Obituaries

Gene Bryant
Jan 4, 2009
Gene Bryant, 82, Coffeyville, KS, died Wednesday night, December 31, 2008 at Cherryvale Care Center, Cherryvale, Kansas. Gene was born December 23, 1926 at San Antonio, Texas to Frank Bryant and Ina Mae Jones Bryant. The family moved to Coffeyville when Gene was a child. He grew up and attended school there. He joined the U.S. Army towards the...

Jewell Gillespie
Dec 31, 2008
Jewell Gillespie, 97, of Coffeyville, passed away early Tuesday morning, December 30, 2008 at the home of her niece, Sharon Mann. Jewell was born September 5, 1911 at Craig County, Oklahoma to Thomas R. Palmer and Carrie Burnsides Palmer. She grew up in Craig County and attended the Thompson School and Pettit School. She married William H. Gillespie on...

Inez Hartzog
Dec 31, 2008
Tyro resident, Inez Lucretia Hartzog passed away Sunday, December 28, 2008. She was 99. Inez was born March 31, 1909 in Silverton, Colorado to Henry and Jessie Alvarado. She graduated from Tyro High School the attended Baker University for a year and graduated from Oklahoma A amp; M in May of 1931 with a bachelors in Education. On December...

Mamie Mcintosh
Dec 27, 2008
Mamie Margaret McIntosh, 99, of Coffeyville, Kansas, passed away Friday, December 26, 2008 at Coffeyville Regional Medical Center in Coffeyville. Mamie was born April 14, 1909 in Plains, Kansas, the daughter of Riley and ArmindaAnn Bellfield Burdick. She married Floyd McIntosh, Sr. on October 5, 1927. He preceded her in death in March 1984. She was also preceded in...

Ida Ratliff
Dec 27, 2008
Ida Bell Ratliff, age 76, Coffeyville, Kansas resident died on December 27, 2008 at St. Josephs Regional Medical Center in Wichita, Kansas. She was born February 17, 1932 to George and Pearl Hancock Scott in Vian, Oklahoma. At a young age her family moved from Vian to Coffeyville, where she grew up and graduated high school. On August 18,...

James Sisco
Dec 23, 2008
James W. Sisco, 77, of Coffeyville, Kansas passed away Monday, December 22, 2008. James was born on September 27, 1931 in Yonkers, Oklahoma to William and Lillie Manley Sisco. In 1954, he married Helen L. Wisely. They raised their five children in Coffeyville. James retired from Sherwin-Williams after many years of service. He is survived by his wife, Helen...

Wilma Bigbie
Dec 22, 2008
Wilma Frances Bigbie, 95, of Cherryvale Care Center, Cherryvale, Kansas, died early Sunday morning, December 21, 2008. Graveside services will be held 4:00 p.m., Tuesday, December 23, 2008 at Robbins Cemetery, west of Coffeyville with Rev. Stephen Heslip of Coffeyville39;s First Southern Baptist Church officiating. Service and interment are under the direction of Penwell-Gabel Funeral Home, Ford-Wulf-Bruns Chapel. Wilma...

Carl Gruber
Dec 22, 2008
Carl Wayne Gruber, 79, of Coffeyville, Kansas, passed away Monday, December 22, 2008 at his home. Services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, December 27, 2008 at Penwell-Gabel Ford-Wulf-Bruns Funeral Home, 2405 Woodland Avenue, Coffeyville. Interment will follow at Fairview Cemetery in Coffeyville. Reverend James McDowell will be officiating. Friends may call on Friday, 9:00 a.m. until 8:00...

Ronald Lewis
Dec 22, 2008
Ronald Wayne Lewis, 63, Coffeyville resident, died Saturday, December 20, 2008 at St. John Medical Center, Tulsa, Oklahoma. Ron was born May 6, 1945 at Boynton, Oklahoma to John Paul Lewis and Delia Alice Leist Lewis. He moved from Boynton to Tulsa in 1950, and began his education in Tulsa. Halfway through his kindergarten year, Ron moved to Coffeyville,...

William Kallenberger
Dec 20, 2008
William Ray Bill Kallenberger, 81, went to meet his Savior, December 19, 2008. He was a loving husband, father, uncle, borther-in-law and friend. Bill was born August 17, 1927 to Walter and Alma Hall Kallenberger at Coffeyville, Kansas. He lived in the Bartlett and Hawkins areas. Bill graduated from Edna High School in 1945, where he played football. He...

Mark Taylor
Dec 20, 2008
Mark Taylor, Coffeyville, KS, passed away at his home Thursday, December 18, 2008. He was 53 years old. Mark was born November 20, 1955 at Oxnard, California to Charles Raymond Taylor and Elinor Magdaline Spriesterbach Taylor. He grew up in Ventura, California and attended Will Rogers Elementary and Jr. High, there. The Taylor family moved to rural Independence, Kansas...

Rosalind Rapp
Dec 18, 2008
Rosalind Marie Rapp, 74, of Chillicothe, OH passed away Wednesday, December 10, 2008 at her home. A memorial service will be held Friday, December 19, 2008 at 10 a.m. at Calvary Lutheran Church in Chillicothe with Pastors John Kidnsvatter and Janie Karl officiating. A memorial service will be held Tuesday, December 23, 2008 at 2 p.m., at Penwell-Gabel Ford-Wulf-Bruns...

Lucille Bryson
Dec 18, 2008
Lucille Bryson of Edna, Kansas passed away Tuesday, December 16, 2008 at Windsor Place in Coffeyville, Kansas. She was 89. Lucille was born November 5, 1919 in Craig County, Oklahoma to Charles and Belle Acridge Rexwinkle. She grew up and attended Plainview Schools in Craig County. On October 24, 1936 she married Preston Jack Cook in Vinita, Oklahoma. He...

Stephen Volk
Dec 18, 2008
Coffeyville resident Stephen Richard Volk passed away Wednesday, December 17, 2008 at his home. He was 60. Steve was born November 15, 1948 in Coffeyville, Kansas to Jack and Donnette Hicks Volk. He grew up and attended Coffeyville schools, graduating from Field Kindley Memorial High School. He graduated from McFarland Trade School as a machinist and also as an...

Ruby Davis
Dec 15, 2008
Ruby Lee Davis, 85, of South Coffeyville, Oklahoma, passed away Sunday, December 14, 2008 at Coffeyville Regional Medical Center of Coffeyville, Kansas. Ruby was born on June 10, 1923 in Attalla, Alabama, the daughter of Ralph and Arrie Yother Nunn. She graduated from Sardis High School and attended Snead Junior College in Boaz, Alabama until she joined the WWII...

Mary Zeigler
Dec 12, 2008
Mary Patricia Patty Zeigler, 63, of rural Coffeyville, Kansas, passed away Thursday, December 11, 2008 at her home. Patty was born to Jack and Joleen Dietz on April 24, 1945 in Coffeyville, Kansas. She attended school in Coffeyville and Ponca City, Oklahoma. She was a graduate of Field Kindley High School in 1963 and of Coffeyville Community College in...

Joyce Mccray
Dec 11, 2008
Joyce M. McCray, 76 of Liberty, Kansas, passed away Wednesday, December 10, 2008. Graveside services will be held at 3:30 p.m., Saturday, December 13, 2008 at Liberty Cemetery, Liberty, Kansas with a Celebration of Life Service following at 4:30 p.m. at the Liberty United Methodist Church. Friends may call from 2:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m., Friday, December 12th at...

Joseph Briggs, Sr.
Dec 9, 2008
Joseph D. Briggs, 83, formerly of Coffeyville died Friday, December 5, 2008 at RHD Memorial Hospital in Dallas, Texas. He was the son of Roger Lewis and Essie Reed Briggs born on January 1, 1925 in Pittsburg, Kansas. He attended Pittsburg Kansas High School; and later graduated from Coffeyville Community College. He enlisted in the US Navy on July...

William Cornett
Dec 9, 2008
Coffeyville resident WilliamDavid Cornett passed away Friday, December 5, 2008 in Huntsville, Alabama as a result of a traffic accident. He was 59. David was born October 20, 1949 in Coffeyville, Kansas to William Chester and Elsie Mae Oder Cornett. He grew up in Coffeyville schools until he enlisted in the military in 1968. He served in Vietnam, was...

Joann Sumner
Dec 7, 2008
Coffeyville resident, JoAnn Sumner passed away Friday, December 5, 2008 at Windsor Place in Coffeyville, Kansas. She was 75. JoAnn was born December 19, 1932 in Neodesha, Kansas to William and Lela McClure Hensley. She grew up attending Coffeyville schools where she earned her diploma in 1950. October 11, 1955 she was united in marriage to her loving husband...