Obituaries

Neal Harris
Nov 22, 2006
Coffeyville resident Neal E. Harris died on Tuesday, November 21, 2006 in Coffeyville. He was 92. Neal was born on November 3, 1914 in West Plains, Missouri to Frank and Edith Faulkner Harris. He attended school in Midian, Kansas and later finished high school in Tawanda, Kansas. He started a career in pipe welding in 1935 serving as a...

Lousie Burden
Nov 21, 2006
Coffeyville resident Louise Burden died on Thursday, November 16,2006 in Coffeyville,Kansas. She was 89. She was born in Montgomery county on April 29, 1917 to Arthur Clinton and Maude M. James Whitaker. She attended school through the eigth grade at Cedar Creek Rural School in Montomery County. She moved with her parents to Chetopa in 1930 where she graduated...

Katherine Smith
Nov 20, 2006
Katherine Louise Smith Coffeyville resident, Katherine Louise Hahn Smith. Passed away Sunday afternoon, November 19, 2006 in Coffeyville. She was 98. Katherine was born September 22, 1908 in Coffeyville to Sebastian and Bertha Horetta Reece Hahn. She attended schools in Coffeyville and graduated from Coffeyville Community College. She received her Bachlors Degree from Oklahoma University, and later a Masters...

Karen Hamil
Nov 17, 2006
Obituary Karen Marie Hamil Coffeyville resident Karen Marie Hamil died Thursday, November 16, 2006 in Independence. She was 47. She was born March 21, 1959 in Coffeyville to Norman Chester and Lillie Marie Toy Tosh. She grew up near Coffeyville and later attended Tri County Technology School. She graduated in 1998 from the nursing program and became a Licensed...

Robert March
Nov 16, 2006
Obituary Robert Bud Martin March Coffeyville resident Robert Bud Martin March died on Wednesday, November 15, 2006 at the Veterans Hospital in Muskogee, Oklahoma. He was 76. He was born February 14, 1930 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma to Martin Raymond and Etta Pearl Spivy March. Bud served in the United States Navy from 1947 during the Korean War until...

Effie Ranes
Nov 15, 2006
Rural Caney resident Effie Alice Ranes died at her home on Tuesday, November 14, 2006. She was 75. Alice was born on June 1, 1931 in Coffeyville to Henry Thomas and Mary Elizabeth Roberts La Forte. She grew up and attended schools in Coffeyville. She had worked as a waitress and most recently, a cashier at Kamp;S Oil Co....

Teddy Tankcred
Nov 14, 2006
Teddy Lee Tankcred 1958 2006 Teddy Lee Tankcred, age 47, Nowata, Oklahoma resident entered into rest on November 10, 2006 at the St. Johns Medical Center in Joplin, Missouri. He was born December 27, 1958 to Dallas Tankcred and Kay Gillman Tankcred in Coffeyville, Kansas He was a US Navy Vietnam Veteran. Teddy was a recipient of the Purple...

Dollie Hackler
Nov 13, 2006
Dollie Pearl Hackler 1915 2006 Dollie Pearl Hackler, age 91, Windsor Place resident entered into rest on November 12, 2006 at the Coffeyville Regional Medical Center, Coffeyville, Kansas. She was born August 16, 1915 to William T. Gregory and Mattie Coker Gregory in Nowata County, Oklahoma. She was born and raised in the Nowata County community and attended the...

Sydney Tracy
Nov 11, 2006
Sydney Elizabeth Tracy 1989 2006 Sydney Elizabeth Tracy, age 16, entered into rest on November 10, 2006 in rural Coffeyville, Kansas. Sydney was born on November 15, 1989 to James and Deborah LaPorte Tracy in Coffeyville, Kansas. Sydney was a Junior at Field Kindley Memorial High School. Sydney was on the honor society and carried a 4.0 gpa. Sydney...

Joline Jaggers
Nov 6, 2006
Obituary Joline Jaggers Coffeyville resident Joline Jaggers passed away on Sunday, November 5, 2006 at her residence. She was 82. Joline was born August 15, 1924 in Coffeyville to Noah T. and Doris Kerr Walborn. She graduated from Field Kindley Memorial High School. She later married Harold D. Jaggers and he survives at the home. Mrs. Jaggers lived in...

Mary O'Meara
Nov 4, 2006
Obituary Former Coffeyville resident Mary Elizabeth Ferwalt OMeara died Friday November 3, 2006 in Kansas City, Kansas. She was 70 years old. Mary was born July 20, 1936 in Kansas City, Missouri to John E. and Frances E. Brill Ferwalt Sr. She attended Holy Name Catholic School and graduated from Field Kindley Memorial High School in 1955. She later...

John Roberts
Nov 1, 2006
John Burton Roberts, 68, passed away on October 31, 2006 in Cushing, Oklahoma. He was born May 17, 1938 in Coffeyville, Kansas to Harry and Grace Roberts. While in high school he noticed something unusual about a pretty young girl. She had lived out-of-state for a while and spoke with a Wisconsin accent and this caught his attention. John...

Reverend Brown
Nov 1, 2006
Reverend Sharon Brown Chappell Memorial Services for Reverend Sharon Brown Chappell, 65, formerly of Oskaloosa, will be at 1:00 PM on Saturday, November 4, 2006 at the First United Methodist Church in Coffeyville. Reverend Chappell died Thursday, October 19, 2006 at Stormont Vail Hospital in Topeka after a long illness. She was born December 18, 1940 in Columbus, the...

Hayden Wells
Oct 30, 2006
Hayden Lockey Wells 1917 2006 Hayden Lockey Wells, age 89 entered into rest on October 28, 2006 at his Coffeyville, Kansas residence. Hayden was born on June 20, 1917 to George Wells and Della Duree Wells in Canute, Oklahoma. He was a 1937 graduate of Seminole High School, Seminole, Oklahoma. On December 25, 1941 he married Clara Leota Richardson...

Frank Pfister, Jr
Oct 29, 2006
Frank J. Pfister, Jr. 1950 2006 Frank J. Pfister, Jr., age 56, entered into rest on October 28, 2006 at the Coffeyville Regional Medical Center, Coffeyville, Kansas. He was born in Coffeyville, Kansas April 16, 1950 to Frank and Donna Fields Pfister. Frank was a 1968 graduate of Field Kindley Memorial High School, Coffeyville, Ks. On June 28, 1968...

Connie May
Oct 27, 2006
Connie J. May 1944 2006 Connie J. May, age 61, entered into rest on October 26, 2006 at the Coffeyville Regional Medical, Coffeyville, Kansas. Connie was born in Sedan, Kansas December 18, 1944 to Clarence E. Manley and Letha R. Davis Manley. She was a graduate of Edna High School, Edna, Kansas. Connie worked for Standard Motors in Independence,...

Walter Willis
Oct 27, 2006
WalterBing Crosbie Willis WalterBing Crosbie Willis went to be in the comforting arms of the Lord he loved on October 26, 2006. He was born on February 24, 1945 in Tulsa, Oklahoma to parents, Walter B. amp; Anna L. Crosbie Willis. He graduated from Will Rogers High School and received his B. S. degree in Forestry from Oklahoma State...

Jimmie Strope
Oct 27, 2006
Jimmie Floyd Strope Rural Wann, Oklahoma resident Jimmie Floyd Strope went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, October 25, 2006. He was 62. Jimmie was born on August 27, 1944 in Coffeyville to Roy and Ruth Strope. He grew up and attended schools in Wayside and Havana and graduated from high school. Later, he joined the United States...

Daphna Gilliland
Oct 26, 2006
Daphna Rae Gilliland, 71 died suddenly on April 30, 2006 in Sun City, Arizona. She was born July 4, 1934 in Buhl, Idaho. Daphna attended schools in Coffeyville, Kansas and Hammond, Indiana. She graduated from Ball State University with a Master of Arts Degree in education and taught school in Indiana, Gillette and Casper Wyoming. In 1958, Daphna was...

William Clapp
Oct 26, 2006
William Bill R. Clapp, age 66, Coffeyville, Kansas resident entered into rest on October 25, 2006 at the St. Johns Regional Medical Center, Joplin, Missouri. He was born December 6, 1939 in Sapulpa, Oklahoma to Floyd and Dorothy Vansickle Clapp. William was a 1957 graduate of Sapulpa High School, Sapulpa, Oklahoma. He was very active Band Member of the...