Obituaries

Ruth Gifford-Cavender

Ruth Gifford-Cavender

Nov 17, 2007

Ruth Gifford Cavender Ruth Alberta Gifford Cavender of Omaha, Nebraska, formerly of Caney, KS, died Friday evening, November 16, 2007, at the Florence Home in Omaha. She was 85. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 21, 2007, at the First Christian Church in Caney under the direction of Penwell-Gabel Ford-Wulf-Bruns Fu-neral Home of Coffeyville. Brad...

Earl Thompson

Earl Thompson

Nov 13, 2007

Rural Caney resident Earl Whitey Thompson entered into eternal rest on Sunday November 11, 2007 at Copan, Oklahoma. He was 77. Earl was born March 8, 1930 in Havana, Kansas to Earl and Alice Thompson. He grew up and attended school in Havana and graduated from Havana High School. He entered the United States Military. He married Mary Ann...

Albert Allen

Albert Allen

Nov 7, 2007

AlbertShorty Allen 88, of rural Coffeyville entered into eternal rest on Monday, November 5, 2007. He was born February 7, 1919 near Pittsburg, KS to Bryan and Gustava Hobbs Allen. He moved with his parents to Corbin City, KS as a small child. He attended school in CorbinCity and Cherryvale. Albert later married Velda Patterson. Albert served in World...

Frances Newman

Frances Newman

Nov 7, 2007

Coffeyville resident Frances H. Newman entered into eternal rest on Monday November 5, 2007 in Coffeyville. She was 99. She was born September 8, 1908 in Alluwe, Oklahoma to Bud and Margaret Boone Clark. She grew up and attended school in Alluwe, Oklahoma. On November 25, 1925 she married Ernest Newman in Nowata, Oklahoma. They made their home in...

Larry Thomas, Jr.

Larry Thomas, Jr.

Nov 2, 2007

Larry S. Thomas, Jr. of Coffeyville, Kansas, died Thursday, November 1, 2007, at St. Francis Hospital in Tulsa. He was 46. Cremation has taken place under the direction of Penwell-Gabel Ford-Wulf-Bruns Funeral Home. A memorial service will be held Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2007, at 2:00 p.m. at Penwell-Gabel Ford-Wulf-Bruns Chapel. The son of Phyllis Marie Smith Sisco, he was...

James Ryan

James Ryan

Nov 1, 2007

James Jerome Ryan Coffeyville resident James Jerome Ryan entered into eternal rest on Wednesday evening, October 31, 2007 at his residence in Coffeyville. He was 95. James was born January 13, 1912 in Caney to Walter and Bertha Bell Ryan. He grew up and attended schools in Wayside, Havana and Independence High School. He served in the United States...

Nellie Felts

Nellie Felts

Oct 26, 2007

Coffeyville resident Nellie Marie Felts entered into eternal rest on Friday, October 26, 2007. She was 84. Mrs. Felts was born August 28, 1923 in Liberty, Kansas to Charles and Mary Bridgett Lynn Elliott. She grew up and attended Liberty Elementary and High Schools. On August 19, 1943 she married Max Lowell Felts in Santa Ana, California. Following Mr....

Charles Spencer

Charles Spencer

Oct 23, 2007

CHARLES H. CHUCK SPENCER Coffeyville resident, Charles H. Chuck Spencer, entered into eternal rest on October 22, 2007 in Coffeyville, Kansas. He was 87. Mr. Spencer was born May 16, 1920 in Salina, Kansas to Herbert and Mary C. Casterline Spencer. He attended school in Nowata, Oklahoma. Mr. Spencer served in the U.S. Army during WWII and became a...

Ethel Thompson

Ethel Thompson

Oct 23, 2007

Altamont resident Ethel Mae Peyton Thompson entered into eternal rest on Monday, October 22, 2007. She was 69. Ethel was born October 13, 1938 to Franklin Oscar and Margaret Ellen Hopkins Peyton. She graduated from FieldKindleyMemorialHigh School in 1956. She married Jackie Lee Thompson on May 21, 1965. They made their home in Coffeyville. Ethel worked for Medical Lodge...

Opal Bloyd

Opal Bloyd

Oct 22, 2007

Opal O. Bloyd Opal Olive Bloyd of Coffeyville, KS, died Saturday, October 20, 2007, at her home. She was 89. Funeral services will be held Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2007, at 2:00 p.m. at Penwell-Gabel Ford-Wulf-Bruns Chapel. Interment will be in Penwell-Gabel Restlawn Memorial Park Cemetery. The casket has been closed. Friends may call at the funeral home to register...

Robert Heale Jr

Robert Heale Jr

Oct 22, 2007

Coffeyville resident, Robert K. Sarge Heale, Jr. entered into eternal rest on Sunday, October 21, 2007 in Coffeyville. He was 77. Robert was born January 26, 1930 in Coffeyville, the son of Robert Kinnaman and Mildred Taylor Heale, Sr. He grew up and attended schools in Coffeyville. He married Rosalea Ann Gillman on January 6, 1953 in Nowata, Oklahoma....

Charles Cook

Charles Cook

Oct 15, 2007

Former Coffeyville resident, Charles E. Cook entered into eternal rest on Thursday, October 11, 2007 in Grove, Oklaomha. He was 84. Charles was born November 18, 1922 in Coffeyville to Isaac John and Hazel M. Kniseley Cook. He grew up and attended schools in Coffeyville and graduated from Field Kindley High School in 1941. He attended Coffeyville Junior College...

Shirley Carlson

Shirley Carlson

Oct 13, 2007

Shirley Mae Carlson entered into eternal rest on Wednesday, October 17, 2007 in Midwest City, Oklahoma following a lengthy illness. She was 72. Shirley was born June 9, 1935 in Ringling, Oklahoma to Edgar Sherrill and Nora Illene McCurley Dunn. Shirley will be remembered as a good mother and a good person. She was a member of the Del...

Dale Blakslee

Dale Blakslee

Oct 11, 2007

Former Coffeyville resident, Dale O. Blakslee entered into eternal rest on Tuesday, October 9, 2007 in Grove, Oklahoma. He was 85. Dale was born August 4, 1922 in Coffeyville to Ora Bert and Mary Margaret Maxwell Blakslee. He grew up and attended schools in Coffeyville and graduated from Field Kindley Memorial High School. He entered the United States Marine...

Clara Casey

Clara Casey

Oct 9, 2007

Coffeyville resident, Clara Casey entered into eternal rest on Friday, October 5, 2007. She was 97. Clara was born November 5, 1909 in Lenepah Oklahoma to George Edward and Della Lauren Adams Thorpe. She grew up and attended schools in Lenepah area. She married Hugh Maurice Casey on June 15, 1945 in Coffeyville. They made their home in Coffeyville...

Maxine Bartholomew

Maxine Bartholomew

Oct 8, 2007

Coffeyville resident, Maxine Bartholomew entered into eternal rest on Sunday, October 7, 2007. She was 67. Maxine was born January 13, 1940 in Independence, Kansas to Merle Houck and Martha Clark Simmons. She was raised by her mother and step-father, Jim Simmons who she called dad. She graduated high school at Wayside, Kansas. She married Clifford Squirt Bartholomew on...

Jerry Lackey

Jerry Lackey

Oct 5, 2007

Gerald Jerry E. Lackey South Coffeyville resident, Gerald Jerry E. Lackey entered into erternal rest on Thursday, October 4, 2007 in Joplin, Missouri. He was 70. Jerry was born August 3, 1937 in Coffeyville to John E. and Ruth Holton Lackey. He grew up and attended schools and graduated in Edna, Kansas. He served in the National Guard until...

Lucille Kruschke

Lucille Kruschke

Oct 4, 2007

Alma Lucille Kruschke Coffeyville resident, Lucille Kruschke entered into eternal rest on Wednesday, October 03, 2007 she was 91. Lucille was born October 04, 1915 in Busby, Kansas to Joseph A. and Iva Dell Organ Lanning. She grew up and attended school in Busby. She married Fred H. Kruschke on July 24, 1937 in Independence, Kansas. They made their...

Queen Chapman

Queen Chapman

Oct 2, 2007

Queen Isabella Lata Chapman, five month old daughter of Louis and Farrah McDaniels Chapman, III of Coffeyville, entered into eternal rest on Friday, September 28, 2007. She was born April 03, 2007. She is survived by her parents of the home; one brother, Hezekiah; one sister, Araya; grandparents, Donna and Tony Reynolds of Wichita, Kansas, Charles McDaniels, Sr. of...

Stony Tosh

Stony Tosh

Oct 1, 2007

Stony James Tosh Coffeyville resident, Stony James Tosh, entered into eternal rest on Saturday, September 29, 2007 in Wichita, Kansas. He was 51. Mr. Tosh was born November 1,1955 in Coffeyville, Kansas to Norman and Lillie Toy Tosh. He attended schools in Valeda and Edna, and graduated from Labette County High School. Stony was an ASE certified mechanic. He...