Recent Obituaries
Verle M. Rhodes
Sep 6, 2016
Verle (Williams) Rhodes passed away early Tuesday morning September 6th at the Cherryvale Nursing and Rehabilitation Center where she had been living since 2011. Verle was born to John B. Williams and Hazel (Maxwell) Williams on August 15, 1924 in Ottawa, Kansas, Verle grew up on the family farm and attended school in Iola. She graduated from Iola High School...
Thomas L. Campbell
Sep 2, 2016
God called Tom to heaven on September 2, 2016 at the age of 73. He passed away from dementia at Golden Heights Living Center in Garnett. Tom was born February 14, 1943 to Orie and Mirtie (Tracy) Campbell in Larned, Kansas. He proudly served in the U.S. Navy from 1960-1964 aboard the USS Outagamie County (LST-1073). On June 12, 1965,...
Margaret Ann Ruckman
Aug 31, 2016
Margaret A. Ruckman, 82, died Wednesday, August 31, 2016 at Overland Park Regional Medical Center. Margaret was born Nov. 7, 1933, at Bronson, KS. She was the daughter of Roy L. and Mabel E. (Watson) Nichols. She graduated from Bronson High School in 1951. Margaret married Earl G. Ruckman July 5, 1952 in Bronson. They lived in Iola, KS until...
Mildred E. Dysart
Aug 31, 2016
Mildred (Millie) Brady Butler Dysart, age 93, of Garnett, Kansas, went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, August 31, 2016, at Lawrence Memorial Hospital in Lawrence, Kansas. She was born near Osawatomie, Kansas on June 5, 1923, the daughter of Stama L. and Sylvia (Townsend) Brady. After graduation from Paola High School, she moved to Wichita, KS to work...
William Smith
Aug 29, 2016
William B. "Bill" Smith, 87, of Iola, Kansas, died Wednesday, January 14, 2009, at the Allen County Hospital in Iola. Bill was born November 5, 1921, in Iola, to Eugene B. and Ruth Ellen (Warden) Smith. He grew up in Iola. From July 1942 to December 1945, he served in the United States Army Air Corp. He was stationed in...
Robert Laver
Aug 27, 2016
Robert Laver "Bob", age 85, passed away Saturday August 27, 2016 with his immediate family present. Robert was born at home and attended Bethel school in Allen County. At age 14, he began working on oil leases. He joined the Navy, at age 17, after his mother signed for him to do so. He attended the U.S. Naval Training Center...
Jim Peres
Aug 25, 2016
James Richard "Jim" Peres, 73, of LaHarpe, Kansas, passed away Thursday, August 25, 2016, at his home. Jim was born June 15, 1943, in Iola, the son of Ottie Eugene and Evelyn Maxine (Symmes) Peres. He grew up in Iola and graduated from Iola High School in 1963. Jim had mastered many trades in his lifetime including autobody, boilermaker and...
Joy M. Brock
Aug 23, 2016
Joy Michelle Brock, age 54, of Richmond, Kansas, passed away on Tuesday, August 23, 2016, at her home. She was born January 31, 1962 at Garnett, Kansas. Joy was the second of three children born to Jim and Joyce (Sturm) Buckley. Joy graduated from Garnett High School with the Class of 1980. She married Joel L. Wight on December 24,...
Judy A. Miller
Aug 22, 2016
Judy A. Miller, age 75, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Monday, August 22, 2016, at Residential Living Center, Garnett. She was born June 9, 1941, at Greeley, Kansas, the daughter of Floyd and Dorothy (Spencer) Stevenson. She graduated from Garnett High School with the Class of 1959. Judy married Carl R. Miller on February 7, 1961 at Holy Angels...
Seatta Lily VanDonge
Aug 22, 2016
Seatta Lily VanDonge, age 100, of Garnett, Kansas, formerly of Goodland, Kansas, passed away on Monday, August 22, 2016, at Guest Home Estates in Garnett, Kansas. She was the eighth of ten children born to John and Emma (Hornbacher) Peter. Seatta was born on August 13, 1916, at Fremont, Nebraska. Her family moved to Goodland, Kansas when she was a...
Raymond E Wittman
Aug 20, 2016
Raymond Eugene Wittman, age 92, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Saturday, August 20, 2016, at Golden Heights, Garnett. He was born November 24, 1923, the youngest of five children, at Greeley, Kansas, the son of Frank and Mary (Michalek) Wittman. Raymond attended the Sutton Valley school and St. John's school, Greeley. He served in World War II in the...
Jimmy McSwane
Aug 19, 2016
Jimmy C. McSwane, age 69, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Friday, August 19, 2016, at his home. He was born July 9, 1947, in Drytown, California, the son of Packer Greer (P.G.) and Florence (Parr) McSwane. He graduated from Amador County High School in Sutter Creek, California. After high school, he joined the U.S. Army, serving in Vietnam from...
Marilyn Murphy
Aug 18, 2016
Marilyn Jeanette Murphy, 78, of Savonburg, Kansas, died at Diversicare in Haysville, Kansas, on Thursday, August 18, 2016. Marilyn was born November 2, 1937 at Lindsborg, Kansas, the daughter of Clarence and Luella (Linderholm) Carlson. The Carlson family moved to the Elsmore area in 1941. Marilyn graduated from Elsmore High School in 1955 and Allen County Community Jr. College in...
Martha Edgecomb
Aug 16, 2016
Martha Ellen Edgecomb, age 92, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Tuesday, August 16, 2016, at Golden Heights. She was born June 21, 1924, in Westphalia, Kansas, the daughter of John H. and Myrtle (Armstrong) Riffey. Accepting Christ as her Savior, she was baptized on August 19, 1942. She became a member of Old German Baptist Brethren Church. Later she...
Carl D. Abbe
Aug 12, 2016
Carl D. Abbe, 71, of Iola, Kansas, died Friday, August 12, 2016, at Medicalodge of Girard. Carl was born February 1, 1945, in Anderson County, Kansas, the son of Clarence and Ellen (Vanderslice) Abbe. He has spent most of his life in Iola. He is survived by his brother, Richard Abbe of Bronson, Kansas and several nieces and nephews. He...
Berniece Joy Stanley
Aug 10, 2016
Berniece Joy Stanley, age 96, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Wednesday, August 10, 2016, at Olathe Medical Center, Olathe, Kansas. She was born November 27, 1919, at Richmond, Kansas, the daughter of Oren R. and Carrie Goldie (Lacy) Brown. Joy graduated with the Class of 1936 from Garnett High School. Joy married Irwin W. Benefiel on November 27, 1937,...
Carolyn S. Burdett
Aug 9, 2016
Carolyn Sue Burdett, age 80, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Tuesday, August 9, 2016, at her home. She was born on September 19, 1935, in Ridgeway, Missouri, the first of two daughters of Ward and Ella Mae (Groetecke) Harper. She grew up in St. Louis, later moving to Kansas City, where she graduated from Central High School with the...
Richard Dennis Habiger
Aug 7, 2016
Richard Dennis Habiger of Iola died Aug. 7 at the VA Medical Center in Topeka. He was 69. Richard Habiger was born at St. John Hospital in Iola, on Oct. 28, 1946, the first child of Clara and Wenzel Habiger. He grew up in Piqua where his father managed a grocery store. Habiger attended Piqua Grade School and graduated from...
Maxine L Frear
Aug 6, 2016
Maxine Frear, age 98, of Centerville, Kansas, passed away on Saturday, August 6, 2016 in Overland Park, Kansas. She was born December 2, 1917 in Selma, Kansas, the daughter of John and Isabel (Thompson) Huggins. Maxine graduated from Kincaid High School in 1935. Maxine married Wilbur J. Frear on March 28, 1936 in Ottawa, Kansas. This union was blessed with...
Ralph E. Rommelfanger
Aug 5, 2016
Ralph E. "Rommie" Rommelfanger, age 84, of Colorado Springs, Colorado, formerly of Greeley, Kansas, passed away on Friday, August 5, 2016. Rommie was the fourth of five children born to Francis Joseph and Theresa Josephine (Rues) Rommelfanger. He was born on July 5, 1932, in Greeley, Kansas. Rommie grew up in Greeley, graduating from Greeley High School in 1950. Following...
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