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Erma Hoggatt

Erma Hoggatt

Jul 22, 2012

Erma Peterson Hoggatt, 95, of Iola, Kansas, passed away Sunday, July 22, 2012, at the Allen County Hospital. She was a resident of Windsor Place. Erma was born July 26, 1916, in Iola, the daughter of William Ernest and Mary Ellen Barsch Peterson. She grew up in Iola and graduated from Iola High School. Erma married Harry Vernis Hoggatt September...

Sharon Cooke

Sharon Cooke

Jul 22, 2012

Sharon Kay Cooke, 67, beloved mother and sister passed away Sunday, July 22, 2012, at her home in Iola. Sharon was born January 9, 1945, in Lamar, Missouri, the daughter of Leo E. and Lanta Lee (Woods) Needham. She grew up in Lamar where she graduated from high school. Sharon continued her education receiving multiple degrees from Pittsburg State University...

Jason Shapel

Jason Shapel

Jul 21, 2012

Jason Shapel, 37, of Iola, Kansas, died Saturday, July 21, 2012. Jason was born January 14, 1975, at Fort Scott, Kansas, the son of John Howard and Elaine (Deer) Shapel. He has resided in the Iola area since he was ten. On April 22, 2006, Jason married Michelle C. Shrum in Piqua, Kansas, and they made their home in Iola....

Grace Hartman

Grace Hartman

Jul 18, 2012

Grace M. Hartman, 91, of Iola, Kansas, died Wednesday, July 18, 2012, at Windsor Place in Iola. Grace was born January 3, 1921, on a farm west of Iola, the daughter of Rollin and Nellie (Bassett) Butler. She married Walter L. Hartman and they made their home on a farm near Humboldt. They moved to Iola and lived until moving...

Joy L. Klimek

Joy L. Klimek

Jul 18, 2012

Joy L. Klimek, age 50, of Gardner, Kansas, passed away on Wednesday, July 18, 2012 at the Barnes Jewish Hospital, St. Louis, Missouri. She was born on December 1, 1961, in Iola, Kansas, the daughter of Lawrence "Blackie" and Doris L. (Burt) Klimek. She attended Marmaton Valley schools in Moran, and Allen County Community College in Iola. Joy worked for...

Dora Lucille Lewis

Dora Lucille Lewis

Jul 17, 2012

Dora Lucille Lewis, age 93, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Tuesday, July 17, 2012, at the Anderson County Hospital, Garnett. She was born December 4, 1918, the daughter of Thomas and Dora (Bristow) Welborn, one of eleven children. Dora married Claude Raymond Lewis in 1938 at Iola, Kansas, enjoying 44 years together. He preceded her in death in 1981....

Mark Ard

Mark Ard

Jul 16, 2012

Mark Christopher Ard, age 39, of Iola, Kansas passed away July 16, 2012 at the Ard family farm, rural Elsmore, Kansas. He was born March 17, 1973 at Iola, Kansas, the son of Robert Dean Ard and Deborah Ruth (Smith) Ard. Mark attended school in Moran and graduated from Marmaton Valley high School in 1993. He grew up working on...

Michael Abernathy

Michael Abernathy

Jul 15, 2012

Michael McGuire Abernathy, 66, of Orlando, Florida, died Sunday, July 15, 2012, at Orlando. Mike was born August 29, 1945, at Fort Myers, Florida, and was the eldest of the three children of Arthur Briggs Abernathy, Jr. and Louise C. McGuire Abernathy. Mike's dad was serving in the military and a few months after Mike's birth, the family relocated to...

Mabel Centlivre

Mabel Centlivre

Jul 13, 2012

Mabel Marie Kelsey Centlivre, 96, of Iola, Kansas, died Friday, July 13, 2012, at Windsor Place in Iola. Mabel was born June 25, 1916, at Kimball, Kansas in Neosho County, the daughter of Samuel Ferdinand and Sarah Daisy (Spohr) Kelsey. She graduated in 1934 from Grant Township Rural High School at Stark, Kansas. On October 4, 1941, Mabel married Peter...

Larry L. Williams

Larry L. Williams

Jul 13, 2012

Larry Lyman Williams, age 43, of Garnett, Kansas passed away July 13, 2012 at Garnett, Kansas. He was born at Garnett, Kansas on June 24, 1969, the son of Howard E. Williams, Sr. and Donna R. (Horn) Williams. Larry lived most of his life in Garnett and the surrounding area. Larry was a welder and had worked at Haven Steel...

Roy Stroud

Roy Stroud

Jul 13, 2012

Cleo Roy Stroud, 72, of Iola, Kansas, died Friday, July 13, 2012, at the Allen County Hospital in Iola. Roy was born May 22, 1940, in English, Indiana, the son of Kenneth E. and Virginia C. (Brown) Stroud. He worked as a roofer for home and business repair. Roy married Judy K. Cooper April 16, 1979 in Iola. Survivors include...

Don C. Hewitt

Don C. Hewitt

Jul 11, 2012

Don C. Hewitt, age 79, of Cherokee, Kansas formerly of Cottonwood Falls, passed away Wednesday, July 11, 2012 at the Salina Regional Health Center, Salina, Kansas. He was born on August 12, 1932, in Parsons, Kansas, the son of Tom C. and Marie G. (Nichols) Hewitt. Don grew up in Grand Junction, Colorado and Erie, Kansas, graduating from Erie High...

Howard Hanson

Howard Hanson

Jul 11, 2012

Howard Lee Hanson, Sr., 70, of Iola, Kansas, died Wednesday, July 11, 2012, at Windsor Place Nursing Center in Iola. Howard was born June 25, 1942, in Wichita, Kansas. In 1944 he was adopted by Henry and Anna (Riggs) Hanson and grew up in Iola. In 1962 he married Marcelene "Micky" Berglund and they made their home in Iola. They...

Jesse "Bus" Hale

Jesse "Bus" Hale

Jul 10, 2012

Jesse James "Bus" Hale, age 88, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Tuesday, July 10, 2012, at his home. He was born on June 28, 1924, in Mapleton, Kansas, the son of Ray "Casey" and Rosa (Hartman) Hale. He grew up in southeast Anderson County, attending Red Star School. Bus was united in marriage to Donna M. Weiss on November...

Michael Dillow

Michael Dillow

Jul 7, 2012

Michael Lance Dillow, 33, of Iola, Kansas, died Saturday, July 7, 2012. Michael was born May 29, 1979, in Joliet, Illinois, the son of Howard A. and Cheryl L. (Johnson) Dillow. The family moved to Iola in 1985 from Joliet. Michael graduated from Iola High School in 1997 and attended Allen County Community College. Michael worked for eight years as...

Kim Bradford

Kim Bradford

Jul 6, 2012

Kim L. Bradford, 54, of Iola, Kansas, died Friday, July 6, 2012, at the Allen County Hospital. Kim was born July 24, 1957, in Hoisington, Kansas, the daughter of Robert and Barbara Jean (Ryder) Watson. The family moved to Iola in 1959 and Kim attended Iola schools except for a short time when the family moved to Hoisington then Moundridge....

Billie Holden

Billie Holden

Jul 6, 2012

Billie Lee Holden, 71, of Kansas City, Missouri, died Friday, July 6, 2012, at NorthCare Hospice House in North Kansas City, Missouri. She was born March 2, 1941, at Kincaid, Kansas, the daughter of Arthur "Bill" and Eunice M. (Corwin) Mott, Jr. She grew up in Iola and moved to Spokane, Washington where she married William M. Holden on March...

Donna M. Osler

Donna M. Osler

Jul 5, 2012

Donna Osler, age 48, of Princeton, Kansas, passed away on Thursday, July 5, 2012, at her home. She was born on October 5, 1963, in Anderson County, Kansas, the daughter of Harold W. and Sylvia O. (Olson) Sutton. Donna worked as a dietician at the former Oakhaven Nursing Home in Richmond, Kansas, and later she was a homemaker. She enjoyed...

Barbara Cole

Barbara Cole

Jul 2, 2012

Barbara May Cole, 78, of Gas, Kansas, died Monday, July 2, 2012, at the Allen County Hospital in Iola. Cremation has taken place. Online condolences for the family may be left on this website, www.iolafuneral.com .

John Ornelas

John Ornelas

Jul 2, 2012

John Ornelas, 85, of Chanute, Kansas, died Monday, July 2, 2012, at his home. John was born June 16, 1927, at Bassett, Kansas the son of Joe and Juanita (Medina) Ornelas. He grew up in the Bassett and Iola area, attended Iola schools and served in the United States Army during the Korean Conflict. He operated a Mobil station at...

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