Obituaries

Obituaries for Cherryvale, Fredonia, Chanute, and Surrounding Areas

Larry L. Ellis

Larry L. Ellis

Feb 22, 2019

Larry Leon Ellis 66, of Cherryvale, Kansas, went home to be with the Lord on Friday, February 22, 2019 surrounded by his loving family. He passed away due to complications of diabetes. Larry was born on March 11, 1952 in Parsons, Kansas to Leon Ellis and Loretta (Wadsworth) Ellis. He was raised in Cherryvale, Kansas and graduated from Cherryvale High...

Jeffery David  Erskin

Jeffery David Erskin

Feb 20, 2019

Jeffery D. Erskin, 59 of Cherryvale, Kansas passed away Wednesday, February 20, 2019 at Wilson Medical Center in Neodesha, Kansas. Jeffery David Erskin was born February 14, 1960 in Dighton, Kansas the son of Dutch Erskin and Mattie (Roberts) Erskin. He grew up in Dighton and attended Dighton Schools. On August 5, 1995 in Cherryvale Kansas he was united in...

Brenda Kay Lockhart

Brenda Kay Lockhart

Feb 20, 2019

Brenda Kay (Troutman) Lockhart, 71, a resident of Fredonia, passed away Wednesday, February 20, 2019, at Cherryvale Nursing and Rehab Center in Cherryvale, Kansas. Brenda was born November 9, 1947 Neodesha, Kansas, the daughter of Dale and Norma (Wall) Troutman. She grew up in Altoona, graduating from Altoona High School in 1965. She also attended Independence Junior College Cosmetology School....

Barbara J.  Neill

Barbara J. Neill

Jan 29, 2019

Barbara Joanne (Kensinger) Neill, 87, former longtime resident of Fredonia, Kansas passed away Tuesday, January 29, 2019, at Country Place Senior Living, Chanute, Kansas. Barbara was born June 30, 1931, in Fredonia, the daughter of Hubert and Edythe Mae (Chappell) Kensinger. She grew up in Fredonia, graduating from Fredonia High School in 1949, she also attended Pittsburg State University in...

Betty Lu Compton

Betty Lu Compton

Jan 28, 2019

Betty Lu Crawford Compton, 77, passed away Monday, January 28, 2019 in Manhattan, Kansas. Betty Lu was born August 15, 1941 to Carl W. and Hilma Fisher Crawford, west of La Fontaine, Kansas. Betty Lu grew up on the farm. She learned to cook and keep house during the summer months as her mother worked outside. She participated in 4-H...

Wauneta M. Shaver

Wauneta M. Shaver

Jan 27, 2019

Wauneta M. Shaver, 98, of Fredonia, Kansas passed away Sunday, January 27, 2019 at Morningstar Care Home of Fredonia. Wauneta May Shaver was born October 1, 1920 in Fredonia, Kansas the daughter of Minor Gerald Thornton and Ida Myrtle (Crane) Thornton. She grew up in Fredonia and graduated from Fredonia High School in 1938. On May 11, 1940 in Independence,...

Nora Payne

Nora Payne

Jan 13, 2019

Nora Payne, 88, of Frontenac, Kansas passed away Sunday, January 13, 2019 at her home with her family by her side. Nora Payne was born September 1, 1930 in Capaldo, Kansas the daughter of Tony Cussimanio and Nora (Lance) Cussimanio. She grew up in Capaldo and attended Capaldo Schools. On September 17, 1947 in Evanston, Wyoming she was united in...

Tonya L. Atherton

Tonya L. Atherton

Jan 7, 2019

Tonya L. Atherton, 71, of Cherryvale, Kansas passed away Monday morning, January 7, 2019 at her home with family by her side. Tonya Lynette Atherton was born October 12, 1947 in Neodesha, Kansas the daughter of Kenneth L. Gillespie and Thelma (Taylor) Gillespie. She grew up in Neodesha and graduated from Neodesha High School in 1965. She also attended Independence...

Stephen Garrett Birdsong

Stephen Garrett Birdsong

Jan 6, 2019

Stephen Garrett Birdsong Obituary Stephen Garrett Birdsong, 73 passed away on January 06, 2019 with his family at his side. Born March 26,1945 in Independence, KS, the son of Johnie Garrett Birdsong and Remola Louise (Plake) Birdsong. On August 26th,1963 he married his Jr. High School sweetheart & wife of 56 years Mary Ann Rogers. Steve worked as a heavy...

Sharon L. Blaker

Sharon L. Blaker

Jan 4, 2019

Sharon L. Blaker, 75, of Fredonia, Kansas passed away Friday, January 4, 2019 at Kansas Heart Hospital in Wichita, Kansas. Sharon Louise Blaker was born November 20, 1943 in Fredonia, Kansas the daughter of Oren Cox and Mildred (Taylor) Cox. She grew up in Fredonia and graduated from Fredonia High School. She also attended Pittsburg State University. On July 15,...

Joe H. Donohue

Joe H. Donohue

Dec 30, 2018

Joe Hiram Donohue 1930 - 2018 Joe H. Donohue, age 88 of Fredonia passed away on Sunday, December 30, 2018. Born Sept. 7, 1930 to Lloyd and May (Parsons) Donohue, Joe was educated in the one-room school at Farmdale, and graduated from Fredonia High School. Joe was a farmer-stockman whose family settled in Wilson County in 1867. He took great...

Rose  Audrey Cummings

Rose Audrey Cummings

Dec 28, 2018

Rose Audrey Cummings, 97, formerly of Fredonia, passed away Friday, December 28, 2018 at Victoria Falls Nursing Home in Andover, Kansas. Born May 26, 1921 in Fredonia, Kansas to Ira Benjamin Harrison Dove and Rose (Brindle) Dove. Rose attended and graduated from Fredonia High School in 1939. Rose was a homemaker, Avon representative and worked as a cook at Fredonia,...

Thomas   "Tom" J. Keck

Thomas "Tom" J. Keck

Dec 27, 2018

Thomas "Tom" J. Keck, 80, of Bartlesville, Oklahoma formerly of Cherryvale, Kansas passed away Thursday, December 27, 2018 in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. Thomas Joe Keck was born February 2, 1938 in Independence, Kansas the son of Merle C. Keck and Cleo Frances (Ray) Keck. He grew up in Independence and graduated from Independence High School in 1954. He also attended Independence...

Doris Rae Regan

Doris Rae Regan

Dec 27, 2018

Doris Rae (Glassburn) Regan, 82, of Fredonia, passed away at 1:43 p.m. Thursday, December 27, 2018 at her son’s home. Born November 13, 1936 in St. Paul, Kansas to Lester Clyde and Georgia Corrine (Martin) Glassburn, she married Raymond Laverne Boden in October, 1955 in Vicksburg, Mississippi. She later married Robert Lee Regan, Sr. in August 1968 in Miami, Oklahoma....

Erma  M. Frost

Erma M. Frost

Dec 26, 2018

Erma M. Frost, 97, Fredonia, Kansas passed away Wednesday, December 26, 2018 at Pleasant Valley Nursing Home in Sedan, Kansas. Erma M. Frost was born July 11, 1921 in Fredonia, Kansas the daughter of Ezekiel Letterman and Lydia Arminda (Kelley) Letterman. She grew up in Fredonia and graduated from Fredonia High School. She was united in marriage to Chester E....

Mildred Weisenberger

Mildred Weisenberger

Dec 25, 2018

Cremation has taken place with family services held at a later date. Full obituary information will follow later.

Agnes  I. Cretcher

Agnes I. Cretcher

Dec 7, 2018

Agnes I. Cretcher, 89, of Cherryvale, Kansas passed away Friday, December 7, 2018 at Good Samaritan Society in Parsons, Kansas Agnes Imagene Cretcher was born September 26, 1929 in Crystal, Kentucky the daughter of Charles Gross and Emma (Rogers) Gross. She grew up in Kentucky and graduated from Lee County High School in 1953. On May 5, 1956 in Dayton,...

Gale D. Carter

Gale D. Carter

Dec 5, 2018

Gale D. Carter, 82, a lifelong resident of Altoona, Kansas died Wednesday, December 5, 2018 at Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice Center in Wichita, Kansas. Gale was born August 4, 1936 on the farm outside of Altoona to Claude Carter and Mable (Wiles) Carter. He graduated from Altoona High School in 1954. On April 30, 1960 he married Retha Jackson and...

Bayard "Pat" N. Bell

Bayard "Pat" N. Bell

Nov 28, 2018

Bayard N. “Pat” Bell, 92 and 11/12ths, longtime resident of Cherryvale, Kansas passed away Wednesday morning, November 28, 2018 at Coffeyville Regional Medical Center in Coffeyville, Kansas with his family at his side. Bayard Norman Bell was born December 28, 1925 in Eureka, Kansas the son of C.C. Bell and Beatrice (Cross) Bell. He grew up in Eureka and graduated...

Norman Lewis Reynolds

Norman Lewis Reynolds

Nov 28, 2018

NORMAN REYNOLDS Norman Lewis Reynolds, 85, of Fredonia, Kansas, died Wednesday, November 28, 2018 in Stillwater, Oklahoma, where he had resided for the past few years due to health reasons. Norman was born October 3, 1933 in Lafontaine, Kansas, the son of Carl and Lillian (Wise) Reynolds. He began school at Mound School in 1939 and graduated from Fredonia High...