Obituaries
Carmen Rodriguez
Mar 23, 2015
Carmen M. Rodriguez, 80, of Independence passed away Monday, March 23, 2015 at the Montgomery Place in Independence, Kansas. Cremation has taken place and a Memorial Celebration of Life Service will be held at 10:00 a. m. Friday, March 27, 2015 at the Potts Chapel, Independence, with Father Andrew Heiman officiating. Burial will follow in the Calvary Cemetery in...
Marie Young
Mar 20, 2015
Marie Young, 67, of Caney, Kansas went to be with her Lord on Friday, March 20, 2015, from the Guest Home Estates, Caney. Marie Annette Young was born December 22, 1947, in Independence, KS, the third of five children to Raymond G. Young, and Ethel M. (Farnsworth) Young, She grew up in Elk Falls, KS, attended schools there as...
Warren Welch
Mar 15, 2015
Warren Frank Welch was born on Sept. 26, 1926, in Severy, Kansas, to Frank and Lillie (White) Welch. He graduated from Fall River High School and attended Wichita State University. He served in the U.S. Navy as an aviation radioman third class. He married Betty Jo Kelly in Wichita. Shortly thereafter they moved to Parsons, where he worked as...
Melody Reid
Mar 9, 2015
Melody G. Reid, 58, of Independence passed away Monday, March 9, 2015 at her home. A Celebration of Life Service will be held at 10:00 a. m. Friday, March 13, 2015 at the Potts Chapel Independence with Pastor Gerald Eytcheson officiating. Burial will follow in the Mount Hope Cemetery, Independence under the direction of the Potts Chapel Independence. A...
Lowell Baker
Mar 6, 2015
Lowell N. Baker, age 71, of Independence, Kansas died Friday, March 06, 2015 at the Eagle Estates in Independence, Kansas. Celebration of Life Services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Saturday, March 14, 2015 at the First United Methodist Church. Burial will follow in the Mount Hope Cemetery under the direction of the Potts Chapel. Visitation hours will be...
Gary Shearhart
Mar 2, 2015
Gary L. Shearhart, age 69, life-long resident of rural Wayside, KS, passed away peacefully at his home Monday 3/2/15. He was born January 30, 1946, at Independence, KS, the fourth of four children born to Elmer and Mildred (Davis) Shearhart. He attended Wayside public school. He was united in marriage to his high school sweetheart Marylee Hall on March...
William Corle, Jr.
Mar 1, 2015
William (Bill) Lee Corle, Jr., 53, passed away March 1, 2015 at his home surrounded by family. Celebration of Life services will be held Thursday, March 5 at 10:00 a.m. at First Church of the Nazarene Independence, Kansas, with Reverend Darren Melton officiating. Visitation will be held Wednesday, March 4 from 3pm to 8pm at Potts Family Chapel. Bill...
Richard Vaughan
Feb 28, 2015
Richard Vaughan, 80, of Caney, Kansas, passed away at his home Saturday, February 28, 2015. Richard Howard Vaughan was born November 10, 1934, third of four children born to E. Howard Vaughan and Ermyl B. (Scholl) Vaughan in rural Coffeyville. He attended his early school years in Wann, Oklahoma, and high school in Caney, KS. He was employed with...

Billy Trask
Feb 28, 2015
Billy Trask, 81, of Cherryvale passed away Saturday, February 28, 2015 at the Cherryvale Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Cherryvale, Kansas. A Celebration of Life Service will be held at 2:00 p. m. Thursday, March 5th, 2015 at the Assembly of God Church in Cherryvale, Kansas with Pastor Jeff Owens officiating. Burial will follow at the Fairview Cemetery in...
Nanette Vannoster
Feb 28, 2015
Nanette C. Vannoster, age 84, of Liberty, Kansas passed away Saturday, February 28, 2015 at the Montgomery Place in Independence, Kansas. Graveside Services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, March 4, 2015 at the Mount Hope Cemetery with the Reverend Mike Sutton officiating. Burial will follow under the direction of the Potts Chapel. Visitation hours will be held...
Dorothy Johnson
Feb 27, 2015
Dorothy M. Johnson, 85, of Independence, Kansas died Friday February 27, 2015 at Mercy Hospital, Independence. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:00 a. m .Wednesday March 4, 2015 at the St. Andrew Catholic Church with Father Andrew Heiman officiating. Burial will follow in the old St Andrew cemetery in Morgantown under the direction of the Potts...
Dee Hattan
Feb 26, 2015
Dee Hattan, 74, of Cherryvale, Kansas passed away Thursday February 26, 2015 at the Cox Health South Hospital in Springfield, Missouri. A Celebration of Life Service will be held at 10:00 a. m. Thursday March 5, 2015 at the First Southern Baptist Church in Cherryvale, Kansas with the Reverend David Bennett officiating. Burial will follow in the Mount Hope...
Eva Giblin
Feb 24, 2015
GIBLIN, EVA NELL Eva Nell was born August 21, 1916, in Blackwell, OK to James Harry and Viva Mae (Bonebrake) Braniger. She graduated from Blackwell High School in 1934 and married her high school sweetheart, Craig C. Giblin on September 11, 1937. Craig's career with the Cities Service Gas Company took the couple to Oklahoma, Texas and Kansas. During...
Clifford Hayden
Feb 23, 2015
Clifford D. Hayden, age 90, of Independence, Kansas died Monday, February 23, 2015 at the Cherryvale Nursing & Rehabilitation Center. Celebration of Life Services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Saturday, February 28, 2015 at the Potts Chapel in Independence, Kansas with the Reverend Marty Warren of the Mount Zion Community Church officiating. Burial will follow in the Chetopa...
June Self
Feb 22, 2015
June Ethel Self, age 87 of Independence, Kansas died Sunday, February 22, 2015 at the Via Christi Hospital in Pittsburg, Kansas. Cremation has taken place under the direction of the Potts Chapel in Independence, Kansas. A celebration of life will be held Friday, March 6, at 2:00 PM at Church of the Epiphany, Episcopal, 400 East Maple, Independence, Kansas...
Glen Salisbury
Feb 20, 2015
Glen T. Salisbury, 93, of Independence passed away Friday February 20, 2015 at the Medicalodge of Independence, Kansas. Graveside Celebration of Life Service will be held at 10:00 a. m., Wednesday, February 25, 2015 at the Mount Hope Cemetery in Independence, Kansas with the Reverend Brad Sanders officiating. There will also be Masonic Rites held. Burial will follow in...
Barbara Adam
Feb 17, 2015
Barbara C (Bobbie) Adam, 61, of Independence, Ks passed away at her home Monday, February 17, 2015. A celebration of life service will be Monday, February 23, 2015 at Potts Chapel of Independence with Pastor Don Adam officiating. Burial will take place at Mount Hope Cemetery. Visitation will be Sunday February 22, 2015 from 12:00pm to 8:00pm, with family...
Bob Bruce
Feb 14, 2015
Bob E. Bruce, Independence, died at his home Saturday, February 14, 2015. Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, February 18, 2015 at 11am at Potts Chapel. Interment will follow at Mount Hope Cemetery. Friends may register on Tuesday, February 17, from 12pm to 8pm with family receiving friends from 6 - 8 at the Chapel. The family has...
Betty Haberly
Feb 11, 2015
Betty Haberly - OBIT Haberly, Betty Jean Winter Haven, Florida - (April 14, 1931 - February 11, 2015) Betty was born in Elk City, Kansas. She was the daughter of Jack and Amy (Rowe) Easley. Betty is survived by three children, Jeanette Haberly Smith of Davenport, Florida with her husband Dwain, Glen Haberly of Graham, Texas with his wife...
Betty Cain
Feb 4, 2015
Our beloved mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and great-great-grandmother passed away peacefully on the afternoon of February 4, 2015 at the age of 91. Betty was born to parents Floyd and Mable (Irvin) McClenning in Dennis, Kansas on April 23, 1923. She was a special lady who loved everyone she met and made them feel like family. Years of family Sunday...