Recent Obituaries
Mabel D. Meyer
Dec 29, 2012
Mabel D. Meyer was called home by our Lord December 29, 2012. She was a lifelong active Christian serving through the Lutheran faith. Mabel was born February 22, 1920 near Palmer, Kansas, to William and Lucy (Keller) Meyer. She lived near Olpe, Ks through her school years and attended Brown-Mackie Business College, Salina, Kansas. She married Raymond Meyer January 11,...
Charles Wilson
Dec 29, 2012
Charles W. "Chuck" Wilson, 47, of rural Kincaid, Kansas, passed away Saturday, December 29, 2012 at his home. Chuck was born April 16, 1965, in Wichita, Kansas. He grew up at Pittsburg, Kansas where he graduated from high school and attended Pittsburg State University. On February 15, 1992, Chuck married Amy S. Smith at Moran, Kansas. They made their home...
Bonnie Carriger
Dec 27, 2012
Bonnie M. Carriger, age 87, of Greeley, Kansas, passed away on Thursday, December 27, 2012, at her home. She was born on February 26, 1925, in LaHarpe, Kansas, the youngest of thirteen children of William and Lillie Roush. Bonnie was united in marriage to Arthur Jackson Carriger on December 13, 1941, at Iola, Kansas. She and Arthur lived on a...
Marie Sinclair
Dec 27, 2012
Marie Eleana Sinclair, 71, of rural Humboldt, Kansas, died Thursday, December 27, 2012, at Neosho Memorial Regional Medical Center in Chanute. Marie was born September 9, 1941, the daughter of Frank and Mary (Kipp) Heiman on a farm northwest of Humboldt. She spent most of her childhood in the Humboldt area and graduated from Humboldt High School. On December 16,...
Robert Fredrick Certain
Dec 25, 2012
Robert Fredrick Certain, age 87, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Tuesday, December 25, 2012 at Richmond Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center in Richmond, Kansas. Bob was born on July 6, 1925, in Garnett, Kansas, the son of Fredrick and Katherine L. (Fellers) Certain. He grew up in the area, graduating from Oklahoma City Central High School in 1946. Bob served...
James Creason
Dec 25, 2012
James Lee Creason, 87, of Iola, Kansas, passed away Tuesday, December 25, 2012, at his home. He was born on the family farm August 16, 1925, the third son of William C. and Glessie M. (Turner) Creason. He attended North Maple Grove Grade School and Iola High School. He was in the Navy from 1943 to 1946. He married Glenda...
Shizuko Iwamoto Centlivre
Dec 24, 2012
Shizuko I. Centlivre, age 82, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Monday, December 24, 2012, at Olathe Medical Center in Olathe, Kansas. She was born on April 29, 1930, in Sasebo, Japan, the daughter of Hajime and Fuji (Higashijima) Iwamoto. On February 11, 1976, she was united in marriage to Clark Centlivre in Garnett, Kansas. He preceded her in death....
Elizabeth Lust
Dec 23, 2012
Elizabeth Ann "Betty" Lust, 87, of Iola, Kansas, died Sunday, December 23, 2012 at Iola Nursing Center. She was born March 29, 1925, in Chicago, Illinois, the daughter of J. Byron and Nellie (Davis) Boyd. She graduated from high school in Indianapolis, Indiana, and worked as a hotel bookkeeper. On November 28, 1986, Betty married John Lust. They made their...
Marcia Katherine Peine
Dec 22, 2012
Marcia Katherine Peine, age 59, of Greeley, Kansas, passed away suddenly on Saturday, December 22, 2012, at her home. She was born on October 23, 1953, in Garnett, Kansas, the daughter of Don and Nadine (Teter) Poss. Marcia graduated from Garnett High School in 1971, and she received a Bachelor's Degree in Nursing from Pittsburg State University in 1975. On...
Gale Beck
Dec 22, 2012
Gale Dean Beck, 89, of Iola, Kansas, died Saturday, December 22, 2012 at Windsor Place. Born November 19, 1923 near Adams, Kansas on what was to become the family farm, to Russel Dewey Beck and Caroline Blumanhourst Beck. He was the oldest of 7 children and an active 4-H member. After graduating from Adams High School in 1941 he worked...
Rosie Collins
Dec 19, 2012
Rose Zetta "Rosie" Collins, 72, of Piqua, Kansas, died Wednesday, December 19, 2012, enroute from Kansas Heart Hospital in Wichita to Allen County Hospital. Rosie was born August 15, 1940, in Bloomfield, Indiana, the daughter of Clyde and Genevieve (Haywood) Lenning. She grew up in Scotland, Indiana. On December 19, 1959, Rosie married Robert E. "Ike" Collins in Spencer, Indiana,...
Dolores Wilson
Dec 19, 2012
Dolores J. Wilson, 79, of Iola, Kansas, passed away Wednesday, December 19, 2012, at her home. Dolores was born October 14, 1933, on the family farm two and a half miles west of Piqua, Kansas, the daughter of Leo Henry and Tillie I. (Hasstedt) Smith. She grew up on the farm. On November 10, 1952, Dolores married Ralph O. Wilson...
Harry D. Withers
Dec 19, 2012
Harry David Withers, age 69, of Allen, Texas, formerly of Altoona, Kansas, passed away on Wednesday, December 19, 2012 at Centennial Medical Center in Frisco, Texas. He was born February 27, 1943 in Gray County, Kansas, the son of Albert and Ethel (Meador) Withers. He attended the East Banner School in rural Gray County, Kansas and was raised around the...
Bobby Beer
Dec 14, 2012
Bobby Lee Beer, Jr., 48, of rural Piqua, Kansas, died Friday, December 14, 2012 in Iola, Kansas. Bobby was born November 3, 1964, at Ottawa, Kansas, the son of Bob L. and Georgia Ellen (Foulk) Beer, Sr. He has lived most of his life in the Lebo, Emporia, and Cottonwood Falls areas before moving to the Piqua area. Survivors include...
Mabel Ellis
Dec 13, 2012
Mabel Irene Ellis of Denton, Texas passed away peacefully on December 13, 2012 at age 99. She was born September 24, 1913, in Carlyle, Kansas. She graduated from Humboldt High School in 1931 and attended both Wichita Business and Pittsburg Business College. She taught one year at Cherry Grove Country School. Mabel married Paul Herbert Ellis in 1938 and they...
Eugene C. Blakesley
Dec 13, 2012
Eugene Charles Blakesley, age 85, of Welda, Kansas, passed away peacefully on Thursday, December 13, 2012, at St. Luke's South Hospital in Overland Park, Kansas. He was born on December 29, 1926, in Ocean Park, California, the son of George William and Marie Rosetta (Bouquot) Blakesley. Gene grew up in Mooreland, Oklahoma. He served in in the US Navy from...
William Lee
Dec 11, 2012
William R. "Bill" Lee, 71, of Iola, Kansas, passed away Tuesday, December 11, 2012, at St. Luke's Hospital in Kansas City. Bill was born November 29, 1941, in Tulsa, Oklahoma, the son of William and Mildred (Moon) Lee. He grew up in Oklahoma City. After graduating from Oklahoma State University he moved to Michigan where he worked for General Motors...
Teresa Cook
Dec 10, 2012
Teresa Kay Cook, 51, of Iola, Kansas, passed away Monday, December 10, 2012, at the Allen County Hospital. Teresa was born June 14, 1961, in Manhattan, Kansas, the daughter of Clayton Justin and Glenna (Waters) LeValley. She attended Seven Dolors Catholic School in Manhattan, graduated from Manhattan High School in 1979, attended Kansas State University and has continued her education...
Arlene Flynn
Dec 9, 2012
Arlene Flynn, 89, of Moran, Kansas, passed away Sunday, December 9, 2012, at Tara Gardens in Iola. Arlene was born October 3, 1923, the only child of Arlo Brown and Mabel Marie (Reeves) Hopkins on the family farm northwest of Moran. She grew up on the farm and graduated from Rising Star Rural School and then Mildred High School. On...
Dorothy Montague
Dec 8, 2012
Dorothy B. Montague, 79, of Garnett, Kansas, formerly of Iola, passed away Saturday, December 8, 2012, at the home of her daughter in Ottawa, Kansas. Dorothy was born May 19, 1933, at Rose, Kansas, the sixth of twelve children born to Lee Roy and Sylvia Myrtle (Jones) Wright. She grew up on the family farm near Buffalo, Kansas. She was...
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