Obituaries
Obituaries for Cherryvale, Fredonia, Chanute, and Surrounding Areas
Bytha Louise Buchanan
Mar 9, 2007
Bytha Louise Buchanan, 93, a resident of Independence, Kansas, formerly of New Albany, Kansas, died Friday, March 9, 2007 in Independence, Kansas. She was born January 20, 1914 in New Albany, the daughter of James and Effie (Joy) Laughlin. She was a graduate of New Albany High School. She was a homemaker. She married Paul Scott in 1944. He preceded...
Howard Boyd Payne
Mar 5, 2007
Howard Boyd Payne, 71, a resident of Fredonia, Kansas, formerly of Topeka, Kansas, died Monday, March 5, 2007, at Galachia Heart Hospital in Wichita, Kansas. He was born January 25, 1936 in Fredonia, the son of Tom J. and Ada Mae (Cather) Payne. He served in the National Guard from 1954-1962. He was a retired division manager for Sears Corporation...
Rev. Devere Lamar Defield
Mar 4, 2007
Rev. DeVere Lamar DeField, 96, a resident of Fredonia, Kansas, died Sunday, March 4, 2007, at Fredonia Regional Hospital. He was born February 19, 1911, the son of William Arthur and Mary Alice (Smith) DeField. He moved with his family to the pacific northwest in 1936 and retired to Fredonia in 1976. On March 25, 1932, he married Doris Harman....
Helen Elizabeth Dunham
Mar 1, 2007
Helen Elizabeth (Lutes) Dunham, 94, died Thursday, March 1, 2007 at Fredonia Regional Hospital. She was born November 15, 1912 to Harry and Mae (Whitbeck) Lutes in Fredonia, Kansas. She grew up in Fredonia and after graduation from high school and business college, she served as secretary to the superintendent of schools and bookkeeper for the school district for more...
Cecil Ralph Hawley
Feb 28, 2007
Cecil Ralph Hawley, 81, a lifelong resident of Fredonia, Kansas, died Wednesday, February 28, 2007 as the result of injuries he sustained in a tractor accident on the family farm near Coyville, Kansas. He was born December 28, 1925 in Iola, Kansas, the son of Milton Marion and Gracie Mildred (Thomson) Hawley. He served as a medic in the United...
Carl Wilford Payne
Feb 18, 2007
Carl Wilford Payne, 83, a resident of rural Buffalo, Kansas, died Sunday, February 18, 2007, at Fredonia Regional Hospital. He was born May 12, 1923 in rural Roper, Kansas, the son of William M. and Blanche (Johnston) Payne. He was a graduate of Benedict High School and a lifelong farmer and rancher. On December 2, 1955 in Yates Center, Kansas,...
Leon Larkin
Feb 17, 2007
Evert Leon Larkin Sr., 73, a resident of Fredonia, Kansas, died Saturday, February 17, 2007, at his home. He was born October 15, 1933 in Buxton, Kansas, the son of Howard Evert and Alice (Matthews) Larkin. He was a farmer On March 6, 1952 in Wichita, Kansas, he married Orlis Gates. She survives at their home. Survivors, in addition to...
Margaret Louise Brassfield
Feb 16, 2007
Margaret Louise Brassfield, 85, a resident of Fall River, Kansas, died Friday, February 16, 2007 at Fredonia Regional Hospital. She was born October 14, 1921 in Neodesha, Kansas, the daughter of John Paul and Flossie (Whiteside) Cannon. She was a homemaker. She was married to Jessie M. Brassfield. He preceded her in death June 1, 1974. Her Survivors include: One...
Harland Earl Beebe
Feb 12, 2007
Harland Earl Beebe, 92, a resident of Fredonia, Kansas, formerly of the Iola and Geneva area, died Monday, February 12, 2007, at Fredonia Regional Hospital. He was born March 8, 1914 in rural Ellsworth County, Kansas, the son of Ernest W. and Bell (Alcorn) Beebe. He served in the United States Army during World War II. He lived and farmed...
Kent Eugene Sissom
Feb 12, 2007
Kent Eugene Sissom, 86, a lifelong resident of Fredonia, Kansas, died Monday, February 12, 2007, at Fredonia Regional Hospital. He was born April 21, 1920 in rural Fredonia, the son of Kent A. and Katie (Shandrow) Sissom. He was a sergeant in the United States Army, serving during World War II. He was a self-employed farmer, as well as a...
Mary Anne Waggoner
Feb 9, 2007
Mary Anne Waggoner, 73, a resident of rural Altoona, Kansas, died Friday, February 9, 2007 at Via Christi St. Joseph Medical Center in Wichita, Kansas. She was born April 18, 1933 near Altoona, the daughter of Guy and Estella (Lewellen) Dannels. She was a homemaker. On December 24, 1956 in Miami, Oklahoma, she married J.D. Waggoner. He preceded her in...
Helen M. Bracken
Feb 8, 2007
Helen M. Bracken, 86, a resident of Fredonia, Kansas, died Thursday, February 8, 2007 at the Golden Living Center in Neodesha, Kansas. She was born October 12, 1920 in Fordland, Missouri, the daughter of William C. and Naomi (Barton) Hill. She worked as a nurse"s aide at the Wilson County Nursing Home for several years. She also worked at the...
Betty Lou Chaffin
Feb 8, 2007
Betty Lou Chaffin, 73, a resident of Sun City, Arizona and formerly of the Fredonia, Kansas area and of Washington State, died Thursday, February 8, 2007 at her home in Sun City. She was born February 21, 1933 in Fall River, Kansas, the daughter of Arthur and Leona (Brannaman) Ferguson. She was a graduate of Fredonia High School. She was...
Veva M. Luke
Feb 6, 2007
Veva M. Luke, 73, a resident of Fredonia, Kansas, died Tuesday, February 6, 2007 at Windsor Place in Coffeyville, Kansas. She was born August 19, 1933 near Elk Falls, Kansas, the daughter of Henry J. and Ida Mae (Graham) Beiter. She was a homemaker. On March 5, 1951 in Miami, Oklahoma, she married Robert David Luke. He preceded her in...
Bernard Raymond Darst
Feb 2, 2007
Bernard Raymond Darst, 93, a resident of Fredonia, Kansas and formerly of Coffeyville, Kansas, died Friday, February 2, 2007 at Via Christi St. Joseph Medical Center in Wichita, Kansas. He was born February 11, 1913 in Fredonia, the son of Frank and Maude (Skaggs) Darst. He was a retired sales associate for Buckner Furniture Store in Coffeyville, where he had...
E. June Durham
Jan 31, 2007
Edith June Durham, 71, a longtime resident of Fredonia, Kansas, died Wednesday, January 31, 2007 at Fredonia Regional Hospital. She was born June 1, 1935 in Stockton, Kansas, the daughter of Samuel S. and Edith (Pearson) Wood. She was a graduate of Fredonia High School. She recently retired from the Fredonia Regional Hospital Food Service Department. Prior to her employment...
Merle Henry Wambsganss
Jan 30, 2007
Merle Wambsganss, 79, a resident of Fredonia, Kansas, died Tuesday, January 30, 2007 in Bloomington, Minnesota. He was born August 10, 1927, north of Fall River, in Greenwood County, the son of William and Sophia (Hellman) Wambsganss. He farmed the area north of Fall River until the late 1950"s. He then farmed north of Fredonia and in the Fredonia area...
Josephine Butin Vandever
Jan 22, 2007
Josephine Butin Vandever, 88, formerly of Little Rock, Arkansas died Monday, January 22, 2007 at Forest Hills Nursing Center in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. She was born on February 15, 1918 in Fredonia, Kansas to Charles E. and Eva Hunt Butin. She graduated from Fredonia High School and from junior college in Kansas City, Missouri. During World War II, she assisted...
David Keith Wolgamuth
Jan 15, 2007
David Keith Wolgamuth, 66, a resident of Fredonia, Kansas, formerly of Wichita, Kansas, died Monday, January 15, 2007, at Fredonia Regional Hospital. He was born November 23, 1940 in Emporia, Kansas, the son of Lester and Lena (Riggs) Wolgamuth. He served in the United States Navy, attaining the rank of quartermaster. For the past 17 years, he has worked for...
Walter Anthony Reinhart
Jan 9, 2007
Walter Anthony Reinhart, 89, a resident of Fredonia, Kansas died Tuesday, January 9, 2007, at his residence. He was born December 22, 1917, northwest of Fredonia in Wilson County, the son of Jacob and May (Sadler) Reinhart. He was self employed as a heavy equipment operator for 45 years and built most of the ponds in this area. He later...
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