Joshua Wayne Garrett, 40, loving husband, father, son, brother, and friend, passed away on Tuesday, September 30, 2025. He was born March 18, 1985, in Wichita, Kansas, the son of Gary Garrett and Debbie Chippeaux.
Josh attended Wichita Public Schools, where he graduated from Wichita Heights High School in 2004. During high-school, he worked for All Star Sports West, where he met his high-school sweetheart, Lindsay Fosnight, and the two were later married in 2013.
During his free time, he was an avid outdoorsman, where he enjoyed hunting, fishing, and camping. Josh was a handyman; he was often found in his shop helping family and friends working on different vehicles and projects. He knew someone wherever he went and always struck up a conversation. Josh was starting to pass on his hunting and fishing skills to his sons, and in recent months he was teaching them how to load & shoot the crossbow, and to learn how to drive the Ranger.
Josh was currently employed with Andale Construction where he was an Operations Manager. Josh loved his job and thought of all of his co-workers as his second family.
He is preceded in death by: his grandparents, GW and Eva Garrett, and Leroy Chippeaux.
He is survived by: his wife of 12 years, Lindsay Garrett; his children, Riley (10), Henry (8), Brody (4), and Jackson Garrett (10 months); his parents, Gary (Angie) Garrett and Debbie Chippeaux; his siblings, Kyle Smith and his children, Kolin & Cayden, Kayla Madrigal and her children, Aliyah, Aaron Jr., and Airalye, and Lana Garrett and her children, Lane & Alivia; his grandmother, Maxine Chippeaux; his father and mother-in law, Byron (Karen) Fosnight; his sisters-in law, Kaylie (Marcus) McClellan and their children, Jaylen & Laikyn, and Krystal Fosnight; his brother-in-law, Joel Fosnight; along with many uncles, aunts, friends, and colleagues.
Visitation will be held from 6:00 PM ~ 8:00 PM on Monday, October 6, 2025, at Resthaven Mortuary, 11800 West Highway 54, Wichita, Kansas 67209.
Celebration of Life Service will be 10:30 AM on Tuesday, October 7, 2025, at RidgePoint Church, 8000 West 21st Street, Wichita, Kansas 67205. Graveside Service will follow at 2:30 PM at Resthaven Gardens of Memory, Garden of Reflections, Wichita.
To watch the funeral service via livestream, please use this link: www.ridgepointwichita.com/funeral
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be payable to: The Garrett Sons Well Being Fund, and donations may be left in care of Resthaven Mortuary.
