Obituaries

Marie Carinder
Oct 21, 2011
MARIE ELIZABETH CARINDER Marie E. Carinder, 81, of Caney, Kansas passed away Friday, October 21, 2011 at the Coffeyville Regional Medical Center, Coffeyville, Kansas. Celebration of Life services will be held 11:00 A.M. Tuesday, October 25, 2011 at Potts Chapel of Caney with Mike Morris, officiating. Friends may register from 9:00 A.M. until 6:00 P.M. Monday and from 9:00...

Helen Porter
Oct 19, 2011
Helen M. Porter, 83, of Cherryvale died at 8:35 A.M. Wednesday, October 19, 2011 at her home surrounded by family. Celebration of life services will be held 11:00 A.M. Friday, October 28, 2011 at the Cherryvale Presbyterian Church under the direction of Potts Chapel of Cherryvale. The family will receive friends from 6:00 P.M. until 8:00 P.M. Thursday, October...

James Corbitt Jr.
Oct 15, 2011
James Pres Preston Corbitt Jr., age 49 of Independence, Kansas died Saturday, October 15, 2011 at the Via Christi House in Wichita, Kansas. Cremation has taken place. Celebration of Life Services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, October 19, 2011 at the Potts Chapel in Independence, Kansas. The family has suggested memorials to the Independence Country Club Junior...

Bruce Johnston
Oct 14, 2011
BRUCE WAYNE JOHNSTON Bruce Wayne Johnston, age 48, of Cherryvale, Kansas died Friday, October 14, 2011 at his home in Cherryvale, Kansas. Cremation has taken place under the direction of the Potts Chapel. Memorial Services will be held at 1:00 p.m., Wednesday, October 19, 2011 at the Fairview Cemetery in Cherryvale, Kansas. Bruce Wayne Johnston was born December 6,...

E.L. Giltner
Oct 7, 2011
E. L. Junior SONNY Giltner,75, of Sycamore died Friday October 7, 2011 as the result of a automobile accident. A Celebration of Life Services will be held at 11:00 am Thursday October 13, 2011 at the Church of Jesus Christ Latter Day Saints, Independence, Kansas with the Bishopric of the Church of Jesus Christ Latter Day Saints Officiating. Under...

Clara Stark
Oct 7, 2011
Clara N. M. Stark, 90, formally of Independence, died Friday October 7, 2011 at the Windsor Place, LLC of Coffeyville. Cremation has taken place and family services will be taken place at a later date. Clara was born August 19, 1921,in Peru, Kansas the daughter of Thomas M. and Ella M. Brewster Doty Sr. She attended the Sedan School...

Suzi Burchfield
Oct 3, 2011
Suzi Burchfield, 80, formally of Havana, Kansas died Monday October 3, 2011, at the Via Christi Village, in Wichita, Kansas. Cremation has taken place and a Celebration of Life Services will be held at 2:00 pm Saturday , October 8, 2011 at the First United Methodist Church in Caney with the Reverend Bob Clemence officiating. Inurnment will follow in...

Louise Brothers
Oct 2, 2011
Louise Brothers, 95, of Cherryvale, Kansas died Sunday, October 2, 2011 at her home. Celebration of Life Services will be held 10:30 A.M. Wednesday, October 5, 2011 at Potts Chapel of Cherryvale with Reverend Susan Brown, officiating. Friends may sign the register book from 12 Noon until 8 P.M. Tuesday with the family receiving friends from 6 P.M. until...

Larry Herring
Oct 1, 2011
LARRY WAYNE HERRING Larry Wayne Herring, age 70, of Independence, Kansas died Saturday, October 01, 2011 at the Regal Estates in Independence, Kansas. Graveside Services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Friday, October 7, 2011 at the Mount Hope Cemetery with the Chaplain Mike Graham of Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice officiating under the direction of the Potts Chapel in...

Elvira Ortega
Sep 27, 2011
Elvira Ortega, 85, of Independence, KS passed away Tuesday at her home surrounded by her loving family. Cremation has taken place and Celebration of Life Services officiated by Rev. Dick Drumeller at Crystalbrook Church in Independence will be held on Thursday, September 29, 2011 at 11:00 a.m. Reciting of the Rosary will be held at the Potts Chapel Thursday,...

Billy Grayum
Sep 25, 2011
Billy Joe Grayum,72, of Caney, died Sunday September 25, 2011, at the Coffeyville Regional Medical Center. Cremation has taken place and a celebration of Life Services will be held at 10:00 am Wednesday, September 28, 2011 at the First Christian Church Caney with the Reverend Brad Sanders Officiating under the direction of the Potts Chapel. The family has suggested...

Martha Engman
Sep 22, 2011
Martha Faye Engman, age 88, of Independence, Kansas, died on Thursday, September 22, 2011 at Mercy Hospital. Graveside Services will be held at 2:00 pm on Tuesday, September, 27, 2011 at the Mount Hope Cemetery Independence, Kansas with Associate Pastor Cody Haviland of the First United Methodist Church officiating, under the direction of Potts Chapel, Independence, Kansas. Visitation hours...

Wesley Weimer
Sep 21, 2011
Wesley Lee Weimer, 67, of Fayetteville, Arkansas died Wednesday, September 21, 2011. He was born October 6, 1943 in Garfield, Arkansas to Clarence E. Weimer and Anna M. Thornbrew. They later moved to Independence, Kansas where he attended school. Wes married Rose Etta Studebaker who still resides in Fayetteville, Arkansas. Wes spent 20 years in the United States Army...

James Bohr
Sep 18, 2011
James Jim A. Bohr, age 76 of Independence, Kansas died Sunday, September 18, 2011 at the Regal Estates in Independence, Kansas. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:00 a.m., Friday, September 23, 2011 at the St. Andrew Catholic Church in Independence, Kansas with the Father Andrew Heiman and Steve Mahn Thapwa concelebrants. Inurnment will follow in the...

Wilma Karstetter
Sep 17, 2011
Wilma G. Karstetter, age 87 of Independence, Kansas formerly of Cherryvale, Kansas passed away on Saturday, September 17, 2011 at the Mercy Hospital in Independence, Kansas. Celebration of Life Services will be held at 1:00 p.m., Wednesday, September 21, 2011 at the New Hope Christian Church in Cherryvale, Kansas under the direction of the Potts Chapel in Cherryvale, Kansas....

Darren Manley
Sep 14, 2011
Darren Ray Manley, age 51, of Cherryvale, Kansas died Wednesday, September 14, 2011 at Mercy Hospital in Independence, Kansas. Cremation has taken place. Celebration of Life Services will be held at 3:00 p.m., Wednesday, September 21, 2011 at the Potts Chapel in Cherryvale, Kansas. The family has suggested memorials to the Disaster Relief in Joplin, Missouri and contributions may...

Dale Powers
Sep 12, 2011
DALE RAY POWERS Dale R. Powers, 72 of Sedan, Kansas died Monday, September 12, 2011 at his home. Cremation has taken place under the direction of Potts Chapel of Independence. Graveside services will be held 10:00 AM Friday, September 23, 2011 at Mt. Hope Cemetery in Independence, Kansas. Dale Ray Powers was born November 6, 1938 at Independence, Kansas...

Timothy Daratt
Sep 12, 2011
Timothy R. Tim Daratt, age 52, of Elk City, Kansas passed away Monday, September 12, 2011 at the St. Francis Via Christi Hospital in Wichita, Kansas. Celebration of Life Services will be held at 1:30 p.m., Friday, September 16, 2011 at the Nazarene Church in Elk City, Kansas with Harry Hynes Hospice Chaplain Mike Graham officiating. Burial will follow...

John Haughn
Sep 11, 2011
John L. Haughn, age 63, of Caney, Kansas died Sunday, September 11, 2011 at the Caney Nursing Center in Caney, Kansas. Graveside Services will be held at 1:00 p.m., Saturday, September 17, 2011 at the Fairview Cemetery in Niotaze, Kansas with the Evangelist David Bycroft officiating under the direction of the Potts Chapel in Caney, Kansas. Visitation hours will...

Barry Farmer
Sep 10, 2011
Barry L. Farmer, 30, of Elk City, Kansas, died Saturday at Mercy Hospital. Celebration of Life Services will be held 1:00 pm Thursday September 15, 2011at the First Baptist Church North Campus, Independence, with the Reverend Jim Blocker Officiating. Burial will follow in the Oak Hill Cemetery in Elk City, Kansas under the direction of the Potts Chapel, Independence....