Obituaries
Helen Medsker
Dec 27, 2014
Helen Grace Medsker, age 90, of Independence, Kansas died Saturday, December 27, 2014 at Labette County Health Center. Celebration of Life Services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, December 30, 2014 at the Potts Chapel in Independence, Kansas. Burial will follow in the Mount Hope Cemetery under the direction of the Potts Chapel. Visitation hours will be held...
Clara Emerson
Dec 25, 2014
Clara M. Emerson, age 98, of Cherryvale, Kansas died Thursday, December 25, 2014 at the Windsor Place in Coffeyville, Kansas. Celebration of Life Services will be held at 1:00 p.m., Tuesday, December 30, 2014 at the Potts Chapel in Cherryvale, Kansas. Burial will follow at the Fairview Cemetery in Cherryvale, Kansas under the direction of the Potts Chapel in...
Verna Merrick
Dec 25, 2014
Verna Mae Merrick, age 73, of Mound Valley, Kansas past away Thursday, December 25, 2014 at her home in Mound Valley, Kansas. Cremation has taken place Memorial Graveside Services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, January 3, 2015 at the Mound Valley Cemetery with Pastor Travis Modesitt officiating under the direction of the Potts Chapel in Independence, Kansas....
Socorro Alcantar
Dec 22, 2014
Socorro Mendoza Alcantar, age 102 of Independence, Ks passed away Monday Dec. 22 at Mercy Hospital. Reciting of the Rosary will be held Tuesday December 30th at 7:00pm at St. Andrews Catholic church and Mass of Christian burial will be 10:00am Wednesday, December 31st Burial will follow at Calvary cemetery under the direction of Potts Chapel of Independence, Ks....
James Holmes
Dec 19, 2014
James Cable Holmes, age 42, of Independence, Kansas died Friday, December 19, 2014 at the Mercy Hospital in Independence, Kansas. Cremation has taken place. Celebration of Life Services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Monday, December 29, 2014 at the Potts Chapel in Reverend Charles Barker Jr. and Grady Miller officiating. Inurnment will follow in the Harrisonville Cemetery. Visitation...
Don King
Dec 19, 2014
Don King, 77, of rural Tyro, Kansas, passed away Friday, December 19, 2014, at Forrest Manor Nursing Center, Dewey, Oklahoma. Donald Lee King was born June 13, 1937 near Claremore, Oklahoma, the third of seven children of Rufus Dawson King and Opal Wilcox King. He grew up in the Talala, Oklahoma area attending schools there and graduating high school...
Charles James
Dec 18, 2014
Charles Charlie O. James, 89, of Neodesha, Kansas passed away Thursday at the Golden Living Center in Neodesha, Kansas. A Celebration of Life Service will be held at 10:00 a.m. Tuesday, December 30, 2014 at the Potts Chapel in Independence, Kansas with the Reverend Kenny Richards officiating. Burial will follow in the Ross Cemetery in Neodesha, Kansas, under the...
John Petrick
Dec 12, 2014
John A. Petrick, age 97 passed away Friday, December 12, 2014 at his home in Independence, Kansas. John, the son of George and Anna Sakino Petrick was born August 17, 1917 in Gates, Pennsylvania and was a resident of Independence, Kansas since 1948. He married Florence M. Carlson in 1944 and they had one son, John R. Petrick. His...
Robert Woodward
Dec 7, 2014
Robert L. Woody Woodward, 71, of Independence passed away Sunday, December 7, 2014 at the Wilson Medical Center, Neodesha, Kansas. Cremation has take place and a Celebration of Life Service will be held Monday at 2:00 p.m. December 15th, 2014 at the Church of Epiphany, Episcopal with the Reverend Gerald Eytcheson officiating. Inurnment will be held at a later...
Jill Hodges
Dec 4, 2014
Jill Hodges, 93, Coffeyville, Kansas native, formerly of Caney, Kansas passed away on her birthday, December 4, 2014 at her daughters home near Caney. Jill Ann Winters was born December 4, 1921, in Coffeyville, the second of two children to Orville Jack Winters and Fern Kyle Hiller Winters. Jill grew up and attended schools in Coffeyville, was a proud...
James Finney
Dec 3, 2014
Jim Finney, 65, of Wayside, Kansas, passed away Wednesday, December 3, 2014 at his home. Survivors blessed by his memory are his mother, Betty, of the home, brothers Wayne Finney and wife Paula of Chanute, KS, Michael Finney of Wayside, and Kurt Finney of Tyro, KS neices and nephews, as well as other relation. Celebration of Life services will...
Donald Schnurbusch
Nov 30, 2014
Donald Joseph Schnurbusch, 73, passed away Sunday, November 30 at his home in Bentonville, AR. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:00 a.m. Saturday December 6, 2014, at St. Andrew Catholic Church in Independence, KS, with Father Andrew Heiman officiating. Burial will follow in Mount Hope Cemetery in Independence, KS, under the direction of Potts Chapel of...
Martha Black
Nov 26, 2014
Martha Marie Black, age 87, of Elk City, Kansas died Wednesday, November 26, 2014 at the Mercy Hospital in Independence, Kansas. Celebration of Life Services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Saturday, November 29, 2014 at the Potts Chapel with Bruce Taylor officiating. Burial will follow in the Oak Hill Cemetery under the direction of the Potts Chapel in...
Jim Gordon
Nov 26, 2014
Jim Gordon, 61, of Choctaw, Oklahoma, passed away on Wednesday, November 26, 2014, at McLoud Nursing Center in McLoud, Oklahoma. James Lee Gordon was born December 16, 1952 in Arkansas City, Kansas, the first of four children to Clair Frank Gordon and Shirley Joan Jarvis Gordon. Jim grew up and attended schools in Caney, Kansas, graduating high school there...
Claron Sullivan
Nov 24, 2014
Claron C. C. Sullivan, 101, of Independence died at his home Monday November 24, 2014. A Celebration of Life Service will be held on Tuesday, December 2, 2014 at 10:00 a. m. at the Potts Chapel, Independence, Kansas with Eric Pralle Officiating. Burial will follow in the Lutheran Cemetery in Mount Hope Cemetery, Independence, Kansas under the direction of...
Doris Bell
Nov 21, 2014
Doris Bell, age 77, of Independence, Kansas died Friday, November 21, 2014 at her home in Independence, Kansas. Celebration of Life Services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Monday, December 1, 2014 at the Potts Chapel in Independence, Kansas with Melvin Simpson officiating. Burial will follow in the Mount Hope Cemetery under the direction of the Potts Chapel. Visitation...
Marilyn Simmons
Nov 21, 2014
Marilyn J. Simmons, 83, of Elk City, Kansas passed away Friday at Montgomery Place, Independence, Kansas. A Celebration of Life Service will be held at 10:00 a. m. Wednesday, November 26, 2014 at the Potts Chapel Independence with Evangelist David Bycroft and Reverend Mark Loftin officiating. Burial will follow in the Oak Hill Cemetery, Elk City, Kansas under the...
Louis Jabben
Nov 19, 2014
Louis Otto Jabben, age 88, passed away November 19, 2014 at Golden Living Center in Pittsburg, Kansas after a lingering illness. Cremation has taken place under the direction of Potts Chapel. Private family graveside services are planned for a later date. Louis was born February 8, 1926 the oldest of 13 children of Carl and Theda Hinrich Jabben. He...
Charles Redding
Nov 19, 2014
Charles Redding, 66, of rural Dewey, Oklahoma passed away peacefully Wednesday, November 19, 2014, surrounded by loved ones at his home. Graveside Celebration of Life memorial services will be held Monday, November 24, 2014, at Sunnyside Cemetery, Caney, Kansas with Dr. Joe Dan Fowler officiating. Private Inurnment will follow under the direction of Potts Chapel of Caney. Charles Morris...
Lottie Cavin
Nov 12, 2014
Lottie M. Cavin, 93 passed from this world Wednesday November 12, 2014. She was born March 14, 1921, to Ed and Cora Lee Fouts in Columbus, Kansas. She was preceded in death by both of her parents, a brother Dale Fouts and his wife Marjorie., her loving husband of 53 years James F Frankie Cavin. She was a long...
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