Obituaries
Obituaries for Cherryvale, Fredonia, Chanute, and Surrounding Areas
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...
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...
Armetha Marie Boucher
Aug 26, 2007
Armetha Marie Boucher, 81, a resident of Altoona, Kansas, died Sunday, August 26, 2007 at the Galichia Heart Hospital in Wichita, Kansas. She was born May 7, 1926 in Severy, Kansas, the daughter of Ichabod Lloyd and Marie Esther (Condon) Lee. On May 8, 1944 in El Dorado, Kansas, she married Earl H. Boucher. He survives at their home. Earl...
Kenneth L. Koger
Aug 22, 2007
Kenneth L. Koger, 90, a resident of Regal Estates in Independence, Kansas, and a former resident of rural Neodesha, Kansas, died Wednesday, August 22, 2007 in Independence. He was born December 8, 1916, near Neodesha, the son of Wesley and Della (Foglesong) Koger. He was a graduate of Lafontaine High School and was retired from the Wilson County Road Crew....
Evelyn Christine Jeffers
Aug 21, 2007
Evelyn Christine Jeffers, 81, a resident of Fredonia, died Tuesday, August 21, 2007, at the Golden Living Center in Fredonia. She was born April 7, 1926 in Coyville, Kansas, the son of Maurice and Christine (Nelson) Hise. She was a teacher in various Wilson County Schools. On February 21, 1947, in Fredonia, she married Carl Robert "Bob" Jeffers. He preceded...
Oral Dee Borland
Aug 11, 2007
Oral Dee Borland, 99, a resident of rural Altoona, and more recently of Golden Living Center in Fredonia, died Saturday, August 11, 2007 at Fredonia Regional Hospital in Fredonia, Kansas. She was born July 9, 1908 in Fairland, Oklahoma, the daughter of William and Molly Rich. She started teaching in one room school houses in Kansas. She also taught at...
Lawrence Judson Clark
Aug 5, 2007
Lawrence Judson Clark, 92, longtime resident of rural Coyville, Kansas, died Sunday, August 5, 2007 at his home. He was born August 3, 1915 in Greenwood County, Kansas, the son of Charles Oliver and Nettie (Hedges) Clark. He was a lifelong rancher. On March 19, 1935 in Greenwood County, Kansas, he married Mildred F. Clark. She preceded him in death...
Ruth Lillian Beadles
Aug 2, 2007
Ruth Lillian Beadles, 99, a resident of Perry, Oklahoma, formerly of Fall River, Kansas, died Thursday, August 2, 2007 at Perry Memorial Hospital. She was born August 9, 1907 in Dearing, Kansas, the daughter of Alfred and Nellie (Bush) Bales. On August 31, 1924, she married Ellis Mac Beadles. Their first and only child, Mac, was born ten years later....
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