Recent Obituaries
Denise Apt
Nov 3, 2014
Denise C. Apt, 84, of Iola, Kansas, died Monday, November 3, 2014, at her home. Denise "Denny" was born December 10, 1929, in Maywood, Illinois, the daughter of Lester Richard and Margaret E. (Fawcett) Coleman. Denny grew up in the Chicago, Illinois area. She attended Iowa State University and The University of Arkansas, where in both cases she was the...
Lisa Stokes
Nov 3, 2014
Lisa Gay Stokes, 41, of Humboldt, Kansas, died Monday, November 3, 2014, at Via Christi St. Francis Hospital in Wichita, Kansas. Lisa was born July 20, 1973, in Iola, Kansas, the daughter of Charles W. and Joyce ( Appling ) Stokes. She graduated from high school in Haysville, Kansas. Lisa made her home with her parents and they lived in...
Ronald West
Nov 2, 2014
Ronald " R. J. " West, Jr., 54, of Iola, Kansas, died Sunday, November 2, 2014, at his home. R. J. was born November 24, 1959, in Bellingham, Washington, the son of Ronald J. and Donnalee ( Dux ) West, Sr. The family lived in numerous communities before moving to Iola in 1984. On November 16, 1985, he married Stacy...
E. Houk
Oct 31, 2014
E. Richard Houk, 86, of rural Moran, Kansas, died Friday, October 31, 2014, at the Moran Manor. Richard was born December 27, 1927 on a farm west of Moran, the son of Russell E. and Jennie M. (Whitlow) Houk. He grew up on the farm and graduated from Moran High School in 1945. On July 17, 1948, Richard married Maxine...
Sondra Jo Brown
Oct 30, 2014
Sondra Jo Brown, age 73, of Richmond, passed away on Thursday, October 30, 2014, at her home. She was born April 5, 1941, in Gridley, Kansas, the daughter of John Jay and Cecile Beatrice (James) Redick. Sondra attended school at Rantoul High School. She graduated from Neosho County Nursing School becoming a Registered Nurse. She worked various places before retiring...
Diana Robertson
Oct 29, 2014
Diana Stahl Robertson, 38, of Independence, Kansas, and formerly of Iola died Wednesday, October 29, 2014, due to injuries sustained in a vehicle accident one mile west of Severy, Kansas, on U.S. Highway 400. She was born March 1, 1976, in Iola, Kansas, the daughter of Larry and Diana ( Stanford ) Uitts. She grew up in the Iola and...
Lee Franklin Kellerman
Oct 29, 2014
Lee Franklin Kellerman, age 90, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Wednesday, October 29, 2014, at the Anderson County Hospital in Garnett. He was born on September 22, 1924, at Westphalia, Kansas, the son of Jesse Daniel and Rilla E. (Bouse) Kellerman. Lee grew up in the Westphalia area, attending school there. He was a member of the U.S. Navy,...
Kathryn Tilman
Oct 28, 2014
Kathryn Joan Tilman, 81, of Humboldt, Kansas, passed away Tuesday, October 28, 2014, at Via Christi St. Francis Hospital in Wichita. Kathryn was born September 28, 1933, in Iola, the daughter of Lloyd E. and Dorothy B. (Baker) Morgan. She grew up in Kansas and Virginia and graduated from Iola High School in 1951. On September 23, 1951, Kathryn married...
Mary Aggers
Oct 25, 2014
Mary Lou (Williams) Aggers, 74, of Humboldt, Kansas, died Saturday, October 25, 2014, at Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice in Wichita, Kansas. Survivors include her husband of 57 years, James C. Aggers, Jr., son James Aggers of LaPorte, TX and Janna Caplan of Houston, TX, 3 grandchildren and 1 great granddaughter. Cremation has taken place. The family is planning a memorial...
Margaret Smoot
Oct 21, 2014
Margaret Jean Smoot, 86, formerly of Gas, Kansas, died Tuesday, October 21, 2014, at Iola Nursing Center. Margaret was born February 3, 1928, in Mitchell, South Dakota, the daughter of Merrill and Helen Marie (Fuehrer) Goodsell. On August 12, 1944, the Goodsell family moved to Gas. Margaret graduated from Iola High School in 1946. On May 25, 1946, Margaret married...
Tena Calahan
Oct 19, 2014
Tena Calahan, 84, of Iola, Kansas, died Sunday, October 19, 2014, at Allen County Regional Hospital in Iola, Kansas. Tena was born March 8, 1930, in Neosho Falls, Kansas, the daughter of Leo and Ola (Garner) Runnells. On June 9, 1946, she married Rex Calahan and they lived in Colony before moving to a farm near Lone Elm. They left...
Billie King
Oct 19, 2014
Billie E. King, 87, formerly of Chanute, Kansas, died Sunday, October 19, 2014, at Neosho Memorial Regional Medical Center in Chanute. Billie was born April 14, 1927, the daughter of Orlie and Lena (Noland) McCoy, at Earlton, Kansas. She grew up in rural Chanute and Chanute and graduated from Chanute High School in 1945. On April 28, 1945, Billie married...
Doyle Everett Barber
Oct 18, 2014
Doyle Everett Barber, age 86, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Saturday, October 18, 2014, at the Anderson County Hospital, Garnett. He was born on March 27, 1928, in Garnett, Kansas, the son of Clarence and Eula Mae (Edwards) Barber. Doyle was a member of the Life Assembly of God Church, Garnett. Doyle enjoyed attending church, especially the fellowship. His...
Alice Dieker Frisch
Oct 13, 2014
Alice Frisch, age 81, of Sunnyvale, California, passed away on October 13, 2014, in Sunnyvale, California. She was born on February 19, 1933, the daughter of Herman and Lovina Dieker, the fifth child of nine and was raised on the family farm in Westphalia, Kansas. After graduation from Westphalia High School, she married her sweetheart, Gerald, in 1951, and was...
Laurie Leake
Oct 12, 2014
Laurie Ann Leake, 52, of Iola, Kansas, died Sunday, October 12, 2014, at her home. Laurie was born March 11, 1962 in Rome, New York, the daughter of Leon John and Deanna Irene (Dhur) Witchley, Sr. She moved to Kansas from New York when she was in her early teens. On February 21, 1980, Laurie married Jack F. Leake and...
Beulah Mary Martin
Oct 11, 2014
Beulah Mary Martin, age 89, of Prosper, Texas, passed away October 11, 2014, in Celina, Texas. She was born on August 1, 1925, in Mansfield, Missouri, to Mary Otting. Beulah is survived by her sons, Leon Mace of Prosper, Texas and Kent Mace of Boonville, Mississippi; daughter, Carolyn Murdock of Craig, Colorado seven grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. She was preceded...
Lance Hedges
Oct 9, 2014
Lance Hedges, age 46, of Garnett, Kansas passed away October 9, 2014 at Anderson County Hospital. Richard Lance Hedges was born November 9, 1967, in Columbus, Kansas. He was the eldest of two sons born to Dick and Karen (Prather) Hedges. Lance grew up in Fort Scott, Kansas where he graduated from high school in 1986. He then went on...
Lester Burris
Oct 7, 2014
Lester Keith Burris, age 82, of Garnett, passed away on Tuesday, October 7, 2014, at Ransom Memorial Hospital in Ottawa, Kansas. He was born on September 19, 1932, at Bush City, Kansas, the son of Delbert and Polly (Sherwood) Burris. Lester graduated from Bonner Springs High School, Bonner Springs, Kansas. Lester married Sherry Jones on March 31, 1968, in Bonner...
Wayne Hiser
Oct 7, 2014
Wayne E. Hiser, 88, of Iola, Kansas, died Tuesday, October 7, 2014. Wayne was born August 20, 1926 to George R. Hiser and Florence K. Zimmer. Wayne grew up in Iola, Kansas. After graduating Iola High School in 1944 he moved to New York for 6½ months and worked at Massey-Harris. Upon returning to Kansas he attended Central College for...
Wilma Bennett Sloan
Oct 5, 2014
Wilma Bennett Sloan, age 78, of Garnett, Kansas passed away Sunday, October 5, 2014 at the St. Luke's South Hospital in Overland Park, Kansas. Wilma was born on August 23, 1936, at Harris, Kansas, the daughter of Ben T. and Viola Mae (Butler) Mathews. She grew up in the Anderson County area and graduated from Garnett High School. Wilma was...
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