Obituaries

Evelyn Kirkland
Sep 23, 2006
Evelyn B. Kirkland Coffeyville resident Evelyn B. Kirkland passed away on Friday afternoon, September 22, 2006 at her residence. She was 84. She was born on January 18, 1922 in Coffeyville to Levi and Alice Mae Henderson Bales. She married James C. Hartley and Later Ora Kirkland. Evelyn loved to play bingo and family card games. She also enjoyed...

Samuel Burge, Sr.
Sep 20, 2006
Samuel C. Burge, Sr. Coffeyville resident Sam Burge died Tuesday, September 19, 2006 in Coffeyville. He was 88. Samuel C. Burge, Sr. was born October 31, 1917 in Bates County, Missouri to Ezra T. and Bertha E. Short Burge. He attended rural school district 71, also known as Grand View, South of Virginia, Missouri. As a young man, he...

Rosemary Miller
Sep 15, 2006
Rosemary Miller 1931 2006 Rosemary Miller, age 75 Coffeyville, Kansas resident entered into rest on Thursday, September 14, 2006 at her home in Coffeyville. She was born on July 21, 1931 in Wyanotte, Oklahoma to Edward Springer and Ella Sacket Springer. On March 19, 1949 she married William F. Miller in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. He preceded her in death April...

Gloria Grigsby
Sep 14, 2006
Gloria McDougle Grigsby 1945-2006 Gloria Adaline McDougle Grigsby, age 61 passed away on Monday morning, September 4, 2006 at her residence from cancer. Gloria was born, July 26, 1945 in Pascagoula, Mississippi to Luther Mcdougle and Irene Grissette McDougle. She married Drake Kenneth Grigsby on May 9, 1970 in Aurora, Ilinois along with their best friends James Yarbro deceased...

Lorene Kloehr
Sep 13, 2006
Lorene Green Kloehr 1915 2006 Lorene Green Kloehr, age 90, lifetime resident of Coffeyville entered into rest on Tuesday, evening September 12, 2006 at in the Oxford Unit of Windsor Place, Coffeyville, KS. She was born September 15, 1915 in Coffeyville, Kansas to Charles H. Green and Maude Marie Lewis Green. Lorene was a 1934 graduate of Field Kindley...

Tony Smith
Sep 11, 2006
Tony Lee Smith South Coffeyville, Oklahoma resident Tony Lee Smith passed away Sunday, September 10, 2006 at his home. He was 56. He was born March 2, 1950 in Coffeyville to Shelly Bill and Dorothy Gatlin Smith. He grew up and attended school at Sulphur School for the Deaf in Sulphur, Oklahoma. He graduated in 1968. Later he worked...

Melvin Rauscher
Sep 11, 2006
Melvin Gale Rauscher, born Ocotber 16, 1925 in Monessen, PA., passed away September 10, 2006 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He is survived by his wife Joan Marie Ziegler Rauscher of 57 years, two daughters, Gayle Marie Rauscher Pierson, and husband Jay of Coffeyville, kansas and Lynn Kathleen Rauscher Oliver, and husband Ken of Broken Arrow, OK.; two sons Douglas Alan...

Frank Menefee
Sep 6, 2006
Frank Eugene Menefee Frank E. Menefee was born December 2, 1930 in Coffeyville to Earl C. and Opal L. Bevis Menefee. He died September 4, 2006 in Coffeyville. He was 75. Frank grew up and attended schools in Coffeyville and graduated from High School here. On July 28, 1951 he married Carol Fuller. The couple made their home in...

Phyllis Loffer
Sep 4, 2006
Phyllis A. Loffer 1932 2006 Phyllis A. Loffer, age 74, lifetime Coffeyville, Kansas resident entered into rest on Sunday, September 3, 2006 in Kansas City, Kansas at the KU Medical Center. She was born on August 2, 1932 in Coffeyville, Kansas to Wilbur D. Allen and Edna I Bishop Allen Pate. Phyllis was a 1950 graduate of Field Kindley...

Robert Butler
Sep 4, 2006
Robert Butler 1951 2006 Robert Butler, age 55 entered into rest on Sunday, September 3, 2006 in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. He was born February 21, 1951 in Enid, Oklahoma to James F. Butler and Clela M. Cook Butler. Robert was a 1969 graduate of Memorial High School in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He then attended NEO in Miami, Oklahoma. Robert worked for...

Darell Best
Sep 2, 2006
Darell Lynn Best 1950 2006 Darell Lynn Best, Age 55, Coffeyville, Kansas resident entered into rest on Saturday morning, September 2, 2006 at his residence. Darell was born September 11, 1950 in Columbus, Kansas to Roy Levi Best and Ella Ray Bascue. He was a 1968 graduate of Columbus High School, Columbus, Kansas. He served in the Armed Forces...

Betty Freeman
Sep 1, 2006
Betty Lorene Freeman 1925 2006 Betty Lorene Freeman, age 81, entered into rest on Thursday, August 31, 2006 in El Dorado, Kansas at the Lake Point Nursing and Rehab Center. She was born February 8, 1925 to Carl S. Mays and Sussie C. Walker Mays in Coffeyville, Kansas. Betty was a 1942 graduate of Field Kindley Memorial High School,...

Enoch Miller
Aug 31, 2006
Enoch Arden Miller Enoch Arden Miller departed this earth to live forever with his Savior, Jesus Christ, Tuesday, August 29, 2006, after a valiant fight with cancer. Arden was born November 19, 1936, near Oswego, Kansas to Forrest and Virgie Raymond Miller. He graduated from Labette County Community High School in 1954. He attended Coffeyville Community Junior College and...

Mabel Thomas
Aug 28, 2006
Mabel Lucille Thomas Mabel Lucille Thomas departed this life on Saturday August 26th, 2006 at the Coffeyville Regional Memorial Hospital. She was 100 years, 11 months and 13 days. She was born Mabel Lucille McKnight on September 13th, 1905 to Murch and Hilma SegerMcKnight in rural Edna, Kansas. She resided in the Edna community her entire life. She grew...

Grace Dempsey
Aug 24, 2006
Grace Eleanor Dempsey 1923 2006 Grace Eleanor Dempsey, age 82, Longtime Coffeyville resident entered into rest on Wednesday, August 23, 2006 at the Coffeyville Regional Medical Center, Coffeyville, Kansas. Eleanor Dempsey was born November 2, 1923 in Coffeyville, Kansas to Clayton Arthur Axton and Laura Ellen White Axton. She attended school in Coffeyville and graduated from Field Kindley High...

Verda Denny
Aug 23, 2006
Obituary Verda Alene Denny Coffeyville resident Verda Alene Denny age 96 passed away on August 22, 2006 in Coffeyville. She was born November 5, 1909 in Tyro, Kansas to Orion and Euphemia Anderson Hotze. She attended school at Spring Valley near Tyro, Kansas and she graduated from Tyro High School in 1927 and Coffeyville Community College in 1929. On...

Charles Newman
Aug 22, 2006
Charles L. Newman Charles Le Roy Newman, age 67, longtime Coffeyville resident entered into rest on August 20, 2006 at the Coffeyville Regional Medical Center, Coffeyville, Kansas. Charles was born on May 14, 1939 to Ernest and Frances Clark Newman. He grew up and attended schools in Coffeyville and graduated from FKHS in 1958 and later served in the...

Thelma Wegner
Aug 21, 2006
Thelma Glenn Wegner Thelma Glenn Wegner, age 87, passed away on August 18, 2006 in Coffeyville Regional Medical Center. She was December 30, 1918 in Wayne County, Illinois to Orin and Gladys Filkil Case. Survivors include sisters Ila Evans Andrews, Arlene Case Hoffman and Judy Case Kirkham and a brother Robert Case. She was preceded in death by her...

Mary Halliburton-Senecal
Aug 21, 2006
Mary Halliburton-Senecal 1957 2006 Mary Halliburton-Senecal, age 49, Coffeyville resident entered into rest on Sunday, August 20, 2006 at the Coffeyville Regional Medical Center, Coffeyville, Kansas. She was born January 18, 1957 in Coffeyville, Kansas to John G. Bowen and Mary Lou Estes Weeks. She was a 1975 graduate of Field Kindley Memorial High School, Coffeyville, Kansas. She married...

Rex Merriman
Aug 17, 2006
Rex H. Merriman 1909 - 2006 Rex H. Merriman, age 96, Coffeyville, Kansas resident entered into rest on August 17, 2006 at the Coffeyville Regional Medical Center. He was born in Prairie Grove, Arkansas on August 22, 1909 to Fred Merriman and Eulah Blakemore Merriman. He grew up on a family farm as a child. He attended the Lenapah,...