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Nancy Gillaspie

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

Mary Loretta Lankard

Mary Loretta Lankard

Feb 26, 2016

Mary Loretta Lankard passed away at the age of 78 at her home on February 26, 2016. She was born on September 2, 1937 east of Westphalia, the daughter of Carl Joseph and Evelyn Velma (Landis) Roth. Loretta was six when they moved to the Maple Grove neighborhood where she attended grade school for eight years and later graduated from...

Zelma Tasche

Zelma Tasche

Feb 26, 2016

Zelma Maxine "Jeri" Tasche, 86, died Fri., Feb. 26, 2016, at Diversicare of Chanute. Jeri was born Aug. 23, 1929, at Mound City, KS, one of 10 children born to Leonard Franklin and Addie Blanche (Osborne) Murrow. She grew up in the Blue Mound and Mound City areas. She has made her home in Iola most of her adult life...

William Scheibmeir

William Scheibmeir

Feb 26, 2016

William J. "Bill" Scheibmeir, 80, of rural Piqua, Kansas, died Fri., Feb. 26, 2016, at the Moran Manor. Bill was born Nov. 8, 1935, at rural Piqua, the son of Herman Joseph and May Christina (Henson) Scheibmeir. He grew up on the farm at Neosho Falls and graduated from Neosho Falls High School and helped on the family farm. Bill...

Madelyn Fotovich

Madelyn Fotovich

Feb 22, 2016

Madelyn Fotovich born March 24, 1926, passed away February 22, 2016. Madelyn was a fundraiser in Kansas City, KS for more than 50 years for numerous charities and the K.C., KS Fire Department. The celebration of life for Madelyn Fotovich will be at the Wyandotte County Museum in the auditorium at 631 N. 126th St., Bonner Springs, KS on March...

Bernice Kellstadt

Bernice Kellstadt

Feb 21, 2016

Thelma Bernice Kellstadt, age 100, passed away on Sunday, February 21, 2016, at Golden Heights, Garnett. She was born July 29, 1915, in Welda, Kansas, the daughter of Frank Leo and Mary Elizabeth "Lizzie" (Cramer) Settle. She grew up in Welda and graduated from Welda High School in 1933. Graduating during the Great Depression, she went to work after high...

Betty Eileen Lewis

Betty Eileen Lewis

Feb 17, 2016

Betty Eileen (Duff) Lewis, age 73, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Wednesday, February 17, 2016, at her home. Betty, the youngest of five daughters born to Leland and Hazel (Humphrey) Duff, was born on July 3, 1942 at home on the family farm near Lyndon, Kansas. She graduated from Lyndon High School in 1960 and Emporia State Teacher's College...

Imogene Hewitt

Imogene Hewitt

Feb 17, 2016

Imogene Mae Hewitt, age 83, of Abilene, Kansas, formerly of Cottonwood Falls, Kansas, passed away on Wednesday, February 17, 2016, at Village Manor Nursing Home in Abilene, Kansas. She was born August 19, 1932, on a farm near Frederick, Kansas, the daughter of Fred and Alice (Mollhagen) Sager. Imogene was the sister of Maxine, Marvin, Don, Mary Ann, and June....

John W. Hartman

John W. Hartman

Feb 17, 2016

John W. Hartman, age 87, of Iola, Kansas, passed away on Wednesday, February 17, 2016 at Windsor Place, Iola, Kansas. He was the first of three children born to Walter and Clara (Petzell) Hartman. John was born October 5, 1928, at Kincaid, Kansas. He graduated from Welda High School, Welda, Kansas in 1947. Following his graduation John entered into the...

Marvin Jackman

Marvin Jackman

Feb 16, 2016

Marvin Jackman, age 90, of Moran, Kansas, passed away on Tuesday, February 16, 2016, at his home. He was born May 6, 1925 in Gas City, Kansas at home to Henry Herman and Cecil Faye (Pope) Jackman. He attended school at Gas Grade School then Iola High for three years. He quit school to enlist at the age of 18...

Gareld McGhee

Gareld McGhee

Feb 14, 2016

Gareld Clark "Gary" McGhee, 79, of rural Colony, Kansas, died Sunday, February 14, 2016, at the Overland Park Regional Medical Center. Gary was born April 26, 1936, at rural Colony, the son of Claude Robert and Mary Jane (O''Dell) McGhee. He grew up on the family farm west of Colony and graduated from Colony High School in 1953. On June...

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