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Laura Coltrane

Laura Coltrane

Feb 18, 2011

Laura Kaye Coltrane, 25, of rural Humboldt, Kansas, died Friday, February 18, 2011, at Olathe, Kansas. Laura was born August 19, 1985, in Iola, Kansas, the daughter of Douglas Arthur and Cheryl Ann (South) Coltrane. She grew up on the family farm northeast of Humboldt. In 2003, Laura graduated from Humboldt High School with a 4.0 grade average. She continued...

Ennis Seigel

Ennis Seigel

Feb 14, 2011

Ennis (Blohm) Seigel, 80, of Iola, Kansas, died Monday, February 14, 2011, at the Allen County Hospital in Iola. Ennis was born November 7, 1930, at Humboldt, Kansas, the daughter of James Coy and Ellen Ollie (Moody) Aggers. She grew up in the Humboldt and Neosho Falls areas. In 1947, Ennis married Ray Blohm and they made their home in...

Patty Karr

Patty Karr

Feb 12, 2011

Patty Sue Karr, 44, of LaHarpe, Kansas, died Saturday, February 12, 2011, at her home. Patty was born May 16, 1966, in Iola, Kansas, the daughter of James Lee and Sally Sue (Dillman) Smith. She grew up in the Gas and Iola areas. On April 26, 1985, Patty married Kenneth Lee Karr and they made their home in LaHarpe. Patty...

Johnny Womack

Johnny Womack

Feb 10, 2011

John W. "Johnny" Womack, Jr., 58, of Iola, Kansas, died Thursday, February 10, 2011, in the emergency room at the Allen County Hospital in Iola. Johnny was born April 21, 1952, in San Diego, California, the son of John Walter Womack, Sr. and Elizabeth Ann "Betty Ann" (Sanden) Womack. He grew up in Iola where he graduated from Iola High...

Georgia Mabel Hiestand

Georgia Mabel Hiestand

Feb 10, 2011

Georgia Hiestand, age 93 of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Thursday, February 10, 2011, at the Anderson County Long Term Care Facility in Garnett, Kansas. She was born on May 5, 1917, at Cherryvale, Kansas, the daughter of Clarence LaVene and Lucinda Virginia (Darrow) Adams. Her family moved to a farm southwest of Garnett when she was nine months old....

Hazel Fundis

Hazel Fundis

Feb 10, 2011

Hazel Marie Fundis, 95, of Iola, Kansas, died Thursday, February 10, 2011, at Iola Nursing Center. Hazel was born August 7, 1915, at LeRoy, Kansas, the daughter of Omer and Laura May (Sims) Gwinn. She graduated from LeRoy High School and was attending nursing school in Manhattan, Kansas, when an emergency appendectomy sent her home. On March 28, 1935, Hazel...

Walter Carter

Walter Carter

Feb 6, 2011

Walter Carter, age 65, of Olathe, Kansas, passed away on Sunday, February 6, 2011 at his home following a two year battle with melanoma. He was born on July 22, 1945, in Kansas City, Kansas, the son of Lester (Sam) and Martha (Moudy) Carter. Walter attended Maccochaque grade school in Kansas City, Kansas, graduating from Rosedale Junior-Senior High School in...

Shawn Dale Johnston

Shawn Dale Johnston

Feb 5, 2011

Shawn Dale Johnston, age 37, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Saturday, February 5, 2011, at his home. He was born on February 11, 1973, in Los Angeles, California, the son of Wayne Lee Johnston, Sr. and Cynthia Diane Nicholas. His family moved to Garnett in 1974. Shawn attended school in Greeley and Garnett. He worked as a cook at...

Margery Elizabeth Spillman

Margery Elizabeth Spillman

Feb 5, 2011

Margery E. Spillman, of Moran, Kansas passed away Saturday, February 5, 2011 at Mercy Hospital, Fort Scott, Kansas. She was born July 1, 1920 in Anderson County, Kansas west of Colony on her grandfather's farm. She was the daughter of Joe M. Adams and Eurith (Matter) Adams. The family moved to Lone Elm, Kansas where she attended the first &...

Doris Payne

Doris Payne

Feb 4, 2011

Doris Wilma Payne, 86, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away Friday, February 4, 2011 at St. Francis Medical Center in Topeka. She was born March 23, 1924 in Hanna, Oklahoma, the daughter of Roy Melville Payne and Leona Blanche McMichael. The family moved from Hanna to Cadmus, Kansas in January 1929. Doris attended elementary school in Cadmus and high school at...

Jerry Richards

Jerry Richards

Feb 3, 2011

Jerry Allen Richards, 59, of Iola, Kansas, died Thursday, February 3, 2011, at St. Luke's Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri. Jerry was born September 10, 1951, in Iola, Kansas, the son of Kenneth L. and Evelyn L. (Ludlum) Richards. He grew up in Iola and graduated from Iola High School. Jerry joined the United States Navy and retired after serving...

Donald Welch

Donald Welch

Feb 2, 2011

Donald L. Welch, 72, of rural Moran, Kansas, passed away Wednesday, February 2, 2011, at his home. Don was born July 23, 1938, at St. John's Hospital in Iola, Kansas, the son of Lloyd L. "Tock" and Ruth V. (Adams) Welch. He grew up on the family farm south of Moran, and graduated from Moran Rural High School in 1956....

Ethel Mulkey

Ethel Mulkey

Feb 2, 2011

***Service rescheduled: 1:00 p.m., Monday, Feb. 14, 2011, at Waugh-Yokum & Friskel Chapel in Iola, KS. Burial will follow in Mt. Hope Cemetery in Humboldt, KS Visitation will be 4:00-6:00 p.m., Sunday, Feb. 13, 2011, at the Waugh-Yokum & Friskel Chapel. Ethel (Barr) Mulkey, 78, of LaHarpe, Kansas, passed away on Wednesday, February 2, 2011 in Iola. Born September 5,...

Verna Devine

Verna Devine

Feb 1, 2011

Verna Mae Devine, 84, of Iola, Kansas, died Tuesday, February 1, 2011, at Windsor Place Nursing Center in Iola. Verna was born October 16, 1926, in Humboldt, Kansas, the daughter of William Fred and Mary Estes (Collison) Moore. SURVIVORS: One Sister: Phyllis Stroud & husband, Gary of Topeka, KS One Sister-In-Law: Norma Jewell Moore of Iola, KS 1 Nephew: Fred...

Don Sigg

Don Sigg

Jan 31, 2011

Donald Eugene Sigg, 76, of Iola, Kansas, died Monday, January 31, 2011, at Eureka Nursing Center in Eureka, Kansas. Don was born October 24, 1934, on a farm northwest of Iola, Kansas, the son of Victor H. and Nellie M. (Allen) Sigg. He was the oldest of 14 children. Don graduated from Iola High School in 1953 and on May...

Alice Price

Alice Price

Jan 29, 2011

Alice B. Price, 83, of Iola, Kansas, died Saturday, January 29, 2011, at the Moran Manor. Alice was born January 16, 1928, in Topeka, Kansas, the daughter of Howard and Jennie (Mullins) Whitney. The family moved to Iola and then to St. Louis, Missouri, when she was eleven. Alice married Herman Kirkpatrick in 1943 and he preceded her in death...

Frank H. Wuckowitsch

Frank H. Wuckowitsch

Jan 28, 2011

Frank H. Wuckowitsch, age 90, of Greeley, Kansas passed away Friday, January 28, 2011 at the Anderson County Long Term Care Facility, Garnett. Frank was born March 16, 1920, at Garnett, the son of Frank and Sophia (Zormeier) Wuckowitsch. He grew up in Greeley and graduated from Greeley High School. Following school he joined the United States Army, serving in...

Barbara K. Tucker

Barbara K. Tucker

Jan 28, 2011

Barbara Tucker, age 56, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Friday, January 28, 2011 at the Kansas City Hospice House in Kansas City, Missouri. She was born on November 23, 1954, in Downey, California, the daughter of Donald and Virginia (King) Herman. She graduated from Garnett High School and from Clark Business School. She worked for the Garnett Greenhouse after...

Clifford Vaughan

Clifford Vaughan

Jan 27, 2011

Clifford J. Vaughan, age 70, of Kincaid, Kansas, passed away on Thursday, January 27, 2011, at his home. Clifford was born February 18, 1940 at Kansas City, Kansas, the son of Ralph and Dorothy (Moore) Vaughan. He grew up in the Kansas City, Kansas area attending Turner High School before entering the United States Navy in 1957. This service took...

Ronald J. Benus

Ronald J. Benus

Jan 27, 2011

Ronald Joseph Benus, age 63, of Ottawa, Kansas, passed away on Thursday, January 27, 2011, at the Olathe Medical Center in Olathe, Kansas. Ron was born on July 22, 1947, at Garnett, Kansas, the son of Ivan and Vera (Hermreck) Benus. He grew up in the area, graduating from Garnett High School in 1965. Ron married Sherry Bingamon in 1969;...

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