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Alberta Helen Rhodes
Sep 12, 2014
Alberta Rhodes, age 80, of Moran, Kansas, passed away on Friday, September 12, 2014, at Allen County Hospital, Iola, Kansas. She was born on March 19, 1934, at Carthage, Missouri, the daughter of Albert Milton and Helen Ruth (Curry) Jones. Alberta graduated from Carthage High School working at Ben Franklin in Fort Scott, Kansas, and as a waitress at various...
Carol James
Sep 12, 2014
Carol Beth James, 93, Iola, died peacefully surrounded by family and friends Friday, September 12, 2014 at Moran Manor in Moran, Kansas. Carol Beth was born February 4, 1921 in Iola, the daughter of Charles and Artie Newman. She graduated from Iola Senior High School in 1939 and attended Iola Jr. College. On April 6, 1943 Carol Beth married Howard...
Jack Hastings
Sep 10, 2014
Former longtime Mayor Jack Hastings died Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2014, at Allen County Regional Hospital. He was 90. Hastings served as mayor from 1965 to 1980 and was instrumental in seeing Iola secure a new library, fire station and city hall. It was also during his tenure that Gates Manufacturing, Berg Manufacturing and Intercollegiate Press came to town. Those years...
Leora Ross
Sep 9, 2014
Leora Ross, age 84, of Kincaid, Kansas, passed away on Tuesday, September 9, 2014. She was born on January 6, 1930, in Fort Scott, Kansas, the daughter of Walter Everle and Agnes (Mackie) Bruner. She graduated from Blue Mound High School. Leora was united in marriage to Verne Keith Ross on July 6, 1949, in Iola, Kansas. This union was...
Oliver Henkle
Sep 8, 2014
Oliver O. Henkle, 97, of Iola, Kansas, died Monday, September 8, 2014 at Windsor Place in Iola. Oliver was born February 20, 1917, on a farm northeast of Aliceville, Kansas, the son of Walter and Maude (Pickering) Henkle. He grew up on family farms at Aliceville and Westphalia and attended Mount Joy Rural School north of Westphalia. On June 30,...
Shirley Evans
Sep 8, 2014
Shirley Ann Evans, 55, of Iola, Kansas, died Monday September 8, 2014, at the home of her sister in Iola. Shirley was born July 16, 1959, in Iola, Kansas, the daughter of Floyd Eugene and Marie Anna ( Kleinsorge ) Ohmie. She graduated from LeRoy High School. Shirley was married to Andy Evans and they made their home in Iola....
David Hawn
Sep 5, 2014
David Lee Hawn, 80, of Iola, Kansas, died Friday, September 5, 2014, at his home. David was born August 3, 1934, in Pittsburg, Kansas, the son of George and Goldie (Prideaux) Hawn. He grew up in Pittsburg. He served in the U.S. Army during the Korean Conflict when he was wounded and awarded the Bronze Star and Purple Heart. In...
Robert Taggart
Sep 4, 2014
Robert E. " Bob " Taggart, 82, of rural Iola, Kansas, died Thursday, September 4, 2014, at Freeman Hospital in Joplin, Missouri. Bob was born August 18, 1932, in Iola, Kansas, the son of Claude D. and Leatha G. ( Swinford ) Taggart. He served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War and worked most of his life as...
June L. Ohmes
Sep 4, 2014
June Lee Ohmes, age 77, of Greeley, Kansas, passed away on Thursday, September 4, 2014, at Golden Heights in Garnett, Kansas. June was born on June 3, 1937, at Coffeyville, Kansas, the daughter of Raymond and Edna Lorene (Hills) Fry. She grew up in Coffeyville and Beagle, Kansas. She attended elementary and junior high school in Coffeyville, before graduating from...
Randall Beeman
Sep 2, 2014
Randall Ray Beeman, 46, of Iola, Kansas, died Tuesday, September 2, 2014. Randall was born July 13, 1968 at Allen County Hospital in Iola to Keith and Linda (Sutton) Beeman. He attended Zillah School east of Humboldt, Humboldt Middle School and graduated from Humboldt High School in 1987. He liked to ride bulls, to do mud runs, and was involved...
Dixie Mader
Sep 1, 2014
"Nothing gold can stay", a quote from a Robert Frost poem is what comes to mind when thinking about the passing of Dixie Mader. She was, indeed, a gold person who touched many lives. Dixie Mader, age 73, passed away on September 1, 2014, at her home after succumbing to cancer, surrounded by her family, friends, and cat. It's hard...
Roland Spillman
Sep 1, 2014
Roland Mark Spillman was born October 14, 1920 on a farm west of Mapleton, Kansas. His parents were Charlie and Vida (Majors) Spillman. He grew up mainly on a farm near Mildred in Allen County, Kansas and graduated from Mildred High School in 1939 having lettered in Track and Basketball. He spent four years in the Army during WWII and...
Norma L. Coker
Sep 1, 2014
Norma L. Coker, age 81, of Tulsa, Oklahoma, formerly of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Monday, September 1, 2014, at her home in Tulsa. She was born on July 22, 1933, at Louisburg, Kansas, the daughter of Dale Henry and Lela M. "Marge" (Martin) Grimes. She grew up in Paola, and graduated from Paola High School in 1951. She worked...
William Robb
Aug 31, 2014
William Gordon Robb, 57, of Iola, Kansas, passed away August 31, 2014. He was born to Harry Gordon Robb and Mary Francis (Brown) Robb on April 4, 1957. He was employed by Nelson Quarries, dedicating many years of dedicated service. Gordon married Yvette Boyd Sept. 19, 1992. They made their home in rural Iola. Gordon is survived by: his wife,...
Peggy Benjamin
Aug 29, 2014
Peggy Benjamin of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Friday, August 29, 2014, at her home. She was born January 14, 1965, at Ft. Scott, Kansas, the daughter of Kenneth and Alice (Baker) Garner. Peggy moved to Garnett and attended Garnett Schools until 1979; she started a family and had three children. She worked at various businesses around the Garnett area,...
Kyle Swope
Aug 24, 2014
Kyle Christopher Swope, 23, of Iola, Kansas, died Sunday, August 24, 2014, at Allen County Regional Hospital in Iola, Kansas. He was born August 19, 1991, in Chanute, Kansas, the son of Kevin Conrad and Janna Lee ( Johnson ) Swope. He graduated from Iola High School in 2010. Kyle worked as a yardman for S.E.K. Stockyards in Gas along...
Dorrall Jarred
Aug 22, 2014
Dorrall Lee Jarred, 85, of rural Humboldt, Kansas, died Friday, August 22, 2014, at Windsor Place Nursing Center in Iola, Kansas. He was born June 10, 1929, at Altoona, Kansas, the son of Roy L. and Nina Mae ( Lawson ) Jarred. He graduated from Moran High School in 1946 and farmed all his life. On May 22, 1949, Dorrall...
Jean Capell
Aug 21, 2014
Marjorie Jean Capell, 89, of Iola, Kansas, died Thursday, August 21, 2014, at Windsor Place Nursing Center in Iola. She was born August 12, 1925, in Kansas City, Kansas, the daughter of John R. and Ollie O. ( Forward ) Capell,Sr. She graduated from Wyandotte High School and Kansas City Kansas Junior College. Jean received a bachelors degree from Ottawa...
Leonard Ford
Aug 20, 2014
Leonard S. Ford, 94, of Humboldt, Kansas, died Wednesday, August 20, 2014, at his home. He was born August 19, 1920, in Missouri the son of Bert and Zona ( Stewart ) Ford. He graduated from high school in Springfield, Missouri. On August 30, 1941, Leonard married Dorothy R. Moffitt. He joined the Signal Corp and served as a cryptographer...
Shirley Raye Payne
Aug 19, 2014
Shirley R. Payne, age 78, of Colony, Kansas, passed away on Tuesday, August 19, 2014, at the Allen County Hospital in Iola, Kansas. She was born on September 15, 1935, in the Northcott Community, rural Colony, Kansas, the daughter of Carl and Wilma (Gilliland) McGhee. As a young girl her family moved to the Bloomfield, Iowa area. She and her...
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