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Mathew T. “Ross” Burchett 1978-2010
Mathew T. “Ross” Burchett, 31, died early Sunday July 18, 2010, due to longstanding complications from diabetes. He was born on Oct, 22, 1978, in Chanute, to Glenda Shultz. He raised by his mother and stepfather, Raymond T. Swafford, spending most of his life between Chanute, Coffeyville and Parsons. Survivors include his mother, Glenda Shultz and companion, John Symons, Parsons; his father, Jeffrey Burchett Dewitt, Neb.; his fianc√©, Angela ...
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Leola Wilda Dame 1920-2010
Leola Wilda Dame, 90, Atchison, died Friday, July 23, 2010 in Atchison. Graveside service will be 3 p.m. Tuesday, July 27 in the Buffalo Cemetery, Buffalo. The family will receive friends from 6-8 p.m. Monday at the Becker-Dyer-Stanton Funeral Home. Memorials are suggested to the Arthritis Foundation, Atchison United Methodist Church, American Heart Association or Donor’s Choice. Condolences to the family may be left online at www.beckerdyer....
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Boone - Harryman
Mr. and Mrs. Merle Boone, Chanute, announce the engagement of their daughter Jessie Marie Boone, to Joseph Scott Harryman, son of Anthony and Darcy Jones and Charles and Susan Harryman, Dawson Springs, Ky. The bride-elect is a graduate of Central Bible College and plans to obtain her Master’s degree in counseling this fall. Harryman also graduated from Central Bible College and will be working towards his Master’s degree in theological stu...
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Lock - Ellrich
Clark and Lesly Lock, Chanute, announce the engagement of their daughter Jill Renae Lock to Justin Ellrich, son of Michael and Rebecca Ellrich, St. Louis, Mo. The bride-elect is a 2009 graduate of the University of Kansas with a Bachelor’s in interior architecture. While attending the University of Kansas, she was employed by the University Athletics Corporation as the equipment manager for the baseball team. Ellrich is a 2008 graduate of the...
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Richard V. Cloke 1919-2010
Richard V. Cloke 91, Pittsburg, formerly of Chanute, died Tuesday July 20, 2010 at Via Christi Village in Pittsburg. Richard was born Jan. 16, 1919 in Parsons, the son of Roy G. and Hazel P. Babcock Cloke. He was a member of the 1936 Chanute State Championship basketball team, graduating that same year. He attended two years at Chanute Junior College before entering the US Army Air Corps in 1938. He served in WWII in Africa and Italy flying B...
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Tamara ‘Tammi’ Jeanne Hawk 1952-2010
Tamara (Tammi) Jeanne Hawk died at the Good Shepherd Hospice House in Manhattan on Sunday, July 18, 2010. ¬†She was born August 5, 1952, at Chanute, Kansas, the daughter of John Thomas Naughton and Opal Irene Locke.¬† She grew up on the family farm in Neosho County, and graduated from Chanute High School in 1970. In 1975 she received a Bachelor’s in Social Work from Kansas State University, and in 1981 a Master’s in Social Work from the Unive...
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Leonard A. Chambers 1934-2010
Leonard A. Chambers, 75, died Monday, July 12, 2010, in Tomball, Texas. He was born July 22, 1934 in Yates Center, and graduated from the University of Texas in 1956 where he served as the assistant director of the Longhorn Band and president of the A Cappella Choir. Later he received his master’s in Music at Vandercook College of Music in Chicago. He retired in 1993 after a wide range of service, including band director, choir director, mus...
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Donald ‘Don’ E. Briley 1942 – 2010
Donald Eugene “Don” Briley, 68, Chanute, died Friday, July 16, 2010 at the Neosho Memorial Regional Medical Center in Chanute. Don was born in Thayer on April 2, 1942, the son of George and Marjorie Barker Briley. He graduated from Chanute High School. He served his country in the United States Navy. He was united in marriage to Patricia Boardman on Feb. 26, 1965 in Chanute. She survives, of the home. Don was a loader operator for Ash Grove C...
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Loren Ray Parks 1932-2010
Loren Ray Parks, 78, rural Fredonia, died Saturday, July 17, 2010 at Fredonia Regional Hospital. He was born April 7, 1932 in Ponca City, Okla., the son of Lawrence and Leona Komma Parks. Parks served 24 years in the United States Air Force, retiring in 1972 as a chief master sergeant. Following his retirement from the Air Force, he most recent was employed for 16 years at Fredonia Regional Hospital as a lab tech and also managed the departm...
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Revolving loan committee approves Tioga Suites' loan request
Harold Campbell Tribune Reporter The Tioga Suites got a reprieve Friday afternoon when the Chanute Revolving Loan Committee unanimously but “reluctantly” agreed to restructure owner Todd Johnson’s loan so he can afford monthly payments and keep the historic downtown landmark open. “We need to leave the place open because a full downtown is a valuable asset,” committee member Ken Lickteig said. “But being 13 months behind sets a dangerous pr...
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Is a race track in Chanute's future?
Harold Campbell Tribune Reporter Discussions have begun about the possibility of having a motorsports complex built in Chanute, city officials said Friday. “I wouldn’t even say it’s in the planning stages,” said City Manager J.D. Lester, responding to recent rumors about construction of a race track that could be home to such events as drag racing, motocross and stock car racing. “We’re still in the very preliminary discussion phase. Nothi...
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Economic development plan discussed
Harold Campbell Tribune Reporter With an overflow crowd packed into the Alliance Room at the Memorial Building, the process of coming up with a strategic, comprehensive economic development plan for Chanute kicked off Thursday evening with an outline of the process and a brainstorming session with audience members. “This is your plan -- it’s Chanute’s plan,” said Patrick Hanlon, senior project managers of PGAV Planners of St. Louis, one of ...
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Dave Roseberry 1923-2010
Dave Roseberry, 87, died Tuesday, July 13, 2010 at his home in Chanute. David Clayne Roseberry was born May 20, 1923 at Holly, Colo., the son of Lee and Maudie Smith Roseberry. In 1944, he was united in marriage to Mary Agnes Reed. They were later divorced. On Dec. 14, 1967, he married Sharon Berry in Miami, Okla. She survives, of the home. Survivors include three daughters, Becky Neville, The Woodlands, Texas, Beth Ann Fulghum, Haysville, an...
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Judith ‘Judy’ E. Petty 1941 – 2010
Judith “Judy” Elaine Petty, 68, Chanute, died Wednesday, July 14, 2010 at the Chanute Health Care Center. Judy was born in Waverly on Oct. 13, 1941, the daughter of William Houston and Edna Bonner Houston. She graduated from LeRoy High School. She was united in marriage to Lester Petty on Sept. 5, 1964 in Chanute. He survives, of the home. She was a homemaker. Judy was a member of the Church of the Nazarene where she taught Sunday School for ...
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Lloyd Waddell Carver 1924-2010
Lloyd Waddell Carver, 85, Toledo, Ore., died July 12, 2010. He was born to Bertie Jiles Carver and Alta Gentry Carver in Altoona on Dec. 13, 1924. When living in Oregon, he enlisted in the Navy for World War II. He and Elsie Southwell were married Dec. 5, 1947. He started Lloyd’s Auto Service in August 1948 and was¬†a service station business owner for more than 50 years in Toledo. He was a member of Newport Nazarene Church. Lloyd is survive...
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Trevaughn Markess Dawnte Granderson 2010
Trevaughn Markess Dawnte Granderson, infant son of Tierra D. Williams, Chanute, entered this life at 1:59 p.m. and departed this life at 3:45 p.m. on Saturday, July 10, 2010, at Truman Medical Center in Kansas City, Mo, Survivors include his mother, Tierra D. Williams, Chanute; two brothers, Adon’dre Williams-Allen, Kansas City, Kan., and Taurus Granderson, Jr., of Iola; two sisters, Zareona Williams and La princia Granderson, both of Iola; g...
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Lloyd E. Horton 1924 - 2010
Lloyd E. Horton, 86, St. Paul, died Sunday, July 11, 2010, at Prairie Mission Retirement Village in St. Paul. He was born Jan. 5, 1924, in St. Paul, to Julius A. and Della F. Spoonemore Horton. He was a 1942 graduate of St. Paul High School. On May 26, 1943, he entered the United States Navy where he served his country during World War II. Following his honorable discharge on April 18, 1946, he returned to St. Paul before moving to Casper, W...
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Iva B. Wiltse 1921 – 2010
Iva B. Wiltse, 88, passed away at 6:15 a.m., Monday, July 12, 2010 at Via Christi Hospital in Pittsburg, Kansas. She had lived in Chanute for 69 years before moving to Sunset Manor Nursing facility in Frontenac in December 2009. She and her twin brother, Ivan, were born August 12, 1921, to Ira and Bessie (McPeak) Wheeler at Mercy Hospital in Parsons. Their mother died when the twins were age seven. They lived at an orphanage in Montgomery Cou...
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Larry Charles Wikel 1947 – 2010
Larry Charles Wikel, 62, Chanute, died Sunday, July 11, 2010, at the Colmery O’Neil VA Medical Center in Topeka. Larry was born in Great Bend on Dec. 20, 1947, the son of Lawrence and Tressie Cravens Wikel Gossett. Larry was a veteran of the United States Army, having served three tours in Vietnam and later serving in Germany. He was awarded the Bronze Star. After the service he worked as an auto body mechanic and welder. He was united in ma...
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Dr. Arthur Carlson, Jr. 1922 - 2010
Arthur Carlson, Jr., 88, Overland Park, died Monday, July 12, 2010. A visitation will be held Thursday, July 15 from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Amos Family Chapel of Shawnee. A funeral service will be held Friday at 10 a.m., also at the chapel. Burial will be Saturday at 11 a.m. at Mount Hope Cemetery in Humboldt. Art was born June 5, 1922 on a farm near Buffalo, to Arthur and Olga Anderson Carlson. He had four siblings: Gladys, Wilma, Opal, and Mel...
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