Obituaries
Marilyn Bone
Aug 6, 2015
Marilyn D. Bone, 61, of Cherryvale passed away at her home on Thursday August 6, 2015. Cremation has taken place and a Celebration of Life Service will be held at 10:00 a. m., Friday, August 14, 2015 at the Potts Chapel Cherryvale, Kansas. With the Reverend Wayne Hett officiating. The family has suggested memorials to the American Cancer Association...
Frank Mccabe
Jul 26, 2015
Frank McCabe, 76, of Independence, KS passed away Sunday, July 26, 2015 at the Inola Health and Rehabilitation Center in Inola, OK. A celebration of life service will be held Friday, July 31st, 10:30 am at Potts Chapel of Independence. Visitation will be held Thursday, July 30th from 8:00am to 8:00pm at Potts Chapel. Frank McCabe was born January...
James Carpenter
Jul 21, 2015
James Kyle Carpenter, 88 of Independence, Ks. passed away on Monday, July 21st at Medical Lodge of independence, Ks. Visitation will be Friday, July 24th from 8:00 am - 8:00 pm. The family will receive guests from 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm. A Celebration of Life Service in honor of James will be held Saturday, July 25th at 2:00...
Arthur Triebel
Jul 21, 2015
Duane Triebel, 69, of Rural Elk City, Kansas passed away Tuesday at the Medicalodge in Independence. Cremation has taken place under the direction of the Potts Chapel of Independence and a Celebration of Life Service will be held at 11:00 a. m. Friday, July 24, 2015 at the First Church of the Nazarene in Elk City, Kansas with the...
Guy Earle, Sr.
Jun 26, 2015
Guy Fredrick Earle Sr., 69, Independence, KS passed away at home on Saturday, June 26, 2015. Cremation has taken place and Memorial Service will be held at a later date. Guy was born in Newark , NJ to Frederick Alexis and Elsie (Bolash) Earle. Guy is a Veteran of the United States Marie Corps and was the Owner Operator...
Joann Harding
Jun 26, 2015
Joann G. Harding, 74, of Coffeyville, Kansas passed away at her home Monday, June 22, 2015. A Celebration of Life Service will be Friday, June 26, 2015 at 1pm at Potts Chapel in Independence, Kansas with the Chaplin Mike Graham officiating. Burial will follow at Fairview Cemetery in Coffeyville, Kansas. Joann was born April 26, 1941, the daughter of...
Brenda Schrimsher
Jun 16, 2015
Brenda Schrimsher, 64, Cherryvale, Kansas passed away on June 16, 2015 at Coffeyville Regional Medical Center in Coffeyville. Cremation has taken place and a Celebration of Life Graveside Service will be 2:00 p.m. Saturday, June 20, 2015 at Maple Cemetery in Sallisaw, Oklahoma. It's with deep regret that we have lost our Matriarch of the family, Brenda Schrimsher. She...
Mary Codding
Jun 11, 2015
CANEY, KS Mary Codding, 82, Caney, Kansas, passed from this life on Wednesday, June 11, 2015, at Jane Phillips Hospital Bartlesville. After a long and happy life, she went to be with her husband. She closed her eyes and re-opened them in Heaven. Mary Ann Noblitt, was born May 7, 1933, in Caney, Kansas, the third of three children...
La Bellm
Jun 9, 2015
Mrs. La Donna Irene Bellm, 78, of Independence, Kansas, died on June 9, 2015 at her home. Born June 17, 1936, the daughter of Simeon Pinegar and Rosa B. Finney Pinegar, La Donna (Donnie) married Anthony (Tony) Joseph Bellm on February 14, 1953 and lived in Pierce City, Missouri until they moved to Independence, Kansas, in 1958. La Donna...
Beulah Osborn
Jun 8, 2015
Beulah Aline Osborn, 85, of Independence ,Ks passed away Monday, June 8, 2015 at Mercy Hospital in Independence, Ks. Graveside services will be Tuesday, June 16th at 10:00am at Mt. Hope Cemetery in Independence. In case of rain, the service will be moved to Church of the Epiphany, Episcopal, 400 East Maple Street, Independence. The service is under the...
Kenneth Riddle
Jun 7, 2015
Kenneth L. Riddle, 76, of Independence, Kansas passed away at his home Sunday June 7, 2015. Cremation will be done and there is no service scheduled at this time. Kenneth was born October 27, 1938 in Neodesha, Kansas the son of Ralph and Madeline Riddle. He grew up in Neodesha and attended the Neodesha School System. On February 4,...
Ida White
May 30, 2015
(Ida) Mary White, 81, of Independence, Kansas passed away Saturday, May 30, 2015 at Coffeyville Regional Hospital, in Coffeyville, Kansas. A Celebration of Life Service will be Thursday, June 4th at 10:00 a.m. at Potts Chapel in Independence, Kansas, with Danny Maass officiating. Mary was born September 1, 1933 north of Peru, Kansas, the daughter of LJ and Vera...
Harley Davis
May 29, 2015
Cherryvale-----Harley L. Davis died at his home Friday, May 29th 2015. He leaves his wife Rosalie (Shelley) Cunningham Davis. His daughter Trisha and husband Tony Bradley of Independence. He also leaves his stepdaughters, Stephanie and her husband Wayne Zimmerman of Mound Valley, Lesa and her husband Derrick Davis of Bolton and Lena Sutton of Independence. He also leaves a...
Harold Taylor
May 27, 2015
Harold Leland Taylor, age 82, of Independence, Kansas died Wednesday, May 27, 2015 at the Medicalodge in Independence, Kansas. Cremation has taken place under the direction of the Potts Chapel. Celebration of Life Services will be held at a later date. The family has suggested memorials to the Gentiva Hospice or the First Church of the Nazarene and contributions...
Albertice Bale, Jr.
May 26, 2015
Albertice "Bert" R. Bale Jr. 85, of Independence, Kansas passed away Tuesday at the St Francis Hynes Memorial Hospice Center in Wichita, Kansas. Cremation has taken place under the direction of the Potts Chapel, Independence and a Graveside Service on June 12, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. at the Mount Hope Cemetery in Independence. If raining, it will be held...
Jay Nunneley
May 23, 2015
Jay Dee Nunneley, age 43, passed away early Saturday morning, May 23, 2015, at his home in rural Tyro, Kansas. Jay Dee was born September 20, 1971 in Coffeyville, KS, the fifth of five children to John Sr. and LaDonna (Hicks) Nunneley. Jay Dee was raised in Spring Valley, the area just north of Tyro. He attended Caney Valley...
Raymond Hodges
May 21, 2015
Raymond LaVon Hodges, 87, passed away, Thursday, May 21, 2015, at St John's Hospital, Tulsa. Raymond LaVon Hodges was born June 17, 1927, at Tyro, Kansas, the first of three children born to Raymond Stanley Hodges and Lucille (Dearmond) Hodges. He attended school in Tyro. He was employed over the years as a custodian and bus driver for the...
Freda Reitz
May 14, 2015
Freda Reitz, 98, formerly of the Caney area, passed away May 14, 2015 at the Heritage Villa Nursing Home in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. She was born on April 17, 1917 to Fred and Molly Fox Klein. She married Arthur Reitz in Sterling, Colorado on January 22, 1939. Mrs. Reitz was a high school business teacher for 16 years in Golden,...
Pastor Dewitt
May 12, 2015
Pastor C. E. DeWitt left this world surrounded by family and friends on May 12, 2015. He entered the next world the very same way. Born on August 5, 1931, Pastor DeWitt began life in Mont Ida, Kansas. He met and married Judy Crosby (his wife of 62 years), while service in the US Air Force in Amarillo, Texas....

Philip Brownlee
May 11, 2015
Philip D. Brownlee, 67, of Thayer, KS passed away Monday, May 11th at Elm Haven East Nursing Center in Parsons KS. No services are planned at this time. Phil was born March 13, 1948 the son of Billy B. and Marnetta Smith Brownlee in San Diego, CA. He attended schools and graduated high school in El Cajon, CA in...