Our Family Serving Your Family

Obituaries

Mary G. Wagner

Mary G. Wagner

Feb 19, 2014

Mary G. Wagner, 89, of Chetopa, formerly of Oswego, died at 4:40 p.m., Wednesday, February 19, 2014 at Chetopa Manor Nursing Home. She was born March 27, 1924 in Craig County, Oklahoma to John Walter and Rosa (Baunhofer) Miller. At the age of five, she moved with her family to Chetopa where she attended school and was a graduate of...

Mary Lou Turner

Mary Lou Turner

Feb 17, 2014

Mary Lou Turner, longtime resident of Chetopa, passed away on her 81st birthday at 10:15 p.m., Monday, February 17, 2014 at Deseret Health and Rehabilitation Center in Oswego. She was born February 17, 1933 in rural Oswego to Robert and Mae Bernice (Linderman) Swanwick. She attended Chetopa schools and was a 1951graduate of Chetopa High School. She and Jack Addis...

Rickie Dale Stanley

Rickie Dale Stanley

Feb 16, 2014

Rickie Dale Stanley, 56, of Parsons, died at 6:10 a.m., Sunday, February 16, 2014 at Freeman West Hospital in Joplin, Missouri. He was born November 24, 1957 in Oswego, Kansas to Marvin Dale and Ramona Jean (Strickland) Stanley. He was a 1976 graduate of Chetopa High School and received an Associate degree in accounting from the University of Texas at...

Mary Genevieve "Jenny" O'Bryan

Mary Genevieve "Jenny" O'Bryan

Feb 14, 2014

Mary Genevieve "Jenny" (Smith) O'Bryan, 84, of St. Paul, passed away at 6:45 a.m., Friday, February 14, 2014, at the Golden Living Center in Pittsburg.

She was born April 13, 1929, in Walnut Grove Township near Kimball, Kansas, to Arnold and Jennie (Stevenson) Smith, the fifth of five children.

She attended Pleasant Ridge School and...

Mary Denise Dunn

Mary Denise Dunn

Feb 12, 2014

Mary Denise Dunn, 50, of Parsons, died at 1:30 a.m., Wednesday, February 12, 2014 at her home. She was born October 28, 1963 in Parsons, Kansas to Jesse and Eleanor Louise (Williams) Dunn. She grew up in Parsons where she attended school and was a 1982 graduate of Parsons High School. Through the years she had worked at the Parsons...

Mabel I. Parsons

Mabel I. Parsons

Feb 11, 2014

Mabel I. Parsons, 98, formerly of rural Altamont, died at 5:58 a.m., Tuesday, February 11, 2014 at Elm Haven East Nursing Home in Parsons. She was born November 18, 1915 in Oswego, Kansas to Ora A. and Rachel B. (Needham) Brooks. For a time, she worked at the Kansas Army Ammunition Plant before being employed by Hallmark Cards of Kansas...

Lenore E. Schauf

Lenore E. Schauf

Feb 8, 2014

Lenore E. Schauf, 85, of Parsons, died at 4:15 p.m., Saturday, February 8, 2014 at Woodridge Estates in Parsons. She was born January 2, 1929 in Ransom, Kansas to Joseph Frank and Josephine Margaret (Buchholz) Gronniger. As a young girl, she grew up in Sharon Springs, Cheney, and Garden Plain, Kansas. Lenore was a 1946 graduate of Garden Plain High...

Hazel M. Kuffler

Hazel M. Kuffler

Feb 7, 2014

Hazel M. Kuffler, 92, of Parsons, died at 10:24 a.m., Friday, February 7, 2014 at Elm Haven West Nursing Home in Parsons. She was born January 22, 1922 in Garvin, Oklahoma to Joe and Nancy "Ellen" (Whitley) Bayless. At the age of six, she moved with her family to Parsons where she attended schools. On October 18, 1942, she and...

Tena A. Lapee

Tena A. Lapee

Feb 7, 2014

Tena A. LaPee, 79, of Coffeyville, died at 8:11 a.m., Friday, February 7, 2014 at Coffeyville Regional Medical Center. She was born October 26, 1934, at her home in Melrose, Kansas to John Patrick and Rozena May (Stewart) LaPee. She was a member of the Church of God in Chetopa. She had read her bible over 30 times, loved singing...

Mary Ellen Goodwin

Mary Ellen Goodwin

Feb 7, 2014

Mary Ellen Goodwin, 101, longtime resident of Edna, died at 7:25 a.m., Friday, February 7, 2014 at the Oswego Home Place. She was born September 4, 1912 in rural Edna, Kansas to William John and Emma Frances (Robinette) Bennett. As a young girl she attended Rose Hill Country School. On December 11, 1930, she and Dana Allen "Nat" Goodwin were...

Elaine F. Stubblefield

Elaine F. Stubblefield

Feb 4, 2014

Elaine F. Stubblefield, 74, of Chetopa, died at 8:30 a.m., Tuesday, February 4, 2014 at her home. She was born March 19, 1939 in San Miguel, California to Wesley and Lydia (Claussen) Franklin. She graduated from high school in Paso Robles, California and attended Biola University in La Mirada, California. While living in California and Texas she worked as a...

Rhonda T. Hawkins

Rhonda T. Hawkins

Feb 3, 2014

Rhonda T. Hawkins, 56, of Parsons, died at 3:06 a.m., Monday, February 3, 2014 at Labette Health. She was born June 13, 1957 in Amarillo, Texas to Herman Russell and Anne Juan (Wiggins) Hawkins. At the age of five, she moved with her family to Wichita. Rhonda had been a resident at the Parsons State Hospital and Training Center since...

Walter E. Oney

Walter E. Oney

Jan 31, 2014

Walter E. Oney, 93, of Edna, formerly of Chetopa, died at 8:47 p.m., Friday, January 31, 2014 at his home. He was born January 27, 1921 in Meeker, Colorado to Charles and Lura May (Randall) Oney. As a child, he moved with his family to Bluejacket, Oklahoma and as an adult had lived most of his life in Chetopa and...

Jack D. Wilkinson, D.C.

Jack D. Wilkinson, D.C.

Jan 29, 2014

Jack D. Wilkinson, D.C., 84, longtime Doctor of Chiropractic of Chetopa, went home to be with his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ at 11:08 p.m., Wednesday, January 29, 2014 at Chetopa Manor Nursing Home. He was born August 4, 1929 in Parsons, Kansas, the son of Jack A. and Iola Irene (Erickson) Wilkinson. He was a member of the Labette...

Charles E. Manley

Charles E. Manley

Jan 25, 2014

Charles E. Manley, 82, of rural Edna, died at 4:12 a.m., Saturday, January 25, 2014 at Chetopa Manor Nursing Home. He was born December 5, 1931 in Cedarvale, Kansas to Clarence Edward and Letha Rose (Davis) Manley. He grew up and attended school near Sedan and was a 1949 graduate of Sedan High School. He then attended Coffeyville Jr. College...

James Anthony "Tony" Templeton

James Anthony "Tony" Templeton

Jan 25, 2014

James Anthony "Tony" Templeton, 72, of Parsons, died at 11:24 a.m., Saturday, January 25, 2014 at his home. He was born January 29, 1941 in Parsons, Kansas to James Ralph and Agnes Jane (Moriarity) Templeton. He grew up in Parsons where he attended St. Patrick Catholic School and was a 1959 graduate of St. Patrick High School. Following high school,...

Martin S. Reed

Martin S. Reed

Jan 24, 2014

Martin S. Reed, 61, of Chetopa, died at 1:00 p.m., Friday, January 24, 2014 at his home. Complete obituary details will be announced by the Bath-Forbes-Hoffman Funeral Home in Chetopa. Online condolences may be left at www.forbeshoffman.com.

Jane England

Jane England

Jan 20, 2014

Jane England, 83, of Altamont, died at 3:58 a.m., Monday, January 20, 2014 at Elmhaven East Nursing Home in Parsons. She was born August 28, 1930 in Portis, Kansas to Ernest Glenn and Wilma Augusta (Schoen) Cunningham. She grew up and attended school in Downs, Kansas where she was a 1948 graduate of Downs High School. She then attended the...

Mary Jane Topping

Mary Jane Topping

Jan 20, 2014

Mary Jane Topping, 58, of Chetopa, died at 12:30 p.m., Monday, January 20, 2014 at her home. She was born August 2, 1955 in Jonesboro, Arkansas to Albert James and Nadine (Ervin) Keller. In 1972, she graduated from high school in Neelyville, Missouri. She then attended Three Rivers Community College in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, and later earned an Associate of...

Eula J. Jackson

Eula J. Jackson

Jan 19, 2014

Eula J. Jackson, 91, of Parsons, died at 8:06 a.m., Sunday, January 19, 2014 at her home. She was born August 16, 1922 in Nodaway, Adams County, Iowa to Alonzo Ezra and Mary Roxanne (Beals) Zuber. She grew up and attended schools in Nodaway and later moved with her family to Hopkins, Missouri where she attended high school. On November...