Barbara (Fanning) Adkisson Maas

Barbara (Fanning) Adkisson Maas, 92, retired Administrative Assistant for Civil Engineering Division of Wichita Airport Authority, passed away on Saturday, August 30, 2025. She was preceded in death by her husband, Myron; her parents Homer and Maude Fanning; sisters, Pauline Fanning and Irene Nelson; and son-in-law, William Staudt. She is survived by her children, Donald (Joan) Adkisson and Lynn Staudt; grandchildren, Nicole (Kyle) McNeely, Brent (Brooke) Adkisson, Brendan (Lauren) Staudt, Meghan (Nate) Weiss; great grandchildren, Alexis and Luke McNeely, Beckett and Bristol Adkisson, Claire and Nolan Staudt; and brother, H. W. “Bud” Fanning.

Barbara was an avid golfer and held many offices in the Women’s Golf Association of Wichita (WGAW). She was a past president of Tri Psi Mother’s Club. She was an avid Shocker fan of volleyball, women’s basketball, baseball, and a devoted men’s basketball fan holding season tickets for more than 50 years. She followed the Shockers several times to NCAA tournament games with family.  Barbara was a member of the Double Ring Sunday School class at First United Methodist Church where she was known as the “Cookie Queen”.

Visitation will be 6:00-8:00 PM, Tuesday, September 2, 2025, at Downing & Lahey West Mortuary. Services will be 10:00 AM, Wednesday, September 3, 2025, at First United Methodist Church, Wichita.

In lieu of flowers, memorials have been made to First United Methodist Church TV Ministry, 330 North Broadway, Wichita, Kansas 67202 or Wichita Junior Golf Foundation, c/o Debbie Slater, 512 N. Turnberry Circle, Wichita, Kansas 67230

Services in care of Downing & Lahey West Mortuary.