All Obituaries

James (Jim) Bryon Brazil, Cherryvale, passed away March 21, 2021 at the Cherryvale Senior Living Center after a battle of cancer. Cremation has taken place with Potts Chapel. A Celebration of Life Service will be held on Friday, April 16th, 2021 at 1:00pm at Potts Chapel in Cherryvale. Memorials are suggested to the Chetopa Gun Club and can be left with the funeral home. James was born on June 29th, 1936 in Rural Yates Center, Kansas. He was the son of Robert and Delma Brazil. He attended...

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...

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...

Johanna Bell Stigenwalt, Cherryvale, passed away on Tuesday, February 2, 2021 in Parsons, Kansas. A memorial service is planned for spring. Memorials are suggested to the Mt. Zion Church in Cherryvale, Kansas. Johanna Bell Stigenwalt was born on March 17th, 1929 in Cherryvale, Kansas. She was the daughter of Henry and Blanche (Bell) Miller, Jr. She was raised in Cherryvale and graduated in 1947. She married the love of her life, Earl Norman Stigenwalt, on April 23rd, 1949. Together they...

Velma Lee Kesler, age 90 of Cherryvale, Kansas died Tuesday, January 19, 2021 at the Cherryvale Nursing and Rehab Center. Velma was born February 21, 1930 in Cherryvale, Kansas to Earl “Dutch” and Florence (Lyon) Kolb. She grew up in Cherryvale, Kansas and attended schools in Cherryvale. Velma worked for 20 years at H.D. Lee Company as a supervisor and for 20 years at ACC in Independence, Kansas. She was a member of the First Baptist Church. Velma was preceded in death by her...

Longtime Cherryvale resident, Rosemary Alta (Crosby) Clymer, 75, passed away at Cherryvale Nursing and Rehab Center in Cherryvale, Kansas On Wednesday, December 2, 2020. Rosemary was born on June 22, 1945 in Colorado Springs, Colorado to Willard and Marie (Romero) Crosby. She graduated from Grant County Rural High School in Ulysses, Kansas in 1964. On February 14, 1966 Rosemary married Marion Clymer. The two later divorced. Rosemary was known as crafty person, she loved to sew, crochet and...

Nora Ellen Fiechtl Obituary  Nora Ellen Fiechtl-Kemp of Cherryvale, Kansas passed away peacefully at 2:40 am on Friday, November 27, 2020 at the Cherryvale Nursing and Rehabilitation Center.  Nora was born on April 20, 1942 in Cherryvale to parents Herman and Bertha (Berrigan) Fiechtl. She graduated from Cherryvale High School in 1960. After graduation, she married, worked, and raised 3 children.  Her children Kenneth Henson (Kim) of Independence, KS, daughter Annette...

Susan Jean Enloe, age 75 of Humboldt, Kansas died 11/23/2020 at the Jane Phillips Medical Center in Bartlesville, Oklahoma.  Susan was born April 7, 1945 to John and Annette (McCabe) Yurkovich in Los Angeles, California. Susan grew up in Torrance, California and graduated from the Banning High School in California.  On August 20, 1966 Susan married Charles “Chuck” Clark Enloe in Reno, Nevada. Chuck preceded her in death. Susan worked at Cessna for many years and...

Margaret Ellen Johnson Wood passed away Monday, September 7, 2020 at her home in rural Cherryvale, KS.  Cremation has taken place with Potts Chapel. A memorial service will be held Saturday, August 12th, at 10:00 am, in the First Presbyterian Church, 201 S. 5th St, in Independence, KS. Pews will be marked for social distancing and masks will be required. Memorials are suggested to St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital or the Wildcat Extension Educational Foundation. Please make...

Duane Albert Rousselle, 97, passed away on Friday, July 17, 2020 in Cherryvale, Kansas with his son by his side.  Duane was born on March 16, 1923 in Max, Nebraska to Albert and Helena (Brethower) Rousselle. He graduated from Max High School in 1941 and then on June 18, 1944 he married his high school sweetheart, Marjorie Ellen Wiley. The two made their homes in Stratton, Nebraska, Benkelman, Nebraska and Phillipsburg, Kansas. In Phillipsburg, Duane retired from the Co-op. Shortly...