Obituaries
Phyliss Mills
Jun 13, 2014
Phyllis G. Mills, 78, of Independence passed away Friday at the Jane Phillips Medical Center Bartlesville, Oklahoma. Funeral Services will be held at 1:00 p.m. Thursday, June 19, 2014 at the First Christian Church with the Pastor Bill Booe officiating. Burial will follow in the Mount Hope Cemetery in Independence under the direction of the Potts Chapel Independence. Visitation...
Marilyn Roark
Jun 13, 2014
Marilyn Eva Jo Roark, age 76, of Wichita, Kansas died Friday, June 13, 2014 at her daughters home in Wichita, Kansas. Graveside Services will be held at 1:00 p.m., Friday, June 20, 2014 at the Mount Hope Cemetery in independence, Kansas under the direction of the Potts Chapel in Independence, Kansas. Visitation hours will be held from 10:00 a.m....

Harold Mishler
Jun 1, 2014
Harold E. Mishler, age 90 of Independence, Kansas formerly of Cherryvale, Kansas died Sunday, June 1, 2014 at the Grand Village Nursing Home in Independence, Kansas. Celebration of Life Services will be held at 10:30 a.m., Wednesday, June 4, 2014 at the New Hope Christian Church with the Pastor Gerald Zuck officiating. Burial will follow in the Fairview Cemetery...

Eric Shire
Jun 1, 2014
Eric B. Shire left us on June 1, 2014. He is with God now and in eternal peace. Eric was the son of Rocky Shire and Gloria McCray, both longtime school teachers for USD 446 here in Independence. Eric was born at University Hospital in Columbus, Ohio on March 20, 1970. He moved with his parents to Independence in...

Larry Barker
May 30, 2014
Larry Darnell Barker, 60, of Independence, Kansas passed away Friday May 30, 2014 at his home. A Celebration of Life Service will be held at 11:00 am Thursday June 5, 2014 at the Pleas Temple Church of God in Christ, 19th and Pine, Independence, Kansas with Elder Charles Barker Senior officiating. Burial will follow in the Mount Hope Cemetery...

Brooklyn Garton
May 29, 2014
Brooklyn Faith Garton, age 4 12 months, of Caney, Kansas passed from this life Wednesday, May 29, 2014 at Jane Phillips Hospital, Bartlesville, Oklahoma. A Celebration of Life Service will be held at 11:00 a.m., Wednesday, June 4, 2014 at the Tyro Christian Church with Pastor Nathan Boldt officiating. Interment will follow at the Sunnyside Cemetery in Caney under...

Michael Jones, Jr.
May 29, 2014
Michael Deon Jones, Jr., the infant son of Natasha Nichol Adam Esquivel and Michael Deon Jones, Sr. of Independence, Kansas passed away May 29 at Children Mercy Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri. Michael was born January 1, 2014 in Independence, Kansas. He is survived by his parents of Independence and his brothers Cody Devore, Francisco Esquivel of Independence and...

Willie Dodson
May 27, 2014
WILLIAS WILLIE VILLENA DODSON NEWS MEDIA NOTIFICATION Willias Willie V. Dodson, age 82, of Independence, Kansas died Tuesday, May 27, 2014 at her home in Independence, Kansas. Graveside Services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Friday, May 30, 2014 at the Mount Hope Cemetery under the direction of the Potts Chapel in Independence, Kansas. Visitation hours will be held...

Rita Daniels
May 19, 2014
Rita Jackie Daniels, age 80, of Caney, Kansas passed away Monday evening, May 19, 2014 at the Guest Home Estates in Caney, Kansas. A Celebration of Life Service will be held at 10:00 a.m., Friday, May 23, 2014 at the Cornerstone Church in Caney with Pastor Brad Sanders officiating under the direction of Potts Chapel. Interment will follow at...

Lisa Hall
May 6, 2014
Lisa Marie Hall, 47, of Independence passed away Tuesday, May 6, 2014 at her home. Lisa was born on May 24, 1966 in Cherryvale, Kansas, the daughter of Ervin and Lucille Smith Hambleton. She grew up in Cherryvale and graduated from Cherryvale High School in 1984. Lisa was united in marriage to Jimmy Hall and the couple made their...

Velma Bishop
May 5, 2014
Velma T. Altendorf Bishop, 98, of Independence died Monday at the Medicalodges Independence. Graveside Celebration of Life Service will be held Friday May 9, 2014 at 10:00 a.m. at Mount Hope Cemetery, Independence with the Reverend Melton Jones officiating. Burial will follow the service under the direction of the Potts Chapel, Independence. Visitation hours will be held Thursday, from...

Zo Opdyke
Apr 23, 2014
Zo Ella Opdyke, 95, of Independence died Wednesday at the Montgomery Place, Independence, Kansas. A Celebration of Life Service will be held at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday April 23, 2014 at the Potts Chapel in Independence, Kansas with the Reverend Darren Melton of the First Church of the Nazarene officiating. Burial will follow in the Fairview Cemetery in Cherryvale, Kansas...

Mildred Page
Apr 10, 2014
Mildred L. Page, 68, of Longton, Kansas died Thursday, April 10, 2014 at the Kansas Medical Center in Andover, Kansas. Cremation has taken place under the direction of the Potts Chapel, Independence and a memorial service will be held at a later date. Celebration of life services will be May 3rd, 2014 at 1:00 p.m. at the Senior Citizen...

Ashley Trundle
Apr 9, 2014
Ashley Elizabeth Trundle, 23, of Caney, KS, passed away Wednesday, April 9, 2014, peacefully with her family at her bedside at Jane Phillips Hospital, Bartlesville, OK. She is now walking and running handinhand with her grandparents and uncles in Heaven. Ashley was born October 2, 1990, in Kansas City, MO to Douglas Trundle and Nora Brooks Trundle. She loved...

Elvin Jabben
Apr 7, 2014
Elvin Wayne Jabben, 82, of Independence passed away Wednesday April 2, 2014 at his home. A Celebration of Life Service will be held at 10:00 a.m. Monday, April 7, 2014 at the Zion Lutheran Church with the Reverend Ted Cook Officiating. Burial will follow in the Lutheran Cemetery in Independence under the direction of the Potts Chapel in Independence....

William Backes, Jr.
Apr 2, 2014
William A. Billy Backes Jr., 50, of Buffalo, Kansas died Wednesday April 2, 2014 at the Via Christi Hynes Memorial Hospice Center, Wichita, Kansas. Cremation has taken place under the direction of the Potts Chapel, Independence, Kansas and no service is planned at this time. Billy was born February 9, 1964 in Bartlesville, Oklahoma the son of William A....

Retha Mccarty
Mar 19, 2014
Retha M. McCarty, age 90, of Topeka, Kansas formerly of Independence, Kansas died Wednesday, March 19, 2014 at the Aldersgate Village Nursing Home in Topeka, Kansas. Celebration of Life Services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, March 22, 2014 at the Potts Chapel in Independence, Kansas. Burial will follow at the Oak Hill Cemetery in Elk City, Kansas...

Steve Hudson
Mar 15, 2014
Stephen Steve Hudson, 62, of Independence passed away Saturday , March 15, 2014 at the Via Christi St. Francis Medical Center, in Wichita, Kansas, with his family by his side. Cremation has taken place and no Services are planned at this time. There will be a book signing at the Potts Chapel, Independence on Friday, March 21, 2014 from...

Billy Duncan
Mar 12, 2014
Billy Duncan, 87, of Alva, Oklahoma, passed away Wednesday March 12, 2014, in Caney, KS from complications after a fall. Celebration of Life services will be held at 2:00 pm, Monday, March 17, 2014, at the Potts Chapel in Caney, with Pastor Bill Wealthall officiating. Interment will follow at the Sunnyside Cemetery in Caney. Billy Dennis Duncan was born...

Roy Swager
Mar 11, 2014
Roy William Swager, 89, of Cherryvale, Kansas died Tuesday March 11, 2014 at his home. Cremation has taken place and a Graveside Celebration of Life Service will be held at 11:00 am Friday, March 21, 2014 at the Fairview Cemetery in Cherryvale, Kansas with Pastor Duane Johnson of the Bible Holiness Church of Cherryvale officiating. Inurnment will follow the...