Obituaries
Victor F. Stroble 1919-2008
Victor F. Stroble, 89, Chanute, died Thursday, September 11, 2008, at Neosho Memorial Regional Medical Center. He was born Jan. 1, 1919, in Independence to John and Gurtrude Button Stroble. He graduated from Elk City High School in 1940. He served in the U.S. Air Force during World War II, Korea and Vietnam. He retired from the Air Force and Civil Service. He married Joan Knowles on June 10, 2008, in Chanute. She survives. Other survivors ...
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Donice ‘Donnie’ Wheatley 1920-2008
Donice “Donnie” Wheatley, 87, Thayer, died Saturday, May 31, 2008, as a result of a heart attack. Her health had been deteriorating for the last six to eight months, brought on by the effects of emphysema, pneumonia and COPD. She was born June 10, 1920, in Wichita to Andrew and Flossie Eilerts Stires. She was the third of five children and had a brother and three sisters. She graduated from Wichita East High School in 1938, specializing in su...
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Raymond L. Dawson 1942-2008
Raymond L. Dawson, 66, passed away September 7, 2008. He was born April 2, 1942, the second of five children born to E.D. Dawson and Hazel Cooper Dawson. His birthplace was St. Louis, Missouri, but he grew to adulthood in Southeast Kansas. He graduated from Chanute High School in 1960, earned a Bachelor of Science degree from The University of Tulsa, took postgraduate classes at The Institute of Paper Chemistry and received a Master’s Degree ...
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Carl Edward Kemmerer 1945-2008
Carl Edward Kemmerer, 63, Iola, died Sunday, September 7, 2008, at Allen County Hospital in Iola. He was born Aug. 3, 1945, in Chanute to Charles Edward and Ella Lucille Bailey Kemmerer. He grew up on the family farm southeast of Humboldt, where he worked for several local farmers. He also had a lawn care business and enjoyed lawn mowing. After his parents died, he moved to Iola where he has worked for Tri-Valley Developmental Services. He wa...
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Frances Louise “Frankie” Waltmire 1924-2008
Frances Louise “Frankie” Waltmire, 84, Fredonia, died Monday, September 8, 2008, at Aldersgate Village, Topeka. She was born Feb. 16, 1924, in Fredonia to Frank and Barbara Atwell Palmer. She was a 1942 graduate of Fredonia High School. She married Warren Waltmire on Aug. 31, 1952, in Independence. He died March 27, 1967. She retired from the Wilson County Treasurer’s Office in 1990. She was a member of the First Christian Church. Survivors i...
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James L. Rogers Sr. 1935-2008
James L. Rogers Sr., 73, Pittsburg, died Friday, September 5, 2008, at Mt. Carmel Regional Medical Center. He was born April 27, 1935, in Indianola, Okla., to Vealon and Imo Newman Rogers. He attended Porterville, Calif., schools. He married Nancy Melin in 1955. She died in 1970. He married Marietta Casper on April 2, 1983, in Springville, Calif. She survives. The couple owned and operated a cafe and bakery in Thayer for a short time. He wa...
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Cheryl Kustanborter Rowden 1962-2008
Cheryl Kustanborter Rowden, 45, died Tuesday, September 2, 2008, at Wells House Hospice, Long Beach, Calif. She was born Sept. 6, 1962, in Chanute to David and Vergie Petty Kustanborter of Bullhead City, Ariz. She graduated from Mohave High School in Bullhead City in 1980. She moved to California in June 1981 and was employed as a customer administrative coordinator at Office Max in Garden Grove, Calif., for 13 years prior to her illness. Sur...
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Hazel F. Dame 1908-2008
Hazel F. Dame, 99, died Sunday, Sept. 7, 2008 at Yates Center. She was born Nov. 11, 1908 in Pittsburg, the daughter of Morton Oliver and Maude Alice Crawford Simpson. She grew up in the Nickletown community and was a member of the First Christian Church in Yates Center. She married Floyd A. Dame Nov. 24, 1933. He preceded her in death August 25, 1999. Survivors include a daughter, Janice Simmers, Yates Center; a brother, Roy Simpson, Wichita...
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Ina J. James 1919 - 2008
Ina J. James, 89, died Monday, Sept. 8, 2008 at the Fredonia Regional Hospital. She was born on May 26, 1919 near Cheney,the daughter of Lemuel Crawford and Bessie Marie Parsons Bay. Ina was united in marriage to Ray Randall James on April 12, 1941 in Wichita. He preceded her in death on Sept. 8, 1990. She had worked several places as a waitress. Survivors include a son, Larry James and wife, Mary, Chanute; daughter Vicki Stuhlsatz and husba...
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Georgia M. Romine 1936-2008
Georgia M. Romine, 72, of the Stark and Kimball areas, died Friday, Sept. 5, 2008 at the Vitas I.P.U. at Herman Memorial City Hospital in Houston, Texas. She was born on April 6, 1936 at rural Stark, a daughter of Sherman Martin and Violet Wilma Gier Goff. She was raised there and attended Stark schools. After completing high school, she attended nurse’s school at Neosho County Community College. She worked a short time at the Neosho Memorial...
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Betty McPherson Thompson 1923-2008
Betty M. Thompson, 84, lifelong resident of Wilson County, died Friday, Sept. 5, 2008 at Pinnacle Ridge Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Olathe. She was born Dec. 21, 1923 to Silas Oliver and Jennie Garner McPherson. On Dec. 17, 1941 in Buffalo, she married McCager Thompson. He preceded her in death Feb. 12, 1978. She was a member of Bible Baptist Church in Fredonia. Survivors include five children, Mary Ellen Varvel, Bismark, N.D., McCager...
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Walter Joe Foltz 1943-2008
Walter Joe Foltz, 65, Toronto, died Saturday, Sept. 6, 2008 at Wichita. He was born Feb. 26, 1943 in Anderson County to Frank N. and Theda Rosalie Ashburn. He attended Sugar Valley Grade School and Garnett High School. He was employed in the aircraft industry and was a concrete finisher. He married Elizabeth Ann Aurell in 2001 at Toronto. She survives, of the home. Other survivors include seven sons, Tony Cartee, Emporia, Jeff Foltz, Emporia,...
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Georgia M. Romine
Georgia M. Romine, 72, of the Stark and Kimball areas, died Friday, September 5, 2008, at the Vitas I.P.U. at Herman Memorial City Hospital in Houston, Texas. Arrangements are pending with Pierce-Carson-Wall Funeral Home, Erie.
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Carol June Doepke 1937-2008
Carol June Doepke, 71, Cherryvale, died Thursday, September 4, 2008. She was born June 3, 1937, in Chanute to Francis and Lela Johnson Jackson. She grew up in Chanute and graduated from Chanute High School in 1955. She married Glenn Louis Doepke on Oct. 30, 1955. He died Dec. 2, 1994. After their marriage, the Doepkes made their home in Omaha, Neb., until returning to Chanute in 1957. They later moved south of Humboldt. In 1986 Mr. Doepke was...
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Joan M. Gladson 1926-2008
Joan M. Gladson, 82, Girard, died Wednesday, September 3, 2008, at her residence. She was born July 2, 1926, in Stark to John and Angie Ermy Heitman. She attended school in Stark and graduated from Walnut High School. She attended business college in Kansas City. She married Jack D. “Jake” Gladson on Aug. 6, 1944, in Girard. He died Jan. 1, 2004. She worked as a bookkeeper at Producer’s Coop, Farm Bureau, and at the Crawford County courtho...
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John Jefferson Littau
John Jefferson Littau, 67, Elk City, died Wednesday, September 3, 2008, in Oklahoma City, Okla. Arrangements are pending with Potts Chapel, Independence.
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Walter Leon Butler 1916-2008
Walter Leon Butler, 92, was born March 9, 1916 at Chanute to John and Elizabeth Sekman Butler. Most of his schooling was in Chanute. However, in 1934, he moved to Ottawa rejoining his family which had moved there earlier. He attended Ottawa High School his senior year. It was at that time that he met his future wife, Jessie Tucker. His first job there was at a dairy, but he soon quit that job and went to work for W. G. Saunders at his music ...
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Ora F. McCracken 1919-2008
Ora F. McCracken, 89, died Monday, September 1, 2008, at the Heritage Nursing Center, Chanute, after a lengthy illness. He was born May 11, 1919, at Lyndon to Walter and Nina Lewis McCracken. He served in the Navy during World War II. On Feb. 2, 1946, he married Nella Neil at Vancouver, Wash. She survives. Other survivors include their children and their spouses, Jeannie and “Corky” Van Gotten, Chanute, Neil and Alesia McCracken, New Johnsonv...
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Patricia Brown 1932-2008
ARLINGTON — Pat Brown, 76, peacefully passed away, Friday, August 29, 2008, at an Arlington hospital. Pat was a native of Chanute, born Feb. 9, 1932, but spent most of her adult life in Arlington. Pat loved to travel, spend time at her lake house, to sew, to dance and to shop for her family. Her children and grandchildren meant the world to her. Pat was a wonderful mother, sister, grandmother and friend, always available to lend a hand or of...
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Jacky Pat “Jack” Rankin 1938-2008
Jacky Pat “Jack” Rankin, 70, Olathe, died Sunday, August 31, 2008. He was born July 18, 1938, to TC “Pat” and Susan Geib Rankin in Perry, Okla. In 1984 he retired from the Boilermakers Local 83. Survivors include his wife, Rosa Mae “Rosie” Rankin; 10 children, Monty and Denise Zimmerman, Steve Edwards, Denise Freilinger, Dana Belknap, Jackie Sebbo, Tim Rankin, Kim Negrete, Joy Engleman and Chad Burke; two brothers, Phillip and Dewon “Butch” ...
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