Obituaries
Freda Marie Smittle 1916 — 2010
Freda Marie Smittle, 94, Edmond, Okla., formerly of Chanute, died Saturday, Aug. 28, 2010 at the Grace Living Center in Edmond. Freda was born in West Mineral on May 26, 1916, the daughter of Fred and Mary Dunkin Vanatta. She was a high school graduate. She was united in marriage to William Joseph Smittle on July 4, 1937. He preceded her in death. Freda worked as a nurse’s aide. She is survived by five grandchildren. She was preceded in death...
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Charles ‘Chuck’ Clark Enloe 1933-2010
Charles “Chuck” Clark Enloe, 77, Cherryvale, died Monday, Aug. 31, 2010 at Mercy Hospital, Independence. He was born April 7, 1933, in Enon, Mo., the son of Enoch W. and Bessie J. Scrivner Enloe. He attended East High School in Kansas City, Mo. On Aug. 20, 1966 he was united in marriage to Susan Yurkovich in Reno, Nev. She survives, at the home in Cherryvale. He owned and operated the Hide Away Tavern in Humboldt. Also surviving are three son...
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Donna Michelle Ford 1949-2010
Donna Ford, formerly of Stark, died unexpectedly on Wednesday, Aug. 25 in Mission Hills, Calif. She is survived by one daughter, Tiffany Henry and husband, Ryan Henry, and granddaughter, Reagan Henry, Moorpark, Calif.; her former husband, William “Bill” Fields of California; her father, Robert Ford, Stark, three sisters, Cynthia Letterman, Bay City, Texas, Gail McCartney of Pennsylvania and Francine Isom, Stark; a brother, Robert James Ford ...
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Ann Marie Myers 1936 – 2010
Ann Marie Myers, 74, Carthage, Mo., formerly of Chanute, died Friday, Aug. 27, 2010 at the McCune Brooks Hospital in Carthage. Ann was born in Fredonia on March 21, 1936, the daughter of Ralph E. and Mavis D. Dozier Tomlinson. She graduated from Chanute High School in the Class of 1953 and attended Neosho County Junior College. She was united in marriage to Vernon E. Myers on Nov. 7, 1954 in Chanute. They moved to Carthage in 2004. He survive...
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John William Walker 1933-2010
John William Walker, Sr., 77, rural Altoona, died Friday, Aug. 27, 2010 at the Wilson Medical Center in Neodesha. He was born on Aug. 17, 1933 on a farm near Roper, the son of Louis and Lola Shoaf Walker. John was a graduate of Altoona High School. On Nov. 3, 1951 John was united in marriage to Geraldine Helen Johnson in Huntsville, Ark. He and Jerri lived and raised their children east of Altoona where they lived for more than 58 years. He f...
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Stanley Dean Tawney 1952-2010
Stanley Dean Tawney, 57, Iola, died Saturday, Aug. 28, 2010, at Manor Care in Overland Park. Stanley was born Oct. 13, 1952 in Iola, the son of Murry A. and Betty Jo Robb Tawney. He grew up at LaHarpe and Iola and graduated from Iola High School in 1971. He has worked for Haldex in Iola and Nu-Wa in Chanute. Stanley attended the First Baptist Church in Chanute. Survivors include an uncle, John Robb and wife, Hazel, Humboldt; two aunts, Doroth...
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Mary Ann Budd Barley 1921-2010
Mary Ann Budd Barley, 89, Bedford, Texas died Saturday, Aug. 21, 2010. She was born April 2, 1921, in Chanute, to William LaVerne and Marcella Flannery Budd. She was united in marriage to John Nichols Barley in Chanute on Dec. 27, 1944. She is survived by her husband, Col. John N. Barley, USAF (ret); three children, Mary Lee Graham and husband, John, Manhattan, Stephen W. Barley and wife, Shaun, Southlake, Texas, and Elizabeth Ann May and hus...
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Merle Gardner 1926 – 2010
Merle Gardner, 83, Chanute, died Thursday, Aug. 26, 2010 at the Via Christi St. Francis Hospital in Wichita. Merle was born in Parsons on Dec. 8, 1926, the daughter of Arthur L. and Elizabeth Laisure Hardman. She attended Chanute High School. She was united in marriage to William Gardner on Sept. 29, 1943 in Yates Center. They would have celebrated their 67th anniversary in September. He survives. Merle retired from NuWa Industries. She was a...
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Joseph Paul Ward 1955 – 2010
Joseph Paul Ward, 55, Chanute, died Sunday, Aug. 22, 2010 at his home. Joe was born on Aug. 8, 1955 in Chanute, the son of Paul and Gladys Fiene Ward. He graduated from Chanute High School in 1973 and attended NCCC. He was united in marriage to Janis Shannon on Oct. 8, 1983. Joe worked as a technician for Time Warner Cable for 26 years. He worked at NCCC for the past five years. He was a member of St. Patrick’s Catholic Church. Joe enjoyed p...
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L.C. ‘Jeff’ Meador 1914-2010
L.C. “Jeff” Meador, Pittsburg, died Sunday, Aug. 22, 2010 at ViaChristi Regional Medical Center from complications associated with surgery and advanced age. He was 96. Meador was born to Vernon Eli Meador and Mary Elizabeth Wiggans-Meador at Fort Scott on May 15, 1914. He gained his first employment at a young age playing Farm League baseball in Fort Scott. Later in his youth, he worked a mule team with his to be brother-in-law, building the...
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Richard Irwin Jacques 1930-2010
Richard Irwin Jacques, 80, Pittsburg, died Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2010 at Via Christi Village, Pittsburg. He was born June 13, 1930 at Chanute, to Joseph Irwin and Alice Pyle Jacques. Jacques graduated from Chanute High School in 1948. After completing five semesters of college work he enlisted in the United States Navy during the Korean War and was made a lithographer. He graduated from Pittsburg State University with a Bachelor’s degree in techn...
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Richard Lynn Harding 1945 – 2010
Richard “Dick” Lynn Harding, 64, Thayer, died Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2010 at his home. Dick was born in Parsons on Sept. 27, 1945, the son of Don A. and Shirley J. Crabb Harding. He graduated from Stark High School in the Class of 1963. He was united in marriage to Anita “Sue” Umbarger on Sept. 23, 1965 in Erie. She survives. Dick was a semi-truck driver for 43 years, most recently for TDC in Joplin, Mo. Along with his wife, Sue, Thayer, he is su...
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Wilbur ‘Bill’ Seitz 1908-2010
Wilbur “Bill” Seitz, 101, died Sunday, Aug. 8, 2010 in Fairbanks, Alaska. He was born Nov. 29, 1908 in Earlton to Harlan Otis and Catherine Boerstler Seitz. In 1932 he married Mary Martha Markham of Chanute. Following WWII he and his family went to Alaska with the Pieter Kiewit Construction Co. He operated Seitz Building and Supply in Delta Junction for 24 years, before retiring at age 75. He was preceded in death by his wife Mary of 30 year...
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Silas A. Vaught 1913-2010
Silas A. Vaught, 96, a former resident of rural Fall River, died Sunday, Aug. 15, 2010, at the Kansas Masonic Home in Wichita. He was born Dec. 17, 1913 in Choctaw, Okla., the son of Andy and Ethel Blazier Vaught. He was a 1933 graduate of Severy High School. Silas worked for the Frisco Railroad and Boeing before he was the owner and operator of the Vaught Service Station and restaurant. On July 3, 1934, he married LaVera Smith. She preceded ...
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Betty Jo Montgomery Briley 1921-2010
Memorial service for Betty Jo Montgomery Briley, 89, formerly of 115 S. Rutter, Chanute, will be held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 19 at the First United Methodist Church, 202 S. Lincoln, Chanute. A private burial of the cremains will be in the Memorial Park Cemetery in Chanute. Mrs. Briley died Sunday, Aug. 15, at Brandon Woods at Alvamar in Lawrence. She was born to Charles Ray Montgomery and Sarah Edna Fadler Montgomery in Pittsburg on Ap...
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Bobby L. Leford 1935-2010
Bobby L. Ledford, 75, and Sharon K. Ledford, 67, Walnut, were fatally injured in a automobile accident east of Chanute shortly before noon on Thursday, Aug.12, 2010. Bobby was born April 28, 1935, in Clayton County, Ga., to Ernest L. and Lillie Mae Wesley Ledford. He grew up in Georgia and served in the U.S. Army in the mid 1950s. He worked as a truck driver for Consolidated Oil in Chanute and for Chanute Insurance Pool. Sharon Ledford was bo...
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John Drummond 1922 – 2010
John Drummond, 88, Chanute, died Friday, August 13, 2010 at the Chanute Health Care Center. He was born on August 11, 1922 in rural Dennis, the son of Ira and Lula Bertsch Drummond. He was united in marriage to Nelva Marie Ward on Feb. 23, 1945 at Iola. John worked 29 years for Western Petro Chemical Wax Plant. He also worked a second job with B & D Contractors for 16 years. He was an avid gardener and provided fresh produce to all his family...
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Charles Richard ‘Chuck’ Hutinett 1941-2010
, 69, Exeter, Mo., died Tuesday, Aug.10, 2010 in Cassville, Mo. He was born Jan. 19, 1941 in Chanute, the son of Frank and Bertha Lillian Rodgers Hutinett. He attended St. Patrick’s School and Chanute High School. From 1958 to 1962 he served in the United States Marine Corps. In 1964, he married Patricia Miles and they had three daughters, Melissa, Malinda and Mary. They later divorced. He worked for more than 30 years in the southeast Kans...
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Kathryn E. Record 1921 – 2010
Kathryn E. Record, 89, Chanute, died Wednesday, August 11, 2010 at the Neosho Memorial Regional Medical Center in Chanute. Kathryn was born in Humboldt on Feb. 25, 1921, the daughter of Harold C. and Maude Lena “Dena” Rauhoff Piatt. She attended school in Humboldt. She was united in marriage to Charles J. Record on June 21, 1937 in Iola,. They made their home in Chanute. He preceded her in death in 1982. Kathryn was a homemaker and a loving w...
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Edwin H. Bideau
In the Edwin H. Bideau obituary, a survivor was inadvertently left out. He was also survived by a sister, Betty Bideau Crawford, Chanute. He was preceded in death by his parents, Edwin H. and Marie Bideau, and a sister, Anne Bideau Skinner.
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