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Betty Leslie

Betty Leslie

Oct 4, 2011

Betty Jean Leslie, 89, of Iola, Kansas, died Tuesday, October 4, 2011, at Iola Nursing Center. Betty Jean was born February 16, 1922, in Iola, the daughter of William Lloyd and Inez Isabell (Ransom) Gardner. She grew up in Iola. On October 17, 1937, Betty Jean married James A. "Orb" Leslie and they made their home in Iola. She worked...

Leota M. Waddell

Leota M. Waddell

Oct 4, 2011

Leota Mae Waddell, age 94, of Moran, Kansas, formerly of Kincaid, Kansas, passed away on Tuesday, October 4, 2011, at the Allen County Hospital in Iola, Kansas. She was born on July 5, 1917, in the old Allen County Hospital of La Harpe, Kansas, the daughter of Walter and Stella (Leake) Adams. Leota married George S. Waddell on June 5,...

Theadore E. Pope II

Theadore E. Pope II

Oct 3, 2011

Theadore E. (Teddy) Pope, II, age 22, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Monday, October 3, 2011, at Midland Hospice House in Topeka, Kansas. Teddy was born on February 28, 1989, in Kansas City, Missouri, the son of Theadore E. and Esther M. (Finley) Pope. He was preceded in death by his father, Theadore E. Pope; nephew, Cooper Boeck; two...

Braden Rae Hunt

Braden Rae Hunt

Oct 1, 2011

Braden Rae Hunt, age 16, of Kincaid, Kansas passed away Saturday, October 1, 2011, the result of an automobile accident. Braden was born January 22, 1995 at Garnett, Kansas the son of Dusty and Dee (Bowen) Hunt. Braden grew up in the Kincaid area attending school at Crest elementary in Kincaid. He attended Anderson County Junior High. He was currently...

Neil Bedenbender

Neil Bedenbender

Oct 1, 2011

William Neil Bedenbender, 85, of rural Neosho Falls, Kansas, went to be with our Lord on October 1, 2011. Neil was born February 24, 1926, on a farm in southeast Coffey County, the son of Oscar and Ethel Kate Bradley Bedenbender. He graduated from Colony High School and served in the United States Navy during World War II in the...

Paul Goodspeed

Paul Goodspeed

Sep 27, 2011

Paul Martin Goodspeed, age 49, of rural Colony, Kansas, passed away at Olathe Medical Center on Tuesday, September 27, 2011. Paul was born January 9, 1962 in Munich, Germany, the son of William Hunter and Ruth Marie (Martin) Goodspeed, while his father was stationed there with the United States Army. Paul grew up in southern California and joined the United...

Harold Deemer

Harold Deemer

Sep 25, 2011

Harold F. Deemer, age 75, of Olathe, Kansas, passed away on Sunday, September 25, 2011 at his home. He was born on October 11, 1935, in Ravenna, Ohio, the son of Alva H. and Sarah L. (Kellar) Deemer. Harold married the love of his life, Barbara Griffith, on December 16, 1955 in Orange, Texas. Their devotion to one another was...

Kevin Murry

Kevin Murry

Sep 25, 2011

Darold Kevin Murry, 52, of Gas/Iola, Kansas, died Sunday, September 25, 2011, at St. Luke's Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri. Kevin was born September 1, 1959, in Joplin, Missouri, the son of Darold and June (Herron) Murry. He grew up in the Iola and Gas areas and graduated from Iola High School in 1977. He had one child, Dustin, born...

Ann Vest

Ann Vest

Sep 22, 2011

Ann Vest, 71, of LaHarpe, Kansas, died Thursday, September 22, 2011, at the home of her daughter in Iola. Ann was born April 9, 1940, in LaHarpe, Kansas, the daughter of John and Lynn (Conner) Mapes. She grew up in the Moran area. On November 7, 1956, Ann married George L. Vest, Sr. and they lived on several Allen County...

Duane McGhee

Duane McGhee

Sep 19, 2011

Duane O'Dell McGhee, 78, of Iola, Kansas, passed away peacefully at his home on Monday, September 19, 2011. Duane was born January 9, 1933, on a farm at rural Colony, Kansas, the son of Claude Robert and Mary Jane (O'Dell) McGhee. He grew up at rural Colony and attended rural Anderson County schools. He was baptized at the Northcott Church...

Ron Daniels

Ron Daniels

Sep 18, 2011

Ronald E. "Ron" Daniels, 68, of Iola, Kansas, died Sunday, September 18, 2011, at his home. Ron was born October 25, 1942, in Ft. Scott, Kansas, the only child of Chester E. and Fern V. (Anderson) Daniels. He grew up in the Savonburg and Elsmore areas. After high school, he received his bachelor's degree in business from Emporia State University...

Wayne McVey

Wayne McVey

Sep 18, 2011

Wayne Lee McVey, 86, of Wichita, Kansas, died Sunday, September 18, 2011, at his home. Wayne was born July 20, 1925, in Allen County, Kansas, the son of Clarence and Pauline (Davis) McVey. He grew up in the LaHarpe area. On July 9, 1944, Wayne married Verna Belle Crone. After farming for several years in the Bronson, Colony and LaHarpe...

Richard Apt

Richard Apt

Sep 16, 2011

Richard Coleman Apt, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, died September 16th, of liver cancer. He is survived by his mother, Denise C. Apt; two siblings, Barbara & Dan Bukaty, Overland Park, KS and Janet and Fred G. Apt III, Iola; a niece, Aleaka & Carlton Morgan, Shawnee, KS and four nephews, Derick & Callie Apt, Park City, UT, Jeremy Apt, Mission, KS, Preston...

Eleanor Ware

Eleanor Ware

Sep 12, 2011

Eleanor M. Ware, 76, of Iola, Kansas, died Monday, September 12, 2011, at Windsor Place in Iola. Eleanor was born June 26, 1935, in Claflin, Kansas, the daughter of Harry Lee and Sarah Ann (Maes) Ware. The family lived in several communities before moving to Iola in 1945. She was married to Donald Marler and he preceded her in death...

Clarence Owens

Clarence Owens

Sep 12, 2011

Clarence John Owens, 91, of Iola, Kansas, formerly of rural Humboldt, died Monday, September 12, 2011, at the Allen County Hospital in Iola. Clarence was born February 18, 1920, at Pershing, Oklahoma, the son of Loren John and Cordia Florence (Varner) Owens. He grew up on the family farm north of Altoona. On July 4, 1940, Clarence married Ruby L....

Janeen Wilson

Janeen Wilson

Sep 8, 2011

Janeen Renee Wilson, 49, of Iola, Kansas, died Thursday, September 8, 2011, at the Allen County Hospital in Iola. Janeen was born December 12, 1961, in Iola, Kansas, the daughter of John R. "Tom" and Jerrie Sue Folk. On September 22, 1979, Janeen married Charles L. "Chuck" Wilson and they made their home in Iola. They were later divorced. She...

Sarah Jane Rankin

Sarah Jane Rankin

Sep 7, 2011

Sarah Jane Rankin, age 99, of Moran, Kansas, passed away on Wednesday, September 7, 2011 at Moran Manor in Moran, Kansas. Jane was born May 21, 1912 at Anthony, Kansas. She was the second of nine children of George W. and Elsie T. (Fasanight) Wolfe. She grew up in Anthony, living there until her family moved to Aurora, Missouri in...

Jimmy Runer

Jimmy Runer

Sep 7, 2011

Jimmy Tharp Runer, 76, of Gas, Kansas, died Wednesday, September 7, 2011, at his home. Jimmy was born November 20, 1934, in Iola, Kansas, the son of Rufus Arley and Mosline E. (Tharp) Runer. He grew up in Iola and attended Iola schools. He joined the United States Marine Corps and served 21 years before he retired from the military...

L. Maxine Smith

L. Maxine Smith

Sep 5, 2011

L. Maxine Smith, 80, of Iola, Kansas, died Monday, September 5, 2011, at Ambassador Manor in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Maxine was born July 28, 1931, in Rippee, Missouri, the daughter of James Franklin "Frank" and Sylvia Daisy (Gregg) Prock. She moved to Gas City with her family. She married Robert E. Smith and they made their home in the Gas City...

John Bass

John Bass

Sep 5, 2011

John Elliott Bass of Iola died Monday, September 5, 2011, peacefully at home. John was born in Iola on February 26, 1924, the oldest of two sons born to John Samuel and Edithe Elliott Bass. He attended Iola schools before joining the United States Army after the attack on Pearl Harbor. Following training at Fort Riley, Kansas, and Camp Lockett...

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