Obituaries

Stormie Purkey
Oct 24, 2006
Stormie Gloria Ileen Purkey July 9, 2006 October 22, 2006 Stormie Gloria Ileen Purkey, 3 month old infant entered into rest on October 22, 2006 at the Saint Francis Hospital, Tulsa, Oklahoma. She was born in Coffeyville, Kansas on July 9, 2006 to Jesse Purkey and Jessica Morgan. She is survived by her parents. Stormie is also survived by...

Randy Brinker
Oct 24, 2006
Randy Lee Brinker Randy Lee Brinker, 45, of Wann, Oklahoma past away Monday, October 23, 2006 in his home. Randy was born February 3, 1961 to the late Billy Lee and Colleen Tate Brinker in Coffeyville, KS. He was a 1979 graduate of Wann High School. After graduating from high school, Randy worked for Nowata County District 2 from...

Jennie Mccall
Oct 23, 2006
Jennie Mae McCall, 91, of Neodesha, Kansas died Saturday, October 21, 2006 at St. Johns Hospital in Joplin, Missouri. Jennie Mae Menefee was born April 21, 1915 to Earl C. and Opal L. Bevis Menefee in Lexington, Missouri. She was a 1932 graduate of Field Kindley Memorial High School. She worked in the family grocery business. She also attended...

Robert Mayfield
Oct 20, 2006
Robert L. Mayfield Robert L Bob. Mayfield, 71, passed away Thursday, October 19, 2006 at his residence. He was born April 2, 1935 in Winfield, Kansas to Noel and Madeleine Mosteller Mayfield. Robert attended Coffeyville High School until he entered the US Navy. He retired from Pipefitters Union after over 30 years of service. Survivors include his wife, Marcia...

Goldie Gilfillan
Oct 20, 2006
Goldie Pauline Gilfillan Goldie Pauline Gilfillan, 87, devoted wife, mother and grandmother entered into rest on Thursday, October 19, 2006 in Coffeyville. She was born on July 2, 1919 in Cassville, Missouri to John and Angeline Meadows Allen. She moved to Coffeyville in the mid 1930s. She married David Chet Gilfillan in 1957. Survivors include son-in-law, James Ruark; two...

Thomas Goodman
Oct 18, 2006
Thomas Goodman, 52, of Coffeyville, died suddenly Saturday, October 14, 2006. Formely of Visalia, California, he was born March 24, 1954. He had been a resident of Coffeyville for about ten years. He was the loving companion of Barbara Tefft. Surviors include two daughters Cindy and husband Jimmy Alonzo and Jennifer and husband Pat Murphy all of California; his...

Hurlburt Pierce
Oct 17, 2006
Obituary Hurlburt Matthew Pierce Hurlburt Matthew Pierce, know to all as Matt, passed away peacefully in Scottsdale, Arizona on June 7, 2005, at the age of 92. He was born October 8, 1912 in Warren, Arkansas to Hurlburt and Edna Gordon Pierce. Shortly thereafter, the family moved back to Coffeyville, Kansas, where he attended school through Coffeyville Junior College....

Wilma Buckner
Oct 16, 2006
Wilma Buckner January 10, 1913 October 16, 2006 Wilma Buckner, age 93, longtime Coffeyville resident, entered into rest on October 16, 2006 at Windsor Place, Coffeyville, Kansas. Wilma was born January 10, 1913 in Steelville, Missouri to Thomas Edward Buckner and Mattie Tompkins Buckner. She was a 1931 graduate of Field Kindley Memorial High School. Ms. Buckner was sales...

Richard Perry
Oct 15, 2006
Richard Amos Perry Coffeyville resident Richard A. Perry passed away on Saturday, October 7, 2006 in Coffeyville. He was 22. Richard Amos Perry was born July 30, 1984 in Coffeyville, Kansas to Robert R. and Mary M. Sharpe Perry. He married Miranda McMurphey on February 24, 2006 in Emporia, Kansas. He lived in Coffeyville all of his life except...

Rhonda Smith
Oct 11, 2006
Rhonda Perry Benfer-Smith Rhonda Perry Benfer-Smith, 40, of Coffeyville died Saturday October 7, 2006 in Coffeyville. Rhonda was born September 26, 1966 in Coffeyville to Bob and Brenda Phillips Perry. She attended Longfellow and Field Kindley schools in Coffeyville. She married Ricky Benfer and later orced. She then married Robert Smith. Rhonda was a CNA and liked singing and...

Emory Wise
Oct 7, 2006
Obituary Emory Frank Wise Rural Coffeyville resident Emory Frank Wise, age 77 passed away Friday, October 7, 2006 at his home. Emory was born February 3, 1929 in rural Coffeyville to Francis Lee and Emma Ethyl Sands Wise. He attended Snow Hill and Valeda Elementary Schools, both in Labette County. He also attended Judea Elementary in Tyro. He was...

Betty Hinrichs
Oct 6, 2006
Betty Lou Hinrichs March 19, 1927 October 5, 2006 Betty Lou Hinrichs, age 79, longtime Coffeyville, Kansas resident entered into rest on October 5, 2006 at the Coffeyville Regional Medical Center. Betty was born March 19, 1927 in Joplin, Missouri to Robert L. Johnson and Maude M. Bishop Johnson. Mrs Hinrichs was of the Christian Faith. She married Alfonzo...

Alice Baker
Oct 5, 2006
Obituary Alice Mabel Horning Baker Coffeyville resident Alice Mabel Horning Baker died Wednesday morning, October 4, 2006 at Windsor Place, where she has been a resident for many years. She was 101. Mabel was given a key to the city on her 100th birthday last year. Alice Mabel Horning Baker born March 26, 1905 in the city of Toronto,...

William Gray
Oct 3, 2006
William Jacob Gray April 7, 1934 October 3, 2006 William Jacob Gray, age 72, Coffeyville, Kansas resident entered into rest on October 3, 2006 at the St. John Medical Center, Tulsa, Oklahoma. William was born April 7, 1934 in Lenapah, Oklahoma to Archie and Faye Gray. He was a 1952 graduate of Lenapah High School. He served in the...

Van Grant
Sep 30, 2006
GRANT, Van A Van Artha Grant was born on August 22, 1947 in Kansas City, Kansas to Juno M. Grant and Artha Lee Grant. He was the only son of two children. His sibling is Tanda L. Meadors. Van was raised and spent his early childhood in Coffeyville, Kansas, moving to Albuquerque in 1958 with his family. Van attended...

Jason Warren
Sep 29, 2006
Jason Warren March 14, 1971 September 14, 2006 Jason Warren, age 35, former Coffeyville resident entered into rest on September 14, 2006 in Kansas, Oklahoma. He was born March 14, 1971 to Richard D. Warren and Vicki L. Knight Warren in Denison, Texas. He attended Coffeyville Schools. He married Norma Morgan. They later orced. He then married Ginger Knisley....

Thomas Meeker
Sep 28, 2006
Thomas C. Meeker Oct. 4, 1933 Sept. 28, 2006 Thomas C. Meeker, age 72, entered into rest on Thursday, September 28, 2006 at Windsor Place, Coffeyville, Kansas. Thomas was born October 4, 1933 in Cincinnati, Ohio to Thomas J. Meeker and Amelia M. Barth Meeker. He was a 1951 graduate of Purcell High School, Cincinnati, Ohio. He received his...

Regina Dean
Sep 25, 2006
Regina Lynn Dean Coffeyville resident, Regina Lynn Dean, age 43, passed away on Saturday morning, September 23, 2006 at Coffeyville Regional Medical Center. Regina was born on February 7, 1963 in Coffeyville to Herman and Lauretta Coleman Pitts. She attended Coffeyville Schools and graduated from Field Kindley Memorial High School Class of 1981. She earned her associates degree from...

Velma Miller
Sep 25, 2006
Velma Miller 1923 2006 A true southeast Kansas Jewel was lost Sunday, Velma Miller, age 82, entered into rest September 24, 2006 at her residence in Coffeyville, Kansas. Velma was born December 14, 1923 in Muskogee, Oklahoma to William Henry Harrison Holderbaum and Edna Bell Aynes Holderbaum. On August 4, 1944 she married Wilbur Miller in Coffeyville, Kansas. Survivors...