Obituaries

Reba George
Feb 4, 2011
Reba E. George, 79, of Coffeyville, died Wednesday, February 2, 2011 at her residence. Reba was born March 19, 1931 at Seymour, Missouri to Carl L. George and Flora McVay George. She moved with her family to Coffeyville at an early age and received her education there. Reba moved to the Kansas City Metro area where she worked for...

Bonnie Foulk
Jan 31, 2011
Bonnie Mae Foulk, 74, of Coffeyville, passed away Sunday, January 30, 2011 at Jane Phillips Medical Center in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. Cremation has taken place and a memorial service will be held on Monday at 2:00 pm at PenwellGabel FordWulfBruns Chapel in Coffeyville with Pastor Mike Elrod officiating. Friends may call on Sunday February 6, 2011 from 1:00 pm until...

Larry Phillips
Jan 31, 2011
Mr. Larry Phillips, 75, of Coffeyville, died Monday morning at his home. Lawrence Erwin Phillips was born April 7, 1935 at Coffeyville, Kansas, the son of Sam Phillips and Rose Schwartzstein Phillips. He attended Coffeyville schools, graduating from Field Kindley High School in 1953. After high school he enlisted in the United States Air Force and served for four...

John Park
Jan 31, 2011
John E. Park of Coffeyville, passed away on Monday, January 31, 2011 at Labette Health in Parsons, Kansas he was 90. John was born on April 22, 1920 in Coffeyville, Kansas to Carroll and Emma Morrow Park. He grew up in the Coffeyville area where he received his education. On August 26, 1939 he was united in marriage to...

Frances Barker
Jan 25, 2011
Frances Irene Barker, 78, Coffeyville, Kansas, passed away late Monday morning, January 24, 2011 at Coffeyville Regional Medical Center. Frances was born August 13, 1932 at Coffeyville to Ira L. Filkel and Halle Mae Dick Filkel. She was a lifelong Coffeyville resident and received her education there as well. Frances married Don Barker, Sr. on August 13, 1949 at...

June Gruber
Jan 25, 2011
June Mabel Gruber, 87, Coffeyville, Kansas, died Monday, January 24, 2011 at Windsor Place Care Center, Coffeyville. June Bug, as she was known, to friends and family alike, was born June 9, 1923 at Nebraska to Fred O. and Margaret McNabb. She came to Coffeyville in the 1930s and worked as a donut fryer for Goldies Pie Shop from...

Arlene Mitchell
Jan 24, 2011
Arlene Anne Mitchell, 58, of Coffeyville, Kansas passed away January 22, 2011 at her home. Arlene was born on December 19, 1952 in Hartford, Connecticut to Robert Dean Tracy, Sr. and Josephine Klecman Tracy. The family moved to Coffeyville when Arlene was age 12. She was a member of the Business Professionals of America. In 1997 she earned her...

Billy Bean
Jan 24, 2011
Billy Joe Bean of Coffeyville passed away Sunday, January 23, 2011 at CRMC. He was 68. Bill was born on March 29, 1942 in Tyro, Kansas to Vernie and Tillie Shaw Bean. He grew up in Coffeyville where he received his education. He worked for Tony Moons Restaurant for five years, Acme Foundry for four years, Mullendore Ranch for...

Melville Heideman
Jan 24, 2011
Melville Heideman, 88, of Coffeyville, Kansas, passed away January 22, 2011 at CRMC. Melville was born on November 11, 1922 in Cherryvale, Kansas to Melville M. and Carrie L. Weiser Heideman. He grew up in the Coffeyville area where he received his high school education. He went on to earn some college credit from Coffeyville Community College. Melville served...

Harold Pitts
Jan 21, 2011
Harold Dewayne Pitts of Coffeyville passed away Thursday, January 20, 2011 at CRMC. He was 91. Harold was born on November 12, 1919 in Neodesha, Kansas to Parrum and Nancy Powell Pitts. He grew up in Coffeyville where he received his education from FKHS. He went on to attend CCC and Friends University in Wichita, Ks. On June 20,...

Helen Warren
Jan 19, 2011
Helen L. Warren, 86, of Coffeyville, Ks passed away Wednesday, January 19, 2011. Helen was born on February 5, 1924 in Coffeyville, Ks to Dick and Irma Foland Richards. She grew up in Coffeyville where she completed her education at Field Kindley High School. She went on to attend the local community college where she received her associates degree....

Gerald North
Jan 17, 2011
Gerald RobertJerry North, 77, South Coffeyville, Oklahoma, passed away Monday afternoon, January 17, 2011 at his home. Jerry was born November 9, 1933 at Picher, Oklahoma to Clarence R. North and Flossie Moore North. He left Picher and moved with his family to California as a young boy and came to Coffeyville, Kansas as a teenager. Jerry married Donna...

Wilda Blair
Jan 17, 2011
The life of Wilda H. Blair began on July 9, 1927, in West Plains, Missouri, as the offspring of Frank and Edith Ray Thomas. Wildas mother passed away at an early age, so she was raised by her father and loving aunts and cousins. Wilda attended school in West Plains, later moving to Oklahoma City, Oklahoma when her father...

Carlene Lembeck
Jan 14, 2011
Carlene Crystal Lembeck, 81, Coffeyville, Kansas, died Thursday afternoon, January 13, 2011 at Coffeyville Regional Medical Center. Carlene was born June 4, 1929 at Coffeyville to Elton Lee Eye, Sr. and Ethel Jane Harrison Eye. She grew up in the DelawareLenapah area of northeastern Oklahoma, attending school at Lenapah until her senior year. Carlene transferred to Field Kindley High...

Pearlie Ricks
Jan 8, 2011
Pearlie Mae Ricks formerly of Coffeyville, Kansas passed away Saturday, January 8, 2011 at Grace Living Center in Jenks, Oklahoma. She was 88. Pearlie was born on July 24, 1922 in Memphis, Tennessee to Willie and Jessie Ray Bowles. She grew up in Memphis and attended school there. She completed her education in Coffeyville. On July 19, 1952 she...

Clyde Ivey, Sr.
Jan 6, 2011
Clyde Morgan Ivey, Sr., 70, Coffeyville, Kansas, died Wednesday morning, January 5, 2011 at his home after an extended illness. Clyde was born Christmas Day, 1940 at Stigler, Oklahoma to Morgan Ivey ad Mollie Murray Ivey. He moved from Stigler at an early age and grew up in Tulsa, Oklahoma, graduating from Central High School in 1959, where he...

William Mccool
Jan 4, 2011
WilliamBill McCool formerly of Coffeyville, KS passed away Tuesday, January 4, 2011 at St. Francis Hospital in Tulsa, OK. He was 64. Bill was born on March 27, 1946 in Coffeyville, KS to Ernest and Adeline McCool. He graduated from East Central High School in Tulsa, OK and attended Coffeyville Community College. He was united in marriage to Susan...

Joyce Caldwell
Dec 28, 2010
Joyce KathleenKathy Caldwell, 57, Coffeyville, KS died late Monday night, December 27, 2010 at Coffeyville Regional Medical Center. Kathy was born August 11, 1953 at Coffeyville to William E.Bill Russell and Evelyn Austin Russell. She grew up in Coffeyville and was a graduate of Field Kindley High School. Kathy attended Coffeyville Community College and later in life, attained her...

Kenneth Eckhardt
Dec 27, 2010
Kenneth Arthur Eckhardt known as Ichabod passed away in his lifelong home in Coffeyville, KS, on December 25, 2010 Christmas Day from bone and lung cancer. He was 66. Ken was born in Coffeyville on June 11, 1944, to longtime Coffeyville residents Eloise A. Black Eckhardt and U.S. Navy Lt. Charles E. Eckhardt, who was then serving in the...

Mary Robbins
Dec 24, 2010
Mary Loretta Robbins of Coffeyville passed away Thursday, December 23, 2010 at CRMC. She was 70. Mary was born on August 15, 1940 in Troy, Ohio to Lloyd and Thelma Welborn Robbins. She grew up in the Wichita, Kansas and Coffeyville, Kansas areas where she attended schools. Mary was a loving babysitter for eighteen years helping many mothers care...