Obituaries

Ruth Lukens

Ruth Lukens

Oct 22, 2005

Ruth Alice Lukens, 83, Coffeyville, passed away Thursday, October 20, 2005, at the Coffeyville Regional Medical Center. Ruth was born October 22, 1921, in Joplin, Missouri, the daughter of Lester Virgil and Bertha Mae Bryant LaRue. Ruth attended schools in Joplin, Missouri. She lived in San Bernadino, California from 1945 - 1947. After living in California several years, she...

Gustav Troxel

Gustav Troxel

Oct 20, 2005

Gus Troxel, 74, of Coffeyville died peacefully Wednesday October 19, 2005 at the family residence in Coffeyville KS. Gus was born June 26, 1931 to parents Clotilda Gunderson and Bruce Troxel in Dekalb County Missouri. Gus proudly served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War as a Sergeant in the 96th Field Artillery from 1952 through 1954. On...

Richard Jarrett

Richard Jarrett

Oct 19, 2005

Richard Jarrett, Age 67, Pryor, Oklahoma resident, passed away on Sunday, October 16, 2005 at the Hillcrest Hospital in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He was born June 1, 1938, the son of Morris L. and Ruth M. Walton Jarrett. Richard worked as a Switchman for the Katy Railroad many years. He retired in 1988. He was a Veteran having served in...

Paula Gavrilys

Paula Gavrilys

Oct 18, 2005

PAULA CERES GAVRILYS 1972-2005 Paula Ceres Gavrilys, age 33, died Saturday, October 15, 2005 at the Coffeyville Regional Medical Center in Coffeyville, Kansas. Paula was born August 13, 1972 in Coffeyville, Kansas to Jacque and Judy Carter Gavrilys. Paula was a homemaker. Some of her favorite activities included working with animals, enjoying the outdoors, riding horses, drawing, writing poems...

Rhonda Marang

Rhonda Marang

Oct 14, 2005

Rhonda G. Payden Follis Marang 1964 - 2005 Rhonda G. Payden Follis Marang, age 41 passed away on October 13, 2005 in Coffeyville, Kansas. She was born March 15, 1964 in Dodge City, Kansas to Emerald Dale and Sonja Mayfield Payden. She was a 1982 graduate of Field Kindley Memorial High School, Coffeyville, Kansas. Following high school graduation she...

Jerry Villines

Jerry Villines

Oct 14, 2005

Jerry Rick Villines 1942 2005 Born June 30, 1942 in Harrison, Arkansas to Nathan Pete and Louvie Villines. Died October 13, 2005 in Cleveland, Ohio. Jerry had lived in Coffeyville, Kansas since 1963. On May 13, 1963 he married Carloyn Pierce in Stillwell, Oklahoma. Survivors include his wife Carolyn Villines of the home. His daughter Melissa Winters, son-in-law Roger...

Grace Peyton

Grace Peyton

Oct 13, 2005

Grace L. Peyton 1920 2005 Grace L. Peyton, age 85, Windsor Place resident of Coffeyville, Kansas passed away on October 12, 2005 at the Coffeyville Regional Medical Center, Coffeyville, Kansas. She was born September 14, 1920 rural Mound Valley, Kansas to Lewis and Rosa Cecil Mathis. She attended Cherryvale schools as a child. She married Lloyd Peyton November 18,...

Margaret Vest

Margaret Vest

Oct 12, 2005

Margaret Betty Vest Margaret Elizabeth Betty Beck Vest, known to many simply as Granny, left this earth on Tuesday October 11, 2005 at the age of 82 to join her loved ones in heaven. Granny was born on January 26, 1923 in Colorado Springs, Colorado to Leslie Owen and Mona Lucille Dowell Beck. She spent her childhood years between...

Lucille Ford

Lucille Ford

Oct 8, 2005

Lucille Lewis Ford, widow of Clare S. Ford and a longtime Coffeyville resident, passed away September 29, 2005, in Davidson, North Carolina. Mr. and Mrs. Ford formerly operated the Ford Funeral Home in Coffeyville from 1942 to 1981. Born Lucille Lewis Bottom on October 15, 1917, Teal was the only child of Theodore Lewis and Lucille Alice Bottom. She...

Frances Gallaugher

Frances Gallaugher

Oct 8, 2005

Frances D. Fran Gallaugher, 59, Coffeyville, passed away Wednesday, October 5, 2005, at St. Francis Hospital in Wichita, Kansas. She was born December 2, 1945, in Coffeyville, the daughter of George and Mildred Pauline Oslin Richards. She has resided in Coffeyville most of her life. Fran graduated from Field Kindley High School in 1964. She was a homemaker. She...

Samuel Jack

Samuel Jack

Oct 6, 2005

Samuel King Jack 1910 - 2005 Samuel King Jack, age 94, longtime Valeda, Kansas resident passed away on Tuesday, October 4, 2005 at the Medical Lodge of Coffeyville. He was born on October 12, 1910 in Caney, Kansas to Samuel King and Martha Clayton Jack. He attended school at Pleasant Hill near Caney. He moved with his parents to...

Albert Bartley

Albert Bartley

Oct 6, 2005

Albert Lee Bartley 1939-2005 Albert Bartley, age 66, of Coffeyville, Kansas passed away October 3, 2005 at his home in Coffeyville, Kansas. Albert was born June 13, 1939 in Havana, Kansas to Albert Bartley and Mary Lue Sparks Bartley. He married Vivian Thiessen May 3, 1958 in Coffeyville, Kansas. She survives in the home. Albert loved fishing, carpentry and...

Mittie Luker

Mittie Luker

Oct 4, 2005

MITTIE B. LUKER 1916-2005 Mittie B. Luker, age 89, of Coffeyville, Kansas passed away early Monday morning, October 3, 2005 at her residence in Coffeyville. Mittie was born January 25, 1916 in Arkadelphia, Arkansas to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Evans. She married Lester Luker on June 30, 1936 in Paris, Arkansas. In the late 1950s the couple moved to...

Glenn Robb, Jr.

Glenn Robb, Jr.

Sep 27, 2005

Glenn E. Robb, Jr. 82, Coffeyville, passed away early Friday at the Coffeyville Regional Medical Center. He was born November 23, 1922, in Coffeyville the son of Glenn Ertle and Easter Jewell Yarber Robb, Sr. Glenn attended Garfield, Roosevelt Jr. High and Field Kindley High School. He enlisted in the U.S. Navy upon graduation from high school September of...

Thomas Head

Thomas Head

Sep 25, 2005

Thomas William Head, 91, Coffeyville, passed away early Sunday morning at the Coffeyville Regional Medical Center. He was born March 2, 1914, in Fullbright, Texas, the son of William E. and Ozetta Wright Head. Mr. Head was a sheet metal worker most of his life. He worked for Douglas Aircraft, Funk Manufacturing, Continental Can and Dixon Manufacturing. He served...

Jewell Blickensderfer

Jewell Blickensderfer

Sep 22, 2005

Jewell Wynnie Blickensderfer, 94, passed away Monday, September 19, 2005, in Colorado Springs, Colorado. She was born March 3, 1911, the first of seven children of Thomas and Tina Wynn of Hartville, Mo. After finishing nurses training she worked as an RN at the Navajo Indian Reservation, Tuba City, Arizona. She returned to Lebanon, Mo where she married Wills...

Merle Campbell

Merle Campbell

Sep 21, 2005

Merle Wesley Campbell, 90, Coffeyville, passed away early Wednesday at the Coffeyville Regional Medical Center. Merle was born July 17, 1915, in Republic, Kansas, the son of Wesley H. and Gertrude Mae Smith Campbell. He attended schools in Republic, Kansas. He worked for various service stations and later purchased his own service station and owned that for three year....

Donald Mcmichael

Donald Mcmichael

Sep 19, 2005

Don McMichael 1947 - 2005 Don McMichael, age 58, former Coffeyville, Kansas resident passed away on September 18, 2005 at his resident in Murchison, Texas. Don was born in Coffeyville, Kansas on June 27, 1947 to Claud McMichael and Pauline Hardy McMichael. He was born and raised in Coffeyville community. Don attended Whittier Elementary School. He was a 1966...

David Chandler

David Chandler

Sep 16, 2005

David Miles Chandler 1969 2005 David M. Chandler, age 36, Coffeyville, Kansas resident passed away on Friday, September 9, 2005 due to an accident at the Verdigris River. He was born on June 13, 1969 in Wellington, Kansas to David Clayton Chandler and Arlene May Countryman Chandler. He attended Field Kindley Memorial High School, Coffeyville, Ks. David worked as...

Sandra George

Sandra George

Sep 15, 2005

SANDRA D. EWING GEORGE 1935-2005 Sandra D. Ewing George, age 70, of Coffeyville, Kansas passed away September 15, 2005 at her residence in Coffeyville. She was born January 7, 1935 in Independence, Kansas to Samuel and Carol Conner Ewing. She grew up in Independence and Coffeyville rural areas. She attended rural schools and graduated from Field Kindley High School...

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