Obituaries

Florine Jewett
Feb 16, 2014
Florine Flo Elizabeth Jewett, age 89, of Cherryvale, KS passed away Sunday morning, Feb. 16, 2014 at the Cherryvale Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Celebration of Life Services will be held at 2 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 19 at Potts Chapel in Cherryvale with Pastor Bill Booe officiating. Burial will follow in the Fairview Cemetery under the direction of Potts Chapel...

Ronald Seifert
Feb 13, 2014
Ron Wayne Seifert Sr. lost his battle due to cancer on February 13, 2014. Cremation will take place under the direction of the Potts Chapel in Independence, Kansas. Ron was born in Pittsburg, Kansas, son of John and Elizabeth Seifert which preceded him in death. He married Jan Thomlison and later divorced. In 1975 Ron was united in marriage...

Graham Donald
Feb 13, 2014
Donald Don Graham, 93, of Caney, KS passed away Thursday, February 13, 2014, at his home. Graveside celebration of life services will be held 11:00 a.m., Monday, February 17, 2014, at Sunnyside Cemetery, Caney, with Harry Hynes Hospice Chaplain Mike Graham officiating, Visitation will be held Saturday, February 15th, 8:00am to 4:00, at Potts Chapel Caney, with family receiving...

Donald Harris
Feb 12, 2014
Donald D. Harris, 83, of Independence, Kansas died Wednesday at the Montgomery Place, Independence. A Celebration of Life Services will be held at 10:00 a.m. Monday, February 17, 2014 at the Zion Lutheran Church, Independence with the Reverend Ronald Vega officiating. Burial will follow in the Zion Lutheran Cemetery, Independence under the direction of the Potts Chapel in Independence....

Josephine Riggs
Feb 11, 2014
Josephine Riggs, 85, of Independence passed away Tuesday February 11, 2014 at her home. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:00 a.m. Saturday February 15, 2014 at the St. Andrews Catholic Church in Independence, Kansas with Father Steve Thapwa and Father Andrew Heiman officiating. Burial will follow at the Calvary Cemetery, in Independence, Kansas under the direction...

David Reynolds
Feb 2, 2014
David Wayne Reynolds, age 66, of Independence, Kansas passed away on Sunday, February 2, 2014 at his home in Independence, Kansas. Celebration of Life Services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Thursday, February 6, 2014 at the Zion Lutheran Church with the Pastor Roland Vega officiating. Burial will follow in the Lutheran Cemetery under the direction of the Potts...

Doris Walter
Jan 29, 2014
Doris F. Walter, 81, of Independence, Kansas died Wednesday, January 29th at Montgomery Place Nursing Home. Family and friends gathering will be from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm, Monday, February 3, 2014 at the Potts Chapel. Family members will be available throughout the day at Potts Chapel. The Family has suggested memorials to the Independence community College Scholarship Fund...

Alyce Sanders
Jan 20, 2014
Alyce May Sanders, 93, passed away Monday at the Medicalodges Independence, Kansas. A celebration of Life Services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Friday, January 24, 2014 at the First Church of the Nazarene with the Reverend Darren Melton Officiating. Burial will be in the Mount Hope Cemetery in Independence under the direction of the Potts Chapel, Independence. Visitation...

Sharon Winkleman
Jan 15, 2014
Sharon Kay Winkleman, age 66, of Independence, Kansas died Wednesday, January 15, 2014 at the Mercy Hospital in Independence, Kansas. Celebration of Life Services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Sunday, January 19, 2014 at the First Christian Church with the Reverend Terry Hatfield officiating. Burial will follow in the Calvary Cemetery under the direction of the Potts Chapel...

Linda Bogle
Jan 12, 2014
Linda Elaine Bogle, 69, of Caney, Kansas died Sunday, January 12, 2014, at her daughters home near rural Caney. Linda Elaine LaCrone was born May 6, 1944 in Wichita, KS, the daughter of Paul E. LaCrone and Mildred G. Yocom LaCrone. Linda attended schools in Wichita, KS, and Bartlesville, OK. She married Paul Bogle June 9th, 1971. They made...

Emma Elliott
Jan 8, 2014
Emma Lucille Elliott, age 92, of Surprise, Arizona died Wednesday, January 8, 2014 at the Sunset Adult Family Home in Surprise, Arizona. Graveside Services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Saturday, January 18, 2014 at the Fairview Cemetery in Cherryvale, Kansas under the direction of the Potts Chapel in Cherryvale, Kansas. Emma Lucille Elliott was born May 14, 1921...

Ada Bishop
Jan 6, 2014
Ada Fern Bishop, 95, Coffeyville formally of Independence, Kansas died Monday at the Windsor Place, Coffeyville, Kansas. A Graveside Celebration of Life Services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Friday, January 10, 2014 at Mount Hope Cemetery, Independence, Kansas, Chaplain Mike Graham of the Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice of Coffeyville officiating under the direction of the Potts Chapel Independence....

Rebecca Whittley
Jan 6, 2014
Rebecca Becky Ann Whittley, 35, of Independence, Kansas died Monday, January 6, 2014 at her home. A Celebration of Life Services will be held at 1:00 p.m. Friday January 10, 2014 at the First Church of the Nazarene with the reverend Darren Melton Officiating. Burial will follow in the Mount Hope Cemetery in Independence under the direction of the...

Bruce Boles
Jan 5, 2014
Bruce Boles, 60, Pacheco, California, formerly of Caney, Kansas, passed away January 5, 2014, at Walnut Creek, California of diabetes complications. Bruce Edward Boles, was born January 19, 1953, at Caney, to Evart Lee and Edna Marie Goines Boles. Bruce grew up in Caney, graduating from Caney High School in 1971. He enlisted in the US Air Force and...

Marshon Pinard
Dec 27, 2013
Marshon Pinard, age 78 of rural Peru, Kansas died Friday, December 27, 2013 at the Pleasant Valley Manor in Sedan, Kansas. Cremation has taken place. Memorial Services will be held at 1:00 p.m., Monday, December 30, 2013 at the Jonesburg Church in rural Peru, Kansas located on Bronco Road and Road 24 under the direction of the Potts Chapel...

Troy Smith
Dec 24, 2013
Troy Paul Smith, 48, of Independence, Kansas died Tuesday, December 24, 2013 at Mercy Hospital, Independence, Kansas. Cremation has taken place and a Memorial Service will be held at 1:00 p.m., Monday, December 30, 2013 at the First Church of the Nazarene, 3167 South 10th Street, Independence, Kansas with the Reverend Darren Melton Officiating. Family will be receiving friends...

Willetta Mcbride
Dec 22, 2013
Willetta Vernona Rhodus McBride, 91, passed away on Dec.22, 2013 at Guest Home Estates in Caney, Ks. Mrs. McBride was born June 24, 1922 in Barnsdall, Ok. to Reverend Verna and Agnes Wooten Rhodus. As the daughter of a Southern Baptist preacher, Willetta spent her childhood living northeast of Dewey, OK. She was proud of her Cherokee heritage, so...

Alfred Castorena
Dec 18, 2013
Alfred M. Castorena, age 87, of Independence, Kansas died Wednesday, December 18, 2013 at the Cherryvale Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Cherryvale, Kansas. Reciting of the Rosary will be held at 1:00 p.m. Saturday, December 21, 2013 with Mass of Christian Burial to follow at the St. Andrews Catholic Church with Father Andrew Heiman officiating. Burial will follow in...

Rev. Moore
Dec 17, 2013
Rev. Ronald Edward Moore, Sr., age 75, of East Helena, MT, passed away at 10:28 pm on Tuesday, December 17, 2013 at Stony Brook University Hospital in Stony Brook, Long Island, NY. Ron was born April 13, 1938 in Tryon, OK, to Rev. C. L. and Ruth Lovina Hunt Moore. After a few years in OK, the family moved...

Joan Perkins
Dec 17, 2013
Joan Ellen Perkins, age 97, of Independence, Kansas died Tuesday, December 17, 2013 at the Mercy Hospital in Independence, Kansas. Cremation has taken place under the direction of the Potts Chapel in Independence, Kansas. Memorial Services will be planned on her birthday in Augusta, Kansas. Joan Ellen Perkins was born February 10, 1916 in Wichita, Kansas to Ray W....