Recent Obituaries
Elizabeth Gehlen
Feb 17, 2014
Elizabeth "Betty" Rose Gehlen, 84, of Moran, Kansas, died Monday, February 17, 2014, at her home. Betty was born April 25, 1929, in Goddard, Kansas, the daughter of Max and Elizabeth Rose (Degand) Leis. She grew up at Rose Hill. On September 21, 1950, Betty married Vincent Gehlen at Blessed Sacrament Church in Wichita. They made their home in Gordon,...
Chloralee "Billie" Burcham
Feb 16, 2014
Chloralee "Billie" Burcham, age 94, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Sunday, February 16, 2014 at Golden Heights in Garnett, Kansas. Billie was born January 10, 1920, near Centerville, Kansas, the daughter of Thomas LeRoy and Josie Pearl (Ogg) Drake. She was the fifth of eight children. She grew up on a farm in the Keokuk neighborhood and at the...
Judy Zirjacks
Feb 16, 2014
Judy Jo Ann Zirjacks, 71, of Iola, Kansas, died Sunday, February 16, 2014, at the Allen County Regional Hospital in Iola. Judy was born December 15, 1942 in Ft. Worth, Texas. She was the daughter of Howard J. and Dorothy B. (Schwinck) Robinson. Judy was raised in Iola and graduated from Iola High School in 1960. On December 25, 1960,...
Sharon Denslow
Feb 15, 2014
Sharon Lea Leckrone Denslow, age 69, of Savonburg, Kansas, passed away on Saturday, February 15, 2014, at her home. She was born on January 16, 1945, at South Bend, Indiana, the daughter of John M. and Helen L. (Polson) Denslow. Sharon grew up in South Bend, graduating from Riley High School there in 1964. Sharon was united in marriage to...
Capitola "Tola" Welch
Feb 15, 2014
Capitola "Tola" Welch, age 101, of Overland Park, Kansas, passed away on Saturday, February 15, 2014, at Overland Park, Kansas. She was born on November 25, 1912, in Kansas City, Missouri, the daughter of Carl and Augusta (Klagus) Wilson. She grew up in the southeast Kansas town of Colony, Kansas. Her family split time between farming and being owners of...
Larry E. Ayers
Feb 11, 2014
Larry E. Ayers, age 73, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Tuesday, February 11, 2014, at Olathe Medical Center in Olathe, Kansas. He was born on October 14, 1940, at Selma, Kansas, the son of Paul and Juanita (Hale) Ayers. Larry lived in Oswego, New York and Welda, Kansas as a boy. He lived the rest of his in the...
Kenneth Stine
Feb 7, 2014
Kenneth Edgar Stine, 81, of rural Iola, Kansas, died Friday, February 7, 2014, at his home. He was born May 23, 1932, in Uniontown, Kansas, the son of Kenneth William and Mildred Agnes (Nutter) Stine. He grew up at Uniontown and graduated from Uniontown High School. Ken worked for area farmers in the Uniontown area and worked construction at Burlington....
Elsie Johnson
Feb 7, 2014
Elsie Mae Johnson, 85, of Iola, Kansas, passed away Friday, February 7, 2014 at Via Christi Medical Center St. Francis Campus in Wichita. Elsie was born September 29, 1928, at Meade, Kansas, the daughter of Robert Henry and Mabel Viola (Trahern) Whan. She grew up in the Meade area. On January 15, 1946, Elsie married Clifford Potter, Jr. They later...
Jimmie Jones
Feb 5, 2014
Jimmie Lee Jones, 71, of Iola, Kansas, died Wednesday, February 5, 2014, at Via Christi Medical Center St. Francis Campus in Wichita. Jimmie was born May 3, 1942, in Bixby, Oklahoma, the son of Dibriel Ellis and Mandy Mahaley (Taylor) Jones. He and Judy Kay Green were married March 17, 1961 and they made their home in Muskogee, Oklahoma, and...
Lloyd Weeks
Feb 5, 2014
Lloyd Dean Weeks, 78, of Iola, Kansas, passed away Wednesday, February 5, 2014, at Kindred Hospital Northland, Kansas City, Missouri. Lloyd was born October 26, 1935, in Morris County, Kansas, the son of William Lloyd and Ruth Katherine (Vader) Weeks. He graduated from Dwight High School. On May 18, 1957, Lloyd married Anita W. Phillips in Miami, Oklahoma. He enlisted...
Romona June Cleveland
Feb 5, 2014
Romona "June" Cleveland, age 83, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Wednesday, February 5, 2014, at Olathe Medical Center, Olathe, Kansas. She was born the oldest of four children to Reade D. and Jessie Mae (Worlein) Whipple on June 29, 1930. She grew up, lived, and worked all of her life in and around the Garnett area. June graduated from...
Freddie Burton
Feb 2, 2014
Freddie J. Burton, 72, of Iola, Kansas, died Sunday, February 2, 2014, at Allen County Regional Hospital. Freddie was born September 7, 1941, in Kincaid, Kansas, the son of Robert McHenry and Rose Evelyn (Holeman) Burton. Survivors include 5 siblings, Jack Burton of Olathe, Bill Burton of Ft. Scott, Ed Burton of Milwaukee, WI, Charles Burton of Iola, and Betty...
Loretta Roberts
Feb 1, 2014
E. Loretta Miller-Roberts age 69, of Moran, Kansas, passed away on Saturday, February 1, 2014, at her home. Loretta was born on August 10, 1944 to Leslie S Perkins and Helen M (Patrick) Perkins in Iola, Kansas. Loretta and her family moved to the Moran area after the flood of 1951, prior to the flood they had lived in the...
Geraldine Kipp
Jan 31, 2014
Geraldine Catherine Kipp, 90, Iola, died Friday, January 31, 2014 at Olathe Medical Center from injuries sustained in a two-vehicle accident west of Iola. Geraldine was born June 9, 1923, in Woodson County, KS, the daughter of Richard and Katherine (Denner) Drain. She graduated from Yates Center High School, Yates Center, KS in 1941. She was employed by the ASCS...
Kirby Byers
Jan 29, 2014
Kirby Lynn Byers, 55, of Iola died on January 29, 2014 at the Manor Care Nursing Home in Wichita, Kansas. He was born February 6, 1958, in Iola, the son of Bert Thomas Byers and Marilyn Allene Hayes. He was raised from infancy by his maternal grandparents, William and Leota Baker, of Iola. He attended local schools, and graduated from...
Dorothy Elaine Weatherbie
Jan 29, 2014
Dorothy Elaine Harris Weatherbie, age 92, of Kincaid, Kansas, passed away on Wednesday, January 29, 2014, at her home. She was born on January 21, 1922, in Blue Mound, Kansas, the daughter of Hugh and Pearl (Defore) Harris. Dorothy attended grade school at Providence Country school north west of Blue Mound for three years, then Blue Mound grade school, grades...
George Abbe
Jan 27, 2014
James George Abbe, 73, of Iola, died Monday at the Robert J. Dole VA Medical Center in Wichita. George was born April 10, 1940, at Colony, Kansas, the son of Clarence and Ellen (Vanderslice)Abbe. He worked construction, and had been employed at Walton Foundry, Tyson Foods and Berg Manufacturing in Iola over the years. SURVIVORS: 1 Daughter: Sherry Dawn Abbe...
Helen Marie Perkins
Jan 26, 2014
Helen Marie (Patrick) Perkins passed away on January 26, 2014 at the Moran Manor in Moran, Ks. Helen was born on January 18, 1919 in Vail, Iowa to Joseph Patrick and Emma Turner Patrick. Helen and her family moved to Kansas when she was 3 months old and lived most of her life in Lone Elm, Ks. She attended Lone...
Leeta Marie Sweet
Jan 25, 2014
Leeta Marie (Stevenson) Sweet, age 89, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Saturday, January 25, 2014, in Garnett, Kansas. She was born on April 29, 1924, in Franklin County, Kansas, the daughter of Floyd D. and Dorothy (Spencer) Stevenson. She attended Judy and Berea grade schools and Richmond High School. Leeta worked for United Telephone for 37 years. Leeta married...
Wilda Cramer
Jan 25, 2014
Wilda Loree Cramer, 88, of Iola, Kansas, died Saturday, Jan. 25, 2014, at Neosho Memorial Regional Medical Center in Chanute. Wilda was born May 25, 1925, in Mildred, Kansas, the daughter of William and Eula (Markley)Clay. She graduated from LaHarpe High School. On September 18, 1945, Wilda married Ray R. Cramer in Iola. They made their home in Iola most...
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