Obituaries

William Hall
Oct 27, 2008
Dr. William C.Bill Hall, 85, of Coffeyville, went to his eternal rest Saturday evening at Coffeyville Regional Medical. William Carlton Hall, Jr. was born September 7, 1923 at Coffeyville, Kansas the son of William Carlton Hall and Edna McCullough Hall. He attended Coffeyville Schools. He then attended Kansas State University College of Veterinary Medicine and received his Doctorate in...

Earl Critchfield
Oct 25, 2008
Earl Jean Critchfield, 79, of Coffeyville, Kansas, passed away Saturday, October 25, 2008 at Coffeyville Regional Medical Center. Earl was born December 2, 1928 in Florence, Kansas to Justus and Mary Griffith Critchfield. He was a sergeant in the United States Marine Corp from 1948 1952. He served aboard three aircraft carriers in the Atlantic, Pacific, and Mediterranean areas....

Neva Burnett
Oct 18, 2008
Neva Burnett, 99, of Windsor Place, Coffeyville, Kansas entered her eternal home October 16, 2008. Neva was born December, 20, 1908 to George W. and Minnie Campbell Burnett near Monticello, Kentucky. At age 11, she received Jesus Christ as her Savior and was baptized in a pool of spring water and joined the Big Springs Baptist Church of Burfield,...

Herman Mcafee
Oct 16, 2008
Herman E. McAfee, 83, of Coffeyville, Kansas, passed away Sunday, October 12, 2008 at Windsor Place in Coffeyville. Herman was born December 9, 1924 in Winchester, Kansas, the son of Lacy and Marie Dixon McAfee. He attended school at Valley Falls, Kansas until the age of 17, when he enlisted in the U.S. Navy and served our country from...

Dorothy Rose
Oct 16, 2008
Bartlesville, Oklahoma resident, Dorothy G. Rose, passed away Monday, October 13, 2008 at the Silver Lake Care Center in Bartlesville. She was 95. Dorothy had been a resident there for the past two years. Dorothy was born on July 13, 1913 in Lamar, Colorado to James and Flora Jacobs Hunter. She spent her time raising her family in Wichita,...

Chester Gilfillan
Oct 6, 2008
Chester W.Jake Gilfillan, 66 of Coffeyville, Kansas passed away Sunday, October 5, 2008 at Windsor Place in Coffeyville. Jake was born on October 29, 1941 in Coffeyville, the son of David C. and Helen V. Battaglear Gilfillan. He grew up and attended schools in Coffeyville. Following high school, in 1958 Jake enlisted in the U.S. Army and served our...

Malone Watts
Oct 5, 2008
D. Malone Watts, 93, of Tulsa, Oklahoma; formerly of Coffeyville, Kansas, passed away Saturday, October 4, 2008. Malone was born on April 10, 1915 in Wynnewood, Oklahoma, the daughter of Harry and Ora M. Puckett Hibbert. She attended schools in South Coffeyville, Oklahoma and Niotaze, Kansas and moved to Coffeyville in 1932. She and Oral P. Watts were united...

Helene Dunbar
Oct 2, 2008
Helene Dunbar formerly of Coffeyville died, Friday, August 29, 2008 in Alhambra, CA. She was 92. Mrs. Dunbar was born December 31, 1915 in Jasper County, Missouri to William A. and Odessa Wyman McBean. In 1918 the family moved to northeast Oklahoma where Mrs. Dunbar attended school through the seventh grade. In 1929 the family moved to West Woodland...

Carl Bates
Sep 30, 2008
Carl Junior Bates, 72, of Claremore, Oklahoma, passed away Sunday, September 28, 2008. Carl was born on May 16, 1936 in Doniphan, Missouri, the son of Mae and Earl Hink. Growing up, Carl attended and graduated from Coffeyville Schools. Following graduation, he served in the U.S. Army for 2 years. He later attended Pittsburgh University where he earned his...

Sheryl Miller
Sep 30, 2008
Sheryl I Miller of Coffeyville passed away September 29, 2008 in Coffeyville. She was 64. There are no services.

Virginia Barker
Sep 25, 2008
Virginia Lee Barker, 93, of Justin, Texas, formerly of Coffeyville, Kansas, passed away Thursday, September 25, 2008 in Justin, Texas. Virginia was born September 18, 1915 in Canada Township, Labette County, Kansas, the daughter of George and Flora Traxson. She graduated from Coffeyville in 1934. She married Hubert R. Barker in 1934 in Nowata, Oklahoma. She was a member...

Jewell Ridings
Sep 22, 2008
Jewell Rae Ridings of Neodesha, KS died, Wednesday, September 17, 2008 in Neodesha. She was 60. Jewell was born December 17, 1947 in Chetopa, KS, to Elmer and Ethel Wolfe Byrd. She grew up and attended Labette County schools where she graduated high school. Jewell also attended CCC. In November or 1968 she married William Jones they later orced....

Tonya Davis
Sep 22, 2008
Tonya Renee Davis of Coffeyville entered into eternal rest, Friday, September 19, 2008 in Wichita, Kansas. She was 42. Tonya was born September 20, 1965 in Pryor, Oklahoma, the daughter of Gary and Gloria Davis. She made her home in Coffeyville where she enjoyed her time with family and friends. Surviving to honor her memory are her parents; children,...

Elsie Simmons
Sep 2, 2008
Elsie Lee Simmons, 77, died on Friday, August 29, 2008 at Windsor Place in Coffeyville. Mrs. Simmons was born August 10, 1931 in Holdenville, OK to Walter P. and Myrtle A. Cathey McMillen. She and her family moved to Chelsea, OK, in 1932 where she attended school. On December 7, 1946, she married Claudie L. Simmons in Columbus, KS....

Lucile Beindorff
Aug 24, 2008
Lucile Martin Beindorff, 93, of South Coffeyville, OK passed away Thursday, August 21, 2008. She was born April 3, 1915 to John and Hazel Brown Martin near the Oklahoma state line, south of Coffeyville, KS. The family later moved to Mockingbird Hill Farm, southwest of the city and Lucile began her education at Banks School. From 1932 until 1941,...

Anna Bond
Aug 24, 2008
Anna Laura Bond, 92, of Coffeyville, Kansas went to be with her Lord and Savior on August 21, 2008. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Monday, August 25, 2008 at Penwell-Gabel Ford-Wulf-Bruns Chapel of Coffeyville, KS. Interment will follow in Wann Cemetery, Wann, Oklahoma. Friends may call from 1:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. on Sunday at the...

Harold Mason
Aug 20, 2008
Harold Eugene Mason of Tyro, Kansas died Tuesday, August 19, 2008 at his home. Mr. Mason was born April 12, 1933 at Coffeyville, Kansas, the son of Raymond Ray Mason and Nellie Gladys Shrum Mason. He attended Coffeyville schools for a time before moving his family to Pryor, Oklahoma where he finished his schooling. He joined the United States...

Scott Gordon
Aug 16, 2008
Wesley Scott Gordon, 37, died Friday, August 15, 2008, at his grandfathers home in Coffeyville. Wesley Scott Gordon was born April 17, 1971 at Coffeyville, Kansas, the son of Donald James Gordon and Debra Lee Enloe Gordon. He grew up in Coffeyville, attending Coffeyville Schools and graduating from Field Kindley High School in 1989. He attended Coffeyville Community College...