Obituaries
Obituaries for Cherryvale, Fredonia, Chanute, and Surrounding Areas
Douglas L. Spencer
Feb 20, 2022
Douglas L. Spencer, 68, of Fredonia, KS. passed away, Sunday, February 20, 2022 at Wilson County Medical Center Neodesha, KS. He was born on March 10, 1953 in Redding, CA. to Donald L. and Esther (Weingartner) Spencer. He attended Independence KS High School graduating in 1971. On July 2, 1978 Douglas was united in marriage to the love of his...
Helen Maxine (Morrison) Wilson
Feb 18, 2022
Helen Maxine (Morrison) Wilson, 93, passed away on Friday, February 18, 2022. A longtime resident and popular figure in Fredonia, she had relocated to Wichita four years ago to be near family. She was born on December 11, 1928, and raised in Neodesha, Ks. She graduated from Neodesha High School in 1946. In October of that year, she eloped with...
Edward Leroy Loudabarger
Feb 18, 2022
Edward Leroy Loudabarger Jr., 91, of Cherryvale, Kansas passed away Friday, February 18, 2022 at his home. Edward Leroy Loudabarger Jr. was born May 17, 1930 in Altoona, Kansas the son of Edward Leroy Loudabarger Sr. and Lavinna (Gentry) Loudabarger. He graduated from Altoona High School. After high school he served his country with the United States Army attaining the...
Jessie L. Lickteig
Feb 16, 2022
Jessie L. Lickteig, 96, longtime resident of Cherryvale, Kansas passed away early Wednesday morning, February 16, 2022, at Cherryvale Care Center in Cherryvale. Jessie Lucille Lickteig was born November 3, 1925, in Cherryvale, Kansas the daughter of Jesse Nicholson and Nora (Blinn) Nicholson. She grew up in Cherryvale and graduated from Cherryvale High School in 1943. On April 25, 1949,...
Jerry R. Ludlum
Feb 15, 2022
Jerry R. Ludlum, 70, of Chanute, KS., passed away Tuesday February 15, 2022, at Saint Luke’s Hospice House in Kansas City, MO. Jerry was born to Harvey and Ethel (McAnulty) Ludlum, June 21, 1951, in Chanute, KS. He graduated from Humboldt High School in 1969. Jerry was a Vietnam veteran proudly serving his country in the United States Army. He...
Jackie "Jack" L. Scannel
Feb 12, 2022
Jackie “Jack” L. Scannel, 81, of Cherryvale, Kansas passed away Saturday, February 12, 2022, at Labette Health in Independence, Kansas. Jackie Lee Scannel was born June 21, 1940, in rural Cherryvale, Kansas the son of Hal Fleenor and Eula Scannel. He grew up in Cherryvale and graduated from Labette County High School in Altamont, Kansas in 1958. On August 11,...
Max E. Dawson
Feb 12, 2022
Max Elden Dawson, 77, of Fredonia, Kansas, passed away at home with his family, Saturday, February 12, 2022. Max was born April 29, 1944 in Zanesville, Ohio to Harold and Martha (Downs) Dawson. Max attended and graduated from Jefferson High School in Dresden, Ohio in 1962. He attended Bob Jones University in Greenville, South Carolina, where he met Brenda Gehman...
Patricia A. Clines
Feb 10, 2022
Patricia A. Clines, 82, longtime resident of Cherryvale, Kansas passed away Thursday, February 10, 2022 at the home she shared with her daughters and grandchildren in Raymore, Missouri. Patricia Ann Clines was born April 14, 1939 in Erie, Kansas the daughter of Keith B. Naff and Gretchen Marguerite (Hammel) Naff. She grew up in Erie and graduated from Erie High...
Donald "Don" Ray Shields
Feb 10, 2022
Donald Ray Shields, 85, of Chanute, KS., passed away Thursday, February 10, 2022, at Neosho Memorial Regional Center in Chanute, KS. Don was born to Franklin and Hazel (Anderson) Shields July 29, 1936, in Cherryvale, KS. He was united in marriage to the love of his life Karen Shrum on April 30, 1964, in Gas City KS. He was a...
Ethel M. Gueulette
Feb 9, 2022
Ethel M. Gueulette, 95, of Fredonia, Kansas passed away Wednesday, February 9, 2022, at Medicalodges Nursing Home in Independence, Kansas. Ethel Maude Gueulette was born February 27, 1926, in Thayer, Kansas the daughter of Ora Lee Douglas and Flossie Gladys Henderson Douglas. On March 6, 1946, she was united in marriage to Lawrence E. Gueulette, and he preceded her in...
Bobby Joe "Bob" Driskel
Feb 6, 2022
Bobby Joe “Bob” Driskel, 81, of rural Mound Valley, Kansas passed away Sunday, February 6, 2022 at his home. Bob was born July 26, 1940 in Cherryvale, Kansas the son of James Driskel and Gladys (Coy) Driskel. He grew up in Cherryvale and attended Cherryvale schools. He worked for the Coffeyville Packing House and Sidman’s Restaurant in Coffeyville. He was...
Emma Jane Harrison
Feb 5, 2022
Emma Jane Harrison, 85, long time resident of Fredonia and Altoona, Kansas, passed away, Saturday, February 5, 2022 in Chanute, Kansas. Emma was born May 8,1936 to Allen and Emma (Mitchell) Mayes, sibling to 8 sisters and one brother. She attended Madison High School. She was united in marriage to Larry Harrison, they later divorced. He preceded her in death....
Dr. Robert J. Haskins
Feb 2, 2022
Dr. Robert (Bob) Jacinto Haskins, 75, was born December 16, 1946, at Muskogee, Oklahoma to Robert J. Haskins, Sr. and Veleta Daniel Haskins (Sellars). He graduated from Derby High School, Derby, Kansas then from Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas and received his Doctorate of Medicine at University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas in 1974. Dr. Haskins completed his residency in family...
Loretta Ann (Lori) Vandervoort
Jan 29, 2022
Loretta Ann (Lori) Vandervoort, 82, passed away peacefully January 29, 2022, at her home in Chanute, Kansas. She entered this world December 18, 1939, as the first of three children born to Frank and Mary Stears, in Kansas City, Missouri. Loretta, as she was known in her early days, was a very outgoing scholar-athlete at Kansas City’s Northeast High School....
Charles C. Cohee
Jan 28, 2022
Charles Carlyle Cohee, 62, of Chanute, KS passed away Friday, January 28, 2022, at Neosho Memorial Regional Medical Center in Chanute, KS. Chuck was born August 7, 1959, in Neodesha, KS, to Franklin Cohee and Shirley (Cook) Horn. He attended Chanute Senior High School. He was united in marriage to Janice Browning and later divorced. He was united in marriage...
Selma Lea Mcintire
Jan 25, 2022
Selma Lea McIntire, 93, of Fredonia, Kansas passed away Tuesday January, 25, 2022. Selma was born April 13, 1928 in Coyville, Kansas, to Everett Whitney and Alta Laverne (Bird) Hull. Selma graduated from Fredonia, High School in 1945; having skipped first grade, she was only 17 when she graduated. She attended college at Independence Junior College and KU, majoring in...
Lyle E. Mcdonald
Jan 25, 2022
Lyle E. McDonald, 72, of Neodesha, Kansas passed away Tuesday, January 25, 2022 at Wilson County Medical Center in Neodesha. Lyle Edwin McDonald was born November 20, 1949 in Neodesha the son of John E. McDonald and Jean (Blevins) McDonald. He grew up in Neodesha and graduated from Neodesha High School. After high school he served his country with the...
Maxine Wescott
Jan 22, 2022
Maxine Wescott, 96, longtime resident of Fredonia, Kansas, died Saturday, January 22, 2022, at Morningstar Care Home in Neodesha, Kansas. She was born December 11, 1925, in Fredonia, Kansas, the daughter of Lee R. and Hettie (Bauman) Brock. Maxine married George D. Wescott on July 30, 1944, at the First Christian Church Parsonage in Fredonia and he preceded her in...
Wilma (Richards) Sloniker
Jan 22, 2022
Wilma Sloniker (Richards), 90, passed into Heaven on her birthday, Saturday, January 22nd, 2022. She resided at Cheney Golden Age Home, in Cheney, Ks. Wilma was born in Fredonia, Kansas on January 22, 1932, the daughter of Neva Richards (Spry), and W. C. Richards. In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by two brothers; Harold Richards and...
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