Obituaries
Obituaries for Cherryvale, Fredonia, Chanute, and Surrounding Areas

Fred E. Louia
Apr 16, 2006
Fred E. Louia, 82, a resident of rural Altoona, Kansas, died Sunday, April 16, 2006, at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita. He was born July 22, 1923 in Wichita, the son of Edmond and Clara (Valdois) Louia. He was a farmer all of his life and a retired school bus driver and Ruan Transportation and MKO Transit Company truck driver...

Donald Wilbur Dunn
Apr 13, 2006
Donald Wilbur Dunn Sr., 70, a resident of Fredonia, Kansas, and formerly of Auburn, New York, died Thursday, April 13, 2006, at his home in Fredonia. He was born June 2, 1935 in Baldwinsville, New York, the son of James Leon and Ella M. (Sayre) Dunn. He served in the United States Army 1952-1960. He drove a truck for Ruan...

Viola Hawn
Apr 2, 2006
Viola Hawn, 89, a resident of Fall River, Kansas, died Sunday, April 2, 2006 at Fredonia Regional Hospital. She was born April 4, 1916 in Fall River, the daughter of Edgar and Zella (Johnson) Earl. She was a homemaker and also taught school in Fall River and worked as a telephone operator in earlier years. On April 7, 1948 in...

Archie L Decker
Mar 31, 2006
Archie L. Decker, 78, a longtime resident of Fredonia, Kansas, formerly of Parsons, Kansas, died Friday, March 31, 2006, at the Heatherwood Estates in Independence, Kansas. He was born June 16, 1927 in Halstead, Kansas, the son of Abraham and Lena (Dirks) Decker. He was a self employed farmer, retiring in 1992 after 40 years of farming. He was a...

Shirley Rae Myers
Mar 29, 2006
Shirley Myers, age 78, passed away on March 29, 2006 at New Mark Care Center in Kansas City, MO from complications of COPD and heart disease. A part-time Fredonia resident, she also had lived on Grand Lake, OK, for many years until her illness became critical a few months ago. Shirley Rae (Beard) Myers was born March 26, 1928 in...

Edward Ray Millar
Mar 24, 2006
Edward Ray Millar, 51, a resident of the New Albany, died Friday, March 24, 2006, at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita, Kansas. He was born January 14, 1955 in Fredonia, the son of William Cecil Fuller and Eva Mae (Harris) Millar. He was a 1974 graduate of Fredonia High School and a self-employed carpenter. His hobbies included fishing, gardening, reading...

Carl Robert Oneal
Mar 22, 2006
Carl Robert Oneal, 92, a long-time resident of Fredonia, Kansas, died Wednesday, March 22, 2006, at Beverly Health & Rehab in Fredonia. He was born February 27, 1914 in Pratt, Kansas,the son of Noah and Eva (Griffith) Oneal. He was a 1932 graduate of Inman High School and served in the United States Army May 15, 1945 to November 23,...

Theodore "Ted" A. Cassity
Mar 15, 2006
Theodore (Ted) A. Cassity, 79, died Wednesday, March 15, 2006 at Cherryvale Care Center in Cherryvale, Kansas after an extended illness. He was born November 19, 1926, in Fredonia, Kansas, the son of Ernest and Bernice (Hall)Cassity. He served in the United States Army. In 1984, he retired from Boeing, where he had worked as an industrial engineer for 30...

William "Howard" Shoaf
Mar 13, 2006
William Howard Shoaf, 81, a lifelong resident of Wilson County, died unexpectedly Monday, March 13, 2006 at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita, Kansas. He was born August 29, 1924 in Buffalo, Kansas, the son of John and Mamie (Walker) Shoaf. He served in the United States Air Force 1946-1949. In 1985, he retired from General Portland Cement plant, where he...

Benjamin F Johnson
Mar 13, 2006
Benjamin F. Johnson, 68, retired USDA and state grain inspector, died Monday, March 13, 2006, at Beverly Health and Rehab in Fredonia, Kansas. He was born December 10, 1937 in Neodesha, Kansas, the son of Albert M. and Helen (Fairchild) Johnson. He was a graduate of Fredonia High School and Neosho County Community College. He served with the United States...

James (Jim) I. Bjork
Mar 1, 2006
James (Jim) I. Bjork, 76, retired Beech Aircraft Tool Liaison Supervisor and Korean War Veteran, died Wednesday, March 1, 2006, at his home at Fall River Lake, Fall River, Kansas. He was born February 11, 1930 in Minneola, Kansas, the son of Harold Irwin and Grace (Hougland) Bjork. He was a graduate of Tribune High School and served with the...

Helen Morton
Feb 27, 2006
Mary Helen Morton, 90, a resident of Fredonia, Kansas for more than 30 years, died Monday, February 27, 2006 at Beverly Health & Rehab in Fredonia. She was born February 20, 1916 in Perth, Kansas, the daughter of Daniel Morrett and Mildred Peryle (Smiley) Knisely. She was a graduate of Oxford High School and worked for many years at Fredonia...

Dwayne E. Hull
Feb 20, 2006
Dwayne E. Hull, 70, a resident of rural Fredonia, Kansas, died Monday, February 20, 2006, at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita. He was born August 30, 1935 in Coyville, Kansas, the son of Everett W. and Alta LaVerne (Bird) Hull. He was a 1953 graduate of Fredonia High School and graduated from the University of Kansas School of Engineering in...

Keith Karl Kriesel
Feb 20, 2006
Keith Karl Kriesel, 74, a resident of Fall River, Kansas, died Monday, February 20, 2006, at Fredonia Regional Hospital. He was born April 24, 1931 in Lincoln, Nebraska, the son of Arthur and Emma (Schweer) Kriesel. He was a graduate of Lane High School. He worked as a custodian at Sharon High School in Sharon, Kansas for more than 20...

Judith Sondree
Feb 16, 2006
Judith Dean Sondree, 57, a resident of Fremont, California and formerly of Fredonia, Kansas, died Thursday, February 16, 2006 at her home in Fremont. She was born May 13, 1948 in Wichita, Kansas, the daughter of Owen Neal and Wilma (Wells) Smith. She was a 1966 graduate of Fredonia High School and attended Emporia State University. She was the vice...

W. Gertrude Kee
Feb 15, 2006
Wilma Gertrude Kee, 77, a resident of Fredonia, Kansas, died Wednesday, February 15, 2006 at Fredonia Regional Hospital. She was born August 4, 1928 in Bald Knob, Arkansas, the daughter of Claude and Dorothy Pease. She was a licensed practical nurse in the area for many years. She was preceded in death by three husbands, Milo Ward in 1968; Gene...

Jean Harding
Feb 14, 2006
Jean W. Harding, 84, a resident of Fredonia, Kansas, died Tuesday, February 14, 2006 at Beverly Health & Rehab in Fredonia. She was born October 31, 1921 in Harthorn, Missouri, the daughter of Edward and Hazel (Cale) White. She was a graduate of Fredonia High School. On December 20, 1941 in Fredonia, she married Robert Eugene Harding. He preceded her...

Earl Fort
Feb 12, 2006
Earl Fletcher Fort, 84, a resident of Bon Aqua, Tennessee, died Sunday, February 12, 2006, at the Horizon Medical Center in Dickson, Tennessee. He was born July 10, 1921 in Neodesha, Kansas, the son of Preston Joseph and Vera (Hall) Fort. He was a retired engineer. He was married to Margie Spaht. She preceded him in death April 7, 2003....

Annabel Friend
Feb 11, 2006
Annabel Friend, 90, a lifelong resident of Fredonia until her move to Bartlesville, Oklahoma to live with her daughter Ruth in February of 2003, died Saturday, February 11, 2006 at Heritage Villa Nursing Center in Bartlesville, where she had been a patient for two months. She was born October 4, 1915 near Coyville, Kansas to Frank A. and Ruth (Foreman)...

Lawrence J. Cox
Feb 6, 2006
Dr. Lawrence J. Cox, 86, a resident of Fredonia, and formerly of Chandler, Oklahoma, died Sunday, February 5, 2006 at Beverly Health and Rehab in Fredonia. He was born November 28, 1919 in Chandler, the son of Herbert and Olga (Soderstrom) Cox. He was a 1939 graduate of Chandler High School. He earned the rank of Sergeant in the United...
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