Recent Obituaries
Alta Bernita Garrison
Apr 6, 2014
Alta Bernita Garrison passed from this life at the Anderson County Hospital Long Term Care, Garnett, Kansas, on Sunday, April 6, 2014, at the age of 100 years, 10 months, and 16 days. She was born on May 21, 1913, near Knob Noster, Missouri, the daughter of Ammi and Mollie (Wampler) Yost. She resided there with her parents and sister...
Dale Finkenbinder
Apr 3, 2014
Dale K. Finkenbinder, age 75, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Thursday, April 3, 2014, at Golden Heights in Garnett, Kansas. He was born on October 8, 1938, at Garnett, Kansas, the second of three children born to Keith and Marjorie (Rook) Finkenbinder. Dale grew up in the Bush City area. He graduated from Garnett High School in 1957. He...
Wilmer Clarke Starr
Apr 2, 2014
Wilmer Clarke Starr, age 89, of Bison, South Dakota, passed away on Wednesday, April 2, 2014, at his home in Gas, Kansas. He was born on January 2, 1925, at Welda, Kansas, the son of Karl S. and Lena R. (Wiley) Starr. He spent his early years on various farms in the Welda community where his grandfather Mervin Starr had...
Marjorie L Thomas
Apr 1, 2014
Marjorie L. Thomas, age 88, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Tuesday, April 1, 2014, at St. Luke's Hospice House, in Kansas City, Missouri. Marjorie was born September 1, 1925 at Hillsdale, Kansas. She was the youngest of three children born to Forrest Irving Officer and Josephine Emma (Eoff) Officer. Marjorie grew up in Hillsdale. Her family later moved to...
Frank Hawkinson
Mar 31, 2014
Frank Paul Hawkinson, 86, son of Charlie and Elsbeth Hawkinson, resident of rural Savonburg, Kansas, died March 31, 2014 at St. Francis Hospital, Wichita, KS. He was born September 6, 1927. In 1931, when he was 3 years old, he went with his mother and 2 sisters, Pauline and Francis to Sweden to see relatives. He completed eight years at...
Marjory Cantrell
Mar 31, 2014
Marjory Louise Turner Cantrell, 89, of Iola, Kansas, died Monday, March 31, 2014 at her home. Marjory was born March 12, 1925, in Wichita, Kansas, the daughter of of Glen and Faye (Jones) Feld. She grew up in the Iola and Neosho Falls area. On October 8, 1941, she married Orval L. Turner in Kansas City and they made their...
Lawrence Herrmann
Mar 31, 2014
Lawrence Herrmann, age 85, of Moran, Kansas, passed away on Monday, March 31, 2014, at his home. Lawrence was born, October 15, 1928 at Selma, Kansas. He was the fifth of seven children born to Leonard and Ruth (Smethers) Herrmann. He grew up in Selma, where he attended school at Salem Elementary and then Kincaid High School, graduating in 1946....
Kenneth Wade
Mar 30, 2014
Kenneth Ray Wade, 69, of Chanute, Kansas, died Sunday, March 30, 2014 at Diversicare of Chanute. Kenneth was born February 27, 1945, in Iola, and grew up in the LaHarpe and Bayard area and graduated from Moran High School. He worked for IBP in Emporia before residing in Chanute. He enjoyed spending time outdoors, especially fishing. Kenneth was married to...
Dwight Howard
Mar 25, 2014
Dwight M. Howard, 94, passed away on March 25, 2014 at his home surrounded by family. Dwight was born in rural Allen County, Kansas on August 25, 1919, the son of Roy and Ida Howard. He graduated from Colony High School in 1937. After high school Dwight graduated from Iola Junior College in 1939. To remain close to his brother,...
Alfred Link
Mar 23, 2014
Alfred E. Link, 83, of Iola, Kansas, died Sunday, March 23, 2014, at the Allen County Regional Hospital. Alfred was born July 21, 1930, in Yates Center, Kansas, the son of John J. and Frances V. (Denner) Link. He grew up on the family farm southeast of Yates Center and he attended Cherry Creek School District 14, graduated from Yates...
Lorene Scheer
Mar 22, 2014
Lorene Louise Scheer, 82 of Iola, Kansas, started to live Saturday, March 22, 2014, at the Allen County Regional Hospital. Lorene was born January 16, 1932, in Vian, Oklahoma, the daughter of Johnnie and Annie (Morris) Yocham. The family moved to rural Iola in 1947. In 1950, Lorene married Bob Scheer. She worked a short time for Miller Dress Factory...
Barbara Ann Bell
Mar 19, 2014
Barbara A. Bell, age 76, of Kansas City, Kansas, passed away on Wednesday, March 19, 2014, at Richmond Healthcare and Rehab in Richmond, Kansas. She was born December 1, 1937, in Kansas City, Kansas, the daughter of Fred and Mary (Charlton) Clark. Barbara married Ulis E. Tucker Jr. on September 9, 1953 in Yuma, Arizona. This union was blessed with...
Sharon Weide
Mar 19, 2014
Sharon Kay Weide, 66, passed away Wednesday, March 19, 2014, at the Allen County Regional Hospital. Sharon was the youngest of seven children born to Shirden and Cassie (Shephard) Damron. She was born September 15, 1947 in Toronto, KS. She attended schools in Toronto, Colorado and Iola. She earned her GED from Allen County Community College in 1986. She was...
Marjorie Riebel
Mar 18, 2014
Marjorie Marie Riebel, 83, of LaHarpe, Kansas, died Tuesday, March 18, 2014, at Diversicare of Chanute. Marjorie was born November 27, 1930, in Piqua, Kansas, the daughter of John and Mary (Bruggeman) Weber. She grew up on the family farm northeast of Humboldt and attended Humboldt schools. On January 17, 1949, Marjorie married Earl J. Riebel at St. Joseph's Catholic...
James O. Broce
Mar 15, 2014
James O. Broce, age 78, of Greeley, Kansas passed away Saturday, March 15, 2014 at the Wellsville Retirement Village, Wellsville, Kansas. Jim was born February 15, 1936 at Wellington, Kansas. He was the second of three children born to Orvel Everett and Ruth (Underwood) Broce. He grew up in Geuda Springs, Kansas, attending school there and graduating from high school...
Jay Frazell
Mar 13, 2014
Jay Don Frazell of Iola died Thursday, March 13, 2014 at Via Christi Hospital in Wichita, Kansas. He was 49 years old. Jay Don was born October 3, 1964 in Iola, Kansas to Wendell W. Frazell and Georgia L. (Blohm) Frazell. He grew up in Iola and attended the Iola schools. On May 20, 1989 Jay Don married Tammi Sue...
Fred Henry Boeck
Mar 4, 2014
Fred Henry Boeck, age 67, of Pittsburg, Missouri, passed away on Tuesday, March 4, 2014, at his home. He was born on January 26, 1947, at St. Louis, Missouri, the son of Walter J. and Rose B. (Mashall) Boeck. Fred grew up in Mount Olive, Illinois. Fred was united in marriage to Janice East. Two sons were born to this...
Zona Wiley
Mar 3, 2014
Zona Loy Wiley, age 76, of Colony, Kansas, passed away on Monday, March 3, 2014, at her home in Colony. She was born on January 15, 1938, in Lone Elm, Kansas, the daughter of Chester and Evelyn (Swanson) Wedeman. Zona grew up in Lone Elm and attended high school in Kincaid. Zona was united in marriage to Gayle Clair Wiley...
Cerea Reed
Mar 2, 2014
Cerea Ce'Nedra Reed, age 13, of Neosho, Missouri, died of injuries she received in an automobile accident near Neosho on Saturday, March 1, 2014. Cerea was born July 1, 2000, in Olathe, Kansas, the daughter of Herbert Leon Reed and Jennifer Joyce Lester. She grew up in Chanute until moving to Neosho two and a half years ago. She was...
Nila Truitt
Mar 2, 2014
Nila Marie Truitt, 91, of Iola, Kansas, died Sunday, March 2, 2014, at Iola Nursing Center. Nila was born May 14, 1922, in Poughkeepsie, Arkansas, the daughter of Houston and Margaret (Bearden) Russell. On March 17, 1945, Nila married J.H. Truitt and they made their home in Arkansas until moving to Kansas in 1952. In 1960, they moved to Iola....
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