Obituary - John Wayne DeVan

John Wayne DeVan, 86, formerly of Nevada, passed away on Sunday, April 23, 2017 at his home in Lansing, KS. John was born March 18, 1931 in Mobile, AL to Wilbur and Marguerite Wagner DeVan. On September 8, 1956 John was married in Omaha, NE to Nancy Jane Hagerman and she preceded him in death on November 9, 2013.

John was raised in Alabama and graduated high school in New York. John attended John’s Hopkins University and graduated from Creighton University in Omaha. Following college John enlisted in the United States Army serving almost three years until being honorably discharged in 1956. John worked for International Harvester in Grand Island, NE, A.O. Smith in Milwaukee, WI and in 1972 came to Nevada where he worked for 11 years for K.W. Harvestore. John and Nancy then lived in Omaha, NE, for a number of years beforel retiring to Bentonville, AR in 2001.

Survivors include three children, Julie Kibble and her husband Steve, Ft Scott, KS, Ken DeVan and his wife Cindy, Leavenworth, KS, Allison Ferry and her husband David, Nevada, MO; ten grandchildren, Kelli Mintz and her husband Ryan, Kristin Clark, Drew Clark and his wife Erica, Jessica DeVan, Megan Devan and her husband Casey Hall, Joseph Ferry, Patrick Ferry, Lindley Ferry, Lindsay Hoskinson, and Leslie May; seven great-grandchildren; one sister, Ann LaMorte, Cleveland, TN; one brother, Robert DeVan, Mason GA; several nieces and nephews. In addition to his wife Nancy he was preceded in death by his parents, and one brother, Louis DeVan.

Committal services with Military Honors will be held at 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday, May 3, 2017. Memorials are suggested to American Red Cross in c/o Ferry Funeral Home