Obituaries

Howard Knight
Dec 14, 2012
Howard Wayne Knight,71, of Cherryvale died Friday at the Labette Health, in Parson, Kansas. A Celebration of Life Service will be held Wednesday, December 19, 2012 at 1:00 p.m. at the Potts Chapel, Cherryvale, Kansas with Pastor David Bennett of the First Southern Baptist Church of Cherryvale officiating. Cremation will follow under the direction of the Potts Chapel of...

Ray Likins
Dec 13, 2012
Ray F. Likins, 79, of Cherryvale died Thursday, December 13, 2012 at the Via Christy St. Francis Medical Center, Wichita, Kansas. A Celebration of Life Services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Tuesday, December 18, 2012 at the Potts Chapel Cherryvale with Pastor Tom Reazin of the Mound Valley Methodist Church officiating. Burial will follow at the Pleasant Hill...

William Padley
Dec 11, 2012
William Bill N. Padley, age 90, of Cherryvale died Tuesday, December 11, 2012 at the Coffeyville Regional Medical Center, Coffeyville, Kansas. Cremation has taken place and a Memorial Celebration of Life Service will be held at 10:00 am Friday, December 14, 2012 at the Potts Chapel in Cherryvale, Kansas with the reverend Gerald Zuck officiating. Inurnment will be held...

Aaron Norton
Dec 7, 2012
Aaron Wayne Norton, 27, of Independence died Friday, December 7, 2012 at the Via Christie St. Francis Medical Center in Wichita, Kansas. Celebration of Life Services will be held at 1:00 p.m. Thursday, December 13, 2012 at the Crossroads Community of Christ Church. County Roads 2600 and 3900 2 miles north of Dearing, Coffeyville, Kansas with Evangelist Bob Casino...

Georgia Garner
Dec 2, 2012
Georgia Barnett Garner, age 87, of Ardmore, Oklahoma died Sunday, December 2, 2012 at the Elmbrook Nursing Home in Ardmore, Oklahoma. Graveside Services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Thursday, December 6, 2012 at the Sunnyside Cemetery in Caney, Kansas under the direction of the Potts Chapel in Caney, Kansas. Visitation hours will be held from 8:00 a.m. to...

Dianne Nunez
Nov 27, 2012
Dianne Nunez,59, of Cherryvale, went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, November 27, 2012 at the Wesley Hospital, in Wichita, Kansas. We will be honoring her life at 11:OO a m on Saturday December 1, 2012 at the First Baptist Church in Cherryvale with Pastor Jeff McCullough and Peter Levinison officiating under the direction of the Potts Chapel,...

Tracy Harder
Nov 20, 2012
Tracy Lee Harder, age 48 of Independence, Kansas passed away Tuesday, November 20, 2012 at Mercy Hospital, Independence, Kansas. Book signing Friday, November 23, 2012 from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at Potts Chapel of Independence, Kansas. Tracy was born August 12, 1964, in Independence, Kansas. The son of Ronald and Phyllis Eustice Harder. He grew up in Independence,...

Jesse Ortega
Nov 12, 2012
Jesse Fidel Ortega, age 87 of Independence, Kansas died Monday, November 12, 2012 at the Mercy Hospital in Independence, Kansas. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:00 a.m., Thursday, November 15, 2012 at the St. Andrew Parish Hall with the Father Andrew Heiman officiating. Burial will follow in the Calvary Cemetery under the direction of the Potts...

G. Reed
Nov 10, 2012
G. Vi Reed age 86, of Independence, Kansas died Saturday, November 10, 2012 at the Via Christi Mount Carmel Hospital in Pittsburg, Kansas. Celebration of Life Services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Friday, November 16, 2012 at the Potts Chapel in Independence, Kansas with the Lee Mattix officiating. Burial will follow in the Mount Hope Cemetery under the...

Donald Baldwin
Nov 10, 2012
Donald Ren Baldwin, 88 of rural Independence, Kansas died on November 10, 2012 at the Kansas Medical Center in Andover. Cremation has taken place and Funeral Services will be held Saturday, November 17, 2012 at 2:00 p.m. at the Potts Chapel. Inurnment will follow in the Mount Hope Cemetery under the direction of the Potts Chapel in Independence, Kansas....

Donald Gillman
Nov 10, 2012
Donald Dean Red Gillman,81, of Coffeyville, Kansas died Saturday November 10, 2012 at his home. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:00 am Friday, November 16, 2012 at the St. Andrew Catholic Parish Hall with Father Andrew Heiman officiating. Burial will follow in the Calvary Cemetery in Independence, Kansas under the direction of the Potts Chapel Independence....

Alida Campbell
Oct 26, 2012
Independence, Kansas: Alida L. Campbell, age 91, passed away on Friday, October 26, 2012 at Montgomery Place in Indy, Kansas. Visitation will be on Monday, October 29 at Potts Chapel, Independence, 122 S. Penn, beginning at 12:30 P.M.2:30 P.M. A graveside service will follow a Mount Hope Cemetery at 3:00 P.M. in Independence with Reverend Susan Brown officiating. Potts...

Merle Mavers
Oct 24, 2012
Independence, Kansas: Merle Dean Mavers, age 88, passed away on Wednesday, October 24, 2012 at the Coffeyville Regional Medical Center. Visitation will be on Sunday, October 28 at Potts Chapel Independence, 122 S. Penn, beginning at 4:00 P.M. with a Rosary to be held 6:00 P.M. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11:00 A.M. on Monday,...

Lorene Bush
Oct 13, 2012
Lorene Bessie Bush, age 94, of Caney, Kansas died Saturday, October 13, 2012 at the Guest Home Estates in Caney, Kansas. Celebration of Life Services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Thursday, October 18, 2012 at the Dearing Christian Church with Jared Ellis and Dustin Rau officiating. Burial will follow in the Sunnyside Cemetery under the direction of the...

James Marion
Oct 10, 2012
James William Marion was born May 22, 1930, in Caney, Kansas to Sam and Edith Andrews Marion. Jim grew up in Caney and graduated from Caney High School. Jim entered the U.S. Navy in 1951, serving in Korea as a Boatswains Mate 3rd Class aboard USS Sandoval APA 194 , and was honorably discharged in 1955. In August 1955...

Marjorie Hamilton
Oct 10, 2012
Marjorie Bardy M. Hamilton, age 90, of Cherryvale, Kansas died Wednesday, October 10, 2012 at the Cherryvale Nursing Rehab Center in Cherryvale, Kansas. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:00 a.m., Monday, October 15, 2012 at the St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church with the Father Andrew Heiman officiating. Burial will follow in the Fairview Cemetery in Cherryvale,...

Dana Thompson-Ison
Oct 9, 2012
Dana I. Thompson Ison, age 33, of Lamar, Missouri, formally of Independence, Kansas died Tuesday, October 9, 2012 at her home in Lamar. Celebration of Life Services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Tuesday, October 23, 2012 at the First Assembly of God Church in Independence, Kansas with the Reverend Rex Rictor and Pastor Kenneth Musgrove officiating. Interment will...

Ryker Bowers
Oct 1, 2012
Ryker Layne Bowers, cherished son of Nick Bowers and KayLeigh Hurst, was born without heartbeat on October 1, 2012 at 1:31am at Coffeyville Regional Medical Center, weighing 2 lbs 0 oz and 13 12 in long. He is greeted in Heaven by his grandfathers, Johnny Alan Hurst of Edna, and Nicks Dad, Kenneth Lynn Bowers of Olathe, Kansas and...

John Wilson
Sep 26, 2012
John Norman Wilson, age 85 of Independence, Kansas died Wednesday, September 26, 2012 at the Montgomery Place in Independence, Kansas. Celebration of Life Services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Saturday, September 29, 2012 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...

Dr. Koplin
Sep 23, 2012
Dr. Ivan Lavern Koplin, age 89, of Sedan, Kansas formerly of Caney, Kansas died Sunday, September 23, 2012 at the Jane Phillips Medical Center in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. Celebration of Life Services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Thursday, September 27, 2012 at the Trinity Lutheran Church with the Pastor Ken Lott officiating. Burial will follow at the Sunnyside Cemetery...