Obituaries
Mary Buser
Feb 4, 2018
Mary Kathryn "Katy" (Dwight) Buser, 96, passed from this life on Sunday afternoon, February 4, in her apartment at The Gardens of St. Elizabeth in Denver, Colorado where she resided for the past two years. Katy was born to the late John and Mary (Connolly) Dwight on the Dwight Family farm outside Des Moines, Iowa on April 28, 1921....
Edward Connelly
Feb 1, 2018
Edward Gregory Connelly, 64, of Independence passed away on Thursday, February 01, 2018. A graveside service will be held on Monday, February 5, 2018 at 1:00pm at Mount Hope Cemetery in Independence, Kansas. Visitation will be Sunday, February 4th from 1:00-3:00pm at Potts Chapel of Independence. Memorials are suggested to AWOL and can be left with the funeral home....
Chad Smith
Jan 30, 2018
Chad Smith, 44, of Independence, Kansas passed away on Tuesday, January 30, 2018. A Celebration of Life Service will be held on Saturday, February 10th at 10:00am at Potts Chapel of Independence. Visitation will be Friday, February 9th, 1:00-7:00 pm, with family greeting friends 5-7pm. Chad Erick Smith was born September 1, 1973 in Independence, Kansas. He was the...
Darrell Gillman
Jan 28, 2018
Darrell Dean Gillman, 86, of Coffeyville, Kansas passed away on January 28, 2018 at Windsor Place in Coffeyville, Kansas. Visitation will be held at Potts Chapel in Independence, Kansas on Wednesday, January 31st starting at 12:00 pm, with the family greeting friends from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm. A rosary will begin at 5:00 pm. Graveside services will be...
Delvin Kimzey
Jan 28, 2018
Delvin Kimzey, 83, of Rural Elk City, Kansas passed away Sunday, January 28, 2018. Cremation will take place with Potts Chapel. A celebration of life service will be held Friday, February 2, 2018 at the Nazarene Church in Elk City, Kansas at 11:00 am. Memorials are suggested to the Wounded Warriors Program and can be left with the funeral...
Martha Mott
Jan 20, 2018
Martha Johanna Mott, age 98, of Independence, Kansas passed away Saturday, January 20, 2018 at the Medicallodge in Independence, Kansas. Celebration of Life Services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Wednesday, January 24, 2018 at the Zion Lutheran Church with the Rev. Roger Mackie officiating. Burial will follow in the Lutheran Cemetery under the direction of the Potts Chapel....
Lowell Dickey
Jan 13, 2018
Lowell Glenn Dickey, 79, of Independence, KS passed away January 13, 2018, at Labette Health Care in Independence, KS. Cremation has taken place at the request of the family at Potts Chapel of Independence, KS. Services are planned for a later date. Lowell Glenn Dickey was born May 1, 1938, in Caney, KS, the son of Leslie Lowell and...
Edith Laughlin
Jan 10, 2018
Edith Almina Laughlin, 93, passed away Wednesday, January 10, 2018. A Celebration of Life Service will be Monday, January 15, 2017 at 10:00am at Potts Chapel of Independence, KS. Visitation will be held Sunday, January 14th from 2:00 - 3:00pm. A private family burial will follow. Memorials are suggested to the Church of the Brethren and can be left...
Ronnie Botts
Jan 7, 2018
Ronnie Dean Botts, 61, of rural Neodesha, Kansas passed away Sunday, January 7th 2018 at St. Francis Hospital in Wichita Kansas. Ronnie was born September 5th, 1957 the son of Hazel (Botts) Schafer and Cecil Botts. In 1979, he was united in marriage to Linda Olrog, they later divorce in 1993. Years later he married Viola Reno who has...
John Horton
Jan 1, 2018
John Hubert (Jack) Horton 62 of Wayside, KS. passed away Monday January 1, 2018 at his home in rural Wayside. Celebration of Life service will be 1:00pm Friday January 5th, 2018 at the Tyro Christian Church in Tyro, KS. Visitation will be Thursday January 4th, 2018 from 5:00pm to 7:00pm when family will receive friends, at Potts Chapel in...
Vickie Stonecipher
Dec 23, 2017
Vickie Stonecipher was born September 23, 1946 to Walter and Virginia (Good) Austin, in Independence, Kansas and grew up on the family farm in Liberty, KS. She attended Liberty Grade School and Independence High School. In 1964, she was united in marriage to her childhood sweetheart, Virgil Darrell Stonecipher. They lived most of their life in Montgomery County except...
David Evans
Dec 12, 2017
David A. Evans, 62, of Independence, Kansas passed away Tuesday, December 12, 2017, at the Labette Health, Independence. David Evans was born June 8, 1955, in Eureka, Kansas to Roland F. Evans and Mary Ann (Gurwell, Evans) Metzger. He grew up in Rogers, Arkansas. On February 1, 1980, he was united in marriage to Nancy Bredehoft and she survives...
Rebecca Robertson
Dec 10, 2017
Rebecca Gay (Bish) Robertson passed away on December 10th, 2017 at the Village Hospice Center in Lee Summitt, MO. Becky was born August 9th, 1954 in Aberdeen Maryland. She moved to Independence with her family in 1959, where she attended local schools and graduated from Independence High School in 1972. She is survived by her three children, Jamie Stidham...
Elnora Morrison
Dec 8, 2017
Elnora Dortha Morrison, 76, died the morning of December 8th at Comforting Hands Hospice in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. There will be a graveside service Tuesday, December 12th at 2:00 PM at the Jefferson Cemetery. Funeral arrangements are being handled by Potts Chapel of Independence. Elnora was born on the 17th of April, 1941, in Independence, Kansas to Alonzo and Jeanette...
Otis Pendergrass
Dec 8, 2017
It is with great sadness that we announce the peaceful passing of our father, Mr. Otis Dale Pendergrass, age 75, on December 8th, at Coffeyville Regional Medical Center. He was surrounded by the voices of all his children, their love, memories, and quiet laughter. His was an ordinary life. He wanted no eulogy or big funeral, required no fuss...
Richard Verge
Dec 4, 2017
Richard Verge, age 78 of Independence, Kansas passed away on Monday, December 4, 2017 at the Coffeyville Regional Medical Center. Celebration of Life Services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Friday, December 8, 2017 at the First Southern Baptist Church with the Pastor Walter Keener officiating. Burial will follow in the Harrisonville Cemetery under the direction of the Potts...
Ellen Gaffney
Dec 1, 2017
Ellen Jane (Franklin) Gaffney passed away Friday, December 1, 2017 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. A celebration of life service will be held, Saturday, December 9, 2017 at 11:00 am at the Berean Christian Mission Center. Visitation will be Friday, December 8th from 12:00-7:00pm, with family greeting friends from 5:00-7:00pm at Potts Chapel in Independence. Ellen was born on January 18,...
Sharen Prosser
Nov 24, 2017
Sharen Raye Prosser, 70, of Independence, Kansas, passed away November 24, 2017, at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita, Kansas. A celebration of Sharen's life will be held at 2:00 pm on Friday, December 1st, at Potts Chapel in Independence. The visitation will be Thursday, November 30th, from 12:00 pm to 8:00 pm, with the family greeting friends from 6:00...
Leslie Simmons
Nov 18, 2017
Leslie Dale Simmons, 65, of Independence, Kansas passed away Saturday, November 18, 2017, at Labette Health in Independence, Kansas. At the request of the family, cremation will be taken place under the direction of Potts Chapel. Leslie Dale Simmons was born on August 3, 1952 to Johnie and Elnora (Thompson) Simmons, in Independence, Kansas. Leslie attended the Independence school...
Shirley Fields
Nov 15, 2017
Shirley Marie Fields, a long time resident of Independence, KS, passed away Wednesday, November 15th in Columbia, MO where she has been a resident since June, 2010. One of three children, born to the late Olin E. and Marie H. (Wages) Estes of Cherryvale, KS. Shirley left high school to marry the love of her life, the late Lawrence...
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