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Elbert Ray Hayes

Elbert Ray Hayes

Mar 23, 2011

Elbert Hayes, age 97, of Rialto, California, formerly Bronson, Kansas, passed away on Wednesday, March 23, 2011 at Kindred Hospital in Ontario, California. Elbert was born July 1, 1913, in Bronson, Kansas, the son of Leroy David and Alice Mabel (Spragg) Hayes. He was raised on Park Lawn Farm northeast of Bronson. He was united in marriage to Helen G....

Kathryn Hammond

Kathryn Hammond

Mar 22, 2011

Kathryn L. Hammond, 77, of Moran, Kansas, died Tuesday, March 22, 2011, at Chanute Healthcare Center in Chanute, Kansas. Kathryn was born August 20, 1933, at Elsmore, Kansas, the daughter of William Leon and Gertrude Mae (Rawlings) Mechnig. She grew up at Elsmore until the family moved to a farm at Westphalia. Kathryn married Raymond Lloyd Hammond in June of...

Archie Hoel

Archie Hoel

Mar 21, 2011

Archie Eugene Hoel, age 84, of Colony, Kansas, passed away on Monday, March 21, 2011, at Richmond HealthCare, Richmond, Kansas. Gene was born on December 12, 1926, in Burden, Kansas, the son of Earl and Charlotte (Croft) Hoel. He graduated from Colony High School in 1944 and joined the Merchant Marines in December 1944 until January 1947. He married Barbara...

Violet Lee

Violet Lee

Mar 18, 2011

Violet Opal Lee, 93, of LaHarpe, Kansas, died Friday, March 18, 2011, at Windsor Place Nursing Center in Iola, Kansas. Violet was born December 16, 1917, in Ellsinore, Missouri, the daughter of Miles Berry and Nettie Burlington (Rodgers) Raymer. She grew up in Ellsinore and East St. Louis, Illinois. On January 30, 1938, Violet married Harry Jameson Lee, Sr. in...

Jon Marc Covault

Jon Marc Covault

Mar 18, 2011

Jon Covault, age 53, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Friday, March 18, 2011, at his home in Garnett. Jon was born on October 13, 1957, at Humboldt, Nebraska, the son of Delmar and Jeannette (Howarth) Covault. He grew up on a dairy farm near Pawnee City, Nebraska. Jon attended school at Table Rock, graduating high school there, 1976. He...

Robert Dale Hunsperger

Robert Dale Hunsperger

Mar 17, 2011

Robert Dale Hunsperger, age 72, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Thursday, March 17, 2011 at Richmond Healthcare in Richmond, Kansas. Robert was born on April 28, 1938, at Osawatomie, Kansas, the son of Orville and Ethel (Hastings) Hunsperger. He grew up in the Osawatomie area, graduating from Osawatomie High School. He was united in marriage to Virginia (Geiger) Robertson...

Beulah Heller

Beulah Heller

Mar 17, 2011

Beulah Mae Heller, 95, of Humboldt, Kansas, died Thursday, March 17, 2011, at Pinecrest Nursing Home in Humboldt. Beulah was born June 24, 1915, in Independence, Kansas, the daughter of George Myron and Nona Iola (Freiermuth) Burtnett. She grew up in Iola and graduated from Iola High School in 1933. On August 12, 1935, Beulah married Frank P. Heller in...

Tammy Sue Hughes

Tammy Sue Hughes

Mar 17, 2011

Tammy Sue Hughes, age 45, of Elsmore, Kansas passed away, Thursday, March 17, 2011 as the result of a car accident near Humboldt, Kansas. Tammy was born January 2, 1966 at Bremen, Indiana the daughter of Charles and Sharon (Denslow) Leckrone. She spent her early years in Simi Valley, California. In 1974 her family moved to Savonburg, Kansas. She graduated...

Marjorie Frances Ahring

Marjorie Frances Ahring

Mar 12, 2011

Marjorie Ahring, age 90, passed away on Saturday, March 12, 2011 at Golden Heights Living Center, Garnett. Marjorie Frances Bartlett was born on June 23, 1920, at Richmond, Kansas, the daughter of Benjamin Riley and Florence Grace (Taylor) Bartlett. She attended Richmond Grade School and High School. Marjorie became a member of the Richmond Methodist Church as a young girl....

Larry Calahan

Larry Calahan

Mar 12, 2011

Larry A. Calahan, 63, of Iola, Kansas, died Saturday, March 12, 2011, at his home. Larry was born March 9, 1948, on a farm near Colony, Kansas, the son of Rex and Tena (Runnells) Calahan. He graduated from Kincaid High School in 1966 and served in the United States Air Force during the Vietnam War. Larry worked as an area...

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...

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