Obituaries

Larry Halliburton
Jan 27, 2009
Larry Duane Halliburton, 54, Coffeyville, Kansas died Sunday, January 25, 2009 at his home. Larry was born June 10, 1954 in Tulsa, Oklahoma to Hayden T. Halliburton and Mildred L. Hudson Halliburton. At age five, the Halliburtons moved to California and Larry began his education there. At 13, Larrys family moved back to Oklahoma and he later moved to...

Velma Workman
Jan 25, 2009
Velma May Workman, 75, Coffeyville resident, went to be with her Lord and Savior, Saturday morning, January 24, 2009 at Coffeyville Regional Medical Center. Velma was born October 31, 1933 at Coffeyville to Richard Aquilla Timmerman and Ethel Mae Scott Timmerman. She grew up in Coffeyville and received her education there. Her first husband was Walter L. Bond and...

E.J. Pursley
Jan 19, 2009
Edgar JosephDoc Pursley, 93, of Coffeyville, Kansas, died early Friday morning, January 16, 2009 at Coffeyville Regional Medical Center. Doc was born January 11, 1916 at Diggins, Missouri to M.C. Pursley and Lilly Mae Hertweck Pursley. As a small boy, he moved with his parents to Dearing, Kansas where he attended their local schools. On June 23, 1935, he...

Dale Barlow
Jan 14, 2009
DaleGene Barlow, 73, of Dewey, Oklahoma, died Tuesday evening, January 13, 2009 at his home. Gene was born August 29, 1935 at Coffeyville, Kansas to William Barlow and Sylvia Hurst Barlow. He grew up in Coffeyville, graduating from Field Kindley High School in 1954. Gene attended Coffeyville Community College and played football for the Red Ravens. On January 29,...

Isaac Heaven
Jan 13, 2009
Isaac A. Heaven, 91, long time Coffeyville resident, died Thursday morning, January 8, 2009 at Coffeyville Regional Medical Center. Isaac was born November 22, 1917 at Lethe, Hanover, Jamaica to Cecil Heaven and Rachel Hylton Heaven. He grew up and received his education in Jamaica. Isaac came to the United States during the days of World War II. He...

Howard Hood
Jan 13, 2009
Howard JamesJim Hood, 87, of Coffeyville, Kansas passed away Saturday, January 10, 2009. Jim was born November 12, 1921 in Fairfax, Oklahoma to Howard James Hood, Sr. and Cloe Tilda Francis Jump Hood. They were later orced. His step-father, Jesse Hutcheson was very influential in his life. Jim received his education from Fairfax and Ponca City, Oklahoma; graduating from...

Ronnie Garnett
Jan 10, 2009
RonniePappy Garnett died January 10, 2009. He was 62. He passed away after a short battle with cancer. Born December 12, 1946 in Mexico, Missouri to CleoBuck and Dorothy Chapman Garnett. He attended school in Mexico, Missouri. On March 7, 1970 he married Wanda Groves in Moberly Missouri. He worked for Bill Marsh Construction and the Kansas City Star....

Connie Tosh
Jan 7, 2009
Connie Lee Tosh, 54, of rural Edna, Kansas, passed away Wednesday, January 7, 2009. She was born February 5, 1954 in Ottawa, Kansas, the daughter of James and Dorothy Reekie Ware. Connie graduated from Field Kindley High School and attended vo-tech following graduation. In 1985, Connie married Tony M. Tosh in Coffeyville, Kansas. He survives of the home. Connie...

Georgia Moomaw
Jan 5, 2009
Georgia Iona Moomaw, 83, of Coffeyville, Kansas, passed away Monday, January 5, 2009 at Coffeyville Regional Medical Center. Georgia was born on August 12, 1925, in Conway Springs, Kansas, the daughter of George and Hesper Wynell Cease. She was a member of the Trinity United Methodist Church, the V.F.W. Post No. 1022, American Legion Post No. 20, and the...

Gene Bryant
Jan 4, 2009
Gene Bryant, 82, Coffeyville, KS, died Wednesday night, December 31, 2008 at Cherryvale Care Center, Cherryvale, Kansas. Gene was born December 23, 1926 at San Antonio, Texas to Frank Bryant and Ina Mae Jones Bryant. The family moved to Coffeyville when Gene was a child. He grew up and attended school there. He joined the U.S. Army towards the...

Jewell Gillespie
Dec 31, 2008
Jewell Gillespie, 97, of Coffeyville, passed away early Tuesday morning, December 30, 2008 at the home of her niece, Sharon Mann. Jewell was born September 5, 1911 at Craig County, Oklahoma to Thomas R. Palmer and Carrie Burnsides Palmer. She grew up in Craig County and attended the Thompson School and Pettit School. She married William H. Gillespie on...

Inez Hartzog
Dec 31, 2008
Tyro resident, Inez Lucretia Hartzog passed away Sunday, December 28, 2008. She was 99. Inez was born March 31, 1909 in Silverton, Colorado to Henry and Jessie Alvarado. She graduated from Tyro High School the attended Baker University for a year and graduated from Oklahoma A amp; M in May of 1931 with a bachelors in Education. On December...

Mamie Mcintosh
Dec 27, 2008
Mamie Margaret McIntosh, 99, of Coffeyville, Kansas, passed away Friday, December 26, 2008 at Coffeyville Regional Medical Center in Coffeyville. Mamie was born April 14, 1909 in Plains, Kansas, the daughter of Riley and ArmindaAnn Bellfield Burdick. She married Floyd McIntosh, Sr. on October 5, 1927. He preceded her in death in March 1984. She was also preceded in...

Ida Ratliff
Dec 27, 2008
Ida Bell Ratliff, age 76, Coffeyville, Kansas resident died on December 27, 2008 at St. Josephs Regional Medical Center in Wichita, Kansas. She was born February 17, 1932 to George and Pearl Hancock Scott in Vian, Oklahoma. At a young age her family moved from Vian to Coffeyville, where she grew up and graduated high school. On August 18,...

James Sisco
Dec 23, 2008
James W. Sisco, 77, of Coffeyville, Kansas passed away Monday, December 22, 2008. James was born on September 27, 1931 in Yonkers, Oklahoma to William and Lillie Manley Sisco. In 1954, he married Helen L. Wisely. They raised their five children in Coffeyville. James retired from Sherwin-Williams after many years of service. He is survived by his wife, Helen...

Wilma Bigbie
Dec 22, 2008
Wilma Frances Bigbie, 95, of Cherryvale Care Center, Cherryvale, Kansas, died early Sunday morning, December 21, 2008. Graveside services will be held 4:00 p.m., Tuesday, December 23, 2008 at Robbins Cemetery, west of Coffeyville with Rev. Stephen Heslip of Coffeyville39;s First Southern Baptist Church officiating. Service and interment are under the direction of Penwell-Gabel Funeral Home, Ford-Wulf-Bruns Chapel. Wilma...

Carl Gruber
Dec 22, 2008
Carl Wayne Gruber, 79, of Coffeyville, Kansas, passed away Monday, December 22, 2008 at his home. Services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, December 27, 2008 at Penwell-Gabel Ford-Wulf-Bruns Funeral Home, 2405 Woodland Avenue, Coffeyville. Interment will follow at Fairview Cemetery in Coffeyville. Reverend James McDowell will be officiating. Friends may call on Friday, 9:00 a.m. until 8:00...

Ronald Lewis
Dec 22, 2008
Ronald Wayne Lewis, 63, Coffeyville resident, died Saturday, December 20, 2008 at St. John Medical Center, Tulsa, Oklahoma. Ron was born May 6, 1945 at Boynton, Oklahoma to John Paul Lewis and Delia Alice Leist Lewis. He moved from Boynton to Tulsa in 1950, and began his education in Tulsa. Halfway through his kindergarten year, Ron moved to Coffeyville,...

William Kallenberger
Dec 20, 2008
William Ray Bill Kallenberger, 81, went to meet his Savior, December 19, 2008. He was a loving husband, father, uncle, borther-in-law and friend. Bill was born August 17, 1927 to Walter and Alma Hall Kallenberger at Coffeyville, Kansas. He lived in the Bartlett and Hawkins areas. Bill graduated from Edna High School in 1945, where he played football. He...

Mark Taylor
Dec 20, 2008
Mark Taylor, Coffeyville, KS, passed away at his home Thursday, December 18, 2008. He was 53 years old. Mark was born November 20, 1955 at Oxnard, California to Charles Raymond Taylor and Elinor Magdaline Spriesterbach Taylor. He grew up in Ventura, California and attended Will Rogers Elementary and Jr. High, there. The Taylor family moved to rural Independence, Kansas...