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Gayle Clair Wiley

Gayle Clair Wiley

Oct 30, 2013

Gayle Clair Wiley, age 76, of Colony, Kansas, passed away on Wednesday, October 30, 2013, at the Allen County Hospital in Iola, Kansas. He was born on December 30, 1936, in Iola, Kansas, the son of George and Pearl (Starr) Wiley. He graduated from Colony High School, and attended Kansas State University for one year. Clair was united in marriage...

G. Leadstrom

G. Leadstrom

Oct 28, 2013

G. Leonard Leadstrom, Jr., 69, of Kincaid, Kansas, passed away Monday, October 28, 2013, at St. Luke's Hospital in Kansas City. Leonard was born August 31, 1944, at Chanute, Kansas, the son of George Leonard and Rose Marie (Hanson) Leadstrom, Sr. He graduated from elementary school at Savonburg, Stark High School, Allen County Community College and Pittsburg State University. He...

Dorothy Wray

Dorothy Wray

Oct 27, 2013

Dorothy Ellen Wray, 90, formerly of Iola, Kansas, passed away Sunday, October 27, 2013, at Emeritus at Spicewood Springs in Austin, Texas. Dorothy was born May 19, 1923 in Iola to Henry R. and Ruth Strong Hess. She attended Iola schools and is a graduate of Iola High School and Iola Junior College. Following graduation in 1943, she taught a...

Mildred E. Davison

Mildred E. Davison

Oct 25, 2013

Mildred E. Davison, daughter of Jacob and Emma (Plunket) Wagoner was born December 1, 1916 near Westphalia, Kansas. She lived her entire life in Anderson County. Mildred and her future husband, Marvin L. Davison chose to give their lives to the Lord and were baptized on January 31, 1935, one week before their wedding. Their faith was shown in their...

Sherry Bradfield

Sherry Bradfield

Oct 24, 2013

Sharlyn Denise "Sherry" Keele Bradfield, 53, of LaHarpe, Kansas, died Thursday, October 24, 2013. Sherry was born November 17, 1959, in Portsmouth, Virginia, the daughter of Richard E. and Sandra C. (Thompson) Keele. She grew up in Colony and graduated from Crest High School. She has made her home in the Iola area most of her adult life and was...

Harold D. Thexton

Harold D. Thexton

Oct 19, 2013

Harold D. Thexton, 61, Colony, passed away Saturday, October 19, 2013 at Kansas City Hospice House in Kansas City, Missouri. Harold was born July 18, 1952, in Garnett, Kansas, the son of Tom and LaRee (Newland) Thexton of Welda, Ks. He grew up on a farm near Welda and graduated from Crest High School in 1970. On June 11, 1972,...

Clem Jude Gellhaus

Clem Jude Gellhaus

Oct 19, 2013

Clem Jude Gellhaus, age 56, of Mayetta, Kansas, passed away on Saturday, October 19, 2013, at St. Francis Health Center in Topeka, Kansas. Clem was born on October 6, 1957, in Garnett, Kansas. He was born the smallest of the nine children born to Bernard and Elizabeth L. "Betty" (Lickteig) Gellhaus. He quickly overcame the slow start in life and...

Dennis J. Shepard

Dennis J. Shepard

Oct 17, 2013

Dennis J. Shepard, age 62, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Thursday, October 17, 2013 at Richmond Healthcare in Richmond, Kansas. He was born on February 1, 1951, at Elmira, New York, the son of Elwin and Blanche (Harker) Shepard. Dennis graduated from high school in Spencer, New York. Dennis was an over the road truck driver for 29 years....

Mary Gladys Fewins

Mary Gladys Fewins

Oct 17, 2013

Mary Gladys Fewins passed away peacefully at her home Thursday, October 17, 2013. Gladys was born November 22, 1916, on a farm near Elsmore, Kansas, to William Otto and Alice Gertrude Shoup Boler. After her mother's death, she was raised by her father, older sister Wilma, and her Grandma Shoup. After her sister married and her grandmother died, she was...

Patricia Doolittle

Patricia Doolittle

Oct 17, 2013

Patricia Sue Doolittle, 68, of LaHarpe, Kansas, died Thursday, October 17, 2013 at Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice in Wichita. Patricia was born November 21, 1944, in Rose, Kansas, the daughter of Lee Roy and Sylvia (Jones) Wright. She grew up on a farm northwest of Iola. On August 28, 1964, Patricia married Willard "Bill" Doolittle and they made their home...

Jesse Mendoza

Jesse Mendoza

Oct 15, 2013

Jesse Mendoza, 84, of Humboldt, Kansas, passed away Tuesday, October 15, 2013, at his home surrounded by his family. Jesse was born October 29, 1928, in Chanute, Kansas, the son of Bernie and Evarista (Gutierrez) Mendoza. He grew up in Chanute. On April 3, 1948, Jesse married Rebecca Ysusi at St. Patrick Catholic Church in Chanute. They made their home...

Mike Moran

Mike Moran

Oct 12, 2013

Michael R. "Mike" Moran, 53, of Iola, Kansas, passed away Saturday, October 12, 2013. Mike was born December 3, 1959, in Chanute, Kansas, the son of Richard and Marjorie (Fewins) Moran. He graduated from Chanute High School in 1977. On June 9, 1984, Mike married Lori Baker at St. Peter's Lutheran Church in Humboldt. Mike's faith grew through membership at...

Marjorie Smith

Marjorie Smith

Oct 11, 2013

Marjorie E. Smith, 88, of LaHarpe, Kansas, passed away Friday, October 11, 2013, at her home surrounded by her family. Marjorie was born April 19, 1925, on a farm north of LaHarpe, the daughter of Harold Floyd and Ruth Elizabeth (Williams) Robb. She attended school in LaHarpe. On July 16, 1941, Marjorie married Archie R. Smith and they made their...

Vivian M. Haynes

Vivian M. Haynes

Oct 7, 2013

Vivian M. Haynes, age 95, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Monday, October 7, 2013, at the Anderson County Hospital in Garnett. She was born March 9, 1918, in Garnett, Kansas, the daughter of Ebenezer Slocum and Lu Dell (Swisher) Dart. Vivian was the eleventh child of thirteen children. Vivian started work at age 16 at Grennen Poultry where she...

Orel Wilson

Orel Wilson

Oct 6, 2013

Orel Lloyd Wilson, 95, of Gas, Kansas, passed away Sunday, October 6, 2013 at Iola Nursing Center. Orel was born May 14, 1918, on a farm eight miles east of Colony, Kansas, the son of A. Lloyd and Flossie V. (Babcock) Wilson. He graduated from Lone Elm High School in 1937 and farmed until serving in the U.S. Army Air...

Robert Arnett

Robert Arnett

Oct 4, 2013

Robert D. Arnett, 82, of LaHarpe, Kansas, passed away Friday, October 4, 2013, at the Kansas Heart Hospital in Wichita. Robert was born August 17, 1931, on a farm east of Chanute, Kansas, the son of Cecil and Hazel (Smith) Arnett. He graduated from Chanute High School. On January 26, 1952, Robert married Lou Gericke and they made their home...

Robert Sherrill

Robert Sherrill

Oct 3, 2013

Robert Eugene Sherrill, 85, of Iola, Kansas, passed away in his daughter's home in Blue Springs, Missouri on October 3, 2013. Bob was born December 22, 1927 and was a lifelong resident of Iola, KS. He was preceded in life by Sally Ann Sherrill, his wife of 52 years and his youngest daughter, Denise Ann Sherrill. Bob was the son...

Betty Jean Sprague

Betty Jean Sprague

Oct 3, 2013

Betty Jean Sprague, age 77, of Colony, Kansas, passed away on Thursday, October 3, 2013, at the Allen County Hospital in Iola, Kansas. She was born on June 18, 1936 in Colony, Kansas, the daughter of Lester and Erma Pearl Cole. Betty began school in Colony. As a young girl, she had fond memories of riding ponies and being on...

Bertha M. Staadt

Bertha M. Staadt

Oct 2, 2013

Bertha Staadt, age 79, of Welda, Kansas, passed away on Wednesday, October 2, 2013 at North Point Nursing Home in Paola, Kansas. She was born on November 16, 1933, in Burns, Kansas, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Beck. She graduated high school and received her nursing certificate in El Dorado, Kansas. Bertha met Jack Spangler when he was in...

JoAnn Buche

JoAnn Buche

Oct 2, 2013

JoAnn Buche, 78, of Iola, Kansas, passed away Wednesday, October 2, 2013, at Neosho Memorial Regional Medical Center in Chanute. JoAnn was born July 6, 1935, in Freemont, Nebraska, the daughter of Rose Nebuda. She grew up in the Beemer, NE area and graduated from Freemont High School in 1952. On February 16, 1952, JoAnn married Lloyd Earl Buche in...

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