Obituaries
Obituaries for Cherryvale, Fredonia, Chanute, and Surrounding Areas
Betty Jean Follmer
May 24, 2008
Betty J. Follmer 85, a 66 year resident of Buffalo, Kansas, died Saturday, May 24, 2008 at the Regal Estates in Independence, Kansas. She was born January 27, 1923 in Iola, Kansas , the daughter of Robert and Mabel (Burton) Shapel. She was a 1941 graduate of Iola High School. On May 3, 1942 in Chanute, she married William Charles...
Mildred E. Opperman
May 22, 2008
Mildred E. Opperman, 95, a longtime resident of Fredonia, Kansas, formerly of Yates Center, Kansas, died Thursday, May 22, 2008 at the Golden Living Center in Neodesha, Kansas. She was born December 18, 1912 in rural Yates Center, the daughter of Amil H. and Irma E. (Mulsow) Light. She was a graduate of Yates Center High School. On January 17,...
David P. Wofford
May 10, 2008
David P. Wofford, 102, a resident of Fredonia, Kansas since 1930, died Saturday, May 10, 2008 at the Cherryvale Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. He was born February 14, 1906 near Cassville, Georgia, the fourth child born to Eli and Joanna (Lowe) Wofford. Following high school, he attended Arkansas Baptist College in Little Rock. During the Great Depression, Mr. Wofford and...
Glena J. Patry
May 7, 2008
Glena J. Patry, 56, a resident of Fall River, Kansas, died Wednesday, May 7, 2008 at the Specialty Hospital in Wichita, Kansas. She was born January 22, 1952 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, the daughter of Glen and Betty (Yates) Wood. She was a graduate of Cheney High School. She worked many years with her father in the roofing business and...
Inez Wolfe
May 6, 2008
Inez Wolfe, 83, a resident of Kearney, Missouri and formerly of Fredonia, Kansas, died Tuesday, May 6, 2008 in Liberty, Missouri. She was born in Geary, Oklahoma on April 30, 1925 to Frank and Esther Terneus. She graduated from Greenfield High School in Oklahoma in 1943 and married her high school sweetheart, A.D. Wolfe in May, 1943. Three children were...
Robert J. Gillett
May 6, 2008
Robert J. Gillett, 71, a 15 year resident of Southeast Kansas, presently of Toronto, Kansas, and formerly of Salida, Colorado, died Tuesday, May 6, 2008 at Allen County Hospital in Iola, Kansas. He was born December 24, 1936 in Owosso, Michigan, the son of Emmett and Vesta (Kersey) Gillett. Mr. Gillett served in the United States Marines during Vietnam, where...
Laura Belle Hall
May 2, 2008
Laura Belle Hall, 76, a long-time resident of the Toronto, Kansas area, died Friday, May 2, 2008 at the Life Care Center of Burlington. She was born January 29, 1932 in Lincoln, Arkansas, the daughter of James and Goldie Mae (Mercer) Haile. She worked as a seamstress for Jostens for 25 years, before retiring in 1998. Her greatest joys in...
Lillie Jane Smith
Apr 29, 2008
Lillie Jane Smith, 52, a resident of Jenkintown, Pennsylvania, died Tuesday, April 29, 2008 at the Abington Memorial Hospital in Abington, Pennsylvania. She formally resided in Coffeyville, Neodesha, and Fredonia. The daughter of Janet (Coughenour) and Winfred (Bud) Maggard, she was born July 13, 1955 in Coffeyville, Kansas. She graduated with honors from Coffeyville High School, Independence Community College, and...
Viola Alice Key
Apr 21, 2008
Viola Alice Key, 68, resident of Chanute, Kansas, formerly of Hamilton, Kansas, died Monday, April 21, 2008 at Guest Home Estates III in Chanute. She was born May 11, 1939 in Chanute, the daughter of Roy and Nellie (Williams) Hawes. On February 23, 1963 in Independence, Kansas, she married Bobby R. Key. She spent her life caring for her family...
Bessie V. Papon
Apr 15, 2008
Bessie Papon, 96, a lifelong resident of Fredonia, Kansas, died Tuesday, April 15, 2008 at the Neosho County Memorial Regional Medical Center in Chanute, Kansas. She was born January 7, 1912 in Ava, Missouri, the oldest of nine children of William and Ollie (Day) Robertson. On August 10, 1936, in Ava, Missouri, she married Orval Frank Papon Sr. He recently...
Jean Jackson
Apr 6, 2008
Emma "Jean" Jackson, 86, a 30 year resident of Fall River, Kansas, formerly of Wichita, Kansas, died Sunday, April 6, 2008 at her home in Fall River. She was born December 7, 1921 in Newton, Kansas, the daughter of Elmer Oscar and Hazel Beth (Rhoades) Oakman. On December 25, 1941 in Wichita, Kansas, she married Ray Jackson. He preceded her...
Wilma Irene Martin
Apr 4, 2008
Wilma Irene Martin, 86, a lifelong resident of Lafontaine, Kansas, died Friday, April 4, 2008 at Fredonia Regional Hospital. She was born April 22, 1921 in Lafontaine, the daughter of James Perry and Fauna Leesa (McKinney) Mott. She grew up in Lafontaine and graduated from Lafontaine High School. On June 14, 1947 in Neodesha, Kansas, she married Marvin Francis Martin....
Leon Ghramm
Mar 23, 2008
Leon Ghramm, 61, a lifelong resident of Fall River, Kansas, died Sunday, March 23, 2008 at his home in Fall River. He was born July 5, 1946 in Fall River, the son of Lawrence and Velma (Shinkle) Ghramm. Leon attended school in Fall River and graduated from Fall River High School in 1964. He served in the United States Army,...
Elmer William Young
Mar 18, 2008
Elmer William Young, 85, died Tuesday, March 18, 2008, at Greenwood County Hospital in Eureka. He was born September 24, 1922, in Coyville, KS, the son of George and Hazel (Cooley) Young. He was a lifetime resident of Wilson and Greenwood Counties. He retired from R.E.C. in Fredonia in 1979 after working there 28 years. He was a graduate of...
Bryan Dean Key
Mar 15, 2008
Bryan Dean Key, Sr., 50, died Saturday, March 15, 2008, at his residence in Kincaid, Kansas. He was born December 28, 1957, in Fredonia, Kansas, the son of Ralph and Aline (Scannel) Key. On November 5, 1993, in Olathe, Kansas he married Jeanette Reynolds and she survives at the home. He was an machinist at Machine Laboratory, Inc. He had...
Marie Opal Stewart-Robbins
Mar 13, 2008
Marie Opal Stewart-Robbins, a resident of rural Yates Center, Kansas, formerly of Fredonia, Kansas, died Thursday, March 13, 2008 at her home. She was born February 1, 1923 in Fredonia, the daughter of Robert Earnest and Orpha Viola (Miller) Stewart. She was a graduate of Fredonia High School and Wichita Business School. Marie was the owner and agent of Stewart-Robbins...
Dorothy Jean Decker
Mar 12, 2008
Dorothy Jean Decker, 84, a resident of Chanute, Kansas, formerly of Buffalo, Kansas, died Wednesday, March 12, 2008 at Neosho Memorial Regional Medical Center in Chanute. She was born May 20, 1923 in Bixby, Oklahoma, the daughter of Homer and Audie Elizabeth (Hershey) May. She was a graduate of Buffalo High School. On November 30, 1943 in Neodesha, Kansas, she...
Jessie Atta Carlson
Mar 11, 2008
Jessie Atta Carlson, 88, a resident of Buffalo, Kansas, died Tuesday, March 11, 2008 at the Neosho Memorial Regional Medical Center in Chanute. She was born August 9, 1919 in Roper, Kansas, the daughter of Henry and Jessie (Bradford) Cook. She was a 1936 graduate of Benedict High School. On March 9, 1941 in Chanute, Kansas, she married Parie M....
Orval F. Papon, Sr.
Mar 6, 2008
Orval F. Papon, Sr., 92, a lifelong resident of Fredonia, Kansas, died Thursday, March 6, 2008 at the Chanute Health Care Center in Chanute, Kansas. He was born September 1, 1915 in Coyville, Kansas, the son of Peter and Edith (Bible) Papon. He was a graduate of Fredonia High School and served in the United States Army during World War...
Jake E. Mayeske
Mar 5, 2008
Jake E. Mayeske, 80, resident of rural Fredonia, Kansas, died Wednesday, March 5, 2008 at Fredonia Regional Hospital in Fredonia, Kansas. He was born August 13, 1927 in Ingalls, Kansas, the son of George and Helen (Ratzlaff) Mayeske. He was a lifelong farmer and rancher. In 1965 in Galva, Kansas, he married Bonnie Sue Porter. She survives at their home....
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