Recent Obituaries
Dennis Catron
Mar 16, 2013
Dennis Lee Catron, Sr., 60, of Moran, Kansas, died Saturday, March 16, 2013 at the V.A. Medical Center in Topeka. Dennis was born September 13, 1952, in Iola, Kansas, the son of Albun Edward and Lora Elizabeth (Prock) Catron. He graduated from Iola High School and served in the United States Navy for three years. He drove a truck most...
Maxine Johnson
Mar 16, 2013
Cloey "Maxine" Johnson, 85, formerly of Neosho Falls, Kansas passed away Saturday, March 16, 2013 at the Heritage of Overland Park. Maxine was born April 19, 1927 at rural Neosho Falls, Kansas, the daughter of Raymond and Anna (Heslop) Stovall. She graduated from Neosho Falls High School in 1945, went to Ft. Scott to be certified as a teacher and...
Bristol Dana Brown
Mar 15, 2013
Bristol Dana Brown, born January 10, 2013, passed away March 15, 2013 at the Niswonger Children's Hospital in Johnson City, TN. "Her will was strong, but her body was weak". Bristol is survived by her parents, Blaine Brown and Jenny Caudill; her twin sister, Bella Grace Brown; grandparents, Barbara Caudill of Fayetteville, NC; Lyle and Sondra Brown of Richmond, KS;...
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...
Bobby Latta
Mar 13, 2013
Robert "Bobby" William Latta, Jr., 89, of Iola, Kansas, died Wednesday, March 13, 2013, at St. Francis Hospital in Wichita. Robert was born in Wichita to Robert Sr. and Etta (King) Latta. He grew up in Harper until the late 1930s. He then graduated from Iola High School in 1941. On October 4, 1946, Robert married his true love Virginia...
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
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
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
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
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
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...
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...
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...
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
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