MHGS volunteers have collected all the obituaries published in the Wichita Eagle and Beacon newspapers since 1955.  Obituaries from 1955 to 1995 are in binders on the shelves at the library; newer obituaries are in electronic files on the computer at the library.  These obituaries are indexed (name and publication date only) on this website.

If you find a reference to an obituary you would like to see, you can visit the library during our regular hours or make a research request.

Volunteers at the Wichita Public Library have started an index to the obituaries in the microfilmed newspapers; they have started in 1954 and are working backward.

Yearly Obituary Indexes

	1960	1970	1980	1990	2000	2010
	1961	1971	1981	1991	2001	2011
	1962	1972	1982	1992	2002	2012
	1963	1973	1983	1993	2003	2013
	1964	1974	1984	1994	2004	2014
1955	1965	1975	1985	1995	2005	2015
1956	1966	1976	1986	1996	2006	2016
1957	1967	1977	1987	1997	2007	2017
1958	1968	1978	1988	1998	2008	2018
1959	1969	1979	1989	1999	2009	2019

 

Wichita Genealogy Society has created indexes for obituaries published before 1955. If you are a member, you can access the index on the WGS website. If you are not a member, you can ask at either the research room at the Wichita Public Library Advanced Learning Library or at the MHGS library.