Obituaries
Norma Gabriel
Sep 17, 2011
Norma Jean Gabriel, 94, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, died Saturday, September 17, 2011 at the home of her daughter in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. Norma was born March 25, 1917 at Singer, Louisiana to Andrew Burge and Mary Havens Burge. She grew up in Singer, graduating high school there and as captain of her basketball team, helped lead the squad all the...
Opal Green
Sep 15, 2011
Opal Ellouise Green, 89, formerly of Coffeyville, Kansas passed away Wednesday, September 14, 2011 at her soninlaws home in El Dorado, Kansas. Opal was born on October 23, 1921 in Independence, Kansas to James and Jessie Wright Graves. In 1930 she moved with her parents to Coffeyville, Kansas and attended the Coffeyville school system. On June 25, 1938 she...
Frenia Cerny
Sep 15, 2011
Coffeyville resident, Frenia Katherine Cerny, entered into eternal rest on Thursday, September 15, 2011 at her home in Coffeyville, Kansas. She was 94. Frenia was born February 5, 1917 in Coffeyville, Kansas to Riley and Nora Bowman Fitzpatrick. She graduated high school from Field Kindley Memorial High School in Coffeyville. She married Clifford L. Cerny on August 8, 1936...
Fern Campbell
Sep 14, 2011
Fern Campbell, 87, Coffeyville, Kansas, died Tuesday, September 13, 2011 at her home. Fern was born May 15, 1924 at Coffeyville to Elmer Lee Murray and Florence Mae Straughn Murray. She grew up and spent most of her life in Coffeyville, except for short times spent in other locations, following her husbands railroad work. Fern married Clifford Campbell on...
George Pruitt
Sep 13, 2011
George Clinton Pruitt, 80, of Coffeyville, Kansas passed away Monday, September 12, 2011 at Coffeyville Regional Medical Center. George was born on April 18, 1931 in Canute, Oklahoma to Jim and Grace Ellis Pruitt. He grew up in Sallisaw, Oklahoma. In 1952 George was drafted into the United States Military actively serving in the Marine Corp until 1954. Upon...
Flonnie Knewtson
Sep 9, 2011
Flonnie P. Knewtson, 99, of Edna, Kansas entered her eternal home September 7, 2011 at Coffeyville Regional Medical Center. Flonnie was born February 17, 1912 to George W. and Minnie Campbell Burnett near Monticello, Kentucky. At age 9 she moved to Kansas with her family, settling near Edna. She attended Ripon Grade School and graduated as valedictorian of her...
Elloease Elder
Sep 7, 2011
Elloease Church Elder was born September 19, 1914 in Coffeyville to Lafayette E. and Otie Ellen Reese Church. She died September 5, 2011 in Fayetteville, Arkansas. She was a lifelong resident of Coffeyville and attended Coffeyville schools through high school. She married Roscoe D. Elder on September 25, 1937. They moved to Evansville, Indiana during WW II and moved...
Harold Hopson
Sep 7, 2011
Harold Gene Hopson, 78, Stroud, Oklahoma and formerly of Coffeyville, Kansas, died Monday, September 5, 2011 at Rainbow Healthcare Center, Bristow, Oklahoma. Harold was born October 25, 1932 at Franklin, Arkansas to Jeffie D. Hopson and Emogene Pryor Hopson. He left Franklin as a boy and came to Sand Springs, Oklahoma, where he graduated high school and went to...
Alice Barnhart
Aug 29, 2011
Alice Marie Barnhart, 71, Coffeyville, Kansas, died Saturday, August 27, 2011 at Coffeyville Regional Medical Center. Alice was born June 18, 1940 in her grandmothers home in Neosho County, Kansas to Russell Dean Aikins, Sr. and Mildred Lorene Maxwell Aikins. She grew up around Erie, Kansas and received her education in the local schools. She married Howard Barnhart on...
Garl Davidson, Sr.
Aug 26, 2011
Garl Richard Davidson, Sr., 65, of Coffeyville, Kansas passed away early Friday morning, August 26, 2011 at his home. Garl was born on August 4, 1946 in Coffeyville, Kansas to George A. and Ruby Goldsberry Davidson. The family moved to Mankato, Minnesota soon after he was born and they lived there until Garl was four years old. The family...
Maryetta Ellis
Aug 12, 2011
Maryetta Ellis age 68, formerly of Coffeyville, Kansas passed away Tuesday, August 16, 2011 at Fredonia Regional Hospital in Fredonia, Kansas. Maryetta was born on October 2, 1942 in Coffeyville, Kansas to George and Pearl Scott. She grew up in Coffeyville where she attended local schools. Maryetta worked for TG ampY in Coffeyville, Kansas and also worked at a...
Gary Gruber
Aug 9, 2011
Gary Edward Gruber, 61, and a lifelong resident of Coffeyville, Kansas, died Monday evening, August 8, 2011 at Windsor Place Care Center, Coffeyville. Gary was born May 17, 1950 at Coffeyville to Merle Edward Gruber and June McNabb Gruber. He graduated from Field Kindley High School and went on to attend MidAmerica Nazarene College at Bethany, Oklahoma. Gary returned...
Mary Gilchrist
Aug 9, 2011
Mary Alice Gilchrist, 80, Coffeyville, Kansas, died early Tuesday, August 9, 2011 at Galichia Heart Hospital, Wichita, Kansas. Mary was born June 1, 1931 at Garnett, Kansas to Fredrick F.Fred Campbell and Norah E. Melton Campbell. She grew up in Garnett and graduated high school with the class of 1949. After graduation, Mary moved to Tulsa, Oklahoma and went...
Shirley Medford
Aug 6, 2011
Shirley Jean Newman Medford, 81, of Coffeyville, Kansas passed away Friday, August 5, 2011 at her home. Shirley was born February 7, 1930 in Coffeyville, Kansas to Ernest and Frances Clark Newman. She grew up in Coffeyville where she attended local schools, graduating from Field Kindley Memorial High. On October 12, 1948 she was united in marriage to the...
Edna Duvall
Aug 3, 2011
Edna Duvall, age 98 passed away Tuesday, August 2, 2011 after living a fulfilling Christian life. Edna was born February 2, 1913 in Greenforrest, Arkansas to Velcie David and Ruth M Walker Pennington. She attended school in Greenforrest. Her father died when she was young and the family moved to Chanute, Kansas. On October 28, 1931 in Chanute, KS,...
Nevada Ryan
Aug 2, 2011
Nevada Josephine Ryan, 88, of Manheim, Pennsylvania and a former longtime resident of South Coffeyville, Oklahoma, died Saturday, July 30, 2011 at Lancaster General Hospital, Lancaster, PA. Nevada was born June 19, 1923 in rural South Coffeyville to Joseph Ira Smith and Minnie Hoffman Smith. She grew up and spent most of her life in the South Coffeyville area....
James Newby
Jul 26, 2011
James Wesley Newby, 85, Coffeyville, Kansas, died Tuesday morning, July 26, 2011 at his home in Coffeyville. Jim was born September 1, 1925 atRed Onion Mining, near Pittsburg, Kansas to Elizabeth NewtonWalters. He grew up in Kinwood, Oklahoma and worked on farms in his early life. He later moved to Coffeyville where he met and married Marian Allene Coy...
Dorothy Beeson
Jul 25, 2011
DorothyDott G. Beeson, 82, of Coffeyville, Kansas passed away Friday, July 22, 2011 at her home. Dott was born on November 4, 1928 in Dearing, Kansas to Harold and Frances Wanack Davis. She grew up in the Coffeyville area where she received her education. She graduated from Field Kindley Memorial High School. On December 27, 1945 she was united...
Margaret Sadler
Jul 25, 2011
Margaret RosePeggey Sadler, 78, Coffeyville, died early Monday morning, July 25, 2011 at Asbury Village in Coffeyville. Peggy was born February 10, 1933 in Texas to William J. Sadler and Dorothy Frances Maher Sadler. She grew up in Texas and received her education there, graduating from the University of Texas in Austin. Peggy began a teaching career that ended...
Anita Compston
Jul 16, 2011
Mrs. Anita Mae Compston, 78, of Coffeyville, and former Wann, Oklahoma resident, died Saturday morning at Coffeyville Regional Medical Center. Anita Mae Compston was born September 25, 1932 at Wann, Oklahoma, the daughter of Herman Carl Drews and Elizabeth Margaret Pugh Drews. She attended and graduated from Lenapah High School and attended Draughan Business College In Tulsa. She worked...
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