Obituaries

Obituaries for Cherryvale, Fredonia, Chanute, and Surrounding Areas

Betty Louise Blaker

Betty Louise Blaker

Jan 8, 2009

Betty Louise Blaker, 76, a longtime resident of New Albany, Kansas, died Thursday, January 8, 2009 at Golden Living Center in Neodesha, Kansas. She was born January 31, 1932 in New Albany, the eldest of nine children born to Melvin and Ruby (Richards) Anderson. She grew up in New Albany and was a 1950 graduate of Fredonia High School. On...

Dorothy V. Fuhlhage

Dorothy V. Fuhlhage

Jan 8, 2009

Dorothy V. Fuhlhage, 92, a longtime resident of the Fredonia, Kansas area, died Thursday, January 8, 2009 at her home. She was born March 5, 1916 in Chanute, Kansas, the only child of Albert E. and Ora Etta (Kirby) Ewing. Dorothy was a graduate of Coyville High School and received her teaching credentials from Independence Community Junior College. Dorothy taught...

Darrell Lee Comstock

Darrell Lee Comstock

Dec 28, 2008

Darrell Lee Comstock, 41, a resident of rural Fall River, Kansas, died Sunday, December 28, 2008 at his mother"s home in Fall River. He was born October 3, 1967 in Mena, Arkansas, the son of Danny Lee and Karen (Jackson) Comstock. He was a graduate of Christian Challenge High School in Wichita, Kansas. For 11 years, Darrell worked at Mid-Continent...

Mary Louise Lindquist

Mary Louise Lindquist

Dec 27, 2008

Mary Louise Lindquist, 88, a long time resident of Altoona, Kansas, died Saturday, December 27, 2008 at Golden Keys Nursing Home in Neodesha, Kansas. She was born July 22, 1920, in Omaha, Nebraska, the daughter of Ralph A. and Cornelia Lena (Pond) Dudley. Mary was a 1942 graduate of Altoona High School. She was a homemaker and mother of two...

Esther Emogene Mcadam

Esther Emogene Mcadam

Dec 21, 2008

Esther Emogene McAdam, 89, a longtime resident of Fredonia, Kansas, died Sunday, December 21, 2008 at the Meridian Nursing Home in Wichita, Kansas. She was born September 1, 1919 in Mound Valley, Kansas, the only child of Ova A. and Grace (Robbins) Pefley. She was a graduate of Fredonia High School. On July 21, 1938 in Fredonia, Kansas, she married...

Vondina "Bonnie" Morgan

Vondina "Bonnie" Morgan

Dec 14, 2008

Vondina "Bonnie" (Nelson) Morgan, 98, of Coyville, Kansas passed away December 14, 2008. Bonnie was born November 29, 1910 in the Morgan Valley area south of Coyville, Kansas to Esau and Ollie Bell (Fiscus) Nelson. Bonnie married R.C. "Bill" Morgan on April 3, 1933 in Yates Center, Kansas. Bonnie was preceded in death by her parents, five sisters (Ruth, Sally,...

Lucile Lema Edwards

Lucile Lema Edwards

Dec 14, 2008

Lucile Lema Edwards, 95, longtime resident of Fredonia, Kansas, died Sunday, December 14, 2008 at her daughter"s home in Joplin, Missouri. She was born April 18, 1913 in Batesville, Arkansas. She moved to the Wilson County area when she was 18 years old. She worked for a few years at the Kansas Ammunition Plant and also owned and operated an...

Maurice R. Harshaw

Maurice R. Harshaw

Dec 9, 2008

Maurice R. Harshaw, 92, a resident of Fredonia, died Tuesday, December 9, 2008, at Golden Living Center-Fredonia. He was born in Oswego, August 21, 1916 to Oliver Henry Harshaw and Ona Gail Wilkins, and graduated from Altamont High School in 1934. He was the oldest of eight, five boys and three girls. He lived in rural Labette County on the...

Thomas Ross Scott

Thomas Ross Scott

Dec 3, 2008

Thomas Ross Scott, 88, a lifelong resident of the Fredonia, Kansas, area, died Wednesday, December 3, 2008 at Fredonia Regional Hospital. He was born February 10, 1920 in Fall River, Kansas, the son of Thomas Jefferson and Mary Pearl (Ivey) Scott. He was retired from the City of Fredonia, where he worked for the street department for many years. On...

Cheryl Lynn Mckee

Cheryl Lynn Mckee

Nov 30, 2008

Cheryl Lynn McKee, 41, a longtime resident of Fredonia, Kansas, died Sunday, November 30, 2008 at her home in Fredonia. She was born August 21, 1967 in Parsons, Kansas, the daughter of Frank and Sandra (Stillwell) Howard. She was a homemaker. On April 22, 1985 in Fredonia, Kansas, she married Joel McKee. They were later divorced. Cheryl"s survivors include: Three...

Theda Vivian Florez

Theda Vivian Florez

Nov 21, 2008

Theda Vivian Florez, 77, a lifelong resident of Fredonia, Kansas, died Friday, November 21, 2008 at Fredonia Regional Hospital. She was born June 23, 1931 in Fredonia in the house she resided in, the only child of Garvin and Thelma Jane (Chilcote) Potter. Following the death of her mother when she was six years old, Theda was adopted and raised...

Wanda Jean Milner

Wanda Jean Milner

Nov 18, 2008

Wanda Jean Milner, 78, a resident of Fredonia, Kansas, died Tuesday, November 18, 2008 at Golden Living Center in Fredonia. She was born March 3, 1930 in South Coffeyville, Oklahoma, the daughter of Merle and Dana (Wilson) Fletcher. She was a homemaker. Wanda married Melvin Eugene "Ropey" Milner in Miami, Oklahoma. He preceded her in death May 19, 2000. Her...

Nellie "Maxine" Wofford

Nellie "Maxine" Wofford

Nov 13, 2008

Nellie "Maxine" Wofford, 91, a resident of Fredonia, Kansas, for the past 77 years, died Thursday, November 13, 2008 at the Cherryvale Care Center in Cherryvale, Kansas. She was born June 26, 1917 in Chetopa, Kansas. Maxine was a surgical nurse aide at St. Margaret"s Mercy Hospital in Fredonia for many years. Maxine married David P. Wofford in 1940. Though...

Eddie Lee Trimmell

Eddie Lee Trimmell

Nov 8, 2008

Eddie Lee Trimmell, 64, a long-time resident of Coyville, Kansas, died Saturday, November 8, 2008 at his home in Coyville. He was born November 1, 1944 in Wichita, Kansas, the son of Dale M. and Jessie (Steele) Trimmell. He was a 1962 graduate of Coyville High School. Following high school, he served in the United States Army, where he was...

Estelle Gladys Wells

Estelle Gladys Wells

Oct 27, 2008

Estelle Gladys Wells, 90, a lifelong resident of Fredonia, Kansas, died Monday, October 27, 2008 at Fredonia Regional Hospital. She was born November 28, 1917 in Fredonia, the daughter of Harry Ralph and Georgia Mae (Armstrong) Giles. She was retired after 35 years of working as a beautician. In 1936, she married Roy Findley. He preceded her in death. She...

E. Esther "Happy" Costin

E. Esther "Happy" Costin

Oct 26, 2008

E. Esther "Happy" Costin, 86, a resident of Buffalo, Kansas, died Sunday, October 26, 2008 at Chanute Health Care Center in Chanute, Kansas. She was born February 4, 1922 to James Walter and Georgia Katherine (Rueter) Costin on the family farm west of Derby, Kansas with Dr. Dixon and Grandmother Rueter attending. She attended Pleasant Valley School for 8 years...

Forrest Harold Sale Jr.

Forrest Harold Sale Jr.

Oct 22, 2008

Forrest Harold Sale, Jr., 64, resident of Kansas City, Kansas, formerly of the Wilson and Neosho County area, died Wednesday, October 22, 2008 at his home. He was born June 30, 1944 in Chanute, the son of Forrest Harold and Pansy (Lewis) Sale Sr. He served in the United States Navy 1965-1969. Forrest worked many years as a mechanic for...

Frankie Calvin Reynolds

Frankie Calvin Reynolds

Oct 12, 2008

Frankie Calvin Reynolds, 65, resident at Toronto Lake, Kansas, died Sunday, October 12, 2008 at Via Christi St. Francis Medical Center in Wichita following complications from heart surgery. He was born May 7, 1943 in Amarillo, Texas, the son of Calvin and Odessa (Aubrey) Reynolds. He was raised in Blackwell, Oklahoma and resided in Medicine Lodge, Kansas for more than...

Cecelia Studebaker

Cecelia Studebaker

Sep 24, 2008

Cecelia Studebaker, 88, a longtime resident of Fredonia, Kansas, died Wednesday, September 24, 2008 at Villa St. Francis in Olathe, Kansas. She was born September 11, 1920 in Fall River, Kansas, the daughter of Alfred Stephen and Julia (West) Violett. She attended Fredonia High School and at the age of 60, studied and received her G.E.D. On April 3, 1940...

Frances Louise Waltmire

Frances Louise Waltmire

Sep 8, 2008

Frances Louise "Frankie" Waltmire, 84, a longtime resident of Fredonia, Kansas, died Monday, September 8, 2008 at the Aldersgate Village in Topeka, Kansas. She was born February 16, 1924 in Fredonia, the third of seven children born to Frank and Barbara (Atwell) Palmer. Frankie was a 1942 graduate of Fredonia High School. Following graduation, she worked for many years as...

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