Obituaries
Obituaries for Cherryvale, Fredonia, Chanute, and Surrounding Areas
Russell O, Shogren
Jan 13, 2008
Russell O. Shogren, a resident of Coyville, Kansas, formerly of Wichita, Kansas, died Sunday, January 13, 2008 at Fredonia Regional Hospital in Fredonia, Kansas. He was born in Salina, Kansas, the son of Delbert Franz and Inez (Roe) Shogren. He was a self-employed rancher for 32 years. On June 11, 1952 in Wichita, he married Ruth Mercer. She survives at...
Curtis E. Reno
Jan 12, 2008
Curtis E. "Gene" Reno, 88, a longtime resident of Fredonia, Kansas, died Saturday, January 12, 2008 at the Wilson County Hospital in Neodesha, Kansas. He was born August 15, 1919 in Woodson County, Kansas, the son of Clarence Ralph and Alice Hazel (Sellers) Reno. On January 6, 1941 in Neosho, Missouri, he married Georgia Pearl Keeler. She preceded him in...
Royce D. Chaffin
Jan 10, 2008
Royce D. Chaffin, 77, a resident of Sun City, Arizona, formerly of the Buffalo and Fredonia area, died Thursday, January 10, 2008 at the Hospice of the Valley Good Shepard in Sun City. He was born June 28, 1930 in Buffalo, the son of Beryl and Vada (Means) Chaffin. Mr. Chaffin served in the United States Air Force and the...
Verle Wayne Wadel
Dec 15, 2007
Verle Wayne Wadel, 49, resident of Bowers, Pennsylvania and formerly of Fredonia, Kansas, died Saturday, December 15, 2007 at St. Joseph Hospital in Reading, Pennsylvania. He was born July 1, 1958 in Fredonia, the son of Dennis and Helen (Jantz) Wadel. He was a graduate of Fredonia High School and had been employed for the past eight years at Echo...
Petrena Ellouise Forsythe
Dec 8, 2007
Petrena Forsythe, 86, of Fredonia, Kansas passed away Saturday, December 8, 2007 at Golden Living Center in Neodesha, Kansas. Petrena, widow of C.W. (Bill) Forsythe, was born December 31, 1920, to Hadwen Arnold (Pete) and Madge Moore Addington in Wilson County, Kansas, west of Altoona on the family farm. She attended grade schools at Cherryvale, Independence, and Hatler, and graduated...
Vivian Nadine Parker
Nov 30, 2007
Vivian Nadine Parker, 76, a longtime resident of Fredonia, Kansas, died Friday, November 30, 2007 at the Golden Living Center in Neodesha, Kansas. She was born October 8, 1931, near Thayer, Kansas, the daughter of Clarence Bartlett and Lila Lois (Hines) Babcock. She was a graduate of Altoona High School. On April 15, 1951, near Earlton, Kansas, she married John...
John C. Carter
Nov 30, 2007
John C. Carter, 33, a resident of Las Cruces, New Mexico, died Friday, November 30, 2007 at his home. J.C. was the grandson of the late Johnnie and Norma Carroll and the nephew of Helena Dalton of Fredonia. Private family burial took place on Saturday, December 8, 2007 at the Fredonia City Cemetery. Timmons Funeral Home was in charge of...
Georgia Pearl Reno
Nov 25, 2007
Georgia Pearl Reno, 86, a longtime resident of Fredonia, Kansas, died Sunday, November 25, 2007 at Golden Living Center in Neodesha, Kansas. She was born June 9, 1921 in Coyville, the daughter of Charlie and Ethel (Sherlock) Keeler. On January 6, 1941 in Neosho, Missouri, she married Curtis E. "Gene" Reno. He survives at their home. Mrs. Reno worked several...
Harold Decou
Nov 7, 2007
Harold DeCou, 87, resident of Fredonia, Kansas, died Wednesday November 7. 2007 at Fredonia Regional Hospital in Fredonia, Kansas. He was born July 23.1920 in Yates Center, the son of James and Henryetta Miller DeCou. He served in the United States Army, serving during World War II. He retired from Norris Industries in California after 25 years. He married Margaret...
John B. Sanchez, Jr.
Nov 2, 2007
John B. Sanchez, Jr., 38, a resident of Fredonia, Kansas, formerly of Erie and Oswego, died Friday, November 2, 2007 in Fredonia. He was born February 13, 1969 in Cortez, Colorado, the son of John and Olivia (Marcus) Sanchez, Sr. He served in the United States Army. He was the owner and construction foreman for J & S Construction. He...
Mary Lucille Hendry
Oct 24, 2007
Mary Lucille Hendry, 75, a resident of rural Fredonia, Kansas, died Wednesday, October 24, 2007 at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita, Kansas. She was born July 18, 1932 in Fredonia, the only child of Frank and Cora (McGinnes) Owens. She was a graduate of Fredonia High School. On December 1, 1957 in Fredonia, she married Billy Hendry. He survives at...
Max Eugene Ecton
Oct 22, 2007
Max Eugene Ecton, 81 years and six days old, a lifelong resident of Coyville, Kansas, died Monday, October 22, 2007, at Galichia Heart Hospital in Wichita, Kansas. He was born October 16, 1926, outside of Coyville, the son of Charles O. and Alice M. (Dice) Ecton. He was a 1943 graduate of Coyville High School. He served with the United...
Rev. Wayne Ware
Oct 16, 2007
Rev. Alvie Wayne Ware, 86, a longtime resident of Fredonia, Kansas, died Tuesday, October 16, 2007 at Golden Living Center in Fredonia. He was born April 2, 1921 in Boise, Idaho, the son of Benjamin and Crystal (Busby) Ware. He was a retired ordained minister, having worked in Nazarene and Wesleyan churches in McCune, Garnett, Howard, Fredonia, Fall River, and...
Judith Evelyn (Kelley) Cohee
Oct 10, 2007
Judith Evelyn Cohee, 64, a resident of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, died Wednesday, October 10, 2007 at her home in Baton Rouge. She was born October 12, 1942 in Fredonia, Kansas, the daughter of Patsy W. and Sadie (Adamson) Kelley and was a graduate of Fredonia High School. She was a homemaker. On April 11, 1962, she married David Lee Cohee....
Harold James Posch
Sep 29, 2007
Harold James Posch, 40, a lifelong resident of Fredonia, Kansas, died Saturday, September 29, 2007, at his home in Fredonia. He was born December 13, 1966 in Fredonia, the only son of Herman Ernest and Shirley (Austin) Posch. He was a 1985 graduate of Fredonia High School. He was employed for several years at M.E.C. in Neodesha. He was currently...
Wanda Fae Russell
Sep 14, 2007
Wanda Fae Russell, 82, a resident of rural Fredonia, Kansas, died Friday, September 14, 2007 at the Cherryvale Care Center in Cherryvale, Kansas. She was born January 7, 1925 in Fall River, Kansas, the daughter of Walter and Margaret (Workman) Arnel. She was a graduate of Fall River High School and attended Emporia State Teachers College. Following college she taught...
Thomas Carl Parks
Sep 6, 2007
Thomas Carl Parks, 68, a resident of Fredonia, Kansas passed away peacefully on September 6, 2007 in Wichita, Kansas. Tom was born Dec. 8, 1938, in Syracuse, New York, to William Wade and Viola (Bohnenberger). Wade Cook was killed in a railroad accident in 1949, and Viola later married Lynn Parks, who adopted Tom. Tom moved from Syracuse to Verona...
Russell F. Wiltse
Sep 2, 2007
Russell Francis Wiltse, 73, a resident of the Golden Living Center in Fredonia, Kansas, died Sunday, September 2, 2007 at Fredonia Regional Hospital. He was born August 14, 1934 in Lawson, Missouri, the son of Gerald Dewey and Ada Inez (Foster) Wiltse. He served in the United States Army during the Korean War. He was retired from Kansas Construction Trade...
Charles W. Rettmann
Sep 1, 2007
Charles W. Rettmann, 90, a lifelong resident of the family farm and home near Altoona, Kansas, died Saturday, September 1, 2007 at Fredonia Regional Hospital. He was born November 16, 1916, the only son of Oscar and Zetta (Wilson) Rettmann. The farm was central to his life and he was proud to be called a farmer. On February 24, 1951...
Ellen Pierce Mellon
Aug 26, 2007
Ellen Clift Pierce Mellon, 87, a long-time resident of Fredonia, Kansas, died Sunday, August 26, 2007 at the Wilson County Hospital in Neodesha, Kansas. She was born May 29, 1920, the daughter of George and Sarah (Wardel) Clift. She was a homemaker. In February of 1946 in Baltimore, Maryland, she married Lon Pierce. They owned and operated Self Service Grocery...
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