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Whitted, Louise K.
Whitted, Louise K., 83, retired corporate oil secretary, died Thursday, January 10, 2002.
Service, 10:00 A.M., Monday, Downing & Lahey Mortuary West Chapel.
Louise was a graduate of Derby High School and Wichita Business College, and was a member of First United Methodist Church in Wichita.
She was past president and oil secretary of the year for the Oil Secretaries Association, a member of Project Beauty/Botanica, Republican Women, Book View, and Daughters of the Nile, Zohar Temple.
Preceded in death by husband, Ralph.
Survivors, son and daughter-in-law, Mark and Sharon of Derby; brothers, Gerald Bowman, John Bowman, both of Derby, George Bowman of Clearwater; grandchildren, Jason, Chris, and Michelle Whitted of Derby, Dyana Dokos and Cammie Carpenter of Denver, Colorado; four great grandchildren; nieces, Anne Lackey, Sherry Kragh, Lydia Gates, Susan Rhynard; nephews, Wayne and Brad Bowman.
Memorials established with
Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice
313 South Market
Wichita, Kansas 67202
and
Project Beauty
c/o Marion Weidman, Treasurer
2900 West 55th Street South
Wichita, Kansas 67217
Boyer, Pansie L.
BOYER, PANSIE L., 98, of Wichita, retired school teacher and Wichita Federal Savings and Loan longtime employee, died Sunday, January 13, 2002.
Graveside service, 1:30 P.M., Wednesday, Jan. 16, Old Mission Cemetery,
Visitation with family, 2:30 P.M., Wednesday, Larksfield Place Retirement Community.
Preceded in death by husband, John; step sons, John E. and Arthur R. Boyer.
Survivors: step son, Bob Boyer of Durango, CO; step daughter, Judy Addis of Kennewick, WA; five grandchildren.
Memorials have been established with
Kansas Society for Crippled Children
106 West Douglas
Wichita, Kansas 67202
and Hereditary Neurological Disease Centre
654 North Woodchuck
Wichita, Kansas 67212
Pray, Edwin Wayne
PRAY, EDWIN WAYNE, 83, of Wichita, retired Pray Brothers Plumbing & Heating Contractors, died Sunday, January 13, 2002.
Service, 10:30 A.M., Wednesday, January 16, Hillside Christian Church.
Preceded in death by brother, Don Pray and sister, Marjorie Dailey.
Mr. Pray was a past president of the Wichita & Kansas Plumbing, Heating, Cooling Contractors Associations. He also was a member of the Downtown Lion’s Club, Wichita Scottish Rite Body and the Midian Shrine.
Survivors: wife of 52 years, Marie; son and daughter-in-law, Ron and Cindy Pray of Winfield, KS; daughters and sons-in-law, Marilyn and Greg Ratay of Lake Zurich, ILL: Trish and Jerry Bittle of Richardson, TX; Janis and Curt Heinz of Overland Park, KS; ten grandchildren.
Memorials have been established with
Hillside Christian Church
8330 East Douglas
Wichita, Kansas 67206
and Wichita State University Foundation
Ed Pray Scholarship
P.O. Box 2
Wichita, Kansas 67260-0002
Breed, Vicki L.
BREED, VICKI L., 58, of Augusta, homemaker, died Sunday, January 13, 2002.
Service, 2:00 P.M., Wednesday, Downing & Lahey Mortuary East Chapel
Survivors: husband, Richard; sons, Rick of Palatka, FL; Joshua of Augusta, KS; daughters, Pollee Sumner of Guthrie, OK; Hollee Fulmer of Pelion, SC; brother, Pete Hainline of Wichita; five grandchildren; one great grandchild.
Memorial has been established with
Kansas Humane Society
4218 Southeast Blvd.
Wichita, Kansas 67210
Lohf, Jacob Louis
Lohf, Jacob Louis, 5, son of Charles and Vanessa Lohf of Wichita, died Monday, January 14, 2002.
Memorial service, 10:00 A.M., Friday, St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Church.
Other survivors: grandparents, Kaye & Todd Russell of Great Falls, Montana, Connie & Mike Foster of Wichita, Ron Welliver of Aurora, Colorado; great grandparents, Mary Holloway of McPherson, Jacob & Frieda Ternes of Conway Springs, Marjorie Welliver of Wichita, Anna Marie Watson of West Plains, Missouri.
Memorial established with
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
Heart of America Chapter
8340 Mission Road
Prairie Village, Kansas 66206.
Downing & Lahey Mortuary West.
Coakley, Marie Lakme
Coakley, Marie Lakme', 89, died Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2002. Rosary 7 p.m. Friday; Mass of the Resurrection 10 a.m. Saturday, both at St. Patrick Catholic Church.
Mrs. Coakley received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Webster University in 1933 and a Masters of Arts in teaching from Wichita State University in 1965. She taught at St. Thomas Aquinas Grade School and West High School in Wichita. She was the secondary reading consultant for the Wichita Public Schools and taught teachers how to evaluate student reading ability at Wichita State University. She co-authored a reading evaluation tool for reading assessment. She and educator, Marg Meek were the first reading specialists in the Wichita Public Schools.
Mrs. Coakley was the first organization and development chairman for the Wichita Diocesan Council of Catholic Women and served as its president. She was a member of the Board of Directors for the Wichita chapters of Camp Fire Girls and Boys Inc. and the National Council of Christians and Jews.
She was president of the St. Joseph Medical Center Auxiliary and served as a member of the Board of Directors for St. Joseph Medical Center for six years.
She retired as the associate area vice president for Area VI of the American Association of Retired Persons in 1994 after 10 years of service to the A.A.R.P.
Mrs. Coakley was a recipient of the Bene Merenti Medal from Pope Pius XII in 1957 and is listed in Who's Who of American Women in 1957 and Personalities of the West and Midwest 1968. She was an Auxiliary member of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Wichita.
Preceded in death by husband, John M. Coakley.
Survivors: sons, John Paul of Los Angeles, Peter of Wichita, Mark of Colorado Springs; daughter, Kate Springs of Denver; brother, Johnson Perez of Webster Groves, Mo.; sister, Bernadette Fehlig of Glendale, Mo.; 14 grandchildren; four great-grandchildren. Memorials established with Via Christi Foundation, the CSJ "Dear Neighbor" Ministries and St. Patrick Catholic Church Endowment Fund. Downing & Lahey Mortuary East.
Windholz, Sophia Mae
WINDHOLZ, SOPHIA MAE, 91, of Milledgeville, IL,
former long-time Wichita, KS resident died Thursday, January 17, 2002 at Community General Hospital in Sterling, IL.
Rosary, 6:00 P.M., Monday, Jan. 21, Downing & Lahey Mortuary East Chapel, Wichita , KS.
Service, 10:00 A.M., Tuesday, Jan. 22, Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church, Wichita KS.
Interment at White Chapel Memorial Gardens, Wichita, KS.
She was born October 26, 1910 to John and Magdalen (Sander) Wasinger in Victoria, KS. She married Perry Windholz May 8, 1935 at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Ellis, KS. She worked as a school teacher, homemaker, and finally as the executive housekeeper at Via Christi Hospital in Wichita, KS, retiring from there in 1975.
She was preceded in death by her parents and a sister, Amelia Von Lintel of Victoria, KS.
Survivors include her husband, Perry of Milledgeville, IL; son and daughter-in-law, James Elden and Judy Windholz of Milledgeville, IL; sister, Pauline Brungardt of Victoria, KS; brother and sister-in-law, Alvin and Kay Wasinger of Oklahoma City, OK; grandchildren and spouses, Craig and Kelly of Lutz, FL; Lori of Jacksonville, FL; Aaron and Caroline of Jacksonville, FL; Sarah of Milledgeville, IL; great grandchildren, Nicholas, Joshua, Benn, Hunter, and Kennedy; plus many nieces and nephews.
Memorials have been established with
Via Christi Foundation, 959 N. Emporia, Suite 402, Wichita, KS 67214;
Daughters of Isabella, St. Augustine Circle 235, c/o Joyce Mullin
845 S. Rutan, Wichita, KS 67218;
The Polo Continental Manor Nursing Home,
703 E. Buffalo, Polo, Illinois 61064.
Donald J. Martin
MARTIN, DONALD J., 79, of Wichita, retired Major U. S. Air Force for 26 years, died Thursday, January 17, 2002.
Preceded in death by brothers, Eugene Martin and Walter Martin; sister, Florence Jorgenson
Services, 10:00 A.M., Monday, January 21, 2002
Downing & Lahey Mortuary East Chapel
Survivors, wife, Madge; brother, John Martin of Minneapolis, MN; sisters, Doris Lamp of Tomah, WI; Mavis Henderson of Aurora, CO; Elaine Stolpman of Billingham, MN; JoAnne Bendt of Big Stone City, SD; nephew, Mike Gans of Bennington, KS; Niece, Marilyn Hulnick of Wichita; twenty-one nephews and nieces out of state; four great nieces
Memorial has been established with
Air Force Aid Society 1745 Jefferson Davis Hi-way S-202
Arlington, VA 22202
Allen, Rosalind L.
ALLEN, ROSALIND L., 87 of Wichita, Homemaker, died Saturday, January 19, 2002
Memorial service to held at a later date.
Survivors: daughter, Lynne A. Ruffin of Las Vegas, NV; grandsons, Kent A. Smith; Christopher P. Ruffin; Phillip G. Ruffin; granddaughter, Michelle Stein; six great grandchildren
Memorial has been established with
Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice
313 S. Market Wichita, Kansas 67202
Moyer, Ralph E.
Moyer, Ralph E., 82, retired Beech Aircraft Corp. manager of aerospace engineering, died Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2002.
Born November 12, 1919 in Maryville, Missouri
To Parents: father, Ralph Earl Moyer; mother, Mary (Stundon) Moyer
Viewing 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday, January 24, Downing & Lahey Mortuary East; Funeral service 10:30 a.m. Friday, St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church.
Mr. Moyer served in World War II as a Navy pilot, later retiring as a lieutenant commander.
He received his Bachelor of Science in Math and Physics from Marysville State College, Masters in Aeronautics from Annapolis Naval Academy and Professional Aerospace Engineering degree California Institute of Technology.
He was a member of St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church and enjoyed photography, golf and skeet shooting.
Survivors: wife, Adele; sons and daughter-in-law, Gary of Ponca City, Joe and Michele of Niwot, Colo.; daughters and son-in-law, Chris and Phil Mader of Wichita, Michele Moyer of Longmont, Colo.; brothers, Don of Lenexa, Paul of Hopkins, Mo., Bill of Parnell, Mo.; grandchildren, Colter and Drew Moyer of Ponca City, Kristin and Kara Moyer of Niwot, Colo., Lisa and Anne Mader of Wichita. Memorial established with St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church, 1321 Stratford Lane, Wichita 67206.
