Obituaries

Jul 19, 2021

Connie Jean (Banion) Newkirk passed away July 19th, 2021. A Celebration of Life Service will be held Tuesday, July 27th, 2021 at Potts Chapel in Caney Kansas at 11:00am. Burial will follow at the Havana Cemetery. Visitation will be held Monday, July 26th 1:00pm-7:00pm, with the family greeting friends 5-7pm at Potts Chapel. Memorials are suggested to the First...

Jul 3, 2021

Charlotte Rose Forrest, 5 years old, passed from this earthly life on July 3rd, 2021 at St. John’s Hospital in Tulsa, OK, surrounded by her family. A Celebration of Life Service will be held Friday, July 9th, 2021 at 1:00pm at the Hope Church in Caney, KS., burial will follow at Sunnyside Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to the Hope...

May 20, 2021

David Lee Householter was called home on May 20, 2021. He is preceded in death by his parents Leo and Louise Householter and a brother Leo at birth. David was born on January 22, 1948 in Concordia, Kansas to Leo E. and Harriet Louise (Holt) Householter. David went to Concordia Public Schools. He graduated in 1966 and attended Junior...

Apr 30, 2021

One of the biggest Beatles fanatic and a proud Army veteran of the Vietnam War passed from this life on April 30, 2021 at his home with his family at his side. Born the only brother to five sisters in Sterling, Kansas to Vernon and Patty (Worth) Cron, Jimmy Duane Cron was welcomed on August 3, 1948. Jimmy was raised...

Apr 14, 2021

Donald Eugene Pinegar departed this earth on April 14, 2021 to be with his Heavenly Father. Visitation will be held at Potts Chapel in Caney, Kansas on Sunday, April 18th from 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm. Graveside services will take place at Cambridge Cemetery in Cambridge, Kansas on Monday, April 19th at 2:00 pm.

Donald Eugene Pinegar...

Mar 24, 2021

Vivian Lorriane Lukezic, 72 of Caney, Kansas passed away on Wednesday, March 24, 2021 in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. A visitation will be held on Friday, April 2nd at Potts Chapel in Caney, Kansas with the family greeting friends from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm. Mask are required. Funeral services will be held at Sunnyside Cemetery on Saturday, April 3rd at...

Mar 12, 2021

Mrs. LaDonna Sue Hicks Nunneley , 81, of rural Caney, Kansas, returned to her heavenly father March, 12, 2021 after a valiant battle with a brain aneurysm. Her devotion to her family and a firm belief in God supported her in her struggle and ultimately gave her peace,

LaDonna was born on February 13, 1940 to the...

Mar 12, 2021

Carol Arline Brown, 82, of Copan, Oklahoma passed away with her family by her side on Friday, March 12, 2021. Visitation will be held on Thursday, March 18th at Potts Chapel in Caney, with the family greeting friends from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm. Funeral Services will take place on Friday, March 19th at 2:30 pm at Potts Chapel....

Feb 23, 2021

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,...

Feb 4, 2021

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...

Jan 24, 2021

Carolyn J. Allan, Caney, KS passed away on January 24, 2021 at the Forrest Manor facility in Dewey, Oklahoma.  Cremation has taken place with Potts Chapel of Caney, KS.  The memorial service is to be announced.

Carolyn was born August 27, 1928 in Dedham, Massachusetts.  She was the daughter of H. Sumner Willis and Jane (Wilson) Willis....

Jan 21, 2021

Jackie F. Buttel, age 79 of Caney, Kansas passed away at her home on Thursday, January 21, 2021.

Jackie was born April 29, 1941 to Jess and Exnah (Dunn) Newcomb in Disney, Oklahoma. She attended school in Chautauqua and Peru. On June 8, 1957 Jackie married Keith Buttel In Chautauqua, Kansas. They made their home in Caney,...

Jan 18, 2021

Charles F. Venable Jr., passed away Monday, January 18, 2021 at his home in Caney, Kansas. Charles was born July 29, 1955 in Oxnard, California to Charles Fate Sr. and Elsie Lanelle. He was raised on a farm in Potter Valley, California and graduated from St. Helena High School. He served our country in the U.S. Army and received...

Jan 17, 2021

James "Jim" Mack Rinck- age 94 of rural Havana, Kansas, passed Jan 17, 2021 at Coffeyville Medical Center.

Cremation has taken place and Memorial Graveside services will be at Fairview Cemetery – southeast of Niotaze, KS; for both Jim and Dorothy at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, January 30, 2021 under the direction of the Potts Chapel. But if weather is looking bad -...

Jan 11, 2021

Fred Eugene Bunch, 61 of Caney, Kansas passed away on Monday, January 11, 2020 at his home. A Celebration of Fred’s life will be held at 10:00 am on Friday, January 22nd at Trinity Lutheran Church in Caney with Pastor Scott Whittenburg officiating. Inurnment will immediately follow at Trinity Lutheran Cemetery by Tyro.

Mr. Bunch was born...

Dec 26, 2020

Betheen Grubaugh Armstrong, Copan, passed away on December 26, 2020 at the Jane Phillips Medical Center in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. Cremation has taken place with Potts Chapel and a service will be held at a later date.

Betheen was born on July 2, 1951 in Hobbs, New Mexico. She was the daughter of Joseph Ellsworth and Esther (Wright)...

Dec 22, 2020

Patricia Ann Anderson of Caney, Kansas, joined our Heavenly Father of December 22, 2020, at Ascension St. John Medical Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma. “Patty,” as everyone knew her, leaves behind a legacy of selflessness, hard work, and a genuine love of everyone, not just her family. Patty was born the first child of four to Claude and Eleanor Messner...

Dec 22, 2020

Mary June Freisberg, 89, died Dec. 22, 2020, at Windsor Place in Coffeyville following a long illness.

Known as “June,” she was a member of a well-known newspaper and printing family in Caney where she spent most of her life.

Born to H.K. “Skeet” and Ethel P. (Miller) George on Sept. 22, 1931, she spent...

Dec 15, 2020

Dolly Mae Hockett, age 94, went to be with her Jesus on Tuesday, December 15, 2020, in Dewey, OK.  Dolly was born on June 1, 1926, on a farm near Satanta, KS, to Walter and Lora (Alexander) Taton.  She was the third of six children.  Her childhood was spent in western Kansas which is where she met her husband,...

Dec 12, 2020

Bro. Andy Daniels Obituary

Samuel Andrew Daniels was born October, 5, 1928 in Davenport, Oklahoma to Sabatino "Sam" and Rosie Daniels.  He married Rita "Jackie" Daniels on September 25, 1949 in Perkins, Oklahoma.

Andy served in the Oklahoma Army National Guard, 45th Division and was deployed to Korea in 1950. He was honorably discharged as First...