Obituaries
Obituaries for Cherryvale, Fredonia, Chanute, and Surrounding Areas
Harvey Theodore Campbell
May 14, 2007
Harvey Theodore Campbell, 87, a longtime resident of Neodesha, Kansas, died Monday, May 14, 2007, at Via Christi St. Francis Medical Center in Wichita, Kansas. He was born July 25, 1919 in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, the son of Frank and Stella (Cline) Campbell. He was a graduate of Altoona High School. He served as a Staff Sergeant in the United States...
Patrick Allen Mishler
May 7, 2007
Patrick Allen Mishler, 8 year old resident of Neodesha, Kansas, died Monday, May 7, 2007, at the Wilson County Hospital following a house fire. He was born March 6, 1999 in Independence, Kansas, the son of Brian and Melissa (Waggoner) Mishler. He was a second grade student at Heller Elementary School. Patrick was a member of the Church of Christ...
Forrest D. Cranor
May 6, 2007
Forrest D. Cranor, 86, a longtime resident of Altoona, Kansas, died Sunday, May 6, 2007, at his residence in Altoona. He was born May 19, 1920 in Buffville, Kansas, the son of George W. and Emma I. (Kuntz) Cranor. He was a sergeant in the Army Air Corps 527th Fighter Squadron during World War II, receiving one bronze star with...
Opal C. Loucks
May 4, 2007
Opal C. Loucks, 92, of Manhattan, KS, died Friday, May 4 at the Stoneybrook Retirement Community, Manhattan. She was born in 1915 near Hesston, KS, to Nathaniel and Arletta (Glover) Blosser. She was preceded in death by her parents and sisters Francis Patton of Morganville and Mary Louise of Wichita and brothers LaVerne of Florence, Bob of Wichita and Dick...
Jerry E. Marshall
May 2, 2007
Jerry E. Marshall, 51, a longtime resident of Fredonia, Kansas, died Wednesday, May 2, 2007, at his home in Fredonia. He was born August 30, 1955 in Fredonia, the son of Elvin Jacob and Verginia (Meriwether) Marshall. His survivors include: His mother: Verginia Hanson of Monett, Missouri His aunt: Helen Eustice of Coffeyville, Kansas He was preceded in death by...
Buddy Dean Claibourn
Apr 30, 2007
Buddy Dean Claibourn, 77, a resident of Fredonia, died April 30, 2007, at Fredonia Regional Hospital. He was born October 23, 1929, near Buffalo, Kansas, the son of Oren and Florence (Henderson) Claibourn. On September 17, 1950, at the Bible Baptist Church in Fredonia, he married Nellie Shay. She survives at the home. Mr. Claibourn served in the U.S. Army...
Sybil A. Beard
Apr 24, 2007
Sybil A. Beard, 80, a resident of rural Fredonia, Kansas, died Tuesday, April 24, 2007 at Fredonia Regional Hospital. She was born March 27, 1927 in Squires, Missouri, the daughter of William Henry and Alpha Mae (Hardcastle) Manning. She was a homemaker. On June 5, 1946 in Erie, Kansas, she married Alfred Beard. He survives at their home. She was...
Velma Kathleen Beeson
Apr 22, 2007
Velma Kathleen Beeson, 91, a resident of Altoona, Kansas, formerly of Minneola, Kansas, died Sunday, April 22, 2007 at the Golden Living Center in Neodesha, Kansas. She was born June 21, 1915 in Minneola, Kansas, the daughter of Harry and Anna (Miller) Beebe. She was a graduate of Minneola High School and a homemaker. On May 24, 1940 in Hutchinson,...
Carl Miller
Apr 19, 2007
Carl Miller 56, a resident of Morongo Valley, California, formerly of Coyville, Kansas, died Thursday, April 19, 2007, at his home on Morongo Valley. He was born September 14, 1950 in Fredonia, Kansas, the son of Emmett and Wilma (Gillispie) Miller. During his teen years, his family moved to Riverside, where he met and married Theresa L. Sims, his wife...
William "Bill" L. Marr
Apr 15, 2007
William L. "Bill" Marr, 89, a lifelong resident of Coyville, Kansas, died Sunday, April 15, 2007, at Fredonia Regional Hospital. He was born October 31, 1917 in Coyville, the son of Victor and Ethel (Gross) Marr. He was a graduate of Coyville High School and served in the United States Army during World War II. On September 3, 1949 in...
A. Lois Ferguson
Apr 7, 2007
A. Lois Ferguson, 90, a resident of Fredonia, Kansas, formerly of Quincy, Kansas, died Saturday, April 7, 2007 at the Golden Living Center in Fredonia. She was born February 23, 1917 in Earlton, Kansas, the daughter of Charles D. and Lula (Ross) Deal. She was a homemaker. In 1935, she married Alonzo Ferguson. He preceded her in death in 1984....
C. Rollin Vandever
Mar 30, 2007
Charles Rollin Vandever died Friday, March 30, 2007 at Fredonia Regional Hospital. He was 94. Vandever was born January 28, 1913 to Dora Bingham Vandever and Charles DeWitt Vandever on the Vandever farm four miles south of Fredonia. He grew up with two sisters and a brother who all attended Stone School in Wilson County School District 24. He graduated...
Irving Smith Latta
Mar 26, 2007
Irving S. "Papa" Latta, 95, a resident of Altoona, Kansas, died Monday, March 26, 2007, at Fredonia Regional Hospital from injuries he sustained in an auto accident. He was born March 6, 1912 in Longdale, Oklahoma, the son of Raymond Cecil and Edna Gertrude (Smith) Latta. He was a graduate of Cedar Vale High School and was trained in the...
Robert J Spohn
Mar 21, 2007
Robert J Spohn, 74, a lifelong resident of Fredonia, Kansas, died Wednesday, March 21, 2007 at Fredonia Regional Hospital. He was born July 12, 1932 at Fredonia, the son of Charles A. and Lenora I. (Carpenter) Spohn. He was a graduate of Fredonia High School and the University of Kansas. On September 18, 1959, he married Donna Fink. They later...
Victor Theodore Metzger
Mar 17, 2007
Victor Theodore Metzger Jr., 82, a resident of Ripley, Oklahoma, died Friday, March 17, 2007 in Cushing, Oklahoma. He was born March 22, 1924 in Coldwater, Kansas, the son of Victor Theodore and Ethel (Wait) Metzger. A veteran of World War II and the Korean Conflict, he served in the U.S. Marine Corps. He was a custom neon sign maker....
Dwight Carley
Mar 14, 2007
Dwight Carley, 74, a resident of Fredonia, Kansas, died March 14, 2007. Graveside service 11:00 a.m. March 17, 2007, Fredonia Cemetery. Survivors: wife, Jolene, daughter, Kim Remsberg and husband, Brent, Wichita, brother Gail Carley and wife Betty, Wagoner, Ok., 3 grandchildren. Memorial, in lieu of flowers to Dwight Carley Youth Tennis Fund c/o Timmons Funeral Home, PO Box 168, Fredonia,...
Robert Eugene Busch
Mar 10, 2007
Robert Eugene Busch, 75, a resident of rural Fall River, Kansas, formerly of Wichita, Kansas, died Saturday, March 10, 2007 at Fredonia Regional Hospital. He was born August 3, 1931 in Wichita, the son of Henry and Rose (Kraus) Busch. He was a graduate of St. Mary"s High School in Wichita. He worked for USD 259-Wichita as a building engineer...
Bytha Louise Buchanan
Mar 9, 2007
Bytha Louise Buchanan, 93, a resident of Independence, Kansas, formerly of New Albany, Kansas, died Friday, March 9, 2007 in Independence, Kansas. She was born January 20, 1914 in New Albany, the daughter of James and Effie (Joy) Laughlin. She was a graduate of New Albany High School. She was a homemaker. She married Paul Scott in 1944. He preceded...
Howard Boyd Payne
Mar 5, 2007
Howard Boyd Payne, 71, a resident of Fredonia, Kansas, formerly of Topeka, Kansas, died Monday, March 5, 2007, at Galachia Heart Hospital in Wichita, Kansas. He was born January 25, 1936 in Fredonia, the son of Tom J. and Ada Mae (Cather) Payne. He served in the National Guard from 1954-1962. He was a retired division manager for Sears Corporation...
Rev. Devere Lamar Defield
Mar 4, 2007
Rev. DeVere Lamar DeField, 96, a resident of Fredonia, Kansas, died Sunday, March 4, 2007, at Fredonia Regional Hospital. He was born February 19, 1911, the son of William Arthur and Mary Alice (Smith) DeField. He moved with his family to the pacific northwest in 1936 and retired to Fredonia in 1976. On March 25, 1932, he married Doris Harman....
Subscribe
Subscribe to get alerts on new obituaries
365 Days of Grief Support
Sign up for one year of grief messages designed to offer hope and healing during difficult first year after a loss
Cherryvale
FRedonia
Chanute
365 DAYS OF GRIEF SUPPORT
Sign up for one year of grief messages designed to offer hope and healing during difficult first year after a loss