Obituaries

Bessie Mason
May 23, 2010
Bessie Leoma Mason Bessie L. Hart Mason, 93, of Coffeyville, passed away at Windsor Place Care Center of Coffeyville, May 22, 2010 at 6:45 a.m. Bessie was born on June 11, 1916 to Alexander Hart amp Betty Jane Funk Hart at Hiawassie, AR. She lived in Arkansas, Washington, New Mexico and Oklahoma as a child before moving to Coffeyville,...

Louise Chappell
May 20, 2010
Louise I. Chappell, 93, of Coffeyville, Kansas died Tuesday, May 18, 2010 at Coffeyville Regional Medical Center. She was born January 18, 1917 in St. Paul, Kansas to Joseph Sterk and Mary G. Smith Sterk. Louise was raised and attended schools in St. Paul and Parsons, Kansas. She spent some time living overseas before returning to the states and...

Robert Junge
May 17, 2010
John 11:2526 states,I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Daddy is now with his Savior, and in his real home. Even his quest for healthful eating that includedsardines, was replaced with the joy that can be...

Thomas Pinckney
May 12, 2010
ThomasTommy Allen Pinckney, 36, of Coffeyville passed away Monday, May 10, 2010 at his home. Tommy was born November 15, 1973 in Coffeyville to Mike and Janet Pinckney. He grew up in Coffeyville where he attended school. On October 19, 2002 he was united in marriage to the love of his life Penny Collins. The couple made their home...

Dorothy Dew
May 9, 2010
Dorothy Gene Lester Dew, 86, of Ponca City, Oklahoma passed peacefully at Shawn Manor Nursing Home in Ponca City. She was born October 8, 1923 at Muskogee, Oklahoma to William K. Lester and Carrie E. LaBrue Lester. Dorothy grew up and attended schools in Coffeyville, Kansas and met her future husband William I. Dew when he was stationed at...

Marian Newby
May 8, 2010
Marian Allene Newby, 82, Coffeyville, died Saturday, May 8, 2010 at Windsor Place in Coffeyville. Marian was born March 26, 1928 in Coffeyville, KS to Vernie and Viola Mae Coy. She grew up and attended school in Coffeyville. She married James Wesley Newby on September 4, 1943. She is survived by her husband and son, James Michael Newby of...

Obe Alston, Jr.
May 8, 2010
Obe Eugene Alston, Jr., 84, Dewey, Oklahoma, formerly of Coffeyville, passed away Thursday, May 6, 2010 at Forrest Manor Nursing Home in Dewey. Obe was born November 7, 1925 at Nuyaka, Oklahoma to Obe Eugene Alston, Sr. and Loni M. Macabee Alston. He grew up near Nuyaka and attended the rural schools of the area. Obe worked in the...

Shirley Dewey
May 7, 2010
Shirley Ann Dewey of Coffeyville passed away Thursday, May 6, 2010 at St. Johns Medical Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma. She was 79. Surviving to honor her memory is her son, Doug Dewey and Connie Smith of Coffeyville, KS seven grandchildren and fourteen greatgrandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, Dennis daughter, Janet Folk and sisters, Helen and...

Cretta Barber
May 6, 2010
Cretta Violet Barber, 89, of Coffeyville died Thursday, May 6, 2010, in Windsor Place. She was born August 18, 1920, to Joseph Albert and Lovina Flavila Oneslager Stephens in Independence, Kansas. The family moved to Coffeyville while she was in elementary school, and she completed her education here. On December 21, 1939, she married Estel Leroy Barber in Claremore,...

Nellie Jones
May 5, 2010
Nellie Jones, 94, of Coffeyville died Wednesday at Medicalodge in Coffeyville. Funeral arrangements are pending under the direction of PenwellGabel FordWulfBruns Chapel in Coffeyville.

Floyd Timmerman
May 3, 2010
Floyd Buster Timmerman, 92, of Cherryvale, Kansas died Saturday, May 1, 2010 at the Veterans Hospital in Muskogee, Oklahoma. He was born April 25, 1918 in Sallisaw, Oklahoma to Richard Aquila and Ethel Mae Timmerman. Floyd was the oldest of 11 children. In 1927 the family moved from Oklahoma to Coffeyville, Kansas. In March 1942 Floyd was inducted into...

Georgia Carriker
Apr 30, 2010
Georgia M. Carriker went to be with the Lord Jesus Christ on April 29, 2010 at the home of her daughter. Georgia was born April 10, 1922 in Noxie, Oklahoma to Benjamin and Bessie Lamdrum Phillips. Georgia married Floyd L. Carriker October 17, 1936 and he passed away June 21, 2000. She is survived by her five children, Gregory...

Maurine Ross
Apr 24, 2010
Maurine Marguerite Ross, 93, Coffeyville, KS died Friday, April 23, 2010 at Windsor Place Care Center of Coffeyville. Maurine was born November 21, 1916 at Bolton, Kansas to Henry W. Loh and Lessie E. Lindley Loh. She grew up in Bolton and began her education, there. Maurine attended high school in Independence, KS. She married Marion L. Ross on...

Iva Parks
Apr 23, 2010
Iva L. Parks, 82, of Coffeyville passed away Thursday, April 22, 2010 at Windsor Place in Coffeyville. She was born October 26, 1927 in Wann, OK to Uriah and Melvina Kelley Hadley. She grew up in Wann where she graduated high school. Iva worked as a clerk in the Radiology Department at KU Med Center in Kansas City, KS....

Betty Andrus
Apr 22, 2010
Betty Ruth Andrus, 73, of Coffeyville, Kansas died Thursday, April 22, 2010 at Continuous Care in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. She was born July 15, 1936 in Agra, Oklahoma to George Smith and Ida Gragg. Betty was raised and attended grade school in Agra and lived in Niotaze, Kansas in early adulthood. On May 7, 1966 she married ClaudeBill Andrus in...

Carol Garner
Apr 20, 2010
Carol Louise Garner, 82, of Coffeyville, Kansas died Tuesday, April 20, 2010 at St. Johns Hospital in Joplin, Missouri. She was born November 18, 1927 in Cherryvale, Kansas to Rolla and Clara Edgar Adey. Carol graduated from Cherryvale High School in 1945. On June 4, 1949 she married Wayne W. Garner in Cherryvale. Before moving to Coffeyville in 1954,...

James Cotton
Apr 19, 2010
James MelvinHefty Cotton, 47, Coffeyville, Kansas, passed away Saturday, April 17, 2010 at Dennison, Texas. Hefty was born June 6, 1962 at Coffeyville to James Francis Cotton and Vera Louise Welch Cotton. He attended Cedar Bluff grade school, Roosevelt Jr. High and Field Kindley High School, graduating in 1980. During his senior year, Hefty was a bull rider, and...

Margaret Witt
Apr 16, 2010
Margaret M. Witt of Coffeyville passed away Thursday, April 15, 2010 at CRMC. She was 80. Margaret was born November 16, 1929 at Pitcher, OK to Andrew C. and Ruby R. Franks Lasswell. She grew up in Granby, Missouri where she graduated high school. On August 8, 1952 she was united in marriage to Charles H. Witt the couple...

Francis White
Apr 14, 2010
FrancisFrank White, 77, of Coffeyville passed away at his home on Wednesday, April 14, 2010. Frank was born to Daisy Mae Smith White Killough and William White on July 14, 1932 in Arcadia, Kansas. He later moved to Coffeyville where he attended school. In 1948 at the age of 15 he enlisted in the Army with the aid of...

Floyd Robinett
Apr 12, 2010
Floyd Arthur Robinett of Coffeyville passed away Monday, April 12, 2010 at his home. He was 86. Floyd was born July 3, 1923 in Coffeyville to Samuel M. and Lena L. Lyons Robinett. He grew up in the Coffeyville area, where he attended school. Floyd joined the U.S. Army, serving in WWII as a member of the 738th Tank...