Recent Obituaries
Marvin Peery
Apr 24, 2015
Marvin N. Peery, 73, of Lone Elm, Kansas, passed away Friday, April 24, 2015, at St. Luke's Hospital of Kansas City. Marvin was born August 17, 1941, in Ottawa, Kansas, the son of Charles Kenneth and Irene (Carrier) Peery. He grew up in Lone Elm where he attended grade school and he graduated from Kincaid Rural High School in 1959....
Elizabeth Compton
Apr 21, 2015
Marie Elizabeth (Neuenswander) Compton passed away on April 21, 2015 at the age of 96. She was born in Alba, Missouri to Rev. Irvin Leo and Bethany Emma (Swartz) Neuenswander on April 19, 1919. She was the oldest of twelve children. Her father was a Methodist preacher, so for many years their family moved every three years to many small...
Mya Raelynn Oestreicher
Apr 21, 2015
Mya Raelynn Oestreicher passed away peacefully in her parent's arms on April 21, 2015 at Children's Mercy Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri. She was born April 16, 2015 at Olathe, Kansas, the daughter of Tyler and Lori (Murphy) Oestreicher. During her brief visit on earth, she inspired many, showed her joy through lots of smiles, and was told by many...
Cletus Neville
Apr 19, 2015
Cletus J. Neville, 88, of rural Neosho Falls, Kansas, died Sunday, April 19, 2015, at the Allen County Regional Hospital in Iola. Cletus was born December 15, 1926, in Wichita, Kansas, the son of Edward and Ella (Jansen) Neville. He was a lifelong farmer starting out on the family farm west of Wichita. On May 26, 1948, Cletus married Patricia...
Agnes C. Sunderland
Apr 19, 2015
Agnes Cecilia Sunderland, age 88, of Greeley, Kansas, passed away, Sunday, April 19, 2015, at Golden Heights, Garnett, Kansas. She was born on November 21, 1926, near Independence, Kansas, the daughter of John and Mary (Lehrke) Dalsing. Agnes attended schools in Independence, until the family moved to Greeley when she was 13. She then attended and graduated from St. John's...
Bessie Leonard
Apr 19, 2015
Bessie (Hay) Leonard, 94, of Humboldt, passed away Sunday, April 19, 2015 at Neosho Regional Memorial Hospital. She was born August 11, 1920 in Chanute, Kansas, the daughter of Harry and Bessie (Brownrigg) Hay. The family grew up in Neosho and Woodson counties. She attended Owl Creek Country School in Woodson County and was a graduate of Humboldt High School...
Helen M Miller
Apr 18, 2015
Helen Marie Miller, age 90, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Saturday, April 18, 2015, at Garnett. She was born November 20, 1924, at Greeley, Kansas. Helen was the second child and the first daughter of ten children born to William Joseph and Essie Josephine Raitinger Lickteig. She grew up in the Greeley area, where she attended St. John's School...
Lloyd Riebel
Apr 17, 2015
Lloyd Martin Riebel, 65, of Iola, Kansas, died Friday, April 17, 2015, at Iola Nursing Center. Lloyd was born January 15, 1950, in Iola, the son of Edward Martin and Eleanor Edith (Weber) Riebel. He grew up in Iola and worked through Tri-Valley at various businesses in the area over the years. Lloyd participated in Special Olympics and won a...
Irene A. Gellhaus
Apr 14, 2015
Irene Anna Gellhaus, age 89, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Tuesday, April 14, 2015, at Golden Heights, Garnett. She was born March 20, 1926 in Iola, Kansas, the daughter of Oscar and Rose (Hochstetter) Setter. Irene graduated from Greeley High School. Irene married Joseph C. Gellhaus on June 25, 1946, at Greeley, Kansas. This union was blessed with three...
Arthur Junior Kyser
Apr 13, 2015
Arthur Junior Kyser of Elsmore, Kansas, passed away on Monday, April 13, 2015 at Prairie Mission Retirement Home in St. Paul, Kansas. He was born April 25, 1928, at Savonburg, Kansas to Arthur E. and Florence (Hawkins) Kyser. He graduated from Hepler Rural High School in 1946. Arthur married Anna Nadine Tippie on September 18, 1949, in Elsmore, Kansas. They...
Burma Gonzalez
Apr 12, 2015
Burma June "B.J." Gonzalez, age 76, of Moran, passed away April 12, 2015 at Olathe Medical Center. She was born in Carneiro, Kansas, on May 17, 1938 to Wayne and Thelma (Brady) McCall. She was later joined by two brothers, Dan and Randy McCall. Her family lived in several places before settling on a farm outside of Moran. She graduated...
Cora O'Rourke
Apr 12, 2015
Cora L. O'Rourke, 67, of Iola, Kansas, passed into eternal life Sunday, April 12, 2015, at Windsor Place in Iola. Cora was born Feb. 8, 1948 in Concordia, Kansas, the daughter of August and Nellie (Rogers) Tubach. She graduated from Glasco High School and received her Bachelors and Master (MLS) degrees from Emporia State University. Cora taught 36 years -...
Robert Arden Culler
Apr 12, 2015
Robert Arden Culler, age 87, of Colony, Kansas, passed away on Sunday, April 12, 2015, at the Overland Park Regional Medical Center, Overland Park, Kansas. He was born June 25, 1927, in rural Colony, Kansas, the son of Robert Parker and Clara (Murray) Culler. Robert attended school in Colony before he was drafted to the U.S. Navy during WWII. Robert...
Ross W. Atkinson
Apr 12, 2015
Ross W. Atkinson, age 72, was born in rural southern Missouri on May 16, 1942. After retiring from the Kansas Gas Service in Overland Park, Kansas in 1999, he and his wife settled in rural Allen County, Kansas. He continued to raise cattle and the last few years they were all pets and he named each one of them. Ross...
Clarine Steward
Apr 10, 2015
Clarine Steward, 87, of Overland Park, Kansas, formerly of Iola, died Friday, April 10, 2015, at Delmar Gardens of Overland Park. Clarine was born June 25, 1927, in Iola, the daughter of Clarence Lee and Zelma Maurine (Grasty) Warford. She graduated from Iola High School and worked as a telephone operator. On November 8, 1946, Clarine married Wendell Steward in...
Jay Leedy
Apr 7, 2015
Jay E. Leedy, 77, of Neosho Falls, Kansas, died Tuesday, April 7, 2015, at Mission Health in Yates Center, Kansas. Jay was born July 20, 1937, on the family farm west of Neosho Falls, the son of Eugene Newport and Gladys Gertrude (Lynn) Leedy. He graduated from Neosho Falls High School in 1955 and served four years in the U.S....
Carl Bryson
Apr 6, 2015
Carl Lee Bryson, 85, of Iola, Kansas, died Monday, April 6, 2015, at Greystone Residential Care in Iola. Carl was born April 3, 1930, in Neodesha, Kansas, the son of Frank and Remo (Anderson) Bryson. He graduated from Thayer High School and served in the U.S. Army. He farmed between Thayer and Neodesha for a number of years. On October...
Mary Agnes Rockers
Apr 5, 2015
Mary Agnes Rockers, age 82, of Greeley, Kansas, passed away on Sunday, April 5, 2015, at Golden Heights in Garnett, Kansas. She was born Mary Agnes Volz, on October 25, 1932, the daughter of Paul and Teresa (Hastert) Volz on the family farm near Greeley. She grew up on the farm and attended school in Greeley. Mary was united in...
Irene Paula Hawley
Apr 3, 2015
Irene Paula Hawley, age 64, passed away on Friday April 3, 2015. Irene was born on July 16th, 1950 in Atchison, KS to Eugene S. and Thea L. Berry before moving to Wellsville, KS and later to Shawnee, KS where she graduated in 1968 from Shawnee Mission West High School. It was during her high school days she met, fell...
Wayne Bratcher
Apr 1, 2015
Raymond "Wayne" Bratcher, 79, of Iola, Kansas, died Wednesday, April 1, 2015, at his home surrounded by his family. Wayne was born October 10, 1935, in Southland, Texas, the son of George Marion and Mattie Lee (Whittington) Bratcher. He grew up at Thackerville, Oklahoma and served in the U.S. Army. Wayne was a contractor and worked construction in different parts...
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