Obituaries

Jerry Featherston
Jul 27, 2013
Jerry Featherston, 45, of Cherryvale, Kansas died Saturday, July 27, 2013 at his home. Cremation has taken place and a Celebration of Life Service will be held at 10:00 a.m., Monday, August 5, 2013 at the United Methodist Church of Cherryvale, Kansas with Reverend Susan Brown officiating. Friends can leave a message online at www.pottsfuneralhome.com. The family has suggested...

Bo Miesner
Jul 26, 2013
Bo Miesner, 16, of Independence died Friday, July 26, 2013 at the Via Christi St Francis Medical Center, Wichita, Kansas. A Celebration of Life Service will be held at 10:00 a.m., Friday, August 2, 2013 at the First Christian Church in Independence, Kansas with the Reverend Jack Kyle of the First Christian Church of Neodesha, Kansas Officiating. Interment will...

Norma Wall
Jul 24, 2013
Norma Ann Wall, 75, of Altoona, Kansas died Wednesday, July 24, 2013 at the Jane Phillips Medical Center in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. A Celebration of Life Service will be held at 10:00 a.m., Tuesday, July 30, 2013 at Potts Chapel in Independence, Kansas with Pastor Mike Sutton Officiating. Burial will follow in the Altoona, Kansas Cemetery in Altoona, Kansas under...

Marianne Meade
Jul 22, 2013
Marianne S. Meade, 90, of Independence, Kansas died Monday, July 22, 2013 at the Regal Estate of Glenwood Nursing Home in Independence, Kansas. Cremation has taken place and a Celebration of Life Memorial Graveside Service will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Monday July 29, 2013 at the Mt. Hope Cemetery, Independence with the Reverend John Wilson of the...

Billy Downey
Jul 21, 2013
Billy F. Downey, 79, of Cherryvale, Kansas died Sunday, July 21, 2013 at the Cherryvale Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Cherryvale, Kansas. Cremation has taken place and Services will be held at a later date. Billy was born June 3, 1934 in Dennis, Kansas the son of Frank and Ora Stafford. He grew up in Morehead, Kansas. Billy was...

Lora Fleek
Jul 16, 2013
Lora M. Fleek , 40, of Independence, formally from Indiana, died Tuesday, July 16, 2013 at her home. A Graveside Celebration of Life Service will be held at 1:00 p.m., Friday, July 19, 2013 at the Neodesha Cemetery in Neodesha, Kansas with the Reverend Dave Cheshiel Officiating. Burial will follow the service under the direction of the Potts Chapel,...

Robbie Fisher
Jul 8, 2013
Robbie Bob Wilson Fisher, 59, of Edna, Kansas died Monday, July 8, 2013 at the Coffeyville Regional Medical Center in Coffeyville, Kansas. A Celebration of Life Service will be held at 1:00 p.m., Saturday, July 13, 2013 at Potts Chapel of Independence, Kansas with the Reverend Mark Wettengel officiating. Burial will follow in the Edna Elm Cemetery in Edna,...

Robert Toomey
Jul 6, 2013
Robert Bob Toomey, 79, of Independence died Saturday, July 6, 2013 at his home after a short illness. A Graveside Celebration of Life Service will be held at 10:00 a.m. Thursday, July 11, 2013 at the Mount Hope Cemetery, Independence, Kansas with Chaplin Charles Schenk officiating. Burial will follow the services under the direction of Potts Chapel of Independence,...

Wanda Hass
Jul 6, 2013
Wanda Lenora Hass, age 89, of Elk City, Kansas died Saturday, July 6, 2013 at the Golden Living Center in Neodesha, Kansas. Celebration of Life Services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Thursday, July 11, 2013 with the Pastor Gary Cole of the Lone Cherry Southern Baptist Church officiating under the direction of the Potts Chapel. Graveside Services will...

Olen Endicott
Jun 16, 2013
Olen Neil Bud Endicott, 87, of Caney passed away peacefully after an extended illness on Sunday, June 16, 2013 while a resident of the Caney Nursing Center. A Graveside Celebration of Life Service will be held at the Greenwood Cemetery in Sedan, Kansas at 10:30 a.m., Wednesday, June 19, 2013 with Pastor Bob Clemence of the United Methodist Church...

Dorothy Shields
Jun 10, 2013
Dorothy Jean Shields, 88, of Cherryvale, Kansas died Monday June 10, 2013 at the Regal Estate of Glenwood, Independence, Kansas. Cremation has taken place and a Memorial Celebration of Life Service will be held at a later date. Dorothy was born March 18, 1925 in Hamilton, Illinois the daughter of Jesse Veach and Vera Alice Sullivan Shields. Dorothy grew...

John Vance
Jun 1, 2013
John Wesley Vance, 64, of Independence, Kansas died Saturday June 1, 2013 at his home. Cremation has taken place and a Celebration of Life Memorial Service will be held at 10:00 a.m. On Thursday June 13, 2013 at the Potts Chapel Independence, Kansas with the Reverend Keith Copithke Officiating. Burial will follow in the Mount Hope Cemetery in Independence,...

Charles Roberts
May 30, 2013
Mack was born in Sand Springs, Oklahoma, on December 7th, 1919 to Charles and Mamie McClure Roberts. He joined his sister Letha who was seven years old at the time. He died at Windsor Place Nursing Home in Coffeyville, Kansas on May 30, 2013 at the age of 93 years. When Mack was two years old the family moved...

Jimmy Hockett
May 28, 2013
Jimmy Ray Hockett, age 67, of Caney, Kansas died Tuesday, May 28, 2013 at his home in Caney, Kansas. Celebration of Life Graveside Services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Friday, May 31, 2013 with Jim Therrien officiating at the Sunnyside Cemetery under the direction of the Potts Chapel in Caney, Kansas. Visitation hours will be held from 12:00...

Jack Gorman
May 24, 2013
Jack Edwin Gorman, 78, of Independence, Kansas, received his heavenly reward on Friday, May 24th. Celebration of Life services are scheduled for 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, May 29th, 2013 at the First Assembly of God Church, 2414 North 8th Street, Independence, Kansas. Burial will follow at Mount Hope Cemetery under the direction of Potts Chapel of Independence. Friends may pay...

James Ferguson
May 22, 2013
James F. Ferguson, 85, formally of Elk City, Kansas passed away peacefully Wednesday on May 22, 2013 in Conroe, Texas. A Celebration of Life Service will be held at 10:00 a.m., Thursday, May 30, 2013 at Potts Chapel in Independence, Kansas with Pastor Gary Cole of the Lone Cherry Church, Havana, Kansas officiating. Burial will follow in the Mount...

William Boles
May 20, 2013
William Bill Boles, 81, of Caney, Kansas died Monday, May 20, 2013 at the St. Johns Medical Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma. A Celebration of Life Service will be held at 2:00 p.m., Friday, May 24, 2013 at the Tyro Christian Church in Tyro, Kansas with Evangelist David Bycroft officiating. Burial will follow in the Sunnyside Cemetery in Caney, Kansas...

James Tremain
May 19, 2013
James Martin Tremain, age 82 of Havana, Kansas died at his home May 19, 2013 at 3:30 a.m. Mr. Tremain was born February 11, 1931 to Keith Martin and Myrtle Bertha Hoffine Tremain in Holly, Colorado. They later moved to Rago, Kansas before settling in Havana, Kansas in 1936. James went to school in Havana and graduated in 1949....

Linda Vanburen
May 18, 2013
Linda Diane VanBuren, age 53, of Independence, Kansas died Saturday, May 18, 2013 at the Mercy Hospital in Independence, Kansas. Graveside Services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Wednesday, May 22, 2013 at the Mount Hope Cemetery under the direction of the Potts Chapel in Independence, Kansas. Friends may sign the register book from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m....

Susan Morrow
May 15, 2013
Susan Joan Morrow, age 66, of Niotaze, Kansas died Wednesday, May 15, 2013 at her home in Niotaze, Kansas. A Celebration of Life Service will be held at 10:00 a.m., Monday, May 20, 2013 at Potts Chapel in Caney, Kansas with Pastor Jeff Wyrick officiating. Interment will follow in the Riverview Cemetery in Arkansas City, Kansas at 2:00 p.m....