Recent Obituaries
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
Nancy Saving
Sep 17, 2015
Nancy Lee "Tex" Saving, 68, of Chanute, Kansas, passed away Thursday, September 17, 2015, at the University of Kansas Medical Center. Nancy was born June 4, 1947, in Salina, Kansas, the daughter of Richard Lee "Dick" and Charlene Loree (Limes) Boman. She grew up in Sunray, Texas until she was 11 and the family moved to Iola. She graduated from...
Milo Milton Kesner II
Sep 17, 2015
Milo M. Kesner, age 81, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Thursday, September 17, 2015, at his home. He was born September 6, 1934 in LeRoy, Kansas, the son of Milo M. and Frances (Ringle) Kesner. He graduated from LeRoy High School entering the United States Navy shortly after. He went to work for an appliance store in Iola and...
Keith Robson
Sep 17, 2015
Alonzo Keith Robson peacefully passed away on September 17, 2015 at his home. He was 75 years old. He was born on December 9, 1939 in Yellville, Arkansas the son of Adam Alonzo and Ila Marie (Helms) Robson. The family moved to Yates Center, Kansas when Keith was 4 years old. He attended school at Yates Center and graduated from...
Robert E. Boots
Sep 16, 2015
Bob Boots went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, September 16, 2015, after a brief illness. He had celebrated his 94th birthday just one month ago, and we are all very grateful for his long life and for his many years of service to God, his family, and to our country. Bob was born on August 19, 1921, in...
Annette C. Logan
Sep 14, 2015
Annette Coleen Croan (Powelson) Logan age 55 returned home to her heavenly father on September 14, 2015 in Garnett after a valiant battle of a long disease. She was devoted to her family, grandchildren and friends, who she loved and cared for with all her heart. If she was cooking and you were at her house you were made to...
Gene Forsberg
Sep 13, 2015
Gene L. Forsberg, 78, of Iola, Kansas, died Sunday, September 13, 2015, at Via Christi St. Francis Medical Center in Wichita. Gene was born Aug. 12, 1937, in Manhattan, Kansas, the son of Elmer and Verna (Linton)Forsberg. He grew up at Hepler and moved to Iola at the age of 17. He served in the U.S. Army Gene worked at...
Louann Snodgrass
Sep 12, 2015
Louann Jeanette (Stoddard) Snodgrass, 91, died September 12, 2015, at St. Luke's Hospice House in Kansas City, Missouri. Louann was born February 22, 1924, daughter of Taylor and Lola (Jarrett) Stoddard, and the family lived in Iola until she graduated from Iola High School, when they moved to Wichita, Kansas. While living in Wichita, Louann worked for Beechcraft, during the...
Marcelle Simmons
Sep 11, 2015
Marcelle Lavera Simmons, 95, of Iola, Kansas, died Friday, September 11, 2015, at Windsor Place in Iola. Marcelle was born June 11, 1920, in Iola, the daughter of Alva L. "Jack" and Gladys M. (Burgess) Stark. When she was a child, the family moved to Ottawa where she lived until 1996 when she returned to Iola and has resided at...
Bill Qualls
Sep 10, 2015
Bill (Billy) T. Qualls, 88, of Iola, Kansas, passed away Thursday, September 10, 2015, at Allen County Regional Hospital in Iola. Bill was born in Peno, Oklahoma to John Thomas and Carrie (Ritchie) Qualls on August 23, 1927. He attended elementary school in LeFlore County, Oklahoma and graduated from Poteau High School. He earned his Bachelors of Science degree from...
Elwin Dick
Sep 9, 2015
Elwin K. Dick, 94, of rural LaHarpe, Kansas, died Wednesday, September 9, 2015, at the Kansas Heart Hospital in Wichita, Kansas. Elwin was born March 5, 1921, on the family farm south of LaHarpe, Kansas, the son of Arthur C. and Altie A. ( Wordell ) Dick. He graduated from high school at Enterprise, Kansas, and then attended Union College...