Obituaries

Louella Benton
Mar 1, 2010
Louella Fay Benton, 91, of Coffeyville, Kansas died Monday, March 1, 2010 at Windsor Place in Coffeyville. She was born May 1, 1918 in Van Buren, Arkansas to Vern Toothaker and Birdie Pickle Toothaker. Louella married Noble O. Benton on September 30, 1936 in Nowata, Oklahoma. Mr. Benton died February 3, 2005. She loved to fish with Noble and...

Adeline Mccool
Feb 24, 2010
Adeline H. McCool, 86, Coffeyville, passed away Tuesday, February 23, 2010 at Windsor Place Nursing Center in Coffeyville. Adeline was born April 2, 1923 in Coffeyville, Kansas to Roy and Lena Roesky Templeton. She grew up in Coffeyville and graduated high school. On April 15, 1944 she was united in marriage to Ernest E. McCool in Coffeyville. Surviving to...

Warner Carson
Feb 22, 2010
Warner Earnest Carson, 87, of Coffeyville, Kansas died February 21, 2010 at Coffeyville Regional Medical Center. He was born February 22, 1922 in South Coffeyville, Oklahoma to John Franklin Carson and Laura Frantz Carson. Warner farmed and raised cattle with his father in Nowata County until his marriage to Thelma Martin in Nowata on February 8, 1950. He worked...

Letha Spitzmiller
Feb 22, 2010
Letha Mae Spitzmiller, 94, Coffeyville, died Sunday afternoon at Coffeyville Regional Medical Center. Letha was born May 8, 1915 at Renfrow, Oklahoma to Jesse H. Moreheart and Flossie E. Farris Moreheart. She grew up in Alva, Oklahoma and graduated high school, there and attended Northwestern State University at Alva. Letha married Arthur L. Spitzmiller, Sr. on May 8, 1937...

Claton Swift
Feb 16, 2010
Claton R. Swift of Dearing, Kansas passed away Monday, February 15, 2010 in Parsons, Kansas. He was 63. Claton was born September 3, 1946 in Strong City, Kansas to Elmer Ray and Isla Hull Swift. He grew up and attended school in Matfield Green, Kansas. After completing his education he went on to serve his country in the U.S....

Wilma Weinberg
Feb 11, 2010
Wilma Aileen Alter Weinberg, 91, of Lawrence, Kansas and long time resident of Coffeyville, Kansas died Monday, February 8, 2010 at the Brandon Woods at Alvamar in Lawrence, Kansas. She was born October 7, 1918 in Kansas City, Missouri, the daughter of Max and Ann Cohen Alter. Mrs. Weinberg was a homemaker and had worked at Weinbergs Western Wear,...

Cathey Hagebusch
Feb 8, 2010
Cathey Ann Joseph Hagebusch, 53, of Coffeyville, Kansas died Friday, February 5, 2010 at her home, following a long battle with cancer. She was born August 24, 1956 in Coffeyville to Garnet L. and Shirley A. Thurman Joseph. Cathey attended Coffeyville Public Schhols and later the Vocational Technical School in Coffeyville and Coffeyville Community College. In December of 1971...

Mary Jordan
Feb 8, 2010
Mary Ellen Jordan, 86, Coffeyville, Kansas, died Sunday morning, February 7, 2010 at Coffeyville Regional Medical Center. Mary Ellen was born May 7, 1923 in Kay County, Oklahoma, just north of Enid, to Frederick G. Lemasters and J Birdeen Lowry Lemasters. She began her schooling in Mulvane, Kansas, but graduated from Independence High School in 1941 and the next...

Wanda Elder
Feb 4, 2010
Wanda Elaine Elder, 85, Coffeyville, Kansas, died early Thursday morning, February 4, 2010 at Windsor Place Care Center. Wanda was born August 7, 1924 at Toledo, Ohio to Albert Phillips and Ethel Marie Lybarger Phillips. She grew up in Toledo and graduated high school, there. Wanda met Donald Elder, while he was stationed in Toledo for his military service....

Roy Kitterman
Feb 4, 2010
Roy Kitterman, 72, Coffeyville, Kansas died Wednesday, February 3, 2010 at Windsor Place Care Center. Roy was born April 22, 1937 at Longton, Kansas to Jess Kitterman and Delphia Hembree Kitterman. He married DoloresDee Ortiz on June 30, 1972. Roy was a welder for Farmland Refinery, from which he retired. He enjoyed fishing and camping. He is survived by...

Marvella Eaton
Feb 1, 2010
Marvella Fern Eaton, 77, of Coffeyville, Kansas,died early Sunday morning, January 31, 2010 at Coffeyville Regional Medical Center. Marvella was born August 18, 1932 at Coffeyville, Kansas to Perry Alexander and Opal Chaney Alexander. She grew up in Noxie, Oklahoma and attended Oakdale and Lenapah, Oklahoma schools. After graduating Lenapah High School, Marvella married Donald W. Eaton. Donald preceded...

Edna Jones
Feb 1, 2010
Edna Colleen Jones, 78, died Sunday, January 31, 2010 at her home in Coffeyville, Kansas. Edna was born January 14, 1932 at South Coffeyville, Oklahoma to Edward Billups and Minnie Lovett Billups. She grew up in South Coffeyville, attending South Coffeyville and Lenapah Schools. Edna married Charles Crum on February 11, 1950. The couple later divorced. She lived in...

Thomas Lay
Jan 28, 2010
Thomas C. Lay, 65, Coffeyville, KS, died Thursday morning, January 28, 2010 at his home. Tom was born September 20, 1944 at Hutchinson, Kansas to Clifford Lay and Orpha Jackson Lay. He moved with his family to Independence, Kansas and grew up there. Tom was a graduate of Independence High School and had attended Independence Community College. He served...

Mickey Castorena
Jan 27, 2010
Micaela Mickey Maria Castorena, 69, Coffeyville, passed away January 26, 2010 at her home, surrounded by her family. Mickey was born September 28, 1940 at Coffeyville Memorial Hospital. She grew up in Coffeyville and attended Holy Name School, as well as Coffeyville Community College. On December 31, 1956, Mickey married Octavian Keido C. Castorena at Bentonville, Arkansas. The Castorenas...

Opal Smith
Jan 25, 2010
Opal Love Smith, 79, of Coffeyville, Kansas, died early Monday morning, January 25, 2010 at Windsor Place Care Center of Coffeyville. Opal was born April 5, 1930 at Rose Hill, Oklahoma. She and her mother, Annie Mae Harrison, came to Coffeyville from Rose Hill, when Opal was very young. Opal grew up in Coffeyville and became a lifelong resident....

Carolyn Coffey
Jan 22, 2010
Carolyn Ann Coffey, 68, of Coffeyville, Kansas went home on Thursday, January 21, 2010 at the Osage Nursing Home in Nowata, Oklahoma. She was born August 29, 1941 in Des Moines, Iowa to R.W. Bunton and Margaret Renfro Bunton. Carolyn married Gary Coffey in June 1965. They were later divorced. She worked for the school system driving buses and...

Estella Akers
Jan 14, 2010
Estella Ellen Akers passed away at Coffeyville Regional Medical Center Wednesday evening, January 13, 2010. She was born December 13, 1927 in Coffeyville, Kansas to Calvert A. and Beryl L. Nelson Durand. Calvert A. Durand was a former chief of the Coffeyville Fire Department, as was his father, Napoleon. Stella attended Coffeyville schools graduating from Field Kindley Memorial High...

Julia Englund
Jan 11, 2010
Julia Ann Englund, 79, of Parsons, Kansas died Sunday, January 10, 2010 at Good Samaritan Nursing Center in Parsons, Kansas. She was born May 16, 1930 in Chanute, Kansas to Floyd Englund and Thelma Mitchell. Julia attended school in Coffeyville, Kansas and was active in the Girl Scouts. She worked for WalMart in Coffeyville and after retiring volunteered for...

Marsha Adinolfi
Jan 8, 2010
Marsha Dianne Adinolfi was born on August 2, 1943 to Robert EarlJack Orsbern and Gladys Lucille Roeser in Manhattan, Kansas. She was raised by her paternal grandparents, Claude and Amanda Magnolia Orsbern, in Manhattan after her parents divorced. She graduated from Manhattan High School in 1961 and attended the Colorado Womens College CWC in Denver for a year and...

Ralph Twitchell
Jan 4, 2010
Ralph Gene Twitchell, 86, Coffeyville, KS, died late Saturday night, January 2, 2010 at Windsor Place Care Center. Ralph was born June 9, 1923 at Jefferson, KS to Sam Twitchell and Alma Manis Twitchell. He was a lifelong resident of the Coffeyville area, with the exception of his military service and six years in Wichita. Ralph served during World...