Recent Obituaries
Rita Luquinn Marmon
Feb 13, 2012
Rita Luquinn Marmon, age 78 of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Monday, February 13, 2012, at KU Medical Center in Kansas City, Kansas. She was born on March 8, 1933, in Richmond, Kansas, the daughter of M.C. "Bud" and Irene (Brown) Holloran. She grew up in the area, graduating from Garnett High School in 1951. Luquinn was united in marriage...
Leah Keagle
Feb 13, 2012
Leah Marie (Steward) Keagle, 78, of Iola went home to the Lord on Monday, February 13, 2012. Leah was born October 26, 1933 to Charles Dewey and Suzan Rebecca (Page) Steward. She was born at the family home in LaHarpe. As a toddler, the family moved to a home in Iola. This would be the same home where she spent...
Catherine Emert
Feb 13, 2012
Catherine (Kate) Emert passed away at the home of her daughter Monday, February 13, 2012. Kate and her family moved to Iola in 1961. She worked at H.L. Miller's and then was office manager at Columbia Metal Products for 24 years, retiring from there in 1993. She was a member of Kappa Alpha Sorority and enjoyed her hobbies of bowling,...
Claron G. Cole
Feb 10, 2012
Claron Glenn Cole, age 98 was born Dec. 29, 1913 to Ray D. and Edna M. Cole of Westphalia and Garnett. He lived his entire life in Garnett and was an educator in Anderson County for over 42 years. He graduated from Garnett High School in 1932 where he had taken teacher training his senior year and consequently took and...
Carol Stone
Feb 10, 2012
Carol J. Stone, 76, of Iola, Kansas, died Friday, February 10, 2012, at the Allen County Hospital. Carol was born September 18, 1935, at rural Mapleton, Kansas, the daughter of Hula John and Leona Sophia (Roberts) McHenry. She grew up near the Mapleton and Fulton communities. Carol married Billy G. Meech and they made their home in the Mapleton area....
Mark Maddox
Feb 9, 2012
Mark Alan Maddox, 52, of Iola, Kansas, died Thursday, February 9, 2012, at the V.A. Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri. Mark was born December 22, 1959, in Iola, to Edgar Maddox and Rose Mary (Westhoff) Maddox. He attended school in Iola and served 4 years in the United States Army from 1978-1982. He was married to Melissa Dix and later...
Ambrose L. Scheckel
Feb 8, 2012
Ambrose L. Scheckel, age 80, of Richmond, Kansas, passed away on Wednesday, February 8, 2012, at his home. He was born on January 13, 1932, at Richmond, Kansas, the son of William and Mary (Wolken) Scheckel. Ambrose grew up in the Richmond and Greeley areas, attending the country schools Silverdale and Star before moving to Greeley where he completed the...
Lorene Ingroum
Feb 7, 2012
Lorene Ingroum, 84, of Iola, Kansas, died Tuesday, February 7, 2012, at her home. Lorene was born April 1, 1927, in Swan, Missouri, the daughter of Frank and Elsie G. (Clements) Luttrell. The family moved to Leon, Kansas and then to Iola. On April 19, 1950, Lorene married Riley Munroe Ingroum in Nevada, Missouri, and they made their home in...
Ruth Luedke
Feb 5, 2012
Ruth Luedke, age 94, of Colony, Kansas, went home to the Lord on Sunday, February 5, 2012 at the Anderson County Hospital. She was born in Chardon, Kansas, on May 27, 1917, the daughter of Norton and Emily (Gatlin) Finley. Ruth grew up in Atwood and graduated from Atwood High School. She graduated from Business School in Topeka, Kansas, before...
Donald Francis McCoy
Feb 3, 2012
Donald Francis McCoy, age 90, of Garnett, Kansas, formerly of Manhattan, Illinois "The Garden Spot of the World" passed away on Friday, February 3, 2012, at his home in Garnett. He was born on March 30, 1921, in Manhattan, the son of Mathias and Margaret (Walsh) McCoy. Don attended St. Joseph's Grade School in Manhattan before graduating from Peotone High...
Elizabeth Jesse
Feb 1, 2012
Elizabeth Ann "Wibby" Jesse, 58, of Humboldt, Kansas, died Wednesday, February 1, 2012, at Olathe Medical Center. Elizabeth was born April 28, 1953, in Chanute, Kansas, the daughter of George A. and Eunice Clarice (Gier) Jesse. She grew up in Humboldt and graduated from Humboldt High School in 1971. She attended Allen County Community College and received her Bachelor's Degree...
Clifford Creason
Jan 31, 2012
Clifford L. Creason, 89, of Iola, Kansas, died Tuesday, January 31, 2012, at Tara Gardens in Iola. Cliff was born August 10, 1922, in Iola, the son of William Caleb and Glessie Mae (Turner) Creason. He grew up on a farm west of town. On January 12, 1944, Clifford married Joan Reddington at St. John's Catholic Church in Iola. They...
Lela Pearl Timmons
Jan 27, 2012
Lela Timmons, age 85, of Earling, Iowa, formerly of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Friday, January 27, 2012 at the Little Flower Haven Nursing Home in Earling, Iowa. She was born September 22, 1926, in Hartford, Kansas, the daughter of David D. and Alice (Wood) Buckridge. Lela lived in the Gridley, Kansas area and married Lee O. Timmons on August...
Richard G. Phares
Jan 26, 2012
Richard Gail "Rick" Phares, age 57, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Thursday, January 26, 2012, at Anderson County Long Term Care in Garnett, Kansas. He was born on September 16, 1954, at the Anderson County Hospital in Garnett, Kansas, the fourth son of Harold A. and Olive (Newcomb) Phares. Rick was one of "God's Special Angels", as he was...
Brent Jackson
Jan 26, 2012
Brent Matthew Jackson, 29, of rural Elsmore, Kansas, died Thursday, January 26, 2012. Brent was born May 17, 1982, at Lawrence, Kansas, the son of Brian Conrad and Janet Marie (Houk) Jackson. He began elementary school in North Manchester, Indiana before the family returned to the farm south of Elsmore. He graduated from Marmaton Valley High School in 2000 where...
Elsie Stovall
Jan 25, 2012
Elsie L. Stovall, 101, of Iola, Kansas, formerly of Neosho Falls, Kansas, died Wednesday, January 25, 2012, at Windsor Place Nursing Center in Iola. Elsie was born March 9, 1910, on a farm located between Neosho Falls and LeRoy, Kansas, the daughter of Ira and Minnie (Schaede) Murray. She graduated from LeRoy High School and taught in country schools before...
Betty L. Moyer
Jan 24, 2012
Betty Lea Moyer, age 67, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Tuesday, January 24, 2012, at Richmond HealthCare and Rehab Center in Richmond, Kansas. She was born March 2, 1944, in Kansas City, Kansas, the daughter of Earl Russell and Ina Beatrice (Teters) Roberts. Betty was united in marriage to James W. Moyer on August 5, 1978 at Garnett, Kansas....
Grace M. Calahan
Jan 23, 2012
Grace M. Calahan, age 89, of Colony, Kansas, passed away on Monday, January 23, 2012, at the Allen County Hospital in Iola, Kansas. Grace was born on October 4, 1922, in Ludlow, Massachusetts, the daughter of Herbert and Effie (Mitchell) Wilson. She grew up in the Ludlow area, attending local schools. She was united in marriage to Vergil Calahan on...
Glenn Carney DR
Jan 23, 2012
Dr. Glenn Vernon Carney, 81, of Iola, Kansas, died Monday, January 23, 2012, at his home. Glenn was born October 26, 1930, in Novelty, Missouri, the son of Jesse and Iva (Barnhart) Carney. The family moved to Kansas and he graduated from Nickerson High School in 1949, McPherson College in 1954, and the Kansas City University of Medicine and Bio...
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