Obituaries

Donald Scott
Dec 15, 2013
Donald G. Scott, of Independence, passed away Sunday at Coffeyville Regional Medical Center. Funeral Services will be held at 2:00pm Thursday at Potts Chapel in Independence. Burial will follow in the Mount Hope Cemetery. Friends may call from noon to 8pm Wednesday at Potts Chapel in Independence with family receiving visitors from 6pm to 7pm. Memorials are suggested to...

Mildred Allen
Dec 14, 2013
Mildred W. Allen, 86, passed away Saturday, December 14, 2013 at Medicalodges in Independence. Funeral services will be 10 a.m. Thursday December 19, 2013 at Potts Chapel of Independence, with Chaplin Jeff of Harden Hospice officiating. Burial will follow in Jefferson Cemetery, Jefferson Kansas. Friends may register from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. with family receiving visitors from 6...

Donald Hodges
Dec 12, 2013
Donald Gene Hodges, age 72, of Independence, Kansas died Thursday, December 12, 2013 at his home in Independence, Kansas. Cremation has taken place under the direction of the Potts Chapel in Independence, Kansas. Graveside Services will take place at a later date. Don was born October 13, 1941 in Havana, Kansas to Delmar and Cora Cummin Hodges. He grew...

Lois Passauer
Dec 9, 2013
Lois N. Passauer, 93, of Independence, Kansas died Monday December 9, 2013 at the Eagle Estates in Independence, Kansas. A Celebration of Life Services will be held at 11:00 a. m. Friday, December 13, 2013 at the Potts Chapel, Independence with Chaplin Mike Graham of the Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice of Coffeyville, Kansas officiating. Burial will follow at a...

Earl Huffman
Dec 4, 2013
Earl D. Huffman, age 85, of Cherryvale, Kansas died Wednesday, December 4, 2013 at the Medical Lodge in Independence, Kansas. Celebration of Life Services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Monday, December 9, 2013 at the New Hope Christian Church with the Pastor Gerald Zuck officiating. Burial will follow in the Fairview Cemetery under the direction of the Potts...

Monica Sims
Dec 2, 2013
Monica Mickey Diane Murphy Sims was born November 23, 1957 in Borger, Texas, to James E. Murphy and Nancy A. Garrett Murphy. She spent her entire childhood in Caney, KS. During her younger years, she acquired the nickname, Mickey, which she preferred to use informally. Mickey graduated in 1977 from Caney Valley High School. On June 15, 1987 Mickey...

Lynell Clubine
Nov 30, 2013
Lynell Nelly Corwin Clubine, age 86, of Havana, Kansas died Saturday, November 30, 2013 at the St. Johns Medical Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Celebration of Life Services will be held at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, December 4, 2013 at the Assembly of God Church with Pastor Mike Morris officiating. Burial will follow in the Havana Cemetery under the direction of...

June Hankins
Nov 29, 2013
June I. Hankins, 96, of Afton, Oklahoma formerly of Independence, Kansas died Friday November 29, 2013 at the Grove Nursing Center, Grove, Oklahoma. A Celebration of Life Services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, December 4, 2013 at the Potts Chapel with the Reverend David Henneke of the First Baptist Church Officiating. Burial will follow in the Mount...

Lynne Lawrie
Nov 29, 2013
Lynne Denise Lawrie, 56, of Independence died Friday, November 29, 2013 at the Mercy Hospital, in Independence, Kansas. A Celebration of Life Services will be held at 100 p.m., Saturday, December 7, 2013 at the Presbyterian Church with the Reverend John Wilson and Reverend Robert Montgomery Officiating. Burial will follow in the Mount Hope Cemetery in Independence under the...

Clara Bredehoft
Nov 23, 2013
Clara L. Bredehoft, 97, of Independence, Kansas died Saturday November 23, 2013 at the Mercy Hospital in Independence, Kansas. A Celebration of Life Services will be held at 1:30, Saturday, November 30, 2013 at the Zion Lutheran Church with the Reverend Roland Vega officiating. Burial will follow in the Lutheran Section of Mount Hope Cemetery in Independence, Kansas under...

Linda Jensen
Nov 16, 2013
Linda Jo Jensen, 62, of Coffeyville, Kansas lost her battle with cancer and passed away on Saturday, November 16, 2013 at Windsor Place in Coffeyville. Cremation has taken place under the direction of Potts Chapel of Independence and no services are planned at this time. Linda was born on April 19, 1951 in Coffeyville, Kansas to Kresten and Marilyn...

Lonnie Isaak
Nov 15, 2013
Lonnie Kay Isaak, 71, of Independence Kansas, passed away on Friday, November 15, 2013 at her residence in Independence, Kansas. Memorial Services will be held 2:00 pm on Friday, November 22, 2013 at Episcopal Church in Independence, Kansas with Father Gerald Eytcheson officiating. A reception will follow the service which will provide friends a chance to pass on their...

Donald Jackson
Nov 10, 2013
Donald Lee Jackson, age 72, of Chautauqua, Kansas died Sunday, November 10, 2013 at his home in Chautauqua, Kansas. Donald Lee Jackson was born November 28, 1940 in Caldwell, Kansas to Harvey and Bernice Kohlhorst Jackson. The family moved to Sedan, Kansas in 1952. Donald graduated from the Sedan High School in 1958. Donald served in the United States...

Pamela Gilliland
Nov 8, 2013
Pamela Sue Gilliland, age 37 of McKinney, Texas passed away on November 8, 2013. She was born on March 16, 1976 in Santa Monica, California to Glenn Dale and Deloris Walker Gorley. Pamela married Franklin Hugh Gilliland on August 9, 1996 in Independence, Kansas. She was a homemaker and a member of the LDS Church. Pamela is survived by...

Lila Bryant
Nov 7, 2013
Lila June Bryant, 70, of Cherryvale, Kansas passed away Thursday, November 7th, 2013 at Kansas University Medical Center in Kansas City, Kansas. Memorial Celebration Services will be held at 11:00 am on Saturday, November 23, 2013 at the Kingdom Hall in Independence, Kansas, with Gerald Hudson officiating. Flowers may be delivered to Potts Chapel of Cherryvale up until 9:00...

Travis Jones
Nov 6, 2013
Travis L. Jones, 50, of Caney passed away Wednesday November 6, 2013 at his home. Cremation has taken place and a Private Family Gathering will be held at a later date. Travis was born June 14, 1963 in Fredonia, Kansas the son of Reverend Irvin and Doris Carr Jones. He grew up in Canute, Oklahoma and Caney, Kansas attending...

Opal Williams
Oct 20, 2013
Opal Jean Williams, 80, of Independence, Kansas died Monday October 12, 2013 at the Wesley Galichia Heart Hospital in Wichita, Kansas. A Celebration of Life Services will be held at 10:00 a.m. Monday, October 28, 2013 at the Pleas Temple Church of God in Christ with the Elder Charles E. Barker Sr. officiating. Visitation hours will be held from...

Donna Burnett-Milner
Oct 19, 2013
Donna Burnett Milner, 73, arrived at Heavens Gate on October 19, 2013 after a short battle with lung cancer. Visitation will be from 9 a.m. 7 p.m. Tuesday, October 22 with the family receiving friends from 5 p.m. 7 p.m. Memorial services are at 10 a.m. Wednesday, October 23, both at Potts Chapel in Independence, KS. Donna was born...

Loran Cranor
Oct 16, 2013
Loran Wesley Cranor, 69, of Independence, died Wednesday at the Wesley Medical Center, in Wichita, Kansas. A Celebration of Life Services will be held at 10:00 am. Saturday, October 19, 2013 At the Potts Chapel in Independence with the Reverend Joe Davolt officiating. Burial will follow in the Mount Hope Cemetery, Independence. Visitation hours will be held from 9:00...

Wanda Catron
Oct 14, 2013
Wanda Mae Catron, age 81, of Cherryvale, Kansas, joined His Heavenly Kingdom on Monday, October 14, 2013, after an extended illness. Celebration of Life Services for Wanda will be held at 10 am on Monday, October 21, 2013, at the Church of The Epiphany, Episcopal in Independence. The Rev. Gerald Eytcheson will officiate. Interment will follow at Mount Hope...