Obituaries

Thomas Mcpheeters
Oct 28, 2009
Thomas Wayne McPheeters, age 57 of Independence, Kansas died Wednesday, October 28, 2009 at his home in Independence, Kansas. Memorial Services will be held at 1:00 p.m. Monday, November 2, 2009 at the Church of the Nazarene, 3167 S. 10th, Independence, Kansas with the Reverend Dan Soliday officiating. Burial was held at the Mount Hope Cemetery in Independence, Kansas....

Jacqueline Prater
Oct 28, 2009
Jacqueline Irene Prater, 79, passed away October 28, 2009 at Mercy Hospital, Independence,Ks. She was born July 4, 1930 at Jacksonville, Ks., the daughter of Warren and Mabel Buzzard Spurgeon. Jackie was united in marriage to Billy Robert Prater on May 24, 1947 in Parsons, Kansas. He preceded her in death. She had worked at several places as a...

George Wade
Oct 24, 2009
George Bob Robert Wade, age 62, of Cherryvale, Kansas died Saturday, October 24, 2009 at the Mercy Hospital in Independence, Kansas. Graveside Services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Tuesday, October 27, 2009 at the Fairview Cemetery in Cherryvale, Kansas with the Reverend Steve Butler of the Community Christian Church officiating. Friends may sign the register book from 8:00...

Nadine Bruington
Oct 22, 2009
Nadine Bruington, age 84, of Independence, Kansas died Thursday, October 22, 2009 at the Wesley Medical Center in Wichita, Kansas. Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Thursday, October 29, 2009 at the Bolton Friends Church with Reverend Grady Miller officiating. Burial will follow in the Harrisonville Cemetery under the direction of the Potts Chapel in Independence, Kansas....

Barbara Gaines
Oct 18, 2009
Barbara Babs Anne Gaines age 74 of Eureka, Kansas died Sunday October 18, 2009 at the Greenwood County Hospital in Eureka, Kansas. Cremation has taken place. Memorial Services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, October 24, 2009 at the Jefferson Street Baptist Church in Eureka, Kansas with the Reverend Alan Hunter officiating. Dinner will be held at 1:00...

James Wolf
Oct 16, 2009
James Wilbur Wolf, age 56, of Independence, Kansas died Thursday, October 16, 2009 at his home in Independence, Kansas. Graveside Services will be held at 1:00 p.m., Monday, October 19, 2009 at the Harrisonville Cemetery under the direction of the Potts Chapel in Independence, Kansas. Visitation hours will be held from 2:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., Sunday, October 18,...

Glenn Stice
Oct 15, 2009
GLENN CLYDE STICE Glenn Clyde Stice, 81, of Cherryvale, Kansas died Thursday October 15, 2009 at his home. Glenn was born December 29, 1927, to Clyde C. and Pansy Bean Stice in Rosedale, Kansas where he attended the Rosedale School System. Glenn served in the merchant marines from 1942 to 1945. On July 29, 1950 he married H. Frances...

Leslie Briggs
Oct 12, 2009
Leslie H. Briggs, 73, peacefully passed away at Coffeyville Regional Hospital with his family at his bedside. Leslie was born December 28, 1935 in Elgin, Oklahoma the son of Wesley and Kathleen Dotson Briggs. He graduated from Elgin High School and has a engineering degree from Washburn University. He had been manager for Coca-Cola for 19 years, Otasco for...

Sharon Bennett
Oct 9, 2009
Sharon Marie Bennett, age 48, of Independence, Kansas formerly of Cherryvale, Kansas died Friday, October 9, 2009 at the Mercy Hospital in Independence, Kansas. Funeral Services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Monday, October 12, 2009 at the Potts Chapel in Cherryvale, Kansas. Burial will be in the Fredonia Cemetery under the direction of the Potts Chapel. Visitation hours...

Virginia Elliott
Oct 9, 2009
Virginia Elaine Ginger Winkel Elliott, age 66 of Surprise, Arizona died Friday, October 9, 2009 at her home in Surprise, Arizona. Visitation is scheduled for 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m., Friday October 16 and 8:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m., Saturday October 17, 2009 at Potts Chapel in Independence, Kansas. Funeral Services will be held at 2:00 p.m. , Saturday,...

Gene Patterson
Oct 7, 2009
GENE LAVERNE PATTERSON Gene Laverne Patterson, age 83, of Caney, Kansas died Wednesday, October 7, 2009 at the Caney Nursing Center in Caney, Kansas. Cremation has taken place and Memorial Services will be held at 3:00 p.m., Friday, October 9, 2009 with the Chaplain Mike Graham of Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice officiating at the Potts Chapel in Caney, Kansas....

Elda Mansfield
Sep 30, 2009
Elda Anna Katherine Mansfield, age 86 of Independence, Kansas died Wednesday, September 30, 2009 at the Regal Estates in Independence, Kansas. Funeral Services will be held at 2:30 p.m., Friday, October 2, 2009 at the Potts Chapel in Independence, Kansas with the Reverend Ron Oldenettel officiating. Burial will follow in the Lutheran Cemetery under the direction of the Potts...

Betty Campbell
Sep 29, 2009
BETTY LOU CAMPBELL Betty Lou Campbell, 77, passed away September 29, 2009 at Regal Estates in Independence, Kansas. She was born on August 19, 1932 in Arkansas City, Kansas, the daughter of Glen O. and Nora L. Williams Stewart. Betty had been a cook for several locations and a homemaker. Betty was united in marriage to Gerald Lewis Campbell...

Floyd Berry
Sep 29, 2009
Floyd A. Berry age 84, of Havana, Kansas died Tuesday, September 29, 2009 at the Evergreen Johnson County Nursing Center in Olathe, Kansas. Funeral Services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Saturday, October 3, 2009 at the Tyro Christian Church, east with Evangelist David Bycroft officiating. Burial will follow in the Fawn Creek Cemetery under the direction of the...

Ezyrabelle Simmons
Sep 20, 2009
Xzyrabelle Kelli Ann Simmons, infant daughter of Andrew Heather Counsil Simmons of Edna, Kansas died Sunday, September 20, 2009 at the Labette County Medical Center. Funeral Services will be held at 1:00 p.m., Thursday, September 24, 2009 at the First Baptist Church North Campus, 2414 N. 8th, Independence, Kansas. Burial will follow in the Edna Cemetery under the direction...

Edna Green
Sep 20, 2009
Edna LaRean Green Edna LaRean Green, 99, passed away Sunday, September 20, 2009 at Regal Estates in Independence. She was born on July 16, 1910, in Leadville, Colorado, the daughter of Fred and Edna Mae West Shinn. She had been a farmer's wife and homemaker. Cremation is planned through Neptune Society and Potts Chapel of Independence, Kansas.

Sarah Engbroten
Sep 8, 2009
Sarah Dawn Engbroten daughter of Diane L.Schuble Fryback, and Roland A. Engbroten, was born January 11, 1982, in Kansas City, Kansas. She departed this life on September 8th, 2009 in Cherryvale, Kansas, at the age of 27. She spent her early years in Eldridge Missouri, with her mother, sisters Christal Faith, and Amber Estelle, moving to Cherryvale in 1994,...

Dorothy Ford
Sep 8, 2009
Dorothy Irene Ford, age 92 of Independence, Kansas died Tuesday, September 8, 2009 at the Windsor Place in Independence, Kansas. Cremation has taken place. Memorial Services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Tuesday, September 15, 2009 at the Potts Chapel in Independence, Kansas with the Reverend Glen Van Dyne officiating. Inurnment will follow at the Sam Houston National Cemetery...

Marilyn Bale
Sep 3, 2009
MARILYN F. BALE Marilyn F. Bale, 72, of Independence, died Thursday at her home. Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Church of God in Independence, with burial in Mount Hope Cemetery. Potts Chapel is handling arrangements. Mrs. Bale was born Dec. 7, 1936 in Pratt, the dqughter of William and Bertha Elliott Epley. She married Albertice...

Robert Crain
Sep 1, 2009
Robert Donald Crain, age 64 of Cherryvale, Kansas died Tuesday, September 1, 2009 at the Mercy Hospital in Independence, Kansas. Graveside Services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Friday, September 4, 2009 at the Robbins Cemetery west of Coffeyville, Kansas with the Reverend David Cavaness officiating under the direction of the Potts Chapel in Cherryvale, Kansas. Visitation hours will...