Recent Obituaries

Maynard Cress

Mar 17, 2024

Johnnie Maynard Cress, 87, departed this life peacefully on March 17, 2024 at Credo Senior Living in Chanute, Kansas.

Maynard, as he was known to all, was born May 26, 1936, to Millard Baker and Fern Evelyn (Tomlinson) Cress at their home in rural Humboldt, Kansas. He lived his entire life in Allen County, graduating from Humboldt High...

Marilyn Ulery

Mar 16, 2024

Gloria Marilyn Ulery, age 70, of Gas, Kansas, passed away March 16, 2024, in Chanute, Kansas. Marilyn was born December 26, 1953, in Yates Center, Kansas, to Jack Reed and Dorothy (Ralston) Reed.

Marilyn and Charles W. Ulery were married January 11, 1973, in Erie, Kansas. They raised two daughters, Trena and Tammy, and helped raise two grandchildren, Charles...

Kathleen Ward

Mar 15, 2024

Kathleen Jon Ward, age 81, of Moran, Kansas, passed away March 15, 2024, at Homestead of Girard Assisted Living, Girard, Kansas. Kathleen was born February 11, 1943, in Falls City, Nebraska, to John Eitel and Rose (Kaiser) Eitel.

Kathleen married Gerald Ward on June 9, 1971, in Gas, Kansas. She helped Jerry with his Bumper business. Kathleen was a...

Jim Roush

Mar 14, 2024

Jimmie "Jim" Lee Roush, age 82, of Iola, Kansas, passed away at his home on March 14, 2024, surrounded by loving family.

Jim was born on October 31, 1941, in Fort Scott, Kansas, to Wilbur Clark and Ruth (Mott) Roush. He joined the Army National Guard in 1959 and served through 1961. Before he left the military, he married Virginia "Ginger"...

Mary Hart

Mar 13, 2024

Mary Kathryn (Kate) Hart passed away on March 13, 2024, at her home in Humboldt, Kansas. Kate was born on November 17, 1928, to Louis Sherman and Irene Fay (Armstrong) Montgomery. She was the youngest of two children. She grew up in Topeka, Kansas. She graduated from Topeka High School on a Saturday in 1946, and the next day married...

Kathleen Allen

Mar 10, 2024

Kathleen Louise Allen, age 77, of Humboldt, Kansas, passed away March 10, 2024, at Neosho Memorial Hospital in Chanute, Kansas. Kathy was born December 10, 1946, in Fontana, California, to Harry Jordan and Isabell (Strong) Jordan.

Kathy worked as an administrative assistant and retired from Americold Logistics. After she retired, Kathy found her true love in quilting, where she...

Terry Drybread

Mar 8, 2024

Terry Lee Drybread, age 77, passed away on March 8, 2024, at the Wesley Medical Center in Wichita, Kansas.

Terry was born on September 10, 1946, in Garnett, Kansas to Tommy and Ima Gene (Christenson) Drybread. He attended school in Moran, graduating from Moran High School. Growing up, he was quite ornery and liked to drag race, always carrying...

Alene Madl

Mar 6, 2024

Alene Madl, age 74, of Savonburg, Kansas passed away on March 6, 2024 at the Allen County Regional Medical Center, Iola, Kansas.

Lois Alene Harriger was born June 13, 1949 in Rich Hill, Missouri. She was the second of three children born to Wayne and Lois (Wadsworth) Harriger. She attended high school at Rich Hill. While living in Oklahoma,...

Darrold Tawney

Mar 5, 2024

Darrold Dean Tawney, 68, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away peacefully at his home on March 5, 2024.

Darrold was born on August 4, 1955 to Alton and Nelda (Hager) Tawney in Garnett, Kansas. He attended Garnett High School with the class of 1975.

Darrold spent over 30 years working as a glazer for Carter Glass where he invested...

Ann and Joe Steinbacher

Feb 29, 2024

Ann Jocine Steinbacher, 89, of Kansas City passed away at home on Thursday, February 29, 2024.

Graveside services for Ann Jocine Steinbacher and Albert Joseph Steinbacher will be at 2:00 PM, Friday, March 15, 2024, at the St. Boniface Cemetery, Scipio, Kansas.

A funeral mass for Ann will be held at St. Peter's Parish on March 15, 2024 at 10:00 AM. Visitation...

Estella "Toots" Watt

Feb 27, 2024

Estella Belle "Toots" Watt, age 97, of Garnett, Kansas, embraced her Heavenly Father on Tuesday, February 27, 2024, at Parkview Heights in Garnett.

Toots entered this world on March 30, 1926, in rural Kirk, Colorado. She was the youngest of 4 children born to Eben Moon Coleman and Pearl Estella (Chrisman) Coleman. At the age of 2, her family moved to...

Emma Briggs

Feb 26, 2024

Emma Joy (Graham) Briggs was born on January 4, 1932 in Apple Springs, Texas to the late Ruby Pearl (Standley) and Charlie Asbury Graham, and died Monday, February 26, 2024 in Tyler, Texas.

Emma resided for several decades in Southern California, where she entered Ambassador College in 1953; leaving after her Junior year to marry and then become...

Richard Lafferty

Feb 25, 2024

Richard Wayne Lafferty, age 46, of Bronson, Kansas, passed away February 25, 2024, in the emergency room at Allen County Regional Hospital, Iola, Kansas. Richard was born April 7, 1977, in Fort Scott, Kansas, to Paul Lafferty and Marsha (Wagner) Lafferty.

Richard graduated in 1995 from Uniontown High School, where one of his greatest joys was attending high school prom with...

Gayle Gaddis

Feb 24, 2024

Gayle "Gene" Gaddis, age 85, of Lubbock, Texas, passed away on Saturday, February 24, 2024.

He was born on January 6, 1939, in Waverly, Kansas, the son of Gayle and Ellen (Lewis) Gaddis. He attended school in Waverly and served a short time in the U.S. Navy before being honorably discharged. Gene quickly grew the passion for truck driving...

Vivian Michael

Feb 24, 2024

Vivian Mae Michael, age 85, passed away peacefully, surrounded by her family, at St. Luke's Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri, on February 24, 2024.

Vivian was born on March 13, 1938, in Carthage, Missouri to Windol Owen and Emma Mary Butler. Shortly after her birth, Vivian's father was killed in an accident. Her mother remarried Phil Butler, and he...

Rosalie Lombard

Feb 22, 2024

Rosalie Faith Ferguson Lombard passed away on Thursday, February 22, 2024, in Emporia, Kansas.

She was born on a snowy day on December 22, 1923, in her family's home in Kincaid, Kansas. Rosalie's family had sent for a doctor, but his car slid off the icy road and he had to walk to town. In the meantime, Rosalie's aunt Bernice delivered...

Brian Laver

Feb 21, 2024

Brian Laver, age 48, of Iola, KS died February 21, 2024, in Conway, Arkansas. Brian Eugene Laver, only son born to Pat (Henry) Laver and Gene Laver was born August 3, 1975 at Chanute, Kansas.

Brian attended schools in Iola and Moran. Brian's work ethic started young -- planting 300 acres of beans at 12 years of age. He often worked...

Ronald Dean Wrestler

Feb 18, 2024

Ronald Dean Wrestler, age 86, of Elsmore, Kansas, passed away February 18, 2024, at his residence. Ron was born June 17, 1937, in Iola, Kansas, to Lloyd Wrestler and Shirley (Churchill) Wrestler-Mynatt. Ron attended Maple Grove School through eighth-grade. He served his country in the United States Army. He was honored to serve in the Korean war. Ron and Betty...

Keith Pennebaker

Feb 18, 2024

Keith Pennebaker, age 76, of Westphalia, Kansas, passed away on Sunday, February 18, 2024, at the St. Luke's Hospice House in Kansas City, Missouri.

Keith Wayne Pennebaker was born on July 6, 1947, in Emporia, Kansas. He was the third of four children born to Frank and Virginia (Strahm) Pennebaker. He was raised in Virgil, Kansas until 8th grade,...

Richard Dwaine Potts

Feb 15, 2024

Richard Dwaine Potts, age 65, passed away at the Osage Nursing Center in Osage City, Kansas on February 15, 2024. Richard was born on July 21, 1958, in El Centro, California, to Ezra D. Potts and Dorothy M. (Boan) Potts. As a child, he moved to Kansas and attended school in Iola, until his graduation from Iola High School. Richard...