Recent Obituaries
Rhoda Schulte
Nov 13, 2015
Rhoda Jeanette (Nickelson) Schulte, age 81, of Garnett, Kansas passed away at her home on Friday, November 13, 2015. She was born May 20, 1934, on a farm near Garnett, Kansas. She is the daughter of Jeremiah "Jerry" and Goldia D. (Whightsil) Nickelson. She lived in Garnett all of her life and graduated from Garnett High School in 1952. She...
Alfred Weiland
Nov 12, 2015
Alfred J. "Al" Weiland , 103, of Iola, Kansas, died Thursday, November 12, 2015, at Windsor Place in Iola. Al was born July 7, 1912, in Neosho Falls, Kansas, the son of John and Grace ( Bigger ) Weiland. Al became a well respected mechanic and an area dirt track racing legend. He worked on cars since he was 16...
Connie Vest
Nov 9, 2015
Connie Marie Vest,64, of LaHarpe, Kansas, died Monday, November 9, 2015, at Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice in Wichita, Kansas. Connie was born May 22, 1951, in Yates Center, Kansas, the daughter of Isaac and Lucille ( Parks ) Bohard. She graduated from Yates Center High School. Over the years Connie worked in area nursing homes as a certified nurses aide,...
Christine Jaye Hammonds
Nov 9, 2015
Christine Jaye Hammonds, age 52, of Bartlesville, Oklahoma, passed away on Monday, November 9, 2015, at her home. She was born November 7, 1963, in Hutchinson, Kansas, the daughter of Lloyd Vernon and Edith Irene (Thompson) Hammonds. She graduated from Ottawa High School in Ottawa, Kansas and attended a Technical School to become a Phlebotomist. Christine worked at Quest Laboratories...
Larry Powers
Nov 9, 2015
Larry Otto Powers, 66, of Chanute, Kansas, passed away Monday, November 9, 2015, at AMG Specialty Hospital in Wichita. Larry was born June 15, 1949, in Akron, Colorado, the son of Glenn Estes and Wilma Lee (Rose) Powers, Sr. He grew up in Iola where he attended school. Larry served in the U.S. Navy in Vietnam. He made his home...
Steven Lee O'Neil
Nov 9, 2015
Steven Lee O'Neil, age 65, of Waverly, Kansas, formerly of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, passed away on Monday, November 9, 2015, at Sunset Manor in Waverly, Kansas. He was born on December 19, 1949, in Garnett, Kansas, the son of Russell R. and Eileen Marie (Reiling) O'Neil. He graduated from Westchester High School in Houston, Texas and University of Central Oklahoma...
Judith Arlene Garcia
Nov 5, 2015
Judith Arlene Garcia, age 64, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Thursday, November 5, 2015, at her home. Judy was born on December 17, 1950, in Garnett. She and her twin brother, Mike were the eighth and ninth of eleven children born to Flick Marvin and Verna Mae (Demoret) Teter. Judy grew up in Greeley and graduated from Greeley High...
Joy Houk
Nov 5, 2015
Joy L. Houk, 79, of rural Moran, Kansas, passed away Thursday, November 5, 2015, at Mercy Hospital in Ft. Scott, Kansas. Joy was born November 23, 1935, east of Chanute, Kansas, the daughter of Clarence and Helen Louise (Tennis) Rinehart. The family moved to a farm west of Humboldt where she attended Prairie Center School. She graduated from Humboldt High...
Pauline G. Moyer
Nov 3, 2015
Pauline G. Moyer, age 92, of Welda, passed away on Tuesday, November 3, 2015 at the Anderson County Hospital, Garnett. She had been staying at Golden Heights since May 4th due to declining health. She was born December 4, 1922, in Garnett, Kansas, the daughter of John W. and Rose (Dart) Burns. Pauline graduated from Garnett High School, working at...
Rose E. Katzer
Nov 3, 2015
Rose E. Katzer, age 93, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Tuesday, November 3, 2015, at Golden Heights in Garnett. She was born on March 23, 1922, in Paola, Kansas, the daughter of Frank J. and Mary Theresa (Readecker) Moews. Rose grew up in Paola and graduated from Paola High School in 1940, she then attended Ursuline Academy for one...
Martin Canfield
Nov 2, 2015
Martin Jay "Marty" Canfield, 59, of Iola, Kansas, died Monday, November 2, 2015, at the Allen County Regional Hospital. Marty was born July 22, 1956, in Independence, Missouri, the son of Clarence and Doris (Hudson) Canfield. He was raised by his mother and step-father, Harlan Beebe. He grew up and attended school in Iola. He served in the U.S. Navy...
Margaret B. Hahner
Nov 2, 2015
Margaret B. Hahner, age 86, of Ottawa, Kansas, passed away on Monday, November 2, 2015, at Ransom Memorial Hospital in Ottawa. She was born on June 19, 1929, in Richmond, Kansas, the daughter of Ralph S. and Gladys (Maxey) Chandler. Margaret grew up near Princeton, Kansas and graduated from Williamsburg High School in 1948, and then attended Ottawa University for...
Luther Willard Justice
Oct 28, 2015
Luther Willard Justice, age 89, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Wednesday, October 28, 2015, at Golden Heights in Garnett. He was born on August 15, 1926, at South Park, Kansas, the son of Emmitt Justice and Mary (Button) Justice. He grew up in the Shawnee area before graduating from Shawnee Mission High School. Luther was a World War II...
Doris Bishop
Oct 28, 2015
Doris J. Bishop, 86, of Iola, Kansas, passed away Wednesday, October 28, 2015 at Allen County Regional Hospital. Doris was born November 14, 1928, in Neosho Falls, Kansas, the daughter of George and Susan (Henry) Stephens. She grew up in the Neosho Falls and Yates Center areas. She graduated from Yates Center High School in 1946 and on May 15,...
Earl G. Roberts
Oct 28, 2015
Earl Gene Roberts, age 79, of Greeley, Kansas, passed away on Wednesday, October 28, 2015, at the Anderson County Hospital in Garnett, Kansas. Earl was born on January 3, 1936, at Humboldt, Kansas, the son of Lester Earl and Creola (Wemmer) Roberts. His family moved to Garnett in 1942 when they purchased a farm south of town. Earl graduated from...
Earl Roberts
Oct 28, 2015
Earl Leroy "Pete" Roberts, Jr., 58, of Gas, Kansas, passed away Thursday, July 9, 2015, at Forest, Mississippi. Pete was born July 30, 1956, at Ft. Carson, Colorado, the son of Earl Leroy and Nadine Louise (Gonzales) Roberts, Sr. His father was in the U.S. Air Force so the family moved following his career. They were stationed in Alaska for...
Kenneth Slife
Oct 24, 2015
Kenneth Dene "Kenny" Slife, Sr., 67, of Iola, Kansas, died Saturday, October 24, 2015, at Allen County Regional Hospital in Iola. Kenny was born September 22, 1948, in Augusta, Georgia. He moved to California with his stepfather and mother, Bennie and Lena ( Dix ) Williams where he grew up and graduated from high school. While living in Bakersfield, California,...
Gene Kessler
Oct 24, 2015
Gene A. Kessler, 78, of rural Colony, Kansas, died Saturday, October 24, 2015, at Windsor Place in Iola. Gene was born September 21, 1937, in Thayer, Kansas, the son of Archie and Sadie (Johnson) Kessler. He grew up in the Geneva area and graduated valedictorian from Neosho Falls High School. He farmed northwest of Iola in the Geneva Township all...
Chris Edward Bowen
Oct 24, 2015
Chris Edward Bowen, age 64, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Saturday, October 24, 2015, at his home, where he had been battling cancer since March. Chris was one of four children that completed the family of A. Darlene South and Hansford Johnson "Bo" Bowen, being born in Garnett on October 8, 1951. Chris spent all of his life in...
Leon Sinclair
Oct 21, 2015
Leon Sinclair, 72, of Iola, Kansas, died Wednesday, October 21, 2015, at Allen County Regional Hospital in Iola, Kansas. Harold Leon Sinclair was born April 21, 1943, in Iola, Kansas, the son of Fred E. and Geneva ( Walden ) Sinclair and lived in Iola all of his life. He was working for the Iola Greenhouse when he married Lorena...
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