Recent Obituaries
Dorothy Jane Benjamin
Apr 22, 2014
Dorothy Jane Owens Benjamin, age 92, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Tuesday, April 22, 2014, at her home. She was born on July 12, 1921, in Colony, Kansas, the daughter of Olin and Cresenz (Bush) Owens. Dorothy was raised by a mother who was later the Anderson County Superintendent of Schools. Her mother raised the four children in the...
Harold Umholtz
Apr 21, 2014
Harold E. Umholtz, 89, of Moran, Kansas, died Monday, April 21, 2014, at the Moran Manor. Harold was born March 16, 1925, in Newton, Kansas, the son of Harry and Louise (Deschner) Umholtz. He grew up in the Hesston area and served in the U.S. Army. He later moved to Woodson County where he baled hay for area farmers. Before...
Okah Roberts
Apr 20, 2014
Okah Roberts, rural Savonburg passed away April 20, 2014 at Diversicare in Chanute, Kansas. Okah was born August 1, 1923 to Karl and Martha Trieda Hauser rural Humboldt. Okah attended grade school at the Central Avenue School and graduated from Humboldt High School in 1941. While she was attending school Okah met her future husband, Floyd L. Roberts, he was...
Geneva G. Roecker
Apr 19, 2014
Geneva Roecker, age 94, of Richmond, Kansas, passed away on Saturday, April 19, 2014, at Richmond Healthcare and Rehabilitation in Richmond, Kansas. She was born on August 21, 1919, at Louisburg, Kansas, the tenth of eleven children born to Loren and Daisy Belle (Hittle) Kern. Geneva attended grade school in a one room school, Centennial School, rural Louisburg. Following school...
William Folkner
Apr 18, 2014
William E. "Bill" Folkner, rural LaHarpe, KS, passed away Friday, April 18, 2014, at his home. He was 91 years old. Bill was born July 4, 1922, outside of Chattanooga, TN, to John and Cleo (Abel) Folkner. Bill was the youngest of eight children. Bill married the late Betty (LaMunyon) Folkner, rural Mildred, KS, on January 30, 1947, in Chattanooga....
Mae Truster
Apr 18, 2014
Mae Truster, 95, of Iola, passed away Friday, April 18, 2014, at Windsor Place in Iola, surrounded by her family. Mae was born January 1, 1919, in Iola, the daughter of George Beaty and Myrtle (Conover) Beaty. She attended school in Iola. On August 7, 1937, Mae married Merrill Truster and they lived on a farm southwest of Iola for...
Anna Johanna Ackmann
Apr 17, 2014
Anna J. Ackmann, age 95, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Thursday, April 17, 2014, at Anderson County Hospital Long Term Care in Garnett. She was born on September 14, 1918, at Pickrell, Nebraska, the daughter of Gottfried and Lina (Evers) Dieken. Anna was baptized on October 6, 1918 at the Zion Lutheran Church in Pickrell, Nebraska. She was confirmed...
Vernon A Bowman
Apr 13, 2014
Vernon A. Bowman, age 90, of Emporia, Kansas, formerly of Garnett, passed away on Sunday, April 13, 2014, at Stormont Vail, in Topeka, Kansas. He was born October 29, 1923, in Anderson County, the son of William and Bertha (Brummel) Bowman. Vernon was inducted into the United States Army on November 13, 1944 and discharged on August 23, 1946. He...
Chloe Ansell
Apr 13, 2014
Chloe Freeman Ansell, 88, died early Palm Sunday morning in Olathe from complications after surgery mid-week at Olathe Medical Center. She had been a resident of Vintage Park in Paola since 2011, moving there to be near her daughter, Jane Freeman, a resident of Lakemary Adult Care Home. Mrs. Ansell was born Dec. 12, 1925, in Strong City, Kan., to...
Rick Hudson
Apr 10, 2014
Richard Dean "Rick" Hudson, 50, of Humboldt, Kansas, died Thursday, April 10, 2014. Rick was born January 6, 1964, in Chanute, Kansas, the son of Richard "Norman" and Joyce Elaine (Goodall) Hudson. He grew up in Humboldt and graduated from Humboldt High School in 1982. On October 12, 1991, Rick married April Hudson at First Presbyterian Church in Iola. They...
Hazel Moorhead
Apr 10, 2014
Hazel Inez Moorhead, age 107, of Iola, Kansas, died Thursday, April 10, 2014 at her home. Hazel was born November 29, 1906 on a farm near Saffordville, Kansas which is located west of Emporia. She was the daughter of Clarence and Mabel (Gangloff) Beer. She was the second born of eight children and helped raise her siblings along with doing...
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,...
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