Recent Obituaries
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...
Ronald L. Caruthers
Aug 3, 2016
Ronald L. Caruthers, age 72, of Ottawa, Kansas, passed away on Wednesday, August 3, 2016 at Baldwin Healthcare in Baldwin, Kansas. Ronald was born June 15, 1944 in Kansas City, Missouri, the son of Ruby L. (Houk) and Roger I. Caruthers. He graduated from Lecompton High School in 1964 and worked with his father on the family farm west of...
Mary Lou Brinkmeyer
Jul 30, 2016
Mary Lou Brinkmeyer, age 81, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away Saturday, July 30, 2016 at the Richmond Healthcare Center, Richmond, Kansas. She was born August 25, 1934, at home in Ottawa, Kansas. Mary Lou was the third of five children born to Joseph Leroy Humbert, Sr. and Lenora (Finch) Humbert. She graduated from Greeley High School with the class of...
Marian M. Michael
Jul 30, 2016
Marian M. Michael, 91, of Iola, Kansas, passed away Saturday, July 30, 2016, at the Allen County Regional Hospital surrounded by her family. Marian was born May 20, 1925, in Iola, the daughter of Clyde and Goldie (Stout) Hurlock. She grew up in Iola and graduated from Iola High School in 1943. Marian married Dean Michael and they always made...
Arthur Lorraine Westerberg
Jul 28, 2016
Arthur Lorraine Westerberg, 92, of rural Savonburg, Kansas, passed away Thursday, July 28, 2016, at Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice in Wichita. He was born August 4, 1923, on the family farm west of Savonburg, the son of Arthur Albert and Ethel (Lagergren) Westerberg. He grew up on the farm and worked at his uncle's blacksmith shop in Savonburg before he...
Arthur West
Jul 28, 2016
Arthur Lee West, 90, of rural Moran, Kansas, died Wednesday, September 29, 2010 at Windsor Place Nursing Center in Iola, Kansas. Arthur was born January 31, 1920, west of Iola, Kansas the son of Charles and Fransina (Morning) West. He grew up at Iola and served in the United States Army during WWII. On September 22, 1942, Arthur married Ruby...
David L. Kratzberg
Jul 28, 2016
David L. Kratzberg, age 73, of Greeley, Kansas, passed away on Thursday, July 28, 2016, at his home. He was born June 24, 1943, in Anderson County, Kansas, the son of August and Cecelia (Rosner) Kratzberg. Dave graduated from Greeley High School in 1961. He married Arlene Morgan on December 26, 1960 in Atlanta, Georgia. This union was blessed with...
Beth McVey
Jul 28, 2016
Beth McVey, 84, of LaHarpe, Kansas, passed away Thursday, July 28, 2016, at Windsor Place in Iola, Kansas. Beth was born January 19, 1932, in rural Allen County, Kansas, the daughter of Ralph O. and Mary Hazel (Jackson) Marvin. She grew up in rural Allen County and graduated from Humboldt High School in 1949. In June 1949, Beth married Earl...
Jan Fuller
Jul 27, 2016
Jan Fuller, 82, of Iola, Kansas, passed away Wednesday, July 27, 2016, at the Moran Manor. She was the second of four children born to Dr. Frank and Hazel (Parks) Callahan in Santa Cruz, California, on March 26, 1934. Her father was a veterinarian and a federal meat inspector. When Jan was 1 year old, the family moved back to...
Eleanor C. Reiling
Jul 26, 2016
Eleanor C. Reiling, age 91, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Tuesday, July 26, 2016, at the Residential Living Center, Anderson County Hospital, Garnett. Eleanor was the fifth of six children born to Tony and Emma (Weber) Roth. She was born on March 30, 1925, in Westphalia, Kansas. Eleanor grew up in Westphalia, attending school and graduating high school there....
Susan D. Weisenberger
Jul 25, 2016
Susan D. Weisenberger, 68, of rural Yates Center, Kansas, passed away Monday, July 25, 2016, at her home surrounded by her family. Susan was born May 11, 1948, in Washington, D.C., the daughter of William and Helen (Bunten) Dvorachek. She grew up in Vienna, Virginia, and received her BS Degree from the University of Wisconsin, her RN Degree from the...
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