Recent Obituaries
Howard Tidd
Apr 9, 2011
Howard James Tidd, 81, of rural Iola, Kansas, died Saturday, April 9, 2011, at Windsor Place Nursing Center in Iola. Howard was born April 24, 1929, at Neosho Falls, Kansas, the son of Frank and Elizabeth (Diebolt) Tidd. He grew up in the Neosho Falls area and served in the United States Army during the Korean Conflict. On July 6,...
Gary Smith
Apr 6, 2011
Gary Ambrose Smith, 69, of Iola, Kansas, died Wednesday, April 6, 2011, at his home. Gary was born January 10, 1942, in Iola, Kansas, the son of Ambrose John and Rachel R. (Kraus) Smith. He graduated from Iola High School in 1960. Gary married Stonna Zyskowski and they later divorced. He worked for the City of Iola 31 years and...
Marita Scimeca DR
Apr 5, 2011
Dr. Marita Lenski Scimeca, M.D., 86, of Olathe, Kansas, died Tuesday, April 5, 2011, at Evergreen Community of Johnson County in Olathe. Dr. Scimeca was born December 28, 1924, in Gas, Kansas at St. John's Hospital the daughter of Dr. Frank X. and Mary L. (O'Grady) Lenski, Sr. She graduated from the University of Kansas in 1947 and from the...
Ronald A. Miller
Apr 2, 2011
Ronald A. Miller, age 64, of Garnett, Kansas passed away, Saturday, April 2, 2011 at his home. He was born February 9, 1947 at Garnett, the son of Clyde and Eileen (Hermreck) Miller. Ron grew up in Garnett, attending Holy Angels School and Garnett High School, graduating in 1965. He the attended Kansas State University for one year before returning...
Edward T. "Tim" Harrington
Apr 1, 2011
Edward T. "Tim" Harrington Jr., age 53, of Colony, Kansas passed away Friday, April 1, 2011 at the St. Francis Via Christi Hospital, Wichita, Kansas. He was born December 19, 1957 at Iola, Kansas, the son of Edward T. and Ida Lovetra (Gray) Harrington. Tim grew up in Colony, attending school there, graduating from Crest High School. Following school Tim...
Harold Yokum
Mar 30, 2011
Harold D. Yokum, 90, of Iola, Kansas, died Wednesday, March 30, 2011, at Iola Nursing Center. Harold was born May 4, 1920, at Colony, Kansas, the son of Ernst D. and Nelle Mary (Hoffmeier) Yokum. He graduated from Colony High School in 1938 and attended Kansas State University before joining the military. On November 10, 1943, Harold married Betty I....
Carol Brower
Mar 30, 2011
Carol Beth Adams Bishop Brower, 81, of Iola, Kansas, passed away Wednesday, March 30, 2011, at Windsor Place Nursing Center in Iola. She was born on the family farm a mile south of Carlyle October 8, 1929, the daughter of Elmer E. and Lydia (Dreyer) Adams. She attended the North Maple Grove grade school for seven years and the Iola...
Edward King
Mar 26, 2011
Edward Joseph "Ed" King, 85, of rural Piqua, Kansas, died Saturday, March 26, 2011, at the Kansas Heart Hospital in Wichita, Kansas. Ed was born January 7, 1926, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, the son of John F. and Lillian G. (Eckroat) King. He grew up and attended school in the Oklahoma City area. At the age of 18, he moved...
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...