Recent Obituaries
Raymond J. Rockers
Aug 20, 2011
Raymond J. Rockers, age 83, of Greeley, Kansas, passed away on Saturday, August 20, 2011, at his home. He was born on January 6, 1928, at Greeley, Kansas, the son of Edward and Lena (Wolken) Rockers. He attended schools in the Richmond area, graduating from Richmond High School. Raymond served in the U.S. Army from October 1950 to October of...
Lucile Stratton
Aug 19, 2011
Lucile Stratton, 95, formerly of Iola, Kansas, died Friday, August 19, 2011, at John Knox Village in Lee's Summit, Missouri. Lucile was born June 23, 1916, in Iola, Kansas, the daughter of George S. and Susie (McCarty) Stratton. She graduated from Iola High School, Allen County Community College, the University of Kansas with a B.S. degree in Liberal Arts, and...
Kenneth Walls
Aug 16, 2011
Kenneth E. "Duke" Walls, Sr., 78, of Iola, Kansas, died Tuesday, August 16, 2011, at Tulsa Nursing Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Kenneth was born March 25, 1933, in Iola, Kansas, the son of Fon L. and Bessie J. (Hill) Walls. He grew up and attended school in Iola. He married Nancy J. Allison and has made his home in Iola...
Herman A. Nilges
Aug 15, 2011
Herman A. Nilges, age 85, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Monday, August 15, 2011, at St. Luke's South Hospital in Overland Park, Kansas. Herman was born on July 28, 1926, in Anderson County, Kansas, near Scipio, the son of Samuel and Mary (Peine) Nilges. He grew up and attended school in Anderson County, living all of his life except...
Donna Gerdsen
Aug 13, 2011
Donna Gerdsen, 69, of Iola, Kansas, died Saturday, August 13, 2011, at Victoria Falls in Andover, Kansas. Donna was born August 17, 1941, in Harrison County, Missouri, the daughter of Thomas G. and Edith Catherine (Carson) Johns. She grew up in Humboldt where she graduated from Humboldt High School in 1959. On September 1, 1962, Donna married Clyde E. Gerdsen...
Ethel Fern Wagoner
Aug 11, 2011
Ethel Fern (Boyd) Wagoner, age 99, Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Thursday, August 11, 2011, at the Anderson County Hospital Long Term Care Facility in Garnett. She was born on March 30, 1912, near Beatrice, Nebraska, the daughter of Ernest and Alice (Riffey) Boyd. Her family moved near Sawyer, Kansas when she was 4 years old, and she attended school...
Jerome Wille
Aug 10, 2011
Jerome Joseph "Jody" Wille, Jr., 71, of Iola, Kansas, died Wednesday, August 10, 2011, at the Allen County Hospital in Iola. Jody was born October 23, 1939, in Iola, Kansas, the son of Jerome J. "Jerry" and Virginia M. (Shaefer) Wille. He grew up in Iola and Yates Center and graduated from Yates Center High School. He has made his...
George Tinsley
Aug 6, 2011
George Tinsley, age 91, formerly of Welda, Kansas, passed away on Saturday, August 6, 2011 at his home in Checotah, Oklahoma. He was born January 11, 1920, in a farm north of Moran, Kansas, the son of John and Clara (Donaldson) Tinsley. He graduated from Welda High School with the Class of 1939. George entered the Army Air Corps in...
Heidi Betts
Aug 5, 2011
Heidi Betts, age 39, passed away on Friday, August 5, 2011, at the Anderson County Hospital in Garnett. She was born on January 28, 1972, in Salina, Kansas, the daughter of William Everett Betts and Mary Lou (Barber) Durr. She lived in Milwaukie, Oregon for ten years, attending grade school and high school there. Her family moved to Topeka in...
Kathleen Garner
Aug 5, 2011
Emma Kathleen "Ducky" Garner, 77, of Iola, Kansas, died Friday, August 5, 2011, at the Allen County Hospital in Iola. Kathleen was born January 16, 1934, in Iola, Kansas, the daughter of William H.Newman and Faye (Coker) Newman Gardenhire. She grew up in Iola and attended the Iola schools. On December 25, 1949, Kathleen married Vernon H. "Red" Garner, Jr....
Elsie Bruenger
Aug 5, 2011
Elsie M. Bruenger, 89, of Humboldt, Kansas, died Friday, August 5, 2011, at Neosho Memorial Regional Medical Center in Chanute, Kansas. Elsie was born February 1, 1922, on the family farm east of Humboldt, Kansas, the daughter of Louis Fred and Agnes Margaret (Mueller) Bruenger. Until her health failed, she resided on the same family farm all of her life....
Marjorie Pruitt
Aug 5, 2011
Marjorie Lois Pruitt, 87, of Iola, Kansas, died Friday, August 5, 2011 at Fountain Villa in Iola, where she has resided for the past eleven years. Marjorie was born August 15, 1923, in Iola, Kansas, the daughter of Jackson Leroy and Edith J. (Sanders) Sigler. She grew up in Iola and on January 11, 1941, she married Lonnie Pruitt. They...
Pauline Bruch
Aug 2, 2011
Julia Pauline Bruch, age 98, of Paola, Kansas, passed away on Tuesday, August 2, 2011, at the North Point Nursing Home in Paola, Kansas. Pauline was born on April 13, 1913, in Diamond, Missouri, the only child of Charles Ezra and Clara Lee (Love) Schults. She lived with her family moving around southern Missouri until her marriage. She worked at...
Devlin Meats
Jul 31, 2011
Devlin Charles Meats, 4 day old son of Ben A. Meats and Krissy M. Brubaker of Moran, Kansas, died Sunday, July 31, 2011, at the Overland Park Regional Medical Center in Overland Park, Kansas. Devlin was born Wednesday, July 27, 2011, in Iola, Kansas. SURVIVORS: His Parents: Ben A. Meats and Krissy M. Brubaker of Moran, KS Sister: Isabella Shultz,...
Imogene Brubaker
Jul 26, 2011
Virginia Imogene Brubaker, age 93, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Tuesday, July 26, 2011, at the Anderson County Hospital in Garnett. She was born on July 8, 1918, near Sawyer, Kansas, the daughter of Elijah Harry and Inez (Flory) Wray. Imogene married Elmer James Brubaker on December 23, 1935 in Fairview, Oklahoma. She is survived by three sons, Loren...
John Jesmore
Jul 26, 2011
John David Jesmore, age 51, a resident of Iola Nursing Center in Iola, Kansas, died Tuesday, July 26, 2011, at the Allen County Hospital in Iola. John was born November 4, 1959, at Olathe, Kansas, the son of David L. and Nancy (Kelly) Jesmore. He graduated from Shawnee Mission Northwest High School. John has been a resident at Guest Home...
Betty Kilby
Jul 24, 2011
Betty Jo Kilby, 86, of Iola, Kansas, died Sunday, July 24, 2011, at her home. Betty Jo was born July 2, 1925, at Yates Center, Kansas, the daughter of Julius W. and Elizabeth M. (Hamilton) Linde. She graduated from Yates Center High School in 1943. On January 25, 1945, Betty Jo married James A. Kilby, Jr. and they made their...
Clarence Hydorn
Jul 21, 2011
Clarence Marvin (Tuffy) Hydorn, 77, of Iola, Kansas, died Thursday, July 21, 2011, at his home. Clarence was born October 20, 1933, at Garnett, Kansas, the son of Pete and Edna (Harper) Hydorn. He served in the United States Army from 1953 to 1955 and served in the Kansas Army National Guard for many years. On December 18, 1954, Clarence...
Lulu Belle Nixon
Jul 21, 2011
Lulu Belle Nixon, age 57, of rural Bush City, Kansas, passed away on Thursday, July 21, 2011, at the Anderson County Hospital in Garnett, Kansas. Lulu was born on April 23, 1954, at Newton, Kansas, the daughter of Clarence Franklin and Virginia Lee (Seeney) Hudson. She grew up in Emporia, Kansas and graduated from Emporia High School. She was united...
Hal L. Cook
Jul 19, 2011
Hal L. Cook, age 83, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Tuesday, July 19, 2011, at his home. He was born on August 1, 1927, in Jasper County, Missouri, the son of Cheslea A. and Ina Marie (Rosebrough) Cook. He grew up in the area, attending Sarcoxie High School. Hal was united in marriage to Loris Stewart on June 4,...