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Alfred Link

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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....

Betty Wiedner

Betty Wiedner

Mar 2, 2014

Betty Wiedner, age 52, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Sunday, March 2, 2014, at her home. She was born on February 20, 1962, at Freemont, California, the daughter of Elmer "Tom" and Treva Jewel (Brown) Ulmer. Her family moved to Wyandotte County, Kansas when she was a baby, and she grew up in Kansas City, Kansas. Betty graduated from...

Jeanne Cook

Jeanne Cook

Feb 28, 2014

Jeanne passed away at Sharon Lane Health Services in Shawnee, KS on February 28, 2014. Jeanne was born in Iola, KS on June 27, 1939. Jeanne is survived by siblings Robert L. Cook (Diane) of Kansas City, MO, Nancy M. Martin of Shawnee, KS, and sister-in-law Ronda K. Cook of Manhattan, KS, nephews and nieces John R. Cook (Kellie) of...

Barbara Barnes

Barbara Barnes

Feb 26, 2014

Barbara Ann Barnes, 76, of Iola, Kansas, died Wednesday, February 26, 2014, at Allen County Regional Hospital in Iola. Barbara was born June 15, 1937, in Boise City, Oklahoma, the daughter of William Floyd and Vella Margaret (Yoho) Patterson. She graduated from Iola High School and attended Allen County Community College. Barbara married Ray Barnes and they later divorced. She...

Jack Stiffler

Jack Stiffler

Feb 24, 2014

Jack Edward Stiffler, Jr. passed away February 24, 2014 in Iola, KS at the Iola Nursing Center, at the age of 80. He was born February 22, 1934 to Jack E. and Mary E. Stiffler, in Oakwood, Kansas. In 1936 he moved with his parents to Pueblo, CO where he graduated from Centennial High School in 1952. He then attended...

George A. Helms

George A. Helms

Feb 23, 2014

George Augusta Helms, age 89, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Sunday, February 23, 2014, at the Anderson County Hospital in Garnett. He was born on August 4, 1924, in Nashville, Missouri, the son of William and Nena Mae (Hayden) Helms. George graduated from Nashville High School in 1942. He served in the U.S. Army Air Corps from 1943 to...

George Riebel

George Riebel

Feb 21, 2014

George Louis Riebel, 86, of rural Iola, Kansas, died Friday, February 21, 2014 at his home. George was born October 21, 1927, at Westphalia, Kansas, the son of Joseph and Flora (Decker) Riebel. He grew up in Westphalia and served in the U.S. Army. On July 15, 1947, George married Theresa Rosenia Weber at St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Humboldt...

Forrest Roy Baker

Forrest Roy Baker

Feb 21, 2014

Forrest Roy Baker, age 82, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Friday, February 21, 2014, at Ransom Memorial Hospital, Ottawa, Kansas. He was born on November 8, 1931, in Moberly, Missouri, the son of Roy Lee and Violet (Briggs) Baker. Roy graduated from Jasper High School with the Class of 1949 in Jasper, Missouri entering the United States Army soon...

Darrell R. Ard

Darrell R. Ard

Feb 20, 2014

Darrell R. Ard, age 74, of Stark, Kansas, passed away on Thursday evening, February 20, 2014, at Neosho Memorial Regional Medical Center. He was born February 1, 1940, in Porterville, Kansas, the son of Dewey C. and Nellie Lee (Bowen) Ard. He entered the United States Army at the age of 17. Upon returning home from the service, he married...

Dorothy Reed

Dorothy Reed

Feb 20, 2014

Dorothy W. Reed, 91, of Gas, Kansas, died Thursday, February 20, 2014, at Harry Hynes Hospice in Wichita. Dorothy was born March 9, 1922, on a farm northeast of Yates Center, Kansas, the daughter of Bert and Hattie (Culver) Ralston. She grew up in Yates Center. Dorothy married Jack Reed in 1938 in Yates Center and they made their home...

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