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Linda Trainor

Linda Trainor

Sep 28, 2010

Linda Mae Trainor, 52, of Iola, Kansas died Tuesday, September 28, 2010 at her home. Linda was born October 8, 1957, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania the daughter of Daniel and Yvonne (Cook) Kelly. She grew up in New Jersey. On July 20, 1974 Linda married Michael Trainor at St. Thomas Aquinas Church in Croydon, Pennsylvania. They made their home in New...

George Meiwes

George Meiwes

Sep 27, 2010

George Joseph Meiwes, 83, of rural Moran, Kansas, died Monday, September 27, 2010, at his home. George was born May 19, 1927, in rural Okarche, Oklahoma the son of Steve and Margaret Ann (Rausch) Meiwes. He grew up in the Canadian County, Oklahoma area. On October 7, 1947, George married Gertrude E. Lagaly in St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Union...

Doris Conger

Doris Conger

Sep 26, 2010

Doris Eileen Conger, 92, of Iola, Kansas, died Sunday, September 26, 2010 at the Allen County Hospital in Iola. Doris was born March 25, 1918, in Iola, Kansas, the daughter of James Harlen and Ella (Stroup) Atkins. She grew up in Iola. On August 14, 1935, Doris married Kenneth E. (Gene) Conger in Iola. They made their home in Iola...

Ofelia Cannon

Ofelia Cannon

Sep 20, 2010

Ofelia Dolores (Dee) Cannon, 74, of Shawnee, Kansas, formerly of Iola and Garnett, died Monday, September 20, 2010 at her home. She was born January 16, 1936, in Iola, Kansas, the daughter of Joe and Maria Mercedes (Arambula) Ornelas. She grew up in Iola where she graduated from St. John's School and from Iola High School in 1954. Dee attended...

Pauline Hill

Pauline Hill

Sep 20, 2010

Helen Pauline Hill, 76, of Iola, Kansas, died Monday, September 20, 2010, at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita, Kansas. Pauline was born September 13, 1934 in rural Elsmore, Kansas the daughter of Lawrence P. and Geneva P. (Zornes) Anderson. She graduated from Iola High School. On July 4, 1952, Pauline married LeRoy V. Hill and they made their home in...

Donna Sue Colvin

Donna Sue Colvin

Sep 18, 2010

Donna S. Colvin, age 72, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away Saturday, September 18, 2010 at the Kansas City Hospice House. Donna was born February 26, 1938 at Prescott, Kansas, the daughter of Ray and Inez (Bright) Odell. She grew up in Prescott, graduating from high school there in 1955. She married Carl Colvin on September 3, 1956 at Kansas City,...

Thelma Morrow

Thelma Morrow

Sep 18, 2010

Thelma G. Morrow, 78, of LaHarpe, Kansas, died Saturday, September 18, 2010 at her home after an extended illness. Thelma was born April 1, 1932 in rural Redfield, Kansas the daughter of Ernest Benton and Emma C. (Green) Brown. She grew up in LaHarpe and graduated from Elsmore High School where she attended her senior year. She married LG Garrison...

Helen Marie Burns

Helen Marie Burns

Sep 18, 2010

Helen Marie Burns, age 71, of Wichita, passed away Saturday, September 18, 2010 at Wesley Hospital, Wichita. Helen was born December 7, 1938 at Kincaid, Kansas, the daughter of Norman and Ida (Worthington) Henry. She grew up in Garnett, graduating from the Garnett High School in 1958. Following high school she lived in Garnett, Ottawa, and Osawatomie before moving to...

James Miller

James Miller

Sep 13, 2010

James Graham "Jim" Miller, 80, of rural Iola, Kansas, died Monday, September 13, 2010, at the Allen County Hospital in Iola. Jim was born February 3, 1930, in Iola, the son of Milow D. and Ethel (Graham) Miller. He grew up at Greenwood County near Virgil and Lamont where his father worked the oil fields. He graduated from Lamont High...

Richard Wayne Jones

Richard Wayne Jones

Sep 12, 2010

Richard Wayne "Ricky" Jones, age 20, of Iola, Kansas, passed away on Sunday, September 12, 2010, as the result of a truck accident. He was born on May 2, 1990, at the Anderson County Hospital in Garnett, Kansas, the son of Kenneth and Debbie (Kratzberg) Jones. Ricky grew up in Iola, living most of his life there. He attended Iola...

Mary Langton

Mary Langton

Sep 9, 2010

Mary Jean Langton, 53, of Moran, Kansas, died Thursday, September 9, 2010 at Neosho Memorial Regional Medical Center in Chanute, Kansas. Mary Jean was born July 8, 1957, at Yates Center, Kansas, the daughter of Tommy Kenneth "Buck" and Verle M. (Williams) Rhodes. She grew up and attended school at Cherryvale, Kansas where she participated in scouts, 4-H and played...

Lola Turley

Lola Turley

Sep 8, 2010

Lola Jean Turley, 82, of Kansas City, Kansas, formerly of Iola, died Wednesday, September 8, 2010, at the Kansas City Hospice House. Lola Jean was born March 12, 1928, at Colony, Kansas, the daughter of George and Ella Louise (Keyser) Cline. She graduated from Iola High School where she was the lettergirl "I" in the marching band. She worked for...

Lorieta Long

Lorieta Long

Sep 6, 2010

Lorieta H. Long, 80, of Humboldt, Kansas, died Monday, September 6, 2010, at Pinecrest Nursing Home in Humboldt. Lorieta was born March 10, 1930 on the family farm east of Humboldt the daughter of Arthur and Lucile Daisy (Bale) Elliott. She grew up on the farm. On October 4, 1947, Lorieta married Harvey Mueller in Iola, Kansas, and they made...

Woodrow W. Hardesty

Woodrow W. Hardesty

Sep 5, 2010

Woodrow Wilborn Hardesty, an American Patriot, entered the pages of history on the 5th of September 2010 at Anderson County Hospital, Long Term Care in Garnett, Kansas. Woody, as he was called his whole life, passed away peacefully of natural causes. Born May 29th, 1917 in Eldorado, Illinois, he was the son of the late Dr. John F. Hardesty and...

Edith Hetzel

Edith Hetzel

Sep 2, 2010

COLONY - Edith Louise (Ten Eyck) Hetzel, 94, died Thursday, September 2, 2010 in Wichita, Kansas. Mrs. Hetzel was a high school English, speech and drama teacher, and a school librarian. She is remembered for her fine speech and drama programs. She retired from Crest High School, Colony, in 1981. She was born March 22, 1916 in Marseilles, IL, the...

Loyd C. Burcham

Loyd C. Burcham

Sep 2, 2010

Lt. Col. Loyd C. Burcham, age 89, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Thursday, September 2, 2010, at Golden Heights in Garnett, Kansas. Loyd was born on February 15, 1921, at Hamilton, Missouri, the son of Byrd C. and Julia O. (Mayes) Burcham. He was the third of seven children. He grew up on farms in Linn County, Kansas, and...

Stanley Tawney

Stanley Tawney

Aug 28, 2010

Stanley Dean Tawney, 57, of Iola, Kansas, died Saturday, August 28, 2010, at Manor Care in Overland Park, Kansas. Stanley was born October 13, 1952 in Iola, Kansas the son of Murry A. and Betty Jo (Robb) Tawney. He grew up at LaHarpe and Iola and graduated from Iola High School in 1971. He has worked for Haldex in Iola...

Juanita Crouthers

Juanita Crouthers

Aug 27, 2010

Juanita V. Crouthers, 81, of Iola, Kansas, died Friday, August 27, 2010, at the Allen County Hospital. Juanita was born September 28, 1928, in Allen County, Kansas, the daughter of Rudolph Fred and Ellen Florence (Smoot) Scheer. She attended school in Gas City. On June 20, 1952, Juanita married Paul E. Crouthers and they made their home in Iola. She...

Larry Korte

Larry Korte

Aug 27, 2010

Larry Edward Korte, 59, of rural Iola, Kansas, died Friday, August 27, 2010, following a farm accident. Larry was born March 5, 1951, at Emporia, Kansas, the son of John Henry and Margaret Rose (Burenheide) Korte. He grew up on the family farm northeast of Humboldt. He attended Zillah Grade School and graduated from Humboldt High School in 1969. On...

Dorothy Fern Holloman

Dorothy Fern Holloman

Aug 26, 2010

Dorothy F. Holloman, age 81, of Centerville, Kansas, passed away on Thursday, August 26, 2010, at the Olathe Medical Center in Olathe, Kansas. Dorothy was born on April 16, 1929, at Cadmus, Kansas, the daughter of Robert and Addie (Carpenter) Barkley. She graduated from Parker High School in 1947. She was united in marriage to Roy Holloman on December 26,...

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