Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Independence, Cherryvale, Caney, and surrounding areas in Kansas
Tommie Harvey
Jan 1, 2017
Tommie Leroy (T.L.) Harvey passed away on Jan. 1, 2017 at Claremore Veterans Center. He was 95 years old. A Celebration of Life Service will be held Thursday, January 5, 2017 at the Potts Chapel in Caney at 1:00pm with Jeff Wyrick officiating. Interment will follow at the Sunnyside Cemetery. Visitation will be Wednesday, January 4th from 12:00 -...
John Rodriguez Jr.
Dec 31, 2016
John Joseph Rodriguez Jr., age 52 of Niotaze, Kansas formerly of Caney, Kansas died Saturday, December 31, 2016 while visiting a friend at the Coffeyville Regional Medical Center in Coffeyville, Kansas. Cremation has taken place. Reciting of the Rosary will be held at 7:00 p.m., Friday, January 6, 2017 at the Holy Name Catholic Church in Coffeyville, Kansas. Celebration...
Naomi Harriman
Dec 31, 2016
Naomi Josephine Harriman, age 81 of Cherryvale, Kansas went to be with Jesus on Saturday, December 31, 2016. The celebration of her life will be held at 2:00 p.m., Wednesday, January 4, 2017 at the Cornerstone Church in Caney, KS. Her cousin Mark Artherton will be officiating. Burial will follow in the Fawn Creek Cemetery north of Tyro, KS...
Annie Lagerlef
Dec 29, 2016
WANN, OKLAHOMA Annie Lagerlef, 84, of Rural Wann, Oklahoma, passed away Thursday, December 29, 2016, at the Caney Nursing Center, Caney, Kansas. Annie Katherine Shows was born October 29, 1932, in Matherville Mississippi, the first of three children to Johnie Ramey Shows and Winifred [[]Mathers} Shows. She was raised in Matherville, attending schools there, and graduating from Waynesboro High...
Dolores Thompson
Dec 14, 2016
Dolores Thompson, 80 of Severance, Colorado passed away December 14, 2016 at her home. Dolores June Jones was born May 22, 1936 in Coffeyville, Kansas, fourth of five children to Floyd James and Thelma May (Curran] Jones. She was raised in Coffeyville, attending schools there, graduating from Field Kindley High School in 1954. She lived in Coffeyville her entire...
William Wyman
Nov 26, 2016
William (Bill) Albert Wyman, formally of Havana, passed away Saturday, November 26, 2016 in Texas. A Celebration of Life Service will be held Saturday, December 3rd, at 2pm at the Havana Methodist Church. A private family burial will take place before the church service. Bill was born Dec. 27, 1930 in Havana, KS. He attended school in Havana before...
Thelma Bolden
Nov 25, 2016
Thelma Bernease Bolden, age 86, of rural Caney, KS, passed away Friday, November 25, 2016 at St. John Hospital in Tulsa, OK. Bernease was born September 15, 1930 to John and Audie Sisney Owen in Oakland, AR. She married JC Bolden on May 29, 1948 in Nuyaka, OK. From their marriage they were blessed with three children - Jackie,...
Billy Love
Nov 24, 2016
CANEY, KANSAS Bill Love, 80, of Caney, passed away November 24, 2016, at Pleasant Valley Nursing Center, Sedan, Kansas. Bill suffered a debilitating stroke in 2008 and since then had resided in several area nursing homes. Billy Murrell Love was born January 4,1936, in Pampa, Texas the 2nd of 4 children born to Murrell (Mutt) Elisha Love and Dolores...
George Ross
Nov 21, 2016
George "Junior" Dean Ross, Jr. 58, of Pacific, Washington, formerly of Caney, Kansas, passed away November 21, 2016 at his home. George was born on August 26, 1958 in Coffeyville, Kansas to Wanda and George Ross, Sr. He attended elementary school in Havana and high school at Caney Valley High School where he graduated in 1976. While at CVHS,...
Dale Robison
Oct 29, 2016
Dale Leroy Robison was born February 2, 1935, at rural Caney, the ninth of ten children to Neddie Jasper Robison and Ida Martha [[][[]]Fuqua] Robison. He was raised in the Tyro/Caney area, attending schools in Caney. Dale enjoyed animals of all kinds and had a kindred spirit with horses. His family recalled he was a horse racing jockey, riding...
William Robison
Oct 28, 2016
William 'Bill' Robison, 79, of Caney, Kansas, passed away Friday, October 28, 2016, at his home. William Amos Robison was born May 28, 1937, at rural Tyro, Kansas, the tenth of ten children to Neddie Jasper Robison and Ida Martha (Fuqua) Robison. He was raised in the Tyro/Caney area, attending schools nearby. Billy was a veteran of the U.S....
Harold Click
Oct 22, 2016
HAVANA, KANSAS Harold Click, 77, of Havana, Kansas, passed away on Saturday, October 22, 2016. Harold Edgar Click was born September 9, 1939, to William Edgar Click and Eletha Alberta (McLaughlin) Click of Havana. After high school, Harold studied Agronomy at Kansas State University. He went on to work as a Research Technician for Bayer Chemical developing agricultural pesticides....
Melvin Milliken
Oct 20, 2016
Melvin ‘Mel' Milliken, 69, of Bartlesville, OK, went to be with Jesus, Thursday, October 20, 2016, from Jane Phillips Medical Center, Bartlesville, OK. Melvin Ray Milliken was born Minneapolis, KS, the fourth of six children to Melvin Babe Milliken and Viola Leona [[]Trowbridge] Milliken. He was raised in the Chautauqua county Kansas, Niotaze area, attending schools there, graduating high...
Alfreda Rivera
Oct 8, 2016
CANEY, KANSAS Alfreda Rivera, 73, of Caney, Kansas, passed away Saturday, October 8, 2016, at Jane Phillips Medical Center, Bartlesville, Oklahoma. Alfreda Pearl Morrison was born January 29, 1943, in Caney, the fourth of seven children to Alfred Pearl Morrison and Evelyn Pearl [[]Bryant] Morrison. She grew up in Caney, graduating high school in 1961. In 1961, she was...
Tom Jones
Sep 28, 2016
Fire Chief Tom Jones peacefully passed away September 28, 2016 at his home in Caney, KS where he was surrounded by his family and friends. Tom was born on October 13, 1952 in Caney, KS to Willis and Loretta (Longpine) Jones. Tom was the third of six children. He grew up in Wayside, KS and graduated from Caney Valley...
Viro Blakemore
Sep 18, 2016
Viro Blakemore, 82, of Sedan, formerly of Niotaze, passed away Sunday, September 18, 2016, at Sedan Pleasant Valley Nursing Home, after a long and happy life. Viro Winfred Blakemore was born December 7, 1933, at Havana, KS, the fifth of ten children born to Tora Blakemore and Sylvia Marie (Phillips) Blakemore. He was raised in the Niotaze and Wayside...
Ruth Dodson
Sep 16, 2016
Ruth Dodson, 88, of Caney, passed away Friday, September 16, 2016, at Sedan City Hospital, after a long and happy life. Della Ruth Martin, was born March 26, 1928, in Long Beach, California, the fourth of four children to Delph Martin and Nellie [[][[]][[][[]]]Wood] Martin: Marjorie, Roberta, Roger, and Ruth. She was raised in California until the age of...
Clair Gordon
Sep 6, 2016
CANEY, KS Clair "Ike" Gordon, 83, passed away quietly, on Tuesday, September 6, 2016, at his Caney, Kansas home. Clair had a difficult struggle with cancer, but is now once again whole and complete in the presence of his Heavenly Father. Clair Frank Gordon was born March 18, 1933, at rural Jefferson, Kansas, the fourth of four children born...
Larry Mason
Aug 24, 2016
CANEY, KS Larry Mason, 69, of Caney, formerly of Tyro, passed away Wednesday, August 24, 2016, at St John's Hospital, Tulsa, after a difficult struggle with his heart. Larry Dean Mason was born, December 1, 1946, in Coffeyville, Kansas the first of three children born to Richard Emery Mason and Gladys Ruth [[]Doss] Mason: Larry, Cheryle, and Rick. He...
Michael Murphy
Aug 21, 2016
HAVANA, KS Mike Murphy, age 60, passed away Sunday, August 21, 2016, at his rural Havana, Kansas home, after a difficult struggle with diabetes. Michael William Murphy was born September 7, 1955, at Nampa, Idaho, the first of two children of Lloyd Murphy and Betty Jo Murphy. He was raised in Nampa, graduating high school there. For many years...
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