Recent Obituaries
Anna Pearl White
Mar 23, 2015
Anna Pearl White, age 93, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Monday, March 23, 2015, at Golden Heights in Garnett. She was born September 26, 1921 at Kincaid, Kansas, the daughter of William and Mary (Thompson) White. Annie was the youngest in the family of three sisters and two brothers. She lived most of her life in Kincaid until moving...
Ann M. Hermreck
Mar 22, 2015
Ann M. Hermreck, age 82, of Richmond, Kansas, passed away on Sunday, March 22, 2015, at Ransom Memorial Hospital in Ottawa, Kansas. She was born on May 21, 1932, at Scipio, Kansas, the daughter of Joseph and Laura (Egidy) Wolken. Ann was the youngest of nine children. She grew up in Scipio, and graduated from Richmond High School in 1950....
Esther Weiland
Mar 20, 2015
Esther L. Weiland, 82, of Iola, Kansas, died Friday, March 20, 2015, at St. Francis-Via Christi Hospital in Wichita, Kansas. Esther was born August 29, 1932, on a farm west of Iola, Kansas, the daughter of Rollin Clifford and Nellie ( Bassett ) Butler. She moved to Iola where she graduated from Iola High School. On July 28, 1951, Esther...
Lillian A. Mayes
Mar 20, 2015
Lillian A. Mayes, age 89, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Friday, March 20, 2015, at the Anderson County Hospital. She was born on January 21, 1926 at Scipio, the daughter of Chris and Clara (Roeckers) Wolken. Lillian graduated at Ursuline Academy in Paola, Kansas. She worked in Kansas City in the office at Maur Meat Packing Company and then...
John Larney
Mar 20, 2015
John Johnson Larney, 73, of Iola, Kansas, died Friday, March 20, 2015, at Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice in Wichita, Kansas. John was born July 21, 1941, in Little Axe, Oklahoma, located in Cleveland County, the son of John and Annie ( Johnson ) Larney. He graduated from high school in Chilocco, Oklahoma, where he learned the printing trade. After graduation...
Gary Pierson
Mar 20, 2015
Gary E. Pierson, 49, of LaHarpe, Kansas, died Friday, March 20, 2015, at the home of his sister in Hartford, Kansas, where he had be residing the past 6 months due to health issues. Gary was born September 6, 1965, in Iola, Kansas, the son of Warren Mark and Easter Frances (Head) Pierson. He grew up in LaHarpe, graduated from...
Ray Houser
Mar 20, 2015
Raymond E. Houser, 79, of Iola, Kansas, died Friday, March 20, 2015, at the Robert J. Dole Veterans Administration Medical Center in Wichita, Kansas with his wife, Donna, and granddaughter, Morgan Rae Lent, by his side. Raymond was born June 22, 1935 in Leon, Kansas to Maurice Eugene Houser and Georgia Ann (Hollis) Houser. A teacher greatly influenced him in...
Charlotte Owens
Mar 16, 2015
Charlotte Joan Owens, 73, of rural Humboldt, Kansas, died Monday, March 16, 2015, at Greystone Residential Care in Iola. Charlotte was born February 27, 1942, in the Neodesha area, the daughter of Clarence J. and Ruby I. (Jarred) Owens. The family lived in LaHarpe a short time before moving to a farm east of Humboldt. She attended Central Avenue Grade...
Lee Cline
Mar 15, 2015
Eldin "Lee" Cline, 66, of Iola, Kansas, died Sunday, March 15, 2015, at Windsor Place in Iola. Lee was born March 12, 1949, in Iola, the son of Eldin Verrill "Casey" and Glennis "Maxine" (Estabrook) Cline. He grew up in Iola and on farms west of town. Lee graduated from Iola High School in 1967 and Allen County Junior College...
Taffy Busch
Mar 9, 2015
Taffy Mae Busch, 55, of Iola, Kansas, died Monday, March 9, 2015, at the Allen County Regional Hospital in Iola. Taffy was born August 9, 1959, in Neodesha, Kansas, the daughter of Orval "Shorty" and Otheal Evelyn (Bennett) Culbertson. She grew up in the Fredonia area and graduated from Peabody High School. Taffy worked as head baker at Ray's IGA...
Elmer Guatney
Mar 7, 2015
Elmer W. Guatney, 84, of Neosho Falls, Kansas, died Saturday, March 7, 2015, at Yates Center Health & Rehab in Yates Center, Kansas. He was born December 5, 1930, in Fredonia, Kansas, the son of Paul and Pearl ( Steele ) Guatney. The family moved to Neosho Falls and he graduated from Neosho Falls High School. After serving with the...
Freda Mae Thornbrugh
Mar 7, 2015
Freda Mae Thornbrugh peacefully passed away on March 7, 2015 at the age 93. Freda was surrounded by her family and loving husband of 74 years, Paul Thornbrugh. She was born January 2, 1922 in Garnett, Kansas, the daughter of Fred Barkley and Hazel Fern (Marshall) Curtiss. She grew up on the family farm that had been homesteaded by her...
Denise Andrea Compton
Mar 7, 2015
Denise Andrea (Paul) Compton, age 47, of Westphalia, Kansas, passed away at her home on Saturday, March 7, 2015. She was born on September 28, 1967 in Garnett, Kansas at the Anderson County Hospital, the daughter of Edward James and Phoebe (Greenwood) Paul. Denise grew up in Colony, Kansas and graduated from Crest High School in 1986 and then from...
Jim Weeks
Mar 6, 2015
James L. "Jim" Weeks, 75, of rural Iola, Kansas, died Friday, March 6, 2015, at Iola Nursing Center. Jim was born September 12, 1939, in Iola, the son of James Frederick "Fred" and Bertha Madlyn (Dunton) Weeks. The family made their home in California, Oregon and Idaho before returning to Iola. Jim graduated from Iola High School in 1959. On...
Ardena Kilet
Mar 5, 2015
Ardena Marie Kilet, age 91, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Thursday, March 5, 2015, at Guest Home Estates, Garnett. She was born September 26, 1923 at Bush City, Kansas, the daughter of Roy William and Opal Jane (Minor) Mulkey. Ardena graduated Salutatorian of her graduating class in 1940 from Kincaid High School. She married Richard Ray Kilet on July...
Karen Woosley
Mar 3, 2015
Karen Woosley, age 53, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Tuesday, March 3, 2015 at her home. She was born February 2, 1962 at St. Joseph, Missouri, the daughter of Orville Roach and Darlene (Bonner) Daniels. Karen married William "Bill" Woosley in June 1986 at Emporia, Kansas. She was a strong, caring, loving person that always worried about everyone and...
Mildred F. Peine
Mar 2, 2015
Mildred F. Peine, age 83, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Monday, March 2, 2015, at St. Luke's South in Overland Park, Kansas. She was born on December 14, 1931, on a farm north of Nortonville, Kansas, in Atchison County, the daughter of David Paul and Helen E. (Bertels) Chmidling. Mildred attended St. Joseph and Nortonville High School, graduating in...
Vera Terrell
Mar 1, 2015
Vera Mae Terrell, 91, of rural LaHarpe, Kansas, died Sunday, March 1, 2015, at Overland Park Regional Medical Center. Vera was born May 14, 1923, at rural Lone Elm, Kansas, the daughter of Arzy H. and Hazel Clair (Beal) Sprague. She grew up at Lone Elm and graduated from high school there. On December 21, 1947, Vera married Vernon Lee...
John L. Mace
Feb 28, 2015
John Leslie Mace, age 69, of Richmond, Kansas, passed away following a brief illness on Saturday, February 28, 2015, at the Lawrence Memorial Hospital in Lawrence, Kansas. He was born on March 26, 1945, in Tempe, Arizona, the first of four children born to Leslie and Lila (Husted) Mace. His family moved to Colony, Kansas when John was an infant....
Charles Young
Feb 28, 2015
Charles Stanley Young, 77, of Humboldt, Kansas, died Saturday, February 28, 2015, at Neosho Memorial Regional Medical Center in Chanute. Charles was born January 10, 1938, in Osage, Oklahoma, the son of John and Annie (Walters) Young. He grew up in the Cleveland, Oklahoma area where he graduated from high school in 1957. He served in the 101st Airborne Division...
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