Obituaries

Juanita Laforte
Dec 26, 2005
Juanita V. LaForte, 78, Coffeyville, passed away late Friday evening, December 23, at the Coffeyville Regional Medical Center. She was born December 31, 1926, the daughter of Jerry and Inez Stark McCullough. She has resided in the Coffeyville area her entire life. Juanita worked with patterns at Rocket Chair Manufacturing in Coffeyville. She was a member of the V.F.W....

Jay Summers
Dec 26, 2005
JayDee Summers Jay 54, South Coffeyville, Oklahoma, went to be with the Lord from his home after a long batle with cancer. Jay was born May 6, 1951, in Tulsa, Oklahoma the son of John Henry and Dequita Beeler Summers. Jay worked for Tulsa Ford Glass Plant for almost 30 years. Jay was a Decorated Vietnam Veteran having served...

Arnold Clarenson
Dec 24, 2005
OBITUARY FOR ARNOLD OWEN CLARENSON Arnold Owen Clarenson, age 87, died Friday, December 23, at Medicalodges Coffeyville where he had resided since January, 2000. Arnold was born on April 6, 1918, in Oregon, Wisconsin, to Alfred and Minnie Nelson Clarenson. He was the oldest of 8 children born to the couple. At the age of 18, Arnold left home...

Martha Miller
Dec 23, 2005
Martha Helen Miller, 84, Coffeyville, passed away Thursday, December 22, 2005, at the Coffeyville Regional Medical Center. She was born March 27, 1921, the daughter of Eugene George and Leona Rumans Coffey. Martha was a homemaker. She has lived in the Coffeyville and Deleware, Oklahoma area her entire life. She married Elmer Miller November 8, 1937, in Independence, Kansas....

Joyce Greeley
Dec 21, 2005
Joyce Charlene Greeley, 72, Bartlesville, Oklahoma, passed away Friday, December 16, at the Mercy Hospital in Indpendence, Kansas. Joyce was born November 26, 1933, in Mountain View, Oklahoma, the daughter of Archie E. and Wilma Frances Ervin Bigbie. Joyce worked for Phillips Petroleum in the Marketing Department for many years in Bartlesville. Joyce and her husband were in Norway,...

Marion Weeks
Dec 19, 2005
MARION ESTELLE WEEKS MARION WEEKS, AGE 92, PASSED AWAY FRIDAY DECEMBER 16, AFTER AN EXTENDED ILLNESS, AT WINDSOR PLACE NURSING HOME IN COFFEYVILLE, KS. MARION WAS BORN OCTOBER 22, 1913, IN COFFEYVILLE, KANSAS TO BENJAMIN AND BLANCHE Exner MORGAN. HER GRANDPARENTS WERE JESSIE K. AND MARY JANE MORGAN AND JOSEPH EDWARD AND NANNIE R. EXNER. SHE WAS IN THE...

Verda Pogue
Dec 19, 2005
Verda Alene Pogue 1932 - 2005 Verda Alene Pogue, 73, of Olathe, Kansas formerly of Coffeyville, passed away early Saturday, December 17, 2005, at the University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City, Kansas. Mrs. Pogue was born September 5, 1932 in Tyro, Kansas to Arthur W. Denny and Verda Hoetz Denny. Alene married J.E. Pogue on August 10,...

John Smith
Dec 12, 2005
John Raymond Smith 1917-2005 John Raymond Smith, 88, Coffeyville, passed away early Monday morning at his home in Coffeyville, Kansas. He was born July 25, 1917, in Yates Center, Kansas the son of Albert and Julia Kline Smith. He moved to Coffeyville in 1999 from Elgin, Kansas. John moved to Caney, Kansas in 1948. He owned and operated the...

Dorothy Smith
Dec 10, 2005
Dorothy Madeline Smith, 80, Coffeyville, passed away Friday, December 9, 2005, at her home. She was born April 27, 1925, in Tulsa, Oklahoma, the daughter of Samuel and Margaret H. Andres Morris. She has lived in Coffeyville since 1933. Dorothy was a Certified Med Aid having worked for Medicalodge East in Coffeyville for 33 years. She was a member...

Robin Bucher
Dec 8, 2005
Robin D. Bucher 1933 - 2005 Robin D. Bucher, age 72, Coffeyville, Kansas resident passed away on Thursday, December 8, 2005 at the South Crest Specialty Hospital in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He was born August 16, 1933 in Coffeyville, Kansas to Tilden and Mary Holzwarth Bucher. He was a 1951 graduate of Field Kindley Memorial High School. He served in...

Michael Edgar
Dec 8, 2005
Michael Ray Edgar 1954 - 2005 Michael Ray Edgar, age 51, Coffeyville, Kansas resident since 1995, passed away at his residence early this morning December 8, 2005. He was born July 3, 1954 in Biloxi, Mississippi to Marlo Edgar and Cybil Saeger Edgar. On May 16, 1998 he married Rosemily Quinn Cox in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. She survives of the...

Jannis Powell
Dec 1, 2005
Jannis M. Powell, 58, a resident of Coffeyville, Kansas, passed away Monday, November 29, 2005, at Trinity at Terrace Park, Bettendorf, Iowa after an extended illness, while visiting her daughter in Davenport, Iowa. Jannis Marie Hestand was born January 11, 1947, the daughter of Cecil and Nova Weber Hestand in Coffeyville. Survivors include her daughters, Melissa Doug Laufenberg, Davenport...

Doris Blevins
Nov 26, 2005
Doris Nadine Blevins 1920 - 2005 Doris Nadine Blevins, age 85, went to be with her Lord and Savior on Friday evening November 25, 2005 at the Mercy Hospital of Independence, Kansas. She was born April 21, 1920 in Coffeyville, Kansas to Thomas Wentworth Higginson and Alice Leota Mills Higginson. She graduated Field Kindley High School - 1938. She...

Alfred Clark
Nov 25, 2005
Alfred B. Clark 1921 - 2005 Alfred B. Clark, age 83, longtime Coffeyville, Kansas resident passed away on November 23, 2005 at the Coffeyville Regional Medical Center, Coffeyville, Kansas. He was born December 20, 1921 in Dexter, Kansas to Ray D. Clark amp; Elva L. Baker Clark. Alfred grew up on a family farm in the Cedar Vale, Kansas...

Delpha Simmons
Nov 23, 2005
Delpha M. Simmons 1914 - 2005 Delpha M. Simmons, age 91, Coffeyville, Kansas resident, passed away on November 22, 2005 at the Windsor Place Nursing Home, Coffeyville, Kansas. She was born January 24, 1914 in Ozark, Missouri to Robert James Trotter and Rosie Mae Tatum Trotter. She attended Field Kindley Memorial High School. On January 24, 1931 she married...

Sandra Austin
Nov 23, 2005
Sandra K. Austin 1956 - 2005 Sandra was born September 24, 1956 in Coffeyville, Kansas. Sandra passed away on Tuesday, November 22, 2005 at Via Christi Regional Medical Center, Wichita, KS. She leaves behind a legacy of family, friends and acquaintances. Surviving immediate family members include two sisters, Winifred Flowers and Colleen Bryant, three children Ange Austin-Hoffman, Cornelius Austin,...

Irene Lewis
Nov 23, 2005
Irene E. Lewis 1914 - 2005 Irene E. Lewis, age 91, passed away on Wednesday, November 23, 2005 at the Windsor Place Nursing Home, Coffeyville, Kansas. She was born on September 12, 1914 to Benjamin F. McKay and Ada Rudd McKay in Cleveland, Oklahoma. She graduated from Ponca City High School, Ponca City, Oklahoma. Irene married Lawrence V. ONeill...

Jerald Warren
Nov 22, 2005
Jerald Jerry Warren 1951 - 2005 Jerald Warren, age 54, Coffeyville, Kansas resident passed away November 20, 2005 at the St. Johns Medical Center, Joplin, Missouri. He was born November 12, 1951 to Norman Dean and Helen Richards Warren in Coffeyville, Kansas. He was a 1971 graduate of Field Kindley Memorial High School. He worked in construction as a...

Ronnie Ryan
Nov 20, 2005
Ronnie Lee Ryan, 53, Independence, passed away Friday, November 18, 2005 at his home in Indpendence. Ronnie was born June 27, 1952, in Hutchinson, Kansas the son of Frankie and Ruth Whitecotton Ryan. Ronnie worked as a livestock handler and welder. He was a member of the Independence Alcoholic Anonymous Group. He married Kathy J. Hare on January 21,...

Maxine Palmerlee
Nov 17, 2005
Maxine P. Palmerlee 1926 - 2005 Maxine P. Palmerlee, age 79, passed away on Wednesday, November 16, 2005 at the Medical Lodge Nursing Home, Coffeyville, Kansas. She was born October 31, 1926 Coffeyville, Kansas to Daniel Sykes and Victoria Bolen Sykes. She graduated Field Kindley Memorial High School, Coffeyville 1944. She married John Tickle in Coffeyville. They later orced....