Recent Obituaries
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...
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...
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...
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...
Karen Carpenter
Feb 27, 2015
Karen Elizabeth Carpenter, 73, of Iola, Kansas, died Friday, February 27, 2015, at her home. Karen was born April 25, 1941, in Seneca, Kansas, the daughter of Charles "Chike" & Helen (Larkin) Lierz. She grew up at Seneca and graduated from Concordia High School. In 1967, Karen married Harold M. "Bud" Carpenter. They made their home in Kansas City, Kansas,...
Benjamin Henry DR
Feb 26, 2015
Beloved husband, father, and educator Dr. Benjamin Gail Henry, 84, of Yates Center, Kansas, died Thursday, February 26, 2015. Ben was born in Neosho Falls, Kansas the fifth of six children of David and Pearl Henry. He served in the United States Air Force from 1948-1954 as a radar technician. Following his discharge, he worked in the Wichita Public Schools...
Richard Brummel
Feb 25, 2015
Richard A. Brummel, age 74, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Wednesday, February 25, 2015, at his home. He was born on June 13, 1940, the son of Benedict and Regina (Rockers) Brummel. Richard attended Holy Angels Grade School in Garnett. In 1958, he graduated from Maur Hill Prep School in Atchison, Kansas; he then attended college at Kansas State...
Jim Lewis
Feb 21, 2015
Dewey L. "Jim" "Cowboy" Lewis, 72, of Elsmore, Kansas, died Saturday, February 21, 2015, at Windsor Place in Iola. Jim was born November 7, 1942, at Pineville, Missouri, the son of Dewey and Elsie (Drake) Lewis. He grew up in the Pineville area. On December 23, 1961, Jim married Carlin Kay Schlessman at Tracy Church in Anderson, Missouri. They made...
Elaine L. Mitchell
Feb 20, 2015
Elaine L. Mitchell, age 71, of Welda, Kansas, passed away on Friday, February 20, 2015, at Life Care Center of Burlington, Kansas. She was born September 28, 1943, in Welda, Kansas, the daughter of Homer and Helen (Fagg) Adams. Elaine graduated from Welda High School and worked various places while raising a family. She enjoyed crocheting, loved to bowl and...
Ithyl Newman
Feb 16, 2015
Ithyl L. Newman, 88, passed away Monday, Feb. 16, 2015, at Windsor Place in Iola. She was born Aug. 10, 1926, in Elvins, MO. Ithyl worked for many years at the Iola IGA and was known by many in the community. She married Johnie Newman in Birmingham, Ala., on July 17, 2002. In 1974 Ithyl was baptized as one of...
Edwin Barber
Feb 15, 2015
Edwin J. "Ed" Barber, 85, of Iola, Kansas, died Sunday, February 15, 2015, at his home. Ed was born October 4, 1929, in Long Beach, California, the son of James H. "Bud" and Ruth (Rogers) Barber. The family returned to Kansas when he was a young child. He attended school in Howard, Kansas, and graduated from Howard High School in...
Pat Marvin
Feb 13, 2015
Mary Patricia "Pat" Marvin, 76, of Iola, Kansas, died Friday, February 13, 2015, at Neosho Memorial Regional Medical Center in Chanute. Pat was born December 30, 1938, in Watford Herts, England, the daughter of John and Margaret Hyland. She grew up in England and met Edward Marvin while he was in the service. Following his honorable discharge from the service,...
Oscar Madrid
Feb 11, 2015
Funeral services for Ocar Madrid, age 37, of Welda, Kansas, will be held at 11:00 AM, Monday, February 16, 2015 at the Feuerborn Family Funeral Service Chapel, Garnett, Kansas. Burial will follow in the Colony Cemetery, Colony, Kansas. Condolences to the family may be left at www.feuerbornfuneral.com .
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