Recent Obituaries
Ray E. Smitheran
Dec 1, 2011
Ray E. Smitheran, age 94, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Thursday, December 1, 2011, at Anderson County Long Term Care in Garnett. Ray was born on September 10, 1917, at Centerville, Kansas, the son of Frank F. and Dena (Hill) Smitheran. He attended Parker Rural High School, graduating in 1936. Ray served in the US Army for 4 years...
Donna J. Bell
Nov 30, 2011
Donna J. Bell, age 78, of Mulvane, Kansas, formerly of Garnett, Kansas, went from her home to be with her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ on Wednesday, November 30, 2011. She was born October 31, 1933, in Augusta, Kansas, the daughter of Doan and Neda (Wilson) Maness. Donna graduated from Augusta High School. She pursued a career in telecommunications that...
Claude Garber
Nov 30, 2011
Claude W. Garber, 49, of Iola, Kansas, died Wednesday, November 30, 2011 at his home. Claude was born October 6, 1962, at Ottawa, Kansas, the son of Clarence Junior and Irma Jean (Wagner) Garber. He has lived in this area all of his life. Claude married Stephanie D. Stanturf on June 15, 2010. SURVIVORS: His wife: Stephanie Garber of the...
Gladys Kisner
Nov 29, 2011
Gladys M. Kisner, 86, formerly of Carlyle, Kansas, died Tuesday, November 29, 2011, at Willard Care Center in Willard Missouri. Gladys was born September 14, 1925 at rural Carlyle, Kansas, the daughter of Roy and Clara (Morris) Harling. She graduated from Iola High School in 1943. On February 20, 1943, Gladys married James T. Kisner at Chanute. They made their...
Mary Woods
Nov 29, 2011
Mary Patricia "Pat" Woods, 86, of Humboldt, Kansas, died Tuesday, November 29, 2011, at Chanute HealthCare. Mary Pat was born April 23, 1925, at St. Paul, Kansas, the daughter of James Roland and Eva Gertrude (Lynch) Phelan. She grew up at St. Paul where she attended St. Francis Catholic School. On May 26, 1946, Mary Pat married Clyde V. Woods...
Patricia Patterson
Nov 28, 2011
Patricia "Patty" Patterson, 48, of rural Iola, Kansas, died Monday, November 28, 2011, at the Allen County Hospital in Iola. Patty was born January 14, 1963, at Corpus Christi, Texas, the daughter of Steve and Adelina (Perez) Holloway. She grew up at Gas, Kansas and graduated from Iola High School in 1981. On March 18, 1988, Patty married Ben Patterson...
Billy Caudell
Nov 27, 2011
Billy B. Caudell, Sr., 81, of Iola, Kansas, died Sunday, November 27, 2011, at his home. Billy was born June 27, 1930, on a farm 2 miles west of Buffalo, Kansas, the son of Tom and Bessie (Madison) Caudell. He grew up on the family farm and served in the United States Air Force. On December 23, 1951, Billy married...
Ethyl Briggs
Nov 26, 2011
Ethyl Lorraine (Hall) Briggs, 88, of Kincaid, died on November 26, 2011 at Moran Manor. She was born August 11, 1923 on a farm five miles north of Garfield, Kansas, the middle of five daughters of Beverly Allen Hall and Bessie (Sprague) Hall. She graduated in 1940 from Garfield High School, and shortly thereafter the Hall family moved to Lone...
Donald D. Prather
Nov 24, 2011
Donald Dean Prather, age 66, of Richmond, Kansas, passed away on Thursday, November 24, 2011, at the Osage Nursing Center in Osage City, Kansas. Don was born on August 11, 1945, in Sigourney, Iowa, the son of Raymond and Evelyn (Goeldner) Prather. The family moved to Kansas in 1950, and Don attended school in Richmond, graduating in 1963. Don's class...
Ina Ransom
Nov 21, 2011
Ina Mae Ransom, 85, of Iola, Kansas, died Monday, November 21, 2011, at Via Christi Regional Medical Center St. Francis Campus in Wichita. Ina Mae was born August 28, 1926, at Colony, Kansas, the daughter of Clarence Otto and Verda Delores (Nickels) Belvoir. She grew up in the Colony area. On August 27, 1944, Ina Mae married James Harlen Atkins,...
Ruby Evelyn Croan
Nov 21, 2011
Ruby Croan, age 90, of Osawatomie, Kansas, passed away on Monday, November 21, 2011, at the Wellsville Retirement Community in Wellsville, Kansas. She was born on October 16, 1921, in Parker, Kansas, the daughter of John Marshall and Nora Jane (Grady) McGraw. She grew up in the Parker and Bush City areas where she attended school. On November 11, 1937,...
Shanna Bruner
Nov 19, 2011
Shanna L. (Stahl) Bruner, age 44, of Neosho Falls, Kansas, died Saturday, November 19, 2011, at Hospice House in Hutchinson, Kansas. Shanna was born April 21, 1967 at Fort Yates, North Dakota. In the fall of 1969, she came to live with her sister Lisa and parents William Joseph and Mikell Diane (McGhee) Stahl. The family made their home west...
Robert Colborn
Nov 18, 2011
Robert L. "Bob" Colborn, age 86, of LaHarpe, Kansas, died Friday, November 18, 2011, at the Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice at St. Francis Hospital in Wichita, Kansas. Bob was born July 26, 1925, on a farm north of Kiowa, Kansas, the son of Frank and Grace (VanHuss) Colborn. He graduated from Medicine Lodge High School and served in the United...
Kasondra Berry
Nov 17, 2011
Kasondra Diane Berry, age 37, of Iola, Kansas, died Thursday, November 17, 2011, at her home. Kasondra was born April 12, 1974, in Iola, Kansas, the daughter of Ralph L. and Deloris L. (Walters) Atzbach. She married Joe Riley in 1991 and they were later divorced. She graduated from Iola High School in 1992. From 1995 until 2006 she worked...
Johanna Elizabeth "Aunt Pete" Robinson
Nov 15, 2011
Johanna Elizabeth "Aunt Pete" Robinson, age 95, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Tuesday, November 15, 2011 at the Anderson County Hospital, Garnett, Kansas. She was born November 9, 1916, the daughter of John H. and Katie A. (Strunk) Landwehr. She married Willie H. Robinson on November 11, 1941 at Burlington, Kansas. Johanna worked as a housekeeper for many years...
Tom Fudge
Nov 15, 2011
Tom Fudge, Sr., age 72, of LaHarpe, Kansas, died Tuesday, November 15, 2011, at his home. Tom was born May 16, 1939, in Iola, Kansas, the son of Harry and Obreta (Vest) Fudge. On May 3, 1957, Tom married Karren J. Batemon in Carlyle, Kansas. Tom worked for M & M Packing along with working pipeline construction in different parts...
Janet Hermreck
Nov 15, 2011
Janet Hermreck, age 73, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Tuesday, November 15, 2011, at the Life Care Center of Kansas City in Kansas City, Kansas. Janet was born on August 10, 1938, at Harris, Kansas, the daughter of Warren M. and Ruth (Rudisill) Whiteford. Janet graduated from Garnett High School in 1957. She then attended Pittsburg Teacher's College. In...
Don Ensminger
Nov 14, 2011
Don Ensminger, age 85, of rural Moran, Kansas, died Monday, November 14, 2011, at the Overland Park Regional Medical Center in Overland Park, Kansas. Don was born October 17, 1926, on the family homeplace northwest of Moran, the son of Charles and Margaret (Larkey) Ensminger. He grew up on the farm and graduated from Moran High School. Don served in...
Carl Cook
Nov 11, 2011
Carl Aaron Cook, age 79, of Iola, Kansas, died of pneumonia at Allen County Hospital on November 11, 2011. Carl was born September 23, 1932, in Forum, Arkansas, to Philander Cook and Millie (Moppin) Cook. He grew up in Arkansas, California, and the Kansas City area. He married Bonnie McDaniel in May of 1953 and they had three children. They...
E.E. Sloan
Nov 7, 2011
E.E. "Gene" Sloan, 91, of Humboldt, Kansas, died Monday, November 7, 2011, at his home. Gene was born July 16, 1920, at Vincentville, Kansas in Allen County the son of James Austin and Nora Ellen (Rhodes) Sloan. On February 16, 1941, Gene married Grace I. Carroll in Iola and they made their home on a dairy farm just southeast of...
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