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Delbert LeRoy ‘Del’ Tolbert 1930-2010
Delbert LeRoy “Del” Tolbert, 79, Manhattan, formerly of Chanute, died Tuesday, February 9, 2010, at a Manhattan nursing home. He was born March 22, 1930, at Auburn to LeRoy Albert and Alice Mildred Renyer Tolbert and graduated from Denison High School in 1948. He married Mary Frances Barr on July 22, 1950, at Emporia. She survives. From 1956-1960 he taught sixth grade at Hutton Elementary before becoming the principal at Murray Hill Elementar...
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Doris J. Stockebrand 1930-2010
Doris J. Stockebrand, 79, Yates Center, died Tuesday, February 9, 2010, at Wichita. She was born June 29, 1930, in Topeka to Clyde Hiram and Helen Gould House Bicknell. She graduated from Highland Park High School in Topeka. On Oct. 10, 1952, she married Kenneth Eugene Thompson. He died on July 3, 1959. On Feb. 22, 1969, she married Orville Stockebrand in Topeka. He survives. Other survivors include a son, Eric Thompson, Wichita; a daughter, ...
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Helen Elizabeth Potts Smith 1915-2010
Helen Elizabeth Potts Smith, 94, died Tuesday, February 9, 2010, at the Heritage Health Care Center in Chanute. She was born July 23, 1915, in Butler, Mo., to William Buck and Josephine Rippatoe Potts. She attended schools in Butler and moved to Chanute on June 6, 1941. She married O’Neal Smith Sr. on April 21, 1942, in Chanute. He died on July 30, 1994. She was a homemaker. She was a member of the New Hope Baptist Church and the OES Vashti C...
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Anthony Jacob Bollig 1933-2010
Anthony Jacob Bollig, 77, Chanute, died Tuesday, February 9, 2010, at Neosho Memorial Regional Medical Center in Chanute. He was born Jan. 3, 1933, in Lakin to John Edward and Sarah A. Herman Bollig. He attended rural schools in Chanute. He was a farmer. He married Dorothy McDonald on July 5, 1952, in Huntsville, Ark. They were remarried at St. Patrick Catholic Church a few years later. She preceded him in death on March 23, 2001. He married...
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Kenneth D. Pittman 1930-2010
Kenneth D. Pittman, 80, Wichita, died Monday, February 8, 2010, after a long battle from numerous medical complications. He was born Jan. 30, 1930, in Elk City to Art and Ella Pittman. He graduated from Neodesha High School and Chanute Junior College where he played football. On Aug. 17, 1952, he married Barbara Richardson. They celebrated 57 years of marriage. She survives. After graduating, he served in the U.S. Navy until 1955. He attended...
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Opal ‘Irene’ Locke Stacy 1916-2010
Opal “Irene” Locke Stacy, 93, Chanute, passed away Sunday, February 7, 2010, at Heritage Health Care Center in Chanute. Irene was born in Chanute on Feb. 25, 1916, the youngest daughter of Arleigh L. and Lena Martin Locke. Her grandparents were early settlers in Neosho County, migrating here about 1875. The Locke family farmed in the Neosho River Bottom area where her father, Arleigh Locke was born. She spent her first five years on the oil l...
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Vacil Floyd Poulson 1944-2010
Vacil Floyd Poulson, 65, Stark, died Friday, February 5, 2010, at his home. His death was unexpected. He was born July 23, 1944, at Carthage, Mo., to Chester Vacil and Maggie Rosalee Mathis Poulson. He grew up at Carthage, Kansas City, Kan., and Modesto, Calif. He and Linda Walker were married on Nov. 5, 1964, at Keyes, Calif. She survives. He lived at Modesto and Kansas City, Kan., before moving to Stark in 1992. He worked as a gas station ...
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Josephine M. Guy 1922-2010
Josephine M. Guy, 87, Walnut, died Saturday, February 6, 2010, at Prairie Mission Retirement Village in St. Paul where she entered in December 2009. She was born July 2, 1922, at Walnut to Orville and Mabel Craig Lowe. She attended high school for three years in Stark and graduated from Savonburg High School. She married Lloyd B. Guy on Dec. 30, 1939, at Lamar, Mo. They celebrated their 70th anniversary in December. He survives. She was a fa...
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Opal Irene Stacy 1916-2010
Opal “Irene” Stacy, 93, Chanute, died Sunday, February 7, 2010, at Heritage Health Care Center in Chanute. Arrangements are pending with Penwell-Gabel Johnson Chapel.
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Engagement — Mosburg/Hougardy
Todd and Darla Marple, Altoona, announce the engagement of their daughter, Tara Dawn Mosburg, to David DeMoss Hougardy, son of Alan and Sharon Hougardy, Thayer. Mosburg is a 2008 graduate of Altoona-Midway High School. She is employed with Cherryvale Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Hougardy is a 2007 graduate of Altoona-Midway High School. He is employed with Millennium Rail, Inc., a Watco Company, in Neodesha.
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Laurel ‘Rusty’ Elaine Goodwin 1928-2010
Laurel Elaine “Rusty” Goodwin, 81, Joplin, Mo., died Monday, February 1, 2010, at National Health Care in Joplin. She was born Sept. 11, 1928 in Melvern to Melvin and Gladys Booth Williamson. She worked for BMA in Chanute and Kansas City. She was retired. Survivors include her husband, Alfred Earl Goodwin, Joplin; two sons, Stephen L. Alcock, Colorado Springs, Colo., and Michael D. Alcock, Springfield, Mo.; six grandchildren; and four great-g...
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Bennie Modene Brewer 1928-2010
Bennie Modene Brewer, 81, Yates Center, died Thursday, February 4, 2010, at Yates Center Nursing Home. She was born May 4, 1928, in Snowball, Ark., to Orville and Mary Neva McCutchuon Snow. Survivors include two children, Gary Brewer and Phyllis “PJ” Brewer, both of Yates Center; and two brothers, Norman Snow, Independence, Mo., and Doug Snow, Blackwell, Okla. A private family interment is scheduled. Contributions may be made to the Yates Cen...
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Birth ¬≠— Burt
Michael and Jenny Burt, Chanute, announce the birth of their daughter, Leyton Annalise Burt, born Jan. 18, 2010, at Neosho Memorial Regional Medical Center. She was welcomed home by a brother, Hunter McClane Burt, 4. They are the grandchildren of Alisa Almond, Jim Mugrage and Robert and Sheila Burt, all of Chanute. They are the great-grandchildren of Shirley Record, Chanute, Bill and Maxine Burt, Moran, Gene and Sherry Mugrage, Chanute, Frank...
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Wedding — De La Torre/Colter
Kelly Ann De La Torre and David James Colter were married Dec. 12, 2009, on a beach in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Brian Coffin presided over the ceremony. The bride is the daughter of Roman and Debbie De La Torre, Chanute. The groom is the son of the late James and Cozette Colter, Crawfordsville, Ind. Arcellia Gutierrez, Chanute, goddaughter of the bride, served as flower girl. A reception was held Dec. 31 at the New Chicago Room. The bride is a 1...
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Laurel Elaine 'Rusty' Goodwin 1928-2010
Laurel Elaine “Rusty” Goodwin, 81, Joplin, Mo., died Monday, February 1, 2010, at National Health Care in Joplin. She was born Sept. 11, 1928 in Melvern to Melvin and Gladys Booth Williamson. She worked for BMA in Chanute and Kansas City. She was retired. Survivors include her husband, Alfred Earl Goodwin, Joplin; two sons, Stephen L. Alcock, Colorado Springs, Colo., and Michael D. Alcock, Springfield, Mo.; six grandchildren; and four great-gr...
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James R. Baker 1944-2010
James R. Baker, 65, Chanute, died Wednesday, February 3, 2010, at his residence. He was born Aug. 6, 1944, in Chanute to James P. Baker and Zella L. Wiles Baker. He graduated from Erie High School in 1962. He married Ruth Taylor on June 21, 1989, in Miami, Okla. She survives. He worked for the Chanute Fire Department and Cleaver’s Farm and Home Supply. Other survivors include his mother, Zella Baker, Chanute; a son, Steven Baker, Chanute; f...
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Zula A. Dyer 1943-2010
Zula A. Dyer, 67, Toronto, died Wednesday, February 2, 2010, at the Neosho Memorial Regional Medical Center. She was born Jan. 4, 1943, in Chanute to Worline I. and Alice L. Beine Tipton. She attended Emporia State University and graduated in 1964. On July 9, 1965, she married Ronald Wayne Dyer in Fredonia. He died on Nov. 17, 1998. She worked for the U.S. Postal Service as a Postal Clerk in the Yates Center Post Office. In January 2008 s...
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20 arrested in area drug sweep
Tribune Staff The collaborative effort of 13 law enforcement agencies over the last eight months has resulted in the arrest of 20 southeast Kansas residents on drug charges. Attorney General Steve Six said during Wednesday morning’s press conference that the Southeast Kansas Drug Task Force has been working tirelessly for a long time to complete its investigation, which resulted in law enforcement executing 10 search warrants in Chanute, Iola,...
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Willa Marie Hardy 1913-2010
Willa Marie Hardy, 96, Fredonia, died Wednesday, February 3, 2010, at the Golden Living Center. She was born Oct. 16, 1913, in rural Braymer, Mo., to Claude and Ollie Myrtle Cox Wightman. On May 3, 1959, in Kansas City, Mo., she married Howard Lanning Hardy. He died April 19, 2004. She was a homemaker, artist and published author and a member of the New Albany United Methodist Church. Survivors include three brothers, Winifred Wightman, Kansas...
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Willa Marie Hardy 1913-2010
Willa Marie Hardy, 96, Fredonia, died Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2010 at the Golden Living Center in Fredonia. She was born Oct. 16, 1913 in rural Braymer, Mo., to Claude and Ollie Myrtle Cox Wightman. Willa was a caretaker, helping people in their homes and caring for their children. She later took nurses training and became a teletype operator for TWA for 18 years. On May 3, 1959 in Kansas City, Mo., she married Howard Lanning Hardy. The Hardy’s m...
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