Maria Elizabeth Conley

Maria Elizabeth Conley, 87, passed away on Friday, June 21, 2024, surrounded by her loving family in Wichita, Kansas. She was born May 2, 1937 in San Salvador, El Salvador, the daughter of Arturo Enrique and Maria Del Rosario (Call) Soundy.

Elizabeth was united in marriage to Vern Lee Conley, on August 16, 1960, in El Salvador. She was a special education teacher for 32 years at the Institute of Logopedics which is now Heartspring, where she specialized with the blind, deaf, and severely handicapped children.

Elizabeth was a devoted Catholic, where she was an active member of St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church in Wichita. Elizabeth was a loving wife, mother, grandma and great-grandma.

Elizabeth's family will remember her as a giving and loving person. She will be missed greatly.

She is preceded in death by: her parents; and her brother, Roberto Soundy.

She is survived by: her husband of 63 years, Vern; her children, Vicky (Gary) Tully, Robert Conley, Jim (Stacy) Conley, and Debbie (Kent) Palmer; her siblings, Enrique (Marta) Soundy and Jaime (Stella) Soundy; her grandchildren, Kealy (Scott) Hickerson, Lake (Tristan) Tully, Megan (Peter) Dinicola, Alan (Yessenia) Albert, and Jade Palmer; along with her great-grandchildren, Brooklynn, Addelynn, Maverick, and Emberlynn.

Recitation of the Holy Rosary will be 10:00 A.M. on Friday, June 28, 2024, with the Mass of Christian Burial following at 10:30 A.M., both at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church, 861 North Socora Street, Wichita, Kansas 67212. Inurnment will follow the service at Resthaven Gardens of Memory, Garden of Lord's Prayer, Wichita. Flower donations can be sent directly to St. Francis of Assisi Church in Wichita.

In lieu of flowers, a memorial has been established with: St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church, 861 North Socora Street, Wichita, Kansas 67212.