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Becky Stanley

Becky Stanley

Mar 11, 2011

Becky Stanley, 48, of Iola, Kansas, died Friday, March 11, 2011, at her home. Becky was born November 9, 1962, in Kansas City, Missouri, the daughter of Robert and Vesta (Hoseney) Stanley. She grew up at Coffeyville and Chanute. She graduated from Chanute High School and received her bachelor's degree in social work from Pittsburg State University in 1995. Becky...

Mary Clounch

Mary Clounch

Mar 11, 2011

Marylee Constance Clounch was born on January 22, 1929 to Clarence and Stella Cheney in Humboldt, Kansas, and she was the youngest child born to this union. Her mother, father, seven brothers, three sisters, a great grandson and her devoted husband preceded her in death. Mary departed this life on March 11, 2011 at Kansas University Medical Center in Kansas...

Glen Searcy

Glen Searcy

Mar 11, 2011

Glen H. Searcy, 87, of Iola, Kansas, died Friday, March 11, 2011, at Windsor Place Nursing Center in Iola. Glen was born March 10, 1924, in Iola, Kansas, the son of Roy and Grace (Harmon) Searcy. He attended Deer Creek and Rock Creek country schools, Iola High School and Allen County Junior College. On October 22, 1944, Glen married Alberta...

Phyllis Hodgson

Phyllis Hodgson

Mar 10, 2011

Phyllis Ann Hodgson, the first-born child of Albert Henderson Pettyjohn and Alzada Gertrude (Glaze) Pettyjohn, was born October 29, 1925, in Chanute, Kansas. She died Thursday, March 10, 2011, at the University Of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City, Kansas. She had two brothers, who survive: Philip K. Pettyjohn and wife, Ruth of Houston, Texas and James D. Pettyjohn and...

Larry L. Waddell

Larry L. Waddell

Mar 10, 2011

Larry L. Waddell, age 68, of Savonburg, Kansas, passed away on Thursday, March 10, 2011. He was born on December 26, 1942, at Humansville, Missouri, the son of George and Leota Mae (Adams) Waddell. He attended schools in Kincaid, Kansas. Following school Larry entered the Army. In 1961 Larry was united in marriage to Nancy Ramsey, this union was blessed...

Shirley Craft

Shirley Craft

Mar 10, 2011

Shirley Rose Craft, 47, of Iola, Kansas, died Thursday, March 10, 2011, at Via Christi St. Francis Campus in Wichita, Kansas. Shirley was born May 18, 1963, at New Port Beach, California, the daughter of Gardner Robert and Beverly Rose (Davis) Wells, Jr. She moved to southeast Kansas with her parents at an early age. She grew up mainly in...

Sandra Chapman

Sandra Chapman

Mar 9, 2011

Sandra Jo Chapman, 51, of Chanute, Kansas, formerly of Iola, Kansas, died Wednesday, March 9, 2011, at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita, Kansas. Sandra was born December 17, 1959, in Topeka, Kansas, the daughter of Leslie James and Norma Jean (Wilson) Chapman, Sr. She attended Iola schools. On June 3, 1978, Sandra married Larry Ewy and they made their home...

Clarence Turner

Clarence Turner

Mar 9, 2011

Clarence C. Turner, 85, of Iola, Kansas, died Wednesday, March 9, 2011, at Neosho Memorial Regional Medical Center in Chanute, Kansas. Clarence was born March 30, 1925, at Union Star, Missouri, the son of John H. and Opal Ellen (Shores) Turner. The family moved from Union Star to Enid, Oklahoma when he was six. He lived in Enid until he...

LaJune Bodenhamer

LaJune Bodenhamer

Mar 8, 2011

LaJune Bodenhamer, age 77, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Tuesday, March 8, 2011, at the Anderson County Hospital in Garnett. Shirley LaJune Shaw was born on October 4, 1933, at Kincaid, Kansas, the daughter of Orville and Forestine (Powell) Shaw. She grew up in the Kincaid area, attending school there also. LaJune was united in marriage to Glen B....

Margarette Henkle

Margarette Henkle

Mar 4, 2011

Margarette Henkle, 91, of Iola, Kansas, died Friday, March 4, 2011, at Windsor Place Nursing Center in Iola. Margarette was born May 17, 1919, near DesMoines, Iowa, the daughter of Loyd Leslie and Itah Gladys (McGhee) Walters. She grew up west of Colony, Kansas, and attended Sunnyside Rural School. On June 30, 1937, Margarette married Oliver Henkle in Iola. They...

Dale Prather

Dale Prather

Mar 3, 2011

Raleigh Dale Prather, 75, former LaHarpe, Kansas, resident, died Thursday, March 3, 2011, at Homestead of Auburn Assisted Living in Auburn, Kansas. Dale was born January 11, 1936, at Sulphur Springs, Arkansas, the son of Mose Alfred and Mary Marie (Harris) Prather. He moved to LaHarpe with his family where he grew up. He married Patricia Swanson and they divorced...

Pearl M. Howerton

Pearl M. Howerton

Mar 1, 2011

Pearl M. Howerton, age 95, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Tuesday, March 1, 2011 at Golden Heights Living Center in Garnett. Pearl was born August 9, 1915, on a farm near Blue Mound in Linn County, Kansas, the daughter of Fred and Ethel (Allen) Gerstenberger. She attended Blue Mound schools and graduated with the Class of 1933 from Blue...

Tina Hodo

Tina Hodo

Feb 27, 2011

Tina Marie Hodo, 46, of LaHarpe, Kansas, died Sunday, February 27, 2011, at her home in LaHarpe. Tina was born May 27, 1964, in Kansas City, Missouri, the daughter of Ben and Paula (Beyer) Greenlee, Sr. She grew up in Kansas City and worked several years for the Internal Revenue Service. On February 4, 1994, Tina married Andrew J. Hodo...

Pamela Hutton

Pamela Hutton

Feb 26, 2011

Pamela Mae "Pam" Hutton, 26, of Gas, Kansas, passed away on Saturday, February 26, 2011. Pam was born October 17, 1984, in Iola, Kansas, the daughter of Keith Ray and Gloria Jeanette (Budd) Beeman. She grew up on the family farm southeast of Humboldt. She graduated from Humboldt High School in 2003 where she participated in flag corp, FCCLA and...

Orva Bland

Orva Bland

Feb 25, 2011

Orva M. Bland, Sr., 82, of Iola, Kansas, died Friday, February 25, 2011, at the Allen County Hospital in Iola. Orva was born April 16, 1928, in Topeka, Kansas, the son of William M. and Gladys (Richmond) Bland. When he was still a baby the family moved to LeRoy, Kansas where he grew up. He served with the United States...

Mary Jayna' Crawford

Mary Jayna' Crawford

Feb 24, 2011

Mary Jayna Crawford, age 53, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Thursday, February 24, 2011. She was born on May 15, 1957 at Concordia, Kansas, the daughter of Henry and Virgie (Reid) Baldwin. She graduated from Clyde High School. Mary attended Friends University and Cloud County Community College, receiving an Associate's Degree. Mary was united in marriage to Ron Crawford...

Kenneth L. Hyde

Kenneth L. Hyde

Feb 21, 2011

Kenneth Hyde, age 80, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Monday, February 21, 2011, at St. Luke's South in Overland Park, Kansas. He was born on May 18, 1930, in Newark Valley, New York, the son of Homer Lee and Claire Alberta (Snyder) Hyde. Kenneth graduated from Candor High School, entering into the United States Air Force serving for four...

Joseph Robert

Joseph Robert

Feb 20, 2011

Joseph Alfred "Red" Robert, 69, of Iola, Kansas, died Sunday, February 20, 2011, at his home. Red was born January 12, 1942, at North Adams, Massachusetts, the son of Roland J. and Rose A. (Fournier) Robert. He grew up in Ramona, California, where he graduated from Ramona High School in 1959. He joined the United States Air Force that same...

Leonard South

Leonard South

Feb 20, 2011

Leonard E. South, 78, of rural Iola, Kansas, died Sunday, February 20, 2011, at his home. Leonard was born March 20, 1932, at Goodland, Kansas, the son of Freeman Earl and Gladys Myrtle (Brumit) South. The family moved from Goodland to LaJunta, Colorado when Leonard was 3. He attended LaJunta schools and helped his father with his trucking business. On...

Harry Reed

Harry Reed

Feb 19, 2011

Harry Norman Reed, 101 years and 8 months, passed away, Saturday, February 19, 2011 at his daughter, Mary's, home in Centerville, Kansas. Harry was born May 22, 1909 near Eureka, Kansas, the son of Alonzo and Kate (Spivey) Reed. He grew up in Greenwood County. At the age of 17 he worked on the first Phillips oil refinery in Texas....

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