Obituaries

Warren Bair
Apr 12, 2010
Warren Wayne Bair of Niotaze, Kansas passed away Sunday, April 11, 2010 at Pleasant Valley Nursing Center in Sedan, Kansas. He was 76. WarrenYogi Bair was born May 28, 1933 at Tetterville, Kansas to Lawrence W. Bair and Ruth Lucille Bolte Bair. He grew up in El Dorado, Kansas and graduated from East High in Wichita, Kansas in 1951....

Fern Palmer
Apr 6, 2010
Fern Miller Palmer passed away April 3, 2010 in the Eagle River Memorial Hospital in Eagle River, Wisconsin. She was born May 25, 1920 in Nowata County, Oklahoma to Joseph and Johnnie Cline Miller and attended area schools. On January 7, 1941 she married Ray Palmer, they lived more than fifty years on their farm in Craig County, Oklahoma...

Rosalie Englund
Mar 27, 2010
Rosalie Ann Englund, 83, formerly of Coffeyville, KS, died Wednesday, March 24, in Round Rock, TX. Rosalie was born December 8, 1926 at Oklahoma City, OK and moved to Coffeyville early in life. She attended Coffeyville schools and during high school was adopted and changed her name to Rosalie Pasco. She met Raymond Eugene Englund while at Field Kindley...

Bill Nutter
Mar 19, 2010
Bill Dean Nutter, 79, of Coffeyville, Kansas died Friday, March 19, 2010 at Coffeyville Regional Medical Center. He was born September 4, 1930 in Peru, Kansas to Herbert L. and Oleta J. Smith Nutter. His family moved to Coffeyville, Kansas in 1935 and Bill attended Coffeyville Public Schools and graduated from Field Kindley High School in 1948. Bill enlisted...

May Wright
Mar 19, 2010
May Belle Wright, 90, of Coffeyville, Kansas, died Wednesday, March 17, 2010 at Windsor Place Care Center. May Belle was born January 11, 1920 at Coffeyville to Clarence Sprague and Louisa Frank Sprague. She was a lifelong resident of Coffeyville, receiving her education in the Coffeyville Schools. May Belle married to Harland Wright on May 4, 1937 at Coffeyville....

Sharon Gillespie
Mar 19, 2010
Sharon Kaye Gillespie, 69, of South Coffeyville, Oklahoma passed away on the morning of March 19, 2010 at Jane Phillips Medical Center in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. She was born July 26, 1940 in Coffeyville, Kansas to Walter and Goldie Stamper. Sharon grew up in and attended South Coffeyville Schools and following graduation married Donnie Gillespie. They had two children and...

Mary Vowell
Mar 19, 2010
Mary Catherine Vowell, 94, of Coffeyville, Kansas died Thursday, March 18, 2010 at Coffeyville Regional Medical Center. She was born June 5, 1915 in Coffeyville to Aloysious J. Brinkman and Rosa Miller Brinkman. Mary lived on a farm south of South Coffeyville, Oklahoma and attended Holy Name Catholic School in Coffeyville. She graduated from Lenapah High School. She married...

May Clemons
Mar 16, 2010
Elanor May Clemons, 96, of Coffeyville, Kansas died Monday, March 15, 2010 at Medicalodge in Coffeyville. She was born May 31, 1913 in Parsons, Kansas to Arthur Yandle and Maude Karnes Yandle. May was raised and attended school in Oswego, Kansas where she married Orville Clemons in 1931. The couple lived in Oswego until they moved to Coffeyville in...

Cleston Turner
Mar 16, 2010
Cleston Turner, 81, Coffeyville, Kansas, died early Saturday, March 13, 2010 at Via ChristiSt. Francis Medical Center in Wichita, KS. Cleston was born July 5, 1928 at Ozark, Arkansas to William Eli Turner and Nora Martin Turner. He grew up on his parents farm at Turner Bend on the Mulberry River. Cleston was one of 24 children. He served...

James Mcdaniel
Mar 16, 2010
James Vernon McDaniel, 76, formerly of Rossville, KS, passed away on March 12, 2010 at StormontVail Health Center. James was born in Coffeyville, KS on June 18, 1933, the son of Benjamin and Julia Taylor McDaniel. He married LaVonne M. Burns on February 20, 1956, she survives. Preceded in death by his parents, brother and sister. Surviving family members...

Eva Rush
Mar 9, 2010
Eva Rebecca Rush was called home to be with her Lord on Monday, March 8, 2010. She was 92. Eva was born September 1, 1917 in Colony, Kansas to John and Mabel Bass Heinlein. She grew up in Colony, Kansas and received her high school diploma in Humboldt, Kansas. She went on to attend Beauty School at Pittsburgh, KS....

Mabel Wiley
Mar 9, 2010
Mabel Bell Wiley was called home to be with her Lord on Tuesday, March 9, 2010. She was 88. Mabel was born October 24, 1921 in Dearing, Kansas to Thomas and Agnes Zawacki Raczykowski. She grew up in Dearing and later moved to Independence, Kansas, where she met the love of her life, Ralph M. Wiley. Ralph and Mabel...

Lois Teehee
Mar 8, 2010
Lois Lyneil Teehee, 94, of Coffeyville, Kansas died Sunday, March 7, 2010 at Windsor Place Nursing Center in Coffeyville. She was born September 4, 1915 in Santa Paula, California to James C. Rodgers and Cassie A. Rodgers. Lois attended grade school in San Marcos, Texas, moved to Peru, Kansas and completed her education at Peru High School. She was...

Patricia Hamlin
Mar 7, 2010
Patricia Lucile Hamlin, 71, of Coffeyville, Kansas died Friday, March 5, 2010 at Coffeyville Regional Medical Center with her family by her side. She is the daughter of Thaine Handy and Nellie B. Lanning, born March 18, 1938 at Neodesha, Kansas. Patricia attended High School in Howard, Kansas and Pittsburg State University in Pittsburg, Kansas. She was married to...

Herold Kahre
Mar 7, 2010
Herold W. Kahre, 93, of Coffeyville, Kansas went to be with the Lord on Saturday, March 6, 2010.He was born in Weir, Kansas on August 23, 1916 to William Kahre and Anna Bardenhagen Kahre. The family moved to Coffeyville. Herold married Lora Clark June 2, 1937 and the couple spent 49 loving years together in Wann, Oklahoma until Loras...

Charlotte Tongier
Mar 7, 2010
Charlotte Irene Tongier, 89, of Coffeyville, Kansas died Saturday, March 6, 2010, 15 days before her 90th birthday at Coffeyville Regional Medical Center, surrounded by her family and following a short illness. She was born March 21, 1920 in Coffeyville to Raymond D. Pfister and Velma G. Furnish Pfister. She was one of six children. Charlotte received her teaching...

Keona Cannon
Mar 7, 2010
Keona Leanne Marie Cannon infant child of Archie G. Cannon and Charlene Ogden was called home to be with her Lord on March 4, 2010. She leaves behind her brothers, Ethan and Jeremiah Cannon, Kshon Feeley sister, Alana Ogden, Kaitlyn Ramey grandparents, Charlotte Ogden, Mike and Lisa Myers greatgrandparents, Archie and Oletha Cannon, and numerous aunts and uncles. She...

Raeburn Straub
Mar 7, 2010
Raeburn E. Straub, 96, of Coffeyville, Kansas died Saturday, March 6, 2010 at Windsor Place in Coffeyville. She was born September 2, 1913 in rural Caldwell County, Missouri, near Kingston, to Malvern Edwin and Stella Van Bebber Entrikin. She was a graduate of Kingston High School in Missouri and Park College, Parkville, Missouri. She also attended Central Business College...

Juanita Wheeler
Mar 1, 2010
L. Juanita Wheeler, 91, of Coffeyville, KS, died Friday evening, February 26, 2010 at Coffeyville Regional Medical Center. Juanita was born August 27, 1918 at Lockesburg, Arkansas to Jessie Franklin Slaton and Rosa May Johnson Slaton. She came to Coffeyville with her family at age four. Juanita grew up in Coffeyville and graduated from Field Kindley High School. She...