Recent Obituaries
Orvis "Pete" Kunkel
Jan 1, 2014
Orvis "Pete" Kunkel, age 94, of Waverly, Kansas passed away on Friday, May 2, 2014 at Coffey County Hospital, Burlington, Kansas. He was born August 29, 1919, on the family farm in Waverly, Kansas, the son of Fred and Anna (Ketterer) Kunkel. Upon returning from the service, Pete farmed in the Harris community. He was baptized into the Old German...
Gerri Tomlinson
Dec 31, 2013
Gerrianne Marie Tomlinson, 50, of Iola, Kansas, died Tuesday, December 31, 2013, at Neosho Memorial Regional Medical Center in Chanute. Gerri was born July 23, 1963, in Mission, Kansas, the daughter of Lennie Joe and Rosemarie (Haight) Jenkins. She grew up in Mission. On September 24, 1992, Gerri married Gary R. Tomlinson and they made their home in Iola. She...
Claire R Mowry
Dec 27, 2013
Claire R. Mowry, age 84, of Gardner, Kansas, passed away on Friday, December 27, 2013, at Golden Heights, Garnett, Kansas. She was born on May 12, 1929, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the daughter of Victor and Josephine (Tenelli) Riillo. Claire married Frank E. Mowry on February 14, 1958. She was preceded in death by her parents and husband, CWO Frank Mowry...
Beckye Parker
Dec 26, 2013
Beckye Sue Parker, 58, of Iola, Kansas, died Thursday, December 26, 2013, at the Allen County Regional Hospital in Iola. Beckye was born December 20, 1955, in Bethany, Oklahoma, the daughter of Gene and Peggy Jean (Davis) Maitlen. She grew up in Oklahoma City and graduated from Putnam City West High School. She earned her bachelor's degree in Agriculture from...
Robert L. Peine
Dec 26, 2013
Robert L. Peine, age 57, of Princeton, Kansas, passed away on Thursday, December 26, 2013, at Lawrence Memorial Hospital in Lawrence, Kansas. Robert was born on October 2, 1956, in Garnett, Kansas, the son of Leo and Nadine (Nelson) Peine. He grew up west of Richmond, and attended school at Catholic elementary school at Scipio. As a boy Robert helped...
Jean Schmer
Dec 26, 2013
Jean Freeman Schmer, age 71, formerly of Iola, Kansas, passed away unexpectedly at her residence in Yankton, SD on Thursday, December 26, 2013. Jean was born in Conway Springs, KS on December 5, 1942 to Samuel and Mary Elizabeth (Wolfe) Bechtel. Jean graduated from Conway Springs High School and went on to nursing school at Wichita State University and graduated...
Linda Walter
Dec 22, 2013
Linda Kay Walter, 66, of Iola, Kansas, passed away Sunday, December 22, 2013, at her home. Linda was born July 30, 1947, in St. Joseph, Missouri, the daughter of Robert Patrick and Patricia Lea (Adams) Shields and was the oldest of eight children. She moved to Kansas City, Missouri where she graduated from St. Teresa Academy. In 1966 she married...
Louella Womelsdorf
Dec 22, 2013
Louella Womelsdorf, 70, of Iola, Kansas, passed away Sunday, December 22, 2013, at her home. Louella was born September 14, 1943, in Devon, Kansas, the daughter of Jesse and Vera (Davis) Crane. She was raised by Jeff and Lillian Mayfield. On November 1, 1959, Louella married Ronald D. Womelsdorf in Denver, Colorado and they moved to Iola in the late...
Georgia Ellen Curran
Dec 20, 2013
Georgia Ellen Curran, age 85, of Mildred, Kansas, passed away on Friday, December 20, 2013, at Lawrence Memorial Hospital, Lawrence, Kansas. She was born on December 26, 1927 in Kansas City, Kansas, the daughter of Owen Morris and Pearl L. (Lewis) Welburn. Georgia married Robert Keith Curran on November 20, 1953 in Kansas City, Kansas. She was preceded in death...
Vivian M. Barnett
Dec 18, 2013
Vivian M. Barnett, age 82, of Colony, Kansas, passed away on Wednesday, December 18, 2013, in Colony, Kansas. She was born on July 11, 1931, the seventh of eight children born to James Earnest and Leva Lee (Ball) Fletcher. As a child, she lived in Iola, then Ottawa, where she attended grade school and high school. Following school Vivian worked...
Charles Troxel
Dec 18, 2013
Charles B. Troxel, 91, of Iola, passed away Wednesday, December 18, 2013 at the Allen County Regional Hospital. He was born September 28, 1922, in Moran, KS, the son of Harry Earl and Eunice Jeannette (Ransom) Troxel. He grew up in the Moran, Elsmore and LaHarpe areas. He married Norma Lee Hobert on January 8, 1944. They were married for...
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
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