Sumner County
Sumner County
Laluk, Judy, 55, beloved wife, mother, daughter, sister and grandmother and D.A.V. Warehouse Manager, died Wednesday,
June 18, 2003. Visitation 1 to 8 p.m. Saturday and Sunday; rosary 7 p.m. Sunday, all at Senter-Smith Mortuary,
Mulvane. Funeral mass 10 a.m. Monday, St. Mary Catholic Church, Mulvane; burial at Mulvane Cemetery. She was born
Feb. 20, 1948 in Wichita, the daughter of Jay "J.C." and Geraldine Arnold. On Nov. 3, 1966 she married
Anton Laluk in Mankato, KS. Preceded in death by her father and brothers, Lenard Williams and Jimmie Arnold.
Survivors: husband, Anton Laluk, Wichita; son, Anthony and Patti Laluk, Frisco, TX; mother, Geraldine Arnold, Shidler,
OK; brother, Charles F. Williams; sisters, Carolyn Armstrong, Wichita, Kathy Nelson, Fairfax, OK, Vicki Huston,
Coffeyville, LaVeta Bowker, Aztec, NM; grandchildren, Marc and Nikolas Laluk and Britney Wimsett and many dear
friends. Memorials with D.A.V., P.O. Box 16261, Wichita, KS 67216.
Published in the Wichita Eagle from 6/21/2003 - 6/22/2003.
MULVANE - Lambrecht, Larry "Jordan,"
5, son of Larry & Charla Lambrecht, died Saturday, July 31, 2004. Visitation 4-8pm today, 9am-8pm Wed., Senter-S
mith Mortuary; service 10am Thur., Mulvane Christian Church. Other
Survivors: sisters, Michelle Brown, Brandy & Heather Stapleton all of Mulvane; grandparents, Cheri Slavens
of Derby, Roger Lambrecht of Brookfield, MO, Charles & Wanda Mahlandt of Mulvane; great-grandfather, Charles
Miller of Piedmont, MO. Memorials: Jordan Lambrecht Fund at Mulvane State Bank.
Published in the Wichita Eagle on 8/3/2004.
ROSE HILL - Landis, Daniel I., 84, loving
and devoted husband and father, farmer, retired Ediger Engineering Company and Poe and Associates civil engineer
passed away Wednesday, May 2, 2007. Visitation: noon-5 pm, today at Smith Mortuary, 1415 N. Rock Rd., Derby. Rosary:
7 pm tonight; funeral mass, 10 am Saturday, both at St. Michael Catholic Church, Mulvane. He is preceded in death
by his wife, Lola.
Survivors: children, Sharon Landis, Jim Landis, Pattie Coons, Carolyn Pizinger, Becky Province, Connie Klocke,
Daniel Landis, Allen Landis, Susan Landis, Mark Landis, Tracy Landis, Don Swindler; sister, Bernice Oster; 40 grandchildren;
12 great grandchildren. Memorials to Multiple Sclerosis Society. Send condolences to smithfamilymortuaries.com.
Arrangements by Smith Mortuary.
Published in the Wichita Eagle from 5/4/2007 - 5/5/2007
ROSE HILL - Landis, Lola M., 79, Loving
Wife & Mother passed away Sept. 21, 2005, in the presence of her husband & children in the family home.
Visitation 2-7pm Sun., Smith Mortuary, Derby. Rosary will be recited at St. Mary Catholic Church Sunday at 8pm.
Mass will be celebrated Monday at 10am at the Church in Derby. Lola was the oldest of 4 children. She was born
October 6, 1925 in Ava, MO, to William & Pearl Cotton. She was preceded in death by he parents, her brother,
James Cotton & her great-granddaughter, Reagan Ann Grundy. She is survived by her son, Donald Swindler. She
married Daniel I. Landis in 1950 and had 5 boys & 6 girls; Sharon Landis (West Middlesex, PA), Jim Landis,
Pattie Coons, Carolyn Pizinger, Becky Province (Oswego, KS), Connie Klocke, Daniel Landis, Allen Landis, Susan
Landis, Mark Landis & Tracy Landis. She has 40 surviving grandchildren & 9 great-grandchildren. A memorial
has been establis hed with St. Mary's Catholic Church & Trinity Hospice. Send condolences & view tributes
at www.smithfamilymortuaries.com
Published in the Wichita Eagle on 9/23/2005.
Langham, David Dean, 31, Raytheon sheet metal mechanic, died Sunday, June 2, 1996. Service 1 p.m. Tuesday, Hillside
Funeral Home, East, Wichita.
Survivors: wife, Patty; sons, Scott and Dalton, both at home; mother, Myla McKnight, sisters, Pam Smith, Teresa
Smith, Dana Hynes, all of Rogers, Ark.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 3 June 1996)
Langstaff, Calvin R., 75, retired Boeing Wichita modification mechanic, died Monday, Jan. 21, 2002. Service 10 a.m. Thursday,
Dawson United Methodist Church.
Survivors: wife, Joyce; sons, Michael Calvin Langstaff of Wellington, Rickey Eugene Langstaff of Arkansas City,
Douglas Arthur Langstaff of Mulvane; daughter, Debra Lee Langstaff of Valley Center; brother, Henry Langstaff of
Overland Park; ten grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren. Senter-Smith Mortuary.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 23 Jan 2002)
MULVANE - Langstaff, Douglas A., 50, tooling
dept. manager at Raytheon, died Saturday, Nov. 29, 2003. Visitation 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday, Senter-S mith Mortuary;
service 10 a.m. Tuesday, United Methodist Church, Mulvane. Doug wa a member of the Marauders' Auto Club and of
the D.S.D.B.A. He is remembered as a loving husband, father, son, grandfather and also a man who loved raising
his 5 sons. He is preceded in death by his father, Calvin and father-in-law, Michael Miller.
Survivors: wife, Debra; sons, Robert Geisler, Woodland Park, CO, Scott Geisler of Seattle, WA, Daniel Smith, Fort
Lauderdale, FL, Keith Langstaff, Woodland, Park, CO, Donald Smith, Wichita; mother, Joyce of Mulvane; brothers,
Michael, Wellington, Rick, FL; sister, Debbie Langstaff, Caldwell; mother-i n-law, Barbara Miller of Wichita; 7
grandchildren; many nieces and nephews. Memorials to Shriners Hospital for Crippled Children, 130 N. Topeka, Wichita,
67202.
Published in the Wichita Eagle on 12/1/2003.
Mary S. Lankard, 57, Country Class Salon cosmetologist, died Saturday, Nov. 9, 1991. Service 2 p.m. Tuesday, Mulvane
Christian Church.
Survivors: husband, Bill; sons, Ray, Greg, both of Mulvane; daughters, Deb Lankard of Mulvane, Tammy Ramsey of
Hutchinson; brothers, William Bartley, Solon Bartley, both of Grove, Okla., Ollie Bartley of Claremore, Okla.,
Francis Bartley of Quapaw, Okla., Bud Bartley of Bethany, Okla., Sam Bartley of Rome, Ga.; sisters, Tommie Barber
of Mulvane, Juelene Ryals of Sand Springs, Okla., Roxie Smith of Anderson, Mo.; six grandchildren. Senter-Smith
Mortuary.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 10 Nov 1991)
Lanzrath, Baby, infant daughter of Jim and Susan Lanzrath, died Thursday, March 11, 1993. Private service will
be held.
Other survivors: brother, Daniel at home; grandparents, Eugene and Sondra Burrell of Lenexa, Terry Lanzrath of
Wichita; great-grandparents, Loretta Burrell of Lowell, Ark., William and Mildred Rohr of Mulvane. Senter-Smith
Mortuary.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 17 March 1993)
LARRY G. LANZRATH, 49, of Mulvane, Derby Junior High School math teacher, died Thursday, Sept. 17, 1987. Rosary 7
p.m. Sunday, Senter-Smith Mortuary. Service 11 a.m. Monday, Mulvane Cemetery.
Survivors: wife, Terry; sons, Jim, Randy, Rick, all of Mulvane, Roger of Wichita; mother, Hattie of Greeley; brothers,
Ronald of Greeley, Ellis of Overland Park, Lyle of Emporia, Willis of Hutchinson, Ralph, Duane, both of Wichita;
sister, Lucille Collins of Greeley; one grandchild. Memorial has been established with the Unified School District
260.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 19 Sept 1987)
Lappin, Dean B., 72, retired U.S. Postal Service accountant, died Thursday, Aug. 4, 1994. Service 2 p.m. Saturday,
Cochran Mortuary.
Survivors: wife, Almeda; son, Stephen of Reno, Nev.; daughters, Joyce Artz of Potwin, Katharine Lappin, Joanne
Lappin, brother, George, all of Wichita; one grandchild; two stepgrandchildren. Memorial has been established with
Potwin United Methodist Church, Box 201, Potwin, Kan. 67123.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 5 August 1994)
Earnest Gene Larkin, 47, Wichita Fire Department captain, died Tuesday, May 8, 1990, in a train-truck accident. Rosary
8 p.m. tonight, Senter-Smith Mortuary; service 10 a.m. Friday, Mulvane First Baptist Church.
Survivors: wife, Sue; sons, Chris Michael, Earnie Gene, both at home; daughters, Phyllis Louise Johnson, Tammy
Eileen Wiechman, both of Wichita, Jennifer Marie at home; stepsons, Robert James Cummings of Winfield, Steven Develin
Reed of Oklahoma City; brothers, Raymond G., Robert D., both of Wichita; sisters, Delores Ann Hunter of Santa Clara,
Calif., Nancy Kay Clark of Wichita, Janice Rosemary Jansen of Mustang, Okla.; stepmother, Bertha Laitzel Larkin,
stepbrother, Daryl Laitzel, stepsisters, Valeria Reed, Danielle Berg, all of Wichita; five grandchildren. Memorial
has been established with the St. Francis Burn Center, Wichita.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 10 May 1990)
Laughary, Willie H., 79, retired General Mills packer and retired camp ranger at the Circle T Girl Scouts Camp, died
Friday, Dec. 24, 1993. Services 2 p.m. Tuesday, Northside Church of Christ, Wichita, 4 p.m. Tuesday, Mulvane Cemetery.
Cochran Mortuary.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 27 Dec 1993)
LAWLESS, MIRIAM
LOUISE (WELLS)
Lawless, Miriam Louise (Wells), 77, homemaker, died Tuesday, Feb. 16, 1999. Service 10 a.m. Saturday,
Senter-Smith Mortuary.
Survivors: daughter, Iris Spath of Tyler, Texas; sister, Helen Preston of Derby; two grandchildren. Memorial has
been established with the American Diabetes Association.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 19 Feb 1999)
Lawson, Ricky D. "Poke," 54, carpenter, died Monday, April 23, 2001. Service 2 p.m. Friday,
Glenn Park Christian Church.
Preceded in death by parents, Donald and Joyce Lawson and brother, Sonny Lawson.
Survivors: life companion, Shirley McNany; son and daughter-in-law, Marc and Amber Lawson of Wichita; daughter,
Neillie Lawson of Wichita; brothers and sister-in-law, Randy and Nancy Lawson of Lubbock, Texas, Rusty Lawson of
New York City; sisters and brothers-in-law, Kathy and Gary Price of Springfield, Mo., Karen Lawson of Wellington,
Kara Lawson of Costa Mesa, Calif.; eight grandchildren. Memorials established with Glenn Park Christian Church,
American Heart Association and National Kidney Association. Broadway Mortuary.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 25 April 2001)
Lawyer, Clarence E., 73, retired Coleman Co. department group leader, died Saturday, Jan. 6, 1996. Service 10 a.m. Tuesday,
Smith Mortuary, Derby.
Survivors: wife, Betty; sons, Keith, Robert, Bill, all of Wichita; brother, the Rev. Leland Wilson of Annapolis,
Md.; sister, Maxine Shockley of Wichita; 12 grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren. Memorial has been established
with Via Christi-St. Francis Cancer Research.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 8 Jan 1996)
Learned, Lottie B., 90, retired barber, died Sunday, Aug. 12, 2001. Service 10 a.m. Wednesday, Mulvane Cemetery.
Survivors: sister-in-law, Bonnie Haynes of Douglass; nephews and nieces; great nephews and nieces. Memorial established
with Kansas Masonic Home Caldwell Assisted Living Center. Senter-Smith Mortuary.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 14 Aug 2001)
Leatherman, Harry William, 82, retired Beech Aircraft Corp. maintenance supervisor, died Saturday, Dec. 4, 1993. Service 2
p.m. Tuesday, Mulvane United Methodist Church.
Survivors: wife, Bonnie; sons, Jerry of Dallas, Jim of Blue Springs, Mo., Jack of Denver, Jay, daughter, Connie
Carey, both of Mulvane; sister, Dorothy Owen of Garden City; nine grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren. Memorials
have been established with Mulvane Methodist Church and Mulvane Historical Society. Senter-Smith Mortuary.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 6 Dec 1993)
Lebo, Msgt. Larry R., 47, retired Air Force master sergeant and NAF accountant, died Sunday, July 15, 2001. Visitation
9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesday; service 2 p.m. Thursday, both at Smith Mortuary.
Preceded in death by mother, Norma Jane Lebo.
Survivors: wife, Fran; daughters, Michelle Lebo, Diana Lebo both of Derby; father, Robert of Derby; sister, Rebecca
Kay Lebo of Myrtle Beach, S.C.; grandchildren, Jade Lebo, Jasmine Norris both of Derby. Memorial established with
American Heart Association.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 17 July 2001)
LeClerc, Mildred I., 86, homemaker, died Sunday, March 31, 2002. Visitation 4 to 8 p.m. today, 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesday;
service 10 a.m. Thursday, Smith Mortuary, Haysville.
Survivors: son, Thomas of Fla.; daughter, Emily Armstrong of South Portland, Maine; stepdaughter, Delores Cathan
of Bellow's Falls, Vt.; nine grandchi ldren; two stepgrandchildren; ten great-grandchildren; seven stepgreat-grandc
hildren. Memorial established with Southgate Country Baptist Church.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 2 April 2002)
Lentz, Virginia L., 63, homemaker, died Wednesday, April 7, 2004. Visitati on 9-8pm Saturday and 4-8pm Sunday; service
10am Monday, all at Senter-Smith Mortuary, Mulvane.
Survivors: daughter and son-in-law, Sandee and Sam Savage, San Antonio, TX; son, Daryl Winter, Wichita; brothers,
Allen and wife, Nancy Winter, Mulvane, Ron and wife, Kay Winter, Medicine Lodge; sister, Vicki and husband, Jerry
Scarbrough, Tampa, FL; grandchildren, Courtney and Cody Martinez. Memorials to Holy Cross Lutheran Church, 600
N. Greenwich, Wichita, KS 67206.
Published in the Wichita Eagle on 4/9/2004.
MULVANE - Leonard I, Mason S., 49, Utilities Superintendent at Kansas Turnpike Authority, died Friday, March 23, 2007. Prayer
service: 6 p.m. Tuesday at Senter-Smith Mortuary. Service: 10 a.m., Wednesday, March 28, 2007 at St. Michael Catholic
Church. He is preceded in death by his parents Morris and Doris Leonard and brother, Dan Leonard. Survivors: wife,
Glenda; son, Mason II of Mulvane; daughters, Tara and Kari of Mulvane, Arin of Olathe; brother, Jan of Brookfield,
MO; sister, Judith Lathrop of Summerville, SC. Memorials to Wichita State Univ. SASO. Arrangements with Senter-Smith
Mortuary.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 25 March 2007)
FRANK M. "RED" LEWALLEN, 71, of Haysville, Beech Aircraft Corp. foreman, died Sunday, Aug.
24, 1986. Service 2 p.m. Wednesday, Mulvane Brethren Church. Survivors: wife, Mary; son, William C. of Atwood;
daughter, JoAnn Coleman of Waterloo, Iowa; brother, Clark of Little Rock, Ark.; sister, Jessie Pearl Falkner of
Norman, Ark.; five grandchildren. Memorial has been established with the Mulvane Brethren Church. Senter-Smith
Mortuary, Mulvane.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 26 August 1986)
MULVANE - Lewis, Larry M., age 69, retired
Boeing Wichita employee, passed away, Saturday, April 12, 2008. Visitation, Tuesday, 9 to 11 a.m. at Watson Reflection
Pointe, 3201 S. Webb Rd., Services, 1:00 p.m. at First Baptist Church, Mulvane. Larry served in the United States
Navy for 11 years. Survivor s, Wife, Betty, Sons, Larry Ray Lewis, Sonny Hall, Lannie, Shawn and Darin Ryals, Daughters,
Debra Jensen, Michelle Guirino, Sheila Maddox, Sister, Shirley Baxley of Russellville, AR., 21 grandchildren, 12
great grandchildren. Memorials to Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice. You may share memories of Larry at www.watsonfuneral.com
Published in the Wichita Eagle from 4/14/2008 - 4/15/2008.
Light, Roland B., 73, retired Watkins Inc. salesman, died Thursday, July 8, 1993. Memorial service 3 p.m. Tuesday,
Broadway Mortuary.
Survivors: wife, Eileen; daughters, Sharon Light of Fresno, Calif., Anita Watson of Wichita; brother, Harold of
Reseda, Calif.; half sister, Simone Penney of California; two grandchildren.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 11 July 11, 1993)
Lindsey, A. Rosetta, 88, homemaker, died Monday, March 7, 1994. Service 10 a.m. Wednesday, First Church of God.
Survivors: sons, Jerry of Wichita, Alan of Oxnard, Calif., Floyd of Harrison, Ark., Lloyd of Moundridge, Jack of
Mason City, Iowa, Chester of Newton; sister, Lena Coker of Corning, Calif.; 17 grandchildren; 10 great- grandchildren;
three stepgrandchildren; three step-great-grandchildren. Memorials have been established with the Salvation Army
and First Church of God building fund. Petersens' Funeral Home.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 8 March 1994)
Lockhart, Joseph A. "Joe," 81, retired farmer, died Thursday, Sept. 1, 1994. Service 3 p.m. Sunday,
Senter-Smith Mortuary, Mulvane.
Survivors: wife, Ruth; daughters, Vicki LaScala of Lake Lotawana, Mo., Coyla Ezell of Perry; stepsons, W.R. Williams
of Bakersfield, Calif., Robert Williams of Golden, Colo.; brother, Kenneth of Alva, Okla.; five grandchildren;
three stepgrandchildren. Memorial has been established with the Kansas Humane Society.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 3 Sept 1994)
Logan, M. Sue, 81, retired Wesley Medical Center nutrition dept. employee and Heartspring and Senior Services
volunteer, died Sunday, April 8, 2001. Service 2 p.m. Thursday, Mulvane Cemetery.
Survivors: daughter, Reta Chambliss of Charleston, S.C.; sisters, Evelyn Loper of Wichita, Freda Ensle of Osawatomie;
two grandchildren. Memorial established with Heartspring. Senter-Smith Mortuary.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 11 April 2001)
Loiselle, Raymond C. Sr., 60, retired U.S. Air Force staff sergeant, died Friday, Dec. 5, 1997. Service 2 p.m. Wednesday,
Mulvane Cemetery.
Survivors: wife, Patricia; son, Raymond Jr. of Tecumseh, Okla.; daughters, Tonya Loiselle of Wichita, Danielle
Dunn of Marion, Ohio; stepdaughter, Gayra Mauney of Howard; sisters, Lillian Francis of Kerrville, Texas, Patricia
Hoffner of Big Springs, Texas; four grandchildren. Senter-Smith Mortuary, Mulvane.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 9 Dec 1997)
LONG, DOROTHY J.
MULVANE - Leesekamp-Long, Dorothy J.,
54, office manager for Curt White State Farm Insurance, Derby, died Sunday, Dec. 7, 2003. Vistation 9 a.m. to 8
p.m. Wednesday; service 10 a.m. Thursday, both at Senter-Smith Mortuary. Dorothy is preceded in death by father,
Leo Leesekamp.
Survivors: husband, Gordon Long; son, Gordon Long, Plano, TX; daughter, Shannon McFarland, Tulsa, OK; mother, Mary
Leesekamp, Anamosa, IA; brothers, Raymond and John, both of Anamosa, IA, Eddie, Denver, CO; sisters, Pat Armstrong,
York, NE, Ann Levsen, Clarence, IA, Margo Long, Cedar Rapids, IA, Jackie Watkins, Alexandria, VA, Mary Beth Griffith,
Marion, IA, Debbie Bohlken, East Moline, IL; 5 grandchildren. Memorials may be made to the Mulvane Care and Share,
100 W. Main, Mulvane, KS 67110.
Published in the Wichita Eagle on 12/10/2003.
LILLIAN F. LONG, 78, of 1929 S. Vine, homemaker, died Thursday. Services 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Broadway Mortuary;
3 p.m., Mulvane (Kan.) Cemetery.
Survivors: sons, Jack C. of Wichita, Tom of Oklahoma; daughters, Marcia Tole, Peggy L. Allen, brother, Leon Watts,
all of Wichita; 12 grandchildren.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 25 Oct 1985)
Robert L. Long, 63, retired Long's Hardware owner, died Wednesday, Dec. 10, 1986. Service 2 p.m. Friday, Senter-Smith
Mortuary, Mulvane.
Survivors: wife, Mildred; sons, Gordon of Tempe, Ariz., Brad at home; daughters, Barbara Mayfield, Patti Barscewski,
Susan Emery, all of Andover; 10 grandchildren. Memorial has been established with the Mulvane American Legion.
Patrick W. Crowe, 98, retired farmer, died Tuesday, Dec. 9, 1986. Service 10 a.m. Saturday, St. Mary's Catholic
Church.
Survivors: daughters, Patricia Crowe, Rosemary Hammar, both of Wichita; brother, Jesse Phillips of Russell; sister,
Mary Dauber of Salina; two grandchildren; two great-grandchildren. Memorial has been established with the Russell
City Hospital. Cline Funeral Home.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 11 Dec 1986)
Robert L. Long, 63, retired Long's Hardware owner, died Wednesday, Dec. 10, 1986. Service 2 p.m. Friday, Senter-Smith
Mortuary, Mulvane.
Survivors: wife, Mildred; sons, Gordon of Tempe, Ariz., Brad at home; daughters, Barbara Mayfield, Patti Barscewski,
Susan Emery, all of Andover; 10 grandchildren. Memorial has been established with the Mulvane American Legion.
Patrick W. Crowe, 98, retired farmer, died Tuesday, Dec. 9, 1986. Service 10 a.m. Saturday, St. Mary's Catholic
Church.
Survivors: daughters, Patricia Crowe, Rosemary Hammar, both of Wichita; brother, Jesse Phillips of Russell; sister,
Mary Dauber of Salina; two grandchildren; two great-grandchildren. Memorial has been established with the Russell
City Hospital. Cline Funeral Home.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 11 Dec 1986)
TEACHER REMEMBERED FOR HER INDEPENDENCE MATEL LOPER, 90,
ALSO SPENT 20 YEARS IN THE U.S. NAVY.
Matel Loper didn't let things stop her.
"She was almost completely self-sufficient," said Gary Howard, her nephew. "She lived alone and
would have continued to live alone in her apartment on Kellogg had the city not have started the Kellogg expansion.
She had the strength of character to go out and do so many things."
Miss Loper, 90, a retired U.S. Navy chief store keeper and former teacher, died Monday.
Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. today at College Hill United Methodist Church. A graveside service will be
at 2 p.m. Thursday at Mulvane Cemetery.
Miss Loper was born April 6, 1908, in Dayton, Ohio. When she was 7, her family moved from Ohio to Mulvane. An invalid
aunt who lived with them had inherited a home there on Main Street.
She graduated from Mulvane High School in 1926, attended two semesters at Emporia State Teacher's College and then
became a teacher.
At the Lone Star School southeast of Mulvane, Miss Loper not only taught but stoked the coal fire and swept the
floor.
In 1945, she joined the Navy. Her career as a WAVE took her to many parts of the world. In Naples, Italy, she worked
at the NATO building next door to where Mussolini had held his wartime rallies.
Before her "retirement" from the Navy in 1965, she audited payrolls, stocked grocery shelves, taught
sailors to read and chartered ship movements in the Pacific.
"I recall when she was stationed overseas and would come into the train station in Wichita for the holidays,"
Gary Howard said. "I remember the fun she would bring to the holidays."
Once she retired from the Navy, Miss Loper enrolled in college in Honolulu to renew her teaching certificate. She
then came home to Kansas to teach a few more years before retiring - this time to do volunteer work.
"She was very active in her church, the College Hill United Methodist Church," Gary Howard said. "She
served as the church librarian."
Besides her nephew of Wichita, Miss Loper is survived by a sister, Ina Howard of Wichita; four more nephews; and
10 nieces.
Memorials have been established with Hospice Inc. and Mulvane Historical Museum.
Downing & Lahey Mortuary East Chapel is in charge of funeral arrangements.
Beccy Tanner can be reached at 268-6336 or by e-mail at btanner@wichitaeagle.com.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 12 Nov 1998)
Chelsea M. Love, 2-year-old daughter of Steve and Cindy Love, died Saturday. Service 11 a.m. Tuesday, Senter-Smith
Mortuary.
Other survivors: grandparents, Vernon and Ila Strait, Dorothy Love, great-grandparents, Eula Davis and Marie Strait,
all of Mulvane. Memorial has been established with the Belle Plaine Emergency Medical Service.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 10 June 1985)
Love, Dorothy M., 88, retired art teacher, died Wednesday, June 14, 2000. Service 2 p.m. Saturday, Mulvane Cemetery.
Survivors: sons, Charles of Tahlequah, Okla., Steve of Mulvane; daughter, Jeannette Love of Wichita; seven grandchildren;
three great-grandchildren. Memorial has been established with Heritage Village Nursing Home, Rose Hill. Senter-Smith
Mortuary.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 16 June 2000)
Love, Herman Otis, 79, retired Boeing foreman, died Wednesday, July 13, 1994. Service 10 a.m. Saturday, Center-Smith
Mortuary.
Survivors: sons, Larry of Mulvane, Melvin of Lyman, Maine; brothers, Clifford of Greenwich, Clyde Love of Elsmore;
five grandchildren. Memorial has been established with the American Cancer Society.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 15 July 1994)
MULVANE - Love, Peggy, age 61, retired
Mothers Day Out daycare worker, died Thursday, August 31, 2006. Visitation 1 p.m. - 8 p.m. Monday, Senter-Smith
Mortuary, 501 S.E. Louis Blvd. Funeral service 10 a.m. Tuesday, Mulvane United Methodist Church. She is preceded
in death by her parents, Ross and Charlene Bradford.
Survivors: husband, Larry; son and daughter-in-law, Kelly and Theresa Love of Rose Hill; daughters and sons-in-law,
Angie and Dane Daniel of Douglass, and Shelly Love and Ron McBride of Peck; brother and sister-in-law, Richard
and Susan Bradford of Olathe; 14 grandchildren. In lieu of flowers, a memorial has been established with Mothers
Day Out Program, Mulvane United Methodist Church, 107 S. Central, Mulvane, KS 67110. View tributes and send condolences
at www.smithfamilymortuaries.com. Senter-Smith Mortuary in charge of arrangements.
Published in the Wichita Eagle on 9/3/2006.
Lynch, Voris D. "Doc," 74, retired Kansas State Employment interviewer, died Friday, Jan.
21, 2000. Service 10 a.m. Tuesday, Smith Mortuary, Derby.
Survivors: wife, Dorothy Irene; daughters, Linda Hughes of Salina, Sue Taylor, Rhonda Best, Nancy Farber, all of
Mulvane; sisters, Arevenna Cortner of Halfway, Mo., Goldie Hawkins of Marshfield, Mo.; nine grandchildren; eight
great-grandchildren. Memorial has been established with Union Rescue Mission.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 23 January 2000 ~ submitted by Lori DeWinkler)
MAHLANDT, MINION
NAOMI (SPEARS)
Minion Naomi (Spears) Mahlandt, 91, homemaker, died Friday, Jan. 24, 1992. Service 2:30 p.m. Tuesday,
Senter-Smith Mortuary.
Survivors: brother, Ralph W. of Manhattan; numerous nieces and nephews. Memorial has been established with Mulvane
United Methodist Church.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 26 Jan 1992 ~ Submitted by Lori DeWinkler)
Mann, David L., 55, Roberts Overdoors Inc. owner and manager, died Thursday, April 27, 1995. Service 2 p.m. Monday,
Sunnyside Baptist Church.
Survivors: wife, Barbara; sons, David, Christopher, both of Wichita; daughter, Tracy Crabtree of Viola; mother,
Alice of Rodney, Iowa; sister, Emma Jean Castle of Smithland, Iowa; three grandchildren. Memorial has been established
with Sunnyside Baptist Church. De Vorss Flanagan-Hunt Mortuary.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 29 April 1995 ~ Submitted by Lori DeWinkler)
MARSH, DEXTER ALLYN
Dexter Allyn Marsh, 47, of Emporia died Wednesday,
Oct. 1, 2003, at Via Christi Regional Medical Center-St. Francis Campus in Wichita.
Mr. Marsh was a machinist.
Dexter Allyn Marsh, the son of James D. and Wynona LaVahn Palmer Marsh, was born Jan. 2, 1956, at Manhattan.
Mr. Marsh is survived by his father and stepmother, Jim and Nancy Marsh of Haysville; and two sisters, Dana Soria
of Wellington and Diane Marsh of Liberal.
His mother died earlier.
The service will be at 2 p.m. Friday in Mulvane Cemetery at Mulvane. The Rev. Steve Brecheisen of First Baptist
Church in Derby will officiate.
Memorial contributions can be sent to the Wellington Humane Society, P.O. Box 494, Wellington, KS 67152.
Messages to the family can be sent to the Day Funeral Home in Wellington at www.dayfuneralhome.info.
(Emporia Gazette ~ 2 October 2003)
Marsh, Wynona "Noni," 67, retired Tackett Plumbing office manager, died Thursday, June
13, 2002. Visitation 1 to 9 p.m. Sunday; service 1 p.m. Monday, both at Day Funeral Home; additional service 3
p.m. Monday, Mulvane Cemetery.
Survivors: husband, Jim; son, Dexter of Emporia; daughters and sons-in-law, Dana and Nick Soria of Wellington,
Diane Marsh and Gary of Liberal; sisters and brothers-in-law, Thelma "Tootie" and Wilbur Varner of El
Dorado, Deane and Bud Richardson of Wichita, LaDonna Alford and her husband of Daisetta, Texas, Phyllis Britton
of Arkansas City, Janice and Jim Wakeland of Grove, Okla.; grandchildren, Jasa Marsh, Jarity Marsh both of Liberal,
Nigel Soria, Dani Soria both of Wellington. Memorials established with Sumner County Genealog ical Society, P.O.
Box 420, Wellington, KS, 67152 and American Cancer Society, 400 N. Broadway, Wichita, 67202. Condolences may be
sent to the family via www.dayfuneralhome.info
(Wichita Eagle ~ 15 June 2002)
CHARLES ROBERT MARTIN, 25, of 2228 S. Oliver, former canteen employee, died Saturday, Sept. 20, 1986. Service 3 p.m. today,
Mulvane (Kan.) Cemetery.
Survivor: son, Justin Lee Martin of Mulvane. Downing & Lahey Mortuary.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 24 Sept 1986)
Martin, Shane M., 25, Andy Groves Sign Co. electrician, died Aug. 16, 1995. Service 10 a.m. Monday, Our Savior Lutheran
Church.
Survivors: father and stepmother, Michael and Sandy Martin of Augusta; mother and stepfather, Sherena and Ron Pierson
of Mulvane; stepsisters, Dawn Phillips of Wichita, Kim Cox of Orange Park, Fla.; grandparents, Francis Stark, Donna
Hilyard, Paul and Marge Olmsted, all of Wichita, Ann Pierson of Mulvane. Senter-Smith Mortuary.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 18 August 1995)
Martin, William Bernard, 72, retired auto salesman, died Monday, Feb. 8, 1993. Service 2 p.m. Thursday, Mulvane Cemetery.
Survivors: wife, Juanita; sons, Anthony, Bruce, Pete Keeter, Jim Keeter, all of Wichita; daughters, LeeAnn Martin
of Topeka, Dixie Owings of Choctaw, Okla., Sherry Smiley of Roswell, N.M.; sisters, Virginia Stewart of Irving,
Texas, Grace McDonald of Kansas City, Mo.; four grandchildren; four great- grandchildren. Memorial has been established
with the American Heart Association. Ayres-Calbeck Mortuary.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 9 Feb 1993)
Mauney, Mallie Louise, 84, homemaker, died Sunday, March 30, 1997. Service 2 p.m. Wednesday, Mulvane Cemetery.
Survivors: sons, Jimmy of Mulvane, Louis of Fort Dodge; daughter, Mary Teagan of Brighton, Mich.; sister, Ruby
Blackard of Myrtle, Miss.; 14 grandchildren; several great-grandchildren. Senter-Smith Mortuary.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 1 April 1997)
GLENN E. MAXWELL, 72, of Mulvane, retired Beech Aircraft Corp. welder, died Wednesday, July 27, 1988. Service 10
a.m. Saturday, Senter-Smith Mortuary, Mulvane.
Survivors: wife, Pearl; son, Albert of Douglass; daughters, Delores Miller of Kent, Wash., Melba Jean Carroll of
Mulvane; brothers, Leroy of Caldwell, Leland of Colcord, Okla.; sisters, Afton Marie Harviston of Athens, Texas,
Wanda Bilemire of Lousiana; six grandchildren; five great- grandchildren.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 28 July 1988)
MULVANE - Maxwell, Pearl, age 87, homemaker,
died Saturday, July 7, 2007. Visitation 10am-8pm Wednesday, Senter-Smith Mortuary. Graveside service 10:30 am Thursday,
Mulvane Cemetery. She is preceded in death by her loving husband, Glenn; sisters, Mabel Butler and Marcy Peters;
and a grandson, Larry Miller.
Survivors: son, Albert Maxwell (Donna), Douglass, KS; daughters, Deloris Miller (Fred), Kent WA and Melba Jean
Carroll, Wichita: brother, Nathan Kustanborter, Concord, OK; sisters, Nellie Duncan, Hattie Maxwell and Julia Anderson,
all of Concord, OK, Geneva Kaiser and Juanita Epperson, both of Kent, WA, and Lula Cowell, Wichita; grandchildren,
Terry and Gwenna Miller, Corinna Carroll, Kevin, Chris and Cheri Maxwell; nine great-grandchildren, five great-great-grandchildren.
Senter-Smith Mortuary in charge of arrangements.
Published in the Wichita Eagle on 7/11/2007.
DERBY - Mayfield, Gregory Robert, 46,
Boeing transportation department employee, passed away last week. Visitation Monday 9AM to 8PM; services 10 AM
Tuesday, all at Smith Mortuary, Derby. He is survived by his daughters, Kristena and Lyndsey Mayfield; parents,
Paul A and Beverly Mayfield; brothers, Monte and Paul Mayfield; grandfather, Robert Wagner; and his daughters'
mother Cindi Mayfield.
Published in the Wichita Eagle on 7/27/2003.
MAYFIELD, HELEN
ALICE (HOWARD)
HELEN ALICE (HOWARD) MAYFIELD, 94, of Derby, homemaker, died Saturday, June 27, 1987. Service 10 a.m. Wednesday, Senter-Smith
Mortuary, Mulvane.
Survivors: sons, Lawrence of Norman, Okla., Glen of San Diego, Jack of Seguin, Texas, Arthur of Mulvane, Robert
of Wichita; daughters, Margie Owens of Lakewood, Colo., Bessie Kohler of Haven, Mary Edwards of Denver, Betty Bradfield
of Derby, Ruby Watts of Napomo, Calif.; 16 grandchildren; 11 great- grandchildren. Memorial has been established
with Mulvane Brethren Church.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 29 June 1987)
MULVANE - Mayhugh, Wayne Hedrick, 68,
Retired Boeing Aircraft Mechanic, died March 9, 2006. Services 10 am Monday, March 13, 2006, Bethany Lutheran Church.
He was a member of the Profession Aircraft Mechanic Assoc., Parents of Murdered Children, Wichita Remote Control
Club, Derby Remote Control Club, American Mechanics Assoc., EAA-Chapter 24, Semi-active in Balloon Club, Mulvane
Chamber of Commerce-Santa since 1994, Mulvane Old Settlers Assoc., Mulvane Optimists-Santa since 1978, and a lifetime
member of Mulvane American Legion. Preceded in death by son William H. Mayhugh II.
Survivors: wife Ruth; sons Terry and wife June of Mesa, AZ, Kenneth and wife Bong of Wichita, Michael Le and wife
Hien of Wichita, Wayne John of Germany; daughters Lana Burghart and husband Pete of Belle Plain, Mary Fankhauser
and husband Darrell of Dwight; step-daughter LeAnne Blackwell and husband Tom of Mulvane; half brothers Steve Mayhugh,
Jimmy Mayhugh, and Danny Blockberger all of Lawrence; sisters Donna Place of Lawrence, Peggy Edwards and husband
Francis of Independence, Mo.,; half-sister Gail Elanos of Lawrence; 27 grandchildren, and 19 great grandchildren.
Memorials with Bethany Lutheran Church, American Heart Assoc., and POMC-Parents of Murdered Children. Resthaven
Mortuary.
Published in the Wichita Eagle from 3/11/2006 - 3/12/2006.
MULVANE - McBee, Brenda Lynn, 56, homemaker,
loving wife, mother and grandmother, went peacefully to be with her Savior Jesus on November 29, 2007, after a
courageous battle with cancer. She loved her family and was a very special grandmother to seven grandchildren.
We will hold her in our hearts forever. Visitation 3-8pm Sunday, Hilyard-Smith Funeral Home, 507 S. Maple, Douglass.
The family will be present to greet friends from 6-8 pm. Funeral service: 10am Monday, First Baptist Church, 107
S. Maple, Douglass.
Survivors: husband, Jerry; daughters, Leah (Dennis) Oller, Derby, KS, Janey (Mike) Mahlandt, Rock, KS and Jody
(John) Warrick, Wellington, KS; mother, Ruth Benton, Augusta, KS; brother, Larry Benton, Newton, KS; sisters, Lana
Payton, Augusta, KS and Donna Craig, Altoona, KS; seven grandchildren. A memorial has been established with First
Baptist Church, 107 S. Maple, Douglass, KS 67039. View tributes at smithfamilymortuaries.com. Hilyard-Smith Mortuary
in charge of arrangements.
Published in the Wichita Eagle on 12/1/2007.
McClaflin, Clarence D., 68, retired Branine Chevrolet auto body worker, died Monday, Jan. 16, 1995. Service 2 p.m. Thursday,
Mulvane Cemetery.
Survivors: wife, Mable; daughters, Jackie of Georgetown, Texas, Patricia Loiselle, Kathy Rogers, both of Mulvane;
brothers, Lee of Arkansas City, Harold of Milan; sister, Opal Mullins of Arkansas City; seven grandchildren; three
great-grandchildren. Senter-Smith Mortuary.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 18 jan 1995)
DOROTHY EVA McCLANAHAN, 82, of Mulvane, retired Eylers Drugstore bookkeeper, died Sunday, March 1, 1987. Service 2 p.m.
Wednesday, Senter-Smith Mortuary.
Survivors: sons, W. L., Ed, both of Wichita; daughters, Maxine Ferguson of Parker, Colo., Lana Byers of Ponca City,
Okla.; brother, Forest Witt of Humansville, Mo.; sister, Juanita Brown of Springfield, Ill.; 10 grandchildren;
nine great-grandchildren. Memorial has been established with the American Heart Association.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 3 March 1987)
Dr. W.L. McClanahan, 67, former teacher and retired South High School principal, died Friday, Sept. 20, 1991. Service
10 a.m. Monday, Senter-Smith Mortuary, Mulvane.
Survivors: wife, Kathryn M.; sons, Jeff, John, James, brother, J.E., all of Wichita; sisters, Maxine Ferguson of
Parker, Colo., Lana Byers of Ponca City, Okla.; four grandchildren.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 22 Sept 1991)
McClanahan, Kathryn M., 71, retired Sears catalogue dept. employee, died Thursday, April 12, 2001. Visitation 4 to 8 p.m.
today, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday; service 2 p.m. Monday, all at Senter-Smith Mortuary, Mulvane.
Preceded in death by husband, Dr. W.L. McClanahan in 1991.
Survivors: sons, Jeff, Jon, James all of Wichita; four grandchildren; three great-grandchildren. Memorial established
with Kansas Humane Society.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 15 April 2001 ~ submitted by Lori DeWinkler)
McClure, Christopher Dwayne, infant son of James and Jody McClure, died Monday, Sept. 29, 1997. Service 2 p.m. Thursday, Mulvane
Cemetery.
Other survivors: brother, Zachary at home; sisters, Lora at home, Michelle of Wichita; halfbrother, Patrick Bruce,
halfsister, Demara Bruce, both of Wichita; grandparents, Mike and Trudy Christian of Mulvane, Marvin and Viola
McClure of Valley Center; great-grandparents, Jim and Betty Christian of Wichita, Roy and Helen Young of Clearwater;
great-great-grandparents, Blanche Christian of Wichita, Charlie Davis of Fort Scott. Senter-Smith Mortuary, Mulvane.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 1 Oct 1997)
Zola Pearl McCrea, 93, homemaker, died Saturday, Sept. 21, 1991. Service 2 p.m. Monday, Senter-Smith Mortuary.
Survivors: daughters, Faye John of Belle Plaine, Maxine Kerschen of St. Charles, Mo.; sisters, Grace Buchaneau
of Goleta, Calif., Ada Fisher of Wichita; six grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; three great-great- grandchildren.
Memorials have been established with Cedarview Good Samaritan Nursing Home, Wellington and Mulvane United Methodist
Church.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 22 Sept 1991)
MICHAEL SCOTT McCURDY, 21, of Mulvane, Armored Services security guard, died Friday, July 22, 1988. Service 2 p.m. Monday,
Mulvane United Methodist Church. Survivors: parents, Clair and Jean of Mulvane; sisters, Cynthia, Patti McKee,
both of Wichita, Kristi Donohue of Douglass; grandmother, Helen Blaney of Enid, Okla. Memorial has been established
with Mulvane United Methodist Church. Senter-Smith Mortuary.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 24 July 1988)
McDonald, Bob, 70, retired Boeing Wichita and Cessna Aircraft Co. aviation mechanic, died Wednesday, Sept. 20,
2000. Service 2 p.m. Saturday, Senter-S mith Mortuary.
Survivors: wife, Mary; sons, Jerry, Larry both of Mulvane, Ronnie of Goodman, Mo.; daughters, Betty Adams of Udall,
Patsy Kolbe of Neosho, Mo., Cathy McKerracher of Mulvane; brother, Bill of Branson, Mo.; sister, Edith Royer of
Guthrie, Okla.; 17 grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren. Memorials have been established with Hospice Inc. and
American Cancer Society.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 22 Sept 2000)
McFadden, Marjorie L., 84, homemaker, retired legal secretary, died Saturday, March 6, 1999. Service 2 p.m. Thursday,
Senter-Smith Mortuary, Mulvane.
Survivors: brother, Carol McCaskey of Mulvane, sister, Dorothy Greene of Tamarac, Fla.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 10 March 1999)
McFaddin, Ruth, 88, retired teacher and homemaker, died Thursday, May 9, 1996. Service 2 p.m. Monday, Douglass
United Methodist Church.
Survivors: son, Ned of Colorado Springs, Kim of San Ramon, Calif., Dee of Douglass; six grandchildren; one great-
grandchild. Memorial has been established with the Douglass United Methodist. Hilyard-Smith Funeral Home.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 11 May 1996 ~ submitted by Lori DeWinkler)
WANDA M. McGINNIS, 80, of 1541 S. Pinecrest, homemaker, died Thursday. Service 10 a.m. Monday, Mulvane Cemetery.
Survivors: son, Wally of Lake Los Angeles, Calif.; sister, Mary Jane Farney of Pasadena, Calif. Senter-Smith Mortuary,
Mulvane.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 14 April 1985 ~ submitted by Lori DeWinkler)
MICHAEL L. MCKEE LOVED TO HELP
Michael L. McKee was known throughout Mulvane as a high school football star, owner of a plumbing business, a member
of civic groups and a coach of youngsters' football and soccer teams.
''He never met a stranger, always had a smile on his face," his brother Merle said. "If he didn't know
you when you met, he would in the next five minutes."
Mr. McKee, 33, died of accidental carbon monoxide poisoning Saturday at his company, Mike's Plumbing and Heating.
His brother said Mr. McKee was working in his shop with his car's engine running Saturday when he apparently became
sleepy, sat down in the car and was overcome by the engine's fumes.
''He stood 6-3, was 240 pounds. He loved to help anybody he could in the community, especially the kids' groups,
through the Optimists' Junior Football and soccer," his brother said. "He enjoyed kids."
Mr. McKee was born June 11, 1951, in Wichita to Dick and Marcella McKee. He was raised in Mulvane.
Mr. McKee was named to the all-league football team every year that he attended Mulvane High School and was named
to the all-state team in his senior year.
He lettered in football, basketball and track. His records in the shotput and discus still have not been broken
by a Mulvane student.
He graduated in 1969 and attended Emporia State University for a year and a half on a football scholarship.
But he left to take a job at U.S. Supply, a plumbing supply firm in Wichita.
He married Elnora Stunkel on July 8, 1972.
He apprenticed with Simonsen Plumbing in Derby for two years and then started working for his father as a plumber.
Two years ago, he bought out his father's business.
Mr. McKee was a member of the Mulvane Optimists Club, Mulvane Masonic Lodge, Wichita Consistory, Midian Shrine,
and Council Hill Christian Church.
He also served as a volunteer firefighter for several years.
When not working, Mr. McKee spent many hours hunting and fishing.
Services will be at 2 p.m. todayat the Mulvane High School auditorium.
Survivors include, his wife, Elnora; a son, Todd; a daughter, Laura, of the home; parents, Dick and Marcella of
Shell Knob, Mo.; brothers, Mitch, Merle, Monte, a sister, Marla, grandparents, Norris and Helen Knox, Dean and
Lois McKee, all of Mulvane.
A memorial has been established with the McKee Educational Fund, in care of the Mulvane State Bank.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 26 Dec 1984)
JAMES DEAN McKEE, 84, of Mulvane, retired restaurant owner, died Tuesday, June 13, 1989. Service 10 a.m. Friday,
Mulvane United Methodist Church.
Survivors: wife, Lois; sons, James Richard of Shell Knob, Mo., Donald Dean of Mulvane; daughters, Wilma Jean Bray
of Slidell, La., Norma Joyce Yocom of Derby; brother, Lloyd Dale of Wichita; nine grandchildren; 11 great- grandchildren.
Memorial has been established with the Mulvane Senior Citizens Center. Senter-Smith Mortuary.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 15 June 1989)
McKEE, JAMES RICHARD
"DICK"
MULVANE - McKee, James Richard "Dick", of Shell Knob, MO, formerly of Mulvane, age 79, passed away at his
home in Shell Knob on Wednesday, March 28, 2007, following a brief illness. Visitation 1-8pm Friday and 10am-8pm
Saturday, with family receiving friends from 6-8pm both days, Senter-Smith Mortuary, 501 SE Louis Blvd.. Private
services will be held. Mr. McKee, son of James D. and Lois M. Davis McKee, was born on November 28, 1927, in Mulvane,
KS. He was a 1946 graduate of Mulvane High School. Mr. McKee was a plumbing and heating contractor and owner/operator
of Dick's Plumbing and Heating Company in Mulvane for several years before moving to Shell Knob 23 years ago. He
was a Mason and a member of the Mulvane Masonic Lodge #201 A.F. & A.M. He married Marcella Knox on December
6, 1947, in Wichita. She survives. Additional survivors include three sons, Mitchel and his wife, Gina, of Derby,
Merle McKee and his wife, Julie, and Monte McKee and his wife Debra, all of Mulvane; one daughter, Marla Neely
and her husband, Jim, of Derby; one daughter-in-law, Elnora McKee, of Mulvane; one brother, Don McKee, of Mulvane;
one sister, Norma Yocom, of Bella Vista, AK; 14 grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. In addition to his
parents, he was predeceased by one son, Michael Lynn McKee, in 1984, and one sister, Wilma Bray. View tributes
at smithfamilymortuaries.com. Senter-Smith Mortuary in charge of arrangements.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 30 March 2007)
McKee, Lois M., 93, retired D&L Restaurant owner, died Wednesday, Feb. 28, 1996. Service 10 a.m. Monday, Mulvane
United Methodist Church.
Survivors: sons, Don of Mulvane, Dick of Shell Knob, Mo.; daughters, Wilma Bray of Slidell, La., Norma Yocom of
Derby; sister, Susie Coleman of Mulvane; nine grandchildren; 20 great-grandchildren. Memorial has been established
with Mulvane United Methodist Church. Senter-Smith Mortuary.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 2 March 1996)
McKenzie, Marjorie F., 89, homemaker, died Saturday, March 6, 1993. Rosary 7 p.m. Tuesday, Senter-Smith Mortuary, service
10 a.m. Wednesday, Villa Maria Nursing Home Chapel, Mulvane.
Survivors: sister, Alieen Britton of Toronto, Canada; three grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren. Memorial
has been established with the American Heart Association.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 8 March 1993)
Thelma O. (Hollis) McKinley, 88, homemaker, died Tuesday, Jan. 2, 1990. Service 2 p.m. today, Christian Church, Mulvane.
Survivors: sons, Roy of Jay, Okla., Marvin of Bremerton, Wash., Sid of Augusta, Richard of Maumelle, Ark.; daughters,
Marye Carroll of Salem, Ore., Sussie Rundles of Cairo, Ill.; 15 grandchildren; 21 great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandchild.
Memorial has been established with the American Heart Association. Senter-Smith Mortuary, Mulvane.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 4 Jan 1990)
McLendon, Edna E., 85, homemaker, died Monday, Feb. 8, 1999. Service 2 p.m. Thursday, Senter-Smith Mortuary.
Survivors: son, John of Wichita; daughter, Sandra Rennick of Mulvane; seven grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren.
Memorial has been established with Community Hospice.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 10 Feb 1999)
McLeod, John E., 89, retired farmer and former Boeing Wichita wing assembly man, died Wednesday, Jan. 6, 1993. Service
10 a.m. Saturday, Senter- Smith Mortuary.
Survivors: sons, John Jr. of Mulvane, Robert of Wichita; daughters, Eleanor Gardenhire of Mulvane, Shirley Poindexter
of Wheatridge, Colo.; nine grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandchild.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 8 Jan 1993)
McLeod, John E. Jr., 78, retired avionics technician, died Feb. 27, 2003. Visitation 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday; service
2 p.m. Wednesday, Senter-Smith Mortuary; interment at Mulvane Cemetery.
Survivors: sisters and brothers-in-law, Shirley and Terry Poindexter of Solomons, Md., Eleanor and Don Gardenhire
of Mulvane; dear sister-in-law, Geneva McLeod of Wichita; beloved nieces and nephews, Robert and Meg McLeod of
Philadelphia, Lorna, Terry and Kaitlin Earnest of Platte City, Mo., Brian McLeod of Wichita, Mona McLeod-Couillard,
Kevin, Jim and Matt Couillard of Wichita, Eleanor Humphrey, Bridget, Abi, Jamie, and Sean Bilbrey of Hampton, Va.,
Karen, Bill and Kaitlynn Porter of Cedar Park, Texas, Don, Karen, Kevin and Kristin Gardenhire of Round Rock, Texas,
Roy and John Gardenhire, Jessica, Mike, Nina and Satori Saiz of Mulvane, Jerry, Mickey, Shelby and Nick Monjure
of Longton, Cynthia, Eddie and Joshua Jones of Moore, Okla., Terry and Sherlene, Kasy and Nate Poindexter of Whiteright,
Texas; his many friends. Memorial established with American Heart Association.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 2 March 2003)
McMILLEN, MILDA
LORRAINE (SCHROETER)
Milda Lorraine (Schroeter) McMillen, 83, retired Mulvane school district cook, died Saturday, April 20,
1991. Service 10 a.m. Tuesday, Our Savior Lutheran Church, Mulvane.
Survivors: son, Dean Mills of Mulvane; daughter, Sharon Patton of Enid, Okla.; brothers, Clarence Schroeter of
Kinsley, Frederick Stephens of Ellinwood; sister, Helen Sater of Larned; five grandchildren; eight great- grandchildren.
Memorial has been established with Our Savior Lutheran Church. Senter-Smith Mortuary.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 22 April 1991)
MULVANE - McMinn, Anderson "Andy",
69, retired U.S. Navy Sr. Chief Petty Officer, died March 26, 2005. Visitation 9 am to 8 pm Tuesday; service 2
pm Wednesday, Senter-Smith Mortuary.
Survivors: wife, Pat; sons & daughters-in-law, Anderson & Rebecca of Florence, CO, Robert & Deanna
of Wichita, Steve & Angela of Lewiston, ID, Richard & Rita of Wichita, Leonard & Candice of Mayfield;
stepson, Scott Ireland of Mulvane; stepdaughter, Lisa Ireland of Wichita; brother, Elton McMinn of Big Bear, CA;
sisters & brothers-in-law, Neva Mae & Charles Sutton of Oklahoma City, Janette & Mac Davis of Midland,
TX; 17 grandchildren. Memorial to Kansas Humane Society.
Published in the Wichita Eagle on 3/28/2005.
MULVANE - McNeice, Donald K., 93, retired
Boeing Planner, died Friday, January 11, 2008. Visitation: 2-8 pm Monday; Service: 10 am Tuesday, January 15, 2008
both at Smith Mortuary, 1415 N. Rock Rd., Derby. He is preceded in death by his daughter Jeannette.
Survivors: wife Edna Mae; son Ken "Kenny" of Dewey, OK; daughters Ruth Everhart of Rogers, AR; Karen
Leatherman of Blue Springs, MO; sister Dortha Cunningham of Olathe, KS; 5 grandchildren; 9 great grandchildren.
In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to Douglass Senior Center, 124 West 4th, Douglass, Ks. Arrangements by
Smith Mortuary.
Published in the Wichita Eagle on 1/13/2008.
McNeice, Jeanette M., "Jan", 61, retired Wichita Southeast High School special education teacher,
died Tuesday, Oct. 20, 1998. Service 2 p.m. Friday, Central Community Church, Wichita.
Survivors: parents, Don and Edna McNeice of Mulvane; brother, Ken McNeice of Dewey, Okla.; sisters, Ruth Everhart
of Rogers, Ark., Karen Leatherman of Blue Springs, Mo. Memorial has been established with Angels of Mercy at Via
Christi Regional Medical Center-St. Joseph Campus, Wichita. Smith Mortuary, Derby.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 22 Oct 1998)
McPHEETERS,
WARREN
McPheeters, Warren 67, ret. Cessna printer died, Aug. 19, 2005. No Visitation. Graveside Service 10:30am Wednesday
at Mulvane Cemetery. Max was preceded in death by his parents & brother, Victor. Survivors: wife of 32 years,
Gini McPheeters of Wichita; daughters Teri & husband Dave Dayton of CA & Stephanie Holly of OH; 7 grandchildren;
sister, Kitty & husband Larry Crow of Haysville; niece, Kelsey Newlin; nephew, Matthew Newlin; dogs, Rudi Boo
& Fergie; Cat, Georgie C. & numerous other relatives. In lieu of flowers donations to: Kansas Humane Society
or St. Anne's Catholic Church. Arrangements with Smith Mortuary.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 21 August 2005)
McPherson, Kenneth O., 64, retired McConnell Air Force Base civil service food service cook and retired Boeing Wichita
sheetmetal assembler, died Saturday, June 22,, 1996. Service 10 a.m. Wednesday, Mulvane First Church of the Nazarene.
Survivors: daughters, Kimberly Longnecker, Melinda McPherson, both Mulvane; half brother, George, address unknown;
two grandchildren. Smith Mortuary, Derby.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 24 June 1996)
McPherson, Mac W., 68, retired McConnell Air Force Base civil service heavy equipment operator, died Friday, Dec.
12, 1997. Service 1 p.m. Tuesday, Smith Mortuary.
Survivors: wife, Barbara; sons, Rick of Andover, Ron of Fairview, Tim of Wichita; daughters, Diana Hartman of Wichita,
Linda Shrubshall of Mulvane; brother, James of Heber Springs, Ark.; sister, Euralla Long of Broken Arrow, Okla.;
13 grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren.Dodge City
(Wichita Eagle ~ 14 Dec 1997)
McPHERSON
TREGELLAS, SHIRLENE R.
Tregellas, Shirlene R. McPherson, 53, former Cessna Aircraft Co. employee, died Saturday, Feb. 12,
1994. Service 2 p.m. today, First Church of the Nazarene.
Survivors: husband, Phillip; daughters, Melinda McPherson of Dallas, Kimberly Longnecker of Mulvane; sister, Ola
Caywood of Haysville; two grandchildren. Senter-Smith Mortuary.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 15 Feb 1994)
McVay, Robert, 75, of Tulsa, formerly of Wichita and Mulvane, former owner Mac's Upholstery, died August 27, 2005.
Service 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, Senter-S mith Mortuary, Mulvane.
Survivors: wife, Edith; son Mark and wife Francis, Wichita; daughters, Marcia McVay-Hughes, Mary and husband, Tony
Ellis and Mona McVay, all of Catoosa, OK; sister, Wanetta Heline, Salina, KS; sister-in-law, Margaret McVay, Joshua,
TX; three grandchildren, several nieces and nephews. Senter-S mith Mortuary in charge of arrangements.
Published in the Wichita Eagle from 8/30/2005 - 8/31/2005.
McBRIDE, PEARL
WELLINGTON---Pearl McBride, 91, homemaker, died Thursday. Service 2 p.m. Monday, Frank Funeral
Home.
Survivors: husband, Charles; son, Dean of Mayfield; daughters, Pauline Crawford of Wichita, Mary Tallman of Oxford.
Memorial has been established with First United Methodist Church, Wellington, Building Fund.
(Wichita Eagle-Beacon ~ Sunday ~ 25 October 1981)
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