 2 p.m. Monday, Rindt-Erdman Funeral Home.
Survivors: wife, Diana; son, Jack C. Braley of Ponca City, Okla.; daughters, Margaret McIntosh of Larned, Amy Hansen
of Stillwater, Okla.; mother, Ruby of Mulvane; sister, Ilene Light of Wichita; four grandchildren. Memorial has
been established with Special Olympics.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 13 August 1992)
Branine, Anita J., 53, former Branine Chevrolet bookkeeper,
died Friday, Aug. 19, 1994. Service 10 a.m. Monday, Mulvane United Methodist Church.
Survivors: husband, Gary; sons, Terry, Jeff, both of Mulvane, Wayne of Pratt; daughter, Debbie Mitchell of Tonkawa,
Okla.; foster son, DeMichael Haggard at home; mother, Emma Glen Ogilvie of San Antonio; brothers, Dwight Graham
of Georgetown, Colo., Stanley Graham of Wichita; 11 grandchildren. Memorial has been established with Hospice Inc.
Senter-Smith Mortuary.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 20 Aug 1994)
Branine, Jennie Marie, 80, retired beautician, died Thursday,
Dec. 17, 1998. Service 2 p.m. Monday, Senter-Smith Mortuary.
Survivors: husband, Paul of Sedalia, Mo.; sons, Donald, Gary, both of Warsaw, Mo., Roger of Mulvane; brother, Paul
Ludwick of Fall River; sister, Loreta Lollar of Overland Park; eight grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren; four
stepgrandchildren; eight stepgreat-grandchildren. Memorials have been established with the American Heart Association
and the American Diabetes Association.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 19 Dec 1998)
LOGAN JAMES BRANINE, 7-month-old son of Jeff and Susan
Branine of Mulvane, died Wednesday, Sept. 14, 1988. Service 10 a.m. today, Mulvane Cemetery.
Other survivors: brother, Jarid, at home; grandparents, Rex and Norma Pyeatt, Gary Branine, Jolene House, all of
Mulvane; great-grandparents, Claude and Leona Studdard, Paul and Marie Branine, all of Mulvane, Bernice Mund of
Pond Creek, Okla., Skeet Moyer of Wellington. Senter-Smith Mortuary, Mulvane.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 17 Sept 1988)
Branine, Paul D., 84, former Branine Chevrolet owner,
died Saturday, March 13, 1999. Service 11 a.m. Wednesday, Senter-Smith Mortuary.
Survivors: sons, Don, Gary, both of Warsaw, Mo., Roger of Mulvane; eight grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren;
one great-great-grandchild; four stepgrandchildren; eight stepgreat-grandchildren. Memorial has been established
with the Alzheimer's Association.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 16 March 1999)
VERNIE GLADYS BRAY, 84, of Wichita, retired Laundromat
owner, died Monday, March 2, 1987. Memorial service 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Christ Villa Nursing Center, Wichita;
2 p.m. Thursday, Mulvane Cemetery.
Survivors: nephew, Jerry Moore of Bartlesville, Okla.; six stepgrandchildren; 11 step-great-grandchildren; one
step-great-great- grandchild. Memorial has been established with the Christ Villa Auxiliary. Senter-Smith Mortuary,
Mulvane.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 4 March 1987)
Breaker, Darvin A., 91, dairy farmer, died Monday, Nov.
13, 2000. Service 2 p.m. Thursday, Senter-Smith Mortuary, Mulvane.
Survivors: wife, Katheryn; son, Darvin Jr. of Euless, Texas; three grandchi ldren; five great-grandchildren; three
stepgreat-grandchildren; two great-gr eat-grandchildren. Memorial established with SCCS Home Health and Hospice,
Derby.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 15 Nov 2000)
Breaker, Katheryn E., 95, homemaker, died Wednesday, Jan.
15, 2003. Service 2 p.m. Saturday, Senter-Smith Mortuary, Mulvane.
Preceded in death by: husband, Darvin Breaker in 2000; daughter, Erma Jeanne Breaker; grandson, Dannie Dee Breaker.
Survivors: son and daughter-in-law, Darvin Jr. and Jo Ann Breaker of Euless, Texas; grandchildren, Darvin III and
Susan Breaker, Carolyn and Michael Bailey, Michael Breaker; great-grandchildren, Donavan Perez, Darvin Breaker
IV, Catie Buckle, Matthew Breaker, Michael Breaker II; step-gre at-grandchildren, Alex Burtin, Kendra Burtin, Brandy
Burtin; four great-great-grandchildren. Memorial established with Heartland Home Health & Hospice.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 17 Jan 2003)
ARTHUR "BEN" BREWER, 62, of Douglass, Wichita
Bumper Service salesman, died Tuesday. Service 1 p.m. Thursday, First Baptist Church, Douglass.
Survivors: wife, Dollie; son, Dr. John of Yardley, Pa.; daughters, Merry Dvorak of Peck, Patti Dickenson of Augusta,
Sydney of Salina, Melody Proctor of Miami, Okla.; 11 grandchildren. Memorial has been established with American
Heart Association. Hilyard-Smith Mortuary, Douglass.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 18 Sept 1985)
Britton, Alice, 81, retired USD 263 employee, died Sunday,
May 20, 2001. Service 2 p.m. today, First Baptist Church.
Survivors: sons, James of Great Bend, Dale of Moore, Okla., Frank of Ponca City, Okla., Mark of Derby; daughters,
Sally Teter of Goldsmith, Ind., Hazel Wessels of Mulvane; sisters, Virginia Crist, Mary Brucker both of McPherson;
17 grandchildren; 20 great-grandchildren. Memorials established with First Baptist Church and Hospice Inc. Senter-Smith
Mortuary.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 24 May 2001)
Brock, Debbie "Deb," 36, died Thursday, Oct.
31, 2002. Visitation 1 to 8 p.m. Sunday and 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. Monday; service 2 p.m. Monday all at Senter-Smith
Mortuary; burial at Mulvane Cemetery.
Mrs. Brock was born Aug. 17, 1966 in Wichita, the daughter of James Earl and Ruthine Mae (Van Deest) Murphy. She
worked at IGA, Dillons deli and operated a daycare center in her home.
On Aug. 25, 2000 she married Kenneth Lee Brock in Derby.
Preceded in death by her father, James E. "Jim" Murphy.
Survivors: husband, Kenny Brock of Rose Hill; sons, Christopher James and Corey Ryan Chandler of the home; stepson,
Christopher Lee Brock of Liberty, Texas; mother, Ruthine M. Murphy of Rose Hill; sister, Kathy Irvin of Rose Hill;
brother, Jon Murphy of Rose Hill; stepbrother, David Murphy of Las Vegas. Memorial established with American Diabetes
Association, 837 S. Hillside Wichita, 67211.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 2 Nov 2002)
Bronnenberg, Thelma M., 76, homemaker, died Tuesday, March
16, 1999. Service 2 p.m. Friday, Senter-Smith Mortuary.
Survivors: husband, Dwight; son, Mike of Leon; sister, Gladys Hatfield of Forsyth, Mo. In lieu of flowers, memorial
has been established with the Alzheimer's Association.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 18 March 1999)
MULVANE - Brooks, Carol, age
63, retired Registered Nurse for Riverside and Wesley Hospitals, died Monday, October 22, 2007. Visitation from
10am to 8pm Thursday at Senter-Smith Mortuary, 501 S.E. Louis Blvd., Mulvane; service 11am Friday at Gloria Dei
Lutheran Church; graveside 3pm Friday at Mulvane Cemetery . Survivors include: husband, John Brooks, Mulvane; children,
Yvette (Steve) Petersen, Clearwater, Lisa (Alan) Davis, Rose Hill, Anthony Heubach, Newton; 8 grandchildren; step-children,
Jennifer (Jerry) Peterson, Rose Hill, Jeffery Brooks, Wichita; 4 step-grandchildren; brother, Thomas (Emily) McManus,
Gadsen AL; niece, Mandy Emedi, NC. A memorial has been established with Gloria Dei Lutheran Church, 1101 N. River
Blvd., Wichita, KS 67203. Send condolences via smithfamilymortuaries.com
Published in the Wichita Eagle from 10/24/2007 - 10/25/2007.
OLATHE - Brown, Betty Sue,
75, passed away Saturday, May 24, 2003 at the Olathe Medical Center. She was born April 7, 1928 in Newton, the
daughter of Melvin and Violet (Kitchen) Ellis. Betty was a resident of Olathe for the past 17 years, moving from
Wichita. She was preceded in death by her husband, Harvey Dean Brown, who passed away in 1972; one daughter, Carolyn
Sue Day; one brother, Raymond Ellis.
Survivors: sons, Mel Brown, Chillicothe, MO, Jim Brown, Hillsdale, KS; sisters, Dorothy Garms, Mulvane, Nellie
Ingram, Wichita; four grandchildren; two great-grandchildren. Service 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, McGilley & Frye Funeral
Home; graveside service 2 p.m. Wednesday, Mulvane Cemetery. Memorials to American Cancer Society.
Published in the Wichita Eagle on 5/27/2003.
MULVANE- Brown, Lady Jane,
91, died July 9, 2006. Visitation 1-8 p.m. Wednesday, Senter-Smith Mortuary; graveside 10 a.m. Thursday, Mulvane
Cemetery .
Survivors: son, Ronnie (Linda) Brown; daughters, Linda Brown, Janis Murray; 7 grandchildren; 15 great grandchildren;
3 great-great grandchildren. Memorial : Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice.
Published in the Wichita Eagle on 7/12/2006.
Oldrich B. Brozek, 59, Self's Inc. salesman, died Monday,
Dec. 25, 1989. Service 2 p.m. Thursday, First Baptist Church.
Survivors: wife, Twilla; son, Mark of Mulvane; daughters, Louise Ashton of Valley Center, Jeannie Pritchard of
Sand Springs, Okla., Myrna Thatcher of Mulvane; brothers, Richard of Lucas, Larry of Wichita; sisters, Pauline
Nickel of Denver, Vivian Herbel of Dorrance; mother, Helen of Lucas; nine grandchildren. Memorial has been established
with First Baptist Church. Center-Smith Mortuary.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 27 Dec 1989)
S. PATTI STRONG BRUNSCHER, 92, of Lompoc, Calif., former
Mulvane resident, homemaker, died Friday. Service 2 p.m. Friday, Mulvane Cemetery. Brunscher's last name was incorrect
in Wednesday's Eagle-Beacon. Senter-Smith Mortuary.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 17 Oct 1985)
Burgess, Dale Curtis, 79, retired farmer and livestock
owner, former Ramada Hotel at Broadview Place employee, died Monday, Dec. 13, 1993. Service 10:30 a.m. today, Senter
Smith Mortuary.
Survivors: sisters, Georgia Smith of Douglass, Cleo Kimble, Donna Rains, Leah Schoenborn, all of Wichita; companion,
Jeana Montague of Wichita. Memorial has been established with VFW Post No. 112, Wichita.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 16 Dec 1993)
Burnell, Goldie, 86, retired licensed child care provider,
died Thursday, July 16, 1998. Service 10:30 a.m. Monday, Zion United Methodist Church. .
Survivors: son, Jerry Burnell of Wichita; daughter, Connie Northrop of Lawrence; seven grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren.
Memorial has been established with Zion United Methodist Church. Downing & Lahey Mortuary.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 17 & 18 July 1998)
UDALL - Burtin, Tanner Lee,
infant son of Dustin Moss and Kendra Burtin, died Saturday, June 2, 2007. Private services will be held. Smith
Mortuary, Derby in charge of arrangements.
Published in the Wichita Eagle on 6/4/2007.
Busch, Joseph A., 85, self- employed land leveler, died
Friday, Sept. 27. 1997. Rosary 6:30 p.m. today, service 10 a.m. Tuesday, both at Villa Maria.
Survivors: sisters, Sister Justina Busch, Sister Edith Busch, both of Mulvane, Helen Schwindt of Great Bend. Memorial
has been established with Villa Maria, 116 S. Central, Mulvane, Kan. 67110. Smith Mortuary, Derby.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 30 Sept 1996)
MULVANE - Butcher, James N.,
79, retired truck driver, died Sunday, Nov. 16, 2003. Service 2 p.m. Wednesday, Smith Mortuary, Derby. He was a
veteran of the US Navy and a member of the First Baptist Church in Douglass.
Survivors: sons, David of Grants, NM, Mike of Mulvane, Ron of Wichita, Richard of Rock; sisters, LaRue "Shortie"
Church, Dossie Fisher, Marita Cronin of Frederick, OK, Ann Woods of Edmond, OK, Pat Robertson of Dallas; 17 grandchildren;
18 great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his wife, Wesley Mae Butcher and two sons, Leslie and Kenneth.
Memorial established with Kansas Veterans Home.
Published in the Wichita Eagle on 11/18/2003.
Butcher, Wesley M., 64, homemaker, died Saturday, Nov.
2, 1996. Service 2 p.m. Monday, Smith Mortuary, Derby.
Survivors: husband, James; sons, David of Douglass, Mike of Mulvane, Ron of Wichita, Richard of Rock; brother,
James Kaufman, address unknown; sisters, Mary Nixon of Yuma, Ariz., Ruby Lee of Frederick, Okla.; 16 grandchildren.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 3 Nov 1996)
Butler, Nancy E., 52, Our Lady of Lourdes Rehabilitation
Hospital licensed practical nurse, died Monday, April 3, 1995. Services, 10 a.m. today, Mulvane United Methodist
Church, 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. Friday, both at Our Lady of Lourdes Rehabilitation Hospital.
Survivors: sons, Kevin of Mulvane, Jon Scott of Wichita; daughter, Michelle Butler of Mulvane; mother, Gertrude
Lowther of Montpelier, Vt.; brothers, Bruce Lowther of Martha's Vineyard, Mass., Steve of Burlington, Va.; three
grandchildren. Memorial has been established with the St. Joseph Medical Center. Senter-Smith Mortuary.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 6 April 1995)
Butts, Clifford E., 73, former Oxford resident, retired
farmer, died Thursday, July 3, 1997. Service 10:30 a.m. Monday, Senter-Smith Mortuary.
Survivors: daughters, Barbara Abbott of Marion, Beverly Crawford of Perry; brother, Forrest of Mulvane; sister,
Marceille Shoup of Belle Plaine; four grandchildren. Memorial has been established with Mulvane United Methodist
Church.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 6 July 1997)
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