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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...

Loren Howerton

Loren Howerton

Feb 15, 2013

Loren Millard Howerton, 77, of rural Iola, Kansas, passed away Friday, February 15, 2013, at Kansas Heart Hospital in Wichita, Kansas. Loren was born April 24, 1935 at Savonburg, Kansas, the son of Olaf M. "Bill" and Lillian (Austin) Howerton. He was united in marriage to Patricia Ann Baker on December 21, 1965 in Miami, Oklahoma. He drove a truck...

Dorothy Hemphill

Dorothy Hemphill

Feb 14, 2013

Dorothy Jane (Robb) Hemphill, 86, formerly of Humboldt, passed on to be with her heavenly family on Thursday, February 14, 2013, at Clare Bridge Senior Living in Wichita, KS. She was born July 4, 1926, on the family farm south of Moran to Harley and Mary Etta (Harclerode) Robb. She grew up on farms in the Moran and LaHarpe area...

Helen Forsythe

Helen Forsythe

Feb 13, 2013

Helen Marian Forsythe, of Wichita, Kansas, passed away peacefully on February 13, 2013, three months short of her 100th birthday. Helen was born May 8, 1913, to Charles W. and Trella C. Thompson in Garnett, KS. She had three sisters, Margaret, Donna and Claire, and one brother, Charles (Bud), all of whom are deceased. Helen graduated from Westphalia High School...

Dale Hawk

Dale Hawk

Feb 12, 2013

Dale R. Hawk was born July 6, 1931 at Hennessey, Oklahoma to Nina (Witt) and Orville Hawk. He died at Windsor Place in Iola on Tuesday, February 12, 2013. He and his family moved to a farm east of Carlyle in 1939. He attended a country school, then went on to graduate from Iola High School in 1949. After attending...

Steven B. Doering

Steven B. Doering

Feb 11, 2013

Steven B. Doering, age 62, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on February 11, 2013, at St. Luke's Plaza Hospital, Kansas City, Missouri. He was born February 1, 1951 in Salina, Kansas, the son of Henry H. and Berniece (Stroup) Doering. Steve graduated from Garnett High School with the class of 1969. He received his B.S. in mechanical engineering from Kansas...

Florence I. Justice

Florence I. Justice

Feb 11, 2013

Florence Irene Justice, age 83, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Monday, February 11, 2013 at Golden Heights in Garnett, Kansas. She was born September 24, 1929, in Greeley, Kansas, the daughter of Paul A. and Teresa E. (Hastert) Volz. Florence married Carl "Stub" Mader on October 5, 1949 in Greeley, Kansas. This union was blessed with six children. They...

Lois Heinrich

Lois Heinrich

Feb 11, 2013

Lois Heinrich, 96, of Iola, Kansas, died Monday, February 11, 2013, at Tara Gardens in Iola. Lois was born November 22, 1916, in Iola, the daughter of Frank and Sylvia (Cox) Heinrich. She grew up on a farm northeast of Carlyle. In 1942 she began working for the Greyhound Bus Line in Independence, KS. She worked there for seven years...

Julia Mae Kipper

Julia Mae Kipper

Feb 10, 2013

Julia Mae Kipper, age 92, of Garnett, Kansas passed away on Sunday, February 10, 2013, at Olathe Medical Center, Olathe, Kansas. She was born August 29, 1920, in Garnett, Kansas, the daughter of Virgil and Viola Belle (Huff) Fisher. Her parents were of Irish descent, both born and raised in Mountain Grove, Missouri. Julia went to school at Irving Grade...

Bradford Medcalf

Bradford Medcalf

Feb 9, 2013

Bradford L. "Brad" Medcalf, 61, of Osawatomie, Kansas, died Saturday, February 9, 2013, at Girard Medical Center. Brad was born April 9, 1951, in Iola, Kansas, the son of Thomas and Mary Ellen (Bartlett) Medcalf. He graduated from Osawatomie High School in 1969. He lived in Ottawa a number of years before just recently moving to Osawatomie. He was involved...

David Garver

David Garver

Feb 9, 2013

David Aaron Garver, 32, of Iola, Kansas, passed away Saturday, February 9, 2013. David was born April 7, 1980, in Iola, the son of Steven L. and Sandra Kay (Hiser) Garver. He grew up in Iola and graduated from Iola High School in 1998, during his high school years he was avidly involved in Forensics and Drama. David enjoyed all...

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