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Maxine Rei

Maxine Rei

Sep 4, 2011

Maxine Ione Rei, 91, of Iola, Kansas, died Sunday, September 4, 2011, at Windsor Place Nursing Center in Iola. Maxine was born June 19, 1920, at Mildred, Kansas, the daughter of Ross Charles and Emma Mae (Brown) Taylor. She was raised by her grandfather, J.R. Taylor, at Walkertown, Kansas near Ft. Scott. Maxine married George Junior Rei and they had...

Dale Irvin Douglass

Dale Irvin Douglass

Sep 4, 2011

Dale Douglass, age 79, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on September 4, 2011, at St. Luke's Plaza, Kansas City, Missouri. Dale Irvin Douglass was born on June 30, 1932, in the Cola Hill Neighborhood of Coffey County, Kansas. He was the youngest of three sons born to John Irvin and Rovilla Ann (Hill) Douglass. Dale graduated from Burlington High School...

Frank Mittelmeier

Frank Mittelmeier

Sep 2, 2011

Frank Ronald Mittelmeier, age 73, of Iola, Kansas, died Friday, September 2, 2011, at the Iola Nursing Center. He was born August 9, 1938, at Erie, Pennsylvania, the son of Frank A. Mittelmeier and Alyce (Cellini) Matthews. He grew up in the Erie, Pennsylvania area and served two years with the United States Army. On July 25, 1964, he married...

Terry Joseph Cole

Terry Joseph Cole

Sep 1, 2011

Terry Joseph Cole, age 21, passed away on September 1, 2011, in Iola, Kansas. He was born July 13, 1990 in Iola, Kansas, the son of Terry Lee and Betty Lynn (Griffin) Cole. He lived in Iola, Kansas until he was 15 and moved to Louisiana, returning to Iola in 2010. Terry enjoyed fishing, skateboarding, and walking around town. He...

Christina J. Miller

Christina J. Miller

Aug 28, 2011

Christina J. Miller, age 91, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Sunday, August 28, 2011 at the Kansas City Hospice House in Kansas City, Missouri. She was born October 17, 1919, at Scipio, Kansas, the daughter of August and Theresa (Lickteig) Rockers. Christina was born at the family home, where all twelve of her brothers and sisters were born. She...

Myrtle Brodmerkle

Myrtle Brodmerkle

Aug 28, 2011

Myrtle Iris Brodmerkle, 93, of Iola, Kansas, died Sunday, August 28, 2011, at her home. Myrtle was born December 11, 1917, on a farm northwest of Yates Center, Kansas, the daughter of Archie and Mary (Mulsow) Wells. She grew up on the farm and worked at several jobs before she married Philip L. Brodmerkle on July 18, 1943. They made...

Jean Carr

Jean Carr

Aug 27, 2011

Jean L. Carr, 88, long-time Welda, Kansas resident, died Saturday, August 27, 2011, at Windsor Place Nursing Center in Iola, Kansas. Jean was born January 23, 1923, in Cleveland, Ohio. In 1936, she and her mother, Faith (Marshall) Kattenhorn, moved back to the family farm northwest of Welda. She graduated from Welda High School in 1941 and attended Pittsburg State...

Marjorie Seibolt

Marjorie Seibolt

Aug 24, 2011

Marjorie Ruth "Marge" Seibolt, of Iola, Kansas, died Wednesday, August 24, 2011, at her home at the age of 80. Marjorie was born March 11, 1931, at Ottawa, Kansas, the daughter of Gilbert and Cecil (Wells) Munson. She grew up in Garnett and graduated from Garnett High School. On June 20, 1953, Marjorie married Bernard P. Seibolt in Kansas City,...

Joe R. Chalker

Joe R. Chalker

Aug 23, 2011

Joe R. Chalker, age 77, of Moran, Kansas, passed away on Tuesday, August 23, 2011, at his home. He was born January 18, 1934, in Parsons, Kansas, the son of Joseph Daniel and Ruby Ingram (Hanna) Chalker. After graduation from Parsons High School, he attended Parsons Junior College, Iola Junior College, and graduated from Emporia State Teachers' College. He received...

Verna Turner

Verna Turner

Aug 23, 2011

Verna L. Turner, 61, of LaHarpe, Kansas, died Tuesday, August 23, 2011, at her home. Verna was born February 13, 1950, in Iola, Kansas, the daughter of Vernon McCollam and Lois (McAtee) Blackburn. She grew up traveling with her mother and step-father who was in the service. On December 15, 1989, Verna married Jack L. Turner and they made their...

Vivian Henkle

Vivian Henkle

Aug 20, 2011

Vivian Henkle, age 97, of Iola, Kansas, died Saturday, August 20, 2011, at the Allen County Hospital in Iola. Vivian Grace Flake Henkle, the daughter of Erven Leslie Flake, Sr. and Alta Jaly Gillespie Flake was born on a farm northwest of LeRoy on December 3, 1913. She grew up in the LeRoy area, graduated from LeRoy High School and...

Goldie Hardesty

Goldie Hardesty

Aug 20, 2011

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Raymond J. Rockers

Raymond J. Rockers

Aug 20, 2011

Raymond J. Rockers, age 83, of Greeley, Kansas, passed away on Saturday, August 20, 2011, at his home. He was born on January 6, 1928, at Greeley, Kansas, the son of Edward and Lena (Wolken) Rockers. He attended schools in the Richmond area, graduating from Richmond High School. Raymond served in the U.S. Army from October 1950 to October of...

Lucile Stratton

Lucile Stratton

Aug 19, 2011

Lucile Stratton, 95, formerly of Iola, Kansas, died Friday, August 19, 2011, at John Knox Village in Lee's Summit, Missouri. Lucile was born June 23, 1916, in Iola, Kansas, the daughter of George S. and Susie (McCarty) Stratton. She graduated from Iola High School, Allen County Community College, the University of Kansas with a B.S. degree in Liberal Arts, and...

Kenneth Walls

Kenneth Walls

Aug 16, 2011

Kenneth E. "Duke" Walls, Sr., 78, of Iola, Kansas, died Tuesday, August 16, 2011, at Tulsa Nursing Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Kenneth was born March 25, 1933, in Iola, Kansas, the son of Fon L. and Bessie J. (Hill) Walls. He grew up and attended school in Iola. He married Nancy J. Allison and has made his home in Iola...

Herman A. Nilges

Herman A. Nilges

Aug 15, 2011

Herman A. Nilges, age 85, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Monday, August 15, 2011, at St. Luke's South Hospital in Overland Park, Kansas. Herman was born on July 28, 1926, in Anderson County, Kansas, near Scipio, the son of Samuel and Mary (Peine) Nilges. He grew up and attended school in Anderson County, living all of his life except...

Donna Gerdsen

Donna Gerdsen

Aug 13, 2011

Donna Gerdsen, 69, of Iola, Kansas, died Saturday, August 13, 2011, at Victoria Falls in Andover, Kansas. Donna was born August 17, 1941, in Harrison County, Missouri, the daughter of Thomas G. and Edith Catherine (Carson) Johns. She grew up in Humboldt where she graduated from Humboldt High School in 1959. On September 1, 1962, Donna married Clyde E. Gerdsen...

Ethel Fern Wagoner

Ethel Fern Wagoner

Aug 11, 2011

Ethel Fern (Boyd) Wagoner, age 99, Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Thursday, August 11, 2011, at the Anderson County Hospital Long Term Care Facility in Garnett. She was born on March 30, 1912, near Beatrice, Nebraska, the daughter of Ernest and Alice (Riffey) Boyd. Her family moved near Sawyer, Kansas when she was 4 years old, and she attended school...

Jerome Wille

Jerome Wille

Aug 10, 2011

Jerome Joseph "Jody" Wille, Jr., 71, of Iola, Kansas, died Wednesday, August 10, 2011, at the Allen County Hospital in Iola. Jody was born October 23, 1939, in Iola, Kansas, the son of Jerome J. "Jerry" and Virginia M. (Shaefer) Wille. He grew up in Iola and Yates Center and graduated from Yates Center High School. He has made his...

George Tinsley

George Tinsley

Aug 6, 2011

George Tinsley, age 91, formerly of Welda, Kansas, passed away on Saturday, August 6, 2011 at his home in Checotah, Oklahoma. He was born January 11, 1920, in a farm north of Moran, Kansas, the son of John and Clara (Donaldson) Tinsley. He graduated from Welda High School with the Class of 1939. George entered the Army Air Corps in...

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