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Leslie B. Yoder

Leslie B. Yoder

Jan 25, 2011

Leslie Yoder, age 43, of Garnett, Kansas passed away on Tuesday, January 25, 2011, at his home. He was born at Garnett, on January 5, 1968, the son of Benedict and Elizabeth (Miller) Yoder. Leslie was married to Eileen L. Yoder, daughter of Lester T. and Edna Yoder, on May 2, 1997. This union was blessed with three sons and...

Perry Dillow

Perry Dillow

Jan 25, 2011

Perry A. Dillow, 92, of Iola, Kansas, died Tuesday, January 25, 2011, at Guest Home Estates in Iola. Perry was born April 22, 1918, on a farm near Millcreek, Illinois, the son of George and Clara (Combs) Dillow. He grew up in Illinois and graduated from Dongola High School. On May 31, 1936, Perry married Mildred Dillow at Cairo, Illinois....

Edith E. Bolinger

Edith E. Bolinger

Jan 24, 2011

Edith E. Bolinger, age 99, went to be with the Lord and walk with her husband, Lawrence and daughter, Irene Clements on Monday, January 24, 2011 at Galichia Heart Hospital in Wichita, Kansas. We have shared her joy and laughter for 100 years. She is the first of 8 children, the daughter of Harvey H. and Emma E. (Olson) Ludlum,...

Betty Karr

Betty Karr

Jan 24, 2011

Betty J. Karr, 84, of LaHarpe, Kansas, died Monday, January 24, 2011, at the Moran Manor. Betty was born September 12, 1926, in Colony, Kansas, the daughter of Lynn C. and Helen M. (Wilcott) Hambrick. On February 20, 1946, Betty married Ray Karr at the courthouse in Iola. They made their home in the Iola and LaHarpe areas. Ray preceded...

Ruth Colgin

Ruth Colgin

Jan 24, 2011

Ruth Feeback Colgin, 92, of rural Colony, Kansas, passed away Monday, January 24, 2011, at the Allen County Hospital. Ruth was born April 19, 1918, in Allen County, Kansas, to Roy H. and Hattie (Etherton) Feeback. She graduated from Iola High School and Iola Junior College and received her teacher's certificate. She taught school for two years in Allen County...

Ezra Davison

Ezra Davison

Jan 20, 2011

William Ezra Davison, son of John Arthur and Mary Elizabeth (Crist) Davison was born on July 15, 1920 near Virginia, Nebraska, and departed this life at the Richmond Healthcare Center on January 20, 2011, at the age of 90 years, 6 months and 5 days. He lived with his parents in Nebraska until he was 6 years old. In 1926...

Marion Roeder

Marion Roeder

Jan 19, 2011

Marion Lee Roeder, 73, of rural Colony, Kansas, died Wednesday, January 19, 2011, at the Allen County Hospital in Iola. Marion was born April 20, 1937, in Wichita, Kansas, the son of Charles and Elizabeth Roeder. At the age of 7, he made his home with Kenneth and Anna Heinz who lived northwest of Iola. After living in several communities,...

Donald Misenhelter

Donald Misenhelter

Jan 18, 2011

Donald Wayne Misenhelter, 70, of Iola, Kansas, died Tuesday, January 18, 2011, at his home. Don was born November 1, 1940, in Joplin, Missouri, the son of Albert and Mable (York) Misenhelter. He grew up in the Joplin area and joined the United States Navy in 1957 where he served as a plane captain on the aircraft carrier USS Bon...

John C. Starliper

John C. Starliper

Jan 18, 2011

John Starliper, age 58, of Savonburg, Kansas passed away on Tuesday, January 18, 2011 at Neosho Memorial Regional Medical Center in Chanute, Kansas. He was born November 20, 1952 at Ft. Scott, Kansas, the son of Jackie and Mable Louise (Cook) Starliper. He attended schools in the Savonburg area before graduating from Elsmore Grade School. He then attended Moran High...

Jackie Bowman

Jackie Bowman

Jan 17, 2011

Jackie Bowman, age 87 of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Monday, January 17, 2011, at Stormont-Vail Health Care Center in Topeka, Kansas. She was born on December 23, 1923, at Jenks, Oklahoma, the daughter of William Wiley and Eva (Spencer) Turnham. She grew up in the area, living in Jenks, Stillwater, and Moore, Oklahoma. In 1950 they moved to their...

Gannon Lee Dougherty

Gannon Lee Dougherty

Jan 16, 2011

Gannon Lee Dougherty, infant son of Mike and Kathy Dougherty of Iola, Kansas, passed away on January 16, 2011 at Overland Park Regional Medical Center. He was born January 11, 2011 at 10:22 PM at the Allen County Hospital. He is survived by his four brothers, Kyler, Braden, Gentry, and Grady; maternal grandparents, Elmer Tatsch of Iola, Paulette and Bob...

Max D. Borror

Max D. Borror

Jan 15, 2011

Max D. Borror, age 67, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Saturday, January 15, 2011 at his home. Max was born on December 12, 1943 in Anderson County, Kansas, the son of Franklin Denton and Leora Belle (Lilly) Borror. He attended Lawrence High School. Max was in the U.S. Navy. He was united in marriage to Roberta Ann Gleason on...

Croley Stroud

Croley Stroud

Jan 14, 2011

Susie Croley Stroud, 63, of Kansas City, Kansas, died Friday, January 14, 2011, at Shawnee Mission Medical Center. Susie was born March 14, 1947, in Iola, Kansas, the daughter of Earl V. and Mildred C. (Seeber) Croley. She grew up in Iola and graduated from Iola High School in 1965. On January 4, 1967, Susie married Eugene Stroud. They made...

Merle Rutledge

Merle Rutledge

Jan 13, 2011

Longtime Iola resident, Merle Irene Dean Rutledge, age 89, passed away of a brain aneurysm on Thursday, January 13, 2011, at Menorah Medical Center in Overland Park, Kansas. Born in Canadian, Texas, on December 17, 1921, she was the 7th child of nine children born to William Aaron and Myrtle (Crawford) Dean. She grew up and was educated in the...

Orville Sobba

Orville Sobba

Jan 13, 2011

Orville H. Sobba, age 92, of Augusta, Kansas, formerly of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Thursday, January 13, 2011, at The Fairways of Augusta Assisted Living Center in Augusta, Kansas. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 1:30 p.m. on Monday, January 17, 2011, at Holy Angels Catholic Church in Garnett, Kansas. Burial will follow in the Holy Angels...

Howard Selander

Howard Selander

Jan 13, 2011

Howard Selander, age 90, of Greeley, Kansas, passed away on Thursday, January 13, 2011 at Anderson County Long Term Care in Garnett, Kansas. He was born on February 18, 1920 in Titusville, Pennsylvania, the son of David and Olivia (Lofgren) Selander. Howard attended grade school near Titusville, Pennsylvania area and later received technical training in the U.S. Air Corps in...

Bill L. Kersley

Bill L. Kersley

Jan 13, 2011

Bill L. Kersley, age 81, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Thursday, January 13, 2011 at North Point Skilled Nursing Center in Paola, Kansas. He was born on September 6, 1929, at Selma, Kansas, the son of Herbert and Jessie (Anglin) Kersley. Bill graduated from Kincaid High School. He served in the U.S. Army. Bill was united in marriage to...

R. Morrow

R. Morrow

Jan 11, 2011

R. Leon Morrow, 89, lifetime Iola, Kansas resident, died Tuesday, January 11, 2011 at the Allen County Hospital in Iola. Leon was born March 25, 1921, in Iola, Kansas, the son of Joseph Kenneth and Bernice Marie (Goodner) Morrow. On December 21, 1940, Leon married Inez E. Matney in Iola where they made their home. She preceded him in death...

John Wayne Lodwig

John Wayne Lodwig

Jan 10, 2011

John Wayne Lodwig, age 71, passed away in Las Vegas, Nevada on Monday January 10, 2011. John was born on January 3, 1940 to Wayne A. and Erma M. Lodwig in Seneca, Kansas. On June 6, 1959, John married his sweetheart Linda Lee Lodwig, and they celebrated over 50 years of marriage together. John served both in the Kansas National...

Francis W. Blaufuss

Francis W. Blaufuss

Jan 10, 2011

Francis W. Blaufuss, age 89, of Westphalia, Kansas, passed away on Monday, January 10, 2011 at Kansas City Hospice House, Kansas City, Missouri, following complications from a stroke. Francis was born on February 10, 1921, at Westphalia, Kansas, the son of Ewald Henry and Anna (Hageman) Blaufuss. His mother passed away at his birth. Following the death of his mother,...

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