Recent Obituaries
Hazel Harrison
Dec 27, 2011
Hazel Harrison, 88, of Iola, Kansas, died Tuesday, December 27, 2011, at Windsor Place Nursing Center in Iola. Hazel was born July 21, 1923, at Colony, Kansas, the daughter of Harry and Lucy (Drake) Culbertson. She lived between Colony and Carlyle until moving with her family to Iola at the age of five. On July 1, 1940, Hazel married George...
Rosalie Banta
Dec 25, 2011
Rosalie Mae Banta, 91, passed away at Galichia Hospital on December 25, 2011. She was a long time Wichita resident, and a loving wife and mother. Visitation with the family will be Wendesday, December 28, 2011 from 6-8 PM at Downing and Lahey Mortuary East, Wichita. Funeral service will be Friday, December 30, 2011 at 10:00 a.m. at Waugh-Yokum &...
Gus E. Wittry
Dec 24, 2011
Gus E. Wittry passed away peacefully on December 24, 2011, at his rural Greeley farm home where he was born on November 25, 1929, to Art and Frances (Litsch) Wittry. Gus graduated from Parker Rural High School in 1947. He was a veteran of the Korean Conflict, serving in the US Army from 1951 to 1953. Gus was an Army...
Charles Medcalf
Dec 22, 2011
Charles William "Chuck" Medcalf, 88, of Wichita, Kansas, formerly of the Iola area, died Thursday, December 22, 2011, at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita. Chuck was born July 3, 1923, at Oil Hill, Kansas, the son of Jacob D. "Jack" and Madeline (Shockey) Medcalf. The family moved to a farm in the Geneva area in 1934. He graduated from Iola...
Gary Kline
Dec 22, 2011
Gary W. Kline, 67, of Iola, Kansas, died Thursday, December 22, 2011, at his home. Gary was born November 11, 1944, at Garnett, Kansas, the son of Raymond C. and Blanche L. (Henderson) Kline. He grew up in the Bush City area and graduated from Osawatomie High School in 1962. He lived at Paola when he enlisted in the United...
E. Meadows
Dec 21, 2011
E. Dwayne Meadows, 84, of Iola, Kansas, died Wednesday, December 21, 2011, at the Allen County Hospital. Dwayne was born December 5, 1927, at Peru, Kansas, the son of Ernest Ralph and Verna Naomia (Brown) Meadows. He attended school in Peru and graduated from Sedan High School, then took business courses at Independence Community College. He did public accounting for...
Mary Heinz
Dec 21, 2011
Mary K. Heinz, 94, of Iola, Kansas, left to be with the Lord she served for over 60 years, on Wednesday, December 21, 2011, at the Allen County Hospital in Iola. Mary was born March 15, 1917, at Galesburg, Illinois, the daughter of Earl and Margaret (Emery) Nelson. She grew up at Galesburg where she graduated from high school. The...
Rev. Tony E. Blaufuss
Dec 21, 2011
Rev. Tony E. Blaufuss, age 78, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Wednesday, December 21, 2011, at Golden Heights in Garnett. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, December 27, 2011, at the Holy Angels Catholic Church in Garnett. Burial will follow in the St. Teresa Catholic Cemetery in Westphalia, Kansas.
Ronald Beasley
Dec 21, 2011
Ronald M. "Ron" Beasley, Sr., 63, of LaHarpe, Kansas, died Wednesday, December 21, 2011, at the Kansas Heart Hospital in Wichita. Ron was born March 21, 1948, in San Francisco, California, the son of Perry Milton and Alice E. (Nigus) Beasley. He lived in California until the age of twelve when the family moved to Iola. He lived here several...
Robert Lang
Dec 20, 2011
Robert F. "Bob" Lang, 81, of Iola, Kansas, died Tuesday, December 20, 2011, at the Allen County Hospital. Bob was born March 2, 1930, at Pilot Grove, Missouri, the son of Walter and Francis (Horst) Lang. He graduated from Pilot Grove High School and served in the United States Army military police during the Korean Conflict. Following his honorable discharge...
Charlotte Ryan
Dec 20, 2011
Charlotte Louise Ryan, 74, former Shawnee, Kansas resident, went home to be with the Lord Tuesday, December 20, 2011, at Windsor Place Nursing Center in Iola. Charlotte was born November 16, 1937, at Wichita, Kansas, the daughter of William M. and Juanita (Bordenkircher) Cates. She grew up in Wichita and eventually made her home in Shawnee, Kansas and worked a...
Gwendolyn B. Vogt
Dec 19, 2011
Gwendolyn B. "Mom" Vogt, age 55, of Garnett, Kansas passed away December 19, 2011 at the St. Luke's South Hospital, Overland Park, Kansas. Gwen was born in Wichita, Kansas on December 12, 1956 the daughter of Charlie and Katie Mae (Hampton) Fishback. She grew up in Wichita, attending school there. She lived in Iola, Kansas in the early 1980's, in...
Kenneth Keller
Dec 19, 2011
Kenneth A. Keller, age 92, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Monday, December 19, 2011, at Golden Heights in Garnett. Kenny was born on May 26, 1919, in Weston, Missouri, the son of Fred Keller and Ruby (Osborne) Keller. He grew up in Weston, moving to Olathe during his teenage years. He was a World War II veteran serving in...
Donald Harold Nickelson
Dec 19, 2011
Donald Harold Nickelson, age 80, of Ottawa, Kansas, passed away on Monday, December 19, 2011, at Research Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri. Donald was born on May 26, 1931, in Mound City, Kansas, the son of Charles B. Nickelson and Mattie Hunsaker Nickelson. He was a member of the U.S. Army, serving in the Korean Conflict. He was married to...
Jo Lushbough
Dec 18, 2011
Josephine "Jo" Annette Lushbough, 58, of Iola, Kansas, died Sunday, December 18, 2011, at Iola Nursing Center of cancer. She was born November 15, 1953, at Toronto, Kansas, the daughter of Boyd Wilmer and Dorothy Lorraine (Beck) Hobbs. She graduated from Eureka High School in 1971. She married Terry Lushbough in 1976 and they made their home in Wichita and...
Betty Smith
Dec 17, 2011
Betty Gayle Smith, 85, of Moran, Kansas, died Saturday, December 17, 2011, at the Moran Manor. Betty was born July 10, 1926, at Deerfield, Kansas, the daughter of Clarence H. and Louise Lorene (Lehnus) Shepherd. She grew up in the Odense, Stark and Chanute areas, graduating from Chanute High School in 1944. On November 23, 1944, Betty married William V....
Ralph Sheern
Dec 17, 2011
Ralph Harold Sheern, Jr., age 88, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Saturday, December 17, 2011, at his home in Garnett. He was born on October 7, 1923, in Garnett, Kansas, the son of Ralph Harold Sheern Sr. and Rose (Clauser) Sheern. He graduated from Garnett High School. Ralph then attended Kansas University, graduating in 1948. He served in the...
Catherine O'Mara
Dec 16, 2011
Catherine Elaine "Kay" O'Mara, 63, of Iola, Kansas, died Friday, December 16, 2011, at her home. Kay was born August 27, 1948, in Independence, Missouri, the daughter of Charles William and Patricia AnnRita (O'Donnell) Ulery, Sr. The family moved to Iola and she attended Iola schools. On July 3, 1965, Kay married John O'Mara and they made their home in...
Rebecca Fetters
Dec 15, 2011
Rebecca Ann Fetters, 54, of Moran, Kansas, died Thursday, December 15, 2011, at her home. Rebecca was born December 12, 1957, at Denver, Colorado, the daughter of Eugene and Lucille (Marshal) Southworth. She grew up in Nebraska. She became a Licensed Practical Nurse and worked in geriatrics in the Grand Island, Nebraska area. She moved to Moran in 2003 to...
Arvid Ralph Edes
Dec 15, 2011
Arvid Ralph Edes, age 75, of Williamsburg, Kansas, passed away on Thursday, December 15, 2011, at Sunset Manor Nursing Home, Waverly, Kansas. He was born September 23, 1936, in Bertha, Minnesota, the son of William and Alta (Beman) Edes. As a boy, he grew up on a farm and he remembers doing chores a lot with his dad, especially milking...
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