Recent Obituaries
Gail E. "Tub" Ratliff
Dec 21, 2023
Gail E. "Tub" Ratliff, age 85, of Westphalia, Kansas passed away on Thursday, December 21, 2023, at The Medicalodges Iola, Kansas. Gail Edward Ratliff was born on April 7, 1938 at home in the Iantha neighborhood near Harris Kansas. He was the third of six children born to Zenn T. Ratliff and Grace Lucille "Billie" (Chitwood) Ratliff. The family moved...
Velma Horde
Dec 19, 2023
Velma Mae Horde, age 104, passed away on December 19, 2023, at YC Health and Rehab, Yates Center, Kansas. She was born on February 15, 1919 in rural Allen County, Kansas to Ben Grieve and Alice (Hockett) Grieve. Velma attended school at Silver Leaf School in Allen County. She and Willard Horde were married on August 16, 1938, in Yates...
Christina L. Culbertson
Dec 19, 2023
Christina Lee Culbertson, age 75, of Topeka, Kansas, passed away on Tuesday, December 19, 2023, at Stormont Vail Health in Topeka, Kansas. Christina was born on March 3, 1948. She grew up in Presho, South Dakota, where she was raised by her Aunt Elsie Greenwood Mang and Uncle Gus Mang until she was 13 years old. In 1961, she then...
Leslie Lyle Morgan, Jr
Dec 18, 2023
Leslie Lyle "Pete" Morgan, Jr., age 68, of Iola, Kansas passed away at his home on Monday, December 18, 2023. Pete was born March 17, 1955 at Waynesville, Missouri to Leslie Lyle Morgan and Helen (Kessler) Morgan. Pete married Sherrie Bartholomew on September 29, 1974. They were blessed with two children, Christine and Brian. They later divorced. On January 26,...
Frank James Goudy, Jr
Dec 18, 2023
Frank "Frankie" James Goudy, Jr., age 60, passed away on December 18, 2023, at Saint Luke's Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri. Frankie was born on April 3, 1963, in Atchison, Kansas, to Frank J. Goudy, Sr. and Mathilda "Jean" (Geisen) Goudy. He was one of four children. Frankie graduated from Iola High School with the class of 1981. Frankie was...
Garland Haynes
Dec 17, 2023
Garland Haynes, age 85, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Sunday, December 17, 2023, at The Mapleton Assisted Living in Andover, Kansas. He was born on February 6, 1938, in Garnett, Kansas, the son of James Alfred and Vivian M. (Dart) Haynes. Garland attended school in Garnett and graduated with the class of 1956. After high school he went directly...
Vernon G. Settlemyer
Dec 17, 2023
Vernon Glenn Settlemyer, age 90, of Neosho Falls, Kansas, passed away December 17, 2023, at Iola Medicalodges. Vernon was born April 8, 1933, in rural Neosho Falls to Ivan Settlemyer and Virginia (Dickerson) Settlemyer. Vernon and Ruth Bolinger were married on December 11, 1966. Vernon was a farmer his entire life. Vernon loved to fish, garden, and he was proud...
Darlene (Doll) Burton
Dec 16, 2023
Dannie Darlene Burton, age 84, of Humboldt, Kansas passed away peacefully on December 16, 2023, at her home. Darlene was born in La Harpe, Kansas, to George Wilson and Dannie J. (Gregg) Wilson on November 29, 1939, the very middle child of thirteen children. She attended Iola and Gas City schools throughout her childhood, finishing with her GED at Allen...
Rex Allen Wilper
Dec 13, 2023
Rex Allen Wilper, age 66, passed away on December 13, 2023, at Research Medical Center with family at his side. Rex was born on February 12, 1957, in Ottawa, Kansas to Charles and Rita Burroughs Wilper, the second of eight children. He attended grade school in Harris, Kansas, and graduated from Garnett High School in 1975. Immediately following graduation, he...
John Elmer
Dec 12, 2023
John Elmer, age 85, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Tuesday, December 12, 2023, at his home. John Edward Elmer was born on January 21, 1938, in Kansas City, Kansas. He was the eighth of twelve children born to Francis and Marjorie Dell (Phipps) Elmer. His family moved to Paola in 1944, John graduated from Paola High School. John began...
John B. Wolken
Dec 9, 2023
John B. Wolken, age 82, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Saturday, December 9, 2023, at Parkview Heights in Garnett. John was born on December 12, 1940, at Greeley, Kansas. He was the youngest of seven children born to August and Gertrude (Lanzrath) Wolken. John grew up near Greeley, attending St. John's school and then graduating from Greeley High School...
Kelly Reynold Rockers
Dec 8, 2023
Kelly Rockers, 39, of Scipio, Kansas, passed away unexpectedly from natural causes on Friday, December 8, 2023. He was born in Paola, Kansas on August 10, 1984 to Ben and Katie (Wiederholt) Rockers. As his parents drove to the hospital on the day Kelly was born, they noticed the road was lined with little blue Kansas wildflowers. His dad knew...
Charles Stanley
Dec 6, 2023
Charles Andrew "Chuck" Stanley, age 86, of Centerville, Kansas, passed away peacefully at his home on Wednesday, December 6, 2023. Chuck was born at home on April 19, 1937, in Garfield, Arkansas, the son of Byrdsell Andrew and Freda Alma (Reddick) Stanley. Chuck's family lived in Arkansas until moving to Exeter, Missouri when he was around 10 years old. In...
Joanne McIntyre
Dec 5, 2023
Joanne McIntyre, age 92, of Iola, Kansas, passed away December 5, 2023, at Greystone Assisted Living, Iola, Kansas. Joanne was born December 30, 1930, in Streator, Illinois, to Frederick Grant Foster and Nellie May (Daniels) Foster. She was raised by her aunt, Mary Madeline (Foster) Harris. Joanne graduated in 1948 from Iola High School. She and Harold E. McIntyre were...
Charlotte Y. Roberts
Dec 5, 2023
Charlotte Roberts, age 88, of Greeley, Kansas, passed away on Tuesday, December 5, 2023, at Rock Creek Care Home in Ottawa, Kansas. She was born on March 14, 1935, to John "Jack" and Ethel (Smethers) Carr in Kincaid, Kansas. Charlotte was united in marriage to Earl G. Roberts on September 9, 1954, in Bush City, Kansas. This union was blessed...
Jack F. Leake
Dec 1, 2023
Jack Franklin Leake, age 71, of Iola, Kansas, passed away December 1, 2023, at his residence. Jack was born October 15, 1952, in Colony, Kansas. Jack graduated in 1971 from Marmaton Valley High School, Moran, Kansas. He and Laurie Witchley were married February 21, 1980, in Iola, Kansas. Jack worked as a machine operator for Gates Rubber Company for 27...
Brenda Herrington
Nov 29, 2023
Brenda Darlene Herrington, age 73, of Humboldt, Kansas, passed away November 29, 2023, at Arrowood Lane Assisted Living, Humboldt, Kansas. Brenda was born March 2, 1950, in Butler, Missouri, to Herbert Dotson and Betty (Parker) Divonne. Brenda worked many years as a certified nurses' aid, retiring in 2004. Brenda enjoyed working with the elderly and caring for them. She loved...
Larry Carl Jennings
Nov 26, 2023
Larry Carl Jennings, age 72, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Sunday, November 26, 2023, at his home, under hospice care. Born on May 31, 1951, in Charleston, West Virginia, Larry was the third of three children born to Dimp Carl Jennings and Ernestine (Robinson) Jennings. Larry grew up in Elkview, West Virginia attending school there. Following school he relocated...
Don Wayne Miller
Nov 25, 2023
Don Wayne Miller of Livingston, Texas, died Saturday November 25, 2023, at his home. He was born on March 19, 1953, in Garnett Kansas, to Don Wayne Miller and Harrietta Dunlap. I knew a man named Don Miller. He stood at 5'8"; a man to still look up to. He was true-blue, tough, fiery, and gentle all at the same...
Michael L. Carpenter
Nov 24, 2023
Michael L. Carpenter, age 54, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away unexpectedly at his home on Friday, November 24, 2023. Michael was born to Harold and Karen (Lierz) Carpenter on June 22, 1969, in Kansas City, Kansas. During his youth years, his parents moved to Iola, Kansas, where he attended school and graduated from Iola High. After high school, he began...
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