Obituaries
Beulabel Elliott Ray Watkins 1923-2011
Beulabel Elliott Ray Watkins, 87, died Tuesday, May 10, 2011 at the Everett Care & Rehabilitation in Everett, Wash. Beulabel was born June 20, 1923 to Earl and Lena Elliott in Bronson. She resided in Portland, Ore., until 2008 when she moved to Garden Court Retirement Community in Everett where she had made her home for the last three years. Beulabel was preceded in death by her parents, Earl and Lena Elliott of Chanute, a brother, Roger E. El...
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Wayne D. Sparks 1920 – 2011
Wayne Dwight Sparks, 90, Chanute, died Tuesday, May 10, 2011 at his home. Cremation has taken place. A Memorial Service will be held at 10:30 a.m. Friday, May 20 at the First United Methodist Church in Chanute. The family will receive friends on Thursday from 7 to 8 p.m. at the Penwell-Gabel Johnson Chapel in Chanute. A full obituary will follow in next week’s paper.
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Arlo L. Crawshaw 1920-2011
Arlo L. Crawshaw, 91, lifelong resident of Wilson County, died Saturday, May 7, 2011 at the Golden Living Center in Neodesha. He was born Jan. 15, 1920 in Fredonia, the son of Thomas James and Lulu Elizabeth Leiss Crawshaw. He attended school in Wilson County. On Feb. 12, 1941 in Fredonia, Arlo married Vivian Shue. Together they owned and operated The Punkin Creek Ranch in Chetopa Township since 1947. Vivian preceded him in death Oct.r 7, 1986...
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Wayne Wilkins 1942-2011
Wayne Wilkins, 68, Erie, died Tuesday, May 10, 2011 at the St. John’s Regional Medical Center in Joplin. He was born Dec. 23, 1942 at Roxton, Texas to J.C. and L.E. Wilkins. He grew up in the Roxton area and attended schools there. He moved to the Erie area in 1976 where he owned and operated Wilkins Construction for 35 years. He and Delores “Dee” Mattox were married on Nov, 18, 1977 at Miami, Okla. She survives, of the home. He was a member o...
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Larry Thompson
Larry Thompson died in Leawood on Wednesday, May 11, 2011. He was born in Chanute to Gus and Litha Thompson, who, along with his son Yale and his grandson Liam, preceded him in death. He obtained his Bachelor’s degree from Emerson College in Boston and his Master’s degree from the University of Kansas. He is survived by his wife, Oksana, daughter, Tiffany, and grandson, Ocea. Larry began his film and photography career at the Parsons State Ho...
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Ruth Cecilia Sommer 1924-2011
Ruth Cecilia Sommer, 86, Fredonia, Kansas, died Tuesday, May 10, 2011 at Fredonia Regional Hospital. She was born Sept. 5, 1924 in Kansas City, Kan., the daughter of Herman F. and Cecilia C. Meyer Hobelman. Ruth was a graduate of Cathedral High School in Wichita, as well as a graduate of the Wichita Business College. Following college, she was a bookkeeper for Continental Trailways in Wichita for several years. On Jan. 8, 1946, at St. Mary’s...
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Helen Isabel Young Ashcraft 1921-2011
Helen Isabel Young Ashcraft, 89, Kingfisher, Okla., died Saturday, May 7, 2011 at Cimarron Nursing Center where she had been living for the last few years. She was born August 31, 1921 to William Blaine and Bessie O’Conner Young in Chanute. Helen graduated high school in 1939. She joined the cadet program and graduated from Mercy Hospital School of Nursing in Fort Scott on Oct. 22, 1945. She was then transferred to Fitzsimons Army Hospital in ...
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Death notice
Wayne Wilkins, 68, Erie, died at the St. John’s Regional Medical Center in Joplin.  Funeral service will be 10:30 a.m., Saturday, May 14 at the First Christian Church in Erie.  Burial will follow in the East Hill Cemetery at Erie.  The family will receive friends at the Pierce-Carson-Wall Funeral Home in Erie from 6 to 8 Friday.  Memorials are suggested to the Wayne Wilkins Memorial Fund and these may be left at or mailed to the funeral home P...
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Alice Faye Fitzmorris Walsh and William “Bill” John Walsh
Alice Faye Fitzmorris Walsh, Austin, Texas, died at her home Sunday, Nov. 22, 2009. Alice was born Dec. 2, 1921 in Fredonia. She graduated from Fredonia High School, then business prep school in Wichita. Later she was employed as a TWA Hostess where she met her pilot husband, William J. Walsh. They were married April 19, 1947 at Sacred Heart Church in Fredonia. The couple had three children, Bill, Diane, and Kathleen, and three grandchildren...
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Cleto Demetrio Coronado 1929-2011
Cleto Demetrio Coronado, 82, Humboldt, died Friday, May 6, 2011 at his home. Cleto was born April 26, 1929 in Deerfield, to Catarino and Francisca Trevino Coronado. His family moved to Mexico when he was in the third grade. He spent much time at el rancho “El Almagre” near Sierra Mojada, Coahuila in Mexico. He began working at Monarch Cement in the 1950s and married Celia Melendez in Jimenez, Chihuahua on April 30, 1960. They made their home i...
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Cordia VanWinkle-Isaacs 1924-2011
Cordia VanWinkle-Isaacs 1924-2011 Cordia VanWinkle-Isaacs, 87, Chanute, died Friday, May 6, 2011 at her residence in Chanute. Cordia was born at Taney County, Mo., on Jan. 25, 1924, the daughter of Cal and Ora Jackson Strahan. She married Orville Elleck VanWinkle on June 11, 1939. He preceded her in death on April 25, 1971. She is survived by her sons, Orville Eugene VanWinkle, Benedict, Wilbur VanWinkle and wife, Becky, Chanute, and Lar...
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Ann Marie Smith 1926-2011
Ann Marie Smith, 85, lifelong resident of Erie, died Tuesday, May 3, 2011 surrounded by her family at the Guest Home Estates in Erie.  She was born April 30, 1926, in Walnut, the daughter of Herbert and Gladys Noland Mudd. As a young girl, she grew up in Walnut where she attended schools and was a graduate of Walnut High School. She and Harold R. Smith were married May 25, 1926, in Walnut. Following marriage, they lived in Wichita before retur...
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Letha B. Berry 1917-2011
Letha B. Berry, 93, Chanute, formerly of Fredonia and Neodesha, died Thursday, May 5, 2011 at Neosho Regional Medical Center in Chanute. Letha was born June 18, 1917 in Neodesha the daughter of Frank and Rozella Duft Hare.  She attended Neodesha schools.  On Dece. 30, 1933 she married Addison Berry in Fredonia.  He preceded her in death.  Following the death of her husband she moved to Chanute to be closer to her family. She is survived by he...
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Chester Allen Booe, Sr. 1921-2011
Chester Allen Booe, Sr., 90, Humboldt, was called to Heaven on May 4, 2011 at the Kansas City Hospice House, Kansas City, Mo. Chester was born on April 24, 1921 in Humboldt, the youngest of 12 children of William Harrison and Othella Mae Duncan Booe. Chester attended Cottage Grove School and enjoyed the school reunions. Chester married Ina Mabel McClellan on June 29, 1940 in Iola. Together they raised their four children; Colleen, Allen, Sherr...
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Lois Mae Scott 1932-2011
Lois Mae Scott, 79, lifelong resident of Fredonia, died Monday, May 2, 2011 at Via Christi St. Francis Hospital in Wichita. Lois was born on March 28, 1932 in Fredonia to Ernest Ebert and Laura Donia Stinecipher Cummings. Lois was a member of the class of 1950, graduating from Fredonia High School. On Sept. 16, 1950 she was united in marriage to Roland P. Scott. Lois and Roland were married for 39 years until his death of July 2, 1990. Lois wa...
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Eleanor Russell 1934-2011
Eleanor Russell, 77, Humboldt, died Sunday, May 1, 2011 at Neosho Memorial Regional Medical Center in Chanute. Eleanor was born in rural Allen Country on Feb. 11, 1934, the daughter of Roy and Gladys Wright Riley. She graduated from Humboldt High School in 1952. Eleanor worked for Southwestern Bell Telephone for several years as an operator in Humboldt. She spent most of her life as a homemaker. She was a member of the Humboldt United Methodis...
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Wayne Bauman 1941-2011
Wayne Bauman, 69, Longview, Texas, died Friday, April 29, 2011 in Longview. He was born August 6, 1941 in Fredonia, the son of Leland Edward and Estella Schneider Bauman. He worked in construction. Wayne was a member of the Catholic Church. Survivors include his mother, Estella Bauman, Fredonia; a daughter, Christina Fesler, Livermore, Calif.; a son, Mark Bauman, Altoona; one grandson; a brother, Larry Bauman, Fredonia; three sisters, Ma...
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Frank Eugene Stacy 1916-2011
Frank Eugene Stacy, 95, Chanute, died Saturday, April 30, 2011 at the Neosho Memorial Regional Medical Center after a short illness. Frank was born on Feb. 27, 1916 in Ord, Neb., the only child of Everett Lewis Stacy and Abbie Levina Potter Stacy. Shortly after Frank’s birth the family traveled by covered wagon to Everton, Mo. There his mother managed a hotel and his father ran a shuttle service between the train depot and hotel as well as far...
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Arthur Ben Wilcox, Jr. 1954-2011
Arthur Ben Wilcox, Jr.. 56, Broken Arrow, Okla., former Chanute resident, died Sunday, May 1, 2011 at Coweta, Okla. He was born Dec. 26, 1954 at Tulsa, Okla., the son of Arthur B. and Virginia Florence Turner Wilcox. He served with the Army 82nd Airborne during Vietnam War. His occupation was security for Bailey’s Med. He is survived by his wife Sharee, of the home; children, Arthur B. Wilcox, III, Lena Davis, Christina Boyer, Teresa Love; sis...
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Raymond L. “Ray” Hull 1932-2011
The time of the memorial service for Raymond L. “Ray” Hull, 79, rural Humboldt, who died Saturday, April 30, was inadvertently omitted in Tuesday’s Tribune. Memorial service will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday, May 7 at the Humboldt United Methodist Church. Waugh-Yokum & Friskel Memorial Chapel of Iola is in charge of arrangements.
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