Obituaries

Nov 27, 2008

Claudia Fay Adams, age 75, of Independence, Kansas died Thursday, November 27, 2008 at the Mercy Hospital in Independence, Kansas. Graveside Services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Monday, December 1, 2008 at the Dewey Cemetery in Dewey Oklahoma under the direction of the Potts Chapel. Visitation hours will be held from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Sunday, November...

Nov 24, 2008

Clifford O. Howard age 85, of Independence, Kansas died Monday, November 24, 2008 at his home in Independence, Kansas. Funeral Services will be held at 1:00 p.m., Friday, November 28, 2008 at the Potts Chapel in Independence, Kansas. Burial will follow in the Grandview Cemetery under the direction of the Potts Chapel. Visitation hours will be held from 12:00...

Nov 24, 2008

DALE MITCHELL, 48, OF CHERRYVALE DIED MONDAY AT HIS HOME. CREMATION HAS TAKEN PLACE AND A MEMORIAL SERVICE WILL BE WEDNESDAY AT 11 A.M. AT POTTS CHAPEL CHERRYVALE. FAMILY WILL RECEIVE FRIENDS FROM 9 A.M. TILL 10:30 AM AT POTTS CHAPEL WEDNESDAY. MEMORIALS ARE SUGGESTED TO THE HOSPICE CARE OF KANSAS AND THEY MAY BE LEFT WITH THE FUNERAL...

Nov 17, 2008

George L. Smith, age 82, of Elk City, Kansas passed away Monday, November 17, 2008 at the Wesley Medical Center in Wichita, Kansas. Cremation has taken place under the direction of the Potts Chapel in Independence, Kansas. Private services are to be held at an unannounced time. George was born in August of 1926 to George B. and Lola...

Nov 22, 1952

Leonard A. Kittle, 23, of Caney, Kansas, died November 22, 1952 in Alaska. Kittle was among the 52 servicemen aboard a massive C-124 Globemaster military transport when it slammed into a frozen mountaintop outside of Anchorage, Alaska. There were no survivors. The crash site had been identified in 1952 but terrain and weather conditions precluded recovery efforts at that...

Nov 21, 1943

Marine Corps Reserve Pfc. Sam J. Kourkos, has now been accounted for. In November 1943, Kourkos was assigned to Company M, 3rd Battalion, 8th Marines, 2nd Marine Division, which landed against stiff Japanese resistance on the small island of Betio in the Tarawa Atoll of the Gilbert Islands, in an attempt to secure the island. Over several days of...

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