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Mildred Gurwell
Jul 13, 2017
Mildred "Millie" Claire Gurwell, 65, went to be with Jesus on Thursday, July 13, 2017 at Allen County Regional Hospital, surrounded by family and friends. She was born June 2, 1952 to Clifford and Frances (McCoy) Gurwell. She attended Iola schools, and worked in several nursing homes before health reasons put her in a nursing home herself. She made many...
Norma Jean Maier
Jul 12, 2017
Norma Jean Maier, age 88, of Iola, Kansas passed away Wednesday, July 12, 2017 in Iola. She was born May 10, 1929 in Lamar, Missouri to Earl and Ruth (Kratz) Kunkler. She grew up in Lamar, and graduated from high school there. She married John H. Maier on August 6, 1949. Together they made their home in Iola and raised...
Robert Elmer "Bob" Swift
Jul 10, 2017
Robert E. "Bob" Swift, age 87, of Colony, Kansas passed away Monday, July 10, 2017 at St. Luke's Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri. He was born March 3, 1931 at Matfield Green, Kansas to Fred and Jenny Swift. He met the love of his life at an early age, and married Charlotte Lammon when she was a sophomore in high...
Jim D. Blevins
Jul 8, 2017
Jim Dean Blevins, age 62, of Greeley, Kansas, passed away on Saturday, July 8, 2017, at his home surrounded by his loved ones. He was born June 11, 1955, at Yates Center, Kansas, the son of Ralph and Mary (Guffey) Blevins. He attended Greeley High School. Jim was a machinist at Taylor Forge Engineering in Paola, Kansas for 28 years...
Joann Stripling
Jul 7, 2017
Joann Stripling, age 78, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Thursday, July 6, 2017 at her home. She was born December 20, 1938, in Lawty, Florida, the daughter of Wilbert and Seville (Privett) Crawford. Joann graduated from Avon Park High School in Florida. Joann married David Stripling on April 17, 1958 at Orlando, Florida. This union was blessed with three...
Weldon Dean Goodell
Jul 6, 2017
Weldon Dean Goodell Sr., age 92, of Colony, Kansas, passed away on Thursday, July 6, 2017, at Residential Living Center, Garnett. He was born May 10, 1925, in Colony, the son of Fred W. and Leona (Nickels) Goodell. Weldon graduated from Colony High School. Weldon married Wilma Smith on December 12, 1943, in Iola, Kansas. This union was blessed with...
Evelyn Faye Jones
Jul 5, 2017
Evelyn Faye (Yokum) Jones, age 66, of Chanute, Kansas passed away Wednesday, July 5 at her home in Chanute. She was born August 23, 1950 in Gas, Kansas to Robert Neal and Dorothy Magdalene (Riebel) Yokum. She graduated from Humboldt High School. She married Jimmie Lee Jones in Erie, Kansas on July 11, 1976. He preceded her in death in...
Jerry J. Gettler Sr.
Jul 5, 2017
Jerry J. Gettler, Sr. age 83, of Garnett, passed away on Wednesday, July 5, 2017, at Parkview Heights Living Center, Garnett. He was born July 26, 1933, in Valley Falls, Kansas, the son of Antone and Velma Edna (Jones) Gettler. He graduated from Omaha South High School, Omaha Nebraska and from the University of Nebraska of Omaha with a degree...
Renate Gordon
Jul 4, 2017
Renate Gordon, age 77, of Princeton, Kansas, passed away on Tuesday, July 4, 2017, at Olathe Medical Center, Olathe, Kansas. She was born August 17, 1939, in Stuttgart, Germany, the daughter of Willie and Barbara Werle. Renate grew up in Germany where she met and married Dale Gordon on January 4, 1961. This union was blessed with six children. She...
Beverly Vinetta Hoddy
Jul 3, 2017
Beverly Vinetta Hoddy, 67, of Humboldt, Kansas, passed away July 3, 2017 at her home. She was born March 24, 1950 in Kincaid, Kansas to Bert A. Trester and Maxine L. (Scheer) Trester. She married Gerald Hoddy on August 9, 1969 in Iola, Kansas. She proudly received her diploma from Humboldt High School in 2014. Her greatest love was spending...
Richard E Settlemyer
Jun 30, 2017
Richard Earl Settlemyer, age 85, of rural Colony, Kansas passed away on Friday, June 30, 2017 at Allen County Regional Hospital. He was born September 19, 1931 in rural Colony to Myrl Noah Isaac and Nellie Mae (Pippinger) Settlemyer. In 1950 he married Yvonne Ione Hensley of Leroy, Kansas. To this union were born three sons. He loved farming, when...
Colton Lee Jones
Jun 29, 2017
Colton Lee Jones, age 24, of Moran, Kansas chose to go home to be with the Lord on Thursday, June 29, 2017. Colton was the second of three children born to Jamie and Debra (Dudley) Jones. He was born on September 7, 1992 at Fort Scott, Kansas. Colton grew up in Moran, and attended school there. He enlisted in the...
Kim Alan Laymon
Jun 28, 2017
Kim Alan Laymon, 55, of Iola passed away on Wednesday, June 28, 2017 at his home following a two and a half month battle with brain cancer. He was born April 16, 1962 in Pryor, Oklahoma to Kenny Wayne Laymon and Karen Sue (Freeman) Smith. He grew up in Neosho Falls, Kansas and graduated from Iola High School. He had...
Ethel Pearl Beckmon
Jun 27, 2017
Ethel Pearl (Reiter) Beckmon, age 93, of Iola, Kansas passed away Tuesday, June 27, 2017 at Allen County Regional Hospital. Ethel was the last surviving of nine children born to Winfield Scott Reiter and Lola Pearl (Crocker) Reiter. She was born January 20, 1924 in Geneva, Kansas. She grew up around the old County Line School area in Anderson County....
David Edward Dalton
Jun 25, 2017
David Edward Dalton/Mein, Sr., age 64, of Humboldt, KS passed away at his home of natural causes the morning of June 25, 2017. Dave was born July 20, 1952 in Girard, KS to Orville Edward and Nadine Amanda (Kroenke) Mein, and graduated from Westport High School in Kansas City, MO. As a young man, David took pride in serving our...
Wanda Lee Heck
Jun 24, 2017
Wanda Lee Heck was born near Knob Noster, Missouri, on October 25, 1933, the daughter of Ezra and Erneeta (Rothwell) Knaus. She passed away peacefully at her home on June 24, 2017, at the age of 83. When Mom was 13 months old, her mother passed away. Her dear Aunt Olive Knaus lovingly cared for her and her siblings. In...
Nancy Lee Roberts
Jun 22, 2017
Nancy L. Roberts, 59, of Humboldt passed away Thursday, June 22, 2017 at the Kansas Heart Hospital in Wichita. She was born January 1, 1958 in Parsons, Kansas. She was raised by Solomon and Thelma Dummler, and graduated from Russell High School. She worked as a cook in assisted living facilities and enjoyed gardening, arts & crafts and completing jigsaw...
Ralph Emerson Shafer
Jun 22, 2017
Ralph Emerson Shafer, 98, of Iola passed away Thursday, June 22, 2017 at Allen County Regional Hospital. He was born July 9, 1918 in Allen County to Ralph Emerson and Lillie Jane (Hutchinson) Shafer. He attended Iola Rock Creek Rural School and graduated from Iola High School in 1936. He married Lurleen R. Cummins in Iola on October 12, 1941....
Dale Dean "Pappy" Sandlin
Jun 18, 2017
Dale Dean "Pappy" Sandlin, 74, of Gas, Kansas passed away June 18th, 2017 at Via Christi St. Francis Hospital in Wichita. Dale was born December 19, 1942 in Port St. Joe, Florida to Dayton Dale and Francis Louise (Dean) Sandlin. He lived in 7 different states and 32 different towns before settling in Iola in 1952. He graduated from Iola...
Alvin Bernard Westerman
Jun 17, 2017
Alvin Bernard Westerman, age 84, of Iola, Kansas passed away Saturday, June 17, 2017 at Chanute, Kansas. Alvin was one of seven children born to Bernard and Anna (Link) Westerman. He was born on November 18, 1932 in Iola, Kansas. Alvin grew up on a farm west of Piqua. He married Bertha Wilson on May 5, 1953, at St. Martin's...
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