Obituaries

Billie Fisher
Mar 21, 2007
Billie Jean Fisher Granny 1925 2007 Billie Jean FisherGranny, age 81, Sycamore Landing resident, Coffeyville, Kansas, entered into rest on Tuesday evening March 20, 2007 at the Coffeyville Regional Medical Center, Coffeyville, Kansas. She was born May 1, 1925 in Altoona, Kansas to Glenn B. Middleton amp; Golda E. Sauders Middleton. She attended school Belleview District 10 in Oklahoma....

Bessie Miller
Mar 21, 2007
Coffeyville resident Bessie Elaine Miller died early Sunday morning, March 18, 2007 in Coffeyville. She was 91. Elaine was born January 2, 1916 in Bartlett, Kansas to Charles and Gertie S. Bourquin Abshier. She grew up and attended school in Barlett, Kansas through the eighth grade. In 1972, at the age of 56 she received her GED from the...

Marcia Atkinson
Mar 19, 2007
Marcia Lynn Atkinson 1953 2007 Marcia Lynn Atkinson, age 53, Coffeyville resident entered into rest early Monday morning of March 19, 2007 at the Jane Phillips Medical Center, Bartlesville, Oklahoma. She was born on September 9, 1953 in Austin, Texas to Damon Willbern and Esther Jo Livingston Willbern. Marcia was a 1971 graduate of Field Kindley Memorial High School....

Dorothy Smith
Mar 16, 2007
Coffeyville resident Dorothy Jean Smith died on Wednesday, March 14, 2007 in Overland Park, Kansas. She was 75. Dorothy was born on May 20, 1931 in Coffeyville, Kansas to George Michael and Katherine Blanche Nolton Deller. She gew up in Coffeyville and had attended Holy Name Catholic School. On August 3, 1950 she married Kenneth E. Smith, Jr. in...

Carol Menefee
Mar 13, 2007
Coffeyville resident Carol Helen Menefee went home to be with the Lord on Monday, March 12, 2007 in Bartlesville. She was 72. Carol was born December 25, 1934 in Miami, Florida to Elbert Eugene and Helen Ann Mitchell Fuller. She attended school in Coffeyville. On July 28, 1951 she married Frank Menefee in Miami, Oklahoma. The couple made their...

Phillip Russell
Mar 8, 2007
Phillip Ray Russell, 62, Dearing, died Sunday, March 5, 2007 at Indian Meadows Care Center in Overland Park. He was born Feb. 18, 1945 in Coffeyville, the son of James Edward and Lillian May Knowton Russell. He was raised in Coffeyville and attended public schools here. Mr. Russell worked for Haliburton as a welder for several years. Survivors include...

Justin Wallace
Mar 8, 2007
Justin Dean Wallace Coffeyville resident Justin Dean Wallace died on Tuesday, March 6, 2007 from injuries received from an auto accident. He was 18. Justin was born November 4, 1988 in Neodesha to Donnie and Sherri Freeman Wallace. He briefly attended Caney grade school and later moved to Coffeyville where he finished his education. While attending Field Kindley High...

Phillip Russell
Mar 7, 2007
Phillip Ray Russell, 62, Dearing, died Sunday, March 5, 2007 at Indian Meadows Care Center in Overland Park. He was born Feb. 18, 1945 in Coffeyville, the son of James Edward and Lillian May Knowton Russell. He was raised in Coffeyville and attended public schools here. Mr. Russell worked for Haliburton as a welder for several years. Survivors include...

Isadore Kegle
Mar 7, 2007
OBIT. ISADORE FRANKLIN KEGLE Isadore Franklin Kegle, 65, Clyde, died Tuesday, March 6, 2007, at St. Francis Health Center, Topeka, Kansas. He was born December 31, 1941 in Cloud County, Kansas to Aldemar and Marceline Ouellette Kegle. Isadore graduated from Clyde High School in 1959. He married Barbara Derusseau and was later orced. He then married Shirley LeBlanc in...

Jack Dempsey
Mar 5, 2007
Jack Edward Dempsey 1923 2007 Jack Edward Dempsey, age 83, longtime Coffeyville resident entered into rest on Sunday afternoon, March 4, 2007 at the Coffeyville Regional Medical Center. Jack was born January 13, 1924 in Kansas City, Missouri to Walter Richard Dempsey and Helen Louise Ridenour Dempsey-Leffler. His early schooling was in various locations. Jacks family moved to Coffeyville...

Florence Hafford
Mar 4, 2007
Florence Julia Upton Hafford 1913 2007 Florence Julia Upton Hafford, age 93, Coffeyville resident went to be with her Lord on Saturday 3rd of March after a lengthy illnesses. Florence was born in Mangum, Oklahoma on September 7, 1913 to Henry and Fannie Ross Walling. She attended Coffeyville Schools. She was employed at Kress Dept. Store of Coffeyville as...

Raymond Startz
Mar 3, 2007
Raymond F. Startz 1926 2007 Raymond F. Startz, age 80, formerly of Coffeyville, entered into rest on Thursday evening of March 1, 2007 at the Shawnee Mission Kansas Medical Center, Mission, Kansas. Mr. Startz was born October 3, 1926 to John William and Martha Anastatia Strutzel Startz in rural Liberty, Kansas. Raymond attended Coffeyville schools and graduated from Field...

Kenneth Chancy
Mar 3, 2007
Kenneth E. Chancy 1924 2007 Kenneth E. Chancy, age 82, longtime Coffeyville resident entered into rest on March 2, 2007 at the Coffeyville Regional Medical Center, Coffeyville. Kenneth was born August 18, 1924 in Humboldt, Kansas to Amos and Gladys Oliphant Chancy. Kenneth was a 1942 graduate of Humboldt High School. He served in the US Air Force during...

Irma Heldenbrand
Mar 1, 2007
Irma L. Heldenbrand 1910 2007 Irma L. Heldenbrand, age 96, entered into rest at her residence in Coffeyville on Wednesday, February 28, 2007. Irma was born October 27, 1910 in Louisa County, Iowa to Mathilda Burchardt and Henry Bruhn. She was raised in the Labette County community. On October 27, 1935 she married Albert H. Heldenbrand. Following their marriage...

Norris White
Feb 28, 2007
Norris O. White Whiz 1923 2007 Norris O. White Whiz, age 83, entered into rest on February 27, 2007 at the Coffeyville Regional Medical Center in Coffeyville. He was born May 5, 1923 to Omer and Amanda Holmquist White in Coffeyville. Mr. White attended schools in Coffeyville and graduated from Field Kindley High School in 1940. He also attended...

Jackie Perkins
Feb 26, 2007
Jackie Thomas Perkins Jack Wann, Oklahoma resident JackieThomasPerkins Jack died on Saturday, February 24, 2007 in Caney. He was 80. He was born August 21, 1926 in Coffeyville to Leonard Franklin and Pearl Shook Perkins. Jack grew up in the Wann, Oklahoma area and remained there all of his life. Jack served in the United States Army during WWII....

Mary Colbert
Feb 26, 2007
Mary Colbert 1921 2007 Mary Colbert, age 85, Rural South Coffeyville, Oklahoma Resident entered into rest on Sunday, February 25, 2007 at the St. John Medical Center, Tulsa, Oklahoma. She was born May 30, 1921 in Sulfur Springs, Texas to Lester Nelson and Hallie Mae Guy Nelson. On December 20, 1943 she married Willard E. Colbert in Nowata County,...

Michael Halstead
Feb 24, 2007
Obituary Michael Lee Halstead Former Coffeyville resident Michael Lee Halstead died on Wednesday, February 21, 2007 on Wichita, Kansas. He was 37. Michael was born on March 30, 1969 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin to Charles and Jo Ann Davis Halstead. He attended school through the eleventh grad and moved to Oswego in 1991. On June 21, 1997 he married Ernestine...

Sarah Tongier
Feb 24, 2007
Obituary Sarah Jane Rockwell-Tongier Sadie Coffeyville resident Sarah Jane Tongier died on Thursday, February 22, 2007 in Coffeyville. She was 88. Sarah was born May 24, 1918 in Searcy, Arkansas to Bradley and Nettie Owen Morris. She grew up and attended High School in Coffeyville. Later she was known as Rosie The Riviter because she worked on aircraft assembly...

Virgil Patchett
Feb 23, 2007
Virgil M. Patchett 1926 2007 Virgil M. Patchett, age 81, entered into rest on February 19, 2007 at the Coffeyville Regional Medical Center, Coffeyville. Virgil was born January 30, 1926 in Coffeyville, Kansas to McClellan Bub Patchett and Eva Vastella Daniels Patchett. He attended Cedar Bluff School as a child. Virgil worked for United Brick and Tile, Acme Foundry...