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H. Dean Kittle

H. Dean Kittle

Oct 4, 2015

Harold Dean Kittle, age 93, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Sunday, October 4, 2015, at his home. He was born August 28, 1922, in Rush County, Kansas. Dean was the second of five children born to John and Olive (Buzzard) Kittle. Dean grew up in Alexander, Kansas, attending school there until the family moved to LaCrosse, Kansas where he...

Juanita Chriestenson

Juanita Chriestenson

Oct 3, 2015

Juanita Maxine Chriestenson, 92, of Neosho Falls, Kansas, passed away Saturday, October 3, 2015, at Windsor Place in Iola. Juanita was born August 3, 1923, in Chanute, Kansas, the daughter of Henry and Iva (Tannahill) Bushman. She was raised on the family farm west of Neosho Falls. She eloped and married Charley S. Chriestenson on January 24, 1940 in Scranton,...

Verna Bruenger

Verna Bruenger

Oct 3, 2015

Verna M. Bruenger, 89, of Humboldt, Kansas, passed away Saturday, October 3, 2015. Verna was born January 27, 1926, on the family farm east of Humboldt, the daughter of Melvin Jonas and Minnie Sophia (Binger) Baker. She grew up on the farm, attended Prairie View Grade School and graduated from Humboldt High School in 1943. She worked at Kent's Dry...

Vera Comstock

Vera Comstock

Oct 3, 2015

Vera Maxine (Bain) Comstock, age 99, of Colony, Kansas passed away on Saturday, October 3, 2015, at Countryview Nursing Home, Prescott, Kansas where she lived the last eight years. Vera was born to Floris and Edna (Brown) Bain on August 29, 1916 in Colony, Kansas. Vera grew up on what is known as the Bain Farm East of Colony, Kansas....

Margaret Webb

Margaret Webb

Oct 2, 2015

Margaret "Peg" Webb, age 100, died Friday, October 2, 2015, at Peterson's Healthcare in Osage City, Kansas She was born September 8, 1915 in Allen County, to Walter Joseph and Drusilla (Stewart) Crook. She graduated from Humboldt High School in 1933 and Allen County Community College in 1935. She married Herbert M. Webb, Jr. February 6, 1937 in Kansas City,...

Mary Martin

Mary Martin

Oct 1, 2015

Mary L. Martin, 77, of Iola, Kansas, passed away Thursday, October 1, 2015, at her home. Mary was born February 11, 1938, in Parsons, Kansas, the daughter of James David and Dorothy Helen (Tomlinson) Murrow. She grew up in Iola and graduated from Iola High School in 1956. On August 31, 1957, Mary married Donald Lee Martin, Jr. in Humboldt....

Jean Barr

Jean Barr

Sep 30, 2015

Jean Barr, age 97, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Wednesday, September 30, 2015, at Golden Heights, Garnett. She was born August 9, 1918, in Colony, Kansas, the daughter of Charles and Wilma (Wyatt) Woods. Jean graduated from Garnett High School. Jean married Harold Barr on August 31, 1941, this union was blessed with five children; Paul, Kay, Dean, Jane...

Gro Gifford

Gro Gifford

Sep 29, 2015

Gro Gifford, age 73, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Tuesday, September 29, 2015 at St. Luke's South, Overland Park, Kansas. She was born April 11, 1942, in Stavanger, Norway, the daughter of Kjell Schmidt and Ruth (Johannessen) Jansen. After graduating high school, she worked as a nursing aide in a Swiss hospital for people with physical disabilities. Gro also...

Doris Baker

Doris Baker

Sep 27, 2015

Doris Loreen Baker, 83, of Humboldt, Kansas, passed away Sunday, September 27, 2015, at Windsor Place in Iola, Kansas. Doris was born March 30, 1932, in Humboldt, the daughter of Harvey Marion and Velma Alice (McIntyre) Orcutt. She grew up in Humboldt and graduated from Humboldt High School in 1950. On June 18, 1950, Doris married Melvin G. Baker at...

Betty Meadows

Betty Meadows

Sep 27, 2015

Betty Jean Johnson Meadows, 88, of Iola, Kansas, died Sunday, September 27, 2015, at St. Francis - Via Christi Hospital in Wichita, Kansas. Betty was born January 14, 1927, on a farm near Climax, Kansas, the youngest child of Lowell B. and Alma ( Nitsche ) Grundy. She attended schools in Elk and Greenwood Counties, graduating from Climax High School...

Dave Brock

Dave Brock

Sep 26, 2015

Dave Brock, age 55, of Richmond, Kansas passed away Saturday, September 26, 2015 at the Olathe Hospice House, Olathe, Kansas. David Alan Brock was born March 3, 1960 at Ottawa, Kansas, the son of Eugene D. and Dorothy M. (Duke) Brock. Dave grew up in Richmond and attended school at Central Heights, graduating in 1978. Following school Dave worked for...

Jalaani James Finney

Jalaani James Finney

Sep 26, 2015

Jalaani James Finney, age 22, of Greeley, Kansas, passed away on Saturday, September 26, 2015, at his home. He was born, Jalaani McBride on December 29, 1992, in Ft. Balfour, Virginia to Kma McBride. James E. and Jackie (Rutherford) Finney began caring for him on February 22, 1995 and then adopted Jalaani in 1998. Jalaani was preceded in death by...

Myrna Faulhaber

Myrna Faulhaber

Sep 26, 2015

Myrna Rose Faulhaber, 72, of Iola, Kansas, passed away Saturday, September 26, 2015, at the Allen County Regional Hospital. Myrna was born November 18, 1942, in Blue Mound, Kansas, the daughter of Russell and Beulah (Bowman) Krull. She grew up in the Blue Mound area. On December 24, 1959, Myrna married Gary F. Faulhaber in Harding, Kansas. They have made...

Garvin Daniel

Garvin Daniel

Sep 25, 2015

Garvin Arthur Daniel, age 73, of Iola, KS, passed away peacefully in his sleep, Friday, September 25, 2015 on his farm, after a long illness. Garvin was born February 5, 1942 at Wasola, MO. He was the oldest of five children born to Arthur C. and Eula Daniel. He graduated from Ava (MO) High School in 1959. He was united...

John Reiter

John Reiter

Sep 22, 2015

John Robert Reiter, 93, of Colony, Kansas, died Tuesday, September 22, 2015, at Residential Living Center in Garnett, Kansas. John was born July 1, 1922, in Geneva, Kansas, the son of Scott and Pearl ( Crocker ) Reiter. On July 25, 1944, he married Imogene Patrick and they made their home on farms in Allen and Anderson counties before moving...

Bertha Marie Jefferis

Bertha Marie Jefferis

Sep 20, 2015

Bertha Marie Jefferis, age 93, of Iola, Kansas, passed away on Sunday, September 20, 2015, at Windsor Place, Iola, Kansas. She was born April 19, 1922, the daughter of Everett and Cora (Schurer) Fults. Bertha married Leonard Earl Jefferis on April 19, 1941 in Iola, Kansas. They made their home for over 50 years, on a farm south of Moran,...

Richard Ellis

Richard Ellis

Sep 20, 2015

Richard Ellis, 71, former Iola resident died Sunday, September 20, 2015, at his home in Ste. Genevieve, Missouri. Richard was born March 6, 1944. He graduated from Iola High School in 1962 and served in the United States Army. Cremation has taken place. SERVICES: Memorial graveside services will be held 2:00 p.m. Friday September 25, 2015, in the LaHarpe Cemetery...

Dona Erbert

Dona Erbert

Sep 19, 2015

Donamae Catherine Erbert, 84, of Iola, Kansas, died Saturday, September 19, 2015, at the Olathe Medical Center in Olathe, Kansas. Dona was born September 1, 1931, in a sod house north of Stratton, Colorado, the daughter of Frank and Catherine ( Colgan ) Huppert. She graduated from high school in Kirk, Colorado, and on August 2, 1949, married Harold Erbert...

Charles R Kesinger

Charles R Kesinger

Sep 18, 2015

Charles R. Kesinger, age 71, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Friday, September 18, 2015, at North Point Skilled Nursing, Paola, Kansas. He was born on June 25, 1944, at Leavenworth, Kansas, the son of Eugene Kesinger and Marian (Landon) Norton. As a teenager, he was active in a local Topeka DeMolay Chapter. He graduated from Topeka High School with...

Mark Hirschberg

Mark Hirschberg

Sep 18, 2015

Mark Alan Hirschberg, 50, of Iola, Kansas, died Friday, September 18, 2015, at Menorah Medical Center in Overland Park, Kansas. Mark was born November 27, 1964, in Kansas City, Kansas, the son of Willis Harold and Nina June (Lull) Hirschberg. He grew up in Shawnee and later moved to Kansas City, Kansas. He has made his home in Allen County...

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