Obituaries
Obituaries for Cherryvale, Fredonia, Chanute, and Surrounding Areas
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...
Norma Jean Anderson
Jan 5, 2007
Norma Jean Anderson, 88, a resident of Augusta, Kansas and formerly of Fredonia, Kansas, died Friday, January 5, 2007 at the Lakepoint Nursing Center in Augusta. She was born July 18, 1918 in Hebron, Nebraska, the daughter of John and Lois F. (Schlemer) Kaminska. She was a 1936 graduate of Fredonia High School and attended Manhattan State College and the...
Viola A. "Betty" Dildine
Jan 3, 2007
Viola Agnes "Betty" Dildine, 83, a resident of Wichita, Kansas, formerly of Fredonia, Kansas, died Wednesday, January 3, 2007 at Lakewood Heights in Wichita. She was born October 27, 1923 in Fredonia, the daughter of Dave and Mildred (Ross) Culbertson. She worked as a certified nurse"s aide for over 30 years at Hill Top Lodge, Wilson County Rest Home and...
Mae Betheen Shultz Becker
Dec 31, 2006
Mae Betheen Shultz Becker, 88, a resident of Moundridge Manor in Moundridge, Kansas, formerly of Nevada, Missouri, died Sunday, December 31, 2006 in Moundridge. She was born February 1, 1918 in Hesston, Kansas, the daughter of Harvey M. and Elizabeth (Holdeman) Yost. She was a homemaker. On November 11, 1945 at Greensburg, Kansas, she married Lee Shultz. He preceded her...
Barbara Ann Studebaker
Dec 31, 2006
Barbara Ann Studebaker, 37, a resident of Fredonia, Kansas, died Sunday, December 31, 2006 near Neodesha. She was born June 6, 1969 in Kansas City, Missouri, the daughter of David and Loretta (Gueulette) Studebaker. She was employed at Flint Oak Hunting Resort, rural Fall River, Kansas. She was a member of the Bible Baptist Church in Fredonia and a member...
John R. Thompson
Dec 27, 2006
John R. Thompson, 81, a longtime resident of Altoona, Kansas, formerly of Iowa and California, died Wednesday, December 27, 2006, at his residence in Altoona. He was born June 24, 1925 in Muscatine, Iowa, the son of John R., Sr. and Mildred (Mundt) Thompson. He was a member of the United States Navy during World War II, serving from 1943...
Edna Mae Shoop
Dec 26, 2006
Edna Mae Shoop, 61, a resident of Fredonia, Kansas, died Tuesday, December 26, 2006 at the Via Christi Medical Center-St. Joseph Campus in Wichita, Kansas. She was born June 21, 1945 in Wichita, the daughter of Leo Melvin and Goldie Josephine (Robison) James. She worked for the City of Fredonia at the recycling center for 20 years. On Februay 27,...
Almeta Faye Turner
Dec 23, 2006
Almeta Faye Turner, 91, a resident of Fredonia, Kansas, died Saturday, December 23, 2006 at Fredonia Regional Hospital. She was born September 21, 1915 in Bluff City, Kansas, the daughter of Charles A. and Cora E. (Pulliam) Heller. She was a graduate of Bluff City High School and attended what is now Emporia State University, obtaining her teaching certificate in...
Melvin W. Bunyard
Dec 22, 2006
Melvin W. Bunyard, 85, a lifelong resident of Fall River, Kansas, died Friday December 22, 2006, at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita, Kansas. He was born July 18, 1921 in Fall River, the son of Harvey Samuel and Viola Belle (Cornett) Bunyard. He was a sergeant in the United States Army, serving during World War II. He worked for 29...
Joseph Paul Ludwick
Dec 19, 2006
Joseph Paul Ludwick, 86, a resident of Fall River, Kansas, formerly of Wichita, Kansas, died Tuesday, December 19, 2006 at Via Christi Medical Center-St. Joseph Campus in Wichita. He was born September 26, 1920 in Fall River, the son of Ollie Edward and Clara Louisa (Axtel) Ludwick. He served in the United States Navy on the U.S.S. South Dakota earning...
Francis L. Parker
Dec 15, 2006
Francis L. Parker, 82, a long time resident of Fredonia, Kansas, died Friday, December 15, 2006, at Fredonia Regional Hospital. He was born June 25, 1924 in Iola, Kansas, the son of John W. and Flora (Schuster) Parker. He served in the United States Army 1943-45 where he was stationed in the Philippines and New Guinnea. He was retired from...
Gene Fiscus
Dec 15, 2006
Richard Eugene "Gene" Fiscus, 76, a lifelong resident of Fredonia, Kansas, died Friday, December 15, 2006, at his home in Fredonia. He was born April 10, 1930 in Fredonia, the son of Edgar Cecil and Ethel Mae (Durham) Fiscus. He served in the United States Army August 13, 1948 to his retirement on September 30, 1978, attaining the rank of...
William Henry Miller
Dec 12, 2006
William Henry Miller, 88, a resident of Fredonia, formerly of New Albany, Kansas and Alberta, Canada, died Tuesday, December 12, 2006, at Fredonia Regional Hospital. He was born January 10, 1918 in Alton, Missouri, the son of Charles W. and Edith (King) Miller. He was a retired automobile mechanic and farmer. His survivors include: Two sisters: Leona Harwood of New...
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