Local Obituaries for Wichita, Kansas

William Young

Dec 12, 2018

Young, William “Bill”, 71, passed away December 12, 2018. Visitation will be 10 am – 12 noon on Saturday at Broadway Mortuary. A graveside service will follow at 2:00 pm at the Greenwood Cemetery Chapel. He was preceded in death by parents, William A. Young and Elsie M. Young. Survivors include brother, Walter R. Young; sister, Janice M (Bob). Schrader;...

Roena Robinson

Dec 12, 2018

Robinson, Roena Ann "Ronnie", 72, retired Cessna Assistant Business Manager, passed away Wednesday, December 12, 2018. Visitation 6-8:00pm, Friday, Broadway Mortuary. Funeral service 10:00am, Saturday, College Hill United Methodist Church. Preceded in death by parents, William and Dorothy Furnish and son, Rick Thorton. Survivors include her husband, Tommie G. Robinson; brother Larry (Casey) Furnish; sister, Susie Furnish and a...

Jo Pumroy

Dec 10, 2018

Pumroy, Jo Maxine, 99, passed away December 10, 2018. Funeral Service, 10:30 am, Thursday, December 13, with visitation one hour prior to service at Broadway Mortuary Chapel. Interment to follow at White Chapel Cemetery. She was preceded in death by husband, Charles Pumroy; son, Larry Joe Hall; daughter, Susie Jean Eckland; and sister, Jean Eckland. Survivors include son, Charles...

Francisco Vargas-Pava

Dec 10, 2018

Francisco Vargas-Pava, 50, falleció el lunes, 10 de diciembre del 2018. Visitación con la familia será de 6-8 pm, el viernes, 14 de diciembre, y la recitación del Santo Rosario de 6:30-7 pm, los dos en la capilla del Mortuorio Broadway. Misa será a las 10:30 am, el sábado, 15 de diciembre, en la Iglesia Católica de Santa Ana....

Maria Salazar-Miranda

Dec 10, 2018

Maria Silvia Salazar-Miranda of Corrales Sombrerete, Zacatecas, Mexico, passed away on Dec 10, 2018. Visitation with family will be 6-8 pm, Wednesday, December 19, 2018 at Broadway Mortuary Chapel. Services by Broadway Mortuary.

Phyllis Clawson

Dec 9, 2018

Clawson, Phyllis F. (Johnson), 70, retired Builders Inc. Housekeeper, passed away Sunday, December 9, 2018. Memorial service 2:00pm, Thursday, Broadway Mortuary. Preceded in death by her parents, Robert and Gladys Johnson, survivors include her husband of 16 years, William "Bill" Clawson; son, Gene Tyler; daughter, Lisa Stoneking; brothers, Bob (Carol) Johnson and Randy (Ronda) Johnson; and grandchildren, Cody, Shelby,...

Sherry Nighswonger

Dec 6, 2018

Nighswonger, Sharon "Nanny" (Guthridge), 79, passed away peacefully surrounded by her family at home, on December 6, 2018. Sherry was born on April 27, 1939 in Wichita, KS to Clifford and Joyce Guthridge. She graduated from Wichita High School East in 1957. She married the love of her life, Larry Nighswonger, on June 13, 1959. She was a homemaker,...

Inez Underwood

Dec 5, 2018

Inez M. (Newman) Underwood, 95, passed away Dec 5th, 2018, surrounded by her family.  Inez was born in Kansas City, Mo. She graduated High School in West Plains, MO in 1941. Inez moved to Wichita in 1942 to work for Aero Parts as a “Rosie the Riveter” on the A26 Bomber. She graduated from Friends University in 1949 with...

Joyce Greene

Dec 1, 2018

Mary Joyce Greene, 93, matriarch of the Malcolm E. Greene family, passed away, Saturday, December 1, 2018. She resided at the Wichita Presbyterian Manor where she was well cared for by the wonderful Manor staff and Heart & Soul Hospice. She was born on July 31, 1925 in Haydraw, South Dakota, the daughter of Belle and Cole Burton. She met...

Carol Sandefur

Dec 1, 2018

Sandefur, Carol Dean, 88, retired Avionics Engineer Technician for Learjet, passed away Saturday, December 1, 2018. Services will be held at a later date. He was preceded in death by beloved wife, Wilma Margaret Sandefur; and sisters, Louise, Mary and Evelyn. Survivors include son, David (Annette) Sandefur; daughter, Jeannie(Dennis) Nowak; brother, Carl Sandefur; and six grandchildren. Arrangements by Broadway Mortuary.

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Morgan Koch

Dec 1, 2018

Morgan James Koch was born November 26, 2018 to Andrew and Lauren Koch. Due to some complications, he was taken to the NICU where he was presented with some small seizures. It was determined that he was temporarily deprived of oxygen due to some unknown, unpreventable, in-utero "event" shortly before birth. This caused the majority of his...

James "Jim" Ismert

Nov 29, 2018

James “Jim” Ismert, 89, passed away the morning of November 29, 2018. Jim was born in Erie and grew up in a modest home in Larned with his parents George and Dorotha, his brother Gene, and his sister Joan (Jo-Anne). His lifelong friend Leslie Griffith can attest to his ornery nature from high school onward. Jim was constantly seeking...

Karen Gartin

Nov 26, 2018

Gartin, Karen Corrine, 55, former painter, passed away Monday, November 26, 2018. Funeral service 10:00am, Monday, Broadway Mortuary. Burial will follow at Kechi Township Cemetery. Preceded in death by parents, Earl and Thelma Clark, survivors include her daughter, Stephanie and husband, Jesse Acosta; companion, Jim Fairley; brothers, Earl, Jr., James, Raymond and Darrell (Roberta) Clark and Michael (Brandi) Knowlen;...

Semaan Abou-Fayssal

Nov 25, 2018

88, passed away Sunday, November 25, 2018. Funeral service 9:30am, Wednesday, Catholic Care Center. Preceded in death by his parents, Georges and Hanne Abou-Fayssal; brother, Elias; sisters, Nouhad and Collette. Survivors include his wife, Inaam; sons, Faissal (Carol) Abou-Fayssal and Maroun (Sheri) Abou-Fayssal; daughters, Micheline (Tony) Abdayem, Nicole (Salim) Layoun, Mariana (Dr. Bassam) Ghabach and Nadine (Joe) Graves; 20 grandchldren...

Linda Powell

Nov 22, 2018

Powell, Linda Jane, 69, Homemaker, passed away Thursday, November 22, 2018. Memorial service 10:00am, Saturday, Dec. 1, at Broadway Mortuary. Preceded in death by her parents, Fred and Lillian Robinstein and brothers, Dennis and Donald Robinstein. Survivors include son, Robert Johnson; daughters, Laura and husband Derrel Oyler and Julie Powell and husband Jason Hollis; brothers, Fred Robinstein and Ted...

Jane Cadwell

Nov 21, 2018

Jane Alice Cadwell was born in Wichita, Kansas on February 8, 1933 to Claude and Leona Duncan. She was raised mostly by her mother, a Boeing Aerospace worker with brother Bruce and sister Linda but also spent much of her childhood with her grandparents on their farm in Andover, Kansas where she spoke of her most cherished childhood memories....

Bernice Sharp

Nov 20, 2018

Sharp, Bernice, 98, passed away November 20, 2018. Visitation will be 2-4 pm, Sunday at Broadway Mortuary with Graveside Service 1:00 pm, Monday at Wichita Park Cemetery. She was preceded in death by parents, Peter and Iva Bell Lively; husband, Walter Sharp; and sisters, Margret, Gertrude, and Iva Gene. Survivors include children, Larry Sharp, Judy Freeze, and James Sharp;...

Francis Jowers

Nov 18, 2018

Jowers, Francis “Sonny”, 87, retired Band Saw Operator for Cessna, passed away Sunday, November 18, 2018. Visitation with family will be 6-8 pm, Friday, November 23, at Broadway Mortuary, and Mass of Christian Burial will be 10 am, Saturday, November 24, at St. Anne Catholic Church. Interment to follow at Resurrection Cemetery. He was preceded in death by parents,...

Lane Coyote

Nov 16, 2018

Coyote, Lane, 61, passed away Friday, November 16, 2018. Lane was preceded in death by his parents, Jimmie and Pansy Coyote, and daughter, Crystal Louise Coyote. Survivors include his sister, Louise Coyote; nieces and nephews, Kleo L. Coyote, Katherine J. Coyote, and Nehemiah C. Shopteese; and cousin, Jackie Barnes. Memorial Service, 2 pm, Friday, December 7, at Broadway Mortuary,...

Paul Shinn

Nov 14, 2018

Shinn, Paul Franklin, 86, retired Carpenter, passed away Wednesday, November 14, 2018. Memorial Service 2:00 Sunday, Nov. 25, 2018 at Christian Family Ministries, 4502 S. Seneca, Wichita, KS. Preceded in death by parents, Frank and Daisy Shinn; brothers, Leroy, Jerry and Charles Shinn and sister, Helen McGeeHee. Survivors include his wife of 62 years, Lucille; son, Ron (Kelly) Shinn;...