Recent Obituaries
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...
Margaret Walters
Dec 14, 2011
Margaret Louisa Tippie Walters, 61, of rural Savonburg, Kansas, died Wednesday, December 14, 2011, at Neosho Memorial Regional Medical Center in Chanute. Margaret was born August 2, 1950, in Moran, Kansas, the daughter of Earnest Albert and Dorothy Maxine (Hallam) Tippie. She married Darrell L. Walters on January 31, 1972. She remarried in 1992. Margaret earned her master's degree in...
James Edward Stone
Dec 12, 2011
James E. Stone, age 65, of Princeton, Kansas, passed away on Monday, December 12, 2011, at his home with his wife, step-daughter, and niece by his side. James was born on September 30, 1946, in Kansas City, Missouri, the son of Marshall and Vivian (Farris) Stone. He served in the U.S. Navy from 1964 to 1967. James worked for All-Star...
Leland Gumfory
Dec 11, 2011
Leland "Bon" Gumfory, 80, of Iola, Kansas, died Sunday, December 11, 2011, at his home. He was born July 28, 1931, in Iola, Kansas, the son of John M. and Lela B. (Banks) Gumfory. He grew up in Iola and served in the United States Army. Bon worked for M&M Packing Company before owning and operating the Zero Locker Plant....
Howard D. Cox
Dec 11, 2011
Howard D. Cox, age 77, of Richmond, Kansas, passed away Sunday, December 11, 2011 at the Olathe Medical Center, Olathe, Kansas. Howard was born January 5, 1934 at Colony, Kansas the son of Wesley Guy Cox and Rachel Marie (Othic) Cox. He grew up in the Colony area attending school there. On October 22, 1955 Howard married Mary Sue Richardson...
Rosalynd Montgomery
Dec 10, 2011
Rosalynd "Roz" (Booth) Montgomery, 72, of Chanute, Kansas, died Saturday, December 10, 2011, at her home. Roz was born March 17, 1939, in Chanute, Kansas, the daughter of Art and Inez (Clark) Booth. She grew up in Chanute and graduated from Chanute High School in 1957 where she was a member of the National Honor Society. On May 10, 1959,...
Aretta Nowlin
Dec 9, 2011
Aretta Patricia Nowlin, 79, of Iola, Kansas, died Friday, December 9, 2011, at the Allen County Hospital in Iola. Aretta was born January 24, 1932, at Dodge City, Kansas, the daughter of Thomas and Anna (Haffey) O'Mara. She moved with her family to a farm near Colony, Kansas. She became a registered nurse. On June 30, 1953, Aretta married Gilbert...
J.H. Truitt
Dec 8, 2011
J.H. Truitt, Jr., 87, of Iola, Kansas, died Thursday, December 8, 2011, at Iola Nursing Center. J.H. was born February 21, 1924, at Tuckerman, Arkansas, the son of Hubert and Ida (Goins) Truitt, Sr. He served in the United States Navy during World War II. On March 17, 1945, J.H. married Nila Russell and they made their home in Arkansas...
Louise Cowan
Dec 6, 2011
Elizabeth Louise Cowan, age 91, of Garnett, Kansas passed away on Tuesday, December 6, 2011 at the Golden Heights Living Center in Garnett. Louise was born on January 11, 1920, northwest of Erie, Kansas, the daughter of Homer and Elsie Mae (Pugh) Romine. She graduated from Erie High School in 1938. She was united in marriage to Merle I. Raney...
Hugh Pollman
Dec 5, 2011
Hugh William Pollman, 103 yrs, 10 months and 11 days, died December 5, 2011, at Olathe, Kansas. He was a longtime Humboldt resident. He was born February 24, 1908, in Leon, Kansas, the oldest son of Mary Susanna and Charles Pollman. The Pollmans moved 10 miles west of Humboldt in 1926. They farmed near Owl Creek. He worked on the...
Benny R. Hardman
Dec 4, 2011
Benny Ray "Ben" Hardman, age 63, of Bronson, Kansas, passed away on Sunday, December 4, 2011 at his home in Bronson. He was born December 8, 1947, at Hastings, Nebraska, the son of Calvin and Mildred (Adkins) Hardman. He graduated from Las Lomas High School in Walnut Creek, California. Following school Ben began working at E.T. Mags in Benicia, California....
Wilma Haen
Dec 4, 2011
Wilma J. Haen, 84, of Iola, Kansas, died Sunday, December 4, 2011, at the home of her daughter, Diane Oswalt, in Iola, Kansas. Wilma was born November 5, 1927 to Kenneth and Lena (Hasstedt) Ellis on a farm southeast of Neosho Falls, Kansas. She attended Clay Bank Rural School, graduated from Neosho Falls High School, and attended KSJC Teachers College...
Myron Roy Harsch
Dec 3, 2011
Myron Roy Harsch, age 69, of Garnett, Kansas passed away surrounded by love and God's grace at Kansas City Missouri Hospice House on December 3, 2011. Myron was born April 17, 1942 at Claremore, Oklahoma the identical twin of Martin Ray Harsch. He graduated from the Osage City High School, Osage City, Kansas with the Class of 1960. He joined...
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