All Obituaries

Frances J. Harp, 87, passed away on February 26, 2021, at Wesley Woodlawn Hospital in Wichita, Kansas. A visitation with family will be held on Friday, March 5, 2021, from 1:00 – 2:00 pm, at Potts Chapel in Independence. A funeral service will follow at 2:00 p.m. Interment will follow immediately at Independence Mount Hope Cemetery. Mask will be required. Frances was born on November 30, 1933, to B.E. and Stella May (Scott) Patterson in Grainola, Oklahoma. Frances was the youngest of...

Marvin Joe Dunham passed away at Jane Phillips Medical Center in Bartlesville, Oklahoma on Thursday, February 25, 2021. The family greet friends at visitation on Monday, March 1st from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm at Potts Chapel in Independence. Funeral services will take place at Potts Chapel in Independence on Tuesday, March 2nd at 1:00 pm. Interment will immediately follow at Havana Cemetery. Mask will be required. Marvin Joe Dunham, born July 29, 1934 to Frank and Susie (Swaney) Dunham in rural...

Wilma Faye (Warden) Gaut passed away on Tuesday, February 23, 2021 after a long illness with Alzheimer’s. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 AM on Friday, March 5, 2021 at Copan United Methodist Church. Interment will be at Sunnyside Cemetery in Caney, Kansas under the direction of Potts Chapel. Visitation will be held at Potts Chapel in Caney, Kansas on Wednesday, March 3rd. The family will greet friends from 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM. Mask will be required. When Wilma was born, she was...

Winnie Mae Price, 89, of Independence, passed away Monday, February 22, 2021 at Hillcrest South, Tulsa, Oklahoma.                 Winnie was born August 16, 1931 in Independence, Kansas, to the daughter of Helen Elizabeth and Jack Clay Mansfield.                   Her greatest joy was family gatherings and spending time with...

John O. Ellis, 69 of Cherryvale, passed away the morning of Thursday, February 18, 2021. John was born on January 3, 1952, to Lewis and Mabel (Pilkington) Ellis in Independence, Kansas. As a young boy, John grew up and attended school in Cherryvale, Kansas. John worked in the oil field and construction for many years. In 2000, John along with Bill Haselwood started the Charger Merchants baseball program that provided area youth the opportunity to participate in a traveling league, which...

Mary Agnes Miesner (nee Boorigie), Independence, KS passed away Monday, February 15, 2021 at her home from natural causes. She was born July 21,1945 in Halstead, KS and was the daughter of two wonderful parents, Joe and Elizabeth Boorigie. She grew up in Independence and had two siblings; Colleen Edwards (Independence) and Bob & Delores Boorigie (Sycamore). She attended St. Andrews Elementary and Middle School and Independence Community College. Mary married Steve Wilson in 1966 for 15...

Dustin Wade Berberick of Dewey, OK, passed away unexpectedly on February 13, 2021 at the young age of 33 in Bartlesville, OK. Dustin was born in Jacksonville, AR on October 30, 1987 to Doug Berberick and Donna Shirley. He graduated from Independence High School in 2006 and then continued on to United States Army Basic Training at Fort Sill in Lawton, OK. Dustin worked in the construction business most of his adult life, along with some electrician work. He worked for HadcoServices, LLC of...

William J. Drumeller, age 91, went home to be with his lord and savior on Friday, February 12, 2021. He was a faithful member and supporter of Crystalbrook Church and Cherryvale United Methodist Church. Better known by family and friends as Bill, or Birdie Bill to some, he was born October 6, 1929, in Independence, Kansas, to Bessie and Charles E. Drumeller. An avid basketball, football, and later in life, fast-pitch softball player, Bill graduated from Cherryvale High School in 1948 and...

Christina Mae Furnas passed away peacefully at her home in rural Havana on February 4, 2021.  Chris was born on May 9, 1980 in Independence, KS to Steve and Cheryle (Davidson) Burris. Chris grew up on a farm northwest of Havana and later made her home just next door.  Chris graduated from Caney Valley High School in 1998.  During her junior and senior year she worked for a local dentist, Porter Clark out of Independence.  It was then that she discovered her love of...

Wayne H. Rogers, 89, of New Florence, MO, formerly of Independence, KS, died on Wednesday, February 3, 2021 at Mercy Hospital in St. Louis, MO. Wayne was born May 11, 1931 in Columbus, KS, to Luther W. Rogers and Sadie R. Miller Rogers. Due to his mother’s death a week before he was a year old he spent five years in the Fire Baptized Holiness Orphanage in Independence, KS. Upon return home his grandpa helped raise him and his siblings as his dad was a pipefitter away working to...