Obituaries

Hazel Nicolas
Dec 28, 2007
Coffeyville resident, Hazel P. Nicolas, entered into eternal rest on Wednesday, December 26, 2007 in Coffeyville. She was 89. Hazel was born August 25, 1918 to Robert Morris and Stella Pearl King Butler in Nowata, Oklahoma. She grew up and attended school in Lenepah, Oklahoma. On July 22, 1940, she married Dale Nicolas and they made their home in...

Velda Allen
Dec 27, 2007
Rural Coffeyville resident, Velda Pearl Allen died Wednesday, December 26, 2007 in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. She was 87. Velda was born September 2, 1920 to Grover and Dora Houdasheldt Patterson in Walnut, Kansas. She grew up and attended school in Walnut and Mound Valley, Kansas. She later married Albert H. Allen. Velda was employed by the Coffeyville Journal and later...

Alvan Patterson
Dec 26, 2007
Coffeyville Resident Alvan L. Patterson entered into eternal rest on Monday December 24, 2007 in Coffeyville, Kansas. He was 89. Alvan was born June 11, 1918 in Cherryvale, Kansas to Grover C. and Dora B. Houdashelt Patterson. After his schooling, he entered into the United States Marine Corps. He also worked at the Oregon Ship Yard, Continental Can Company,...

James Devilliers
Dec 19, 2007
James R. DeVilliers of Coffeyville died Monday, December 17, 2007 in Coffeyville. He was 73. James was born on July 9, 1934 to Cecil and Lulu Rochelle DeVilliers in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. James served in the United States Army. He married Patsy Duvall on June 23, 1963 in Coffeyville at the First Assembly of God Church. James owned and...

Loretta Tosh
Dec 19, 2007
Coffeyville resident, Loretta P. Tosh died Wednesday, December 19, 2007. She was 84. Loretta was born March 30, 1923 in Baxter Springs, Kansas. She grew up and graduated from high school in Leroy, Kansas. On April 19, 1947 she married OrvilleBoyd Tosh. They farmed in the Wann, Oklahoma area and made their home in Coffeyville. Loretta worked for Kress...

Calvin Harvey
Dec 19, 2007
Coffeyville resident, Calvin F. Harvey, Jr. died Tuesday, December 18, 2007 in Coffeyville. He was 86. Calvin F. Doby Harvey, Jr. was born May 19, 1921 to Calvin and Sara Heath Harvey in Coffeyville, Kansas. He grew up and attended rural schools at Pierson, Dearing and Field Kindley High School. On August 24, 1940, he married Dorothy M. Roberts...

Wauneta Moore
Dec 13, 2007
Rural Edna, Kansas resident, Wauneta B. Moore died Sunday, December 9, 2007 in Edna. She was 80. Wauneta was born March 8, 1927 in Edna to Irvin Ray and Geneva Duncan Maxson. She grew up and attended school in Edna and graduated from Edna High School. On August 3, 1946 she married Robert Bob Moore at her parents home...

Esther Murphy
Dec 6, 2007
Esther Davis Hanna Murphy was born Nov. 29, 1921 to Richard and Leora Davis in Chetopa, Kansas. She lived in Coffeyville most of her life, and attended schools there. She was graduated from Field Kindley High School in Coffeyville in 1939. She married Sol Hanna, Jr. in 1939. Mr. Hanna died in 1990. She then married Eldon Murphy in...

Barbara Mckellip
Dec 6, 2007
Barbara Bobbie McKellip, age 71, died on Wednesday November 28, 2007 in Aurora, Colorado. She is survived by sons Jerry and Jim McKellip, two sisters Joyce and Dora Mae; seven grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, a son Jeff, sister Sharron, a brother Sonny and a great-grandson Gentry. Funeral services will be held...

Joshua Chapman
Dec 3, 2007
Joshua Dane Chapman, Jr. infant son of Pamela Renee Gann and Joshua Dane Chapman died on Thursday November 29, 2007 in Kansas City, Missouri. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 pm on Wednesday, December 5, 2007 in Penwell-Gabel Ford-Wulf-Bruns Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow in Penwell-Gabel39;s Restlawn Memorial Park Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home...

Melody Richey
Dec 2, 2007
Melody A. Richey Melody Ann Richey of Caney, Kansas, died Saturday evening at her home. She was 51. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, December 4, 2007, at the Tyro Christian Church under the direction of Penwell-Gable Ford-Wulf-Bruns Funeral Home. David Bycroft, evangelist, will officiate. Interment will be in Sunnyside Cemetery in Caney. The casket...

Linda Proctor
Nov 29, 2007
Linda Proctor Linda Proctor of Delaware, OK, died Thursday, November 29, 2007, at Coffeyville Regional Hospital. She was 66. Graveside services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Monday, Dec. 3, 2007, at Fairview Cemetery under the direction of Penwell-Gabel Ford-Wulf-Bruns Funeral Home. Dr. Wayne Norton will officiate. Friends may call to view and register Sunday from 1-9 p.m. The...

Mary Ellis
Nov 28, 2007
Mary E. Ellis Mary Elma Ellis of Coffeyville, Kansas, died Tuesday, November 27, 2007, at Windsor Place. She was 76. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Monday, December 3, 2007, at Penwell-Gabel Ford-Wulf-Bruns Funeral Home. Pastor Mike Graham will officiate. Interment will be in Robbins Cemetery. Friends may call to view and register Friday from 9 a.m.-9...

Wayne Gulick
Nov 27, 2007
Wayne Gulick ElvinWayne Gulick passed away at home in Bedford, TX, on Saturday, November 25, 2007. He was 84. The son of Jess and Dora Gulick, he was born July 13, 1923, near Eureka in Greenwood County, KS. He served in the U.S. Army in France during WWII. As a result of injuries suffered during the war, he received...

James Ruark
Nov 27, 2007
Coffeyville resident, James F. Ruark died Saturday, November 24, 2007 in Coffeyville. He was 70. James was born December 8, 1936 in Coffeyville, KS to James Ray and Jenny Elizabeth Dunn Ruark. He grew up and attended schools in Coffeyville. On September 27, 1958 he married Marie Pauline Cordell Ruark in Miami, Oklahoma. They made their home in Coffeyville....

Sharon Cain
Nov 27, 2007
Sharon E. Cain Coffeyville resident, Sharon E. Cain died on Thursday, November 22, 2007 in Neodesha. She was 66. Sharon was born November 28, 1940 in Sprinfield, Ilinois to John Joseph and Ilene Faye Bowen Intihar. She grew up and attended school in Grants Pass, Oregon. She graduated from Grants Pass High School in 1958. She moved to Coffeyville...

Karen Sisco-Reeder
Nov 27, 2007
Coffeyville resident,Karen A. Reeder died Saturday, November 24, 2007 in Coffeyville. She was 39. Karen was born March 3, 1968 in McClean, Texas at Fort Hood to Henry and Tina Davis Sisco. She lived in Coffeyville most of her life. She enjoyed riding motorcycles, fishing and being with her family. Surviors include her loving children, son, Dustin Sisco and...

Ky'Aira Williams
Nov 23, 2007
Kyaira Rene Williams Kyaira Rene Williams, infant daughter of Jabbar Williams and Tracy Walls, was stillborn on Tuesday, November 20, 2007 in Coffeyville. Graveside services will be held at 2 pm on Wednesday, November 28, 2007 on Penwell-Gabels Restlawn Memorial Park Cemetery. Pastor Willie Robinson will officiate. Services are under the direction of Penwell-Gabel Ford-Wulf-Bruns Funeral Home of Coffeyville....

Vernon Rush
Nov 20, 2007
Coffeyville resident Vernon Dee Rush entered into eternal rest on Monday, November 19, 2007 in Coffeyville after a year long battle with cancer. He was 84. Dee was born June 18, 1923 in Ketchum, Oklahoma to Vernon Ralph and Iva D. Boswell Rush. He grew up and attended schools in Ketchum and later graduated from Oilton School. He married...

H. Moss
Nov 19, 2007
H. Russell Moss Coffeyville resident H. Russell Moss entered into eternal rest on Monday, November 19, 2007 in Coffeyville. He was 95. H. Russell was born December 4, 1911 in Mount Moriah, Missouri to Thomas Joseph and Susan Jane Large Moss. He grew up and attended school in Trenton, Missouri. He married Sylvia Mae McCollum on May 31, 1930...