Obituaries
Ray Smith
Feb 2, 2016
Ray Layle Smith formally of Coffeyville passed away on February 2, 2016 at Elm Heaven East in Parsons Kansas. Ray was born to Albert Smith and Sophronia Moore Smith of Wann, OK on May 2, 1921. Ray was a great story-teller, and told many stories of his younger years. Ray was the youngest of five brothers, and they spent...
Steven Keys
Feb 2, 2016
Steven T Keys age 65 passed away unexpectedly on Tuesday, February 2, 2016 at CRMC in Coffeyville, Kansas. Steve was born on December 10, 1950 to Kathryne Bruening and Ted Keys in Independence, Kansas. Steve attended school in Independence graduating from Independence High School in 1968. Later he obtained his Paramedic degree. Steve worked for CRMC for a number...
Myron Kelso
Jan 29, 2016
Myron E. Kelso, age 87, of Coffeyville passed away on January 29, 2016 at Freeman West Hospital in Joplin Missouri. Myron was born on May 19, 1928 in Havana, KS to Leslie and Hazel (Johnson) Kelso. Myron attended and graduated from Havana Schools. He continued his education at Kansas University where he received a Bachelor's Degree in Pharmacy. After...
Ann Rexwinkle
Jan 20, 2016
Ann Marie Rexwinkle age 54, of Coffeyville, KS passed away unexpectedly at her residence. Ann was born on April 23, 2961 in Ft. Wayne, Indiana to Herbert "Ray" and Lois Ann (Rains) Hoover. Ann attended schools in Ft. Wayne and later continued her education and Coffeyville Community College and received her Bachelors Degree with a 4.0 grade point average...
Diana Giffin
Jan 17, 2016
Diana R. Giffin age 57, of Coffeyville, Kansas passed away on January 17, 2016 at her residence. Diana was born on August 22, 1958 at Fort Benning, Georgia to Charles Wayne and Johanna Eleanor (Dannhauser) Giffin. She attended schools in Germany, Florida, and Coffeyville as the family moved around with her father being in the Army. After high school...
Brian Chandler
Jan 13, 2016
Brian Chandler age 43 of Coffeyville, passed away on January 13, 2016 at Pleasant Valley Manor in Sedan, KS. Brian was born in Coffeyville on September 13, 1972 to David C. and Arlene (Countryman) Chandler. Brian attended Field Kindley High School. Sadly during his senior year Brian was involved in a motorcycle accident where he sustained a head injury....
Ralph Spencer
Jan 12, 2016
Ralph E. Spencer, 89 of Dodge City, Kansas passed away Tuesday January 12, 2016 at Good Samaritan Society of Olathe Kansas. He was born October 12, 1926 to Herbert and Mary Spencer in Nowata County, Oklahoma. Following his graduation from Field Kindley High School in Coffeyville, Kansas he proudly served in the United Sates Navy from Jan 1944 to...
Lowell Norris
Jan 9, 2016
Lowell E. Norris, age 87, of Coffeyville, KS passed away on January 9, 2016 at Windsor Place. Lowell was born on March 7, 1928 in Niotaze to Carl and Delsie (Williams) Norris. He attended grade school in Chautauqua and graduated from Field Kindley High School. After graduation Lowell worked for Page Milk and then served in the United States...
Jerry Sturgeon
Jan 4, 2016
Jerry L Sturgeon, age 78, of Coffeyville, KS passed away on January 4, 2016 at Coffeyville Reginal Medical Center. Jerry was born in Thayer, Kansas on July 8, 1937 to A. W. and Oletta (Mahaffey) Sturgeon. Jerry attended school in Thayer, Galesburg, Angola, and graduated from Labette County High School. After graduation in 1955 he served in the United...
Gene Arnett
Dec 20, 2015
Gene Arnett was born on July 22, 1930, in Knox, Indiana. He passed away, due to colon cancer, at the age of 85, on Dec. 20, 2015. Mr. Arnett was a resident of Medicalodges of Coffeyville, Kansas, when he passed. Gene grew up in South Bend, and served in the U.S. Army for two years and then joined the...
James Templeton
Dec 16, 2015
James R. Templeton Sr., age 85, of Coffeyville, KS passed away December 16, 2015 at Golden Living Center in Neodesha, KS. Jim Templeton was born on December 1, 1930 in Coffeyville to Roy and Lena (Roesky) Templeton. Jim was a lifetime resident of Coffeyville, attending and graduating from Field Kindley High School. He then received his Associates Degree from...
Elsie Fast
Dec 16, 2015
Elsie Mae Fast, age 94, of Coffeyville, KS passed away on December 16, 2015 at Coffeyville Regional Medical Center. Elsie was born on February 6, 1921 in Wann, Oklahoma to Robert Lee Brooks and Mable (Roberts). She attended and graduated from Wann High School. After graduation Elsie met and later married Logan Hodges in 1942. The couple made their...
Martha Splechter
Dec 9, 2015
Martha Roseann Splechter, age 76, passed away Wednesday, December 9, 2015. She was born on February 11, 1939 to Oscar and Nellie Turney Smith in Fredonia, Kansas."Roseann" was a homemaker, wife, mother, and an active member of First Assembly of God in Coffeyville, Kansas.She married John "Jack" William Splechter, Sr. on June 7, 1954, and to that union were...
James Bartholomew
Dec 9, 2015
James Russel Bartholomew, age 59, of South Coffeyville, Oklahoma, passed away on December 9, 2015 in Bartlesville, OK. James was born on September 23, 1956 in Coffeyville, KS to Clifford and Nellie Lou (Laney) Bartholomew. Mr. Bartholomew attended Coffeyville schools and Coffeyville Votech. In 2000 he was introduced to Melissa Pinckney. He enjoyed the outdoors and everything it had...
Olga Heaven
Dec 8, 2015
Olga Jewel Heaven, age 92, of Coffeyville, passed away on December 8, 2015 at Windsor Place. She was born June 25, 1923, in Coffeyville, Kansas to Arlene Williams and Percy Davis. Having lost her mother when she was 2 years old, she was raised by her father's sister, Odee Jackson Webber, who she affectionately called "Mother." Olga attended Coffeyville...
Harold Cain
Dec 5, 2015
Harold Loyd Cain formerly of Dearing, Kansas age 86 passed away December 5, 2015 at the Chetopa Manner in Chetopa, Kansas. Harold was born on December 18, 1928 to Vern Lee and Mary Jane (Timmerman) Cain in Coffeyville, Kansas. Harold attended Coffeyville Schools and graduated from Field Kindley High School later attending Coffeyville Community College. On August 25, 1952...
Ruby Mccartney
Nov 24, 2015
Ruby Lee McCartney age 83, of Edna, KS was welcomed in the loving arms of Jesus on November 24, 2015 at Windsor Place in Coffeyville. Ruby was born on January 31, 1932 in Edna, KS to J.R. Lee and Florence (Hayes) Martin. Ruby was born and raised in Edna. She was a charter member of the Edna Assembly of...
Ann Diel
Nov 17, 2015
Ann L. Diel, 73, formerly of Coffeyville, KS, died at 1:20 a.m. on Tuesday, November 17, 2015 at Martin Health Center, Bloomington, IL. She was born July 3, 1942 in Waukegan, IL, daughter of Harold K. and Mary Lou Walters Appley. She married James C. Diel on June 2, 1962 in Gallatin, MO, he preceded her in death on...
Gary Swigart
Nov 5, 2015
Gary Vaughn Swigart, 78 of Coffeyville Kansas passed away on November 5, 2015 in Columbus, Nebraska. Gary was born in Lamoni, Iowa on March 15, 1937 to Cecil and Gladys (Warner) Swigart. Gary went to school in Bedford, Iowa where he graduated in 1955. In 1956 Gary married Carole Ann Pool, the same year moving to Coffeyville Kansas. Gary...
James Davis Jr.
Nov 4, 2015
James M. Davis, Jr., ("Mack") passed away on November 4, 2015 at Windsor Place in Coffeyville, KS, following a lengthy battle with Alzheimer's. He was 93 years old. Mack leaves behind his best friend of 27 years, Betty Van Wey; a sister, Jeanne Zacher; six children (Kevin Davis, Jimi Davis, David Dalton, Dean Dalton, Clark Hall, and Clint Hall);...



