Obituaries

Mildred Beishline
May 19, 2007
Mildred L. Beishline Coffeyville resident Mildred L. Beishline entered into eternal rest on Friday, May 18, 2007 in Coffeyville. She was 77. She was born November 1, 1929 in Coffeyville to Alexander H. and Etta L. Malcom VanDyne. She grew up in Montgomery County and graduated from Field Kindley Memorial High School. On June 18, 1950 she married Dean...

May Armentrout
May 18, 2007
May Louise Armentrout 1914 2007 May Louise Armentrout, 93, of Coffeyville entered into eternal rest on Friday, May 18, 2007 in Coffeyville, Kansas. May was born January 4, 1914 in Westmoreland, Kansas to Bert and Nellie Whearty Hough. She attended schools in Fostoria, Kansas, graduating from Fostoria High School in 1932. After her education in Fostoria, she worked as...

Leonard Mason, Sr.
May 12, 2007
Leonard Eugene Mason, Sr. 1955 2007 Independence, Kansas resident, Leonard Eugene Mason, Sr. entered into eternal rest on May 10, 2007 at the St. John Medical Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He was 52. He was born January 3, 1955 in Coffeyville, Kansas to Harold Eugene and Donnie Lee Bradshaw Mason. Leonard served in the United States Armed Forces entering...

Felicitas Pattison
May 11, 2007
Felicitas Phyllis Pattison 1937 2007 Coffeyville resident, Felicitas Phyllis Pattison entered into eternal rest on May 10, 2007 at the Integris Baptist Regional Hospital, Miami, Oklahoma. She was born January 14, 1937 in Parsons, Kansas to Ignacio Cruz and Antonia Adela Cruz Castoreno. Felicitas graduated in 1955 from St. Patricks Catholic High School in Parsons, Kansas. In 1956 she...

Ruth Banzet
May 11, 2007
Ruth Elzade Banzet 1916 2007 Coffeyville resident, Ruth Banzet, entered into eternal rest on Thursday, May 10, 2007 in Coffeyville. She was 90 years old. She was born May 24, 1916 in Ottawa County, Oklahoma to William Wilshire McCorkle and Lula Belle Williams McCorkle. Ruth was a graduate of Miami High School, Miami, Oklahoma. She then received her Bachelors...

Carvel Schenck
May 10, 2007
Carvel Ellison Schenck 1925 2007 Coffeyville resident since 1968, Carvel Ellison Schenck entered into internal rest on Wednesday, May 9, 2007 at his residence. He was 82. Carvel was born March 31, 1925 in Edna, Kansas to Clifton and Dica Oldham Schenck. He was a graduate of Altamont High School. Carvel entered the Army Air Force in Ft. Leavenworth,...

Clyde Koger
May 2, 2007
Clyde Koger, a long-time resident of Tyro, KS passed away on April 28, 2007 at the age of 86. Clyde was born at the family farm northwest of Tyro, Kansas to William and Mollie Brown Koger on February 24, 1921. Clyde is survived by his wife of 64 years, Allene Swank; his son, Ronald and wife, Cheryl, of Candor,...

Herschel Ricks
May 2, 2007
Home going service for Herschel L. Ricks Former Coffeyville resident Herschel Lee Ricks passed away Sunday, April 29, 2007 in Joplin, MO. He was 66 years old. Herschel was born April 1, 1941 to Herschel Ricks and Mrs. Josephine Webber Ricks in Coffeyville, Ks. Mr. Ricks went to school in Coffeyville to the 8th grade. But later got his...

Eula Vandermark
May 2, 2007
Eula Lorraine Vandermark Former Coffeyville resident, Eula Lorraine Vandermark entered eternal rest on Monday, April 30, 2007 in Grove, Oklahoma. She was 85. Eula was born December 15, 1921 in Bartlett, Kansas to Charles and Gertie S. Bourquin Abshier. She attended school in the Mound Valley Community. Eula was a homemaker. She later was employed with Automotive Control of...

Brian Anderson
Apr 27, 2007
Brian Christopher Anderson 1971 2007 Coffeyville, Kansas resident, Brian Christopher Anderson entered into eternal rest on Thursday, April 26, 2007 at the Jane Phillips Medical Center, Bartlesville, OK. He was 35. He was born September 28, 1971 to Larry and Pam Widowski Anderson in Coffeyville, Kansas. Brian was a 1990 graduate of Field Kindley Memorial High School, Coffeyville, KS....

Elic Burks, Sr.
Apr 27, 2007
Elic Henry Burks, Sr. 1922 2007 Edna, Kansas resident, Elic Henry Burks, Sr. entered into eternal rest on Thursday, April 26, 2007 in Coffeyville. He was 84. He was born September 10, 1922 to LaFayette and Jessie Spradlin Burks in Hemet, California. He was a 1940 graduate of San Jacinto, California. After high school Elic entered into the United...

Gladys Rench
Apr 26, 2007
Gladys May Rench 1913 2007 The sweet spirit of Gladys May Rench, went to be with her Lord on Wednesday, April 25, 2007 at the age of 93. She was born to Herman and Katie Gorton Carpenter May 2, 1913 in Alturas, California. At the age of six she and her family moved to the Wann-Noxie area in Oklahoma....

Barry Cranor
Apr 25, 2007
Barry Ray Cranor Rural Edna resident Barry Ray Cranor entered into eternal rest at his home on Monday, April 23, 2007. He was 47. Barry was born April 8, 1960 in Coffeyville to Raymond E. and Katherine A. Regel Cranor. Barry was disabled and He attended school at Parsons Training Center. His favorite pastime was watching and learning about...

Hazel Purcell
Apr 23, 2007
Fairhaven - Hazel L. Cain Miller Purcell, 84, of Westport Point, MA, formerly of Coffeyville, KS, passed away Friday, April 20, 2007 at Nichols House Nursing Home. She was the widow of Staff Sgt. Thomas C. Miller. Born in Coffeyville, KS, a daughter of the late Virn L. and Mary Timmerman Cain, she had lived in Coffeyville her entire...

John Patton
Apr 21, 2007
John L. Patton Grove, Oklahoma resident, John Lewallen Patton entered into eternal rest on Thursday, April 19, 2007 in Bartlesville. He was 61. John was born on September 22, 1945 in Cherokee, Oklahoma to Hubert Victor and Norma Lee Stevens Patton. He attended schools in Alfalfa County. In his early teens the family moved to California and John graduated...

Edith Moon
Apr 21, 2007
Edith Stapleton Moon Coffeyville resident Edith Fern Moon entered eternal rest on Friday, April 20, 2007 in Coffeyville. She was 92. She was born June 2, 1914 in Coffeyville, KS to Conaway Charles and Eunice Vivery Scott Baker. She graduated from Field Kindley High School in 1932 and from Coffeyville Community College in 1934 On June 15, 1935 she...

Mathilda Bruhn
Apr 18, 2007
Mathilda Florence Bruhn 1916 2007 Coffeyville resident, Mathilda Florence Bruhn, entered into rest on Wednesday, April 18, 2007 at her residence. She was 91. Miss Bruhn was born February 1, 1916 to Henry and Mathilda Freda Burchardt Bruhn in Altamont, Kansas. She attended country schools around Angola, Kansas. Miss Bruhn worked for Kress Five amp; Dime Store downtown Coffeyville....

Hazel Davis
Apr 16, 2007
Hazel M. Jones Davis 1912 2007 Hazel M. Jones Davis, formerly of Coffeyville, Kansas, entered into rest on April 12, 2007 at the Mease Countryside Hospital in Safety Harbor, Florida. She was 94. Hazel was born Aug. 2, 1912 to John Burnett and Lena Hahn Burnett in Chetopa, Kansas. On Oct. 4, 1956 she married Charles Ansel Jones at...

Janice Withers
Apr 16, 2007
Janice Elaine Thorley Withers 1933 2007 Janice Elaine Thorley Withers, 73, left this earth to be with the Lord on Sunday, April 15, 2007. She was born in Canton, Ohio on September 28, 1933 to Earl and Delores Fort Thorley. She was a 1951 graduate of McKinley High School in Canton, Ohio. After graduating high school, Janice moved to...

Donald Slaton
Apr 10, 2007
Rural Coffeyville rsident Donald K. Slaton joined Nadine, his loving wife of 60 years, in eternal rest on Monday, April 9, 2007 at his home. He was 76. Don was born on November 21, 1930. He lived his entire life in the Coffeyville area and worked as a truck driver. He retired from the Missouri-Pacific railroad and later farmed...