Recent Obituaries
Charles "Chuck" H. Malcor
Jan 1, 2012
Charles H. "Chuck" Malcor, age 83, of Savonburg, Kansas, passed away peacefully with his daughters, Colleen Smith and Victoria Johnson by his side on Monday, February 13, 2012, at the Robert J. Dole V.A. Medical Center, Wichita, Kansas. He was born on September 10, 1928, in Carlinville, Illinois, the son of Charles L. and Margaret (Alexander) Malcor. Charles married Virginia...
Julia "Judy" Alice Lutz
Jan 1, 2012
Julia "Judy" Lutz, age 91, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Monday, February 6, 2012, at the Anderson County Hospital Long Term Care Facility in Garnett, Kansas. She was born on July 7, 1920, in Hartford, Kansas, the daughter of Reese and Grace (Hardin) Marker. Judy was united in marriage to Leroy George "Roy" Lutz on May 14, 1941, at...
Charles "Skinny" E. Worthington
Jan 1, 2012
Charles E. "Skinny" Worthington, age 91, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Thursday, May 10, 2012 at Golden Heights in Garnett. He was born on July 1, 1920, at Xenia, Kansas, the son of Samuel and Maude (Townsley) Worthington. Skinny's family lived near Xenia and Bush City where he attended a country school near Bush City as a child. Following...
Ronald Barnett
Dec 31, 2011
Ronald Barnett, age 61, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Saturday, December 31, 2011 at his home. He was born on June 2, 1950, at Colony, Kansas, the twin son of Richard Wayne and Carolea (Hinkle) Barnett. Ron graduated from Garnett High School with the Class of 1969. Ron married Alice Roper on June 6, 1970, and this union was...
Ronald Hawley
Dec 31, 2011
Ronald Lloyd "Ron" Hawley, 64, of rural Iola, Kansas, died Saturday, December 31, 2011, at his home. Ron was born July 14, 1947, in Iola, the son of Lloyd and Dorothy (Stephens) Hawley. He grew up south of Iola. Ron owned and operated Hawley Construction which was mainly involved in the erection of metal buildings. Ron married Frances Ferry and...
Peggy Wadkins
Dec 30, 2011
Peggy Sue Wadkins, 52, of Iola, Kansas, died Friday, December 30, 2011, at the Allen County Hospital. Peggy was born July 1, 1959, in Kansas City, Kansas, the daughter of Sidney and Leola (Gamble) Dyche. She grew up in the Bonner Springs area. On August 2, 1981, she married Raymond Wadkins. She moved to Iola 20 years ago from Spring...
Larry Garrett
Dec 29, 2011
Larry Allen Garrett went to meet his Lord on December 29, 2011. Larry was born on August 10, 1931 in Gove County, Kansas. He married Patricia "Deanie" Aldean Arie on November 25, 1951. She preceded him in death on February 28, 2005. Larry lived his life in various Kansas communities providing ministry to his congregations and the community. He moved...
Georgia Frazell
Dec 28, 2011
Georgia Lea Frazell of Iola died Wednesday, December 28, 2011, at Overland Park Regional Medical Center in Kansas City, Kansas. She was 85 years old, and passed away on her 67th Wedding Anniversary. Georgia was born April 14, 1926, in Virgil, Kansas, to the late Donald R. Blohm and Violet I. (Hays) Blohm. She grew up in Iola and attended...
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...