Recent Obituaries
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
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...
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
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...
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
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
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...
Patrick J. Rues
Feb 8, 2013
Patrick J. Rues, age 60, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Friday, February 8, 2013, at St. Luke's Plaza Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri. He was born April 26, 1952 in Garnett, Kansas, the son of Clarence A. and Rita (Bowman) Rues. He graduated from Greeley High School with the class of 1970. Pat joined the United States Army in...
James Kelley
Feb 7, 2013
James K. Kelley, 79, of LaHarpe, Kansas, died Thursday, February 7, 2013, at Neosho Memorial Regional Medical Center in Chanute, Kansas. Jim was born January 2, 1934, in Marshall, Arkansas, the son of Coy Duncan and Okla Hester (Jackson) Kelley. He grew up at Marshall, Arkansas and later in Shawnee, Oklahoma. He enlisted in the U.S. Army for two years...
Sylvia Wools
Feb 5, 2013
Sylvia Faye Wools, age 94, of Colony, Kansas, passed away on February 5, 2013 at Windsor Place in Iola, Kansas. She was born on May 24, 1918 in Bronson, Kansas, the daughter of Anthony Wayne and Jessie (Rose) Thompson. Sylvia attended Welda High School before she married Wayne William Wools on August 16, 1934 in Garnett, Kansas. This union was...
Jimmie Higginbotham
Feb 4, 2013
Jimmie Higginbotham, 82, of Fort Scott, Kansas, passed away Monday, February 4, 2013, at Mercy Hospital. Jimmie was born February 26, 1930, at Iola, Kansas, the son of Floyd B. and Myrtle (Adams) Higginbotham. He grew up in the Carlyle area and graduated from Iola High School in 1948. He served in the United States Navy from 1948 until 1951,...
John M. Keim
Feb 4, 2013
John M. Keim, age 38, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Monday, February 4, 2013, at St. Joseph Hospital and Medical Center in Phoenix, Arizona. He was born November 5, 1974 in Wooster, Ohio, the son of Marvin and Iva (Troyer) Keim. John grew up in Apple Creek, Ohio. John lived and explored an adventurous life. At the time of...
Elizabeth Lucille Gellhaus
Feb 1, 2013
Elizabeth L. "Betty" Gellhaus, age 87, of Paola, Kansas, formerly of Greeley, Kansas, passed away February 1, 2013 at St. Luke's Hospital, Kansas City, Missouri. Betty was born January 31, 1926 at Greeley, Kansas, the daughter of Frank and Elizabeth (Wolken) Lickteig. Betty grew up in Greeley, attending grade school at St. John's School. She attended high school at the...
Marvin L. Sander
Jan 30, 2013
Marvin LeRoy Sander, age 84, of Elsmore, Kansas was born April 3, 1928 to Paul Bernhard Sander and Rosa Maude (Aten) Sander in El Reno, Oklahoma. His Heavenly Father gathered him into His loving arms on January 30, 2013 following an illness of pneumonia. Marvin was baptized into God's family on June 3, 1928 and was confirmed into the Lutheran...
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