Obituaries

Helen Tomes
Mar 23, 2009
Helen Tomes of South Coffeyville, Oklahoma passed away Sunday, March 22, 2009 in Dewey, Oklahoma. She was 83. Helen was born May 1, 1925 in Elliott, Oklahoma to John and Anna Miesner Hollmann. She grew up and attended school at St. Pauls Parochial School from 1930 to 1938 then went to Lenapah, graduating high school in 1942. She was...

Donnie Hill, Sr.
Mar 21, 2009
Donnie Lee Hill, Sr. formerly of Coffeyville passed away Wednesday, March 18, 2009 in Tahlequah, Oklahoma. He was 74. Donnie was born April 3, 1934 in Jay, Oklahoma to Harry and Ruth Dye Hill. He grew up and attended school in Coffeyville. He went on to serve in the United States Army. He was united in marriage to Pauline...

Laura Morrow
Mar 20, 2009
Laura Jessie Morrow passed away on Friday, Mar 20, 2009 at Coffeyville Regional Medical Center. She was born on May 16, 1918 in Coffeyville, KS to Earl and Ella Mae Zimmerman. She grew up in Coffeyville where she attended Field Kindley High School receiving her diploma in 1935. On June 18, 1938 she married Ivan D. Morrow from that...

Claude Kimbrel
Mar 16, 2009
Col. Claude R. Kimbrel, USAF retired passed away Friday, March 13, 2009 at his home in rural Coffeyville, Kansas. He was 91. Claude was born February 2, 1918 in rural Coffeyville to Rosco M. and Alma Murray Kimbrel. He grew up attending Coffeyville schools graduating from Field Kindley High School. He went on to complete three years of college...

Betty Coffman
Mar 14, 2009
Betty J. Coffman of Coffeyville passed away Friday, March 13, 2009 at CRMC. She was 84. Betty was born June 30, 1924 in Coffeyville, Kansas to Allen and Gladys Phillips Gilbert. She attended Coffeyville schools. On November 11, 1948 she was united in marriage to Glen D. Coffman in Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas. Following his discharge from the military they...

Sherry Rubio
Mar 14, 2009
Sherry Lynn Rubio, not only was she a loving mother, sister, grandmother and aunt, she was also a wonderful friend to many. Sherry passed away at a young age of 48, but she had a wonderful 48 years of life. Sherry lived in Coffeyville, Kansas for the past three and a half years, but she was born and raised...

Lois Schoonover
Mar 12, 2009
Lois Schoonover of rural Caney, Kansas passed away Tuesday, March 10, 2009 at her home. She was 58. Lois was born May 25, 1950 in Bismarck, ND to Earl and Gloria Schoonover. She grew up in North Dakota. She achieved her Bachelors in Business Management. She relocated to Coffeyville, KS in 2000 to be close to her granddaughter Kenzee....

Pauline Isham
Mar 11, 2009
Pauline Melba Isham, age 97, of Coffeyville, KS, passed away on Monday, March 9, 2009 at Coffeyville Regional Medical Center. She was born May 15, 1911 to James Eugene and Clara Ella Wall Aitken, in Parsons, KS. Her parents moved to Caney, KS where she attended school. They moved to Coffeyville her junior year, where she graduated from high...

Walter Huffer, Jr.
Mar 11, 2009
Walter WilliamWalt Huffer, Jr., 84, of Caney, Kansas, died Tuesday, March 10, 2009 at his home. Walt was born August 11, 1924 at Caney, Kansas to Walter William Huffer, Sr. and Berthan Winebrenner Huffer. He grew up in the CaneyPeru area and was educated there as well. Walt joined to U.S. Army during World War II and sustained shrapnel...

Hazel Scott
Mar 7, 2009
Hazel M. Scott formerly of Tyro, Kansas passed away Saturday, March 7, 2009 in Cabot, Arkansas. She was 88. Hazel was born December 30, 1920 to Henry W. and D. Hettie Burt Tuggle in rural Tyro, Kansas. She went to school at Ringo through the 8th grade then went to Tyro for high school, graduating in 1939. On September...

Stephen Bucher
Mar 6, 2009
Former Coffeyville resident Stephen A. Bucher age 79, passed away at home, March 4, 2009 in Prairie Village, KS. Steve was born July 21, 1929 in Coffeyville, KS to Tilden and Mary Bucher. He served our country during the Korean Conflict in the U.S. Army. Steve married Geneva Harrington on November 10, 1956 eventually settling in Prairie Village, KS....

Jolene Cleave
Feb 28, 2009
Former Liberty resident Jolene Van Cleave passed away Friday, February 27, 2009 at the Kansas City Hospice House, Kansas City, Missouri. She was 82. Jolene was born September 7, 1926 in Liberty, Kansas to Winston K. and Margaret E. Keesler Evans. She grew up in Liberty where she attended Liberty Grade School. She went on to graduate from Field...

Grace Bollman
Feb 26, 2009
Grace Elizabeth Bollman, 100, died Wednesday morning, February 25, 2009 at Quaker Hill Nursing Center, Lowell, Kansas. She was born Grace Elizabeth Tilton, March 11, 1908 to Robert Shelby Tilton and Ona Gravette Lowe Tilton in rural Kiowa County, Oklahoma near Roosevelt. She rode in a covered wagon in her mothers arms when the family moved to Westville, Oklahoma....

Larry Thomas
Feb 21, 2009
Dearing resident Larry S. Thomas passed away Friday, February 20, 2009 at CRMC. He was 71. Larry was born December 10, 1937 to Luther and Evalyn Thomas. He grew up in Coffeyville until he joined the U.S. Army. After his career in the military he made his home in Coffeyville where he worked for Acme Foundry as a machinist...

Jerry Dickson
Feb 21, 2009
Jerry Gordon Dickson, 72, Independence, Kansas, died Saturday, February 21, 2009 at his home of cancer. Jerry was born April 6, 1936 at Monticello, Arkansas to Joe Dickson and Meryl Scott Dickson. He graduated from Wilmar Arkansas High School in 1954 and attended Arkansas Aamp;M College in Monticello for two years. Jerry served in the Arkansas National Guard from...

Shelley Smith
Feb 17, 2009
Shelley WilliamBill Smith, 86, or rural Wann, Oklahoma, died Tuesday, February 17, 2009 at his home. Bill was born October 4, 1922 at South Coffeyville, Oklahoma to Shelley Keys Smith and Julia Mae Knisely Smith. He grew up in the South Coffeyville area and received his education there. Bill served his country during World War II as a member...

Patricia Long
Feb 17, 2009
Patricia J. Long, age 80, passed away on February 15 in Springfield, Missouri, where she had lived for the past 10 years. She was born in Pittsburg, Kansas, on January 21, 1929, to her parents Nancy Ann and Daniel Thomas Hendricks. Patricia spent most of her adult life in Coffeyville, where she was a member of the First Baptist...

Dean Powell
Feb 10, 2009
DeanMeatball Howard Powell was born in Coffeyville, September 9, 1929 to George Jack Grant and Goldie Ora Burris Powell. Following a battle with cancer Dean passed away February 10th at Windsor Place, Coffeyville, at the age of 79 years. Dean attended school at Whittier Elementary, Robbins Community School, Roosevelt Jr. High and graduated from Field Kindley High School in...

Carla Cline
Feb 9, 2009
Carla C. Cline, 50, Coffeyville, KS, died Saturday, February 7, 2009 at the VA Medical Center, Kansas City, Missouri. Carla was born February 5, 1959 at Seattle, Washington to John Akkerman and Velva M. Tiry Akkerman. She was adopted by George O. Honeycutt at an early age. Mr. Honeycutt was a member of the U.S. Army, so the family...

Vera Peace
Feb 8, 2009
Vera M. Peace, 107, of Coffeyville, Kansas died Saturday, February 07, 2009 at Coffeyville Regional Medical Center. Vera was born September 11, 1901 at Kentlard, Indiana to Albert Timmons and Auda Spriggs Timmons. She grew up in Indiana and moved to Jefferson City, Missouri, where her mother was one of the firstlady judges in the territory. Vera met Carl...