Obituaries
Flora McKee 1953-2011
Flora McKee, 57, Edna, died Monday, Sept. 12, 2011 at the Landmark Hospital in Joplin. She had been battling cancer the past four years. Flora and her husband, Mark McKee, are owners of the Parsons Livestock Market. She was born Nov. 24, 1953, at McPherson, to Jake and Florence Balzer Penner. The family lived in Inman and then in Salina, where she graduated from the El-Saline High School. She also attended the Calgary Bible College at Three H...
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Wayne G. Reeves 1921-2011
Wayne Gerald Reeves, 90, Chanute, died Saturday, Sept. 10, 2011 at the Neosho Memorial Regional Medical Center in Chanute. Wayne was born on May 4, 1921 in Rural Galesburg, the son of Elijah Adison and Bessie Emily Bowman Reeves. He attended school at Meeker District 69 in rural Galesburg. He was united in marriage to Clara Benadean Bennett on August 27, 1941 in Iola. She preceded him in death on August 15, 2007. Wayne served his country in th...
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Delbert Brooksher 1927-2011
Delbert Brooksher, 84, Pittsburg, died Thursday, Sept. 8, 2011 at his home. He was born May 27, 1927 at Lang, to Wayne and Clara Orlowski Brooksher. He graduated from Edgerton High School in 1945. Brooksher entered the United States Navy during World War II and continued to serve for 22 years. Following his career in the Navy, he went to work at the Kansas Army Ammunition Plant. After retiring, he started his own business as a contractor. On ...
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Timothy J. ‘T. J.’ Jacobs 1947-2011
Timothy J. “T. J.” Jacobs, 64, Erie, died Wednesday evening, Sept. 7, 2011, at his home. He was born April 21, 1947 in Baltimore, Md., to William Hamlen and Ethel Delores Imhoff Jacobs. He grew up and attended school in Glen Burnie, Md. He and Robin M. Klenklen were married Dec. 9, 1988, in Annapolis, Md. In 1993, they moved to Erie, Kansas where they have lived since. He was a member of the St. Ambrose Church in Erie. Survivors include his...
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Paulette Dunlap Friederich 1946-2011
Paulette Dunlap Friederich, 65, Erie, died Sunday, Sept. 4, 2011 at her home. Funeral service is 11 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 10 at Westview Southern Baptist Church, 1415 S. Plummer, Chanute. Visitation at 10 a.m. until service time. Survivors are husband, Stanley; children, Brett Friederich and his wife, Valarie, and Brande Simmons; grandchildren, Ella Friederich, Jacob and Ashton Simmons; her mother, two sisters, one brother and mother-in-law. S...
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Jay H. Scott 1962-2011
Jay H. Scott, 48, McPherson, died in the early morning hours on Friday, Sept. 2, 2011 in an automobile accident. Jay Howard Scott, the son of James Edward and Mary Ann Walline Scott, was born Nov. 12, 1962 at McPherson. He was one of three children born to this union, two sons and one daughter: Jay, James, and Tanya. Jay was dedicated at the First Baptist Church in McPherson and later baptized at the First Baptist Church in Albuquerque, N.M. ...
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Florence Marie Farmer 1925-2011
Florence Farmer, 86, Humboldt, died Saturday, Sept. 3, 2011 at Pinecrest Nursing Home in Humboldt. Florence was born in rural Buffalo on Feb. 17, 1925, the daughter of DeLacy and Bertha Mae Thornton Rose. She graduated from Buffalo High School in 1945. On Feb. 19, 1949 she married J.E. Farmer in Bentonville, Ark. He preceded her in death on July 22, 1972. She was a homemaker. She enjoyed playing bingo, listening to music, shopping, and mos...
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Loren ‘Dupe’ ‘Punk’ Dupuy 1932-2011
Loren Dupuy, 79, Sedan, died Friday, Sept. 2, 2011 at the Pleasant Valley Nursing Home in Sedan. Loren was born in Humboldt on March 22, 1932, the son of Lee Roy and Vera Downing Dupuy. He retired from Southwestern Bell Telephone Company. He served in the Army during the Korean War and was a lifetime member of the Douglass Masonic Lodge #151. Graveside services will be 10 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2011 at Mount Hope Cemetery in Humboldt. ...
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Florence Farmer, 86, Humboldt, died Saturday, Sept. 3, 2011 at Pinecrest Nursing Home in Humboldt. Funeral will be held 10 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2011 at Penwell-Gabel Humboldt Chapel. The family will receive friends this evening from 7 until 8 p.m. at the Penwell-Gabel Humboldt Chapel. Memorials in her name may be made to Arrowood Lane the and may be left with the funeral home. Penwell-Gabel Humboldt Chapel is in charge of arrangements. To ...
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Phylllis M. Smith 1929-2011
Mrs. Phyllis M. Smith, 81, of Independence, died Saturday afternoon at Bradford Place in Independence. Cremation has taken place.  Family conducted memorial services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Friday at the First United Methodist Church of Independence with the Reverend Delores Williamston, pastor, officiating.  Inurment will be at the Mt. Hope Cemetery. The family as suggested memorial remembrances to Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice and remembran...
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Herbert Matlock 1920-2011
Herbert Matlock, 90, Chanute, died Thursday, Sept. 1, 2011 at Heritage Health Care in Chanute. Herbert was born in Neosho County on Oct. 20, 1920 the son of Eliga Bert and Grace Stowell Matlock. He married J. Pauline Walker on May 25, 1940 in Erie. She preceded him in death on March 19, 2006. He retired from the Highway Department. Herbert is survived by his children, Barbara Sutton and husband, Clyde, Colony, and Herbert E. Matlock and wi...
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Violet Pearl Whitmore 1930-2011
Violet Whitmore, 81, Chanute, died Tuesday, August 30, 2011 at Neosho Memorial Regional Medical Center in Chanute. Violet was born on June 23, 1930 in Chicago, Ill.,, the daughter of Richard and Gwendolyn Southard Seaton. She attended high school in Denver, Colo. On Dec. 10, 1983 she married Vince Whitmore in Derby. He survives her. Violet worked as a packer for the Coleman Company in Wichita for 15 years. Violet is survived by her husband, V...
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Betty Louise Scott 1925 – 2011
Betty Scott, 85, of Chanute, passed away Sunday, August 28, 2011 at Neosho Memorial Regional Medical Center in Chanute, KS. Betty was born on September 28, 1925 in Chanute, KS, the daughter of Fred Earl Bartholomew and Katherine Louise (Rapp) Bartholomew. She attended Chanute High School. On January 9, 1946 she married Max A. Scott in Independence, KS. He preceded her in death on December 13, 1996. Betty was a homemaker. Betty is survived by...
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Alice Marie Barnhart 1940-2011
Alice Marie Barnhart, 71, Coffeyville, Kansas, died Saturday, August 27, 2011 at Coffeyville Regional Medical Center. Alice was born June 18, 1940 in her grandmother’s home in Neosho County, Kansas to Russell Dean and Mildred Lorene Maxwell Aikins. She grew up around Erie and received her education in the local schools. She married Howard Barnhart on August 4, 1956 at Coffeyville’s First Baptist Church. The couple lived on Table Rock Lake...
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Earl Leon Simmons 1947-2011
Earl Leon Simmons, 63, Galesburg, died Monday, August 29, 2011 near Chanute. He had been in ill health but death was unexpected. He was born Nov. 3, 1947 to Thomas and Dorothy Hopeman Simmons near Kimball.  He moved with his family to a farm near Galesburg in December 1947.  He attended schools in Galesburg and was a 1965 graduate of Galesburg High School.  He served in the Kansas National Guard from 1964 to 1970.             Through the years...
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Surrilda A. Reese 1918-2011
Surrilda A. Reese, 93, Chanute, died Saturday, August 27, 2011 at Chanute Health Care. Surrilda was born in Picher, Okla., on Feb. 16, 1918, the daughter of Gordon and Myrtle Pruette Golden. She attended schools in Picher. She was united in marriage to David S. Reese on Dec. 24, 1934 in Pineville, Mo. They were married for 57 years until his death on Feb. 17, 1991. She moved to Chanute in 1992. Surrilda and her husband were Concessionaires an...
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Lavera J. Lyon 1921-2011
Lavera June Lyon, Neodesha, died Tuesday, August 23, 2011, at the Golden Living Center. She was 90. Funeral will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 27, 2011, at the United Methodist Church under the direction of Penwell-Gabel Loran Fawcett Chapel. Interment will be in Neodesha Cemetery. Friends may call Friday from 9 a.m.-8 p.m. with the family receiving friends from 6-8 p.m. The daughter of Glenn L. and Laura M. Rohwer Worley, she was born June 15...
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Gary Howard Hockett 1965-2011
Gary Howard Hockett, 45, Hepler, died Sunday, August 21, 2011 at St. Luke’s Medical Center in Kansas City, Mo. He was born Oct. 19, 1965 in Iola, the son of Larry and Evelyn Shook Hockett. Gary was employed as a truck driver for Kunshek Chat and Coal, Inc., Pittsburg. On June 20, 1998 in Toronto, he married Pamela McCann. She survives, at the home. Survivors, in addition to his wife, Pamela, include his parents, Larry and Evelyn Hockett, Ya...
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Patrick A. Smith 1952-2011
Patrick A. Smith, 59, Watertown, S.D., died August 19, 2011, at Avera McKennan Hospital in Sioux Falls, S.D., after a valiant battle with cancer. Funeral will be today, August 24 at 10:30 a.m. at Holy Name Catholic Church at Watertown, S.D. Burial will be at the Mount Hope Cemetery at Watertown. Pat was born in Miles City, Mon. He spent the majority of his early years in southeastern Kansas. He graduated from Altoona-Midway High School at B...
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Betty Colleen Ogden 1927-2011
Betty Ogden, 84, Chanute, died Wednesday, August 17, 2011 at her residence. Betty was born in Stapp, Okla., on Jan. 16, 1927, the daughter of Darrell Curtis and Delsa Marguerite Schofield Blakely. She graduated from Chanute High School in 1944. On August 12, 1944 she married Thomas Ogden in Fredonia. He preceded her in death on Dec. 9, 2009. She enjoyed gardening, dancing, music, and reading recipes and cooking. Her greatest joy was her kids a...
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