Obituaries

Alice Barnhart

Alice Barnhart

Aug 29, 2011

Alice Marie Barnhart, 71, Coffeyville, Kansas, died Saturday, August 27, 2011 at Coffeyville Regional Medical Center. Alice was born June 18, 1940 in her grandmothers home in Neosho County, Kansas to Russell Dean Aikins, Sr. and Mildred Lorene Maxwell Aikins. She grew up around Erie, Kansas and received her education in the local schools. She married Howard Barnhart on...

Garl Davidson, Sr.

Garl Davidson, Sr.

Aug 26, 2011

Garl Richard Davidson, Sr., 65, of Coffeyville, Kansas passed away early Friday morning, August 26, 2011 at his home. Garl was born on August 4, 1946 in Coffeyville, Kansas to George A. and Ruby Goldsberry Davidson. The family moved to Mankato, Minnesota soon after he was born and they lived there until Garl was four years old. The family...

Maryetta Ellis

Maryetta Ellis

Aug 12, 2011

Maryetta Ellis age 68, formerly of Coffeyville, Kansas passed away Tuesday, August 16, 2011 at Fredonia Regional Hospital in Fredonia, Kansas. Maryetta was born on October 2, 1942 in Coffeyville, Kansas to George and Pearl Scott. She grew up in Coffeyville where she attended local schools. Maryetta worked for TG ampY in Coffeyville, Kansas and also worked at a...

Mary Gilchrist

Mary Gilchrist

Aug 9, 2011

Mary Alice Gilchrist, 80, Coffeyville, Kansas, died early Tuesday, August 9, 2011 at Galichia Heart Hospital, Wichita, Kansas. Mary was born June 1, 1931 at Garnett, Kansas to Fredrick F.Fred Campbell and Norah E. Melton Campbell. She grew up in Garnett and graduated high school with the class of 1949. After graduation, Mary moved to Tulsa, Oklahoma and went...

Gary Gruber

Gary Gruber

Aug 9, 2011

Gary Edward Gruber, 61, and a lifelong resident of Coffeyville, Kansas, died Monday evening, August 8, 2011 at Windsor Place Care Center, Coffeyville. Gary was born May 17, 1950 at Coffeyville to Merle Edward Gruber and June McNabb Gruber. He graduated from Field Kindley High School and went on to attend MidAmerica Nazarene College at Bethany, Oklahoma. Gary returned...

Shirley Medford

Shirley Medford

Aug 6, 2011

Shirley Jean Newman Medford, 81, of Coffeyville, Kansas passed away Friday, August 5, 2011 at her home. Shirley was born February 7, 1930 in Coffeyville, Kansas to Ernest and Frances Clark Newman. She grew up in Coffeyville where she attended local schools, graduating from Field Kindley Memorial High. On October 12, 1948 she was united in marriage to the...

Edna Duvall

Edna Duvall

Aug 3, 2011

Edna Duvall, age 98 passed away Tuesday, August 2, 2011 after living a fulfilling Christian life. Edna was born February 2, 1913 in Greenforrest, Arkansas to Velcie David and Ruth M Walker Pennington. She attended school in Greenforrest. Her father died when she was young and the family moved to Chanute, Kansas. On October 28, 1931 in Chanute, KS,...

Nevada Ryan

Nevada Ryan

Aug 2, 2011

Nevada Josephine Ryan, 88, of Manheim, Pennsylvania and a former longtime resident of South Coffeyville, Oklahoma, died Saturday, July 30, 2011 at Lancaster General Hospital, Lancaster, PA. Nevada was born June 19, 1923 in rural South Coffeyville to Joseph Ira Smith and Minnie Hoffman Smith. She grew up and spent most of her life in the South Coffeyville area....

James Newby

James Newby

Jul 26, 2011

James Wesley Newby, 85, Coffeyville, Kansas, died Tuesday morning, July 26, 2011 at his home in Coffeyville. Jim was born September 1, 1925 atRed Onion Mining, near Pittsburg, Kansas to Elizabeth NewtonWalters. He grew up in Kinwood, Oklahoma and worked on farms in his early life. He later moved to Coffeyville where he met and married Marian Allene Coy...

Margaret Sadler

Margaret Sadler

Jul 25, 2011

Margaret RosePeggey Sadler, 78, Coffeyville, died early Monday morning, July 25, 2011 at Asbury Village in Coffeyville. Peggy was born February 10, 1933 in Texas to William J. Sadler and Dorothy Frances Maher Sadler. She grew up in Texas and received her education there, graduating from the University of Texas in Austin. Peggy began a teaching career that ended...

Dorothy Beeson

Dorothy Beeson

Jul 25, 2011

DorothyDott G. Beeson, 82, of Coffeyville, Kansas passed away Friday, July 22, 2011 at her home. Dott was born on November 4, 1928 in Dearing, Kansas to Harold and Frances Wanack Davis. She grew up in the Coffeyville area where she received her education. She graduated from Field Kindley Memorial High School. On December 27, 1945 she was united...

Anita Compston

Anita Compston

Jul 16, 2011

Mrs. Anita Mae Compston, 78, of Coffeyville, and former Wann, Oklahoma resident, died Saturday morning at Coffeyville Regional Medical Center. Anita Mae Compston was born September 25, 1932 at Wann, Oklahoma, the daughter of Herman Carl Drews and Elizabeth Margaret Pugh Drews. She attended and graduated from Lenapah High School and attended Draughan Business College In Tulsa. She worked...

Sue Kimbrel

Sue Kimbrel

Jul 13, 2011

Sue B. Kimbrel, 87, Coffeyville, died Tuesday evening, July 12, 2011 at her home. Mrs. Kimbrel was born October 31, 1923 at Belleville, Kansas to Samuel H. Blair and Mary KatherineKatie Miller Blair. She grew up in Belleville and graduated Belleville High School at the age of 16. Shortly after graduation, Sue left for Pasadena, California where she studied...

Joe Mcdaniel

Joe Mcdaniel

Jul 13, 2011

Joe Lewis McDaniel, 65, Coffeyville, Kansas, died Saturday evening, July 9, 2011 at St. Francis Via Christi Medical Center, Wichita, Kansas. Joe was born August 19, 1945 at Coffeyville to Fred McDaniel and Elizabeth Crawford McDaniel. He was a lifelong Coffeyville resident. Joe worked for 18 years as a painter for Coffeyville Recon. He met and later married Jessie...

Letha Hilderbrand

Letha Hilderbrand

Jul 12, 2011

Letha Lorene Hilderbrand, 90, formerly of Valeda, Kansas went to be with her Lord Monday morning, July 11, 2011. She was born August 27, 1920 in Craig County, OK to Charley O. and Louesea Frantz Transue. She attended Hudson and Thompson schools in rural OK. On April 6, 1938 she married William F. Duke Hilderbrand in Nowata County, OK....

Stephannie Templeton

Stephannie Templeton

Jul 8, 2011

Stephannie Dawn Templeton, 48, Coffeyville, Kansas died Tuesday, July 5, 2011 at St. Lukes Community Medical Center, The Woodlands, Texas. Stephannie was born December 30, 1962 at Orange, California to Don Henry and Sondra L. Oskinson Henry. She left California at a very young age and moved to Joplin, Missouri. She came to Coffeyville in the mid1970s. Stephannie did...

Ronald Stoneking

Ronald Stoneking

Jun 27, 2011

Ronald Gene Stoneking, age 79, of Coffeyville, Kansas, died 24, 2011. Ronald was born February 5, 1932 in Nowata, Oklahoma to Simms Everett and Edna May Tesh Stoneking. He attended Nowata schools through High School. He graduated from Coffeyville Jr. College, after which he served two years in the U.S. Army. He then attended and graduated from Oklahoma A...

Patrayah Johnson

Patrayah Johnson

Jun 27, 2011

Patrayah Lavada Johnson, 17 months old, of Coffeyville, Kansas passed away Saturday, June 25, 2011. Patrayah was born on January 24, 2010 in Coffeyville, Kansas. She is survived by her mother, Patricia Marshall and boyfriend, Thomas Carroll of Coffeyville father, Nicholas Johnson of Coffeyville brother, Marquise McDaniel sisters, Faith McDaniel and Kirsty Johnson maternal grandfather, Donald Jenkins of California...

Bernice Hansen

Bernice Hansen

Jun 20, 2011

BERNICE MARIE HANSEN, devoted wife and mother, passed away in Sebastian Florida. Bernice was born September 4, 1908, and passed away June 19, 2011. She moved to Florida in 2004 as a resident of Southland Suites assisted living facility in Melbourne, Florida, to be near her children. Bernice was born near Galva in Ida County, Iowa, and grew up...

June Lind

June Lind

Jun 20, 2011

June C. Lind, 80, of Coffeyville, Kansas passed away Monday, June 20, 2011 at her home. June was born on August 6, 1930 in Pittsburgh, Kansas to Clifford A. and Helen Mae Martin Daman. She grew up in the Coffeyville area where she attended Field Kindley High School and Coffeyville Community College. In 1946 she was united in marriage...