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Signmaker Gary Dunn was an artist at his core

BY BILL WILSON, The Wichita Eagle | March 26 at 10:06 a.m.

Drive around Wichita and you can't miss Gary Dunn's legacy.

Wichita veterinarian Terrrence McDonald dies at 92

BY STAN FINGER, The Wichita Eagle | March 10 at 12:20 p.m.

Terrence McDonald never saw himself as a trailblazer.

Longtime local builder Doyle Walz dies at 86

BY JERRY SIEBENMARK, The Wichita Eagle | Feb. 22 at 12:04 a.m.

Wichita City Hall. Kansas Cosmosphere in Hutchinson. 250 Douglas Place, formerly the Holiday Inn Plaza downtown.

Frank Smith helped Wichita's natural beauty bloom

BY HURST LAVIANA, The Wichita Eagle | Feb. 20 at 1:30 a.m.

As the retiring director of the Wichita Parks and Recreation Department, Frank Smith was asked in 1994 to speculate about its future.

Wichita soldier's family, wife remember a 'true American hero'

BY DEB GRUVER, The Wichita Eagle | Jan. 18 at 3:05 p.m.

Ashley Nettleton clutched her husband's dog tag in her right hand Sunday, her body shaking, her voice cracking. Army Sgt. Eric Nettleton, 26, died last week in Dehjawz-e Hasanzay, Afghanistan. He was killed while on foot patrol after an improvised explosive device detonated.

Music infused life of mandolin player, builder

BY DEB GRUVER, The Wichita Eagle | Dec. 27 at 3:24 p.m.

Back in the day, Gary Palsmeier and his musician friends would have square dances in the attic of their three-story house on North Broadway.

Businessman, patriarch Joe Steven dies at 87

BY HURST LAVIANA, The Wichita Eagle | Nov. 10 at 6:57 p.m.

Sissy Koury vividly recalls the days she spent polishing bumpers and running the vacuum at Joe's Seat Cover & Car Wash.

Arsonist, author, candidate George Poulos dies

BY BECCY TANNER, The Wichita Eagle | Nov. 2 at 5:50 a.m.

Through the years, Wichitan George Poulos was convicted of vagrancy, disturbing the peace, gambling, aiding racketeering, assault, burglary, larceny and arson.

Soldier loved the outdoors, the Army

BY BECCY TANNER, The Wichita Eagle | March 30 at 11:06 a.m.

When he was a boy, Tom Moffitt liked to pretend he was a fighting soldier, a Marine, or stationed somewhere with the Navy.

Carrier left mark on hundreds of city projects

BY BRENT D. WISTROM, The Wichita Eagle | Sep. 28 at 6:24 a.m.

Chris Carrier's impact is visible across Wichita in flood-reduction projects, elevated railroads, freeways, streets, bridges and filled potholes.

Sandra Lyon helped Wichita's poor, homeless

BY STAN FINGER, The Wichita Eagle | Sep. 24 at 12:03 a.m.

Sandra Lyon had a soft spot in her heart from her earliest days.

WSU anthropology department founder Lowell Holmes dies at 85

BY BECCY TANNER, The Wichita Eagle | Sep. 20 at 12:24 a.m.

Friends and colleagues describe Lowell Holmes' career and personality as steady and likable, but truth was he could also take on the big guns when warranted.

Miner told the history of Kansas

BY BECCY TANNER, The Wichita Eagle | Sep. 14 at 2:37 p.m.

Almost anyone who has a love for Kansas history knows the work of Craig Miner.

Eugene Kapaun sought honors for his brother

BY ROY WENZL, The Wichita Eagle | Sep. 14 at 5:48 a.m.

Eugene Kapaun, the brother of Korean War hero Fr. Emil Kapaun, died Monday. He was 86.

School choir director Nick Charvat dies at 30

BY DEB GRUVER, The Wichita Eagle | Sep. 4 at 9:16 a.m.

Nick Charvat had been directing vocal music at Lindsborg's middle and high schools only a few weeks, but he already had made quite an impression on students.

Longtime Wichita dance instructor dies at home

BY SUZANNE PEREZ TOBIAS, The Wichita Eagle | Sep. 3 at 11:13 a.m.

Julie Keeling taught dance and touched lives. That's how most people will remember the dance instructor who died unexpectedly Thursday at her home in Wichita. She was 52.

Ex-Eagle writer Mal Elliott dies

Eagle staff | July 24 at 2:14 a.m.

Veteran sportswriter and Kansas Golf Foundation Hall of Fame member Mal Elliott died early Friday in Wichita.

Joyland a theme in Nelson's life

BY BECCY TANNER, The Wichita Eagle | July 1 at 6:44 p.m.

From across the nation, the e-mails and phone calls came Wednesday from people who knew Stan Nelson. By 2 p.m., Margaret Nelson said she had responded to many of the messages of sympathy for her husband, the man she described as the "tallest, funniest fellow I'd ever seen."

Mr. Chance a pioneer in amusement business

BY MOLLY McMILLIN, The Wichita Eagle | July 13 at 12:06 a.m.

Richard "Harold" Chance, founder of Chance Manufacturing Co., was a devoted family man and innovator who became a pioneer in the amusement ride business.

Aero-engineer Kenneth Razak dies

BY BECCY TANNER, The Wichita Eagle | June 16 at 9:39 a.m.

Kenneth Razak was one of aviation's giants.

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