Recent Obituaries
Dora Beachy
Jul 3, 2016
Dora Beachy, age 90, passed away Sunday, July 3, 2016 at Windsor Place, Iola, Kansas. She was born August 24, 1925, at Hutchinson, Kansas, the daughter of Levi E. and Anna (Keim) Helmuth. She attended the Elmhirst School. Dora married Alvin J. Beachy on February 21, 1952, in Hutchinson, Kansas. This union was blessed with seven children. They made their...
Robert L. Lane
Jul 1, 2016
Robert L. Lane, 96, of Iola, Kansas, passed away Friday, July 1, 2016, at Windsor Place in Iola. Robert Lorraine Lane was born September 23, 1919, the second oldest child to Homer G. Lane and Eureka L. Smith in Iola, Kansas. He was a lifelong member of Ward Chapel A.M.E. church, Iola, Kansas, and was active in a variety of...
Larry DePoe
Jun 28, 2016
Larry DePoe, age 74, of Lone Elm, Kansas, passed away on Tuesday, June 28, 2016, at his home. He was born on August 26, 1941, in Garnett, Kansas, the second of three children born to Lester E. and Loella C. (Klooz) DePoe. Larry was a lifetime resident of the Lone Elm area, never living more than five miles from where...
Shirley M. Reed
Jun 27, 2016
Shirley M. Reed, age 80, of Swink, Colorado, formerly of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Monday, June 27, 2016, at her home. She was born on December 8, 1935, in Bonner Springs, Kansas, the daughter of Walter David and Irene Bell (Dunn) Kyle. Shirley was united in marriage to Leslie Edward Reed on January 27, 1953, in Olathe, Kansas. This...
Mark A. Neville
Jun 26, 2016
Mark A. Neville, 57, passed away June 26, 2016, at Olathe Medical Center following complications related to pneumonia. He was born November 30, 1958 in Kingman, Kansas the son of Cletus J. and Patricia A. (Mies) Neville. The Neville family moved to Neosho Falls in 1968. Mark grew up on the family farm often working and driving tractors at an...
Lydia Yoder
Jun 25, 2016
Lydia H. (Bontrager) Yoder, age 104, of Garnett, Kansas, and formerly of Shipshewana, Indiana, passed away on Saturday, June 25, 2016, at her home. She was born June 10, 1912, at Hutchinson, Kansas, to the late Harry D. and Susan (Miller) Bontrager. On March 11, 1931, in Hutchinson, she married Felty S. Yoder who preceded her in death on January...
Rebecca Keller
Jun 24, 2016
Rebecca Casida Keller, age 70, of Overland Park, Kansas, passed away on Friday, June 24, 2016, at KU Medical Center. She was born at Carter Hospital, Garnett, Kansas on October 3, 1945, the youngest of four children born to Walter and Florence (Russell) Casida. She grew up in Garnett, graduating from high school there in 1963. In 1965 Rebecca was...
Sharon Kay Saterfiel
Jun 21, 2016
Sharon Kay Saterfiel, 66, of Colony, Kansas, passed away Tuesday, June 21, 2016, at her daughter's home in Iola, surrounded by her family. Sharon was born September 9, 1949, in Topeka, Kansas. She grew up on a farm between Gas and LaHarpe and attended Iola schools. She married James Willard Bagnall, Jr. and they made their home in Iola. They...
Jerry W. Lindsay
Jun 21, 2016
Jerry Wayne Lindsay, age 63, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away Tuesday, June 21, 2016, in Warren, Michigan. He was born on July 25, 1952, in Garnett, Kansas, the son of Emmett Eugene and Dixie Claire (Huggins) Lindsay. Jerry attended elementary school in Bush City, Kansas and later graduated from Garnett High School in 1970. After high school, Jerry followed in...
D. Juanita Dunlap
Jun 19, 2016
D. Juanita Dunlap, 88, of Iola, Kansas, passed away Sunday, June 19, 2016, at Allen County Regional Hospital. Juanita was born Feb. 5, 1928, in Aldrich, Mo, the daughter of Earnest and Dorothy (Cole) Hamilton. She was raised in Springfield, MO where she graduated from high school in 1945. Following graduation, Juanita married Dolin Gott. They had 4 children, Gary,...
LaDelle M. Cunningham
Jun 15, 2016
LaDelle Mavis Carlson Cunningham died June 15, 2016. LaDelle was born October 28, 1923, the daughter of Eric and Julia (Swanson) Carlson at Elsmore, Kansas. She attended Country School near Elsmore before graduating from the Elsmore High School in 1941. LaDelle graduated from the Coffeyville Beauty Academy in 1942. LaDelle then worked as a cosmetologist in Chanute, Erie and Stark....
Charles E. "Charlie" Sellman
Jun 14, 2016
Charles Ernest "Charlie" Sellman, 67, of Iola, Kansas, passed away Tuesday, June 14, 2016, at Kindred Hospital Northland in Kansas City, surrounded by his family. Charlie was born December 15, 1948, in Iola, the son of Ernest "Bud" and Ruth (Schulze) Sellman. He grew up in Iola and graduated from Iola High School in 1966. He attended Pittsburg State University....
Cecelia CeCe Biery
Jun 14, 2016
Cecelia "CeCe" Biery, age 64, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Tuesday, June 14, 2016 at St. Luke's Plaza in Kansas City, Missouri. She was born May 3, 1952, in Newark, New Jersey, the daughter of Gustave and Sue Frommer. CeCe graduated from John F. Kennedy High School in Paterson, New Jersey. She worked as a police officer in New...
Michael Ray "Mike" Karr
Jun 14, 2016
Michael Ray Karr, 37, of Iola, Kansas, passed away Tuesday, June 14, 2016. Mike was born December 1, 1978, in Iola, the son of Harold Ray and Marsha Sue (Chapman) Karr. He grew up in LaHarpe attending LaHarpe Elementary and graduated from Iola High School in 1998. Mike made his home in Iola and was a pulling unit operator in...
Mildred G. Ludolph
Jun 12, 2016
Mildred G. Ludolph, age 97, of Iola, Kansas, passed away on Sunday, June 12, 2016, at Windsor Place in Iola, Kansas. She was born on June 27, 1918, in Westphalia, Kansas, the daughter of Loren and Ruth (Hugenott) Bouse. She attended schools in Westphalia, graduating in 1936. After graduating high school, Mildred worked in the Westphalia telephone office. Mildred was...
Ricky Ray Ahring
Jun 9, 2016
Ricky Ray Ahring, age 57, of Harris, Kansas, passed away on Thursday, June 9, 2016, at his home. He was born January 26, 1959, the youngest of five children born to Fred W. Ahring Sr. and Marjorie (Bartlett) Ahring. Ricky graduated from Garnett High School. He worked the wheat harvest with his family during the summer months, and during the...
Roy W. Leake
Jun 8, 2016
Roy W. Leake, Jr., 67, of Humboldt, Kansas, died Wednesday, June 8, 2016. Roy was born September 9, 1948, in Colony, Kansas, the son of Roy Wilson and Elsie Lavon (Morris) Leake. He grew up in Iola and Moran, graduating from Moran High School in 1968. He joined the U.S. Navy after graduation and served on the USS Kitty Hawk...
Virginia Helen Weatherman
Jun 4, 2016
Virginia Helen Hale Weatherman, 91, of Colony, Kansas, passed away Saturday, June 4, 2016, at Allen County Regional Hospital. Virginia was born June 2, 1925, in Los Angeles, California, the daughter of Jacob Elijah and Ada Bell (Moore) Hale. She grew up in Turner, Kansas, and graduated from Turner High School in 1943. On January 9, 1944, Virginia married Robert...
Darlos R Aldrich
Jun 2, 2016
Darlos “Dot” Aldrich died on June 2, 2016 at the Westview Care Center in Derby, KS. She was 91 years old. She was the youngest of four children born to Blanche (Armour) and Joseph Elvin Westervelt on January 31, 1920 on a farm near Altamont, KS. She attended Altamont Grade School and graduated from Labette County High School. At 17,...
Tracy Eleanor Rawlings
Jun 2, 2016
Tracy Eleanor Sloan Rawlings, 93, of Iola, Kansas, died Thursday, June 2, 2016, at the Allen County Regional Hospital. Tracy was born October 4, 1922, in Elsmore, Kansas, the daughter of James Austin and Nora Ellen (Rhodes) Sloan. She grew up south of Moran, Kansas. On October 4, 1939, she married Roy Rawlings and they made their home in Moran....