Recent Obituaries
Paul Friskel
Dec 26, 2014
Paul Anthony Friskel, 83, of Iola, Kansas, died Friday, December 26, 2014, at his home. Paul was born July 19, 1931, at Frontenac, Kansas, the son of John C. and Marie (Schultz) Friskel. He grew up in Frontenac attending Sacred Heart grade school then high school at St. Joseph Military Academy at Hays, Kansas. After high school he attended Iola...
Daniel Christy
Dec 26, 2014
Daniel D. Christy, 91, of Iola, Kansas, passed away Friday, December 26, 2014, at Windsor Place Nursing Center in Iola. Daniel Decatur Christy, the son of Daniel Phillip and Fay (Lingenfelter) Christy, was born October 16, 1923 on the family farm in rural Coffey County. He graduated from LeRoy High School and worked for Doc Meats several years farming. He...
Jean Elaine Brecheisen
Dec 23, 2014
Jean Elaine Brecheisen, age 92, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Tuesday, December 23, 2014, at Olathe Hospice House in Olathe, Kansas. She was born on September 18, 1922, in Topeka, Kansas, the daughter of George C. and Lucille (Kyle) Estep. The family lived in Topeka, Abilene, Salina, and LaCross, Kansas, before settling in Garden City, Kansas. Jean graduated from...
Cathy Nelson
Dec 21, 2014
Cathy Darlene Nelson, 64, Iola, passed away December 21, 2014 while under Hospice care at Windsor Place Care Home in Iola, Kansas. Cathy was born October 30, 1950 in Killeen, Texas to Clay and Mary (Hester) Gill. Cathy was the oldest of seven children. Her father was a career Army soldier and Cathy lived in Texas, Germany, California, and Georgia...
John Lust
Dec 20, 2014
John W. Lust, 91, died on Sat., Dec. 20, 2014, in Iola, Kansas. Mr. Lust was born near LaHarpe, KS, on Nov. 23, 1923. He grew up on the farm his grandfather homesteaded in the 1800's. John graduated from LaHarpe High School and Iola Junior College. He joined the Army in 1942 and served with the 87th Infantry Division and...
Rose Marie Wright
Dec 18, 2014
Rose Marie Wright, age 84, passed away on Thursday, December 18, 2014, at Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice, Wichita, Kansas. She was born August 6, 1930 in Arma, Kansas, the daughter of Jules and Rosalie (Spinato) Mouton. Rose graduated from Pittsburg High School. Rose worked at Cromwell's Pharmacy in Pittsburg. She met Eugene Wright at the roller rink in Pittsburg, and...
David Montague
Dec 17, 2014
David LaRue Montague, 57, of Elsmore, Kansas, died Wednesday, December 17, 2014, at the Allen County Regional Hospital. David was born October 16, 1957, in Iola, the son of Robert Lee and Dorothy Beatrice (Wright) Montague. He was a welder and has lived in the Elsmore area 20 years. SURVIVORS: 4 Children: Amy Montague of Humboldt, Audrey Montague, Jessica Marvin...
Lloyd R. Cramer
Dec 15, 2014
Lloyd R. Cramer, age 78, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Monday, December 15, 2014, at his home. He was born August 14, 1936, in Garnett, Kansas, the son of Creighton P. and Anna (Zwiener) Cramer. He joined the United States Marines and served two years as a MP. Lloyd married Frances Helen Smith in 1972 in California. They made...
R. Rice
Dec 12, 2014
R. Harold Rice, 90, of Iola, Kansas, died Friday, December 12, 2014, at Allen County Regional Hospital in Iola, Kansas. Robert Harold Rice was born November 11, 1924, in Wichita Falls, Texas, the son of Doctor Reuben and Jimmie Ethel ( Myers ) Rice. He graduated from Talala High School in Oklahoma and spent most of his life raising cattle....
Julia Shores
Dec 12, 2014
Julia (Stout) Shores, 83, of Iola, Kansas, died Friday, December 12, 2014, at Windsor Place in Iola. Julia was born June 15, 1931, at rural Erie, Kansas, the daughter of John and Martha (Smith) Elliott. She married Orville Stout Feb. 16, 1960 and he preceded her in death Dec. 31, 1994. Julia and Keith Shores were married April 2, 2014....
Orville Rogers
Dec 12, 2014
Orville Wesley "Bud" Rogers, 92, of Iola, Kansas, died Friday, December 12, 2014, at Allen County Regional Hospital in Iola, Kansas. Orville was born June 27, 1922, in Ericson, Nebraska, the son of Thomas Orville and Lillie Leota ( Platt ) Rogers. In 1927 he moved with his parents to a farm halfway between Blue Mound and Kincaid, Kansas. Bud...
Marion Stoll
Dec 11, 2014
Marion Lee Stoll, 91, of Humboldt, passed away peacefully on Dec. 11, 2014, in Hospice at Windsor Place Care Home in Iola. Marion was born Oct. 17, 1923, in St. Clair County, Missouri, to John Frederick and Eunice Edith (Prier) Stoll. His father died when Marion was young, and he became the caregiver for his mother, eventually moving her and...
Diana Ada Ross
Dec 8, 2014
Diana Ada Ross, age 82, of Moran, Kansas, passed away on Monday, December 8, 2014, at the Kansas Heart Hospital, Wichita, Kansas. She was born July 13, 1932, in Bury St, Edmunds, England, the daughter of Reginald and Lois Ellen (Wright) Fordham. Diana worked in "Hilton's" Shoe Store in England. She met Virgil Glenn Knight while he was serving in...
Clarann Catherine O'Malley
Dec 8, 2014
Clarann Catherine O'Malley, age 89, of Westphalia, Kansas, passed away on Monday, December 8, 2014, at Anderson County Hospital Long Term Care in Garnett, Kansas. She was born on November 15, 1925, in Parker, Kansas, the daughter of Joseph and Anna (Foltz) Miller. Clarann grew up in rural Anderson County, attending one room schools. She attended Garnett High School, graduating...
Leslie Weiland
Dec 4, 2014
Leslie L. "Les" Weiland, 87, of Iola, Kansas, died Thursday, December 4, 2014, at his home. Les was born November 20, 1927, on a farm east of Neosho Falls, Kansas, the son of John and Grace ( Bigger ) Weiland. He graduated from Neosho Falls High School and served in the U.S. Navy during WW II. On July 28, 1951,...
Scott Hamilton
Nov 30, 2014
Scott E. Hamilton, 60, of Iola, Kansas, died Sunday, November 30, 2014, at his home. Scott was born September 16, 1954, in Iola, the son of Don and Earlene (King) Hamilton. He grew up in Iola and served in the U.S. Army. Scott worked as a machinist for Quality Connections in Iola. SURVIVORS: 1 Brother: Ted W. Hamilton of Iola...
Johnie Newman
Nov 28, 2014
A memorial service for Johnie Cullan Newman will be at 3 p.m. Sunday at the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses, 1001 W. Chestnut St., Gas. Johnie Cullan Newman, 92, a long-time resident of Alabama, passed away on Friday, Nov. 28, 2014, in Iola. He was born on Jan. 7, 1922, in Winston County, Alabama, to John Henry and Birdy Newman....
Robert Lind
Nov 27, 2014
Robert Doyle "Bob" Lind, 81, of Iola, Kansas, died Thursday, November 27, 2014, at the Moran Manor in Moran, Kansas. Bob was born December 6, 1932, in Ft. Scott, Kansas, the son of Robert Donald and Gladys B. {Ford} Lind. He graduated from Moran Rural High School in 1951. On September 26, 1952, Bob married Lenora Cooper. After he served...
Carol Marker
Nov 26, 2014
Carol Maurine Marker, 83, died Wednesday, November 26, 2014, at Windsor Place in Iola. Carol was born December 21, 1930, in Centerville, Kansas, the daughter of Harry and Minnie (Kline) Knight. She grew up at Centerville and graduated from Parker High School in 1948. She continued her education two years at Ursuline College in Paola and received her teaching certificate....
Erica Dawn Mills
Nov 24, 2014
Erica Dawn Mills, age 36, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Monday, November 24, 2014. She was born on April 28, 1978, in Salina, Kansas, the daughter of Larry R. and Sandra L. (Greer) Deines. Erica attended elementary school at Belle Plaine, Kansas through 5th grade. She then attended 6th and 7th grades in Dodge City, and 7th and 8th...
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