Recent Obituaries
George P. Seitz
Oct 12, 2012
George P. Seitz, age 95, of Parker, Kansas, passed away on Friday, October 12, 2012, at Life Care Center in Osawatomie, Kansas. He was born on March 3, 1917, in Edgerton, Kansas, the son of Fred M. and Rose (Hoffman) Seitz. He was raised on a farm in Eudora, Kansas. George entered the U.S. Army in 1941. He served in...
Patricia Bain
Oct 11, 2012
Patricia Ann Bain, 63, of Colony, Kansas, died Thursday, October 11, 2012, at her home. Patricia was born March 31, 1949, at Colony, the daughter of John R. and Imogene (Patrick) Reiter. She graduated from Colony High School and worked on the family farm before working at Gates Rubber Company for several years. She then served as caregiver for several...
Mary Helen Selander
Oct 10, 2012
Mary Helen Selander, age 88, of Greeley, Kansas, passed away on Wednesday, October 10, 2012 at Anderson County Long Term Care in Garnett, Kansas. She was born on March 26, 1924, in Humboldt, Kansas, the daughter of Michael J. and Anna (Achter) Ohmes. She graduated from Greeley High School. Mary Helen was united in marriage to Howard Selander on February...
Dorothy Lekwa
Oct 6, 2012
Dorothy H. Lekwa, age 89, of Moran, Kansas, passed away on Saturday, October 6, 2012, at Moran Manor, Moran, Kansas. She was born August 1, 1923 south of Chapin, Iowa, the daughter of C.K. & Lela (Deam) Crawford. Dorothy attended a country school North of Sheffield, Iowa, in 1930's where on one day a car came roaring past. Finding out,...
Doris Dickey
Oct 4, 2012
Doris Irene Dickey, 90, of Iola, Kansas, passed away Thursday, October 4, 2012, at Fountain Villa in Iola. Doris was born August 31, 1922, in Webster City, Iowa, the daughter of Art and Elsie (Livisey) Remling. Doris married Derwood Dickey (L.D.) and they made their home in Amarillo, Texas a number of years. He preceded her in death in 1984....
Mary Long
Oct 4, 2012
Mary J. "Sue" Long, 86, of Baldwin City, Kansas, formerly of Iola, passed away Thursday, October 4, 2012, at Baldwin Healthcare and Rehabilitation. Sue was born April 13, 1926, in Salt Lake City, Utah, the daughter of J.P. and Mary L. (Kricker) Ottenstein. She grew up in Salt Lake City where she graduated from high school. On July 18, 1945,...
Don Barnett
Oct 1, 2012
Lewis Donald (Don) Barnett, 66, of Iola, Kansas, died Monday, October 1, 2012, at his home. Don was born September 7, 1946, at St. John's Hospital, Iola, to Lewis Darrell and Erma Jo (King) Barnett. He graduated from Humboldt High School. He did his apprenticeship under his father after high school and became a Union brickmason until he retired. He...
Abigail Sinclair
Sep 30, 2012
Abigail Dawn Sinclair, infant daughter of Dustin and Shelli (DeVoe) Sinclair of LaHarpe, Kansas, passed away Sunday, September 30, 2012, at the Allen County Hospital. SURVIVORS: Her parents: Dustin & Shelli (DeVoe) Sinclair of the home Her sister: Chloe Lynn Sinclair of the home Grandparents: Floyd & Mechelle Sinclair of LaHarpe, KS and John & LeAnna DeVoe of Iola, KS...
Douglas Thompson
Sep 27, 2012
Douglas LaVerne Thompson, 52, of Iola, Kansas, passed away Thursday, September 27, 2012, at Freeman Hospital in Joplin, Missouri. Douglas was born September 10, 1960, in Ft. Scott, Kansas, the son of Glenn LaVerne and Bernita June (Stine) Thompson. He grew up in Bronson until the family moved to Iola where he graduated from high school in 1977. He joined...
Harold J. Wolken
Sep 24, 2012
Harold J. Wolken, age 79, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Monday, September 24, 2012, at Golden Heights in Garnett, Kansas. He was born on October 8, 1932, at Scipio, Kansas, the son of Christian and Clara (Roeckers) Wolken. Harold attended school at Scipio and Garnett before he entered the service. He served in the U.S. Army from 1953 to...
Betty Jo Young
Sep 16, 2012
Betty Jo (Riley) Young, 72, of Harris, Kansas passed away Sunday, September 16, 2012 at the Shawnee Mission Medical Center following a brief illness. Betty was born February 2, 1940 at Harris, Kansas, the daughter of Johnnie and Lillie (Horst) Riley. Betty attended the Maple Grove School near Westphalia before graduating from Westphalia High School. Following school Betty moved to...
Joan Morrison
Sep 16, 2012
Joan Morrison, age 83, of Moran, Kansas passed away September 16, 2012 at her home. She was born April 11, 1929 at Kansas City, Kansas the only child of Earl Geraud and Angie Mae (Hunziker) Schone. Joan attended grade school at Longfellow and Hawthorne schools in Kansas City, Kansas. In 1940 her family moved to Uniontown, Kansas where she completed...
Lena Conger
Sep 13, 2012
Lena Pearl (Dix) Conger, 83, of Iola, Kansas, died Thursday, September 13, 2012, at the Allen County Hospital. Lena was born July 7, 1929, at Savonburg, Kansas, the daughter of George and Dolly (Miller) Dix. She grew up at Savonburg and attended Bethel School. In 1947, Lena married Raymond Slife and they had one son, Kenny, before they divorced. In...
Dorothy Loomis
Sep 12, 2012
Dorothy Maxine Nichols Loomis, 92, of Iola, Kansas, passed away Wednesday, September 12, 2012, at the Allen County Hospital. Dorothy was born November 19, 1919, on a farm west of Carlyle, Kansas, the daughter of William Harold and Libbie Helen (Kettle) Nichols. She grew up on the family farm and graduated from Iola High School when she was 16, and...
Donald Barnhart
Sep 11, 2012
Donald Bruce Barnhart, 97, of rural Iola, Kansas, died Tuesday, September 11, 2012, at Everbreeze Farm west of Iola in the same farmhouse in which he was born. He was born August 24, 1915, the son of Edgar Lewis and Martha Ethyl (Kees) Barnhart. Don grew up on the Everbreeze Farm, attending Enterprise Grade School and Iola High School. As...
Jasmyn Johnston
Sep 11, 2012
Jasmyn Elizabeth Johnston, infant daughter of Troy and Kimberly (Powell) Johnston, was born into eternal life on Tuesday, September 11, 2012. She is survived by her parents, Troy and Kimberly Johnston of Chanute, Kansas; 3 siblings, C'airah, Keagan and Mallouri; grandparents, Paul & Juanita Johnston of Girard, KS, Veta & Steve Moffitt of Osawatomie, KS, and Tim & Lara Stevens...
Velva Burche
Sep 11, 2012
Velva Burche, age 86, of Moran, Kansas passed away on Tuesday, September 11, 2012, at Moran Manor in Moran, Kansas. She was born on December 22, 1925, in rural Uniontown, Kansas, the daughter of Roy and Daisy (Hester) Pool. She graduated from Moran High School with the class of 1944. Velva worked for Taylor and Laughlin Grocery Store as a...
Dean Delaplain
Sep 9, 2012
Dean Ellis Delaplain, 75, of Iola, Kansas, died Sunday, September 9, 2012, at the Moran Manor. Dean was born July 30, 1937, at Elsmore, Kansas, the only child of Glenn and Hazel (Perkins) Delaplain. He grew up at Elsmore until the family moved to Iola when he was eleven. He graduated from Iola High School and served in the U.S....
Eleanor Pickert
Sep 8, 2012
Eleanor Christine Pickert (Seck) passed away September 8, 2012 peacefully at her home in Overland Park with her family by her side. Eleanor was born January 8, 1924 in Wea, KS to Anna Christine and Lawrence Adam Seck. She grew up on the family farm with her four siblings, Bernice, Jerome, Gilbert (deceased) and Eileen. After high school, Eleanor moved...
Martha Sanders
Sep 8, 2012
Martha Grace (Mott) Sanders, 70, of Parsons, Kansas, died Saturday, September 8, 2012, at Labette Health Care in Parsons. Martha was born January 30, 1942, at Kincaid, Kansas, the daughter of Arthur "Bill" and Eunice M. (Corwin) Mott, Jr. The family moved to Iola. She later lived in Tennessee, Minnesota and Kansas City, Missouri before moving to Parsons a year...
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