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Vernon L. Defebaugh 1932-2013
Vernon L. Defebaugh, 81, of Chanute, died Tuesday, April 30, 2013 at the Chanute Healthcare Center. Vernon was born in Iola on Feb. 28, 1932, the son of George A. and Dee Pearl Scott Defebaugh. He graduated from Chanute High School in 1950 and attended NCCC and Wichita State University. He served his country in the United States Army during the Korean War and was stationed at Ft. Eustis, Va. Vernon was united in marriage to Glenna Swan on Nov...
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Vivian E. Collins 1918-2013
Vivian E. Collins, 94, a longtime Erie resident, died Saturday, April 27, 2013 at the Guest Home Estates in Erie where she has resided for two years. She was born on Dec. 8, 1918 at Spokane, Wash., to John and Olive Morris Collins. The family lived in Spokane, Vinita, Oklahoma, and Sedalia, Mo., before moving to Erie in 1930. She attended Erie schools and graduated from Erie High School in 1936. She worked at the Kansas Ordnance Plant duri...
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Christopher Lee Coyle 1974-2013
Christopher Lee Coyle, 38, of Chanute, went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, April 30, 2013 at his home. Christopher was born in Pascagoula, Miss., on Nov. 18, 1974, the son of Terence Coyle and Pauline Wire. He attended school in Aiken, S.C. Christopher was united in marriage to Lynn Rose on April 8, 2011 in Miami, Okla. She survives, of the home. Along with his wife, Lynn, he is survived by his mother, Pauline, of Thayer; four brothers, Ken...
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Ruth Scott 1919-2013
Ruth Scott, 93, a lifelong resident of Fredonia, died Tuesday, April 30, 2013 at Fredonia Regional Hospital. She was born August 19, 1919 in Fredonia, to Frank Andrew and Ruth Foreman Lyon. She was a homemaker. On Feb. 27, 1939 in Fredonia, Ruth was united in marriage to Thomas Ross Scott. He preceded her in death Dec. 3, 2008. Ruth was a member of the Bible Holiness Church in Independence and had been a member of the Fire Baptized Holiness C...
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John Norman Haugsness 1931-2013
John Norman Haugsness, 82, Topeka, formerly of Chanute and Seneca, died Saturday, April 27, 2013 at Midland Hospice. He was born on March 21, 1931 in Hebron, Neb., to S.J. and Lillian Weber Haugsness. John graduated from St. Peter and Paul High School in 1949. John was a U.S. Army veteran serving during the Korean War. He then attended Neosho County Community College. He was an electronic communications specialist for the Kansas Department o...
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Rosalee Allen 1937-2013
Rosalee “Rosie” Allen, 75, of Chanute, died Wednesday, April 24, 2013 at the KU Medical Center in Kansas City. Rosie was born in Russell on Dec. 6, 1937, the daughter of James F. and Lydia Bangert Vaughn. She graduated from Chanute High School in 1956. She was united in marriage to Martin James “Jim” Allen on June 2, 1962. The most important things in her life were her family, grandchildren, nieces and nephews. She loved to have pool parties...
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Miller - Gloshen
Cindy M. Miller of Chanute, Butch Miller of Altoona,and Daryl and Roberta Gloshen of Ottawa announce the engagement of their children, Megan Miller of Altoona and Nicholas Gloshen of Ottawa. The bride-elect is a 2009 Altoona-Midway graduate and 2011 Allen County Community College graduate. She is a senior at K-State majoring in Agronomy and plans to graduate in December. Gloshen is a 2009 Wellsville graduate and is a senior at K-State major...
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Joy Grace Mintz Cheyney 1916-2013
Joy Grace Mintz Cheyney, 96, a former rural Chanute resident, died Wednesday, April 24, 2013 at the Allen County Hospital in Iola. She had been residing at the Moran Manor since December, and had been at Prairie Mission Retirement Village since December 2011. She was born on Dec. 18, 1916 at Stillwell, Okla,, to Lee and Myrtie Brunk Mintz. She moved with her family when she was six to a farm east of Chanute where she grew up. She attended cou...
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Raymond A. Tredway 1933-2013
Raymond Arthur Tredway, 79, of Chanute died Wednesday, April 24, 2013 at the Heritage Health Care Center in Chanute. Raymond was born in Stark on June 4, 1933, the son of Ralph and Mary Bender Tredway. He graduated from Stark High School, and then graduated from Pittsburg State Teachers College, now Pittsburg State University. He was united in marriage to Ruth Allene Brothers on Nov. 18, 1961, in Winfield. She preceded him in death on August ...
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Ethel D. Jacobs 1923-2013
Ethel D. Jacobs, 89, of Erie, died Tuesday, April 23, 2013, at Neosho Memorial Regional Medical Center in Chanute. She was born Oct. 5, 1923, in Baltimore, Md., to George Edward and Bridgette “Birdy” (Dell) Imhoff. She grew up in Baltimore where she graduated from Seton Catholic High School. On March 16, 1944, she married William Hamlen Jacobs in Baltimore. Following her husband’s discharge from the Merchant Marines during World War II, the...
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Donna Darlene Joyce 1944-2013
Donna Darlene Joyce, 69, of Buffalo, died Monday, April 22, 2013 at her home in Buffalo. Donna was born in rural Buffalo on April 11, 1944, the daughter of John “Pete” and Millie Miller Johnson. She attended Buffalo schools. Donna grew up in Buffalo, where she attended Buffalo schools. She worked with her father custom baling hay, where she met her husband Robert Dean Joyce. They married August 27, 1961 in Buffalo. From this union, three sons...
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Donald R. Puckett 1939-2013
Donald Puckett, 73, Kansas City, Kan. died April 21, 2013.  He grew up in Chanute and worked for the FAA for 30 plus years. Don is survived by his wife, Rebecca; sons Ronald Gruber and Kurt Puckett; and daughter, Donna Puckett. The body was cremated and nso service is planned.
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Mary Ellen Walters 1922-2013
Mary Ellen Walters, 91, of Erie, died April 20, 2013 at her home. She was born March 17, 1922 in Hamilton, to Fred O. and Bessie Hollis Smith. She graduated from Hamilton High School in 1940 and married Richard Lee “Dick” Walters Dec. 14, 1940 at the home of father and stepmother, Fred and Catherine Smith. They moved extensively as Dick was a heavy-equipment operator. She was widowed in 1960 at the age of 38 with eight children ranging in age...
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Howard D. Smart 1939-2013
Howard D. Smart, 74, of Iola, died Sunday, April 21, 2013, at his home. Howard was born Feb. 4, 1939, at LaHarpe, the son of Robert Leo and Annie Christine McCulley Smart. He graduated from LaHarpe High School. On Oct. 21, 1961, Howard married Ruth M. Swanson at Grace Lutheran Church in Iola. Howard served in the U.S. Army for two years. He retired from Monarch Cement Company in Humboldt after working there 25 years as a driller and blaster...
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Berniece ‘Tooty’ Gard 1915-2013
Berniece “Tooty” Gard, 97, of Appleton, Wis., died Thursday, April 18, 2013 at St. Joseph Residence in New London, Wis. She was born Dec. 1, 1915 on the farm of her parents, Henry and Lulu Kolstrup at Fall River. She graduated from Fall River High School. He father died in 1918 and her early years were spent helping her mother on the farm. During World War II, she worked at Boeing Aircraft in Wichita. After her mother sold the farm, they move...
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James D. “Jim” Cushman 1936-2013
James D. “Jim” Cushman, 76, of Chanute, left this world Wednesday, April 17, 2013 at the Neosho Memorial Regional Medical Center in Chanute. Jim was born in Columbus on Oct. 10, 1936, the son of Floyd and Norva Haskins Cushman. He grew up in Columbus before moving to Emporia. He joined the Marine Corps and served from 1957-1962. Jim worked with his father as an Ironworker for many years. He also worked at Kustom Electronics, Churchill Manufac...
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Jeanette Marie Edwards 1949-2013
Jeanette Marie Edwards, 64, of Fredonia, died Tuesday, April 16, 2013 at the Kansas Heart Hospital in Wichita. She was born March 27, 1949 in Hutchinson, the daughter of Lawrence and Virginia Albright Wilbert. Jeanette was a 1967 graduate of Pittsburg Colgan High School. She received her Bachelor’s degree in education in 1972 and her Master’s degree in education in 1981 from Pittsburg State University. On August 18, 1973 in Pittsburg, she was...
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Otis Merle Smith 1932-2013
Otis Merle Smith, 81, of Moran, died Tuesday, April 16, 2013, at the Allen County Hospital, Iola. Otis was born Feb. 21, 1932, at Harding, Ark., the son of Randall and Hester Loveall Smith. On Jan. 7, 1956, Otis married Ruth E. Williams in Nevada, Mp. They were divorced in 1984. He and Donna M. Jackman Gonzalez were married on August 20, 1988 in Moran where they made their home. Otis had worked at farming, in the oil fields, for Hi-Lo in ...
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William H. ‘Bill’ Beck 1926-2013
William H. “Bill” Beck died ... 2011 blue Toyota pickup for sale. Bill always had a joke for every occasion and liked to leave you laughing. No different in his death, he still wants you to have a laugh. The funeral for William “Bill” Beck, 86 was at 10 a.m. Tues., April 16, at First United Methodist Church officiated by the Rev. Jim Hill. Burial followed at Hennessey Cemetery under the direction of Cordry-Gritz Funeral Home. Bill was born in...
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Winona ‘Nonie’ Lechner 1931-2013
Winona Rosemary “Nonie” Lechner, 82, of Chanute, died Tuesday, April 16, 2013, at her home. Nonie was born Jan. 30, 1931, in Buffalo, the daughter of Warren Franklin and Virgie Lorene Cloud Bockover. She worked as a waitress in area restaurants most of her life. Survivors include one daughter; one brother, Stephen Bockover; five sisters, Ellen May Logan, Margie Adams, Ima Jean Burnell, Anita Gaye Hannah and Sandra Bockover; three grandchild...
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