Recent Obituaries
Jesse Holman
May 16, 2012
Jesse Lee Holman, age 18, passed away on Wednesday, May 16, 2012, at the Allen County Hospital, Iola, Kansas. He was born on April 8, 1994, in Ft. Scott, Kansas, the son of Mike and Lori (Nelson) Holman. He attended the Marmaton Valley High School in Moran, Kansas. Jesse loved drawing, listening to music, and playing his trap set. He...
John White
May 16, 2012
John White, 81, of Iola, Kansas, passed away May 16, 2012 at the Allen County Hospital in Iola. John was born August 10, 1930, the son of John William and Nettie Mae (Fleer) White in Caldwell, Kansas. He grew up near Renfrow and Deer Creek, Oklahoma. After he graduated from high school, his folks moved their family farm near LaHarpe,...
Julie Tidd
May 13, 2012
Julie Dawn (Tarum) Tidd, 50, of Iola, Kansas, died Sunday, May 13, 2012 at her home. Julie was born June 16, 1961 in McPherson, Kansas, the daughter of Melvin I. and Eunice E. (Bentson) Tarum. She was active in her growing up years with church activities where she sang in the junior choir, 4-H where she studied sewing, foods and...
Doris Gorden
May 12, 2012
Doris Elizabeth Gorden, 89, of rural Iola, Kansas, died Saturday, May 12, 2012, at Coffey County Hospital in Burlington, Kansas. Doris was born August 27, 1922, at Yates Center, Kansas, the daughter of Albert and Emma (Opperman) Weide. She graduated from Yates Center High School and Iola Junior College where she received her teaching certificate. She taught at Toronto and...
Earnie Meadows
May 12, 2012
Iolan Earnie Meadows, 86, died Saturday, May 12, 2012, of heart failure. He was born Aug. 24, 1925, in Woodlawn, Illinois, the son of Thomas J. and Florence (Piercy) Meadows. He married Erma (Peggy) Folk on Sept. 2, 1944, in Salem, Illinois. They were married 66 years when Peggy passed away. He became a permanent resident of Iola after a...
Philip Weide
May 12, 2012
Philip L. Weide, 68, of Linn Creek, Missouri, formerly of Iola, died Saturday, May 12, 2012, at Ozark Rehabilitation & Heath Center in Osage Beach, Missouri. Phil was born July 15, 1943, in Iola, Kansas, the son of Harvey and Florence (Jackson) Weide. He grew up in Iola. On August 6, 1960, Phil married Patricia "Pat" Hall in Miami, Oklahoma....
MaryRose McGowan
May 9, 2012
MaryRose McGowan, 86, of Iola, Kansas, died Wednesday, May 9, 2012, at Windsor Place in Iola. MaryRose was born March 10, 1926, at Hooven, Ohio, the daughter of John William and Margaret T. (Craig) Taylor. She grew up in Ohio, Indianapolis, Indiana and then Argo, Illinois where she met her future husband. On August 30, 1941, MaryRose married Robert J....
Cecil McClure
May 9, 2012
Cecil Ray McClure, 73, of LaHarpe, Kansas, died Wednesday, May 9, 2012, at the Kansas Heart Hospital in Wichita. Cecil was born July 9, 1938, at Bassett, Kansas, the son of Leslie K. and Louise (Michael) McClure. He grew up in Iola and lived in this area all of his life. On April 21, 1963, Cecil married Jeanne W. Oshel...
Florence Helen Shields
May 9, 2012
Florence Helen Shields, age 90, of Garnett, Kansas passed away on Wednesday, May 9, 2012, at her home. She was born on March 6, 1922, at Ellsworth, Kansas, the daughter of Christopher and Catherine (Pickert) Hermreck. Her family moved to the Scipio, Kansas area when she was a young girl. She attended country school at Scipio. Florence moved to Elgin,...
Rocky Lee Alford
May 8, 2012
Rocky Lee Alford, age 58, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on May 8, 2012 at K.U. Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas. He was born on January 18, 1954, in Sedan, Kansas, the son of Kenneth and Mary (Dye) Alford. Rocky completed his high school education after enlisting in the United States Army. Most of his time in the Army was...
Ivan Delbert Howarter
May 7, 2012
Ivan Howarter, age 95, of Escondido, California, passed away on May 7, 2012 in La Mesa, California. Ivan was born on January 26, 1917, in Kincaid, Kansas, the son of Glenn and Eunice (Taylor) Howarter. He graduated from Kincaid High School. He served in the Army - Air Force from July 24, 1945 to January 8, 1947, during World War...
Emma Sanderson
May 5, 2012
Emma Catherine Sanderson, 89, of Humboldt, Kansas, went home to be with her Lord on Saturday, May 5, 2012, at Arrowood Lane in Humboldt. She was one of nine children born to Paul Otto and Flossie Blanche (Penwell) Joy on April 29, 1923 at Fredonia, Kansas. On May 5, 1942, Emma married Lawrence Morris Sanderson in Newton, Kansas. They made...
Melvin Kennard
Apr 30, 2012
Melvin Raymond Kennard, age 75, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Monday, April 30, 2012, at his home. Melvin was born on March 31, 1937, in Garnett, Kansas, the son of William Elmer Kennard and Stella Alta (Sutton) Kennard. He was a lifetime resident of Garnett. Melvin graduated from Garnett High School in 1954. He was united in marriage to...
Agnes Setter
Apr 29, 2012
Agnes Setter, age 97, of Greeley, Kansas, passed away on Sunday, April 29, 2012, at the Allen County Hospital in Iola, Kansas She was born on January 2, 1915 at Scipio, Kansas, the daughter of Peter and Mary (Roecker) Setter. Agnes worked as a housekeeper for Priests in the Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas for many years. She retired...
Patricia J. Draves
Apr 29, 2012
Patricia "Patty" Draves, age 74, passed away on Sunday, April 29, 2012, at Golden Heights, with her family by her side in Garnett, Kansas. She was born September 13, 1937, in Kansas City, Kansas, the daughter of Herman and Edna Fay (Harbison) Simpson. Pat's mother later married Wilbur A. Gartin who loved and raised Patty as his own daughter. As...
Mary Pearl Mullins
Apr 28, 2012
Mary Pearl Mullins, age 103, of rural Westphalia, Kansas passed away April 28, 2012 at her home. Pearl was born on December 9, 1908 near Portland, Oregon, the daughter of Herman Alexander Mace and Nora Mae (Sutton) Mace. Her family moved to the Westphalia area when she was a young girl, and she lived the rest of her life in...
Patricia Brewington
Apr 28, 2012
Patricia Ann Brewington, 61, of Iola, Kansas, died Saturday, April 28, 2012, at her home. Patricia was born February 1, 1951, in New Jersey, the daughter of Allen and Maxine Brewington. Her father was in the service, so the family moved following his military career. She has resided in Iola for the past 25 years where she has worked as...
Myrtle Johnson
Apr 25, 2012
Myrtle Grace Johnson, 87, formerly of Moran, Kansas, went to meet the Lord April 25, 2012, at Barone Alzheimer's Care Center in Nevada, Missouri. Myrtle was born January 27, 1925, to William A. and Hazel F. (Powell) Tharp in El Dorado Springs, Missouri. She was married October 6, 1945 to Warren M. Johnson who preceded her in death March 13,...
Nancy E. Malone
Apr 25, 2012
Nancy E. Malone, age 58, of Osawatomie, Kansas, passed away on Wednesday, April 25, 2012, at KC Hospice House in Kansas City, Missouri. She was born on July 21, 1953, at Kansas City, Missouri, the daughter of Ernest and Hazel (Beck) Schade. Nancy grew up in Shawnee and graduated from Shawnee Mission Northwest High School. Following school she lived in...
Telline Booth
Apr 21, 2012
Alice Telline Booth, age 95, of Lee's Summit, Missouri, formerly of Iola, Kansas, died Saturday, April 21, 2012, at Truman Medical Center Lakewood Long Term Care. Telline was born July 24, 1916, at Lone Elm, Kansas, the daughter of Walter and Maude (Hoffmeier) Hester. She graduated from Lone Elm High School in 1934. On September 8, 1936, Telline married Wilbur...
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