Old Mission Cemetery and Mortuary

Leola Jones

Apr 22, 2020

LEOLA ROLL JONES, was born April 18, 1914 in Arapaho, Oklahoma to Ralph and Jessie DeWater Roll. She passed away quietly at 12:30 am April 22, 2020 at the age of 106. Leola had a twin sister, Leona, who died at 6 weeks of age of whooping cough. Leola was preceded in death by her husband of 57 years,...

Christopher Lee Siegmund

Apr 11, 2020

Siegmund, Christopher L., late of Illinois and Kansas, USA and Glasthule, Ireland.

After a short illness, he passed peacefully with his wife Helen at his side, in the kind care of the Kansas Medical Center, Andover, Kansas.

Will be greatly missed and remembered with love by his wife Helen, sister and brother-in-law Lori and Dennis...

Curtis Wayne Banks

Apr 8, 2020

Curtis Wayne Banks passed away on April 8, 2020 at Wesley Medical Center.  He was 95 years old.

Wayne was born in Detroit, KS.  He was the youngest of seven children of Walter Banks and Josephine (Fields) Banks.  His brothers and sisters have passed away before him, and Wayne was a devoted caretaker to a sister and...

Randall Marler

Apr 5, 2020

Randall W. Marler, 62, passed away April 5, 2020. Randall is survived by his mother, Ruth Marler; brother, Jeffrey Marler; son, Sage and grandson Fenn. There will be no services.

Louise Wherry

Mar 19, 2020

Wherry, Louise L., age 94, of Wichita passed away peacefully March 19, 2020. Preceded in death by her husband of 60 years, John L. Wherry. Survivors include daughters Martha Wherry of Wichita and Beth (Ted) Heuer of Homer, Alaska, nieces and nephews, and friends who loved her dearly. She will be greatly missed and remembered for her wit, kindness,...

James Starkey

Mar 18, 2020

James Arley Starkey was born on January 18, 1929 to his parents: Arley and Iva (Chasteen) Starkey. He grew up on a farm in Okemah, Oklahoma with brothers, George and Albert, and sisters, Tinie, Frankie, and Johnnie; all have preceded him, to join the family in heaven.

Jim served in the Korean War where he was in...

Gayle N. Estes

Mar 17, 2020

Gayle Estes, 84

Former El Dorado resident, Gayle N. Estes, 84, died of flu complications on March 17, 2020, in Whitewater, Kansas.

Gayle was born on February 16, 1936, in Eureka, Ks. to parents Orville and Lillian (Whitt) Estes.  Mr. Estes is survived by his brother, Pete (Dorothy) Estes of Derby, Ks., two sons and...

Larry Breitenstein

Mar 15, 2020

Private family service.

Floyd Lingenfelter

Mar 11, 2020

Floyd E. Lingenfelter, 78, passed away March 11, 2020 in Wichita, KS. He was born July 22, 1941 to Jesse Earl Lingenfelter and Olive Ellen Wilson in Kingman, KS. Floyd was always smiling no matter what; he loved playing with kids, enjoyed country music, watching Westerns and the Walton Family on TV. Floyd also rang bells for the Salvation...

Rudolph I. Sweet Sr.

Mar 9, 2020

Rev. Dr. Rudolph Isiah Sweet, Sr.: A Life Well-Lived

Favorite Scripture

God has designed a plan for all His children.  His plan for our beloved Rev. Dr. Rudolph Isiah Sweet, Sr. began on January 15, 1931 on a wintry day when he was born to the union of Gus David Sweet and Winona Tibbs Sweet...