Obituaries
Mildred Wright
Sep 15, 2009
Longtime Coffeyville resident Mildred Irene Wright, 90, went home to Heaven Tuesday morning, September 15 at her home in Coffeyville. Mrs. Wright was born November 24, 1918, to David and Ethel Lovelace Wilson. On December 25, 1937 she married Lawrence Charles Wright in her parents home west of Coffeyville. Mr. Wright died April 2, 2005. She was a member...
Johnny Solomon
Sep 11, 2009
Johnny Leon Solomon, 59, Coffeyville, Kansas, died Wednesday night, September 9, 2009 at Henryetta Medical Center, Henryetta, OK. Johnny was born July 9, 1950 at Fanshaw, Oklahoma to Willie Solomon and Jurlene Branstetter Solomon. He joined the U.S. Army in 1972 and was honorably discharged in 1973. Johnny was a self-employed escort driver for overd loads nationwide. He married...
George Myers
Sep 11, 2009
George F. Myers, 89, Coffeyville, Kansas, died Friday afternoon, September 11, 2009 at Coffeyville Regional Medical Center. George was born June 13, 1920 at Limerick, Maine to George M. Myers and Lulla Mae Woods Myers. He grew up in Maine, graduating high school from there. George was a member of the U.S. Army Air Corps, serving in the Western...
Fern Warburton
Sep 9, 2009
Fern Claudine Warburton, 93, of Tulsa, Oklahoma and formerly of Coffeyville, Kansas, died Saturday, September 5, 2009 at St. Francis Hospital, Tulsa. Fern was born December 1, 1915 at Buffalo, Oklahoma to Claude Furgason and Lola Royer Furgason. She grew up in Buffalo and graduated high school there. Fern attended Northwestern College, Alva, Oklahoma. She met and later married,...
Carl Bridges, Sr.
Sep 9, 2009
Carl Edward Bridges, Sr., 46, Coffeyville, KS died early Tuesday morning, September 8, 2009 at his home. Carl was born September 20, 1962 at Jacksonville, FL to Jeremiah Bridges, Sr. and Martha Starnes Bridges. He grew up in several different locations as his father was stationed in various ports as a member of the U.S. Navy. Carl graduated from...
Maxine Hostetter
Sep 9, 2009
Maxine Wendell Hostetter, 85, Wichita, KS and formerly of Coffeyville, passed away Tuesday, September 8, 2009 at Our Lady of Lords Center in Wichita. Maxine was born July 8, 1924 at Hutchinson, Kansas to Norvell M. Cooper and Lenora Evans Cooper. She grew up and attended school in Hutchinson. Maxine was a very athletic young lady and was captain...
Harold Pruette
Sep 4, 2009
Harold Robert Pruette, 98, of Coffeyville, Kansas died Wednesday, September 2, 2009 at Coffeyville Regional Medical Center. He was born July 13, 1911 in Newton County, Missouri to William Grant Pruette and Cara Minnie Smith Pruette. At age three the family moved to a farm east of Grove, Oklahoma. Following WWI they moved to Edna, Kansas and the following...
Kathleen Todd
Aug 30, 2009
Kathleen Alida Todd went to be with her Lord on August 29, 2009. Mrs. Todd was born March 15, 1914 in Pittsburg, Kansas to Charles Clell and Lena Matilda Alterman Barker. She grew up in Pittsburg and attended the public school system. As a child she was raised and confirmed in the Lutheran Church. On March 19, 1933 she...
Maxine Lancaster
Aug 30, 2009
R. Maxine Lancaster, 81, of Coffeyville, Kansas died Sunday, August 30, 2009 at Medicalodge in Coffeyville. She was born February 7, 1928 in Coffeyville to Presly Roy Rutherford and Clara Lively Rutherford. Maxine worked as a school teacher in small rural schools and was a social worker for the State of Kansas. She was an avid quilter and a...
Dava Brown
Aug 28, 2009
Dava Jo Brown, 45, Independence, Kansas died Thursday evening, August 27, 2009 at Jane Phillips Medical Center, Bartlesville, Oklahoma. Dava Jo was born September 16, 1963 at Sacramento, California to Davie John Ellis and Maryetta Scott Ellis. She spent most of her life in the CoffeyvilleIndependence area and was a 1981 graduate of Coffeyvilles Field Kindley High School. Dava...
Ernest Mccool
Aug 17, 2009
Ernest Edwin McCool, 89, of Coffeyville, Kansas died Monday, August 17, 2009 at Windsor Place Nursing Center in Coffeyville. He was born May 24, 1920 in Kosciusko, Mississippi to Vernon McCool and Minnie Akins McCool. Ernest served his country in the Army from 1941 until 1945. He married Adeline Templeton in 1944. He worked for American Airlines as a...
Martha Payden
Aug 17, 2009
Martha L. Payden, 86, passed away Sunday morning August 16, 2009 at Mercy Hospital in Independence, Kansas. Martha was born December 22, 1922 South of Liberty, Kansas to Lee Goodson and Mollie Tole Goodson. In 1946, Martha married Lloyd Frost in Tijuana, Mexico; they later orced. In 1951, she married George Reister in Bentonville, Arkansas. He preceded her in...
Marie Mccartney
Aug 12, 2009
Marie Potter McCartney, 103, passed away August 12, 2009 at Windsor Place in Coffeyville. Marie was born April 18, 1906 in Riverton, Kansas to Charles Andrew and Nellie Josephine Bosley Potter. She attended Riverton Elementary School and graduated from Galena High School in 1924. She attended Pittsburg State Teachers College. On December 25, 1925 she married John B. McCartney...
Phyllis Davenport
Aug 10, 2009
Phyllis J. Davenport, nee Hobbs, 84, a long time Coffeyville, Kansas resident, passed away Monday, August 10, 2009 at Lakeview Village in Lenexa, Kansas. A memorial service will be held at 10:00 a.m. Friday, August 14, 2009 at Penwell-Gabel Ford-Wulf-Bruns Funeral Home in Coffeyville. Friends may call from 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. Friday, August 14, 2009 at the...
Irene Ripley
Aug 10, 2009
Emma Irene Ripley, 91, of rural Independence, Kansas, died Saturday, August 8, 2009 at Windsor Place Nursing Home in Coffeyville, Kansas. She was born October 29, 1917 in Gravette, Arkansas to Henry A. and Viola Jones Lukens. Irene attended school there and then moved to Joplin, Missouri where she worked for Junge Baking Company. She married Orville R. Ripley...
Doris Stroud
Aug 5, 2009
Doris Darlene Stroud, age 82 years, 11 months and 26 days, entered eternal life July 20, 2009 in Broken Arrow, OK. She was born July 24, 1927 in Coffeyville, KS to George and Gertrude Emery McGinnis. Doris was a lifetime member of the V.F.W. Womens Auxiliary where she served faithfully for many years. She retired as a Hotel Manager...
C Knisley
Aug 5, 2009
C.L. Knisley, 54, of South Coffeyville, Oklahoma, died Monday night, August 3, 2009 at Coffeyville Regional Medical Center. C.L. was born November 26, 1954 at Coffeyville, Kansas to Clifford Louis Knisley and Dollie Ann Sitsler Knisley. He grew up in South Coffeyville and attended Snow Creek and South Coffeyville schools, before graduating from Lenapah OK High School. C.L. was...
G. Hills
Jul 30, 2009
Edwina Thompson Hills, 95, formerly of Coffeyville, died July 19, 2009, in Denver, Colorado. She was born March 16, 1914, in Nowata County, Oklahoma, to David Lihugh and Almeda Carroll Thompson. On December 8, 1933, she married Vernie L. Hills in Coffeyville. He preceded her in death on June 24, 1991. Mrs. Hills was a homemaker and a member...
Mayme York
Jul 30, 2009
Mayme Pauline McBean York, 101, of Coffeyville, died July 29, 2009 at her home. She was born May 28, 1908 in Carthage, Missouri to William Alexander and Odessa Wyman McBean. She attended Monitor Elementary School on West Oak Street in Carthage before her family moved to Quapaw, Oklahoma in 1918. Mayme graduated from Quapaw High School in 1928 and...
Dale Urwin
Jul 30, 2009
Funeral services for Dale Norris Urwin of Byron, Minnesota, formerly of Pierce, Nebraska will be at 2:00 p.m., Friday July 24, 2009, at Christ Lutheran Church in Pierce, Nebraska, with Reverend Matthew Bahnfleth. Visitation will be from 5-8 p.m. Thursday, July 23, 2009 at Stonacek Memorial Chapel, Pierce, NE. Military rites will be by Tomek-Otto Post 72 American Legion,...
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