Recent Obituaries
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...
Dan Proctor
Oct 5, 2014
Dr. Dan Woods Proctor, age 81, died Sunday, October 5, 2014, at his home. Born on January 16, 1933 in Los Angeles CA, he was the son of the late Merle L. and Agnes Woods Proctor. Dan received a Bachelor of Arts from Howard-Payne in Brownwood, TX and a Bachelor of Divinity and his Ph. D. from Southwestern Baptist Theological...
James Folk
Oct 4, 2014
James Leon "Bunny" Folk, 79, of Iola, Kansas, died Saturday, October 4, 2014 at the Allen County Regional Hospital. James was born January 21, 1935, at home, the son of John L. "Bunch" and Stella (Leake) Folk. He grew up in Iola. On July 10, 1953 James married Jo Ann Burris at Grace Lutheran Church in Iola. They traveled with...
Ruth Hoggatt
Oct 3, 2014
Ruth Hoggatt, 95, of Iola, Kansas, passed away Friday, October 3, 2014, at Windsor Place in Iola. Ruth was born April 19, 1919, at Blue Mound, Kansas, the daughter of Hugh White and Jessie Mabel (Burnett) Murrow. She grew up on the family farm at Mildred. She graduated from Kincaid High School and Parsons Business College. On October 24, 1941,...
Richard Tidd
Oct 3, 2014
Richard J. Tidd, 83, of Neosho Falls, Kansas, died Friday, October 3, 2014, at his home. Richard was born October 26, 1930, at Neosho Falls, the son of Frank and Elizabeth (Diebolt) Tidd. On June 12, 1951, he married Opal Chriestenson in Mineral Wells, Texas. They made their home in the Neosho Falls area where he has farmed and worked...
Kieth Luedke
Oct 3, 2014
Kieth Duane Luedke, 89 reached his journey's end October 3, 2014. He was born September 6, 1925 near Selkirk, Greeley County, Kansas to Charles and Estella Niswonger Luedke. He was a World War II Veteran, drafted December 26, 1943 in his Junior year of High School. He served as a Light Artillery Instructor at Fort Hood, Texas. Kieth was discharged...
Bernadine Weber
Oct 1, 2014
Bernadine E. Weber, 75, of Fort Scott, Kansas, died Wednesday, October 1, 2014, at Via Christi St. Francis Hospital in Wichita. Bernadine was born March 22, 1939, in Monmouth, Kansas, the daughter of William and Ruby (Brennecke) Speer. She grew up near McCune and graduated from Cherokee High School. She worked as a telephone operator in Kansas City before marrying...
Frances Troxel
Sep 30, 2014
Francis Bonita "Francie" Troxel, 85, of Iola, Kansas died Tuesday, September 30, 2014, at Allen County Regional Hospital. She was born June 18, 1929, in Tamora, Nebraska, the daughter of Marion E. and Lula (Lauderbaugh) Hougland. She graduated from Yates Center High School in 1946 and taught school for several years. On October 6, 1951, Francie married Floyd "Pete" Troxel...
Lillie McAloon
Sep 26, 2014
Lillie McAloon, 93, of Iola, Kansas, died Friday, September 26, 2014, at Windsor Place in Iola. Lillie was born October 20, 1920, in Geneva, Kansas, the daughter of Tal and Media (Klages) Sherwood. She attended the County Line Country School. On February 16, 1941, Lillie married Bernard McAloon. They lived and farmed near Geneva, LaHarpe, and Bronson before selling out...
Lois Lester
Sep 25, 2014
Lois Gay Lester, 66, of rural Erie, Kansas, passed away on Thursday, Sept. 25, 2014, surrounded by her family at home. Lois was born Sept. 9, 1948, in Iola, Kansas, the daughter of Dale and Donna (Clay) Sigler. She grew up in Iola, graduating from Iola High School in 1966. On Oct. 7, 1966, Lois married Jerry L. Lester in...
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