Obituaries
Obituaries for Cherryvale, Fredonia, Chanute, and Surrounding Areas
Peggy Anne Conner
Mar 11, 2009
Peggy Anne Conner, 66, a resident of Wichita, Kansas, died Wednesday, March 11, 2009 at Via Christi St. Joseph Medical Center in Wichita. Peggy was born July 24, 1942 in Ontario, California, the daughter of Ken and Rhona Ardell (Holland) Conner. Peggy "Paige" worked for the Lyric Opera Company where she was in sales. She is survived by her mother,...
Len Kobelt
Mar 3, 2009
Leonard Perry Kobelt, 67, a resident of rural Buffalo, Kansas, died Tuesday, March 3, 2009, at his home after a long bout with cancer. He was born March 16, 1941, in Elmhurst, Illinois, the son of Roy Walter and Betty Jane (Perry) Kobelt. Len grew up in Altoona and graduated from Altoona Rural High School. Following his love of baseball,...
Gene Speaks
Mar 2, 2009
Gene Speaks, 79, a lifelong resident of rural Fredonia, Kansas, died unexpectedly on Monday, March 2, 2009 at his home. He was born May 5, 1929 in Kansas City, Kansas, the son of Riley and Grace (West) Speaks. He served in the United States Army 1950-1952, where he attained the rank of corporal. Gene was a mechanic for John Deere...
Joyce Maurine Cass
Feb 17, 2009
Joyce Maurine Cass, 79, a resident of the Fall River, Kansas area, formerly of Wichita, Kansas, died Tuesday, February 17, 2009 at Fredonia Regional Hospital. She was born January 20, 1930 in Wichita, the daughter of Claude and Eva (Gray) Robinson. On May 25, 1966 in Miami, Oklahoma, she married James T. Cass. He survives at their home. Joyce worked...
June Creed
Feb 4, 2009
June Creed, 90, a resident of Mulvane, Kansas, formerly of Fall River, Rose Hill, and Atlanta, died Wednesday, February 4, 2009 at Via Christi-St. Francis Hospital in Wichita. She was born September 7, 1918 in Lincoln, Kansas, the daughter of Charlie D. and Anna G. (Sellman) Clark. She was a homemaker and farmer. She also trained Morgan horses, owned her...
George Thomas Ibbetson
Feb 2, 2009
George Thomas "Buddy" Ibbetson, a lifelong resident of rural Buffalo, Kansas, died Monday, February 2, 2009 at the Coffey County Hospital in Burlington, Kansas. He was born October 13, 1916 on the Ibbetson farm, northwest of Buffalo, the son of George Frederick and Chestine Elizabeth (Kennedy) Ibbetson. George attended West Buffalo District 28 grade school and was graduated from Buffalo...
Dale Boyd Turner
Jan 26, 2009
Dale Boyd Turner, 81, a resident of Fredonia, died Monday, January 26, 2009, at Golden Living Center in Fredonia. He was born June 7, 1927, in Chetopa, KS, the son of James and Grace (Whitner) Turner. On May 1, 1947, he married Joyce Knoles and she preceded him in death July 11, 1991. He married Carol Krie in Fredonia on...
Francis Chance
Jan 25, 2009
Francis (Frank) Chance, 81, of Benedict, Kansas, passed away Sunday, January 25, 2009 in Chanute, Kansas. Frank was a decorated veteran of W.W.II where he received a purple heart and honorable discharge on November 19, 1947. Frank was a retired stone mason and an avid woodworker who enjoyed making fine furniture for family and friends. He is survived by: Two...
Betty J. Harshman
Jan 14, 2009
Betty J. Harshman, 83, a lifelong resident of the Neodesha and Altoona, Kansas area, died Wednesday, January 14, 2009 at Via Christi St. Joseph Medical Center in Wichita. She was born June 27, 1925 in Neodesha, the daughter of John and Erma "Tiny" (Hallbauer) Schoonover. On October 7, 1945 at the Methodist Church in Altoona, she married Charles N. Harshman....
Bryan Phil Schlegel
Jan 9, 2009
Bryan Phil Schlegel, 59, a resident of rural Elk City, Kansas, formerly of Potwin, Kansas, died unexpectedly on Friday, January 9, 2009, at Mercy Hospital in Independence, Kansas. He was born March 23, 1949 in Wichita, Kansas, the son of Alvin J. and Clara (Yost) Schlegel. Bryan was a 1967 graduate of Campus High School in Wichita and received a...
Bobbie Reger
Jan 9, 2009
Bobbie Reger, 78, a resident of rural Fredonia, Kansas, formerly of Wichita, Kansas, died Friday, January 9, 2009 at Fredonia Regional Hospital. She was born March 5, 1930 in Benedict, Kansas, the daughter of Robert and Madge (O"Brien) Prunty. She was a graduate of Benedict High School. Bobbie was retired from Beechcraft-Raytheon in Wichita, where she was a parts distributor...
Betty Louise Blaker
Jan 8, 2009
Betty Louise Blaker, 76, a longtime resident of New Albany, Kansas, died Thursday, January 8, 2009 at Golden Living Center in Neodesha, Kansas. She was born January 31, 1932 in New Albany, the eldest of nine children born to Melvin and Ruby (Richards) Anderson. She grew up in New Albany and was a 1950 graduate of Fredonia High School. On...
Dorothy V. Fuhlhage
Jan 8, 2009
Dorothy V. Fuhlhage, 92, a longtime resident of the Fredonia, Kansas area, died Thursday, January 8, 2009 at her home. She was born March 5, 1916 in Chanute, Kansas, the only child of Albert E. and Ora Etta (Kirby) Ewing. Dorothy was a graduate of Coyville High School and received her teaching credentials from Independence Community Junior College. Dorothy taught...
Darrell Lee Comstock
Dec 28, 2008
Darrell Lee Comstock, 41, a resident of rural Fall River, Kansas, died Sunday, December 28, 2008 at his mother"s home in Fall River. He was born October 3, 1967 in Mena, Arkansas, the son of Danny Lee and Karen (Jackson) Comstock. He was a graduate of Christian Challenge High School in Wichita, Kansas. For 11 years, Darrell worked at Mid-Continent...
Mary Louise Lindquist
Dec 27, 2008
Mary Louise Lindquist, 88, a long time resident of Altoona, Kansas, died Saturday, December 27, 2008 at Golden Keys Nursing Home in Neodesha, Kansas. She was born July 22, 1920, in Omaha, Nebraska, the daughter of Ralph A. and Cornelia Lena (Pond) Dudley. Mary was a 1942 graduate of Altoona High School. She was a homemaker and mother of two...
Esther Emogene Mcadam
Dec 21, 2008
Esther Emogene McAdam, 89, a longtime resident of Fredonia, Kansas, died Sunday, December 21, 2008 at the Meridian Nursing Home in Wichita, Kansas. She was born September 1, 1919 in Mound Valley, Kansas, the only child of Ova A. and Grace (Robbins) Pefley. She was a graduate of Fredonia High School. On July 21, 1938 in Fredonia, Kansas, she married...
Lucile Lema Edwards
Dec 14, 2008
Lucile Lema Edwards, 95, longtime resident of Fredonia, Kansas, died Sunday, December 14, 2008 at her daughter"s home in Joplin, Missouri. She was born April 18, 1913 in Batesville, Arkansas. She moved to the Wilson County area when she was 18 years old. She worked for a few years at the Kansas Ammunition Plant and also owned and operated an...
Vondina "Bonnie" Morgan
Dec 14, 2008
Vondina "Bonnie" (Nelson) Morgan, 98, of Coyville, Kansas passed away December 14, 2008. Bonnie was born November 29, 1910 in the Morgan Valley area south of Coyville, Kansas to Esau and Ollie Bell (Fiscus) Nelson. Bonnie married R.C. "Bill" Morgan on April 3, 1933 in Yates Center, Kansas. Bonnie was preceded in death by her parents, five sisters (Ruth, Sally,...
Maurice R. Harshaw
Dec 9, 2008
Maurice R. Harshaw, 92, a resident of Fredonia, died Tuesday, December 9, 2008, at Golden Living Center-Fredonia. He was born in Oswego, August 21, 1916 to Oliver Henry Harshaw and Ona Gail Wilkins, and graduated from Altamont High School in 1934. He was the oldest of eight, five boys and three girls. He lived in rural Labette County on the...
Thomas Ross Scott
Dec 3, 2008
Thomas Ross Scott, 88, a lifelong resident of the Fredonia, Kansas, area, died Wednesday, December 3, 2008 at Fredonia Regional Hospital. He was born February 10, 1920 in Fall River, Kansas, the son of Thomas Jefferson and Mary Pearl (Ivey) Scott. He was retired from the City of Fredonia, where he worked for the street department for many years. On...
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