Obituaries

Body Lottie M. Long, 83, of Derby, VA Hospital admissions clerk, died Monday, Dec. 30, 2024. Funeral service will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 8, at Central Community Church Chapel, 6100 W. Maple Street, Wichita. 

Body Chad Arthur Engle was born July 3, 1976, to the Pope family in Atlantic, Iowa, and was lovingly adopted by the Engel family on March 12, 1984. He fought his last battle with the fierce enemy, cancer, on Dec. 21, 2024, at the age of 48.

Body Beverly J. Sinclair was born in Garden City, Kan., on March 24, 1939, to Charles Baldwin and Evelyn (Harms) Baldwin, and passed away Dec. 27, 2024, at Via Christi-St. Teresa Hospital in Wichita. She was 85 years old.

Body Kathy J. Boyce, age 80, Burlingame, Kan., died Dec. 25, 2024. She was born in Wellington.C.M. and Frances Wolfe Good, her parents, farmed in Sumner County. Leland L. Boyce and she were married June 20, 1969.

Body Rose M. Kunselman, 74, of Milton, died Friday, Dec. 13, 2024, at her brother’s home in Andover.Rose was born Oct. 6, 1950, in Wichita to Richard Leroy Siegrist and Kathryn Marie (Hurlburt) Siegrist. She grew up in Rose Hill, where she attended Rose Hill public schools.

Body Mary K. Billups, 82, of Viola, died Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024, at Ascension Via Christi St. Teresa, Wichita.Mary was born Feb. 14, 1942, at Severy, Kan., to Albert McQueen Ambler and Cynthia Bernice (Sexton) Ambler.

Body Bruce Andrew Loper, 68, died Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2024, in Wichita. He was born Jan. 24, 1956, to Marvin and Joyce (Reynolds) Loper in Wichita.He loved working alongside his father and brothers for the family business, Loper Drywall.

Body Donald A. Berntsen, age 88, of Clearwater, general construction, passed away on Friday, Dec. 6, 2024.Rosary will be at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 10 and funeral Mass at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 11, both at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church, Clonmel.

Body Iris Marilyn Heyer Pickett, 88 died Nov. 30, 2024, in Hutchinson. She was born Dec. 1, 1935, at Goodland, the daughter of Harry and Lyda Kolacny Heyer.She was a longtime resident of Cheney, and she spent her later years living in Hutchinson.

Body Robb A. Poe, 73, of Wichita, formerly of Milton, died Sunday, Dec. 1, 2024 at Wesley Medical Center, Wichita.Robb was born Jan. 26, 1951, at Harper to Robert Judd Poe and Geneva Grace (Morrison) Poe. He grew up on the family farm near Milton and attended Norwich public schools.