Obituaries
Mary Thornhill
Jan 19, 2015
Mary (Ethel) Thornhill left this life Monday at 2:19 am January 19th. She was surrounded by her family, the most important thing in her life next to God. Mary Ethel McCardie Thornhill was born to Wilmer and Ruth (Wells) McCardie on April on 29th, 1938 in Bufford Oregon. She grew up in Troy Missouri surrounded by her large family....
Connie Blackburn
Jan 16, 2015
Connie L. Blackburn, age 58, of Thayer, Kansas died Friday, January 16, 2015 at the Coffeyville Regional Medical Center in Coffeyville, Kansas. Celebration of Life Services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, January 20, 2015 at the Potts Chapel in Cherryvale, Kansas with the Reverend Rusty Hammer officiating. Burial will follow in the Fairview Cemetery in Cherryvale, Kansas....
Billy Presley
Jan 12, 2015
Billy Ray Presley, age 72, of Cherryvale, Kansas passed away Monday, January 12, 2015 at his home in Cherryvale, Kansas. Celebration of Life Services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Thursday, January 15, 2015 at the Potts Chapel in Cherryvale, Kansas with the Reverend Eric Lang officiating. Burial will be at a later date in Alabama. Visitation hours will...
Patricia Wadsworth
Jan 10, 2015
Patricia L. Wadsworth, 75, of Independence passed away Saturday at the Montgomery Place, Independence. Visitation will be Tuesday, January 13, 2015 from noon to 8:00 p.m. with the family receiving friends from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p. m. at the Potts Chapel in Independence, Kansas. The family has suggested memorials to the American Heart Association and contributions may be...
Alice Hockett
Jan 9, 2015
Alice A. Hockett, 90, of Mound Valley, Kansas died on January 9, 2015 at home after battling Parkinson's disease. Alice was born on December 22, 1924 in Granada, Co. to Henry Edgar and Mary Frances (Lucas) Owens. Ed later married Sara Effie Roberts and they raised Alice. She attended High School in Satanta, Kansas and on December 7, 1947...
Ann Warner-Roach
Jan 6, 2015
Ann Bowers Warner-Roach passed away on Tuesday, January 6, 2015 with her children at her bedside. Ann was born November 8, 1930 to Edwin and Bessie Bowers in rural Independence, Kansas. She was the youngest of five children, all who have preceded her in death over her 84 years of wonderful life. Ann completed high school in 1948 and...
Alan Leach
Jan 6, 2015
Alan R. Leach, age 55, passed away Tuesday, January 6, 2015 at Southwest Christian Hospice in Union City, Georgia after a brief illness. Alan was born the son of Wilma and Adin Leach on January 22, 1959 in Coffeyville, Kansas. He attended St. Andrews Catholic School in Independence, Kansas and high school at St. Henry's Preparatory Seminary in Belleville,...
Walter Bellairs
Jan 6, 2015
Walter M. Bellairs, 101 of Independence, Kansas passed away Tuesday, January 6, 2015 at the Mercy Hospital, Independence, Kansas. A Celebration of Life Service will be held at 10:00 a. m., Tuesday, January 13, 2015 at the Potts Chapel in Independence with the Reverend John Wilson of the Presbyterian Church officiating. Burial will follow in the Mount Hope Cemetery...
John Hockett
Jan 5, 2015
John Hockett, 60, life-long Caney, Kansas resident, passed away at his home in Rural Caney, Monday, January 5, 2015, after a long four-year battle with cancer. John Allen Hockett was born May 30, 1954, In Ulysses, Kansas, the seventh of nine children to Ervin Allen 'Turk' Hockett and Dolly Mae (Taton) Hockett. His parents moved to Caney in 1956....
Russ Brooks
Jan 2, 2015
Russ Brooks, 56, of Independence, KS, formerly of Lawrence, KS, passed away Friday, January 2, 2015, at Caney Nursing Center, Caney, KS. Russell Dean Brooks was born April 29, 1958 at Coffeyville, Kansas, first of four children to Richard Donald Brooks and Sandra Sue (Tucker) Brooks. He attended elementary schools in Pittsburg, KS and Grandview, MO, graduating high school...
Ruby Wright
Dec 29, 2014
Ruby A. Burck Wright, 98, of Tulsa, Oklahoma formerly of Independence, Kansas died Monday December 29, 2014 at the Leisure Village Health Care Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma. A Celebration of Life Service will be held at 10:00 a. m., Friday, January 2, 2015 at the Potts Chapel in Independence, Kansas with Dr. Jim Burck and Pastor Gordon Small officiating....
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...
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....
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...
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...
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