Obituaries

Robert Mayfield

Robert Mayfield

Oct 20, 2006

Robert L. Mayfield Robert L Bob. Mayfield, 71, passed away Thursday, October 19, 2006 at his residence. He was born April 2, 1935 in Winfield, Kansas to Noel and Madeleine Mosteller Mayfield. Robert attended Coffeyville High School until he entered the US Navy. He retired from Pipefitters Union after over 30 years of service. Survivors include his wife, Marcia...

Goldie Gilfillan

Goldie Gilfillan

Oct 20, 2006

Goldie Pauline Gilfillan Goldie Pauline Gilfillan, 87, devoted wife, mother and grandmother entered into rest on Thursday, October 19, 2006 in Coffeyville. She was born on July 2, 1919 in Cassville, Missouri to John and Angeline Meadows Allen. She moved to Coffeyville in the mid 1930s. She married David Chet Gilfillan in 1957. Survivors include son-in-law, James Ruark; two...

Thomas Goodman

Thomas Goodman

Oct 18, 2006

Thomas Goodman, 52, of Coffeyville, died suddenly Saturday, October 14, 2006. Formely of Visalia, California, he was born March 24, 1954. He had been a resident of Coffeyville for about ten years. He was the loving companion of Barbara Tefft. Surviors include two daughters Cindy and husband Jimmy Alonzo and Jennifer and husband Pat Murphy all of California; his...

Hurlburt Pierce

Hurlburt Pierce

Oct 17, 2006

Obituary Hurlburt Matthew Pierce Hurlburt Matthew Pierce, know to all as Matt, passed away peacefully in Scottsdale, Arizona on June 7, 2005, at the age of 92. He was born October 8, 1912 in Warren, Arkansas to Hurlburt and Edna Gordon Pierce. Shortly thereafter, the family moved back to Coffeyville, Kansas, where he attended school through Coffeyville Junior College....

Wilma Buckner

Wilma Buckner

Oct 16, 2006

Wilma Buckner January 10, 1913 October 16, 2006 Wilma Buckner, age 93, longtime Coffeyville resident, entered into rest on October 16, 2006 at Windsor Place, Coffeyville, Kansas. Wilma was born January 10, 1913 in Steelville, Missouri to Thomas Edward Buckner and Mattie Tompkins Buckner. She was a 1931 graduate of Field Kindley Memorial High School. Ms. Buckner was sales...

Richard Perry

Richard Perry

Oct 15, 2006

Richard Amos Perry Coffeyville resident Richard A. Perry passed away on Saturday, October 7, 2006 in Coffeyville. He was 22. Richard Amos Perry was born July 30, 1984 in Coffeyville, Kansas to Robert R. and Mary M. Sharpe Perry. He married Miranda McMurphey on February 24, 2006 in Emporia, Kansas. He lived in Coffeyville all of his life except...

Rhonda Smith

Rhonda Smith

Oct 11, 2006

Rhonda Perry Benfer-Smith Rhonda Perry Benfer-Smith, 40, of Coffeyville died Saturday October 7, 2006 in Coffeyville. Rhonda was born September 26, 1966 in Coffeyville to Bob and Brenda Phillips Perry. She attended Longfellow and Field Kindley schools in Coffeyville. She married Ricky Benfer and later orced. She then married Robert Smith. Rhonda was a CNA and liked singing and...

Emory Wise

Emory Wise

Oct 7, 2006

Obituary Emory Frank Wise Rural Coffeyville resident Emory Frank Wise, age 77 passed away Friday, October 7, 2006 at his home. Emory was born February 3, 1929 in rural Coffeyville to Francis Lee and Emma Ethyl Sands Wise. He attended Snow Hill and Valeda Elementary Schools, both in Labette County. He also attended Judea Elementary in Tyro. He was...

Betty Hinrichs

Betty Hinrichs

Oct 6, 2006

Betty Lou Hinrichs March 19, 1927 October 5, 2006 Betty Lou Hinrichs, age 79, longtime Coffeyville, Kansas resident entered into rest on October 5, 2006 at the Coffeyville Regional Medical Center. Betty was born March 19, 1927 in Joplin, Missouri to Robert L. Johnson and Maude M. Bishop Johnson. Mrs Hinrichs was of the Christian Faith. She married Alfonzo...

Alice Baker

Alice Baker

Oct 5, 2006

Obituary Alice Mabel Horning Baker Coffeyville resident Alice Mabel Horning Baker died Wednesday morning, October 4, 2006 at Windsor Place, where she has been a resident for many years. She was 101. Mabel was given a key to the city on her 100th birthday last year. Alice Mabel Horning Baker born March 26, 1905 in the city of Toronto,...

William Gray

William Gray

Oct 3, 2006

William Jacob Gray April 7, 1934 October 3, 2006 William Jacob Gray, age 72, Coffeyville, Kansas resident entered into rest on October 3, 2006 at the St. John Medical Center, Tulsa, Oklahoma. William was born April 7, 1934 in Lenapah, Oklahoma to Archie and Faye Gray. He was a 1952 graduate of Lenapah High School. He served in the...

Van Grant

Van Grant

Sep 30, 2006

GRANT, Van A Van Artha Grant was born on August 22, 1947 in Kansas City, Kansas to Juno M. Grant and Artha Lee Grant. He was the only son of two children. His sibling is Tanda L. Meadors. Van was raised and spent his early childhood in Coffeyville, Kansas, moving to Albuquerque in 1958 with his family. Van attended...

Jason Warren

Jason Warren

Sep 29, 2006

Jason Warren March 14, 1971 September 14, 2006 Jason Warren, age 35, former Coffeyville resident entered into rest on September 14, 2006 in Kansas, Oklahoma. He was born March 14, 1971 to Richard D. Warren and Vicki L. Knight Warren in Denison, Texas. He attended Coffeyville Schools. He married Norma Morgan. They later orced. He then married Ginger Knisley....

Thomas Meeker

Thomas Meeker

Sep 28, 2006

Thomas C. Meeker Oct. 4, 1933 Sept. 28, 2006 Thomas C. Meeker, age 72, entered into rest on Thursday, September 28, 2006 at Windsor Place, Coffeyville, Kansas. Thomas was born October 4, 1933 in Cincinnati, Ohio to Thomas J. Meeker and Amelia M. Barth Meeker. He was a 1951 graduate of Purcell High School, Cincinnati, Ohio. He received his...

Regina Dean

Regina Dean

Sep 25, 2006

Regina Lynn Dean Coffeyville resident, Regina Lynn Dean, age 43, passed away on Saturday morning, September 23, 2006 at Coffeyville Regional Medical Center. Regina was born on February 7, 1963 in Coffeyville to Herman and Lauretta Coleman Pitts. She attended Coffeyville Schools and graduated from Field Kindley Memorial High School Class of 1981. She earned her associates degree from...

Velma Miller

Velma Miller

Sep 25, 2006

Velma Miller 1923 2006 A true southeast Kansas Jewel was lost Sunday, Velma Miller, age 82, entered into rest September 24, 2006 at her residence in Coffeyville, Kansas. Velma was born December 14, 1923 in Muskogee, Oklahoma to William Henry Harrison Holderbaum and Edna Bell Aynes Holderbaum. On August 4, 1944 she married Wilbur Miller in Coffeyville, Kansas. Survivors...

Evelyn Kirkland

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.

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

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

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...