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

Isabelle Cook
Jan 7, 2006
Martha Isabelle Cook, 86, a lifelong resident of New Albany, Kansas, died Saturday, January 7, 2006 at Fredonia Regional Hospital. She was born August 3, 1919 in New Albany, the daughter of Charles E. and Chloe (Jackson) Hall. She was a graduate of Fredonia High School. She had been employed as the postmaster for the New Albany Post Office for...

Billy Joe Hickox
Dec 31, 2005
Billy Joe Hickox, 72, a thirty year resident Garland, Texas, formerly of the New Albany and Fredonia area, died Saturday, December 31, 2005, at the Winters Park Nursing Home in Garland. He was born July 26, 1933 in New Albany, Kansas, the son of Barney L. and Mary H. (Richards) Hickox. He was a retired automobile mechanic. His survivors include:...

Catherine Coleman
Dec 28, 2005
Mary Catherine Coleman, 85, a resident of rural Fredonia, Kansas, died Wednesday, December 28, 2005 at Beverly Health & Rehab in Fredonia. She was born April 12, 1920 in St. Luke, Virginia, the daughter of William and Francis (Wine) Weaver. She was a homemaker and helped her husband with their farm. On October 11, 1943 in Richmond, Virginia, she married...

David Robert Myers
Dec 25, 2005
David Robert Myers, 62, a lifelong resident of Altoona, died Sunday, December 25, 2005, at his home. He was born July 28, 1943 in Altoona, the youngest of eight children born to Oliver Custer and Alma Gladys (Humphrey) Myers. He was a graduate of Altoona High School. In 2003, he retired from Southwestern Bell Company where he had been an...

Wilbert J. Spears
Dec 20, 2005
Wilbert J. Spears, 60, a resident of Fredonia and formerly of Nowata, Oklahoma, died Tuesday, December 20, 2005, at Beverly Health and Rehab in Fredonia. He was born June 12, 1945 in Nowata, the son of Wilbert and Essie Mae (Corbin) Spears. He served in the United States Army 9/1/1971-8/30/1974. During his military service, he became disabled. Mr. Spears has...

Cecil R. Miller
Dec 20, 2005
Cecil R. Miller, 85, a resident of Fredonia and formerly of Buffalo, died Tuesday, December 20, 2005, at Beverly Health & Rehab in Fredonia. He was born May 28, 1920 in Buffalo, the son of Ed N. and Lillie M. (Robinson) Miller. He worked at the Fredonia Cement Plant prior to the family moving to Wyoming, where he worked at...

Ila Rhea Million
Dec 12, 2005
Ila Rhea Million, 97, a lifelong resident of Fredonia, Kansas, died Monday, December 12, 2005 at Fredonia Regional Hospital. She was born September 16, 1908 in Fredonia, the daughter of Alexander C. and Jessie May (Clark) Heiser. She was a homemaker. On September 18, 1933 at Newton, Kansas, she married John Alfred Million. He preceded her in death March 2,...

Robert William Lefferd
Dec 5, 2005
Robert William Lefferd, 53, a resident of Kansas City, Missouri and a former resident of Fredonia, died Monday, December 5, 2005, at his home in Kansas City. He was born August 3, 1952 in Fredonia, the son of William and Virginia (Lamb) Lefferd. He graduated from Fredonia High School in 1970 and then attended Pittsburg State University where he received...

Elva May Durham
Dec 3, 2005
Elva May Durham, 92, a resident of Fredonia, Kansas, died Saturday, December 3, 2005 at Wheat State Manor in Whitewater, Kansas. She was born February 15, 1913 in Fredonia, the daughter of Howard Earl and Ollie (Googan) Mellen. She was a lifelong resident of Fredonia until moving to Whitewater in 2001. On July 10, 1930, she married Charlie Thomas Durham....

Lester G. Whiteside
Nov 30, 2005
Lester G. Whiteside, 79, a resident of Wichita and formerly of Neodesha and Fredonia, died Wednesday, November 30, 2005, at the St. Francis Harry Hynes Hospice Facility. He was born January 17, 1926 in Neodesha, Kansas, the son of Lester G. and Ruth (George) Whiteside. He served in the Merchant Marines 1943-1947. Following his discharge he worked for 30 years...

Mabel Ann Brown
Nov 27, 2005
Mabel Ann Brown, 90, a resident of Douglass, Kansas and formerly of New Albany, Kansas, died Sunday, November 27, 2005 at Medicalodge of Douglass. She was born June 24, 1915 in Severy, Kansas, the daughter of Walter Addison and Alma Irene (Yarbrough) Condon. She was a homemaker. On July 8, 1931 in Fredonia, she married Charles Raymond "Jack" Brown. He...

Helen F. Thomas
Nov 19, 2005
Helen F. Thomas, 85, a lifelong resident of Fredonia, Kansas, died Saturday, November 19, 2005 at Brighton Gardens in Prairie Village, Kansas. She was born February 13, 1920 in Fredonia, Kansas, the daughter of Dallas T. and Ollie (Hendrix) Andrews. She was a 1938 graduate of Fredonia High School. On September 1, 1938 at the First United Methodist Church in...

Myles (Mac) A. Cole
Nov 7, 2005
Myles (Mac) A. Cole, 49, a resident of Fredonia, died Monday, November 7, 2005 at his home. He was born April 12, 1956 in Kansas City, Missouri, the son of Hutchison G. and Martha (Ferguson) Cole. He was a graduate of Newburg High School and worked for more than 10 years as a millwright for A-Lert Construction. He was an...

Eugene Walter Allen
Nov 6, 2005
Eugene Walter "Gene" Allen, 71, a resident of Fredonia, died Sunday, November 6, 2005, at St. Francis Medical Center in Wichita, Kansas. He was born June 10, 1934 in Lamar, Missouri, the son of Walter Glen and Beulah (Saxton) Allen. He founded the Wichita Drug and Alcohol Abuse Prevention Center and later worked for USD 484 as a bus driver...

Tab Wayne Traylor
Nov 4, 2005
Tab Wayne Traylor, 48, a resident of rural Fredonia, Kansas, died Friday, November 4, 2005. He was born October 25, 1957 in Fredonia, Kansas, the son of Raymond and Dorothy (Beason) Traylor. He was a graduate of Wichita East High School and was a self employed contractor. On June 12, 1983, he married Cynthia Ann Gardner, in Wichita. She survives...

Lyle Clayton Garvey
Oct 28, 2005
Lyle Clayton Garvey, 80, retired aircraft electronics technician, a resident of rural Coyville, Kansas and formerly of Derby, Kansas, died Friday, October 28, 2005, in the solace of close family members at Galichia Heart Hospital in Wichita, Kansas. He was born in Wichita on December 6, 1924 to Clayton Rice and Thelma Juanita Lyle Garvey, who preceded him in death....

George Owen Carr
Oct 28, 2005
George Owen Carr, 86, a resident of Fredonia, died Friday, October 28, 2005, at the Fredonia Regional Hospital. He was born June 16, 1919 in Fredonia, the son of Columbus J. and Maria E. (Owen) Carr. He was a graduate of Fredonia High School. He enlisted in June of 1942 in the United States Army and was later assigned to...

Darliene L. Morris
Oct 25, 2005
Darliene Laverne Morris, 90, a resident of Fredonia, Kansas, died Tuesday, October 25, 2005 at her daughter"s home in New Albany. She was born January 3, 1915 in Fredonia, Kansas, the daughter of Gustav and Fanny Hannah (Ostrander) Koch. She received her bachelor of science degree in education and was a teacher and librarian for 40 years in Peru, Buffalo...

Noah Dean Tillery
Oct 24, 2005
Infant son of Richard and Nancy Tillery, Fredonia, Kansas, was stillborn and went into God's hands Monday, October 24, 2005 at Mercy Hospital in Independence, Kansas. Other survivors include: Two brothers, Richard James Tillery Jr. and Tony Ray Tillery. Both still at home. Graveside services will be Wednesday, October 26, 2005 at 10:00 A.M. at the Cheatham / Koger Cemetery...

Dale Lee Houchin
Oct 3, 2005
Dale Lee Houchin, 51, a a resident of Augusta, Kansas, died Monday, October 3, 2005, at the Via Christi St. Francis Medical Center in Wichita, Kansas. He was born March 24, 1954 in Fredonia, Kansas, the son of Wilber E. and Juanita Mae (Ferguson) Houchin. He was a graduate of Rose Hill High School. He served in the United States...
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