Recent Obituaries
Harold VanHouden
Feb 1, 2016
Harold Lee "Red" VanHouden, 78, of Iola, Kansas, died Monday, Feb. 1, 2016, at Olathe Medical Center. Harold was born January 8, 1938, in Fredonia, KS, the son of Lloyd and Thelma (Davis) VanHouden. He served in 4 branches of the U.S. military: Army, Air Force Navy and Coast Guard and received honorable discharges from all of them. He worked...
Bill Draper
Jan 31, 2016
Lloyd William "Bill" Draper, 91, long-time Moran farmer, died Sunday, Jan. 31, 2016, at Mercy Hospital in Ft. Scott, Kansas. Bill was born Dec. 21, 1924, at rural Elsmore, KS, the son of Bert Walter and Flossie Ellen (Warren) Draper. He grew up in Allen County and graduated from Mildred High School. On Dec. 25, 1954, Bill married Mary Lou...
Bobbie A. Holcombe
Jan 31, 2016
Bobbie A. Holcombe, age 93, of Garnett, Kansas passed away on Sunday, January 31, 2016 at Golden Heights, Garnett, Kansas. Bobbie was born Grace Allan Whitacre on February 15, 1922 in Cardiff, Wales, the daughter of Herbert and Jessica (Allan) Whitacre. She grew up in Wales, England and Scotland. Her family lived in London during W.W.II. Bobbie immigrated to the...
Shirley L. Lewis
Jan 29, 2016
Shirley L. Lewis, age 82, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Friday morning, January 29, 2016, at the Anderson County Hospital in Garnett, Kansas, with her two beloved sons, Tony and Terry, by her side. She was born on October 8, 1933, in Garnett, Kansas, the daughter of Joe and Margaret (Schlick) Baldridge. Shirley met her future husband, Fred M....
Thelma Bedenbender
Jan 28, 2016
Thelma Louise (Tidd) Bedenbender, 85, of Neosho Falls, Kansas, passed away on January 28, 2016. She was born near Aliceville, Kansas on June 2, 1930, and grew up on the family farm west of Neosho Falls. She graduated from the Neosho Falls high school. On November 28, 1949, she married William Neil Bedenbender. They lived and farmed in the Neosho...
Vivian Singer
Jan 27, 2016
Vivian Ruth (Babcock) Singer went to her heavenly home on Wednesday, January 27, 2016 at her home. She was born November 22, 1924 in Hominy, OK to Rolland and Elizabeth (Free) Babcock. She attended school in Oklahoma until her parents moved to Iola to run the Western Auto Store in 1936. She graduated from Iola High School in 1941, and...
Ida Luttrell
Jan 26, 2016
Ida Mae Luttrell, 77, of Iola, KS, passed away January 26, 2016 at Greenwood County Hospital. Ida was born July 23rd, 1938 in Corvallis, Oregon to Ted Prindel and Winifred Uhlman. Ida is proceeded in death by her parents. She is survived by her daughter Denise Waddle of Osawatomie, KS, sons David Luttrell and Maria of Birmingham, AL, Michael Luttrell...
Rosalee Larson
Jan 25, 2016
Rosalee Larson, 85, a lifelong resident of Humboldt, Kansas, passed away Monday, January 25, 2016, at Neosho Memorial Regional Medical Center surrounded by her family. Rosalee was born February 9, 1930, in Humboldt, the daughter of Walter and Ruby (Wilson) Headley. On June 15, 1947, Rosalee married Lawrence "Bud" Larson at her parent''s home in Humboldt. They always made their...
Linda L. Moody
Jan 23, 2016
Linda Moody, age 68, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Saturday, January 23, 2016. She was born August 6, 1947, in Garnett, the daughter of Raymond Claude "Tag" and Dora Lucille (Welborn) Lewis. She graduated from Garnett High School. Linda was a homemaker first and then started working at Farm Bureau until retirement. Linda was united in marriage to Henry...
Alice Tholen
Jan 21, 2016
Alice F. Tholen, 86, of rural Moran, Kansas, passed away Thursday, January 21, 2016, at her home. Alice was born February 22, 1929, at Olmitz, Kansas, the daughter of Joseph and Frances (Riedl) Bahr. She grew up in Olmitz and graduated from St. Anne''s High School there. On June 22, 1948, Alice married Paul H. Tholen at St. Anne''s Catholic...
Fern Manspeaker
Jan 19, 2016
Ferna Fae Manspeaker, age 94, of Garnett, Kansas passed away on Tuesday, January 19, 2016, at Golden Heights in Garnett, Kansas. Fern was born December 8, 1921 east of Bush City, Kansas, the only child of Aratus "James" and Nancy (Griffith) Kibbe. Fern grew up just west of Garnett and went to grade school at the Fairground school house. She...
Aleene M. Hill
Jan 19, 2016
Aleene M. Hill, age 93, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Tuesday, January 19, 2016, at Residential Living Center in Garnett, Kansas. She was born November 30, 1922, in Iola, Kansas, the daughter of John and Ruby Hazel (Anderson) Gearhart. When Aleene was four, she begged to go to school with her big brother. Since the country school teacher had...
J.N. Franklin
Jan 16, 2016
John Nelson "J.N." Franklin, 91, of Iola, Kansas, died Saturday, January 16, 2016, at Vintage Park in Eureka, Kansas. J.N. was born April 12, 1924, at Humboldt, Kansas, the son of John R. and Hazel Marie (Green) Franklin. He grew up in Humboldt. On May 7, 1950, he married Virginia M. Hunt and they made their home and farmed the...
Neva Turner
Jan 15, 2016
Neva Sharlene Turner, 76, of LaHarpe, Kansas, died Friday, January 15, 2016, at Windsor Place in Iola. Neva was born April 16, 1939, in Howard, Kansas, the daughter of Harold Robert and Sharlene Elizabeth (Glen) Batemon. She grew up in the Iola area and worked cleaning house and babysitting for Betty Womack. On June 13, 1955, Neva married Lloyd Wayne...
James Aggers
Jan 15, 2016
James C. Aggers, Jr., 78, of Humboldt, Kansas, died Friday, January 15, 2016, at Freeman Health West in Joplin, Missouri. Cremation has taken place and the family plans a memorial service later. Waugh-Yokum and Friskel Memorial Chapel of Iola, assisted the family. To leave a condolence, go to www.iolafuneral.com .
Emma Houtchens
Jan 13, 2016
Emma Mae Houtchens, age 89, formerly of Iola, Kansas passed away on Wednesday, January 13, 2016 at Life Care Center of Burlington. She was born on July 14, 1926 at LaPlata, Missouri the daughter of William and Esther Fulmer Snart. She married Bill Houtchens who preceded her in death. She enjoyed animals, especially cats. She always had the heart to...
Rebecca Genn
Jan 12, 2016
Rebecca Genn, 61, of Chanute, KS, passed away January 12, 2016.Rebecca was born Orange, CA on May 18th, 1954. She graduated from Highlands High School in Sacramento, CA in 1972. She loved crafting, working in the yard, fishing, and spending time with family. Rebecca is survived by her husband, Robert Genn, parents, James and Alice Croy of Chanute, KS, sisters,...
Mary M. Ramsey
Jan 12, 2016
Mary M. (Workman) Ramsey, age 75, of Pittsburg, Kansas, formerly of Colony, Kansas, passed away on Tuesday, January 12, 2016, at her home. She was born August 9, 1940, in Logan, West Virginia, the daughter of Elbert and Vivian Irene (Justice) Workman. Mary married Ronald Glenn Mosby in 1960 and this union was blessed with one daughter, Rhonda Lynn. They...
Ila Mae Fite
Jan 12, 2016
Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of his saints. Psalm 116:15 One year and five months after her husband, Ross David Fite, was taken to heaven God chose to call his bride of 65 years, Ila Mae Fite, to join him. Our precious mother, grandmother, sister, friend and faithful missionary laid her earthly body aside and...
Louise Lackey
Jan 9, 2016
Louise G. Lackey, 99, formerly of Iola, Kansas, passed away Saturday, January 9, 2016, at Newman Regional Health in Emporia, Kansas. Louise was born June 7, 1916, in Iola, the daughter of Morris and Catherine Mathilda (Schlick) Abts. She graduated from Iola High School in 1934 and worked as a bookkeeper for her father at Abts Auto Parts. On June...
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