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Phyllis Reed

Phyllis Reed

Mar 13, 2013

Phyllis Eileen Reed, 67, of Humboldt, Kansas, passed away Wednesday, March 13, 2013, at St. Francis Hospital in Topeka. Phyllis was born November 27, 1945, in Chanute, Kansas, the daughter of Leonard and Delores (Peck) Krone. She grew up in Humboldt and graduated from Humboldt High School in 1963. On October 18, 1968, Phyllis married Bobby L. Reed in Chanute...

Robert West

Robert West

Mar 9, 2013

Robert Logan West, 91, of Colony, Kansas, passed away peacefully in the presence of his family at Anderson County Hospital on Saturday, March 9, 2013. Robert was born August 9, 1921, on a farm in rural Colony, Kansas, the son of Logan and Gertrude West. He grew up in rural Colony and graduated from LeRoy High School in 1939. On...

Carolyn Dreher

Carolyn Dreher

Mar 7, 2013

Carolyn Edith Duggan Dreher, 81, of Iola, Kansas, passed away Thursday, March 7, 2013, at the Allen County Hospital. Carolyn was born October 1, 1931, at rural Moran, Kansas, the daughter of Elmer J. and Elva M. (Davis) Duggan. She graduated from Iola High School in 1949. On November 5, 1950, Carolyn married Lyle W. Dreher and they made their...

Louis A. Wolken

Louis A. Wolken

Mar 7, 2013

Louis A. Wolken, age 79, of Greeley, Kansas, passed away on Thursday, March 7, 2013, at the Anderson County Hospital in Garnett, Kansas. Lou was born on August 26, 1933, in Greeley, Kansas, the son of August and Gertrude (Lanzrath) Wolken. He graduated from Greeley High School in 1951. Lou was a member of the U.S. Army stationed in Germany....

Joyce McCullough

Joyce McCullough

Mar 6, 2013

Joyce Marie McCullough, 77, of Topeka, Kansas, formerly of Neosho Falls, died Wednesday, March 6, 2013, at her home. Joyce was born at Neosho Falls, the daughter of Sidney and Martha (Almond) Heslop. She graduated from Neosho Falls High School. On July 25, 1954, Joyce married William E. McCullough and they followed construction work a number of years before returning...

Gail Long

Gail Long

Mar 4, 2013

Gail A. Long, 74, passed away at his home in Garnett on March 4, 2013 after a valiant fight with cancer. Gail was born on January 22, 1939 at Garnett, Kansas, the son of William F. and Lucille T. (Huettenmueller) Long. He grew up in Westphalia, Kansas, graduating from Westphalia High School in 1957. Following high school, he moved to...

Robert Hodges

Robert Hodges

Mar 3, 2013

Robert D. "Bob" Hodges, 76, of rural Buffalo, Kansas, died Sunday, March 3, 2013, at his home. Bob was born November 17, 1936, in Jefferson County, Colorado, the son of Elmo and Opal (Bolijack) Hodges. He grew up in Colorado and graduated from Arvada High School. He was a sergeant in the United States Marines. He worked as a foreman...

Sherrie S. Hursey

Sherrie S. Hursey

Mar 3, 2013

Sherrie S. Hursey, age 65, of Iola, Kansas, formerly of Lenexa, Kansas, passed away on Sunday, March 3, 2013, at Windsor Place in Iola, Kansas. She was born on June 26, 1947, in Des Moines, Iowa, the daughter of Glen and Velma (Pickering) Vaughn. She attended schools in Corydon, Iowa, where she graduated from high school in 1965. Sherrie was...

Lovanda Preston

Lovanda Preston

Mar 3, 2013

Lovanda Isabell Fisher Preston, 84, passed away on Sunday, March 3, 2013. She was born Nov. 7, 1928, in Iola, the daughter of Claude Dean and Mildred Sarah Cummings Fisher. She had two sisters, Betty Hill and Patricia Doyle and two half-brothers, Leroy Moore and Marvin Moore, all of whom have preceded her in death. She is survived by a...

Jerry Dean Webb

Jerry Dean Webb

Mar 1, 2013

Jerry D. Webb, age 47, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away at home on Friday, March 1, 2013, following his battle with cancer. Jerry was born October 23, 1965 at Minneola, Kansas, the son of Kenneth Webb and Virginia Lee (Dean) Webb. The family lived in Engelwood, Kansas until moving to Burlingame, Kansas in 1966. In 1978 they moved to Garnett,...

Steve Anderson

Steve Anderson

Feb 28, 2013

Stephen Ben Anderson, 63, passed away suddenly on February 28, 2013 in Wichita, surrounded by family. He was born August 16, 1949 in Iola, the son of Glen and Ruth McBrayer Anderson. Steve spent thirty-six years advocating for children and families as a social worker with Kansas Social Rehabilitation Services, retiring in 2010. He waited a very long time to...

June Toland

June Toland

Feb 27, 2013

June Elizabeth (Thompson) Toland, 98, died February 27, 2013, at Iola. She was born in Iola on June 19, 1914, the eldest child of Clyde E. and Lucy (Wilson) Thompson. She was the great-granddaughter of Allen County pioneers Samuel and Permelia Hubbard who settled near Cofachique in 1857. Mrs. Toland was educated in the Iola schools and graduated as valedictorian...

Dean Ludlum

Dean Ludlum

Feb 27, 2013

Donald Dean Ludlum, 78, of Iola, Kansas, passed away Wednesday, February 27, 2013, at the Allen County Hospital. Dean was born June 12, 1934, on the family farm west of Elsmore, Kansas, the son of William Russell and Meryl (Alderman) Ludlum. He grew up on the farm and attended school in Elsmore. He drove the school bus as a high...

Harley Norman

Harley Norman

Feb 26, 2013

Harley Gene Norman, 77, of Iola, Kansas, passed away Tuesday, February 26, 2013, at the Allen County Hospital. He was born January 12, 1936, at Moran, Kansas, the son of Charley and Lovicia (Green) Norman. He grew up in Moran and graduated from Moran High School in 1955. On September 1, 1956, Harley Gene married Faun A. Runer and they...

Raymond Bauer

Raymond Bauer

Feb 24, 2013

Raymond E. Bauer, 94, of Gas, Kansas, died Sunday, February 24, 2013, at Neosho Memorial Regional Medical Center in Chanute surrounded by his loving family. Raymond was born August 1, 1918, in Ransom, KS, the son of Conrad and Katherine (Kraft) Bauer. During his youth he worked cattledrives, worked on the railroad and joined the CCC Corps fighting fires and...

Herschel Kincheloe

Herschel Kincheloe

Feb 22, 2013

Herschel L. Kincheloe, 86, of Iola, Kansas, died Friday, February 22, 2013, at the Allen County Hospital. Herschel was born May 25, 1926 at Centerville, Kansas, the son of Clair and Bernice (Malson) Kincheloe. His mother died when he was two and his father married Opal Peterson. The family made their home in Iola where he grew up and graduated...

Patsy McGowan

Patsy McGowan

Feb 22, 2013

Patsy Ruth Sigg McGowan, 78, of Iola, Kansas, passed away Friday, February 22, 2013, at Iola Nursing Center. Patsy was born September 11, 1934, in Iola, Kansas, the daughter of James Frederick and Bertha Madlyn (Dunton) Weeks. She graduated from Iola High School. On May 30, 1955, Patsy married Don Sigg and they made their home in Iola. They later...

Philip Butler

Philip Butler

Feb 20, 2013

Philip C. Butler, 96, of Iola, Kansas, passed away Wednesday, February 20, 2013, at the Allen County Hospital. Phil was born August 26, 1916, in Iola, the son of Levi Franklin and Anna Jane (Bowers) Butler. He started school in Yates Center before the family moved to Iola by covered wagon. He served in the United States Army during World...

Jessie Brown

Jessie Brown

Feb 18, 2013

Jessie (Hay) Brown, 92, of Iola passed away Monday, February 18, 2013 at Tara Gardens. She was born August 11, 1920 in Chanute, Kansas, the daughter of Harry and Bessie (Brownrigg) Hay. The family grew up in Neosho and Woodson counties. She attended Owl Creek Country School in Woodson County and was a graduate of Humboldt High School in 1938....

Jacob George

Jacob George

Feb 17, 2013

Jacob George, age 89, of Colony, Kansas, passed away on Sunday, February 17, 2013, at the Allen County Hospital in Iola, Kansas. He was born on May 21, 1923, on the farm two miles southwest of Neosho Falls, Kansas, the son of J.B. and Bessie (Kimler) George. He graduated from Neosho Falls High School in 1940. In 1942, Jacob moved...

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