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Stacey Tate

Stacey Tate

Dec 17, 2013

Stacey LeAnn Tate, 49, of Moran, Kansas, passed away Tuesday, December 17, 2013, at her home. Stacey was born March 11, 1964, in Iola, Kansas, the daughter of Howard L. "Larry" and Lolita (Walls) Johnson. She grew up in Iola and graduated from Iola High School in 1982. Stacey worked as a tax preparer for H&R Block in Ft. Scott...

Norma Yancey

Norma Yancey

Dec 15, 2013

Norma L. Yancey, 70, of Iola, Kansas, passed away Sunday, December 15, 2013, at the Kansas Heart Hospital in Wichita. Norma was born August 8, 1943 in Mt. Vernon, Missouri, the daughter of Henry and Fayma (Garner) Yancey. She moved with her family to Iola in 1955. She worked as a waitress, in nursing homes and did home care for...

Grace Sloan

Grace Sloan

Dec 14, 2013

Grace I. Sloan, 89, of Iola, Kansas, passed away Saturday, December 14, 2013, at Windsor Place in Iola. Grace was born January 25, 1924, in Neosho County, Kansas, the daughter of Roy Theador Carroll and Grace Mae (Morris) Carroll McClain. She grew up at Erie and graduated from Erie High School. On February 16, 1941, Grace married E.E. "Gene" Sloan...

Diane Gowdy

Diane Gowdy

Dec 13, 2013

Diane Gowdy, 64, of Iola, Kansas, passed away Friday, December 13, 2013, at her home. Diane was born May 16, 1949 in Newton, Kansas, the daughter of Melvin and Margaret Elizabeth (Olson) Dietrich, Jr. She grew up in Emporia and graduated from high school there. On August 30, 1969, she married Charley Gowdy and they made their home in Great...

Ruth Boyer

Ruth Boyer

Dec 12, 2013

Ruth M. Boyer, 93, passed away in Iola, Kansas at her home on December 12, 2013 surrounded by her loving family and caregivers. She had been in declining health since a stroke in November 2010. Ruth was born March 22, 1920 in Iola, Kansas, the first child of Martin O. Haney and Tillie G. (Robins) Haney. She grew up in...

Louise G. Wolken

Louise G. Wolken

Dec 12, 2013

Louise G. Wolken, age 86, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Thursday, December 12, 2013, at Golden Heights in Garnett. She was born November 8, 1927, at Westphalia, Kansas, the daughter of John and Gertrude Mary (Troll) Pfannes. Louise was united in marriage to Arthur G. Wolken on June 21, 1947 at Wea, Kansas. This union was blessed with four...

John Edwin Marmon

John Edwin Marmon

Dec 11, 2013

John E. Marmon, age 83, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on December 11, 2013, at Richmond Healthcare and Rehabilitation in Richmond, Kansas. He was born on October 30, 1930, in Garnett, Kansas, the son of Arthur Ray and Goldie Pearl (Sutherland) Marmon. John graduated from Garnett High School. After graduating high school, he worked in the caf business in Garnett...

Cecil Daniel Passman

Cecil Daniel Passman

Dec 10, 2013

Cecil D. Passman, age 82, of Colony, Kansas, passed away on Tuesday, December 10, 2013, at his home. Cecil was the fourth of five children born to Thomas Gideon Passman and Lottie (Jenkins) Passman. He was born on January 24, 1931, in Amite, Louisiana. He grew up in Amite, and as a boy he helped local farmers. Following school he...

Elton Francis

Elton Francis

Dec 6, 2013

Elton Francis, age 92, of Iola, Kansas, formerly of Colony, passed away Friday, December 6, 2013 at the Allen County Hospital, Iola. Everett Elton Francis was the first born child of Ira and Pearl (Scott) Francis on October 22, 1921 at LaHarpe, Kansas. He grew up on the family farm east of LeRoy, Kansas, attending country schools, and then graduated...

Dorothy Sallee

Dorothy Sallee

Dec 5, 2013

Dorothy Ann Sallee, 79, formerly of LaHarpe, Kansas, passed away Thursday, December 5, 2013, at Golden Living Center in Pittsburg, Kansas. Dorothy was born November 6, 1934, in Hepler, Kansas, the daughter of Albert L. and Easter Lily (Hutton) Brown. She grew up in LaHarpe most of her life and was a graduate of LaHarpe High School. On July 21,...

Marjorie Lee Weast

Marjorie Lee Weast

Dec 4, 2013

Marjorie Lee Weast, age 89, of Moran, Kansas, passed away on Wednesday, December 4, 2013, at Mercy Hospital in Fort Scott, Kansas. She was the only child born to Alfred Joe and Thelma Lee (Thorp) Bauer. Lee was born on July 5, 1924, in Jefferson City, Missouri. Her family moved to the Moran area while Lee was still in school,...

Ella Jo Douglass

Ella Jo Douglass

Dec 3, 2013

Ella Jo Douglass, age 5, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, December 3, 2013, at her home, surrounded by her family and in her mother's arms releasing her from her battle with Rett Syndrome. She was born on December 14, 2007, in Olathe, Kansas, the daughter of Cass Douglass II and Kylie Kanatzar. Ella is survived by her...

Sharon Hansen

Sharon Hansen

Dec 3, 2013

Sharon Kay Hansen, 51, of Iola, Kansas, passed away Tuesday, December 3, 2013. Sharon was born May 25, 1962, in North Platte, Nebraska, the daughter of James G. and Rosa A. (Cramer) Hansen. She grew up in North Platte. Sharon married Randall W. Fischer and they made their home in McCook, Nebraska until moving to Kansas in 1997. They had...

Zetta Anne Johnson

Zetta Anne Johnson

Dec 3, 2013

Zetta Anne Johnson, age 84 of Parker, passed away on December 3, 2013, at her home. She was born March 17, 1929, at Pittsburg, Kansas, the oldest daughter of Earl and Hazel (Hickman) Green. Anne graduated from Mound City High School, Mound City, Kansas in 1948. She worked at the grocery store in Mound City following high school; this is...

Marjorie J. Jones

Marjorie J. Jones

Nov 25, 2013

Marjorie Ellington Jones, age 83, of Iola, Kansas, passed away on Monday, November 25, 2013, at Iola Nursing Center in Iola, Kansas. She and her twin brother were the youngest of four children born to Amer L. and Jeanetta (Stahl) McCullough. Marjorie was born on May 18, 1930, in Burlington, Kansas. She grew up in and attended schools in Burlington,...

Frances R. Babcock

Frances R. Babcock

Nov 24, 2013

Frances R. Babcock, age 85, of Colony, Kansas, passed away on Sunday, November 24, 2013, at the Anderson County Hospital in Garnett, Kansas. She was born on September 29, 1928, in Colony, Kansas, the daughter of Samuel D. and Edna V. (Newlon) Murphy. Frances graduated from Colony High School in 1946. She attended Kansas State University and then the University...

Janet Mueller

Janet Mueller

Nov 24, 2013

Janet L. Mueller, 74, of Humboldt, Kansas, passed away Sunday, November 24, 2013, at her home. Janet was born August 21, 1939, in Iola, Kansas, the daughter of John M. and Lela B. (Banks) Gumfory. On October 28, 1966, Janet married Martin "Junior" Mueller and they made their home in Humboldt. They were married at St. Peter's Lutheran Church in...

Ruth Richards

Ruth Richards

Nov 21, 2013

Ruth Marie Richards, age 100, of Iola, Kansas, passed away Thursday, November 21, 2013, at the Allen County Regional Hospital in Iola. Ruth was born August 2, 1913, in Nevada, Missouri, the daughter of Ralph John and Blanche Almira (Tiffany) Conwell. She grew up in the Iola, Gas, and LaHarpe areas and graduated from high school in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. She...

Buford Cullen Larson

Buford Cullen Larson

Nov 20, 2013

Buford Cullen Larson, age 80, of Fort Scott, Kansas, formerly of Elsmore, Kansas, passed away at his home on Wednesday, November 20, 2013. Buford was the second of two children born to Vernon A. and Zodeen (Rumbeck) Larson. He was born on the family farm near Elsmore on August 28, 1933. Buford lived all but the last year of his...

Wanda Robb

Wanda Robb

Nov 18, 2013

Wanda Louise Robb, 72, passed away at her home in Iola, on the 18th of November, 2013 at 12:45 a.m. Wanda was born on July 7, 1941, the daughter of Ewalt and Laura Buchholz of Moran. Wanda grew up in Moran, Kansas and graduated from Moran High School where she played the clarinet in the school band. She later graduated...

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