Recent Obituaries
Clark Platt
Mar 30, 2016
Clark Platt, age 76, of Richmond, passed away on Wednesday, March 30, 2016, at Olathe Medical Center, Olathe, Kansas. He was born December 13, 1939, Garnett, the son of Emmett and Betty (McGrew) Platt. He attended the grade school at Harris and graduated from Garnett High School with the Class of 1957. Clark grew up on the family farm near...
Robert J. Volz
Mar 27, 2016
Robert Volz, age 69 of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Sunday, March 27, 2016, at his home. He was born on September 23, 1946, at the family farm southwest of Greeley, Kansas. Robert was the youngest of 13 children born to Paul A. Volz and Teresa E. (Hastert) Volz. He graduated from Greeley High School in 1964, and then attended...
David Bedenbender
Mar 26, 2016
David Eugene Bedenbender was born December 7, 1953, in Iola, Kansas. He was the son of William Neil and Thelma (Tidd) Bedenbender. He passed away at his home in rural Neosho Falls, Kansas at the age of 62 on March 26, 2016. David married Diane Hosley December 22, 1973. This union was blessed with two children, Trent and Jana. David...
Dean L. Hultz
Mar 26, 2016
Dean L. Hultz, age 94, of Moran, Kansas, formerly of Kincaid, Kansas, passed away on Saturday, March 26, 2016 at the Allen County Regional Hospital, Iola, Kansas. Dean was the second of four children born Arthur Leo Hultz and Ida Iva Lowman Hultz. He was born October 16, 1921at Bush City Kansas. He grew up on a farm ½ mile...
Morris Phillip Luedke
Mar 25, 2016
Morris Philip Luedke, 87, of Colony, Kansas, passed away on March 25 at Windsor Place, Iola. Morris was born Feb. 23, 1929, near Amsterdam, Missouri, the 8th child of 10 born to Charles and Estella Luedke. The family moved to the Colony area in 1938. He graduated from Colony High School in 1948, from Iola Junior College and then received...
Richard Terry Adams
Mar 22, 2016
Richard Terry Adams, age 92, of Kincaid, Kansas, passed away on Tuesday, March 22, 2016, at Guest Home Estates, Garnett; following complications of a stroke. He was born October 25, 1923, at Kincaid, Kansas, the fourth of five children born to Terry Wilson and Marietta Mae (Hobert) Adams. Richard's mother passed away on Christmas when he was twelve years old....
Louise Hedman
Mar 21, 2016
Louise Hedman, 83, of Iola, Kansas, went to be with the Lord on March 21, 2016. Louise was born in Humboldt on May 3, 1932, the daughter of Leslie and Mildred Grennell. Louise was employed at the Allen County Sheriff''s Department from 1981 to 1999. She served in various capacities including being appointed as the first female under sheriff to...
Harold Sprague
Mar 21, 2016
Harold Dean Sprague, 95, of rural Colony, Kansas, died Monday, March 21, 2016, at Windsor Place in Iola. Harold was born December 20, 1920, in Kincaid, Kansas, the son of Arzy and Hazel (Beal) Sprague. He grew up on the family farm southeast of Lone Elm and served in the U.S. Army during World War II. On February 14, 1956,...
Earnest Foster
Mar 20, 2016
Earnest A. Foster, Jr., 82, of Bel Aire, Kansas, died Sunday, March 20, 2016, at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita. Earnest was born March 27, 1933, in Iola, Kansas, the son of Earnest A. Foster, Sr. and Marie (Brown) Creason. He graduated from Iola High School in 1952. On September 19, 1953, he married his high school sweetheart, Leora I....
Violet Stevens
Mar 19, 2016
Violet Lee Stevens, 80, of Iola, Kansas, died Saturday, March 19, 2016, at the Olathe Medical Center. Violet was born January 7, 1936, in Hanford, CA, the daughter of John and Lylas Simon. At a young age she started picking in orchards with family including cotton, nuts and fruit. She married Joe Allen Stevens September 4, 1953, and they moved...
Nancy Gillaspie
Mar 16, 2016
Nancy Ruth Gillaspie, 66, of Independence, Missouri, unexpectedly passed away on the afternoon of March 16, 2016 at Saint Luke's Hospital on the Plaza in Kansas City, Missouri. Nancy was born on March 27, 1949 in Palo Alto, California, the daughter of George and Rosemary (McCollam) Gillaspie. Nancy lived her childhood in Anderson and Allen counties where she attended grade...
Leanna Bettis
Mar 14, 2016
M. Leanna Bettis, 70, of Humboldt, Kansas, passed away Monday, March 14, 2016, at Country Place in Chanute. Leanna was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 1978 and fought a long, valiant battle with the disease. Leanna was born April 8, 1945, in Iola, Kansas, the daughter of Homer and Margaret Leanna (Strieby) Smith. She grew up in Humboldt and graduated...
Kathleen R. Guilfoyle
Mar 13, 2016
Kathleen Rose Guilfoyle, age 91, of Greeley, Kansas, entered Heaven's gates and eternal peace on Sunday, March 13, 2016 at Golden Heights Living Center, Garnett, Kansas. Kathleen was born on Monday, March 9, 1925 in Greeley, Kansas. She was the second daughter born to Frank and Gertrude (Oswald) Lanzrath. She grew up in Greeley and graduated from Greeley High School...
June Roeder
Mar 12, 2016
June Marie Roeder, 74, of rural Colony, Kansas, died Saturday, March 12, 2016, at the Allen County Regional Hospital in Iola. June was born July 14, 1941, in Colony, the daughter of Loyal and Imogene (McCullough) Fulton. She grew up in Lone Elm, LaHarpe and Gas and graduated from Iola High School. On June 5, 1964, June married Marion Lee...
Robert Hampton
Mar 12, 2016
Robert L. Hampton, 78, of Humboldt, Kansas, passed away on Saturday, March 12, 2016, at Diversicare of Chanute. Robert was born September 3, 1937, in Ft. Scott, Kansas, the son of Jesse Leland (Lee) and Vera (King) Hampton. He graduated from Iola High School in 1955 and received an Associates of Arts degree from Allen County Community College. He received...
Charles Burton
Mar 10, 2016
Charles Melvin Burton, 72, of Iola, Kansas, died Thursday, March 10, 2016. Charles was born December 12, 1943, at Buffalo, Kansas, the son of Robert McHenry and Rose Evelyn (Holeman) Burton. He grew up at Humboldt, moving to Iola as a young man. He lived in Emporia, Kansas where he worked for I.B.P. before returning to Iola in 1998. He...
Bradley Cook
Mar 4, 2016
Bradley Jay Cook, 56, of rural Iola, Kansas, died Friday, March 4, 2016, at his home. Brad was born February 8, 1960 in Yates Center, Kansas. He grew up in Bronson and Gas. On March 10, 1979, Brad married Susan E. Tanner in Iola. They made their home in Gas before moving north of Iola. He has worked in the...
Rita R. Wilper
Mar 4, 2016
Rita R. Wilper, age 79, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Friday, March 4, 2016, at Richmond Healthcare Center, Richmond, Kansas. She was born August 20, 1936, at Harris, Kansas, the daughter of Clyde and Ester (Roecker) Burroughs. Rita graduated from Williamsburg High School with the Class of 1954. Rita was united in marriage to Charles Augustine Wilper on July...
Georgetta Foxx
Mar 3, 2016
Georgetta Browning Foxx, age 88, lifelong resident of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on March 3, 2016, at Overland Park Regional Medical Center, Overland Park, Kansas. She was born August 30, 1927, the daughter of Ernest and Alverta (Hermon) Browning in Garnett, Kansas, the last of three daughters. She went to school at Garnett and was a member of the Class...
Dale Vink
Feb 26, 2016
D. Dale Vink, 67, of Iola, Kansas, died Fri., Feb. 26, 2016, at Allen County Regional Hospital. Dale was born March 12, 1948, in Luverne, Minnesota, the son of Delmar and Lucretia (DeBoer) Vink. He served in the U.S. Navy during the Vietnam War. Following his honorable discharge he made his home in Iola. In 1969, Dale married Alice Munsen...
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