Recent Obituaries
Raymond Hull
Apr 30, 2011
Raymond L. "Ray" Hull, 79, of rural Humboldt, Kansas, died Saturday, April 30, 2011, at Heritage Health Care in Chanute, Kansas. Ray was born April 14, 1932, at Great Bend, Kansas, the son of Calvin Leon and Mildred Marie (Felton) Hull. The family moved to Yates Center from Great Bend and Ray graduated from Yates Center High School in 1950....
Carol Guatney
Apr 29, 2011
Carol L. Guatney, 66, former Neosho Falls resident, now residing at Erie, Kansas, died Friday, April 29, 2011, at Neosho Memorial Regional Medical Center in Chanute, Kansas. Carol was born October 22, 1944, at Neosho Falls, Kansas, the daughter of Paul and Pearl Lena (Steele) Guatney. She attended school in Neosho Falls and when the school closed transferred to Iola...
Darrell Newkirk
Apr 29, 2011
Darrell Rex Newkirk, 78, of Humboldt, Kansas, died Friday, April 29, 2011, at Via Christi Regional Medical Center St. Francis Campus in Wichita, Kansas. Darrell was born February 3, 1933, in Hartford, Kansas, the son of Newell C. and Illas M. (Chrisman) Newkirk. He grew up in the Burlington area and served in the United States Air Force during the...
Daramis Montz
Apr 28, 2011
Daramis Steward Montz, 88, former Iola, Kansas, resident died April 28, 2011 in Lincoln, Nebraska. She was born October 24, 1922, in Iola, Kansas, the daughter of C. Dewey and Suzan R. (Page) Steward. She was the first child of seven. She graduated from Iola High School. Daramis married Orlen Pfeifer and he preceded her in death. She had lived...
Charles Augustine Wilper
Apr 26, 2011
Charles Augustine Wilper, age 88, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Tuesday, April 26, 2011 at the Olathe Medical Center in Olathe, Kansas. He was born on March 14, 1923, at Harris, Kansas, the son of Joseph H. and Mary I. (Scully) Wilper. Charles spent his lifetime on the family farm west of Harris. As a boy he attended #90...
Kathy Dougherty
Apr 26, 2011
Kathryn Trecel Dougherty, age 38, of Iola, Kansas, passed away on Tuesday, April 26, 2011, at Menorah Medical Center, Overland Park, Kansas. She was born on June 12, 1972, in Garnett, Kansas, the daughter of Elmer Tatsch and Paulette (Obermeier) Curry. Kathy grew up in Moran, moving to Iola in 1984. She graduated from Iola High School in 1990. Kathy...
Jan Allen Fagg
Apr 25, 2011
Jan Fagg, age 70, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Monday, April 25, 2011 at Olathe Medical Center, Olathe, Kansas. He was born on April 6, 1941, in Garnett, Kansas, the son of Herbert Bryant and Oma Leone (Lee) Fagg. He graduated from Garnett High School in 1959. Jan married Barbara Bentley in 1962; this union was blessed with four...
Dorothy Catherine Miller
Apr 25, 2011
Dorothy Miller, age 89, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away at Anderson County Hospital, Garnett. She was born on March 2, 1922, in Greeley, Kansas, the daughter of George F. and Hilda (Roeckers) Hart. While her family lived in Greeley she attended St. John's Grade School and later attended and graduated from the Silverdale School when her family moved to Richmond....
Laura Mead
Apr 25, 2011
Laura Mary Mead, 51, of Iola, Kansas, died Monday, April 25, 2011, at Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice in Wichita, Kansas. Laura was born December 21, 1959, in Denver, Colorado, the daughter of Conrad George and Rose Ellen (Cavanaugh) Heiman. The family moved from Denver to a farm west of Iola in 1971. Laura attended Iola High School. On March 17,...
Patricia Becker
Apr 25, 2011
Patricia Brown Becker, 66, of Humboldt, Kansas, passed away peacefully Monday, April 25, 2011, at Menorah Medical Center in Overland Park, after a brief illness. Born on January 24, 1945, in Tacoma, Washington, to Charles and Lucille (Golba) Brown of Mildred, Kansas, Pat grew up in Mildred graduating from Moran High School, Iola Junior College, and Kansas State Teachers College...
Connie L. Smerchek
Apr 24, 2011
Connie Lou Smerchek, age 74, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Sunday, April 24, 2011, at her home. She was born on May 29, 1936 in rural Lane, Kansas, the daughter of Chester and Aldana (Mills) Burkhead. Connie graduated from Garnett High School in 1954. On March 20, 1956, Connie was united in marriage to Carl Smerchek, at Oceanside, California....
Norma Richards
Apr 22, 2011
Norma Jean Richards, 75, of LaHarpe, Kansas, died Friday, April 22, 2011, at the Allen County Hospital in Iola. Norma was born November 21, 1935, in St. Clair County, Missouri, the daughter of Irus Clark and Julia Frances (Tucker) Wisner. She graduated from high school in Lowry, Missouri. She moved to Gas, Kansas. Norma married Kenneth L. Richards and they...
Dorthea Leigh
Apr 20, 2011
Dorthea Jean (Trout) Leigh, 86, of Iola, Kansas, passed away at 1:33 p.m. Wednesday, April 20, 2011, at her home, Tara Gardens in Iola. Dorthea was born December 18, 1924, in Iola, Kansas, the daughter of Walter H. and Barbara A. (Leibold) Trout. She grew up in Iola and graduated from Iola High School in 1943. On May 29, 1943,...
Kathryn Tanner
Apr 19, 2011
Kathryn I. (Rose) Tanner, 82, of Gas, Kansas, died Tuesday, April 19, 2011, at the Kansas City Hospice House. Kathryn was born April 27, 1928, at Fort Scott, Kansas, the daughter of Andrew J. and Veneta M. (Anderson) Rose. She grew up at Fort Scott. On June 22, 1945, Kathryn married Lloyd M. Tanner and they moved to Iola on...
Bernice E. Kittle
Apr 16, 2011
Bernice E. Kittle, age 82, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Saturday, April 16, 2011, at St. Luke's Plaza in Kansas City, Missouri. Bernice was born on February 3, 1929, at Scipio, Kansas, the daughter of Edmund and Caroline (Katzer) Miller. She attended Garnett High School and graduated in 1948. While in high school, she worked at Dott's Caf in...
Jerold Elliott
Apr 15, 2011
Jerold T. Elliott, Sr., 85, of Gas, Kansas, died Friday, April 15, 2011, at his home. Jerold was born November 24, 1925, at Erie, Kansas, the son of John Junior and Martha Ellen (Smith) Elliott. He grew up in the Neosho County area and served in the United States Navy during World War II. In 1953, Jerold married Mary Catherine...
Arliss Lyle Adams
Apr 14, 2011
Arliss Lyle Adams, age 77 of Kincaid, Kansas, passed away on Thursday, April 14, 2011, at the Allen County Hospital in Iola, Kansas. Arliss was born on April 5, 1934, in Kincaid, Kansas, the son of John Q. and Ada M. (Rogers) Adams. He attended Belleview Grade School, and graduated from Kincaid High School in 1952. On June 7, 1953...
Beverly Runninghorse
Apr 14, 2011
Beverly Runninghorse, age 72, of Presho, South Dakota, passed away April 14, 2011 at Midland Hospice House in Topeka, Kansas. She was born May 30, 1938, in Tripp County, South Dakota, the daughter of Jesse Runninghorse and Elsie (Greenwood) Mang. She grew up in Presho, South Dakota and attended St. Joseph Boarding School in Chamberlain, South Dakota. Beverly was an...
Barbara J. Deemer
Apr 13, 2011
Barbara J. Deemer, age 72, of Olathe, Kansas, passed away on Wednesday, April 13, 2011 at Via St. Francis, Olathe, Kansas. She was born June 28, 1938, in Wichita, Kansas, the daughter of Cecil Robert Griffith and Ester Ruth Chamberlin. Her childhood years were spent in Wichita. Barbara married Harold Deemer on December 16, 1955 in Orange, Texas. Their service...
Harold Lundine
Apr 10, 2011
Harold V. Lundine, 93, of Iola, Kansas, died Sunday, April 10, 2011, at Tara Gardens in Iola. Harold was born April 28, 1917, at Munich, North Dakota, the son of Henry and Josephine (Smith) Lundine. He grew up and attended school in Humboldt, Kansas. He went to Civilian Conservation Corp prior to serving four years with the United States Army...