Recent Obituaries
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
Dale Prather
Mar 3, 2011
Raleigh Dale Prather, 75, former LaHarpe, Kansas, resident, died Thursday, March 3, 2011, at Homestead of Auburn Assisted Living in Auburn, Kansas. Dale was born January 11, 1936, at Sulphur Springs, Arkansas, the son of Mose Alfred and Mary Marie (Harris) Prather. He moved to LaHarpe with his family where he grew up. He married Patricia Swanson and they divorced...
Pearl M. Howerton
Mar 1, 2011
Pearl M. Howerton, age 95, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Tuesday, March 1, 2011 at Golden Heights Living Center in Garnett. Pearl was born August 9, 1915, on a farm near Blue Mound in Linn County, Kansas, the daughter of Fred and Ethel (Allen) Gerstenberger. She attended Blue Mound schools and graduated with the Class of 1933 from Blue...
Tina Hodo
Feb 27, 2011
Tina Marie Hodo, 46, of LaHarpe, Kansas, died Sunday, February 27, 2011, at her home in LaHarpe. Tina was born May 27, 1964, in Kansas City, Missouri, the daughter of Ben and Paula (Beyer) Greenlee, Sr. She grew up in Kansas City and worked several years for the Internal Revenue Service. On February 4, 1994, Tina married Andrew J. Hodo...
Pamela Hutton
Feb 26, 2011
Pamela Mae "Pam" Hutton, 26, of Gas, Kansas, passed away on Saturday, February 26, 2011. Pam was born October 17, 1984, in Iola, Kansas, the daughter of Keith Ray and Gloria Jeanette (Budd) Beeman. She grew up on the family farm southeast of Humboldt. She graduated from Humboldt High School in 2003 where she participated in flag corp, FCCLA and...
Orva Bland
Feb 25, 2011
Orva M. Bland, Sr., 82, of Iola, Kansas, died Friday, February 25, 2011, at the Allen County Hospital in Iola. Orva was born April 16, 1928, in Topeka, Kansas, the son of William M. and Gladys (Richmond) Bland. When he was still a baby the family moved to LeRoy, Kansas where he grew up. He served with the United States...
Mary Jayna' Crawford
Feb 24, 2011
Mary Jayna Crawford, age 53, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Thursday, February 24, 2011. She was born on May 15, 1957 at Concordia, Kansas, the daughter of Henry and Virgie (Reid) Baldwin. She graduated from Clyde High School. Mary attended Friends University and Cloud County Community College, receiving an Associate's Degree. Mary was united in marriage to Ron Crawford...
Kenneth L. Hyde
Feb 21, 2011
Kenneth Hyde, age 80, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Monday, February 21, 2011, at St. Luke's South in Overland Park, Kansas. He was born on May 18, 1930, in Newark Valley, New York, the son of Homer Lee and Claire Alberta (Snyder) Hyde. Kenneth graduated from Candor High School, entering into the United States Air Force serving for four...
Joseph Robert
Feb 20, 2011
Joseph Alfred "Red" Robert, 69, of Iola, Kansas, died Sunday, February 20, 2011, at his home. Red was born January 12, 1942, at North Adams, Massachusetts, the son of Roland J. and Rose A. (Fournier) Robert. He grew up in Ramona, California, where he graduated from Ramona High School in 1959. He joined the United States Air Force that same...
Leonard South
Feb 20, 2011
Leonard E. South, 78, of rural Iola, Kansas, died Sunday, February 20, 2011, at his home. Leonard was born March 20, 1932, at Goodland, Kansas, the son of Freeman Earl and Gladys Myrtle (Brumit) South. The family moved from Goodland to LaJunta, Colorado when Leonard was 3. He attended LaJunta schools and helped his father with his trucking business. On...
Harry Reed
Feb 19, 2011
Harry Norman Reed, 101 years and 8 months, passed away, Saturday, February 19, 2011 at his daughter, Mary's, home in Centerville, Kansas. Harry was born May 22, 1909 near Eureka, Kansas, the son of Alonzo and Kate (Spivey) Reed. He grew up in Greenwood County. At the age of 17 he worked on the first Phillips oil refinery in Texas....
Laura Coltrane
Feb 18, 2011
Laura Kaye Coltrane, 25, of rural Humboldt, Kansas, died Friday, February 18, 2011, at Olathe, Kansas. Laura was born August 19, 1985, in Iola, Kansas, the daughter of Douglas Arthur and Cheryl Ann (South) Coltrane. She grew up on the family farm northeast of Humboldt. In 2003, Laura graduated from Humboldt High School with a 4.0 grade average. She continued...
Ennis Seigel
Feb 14, 2011
Ennis (Blohm) Seigel, 80, of Iola, Kansas, died Monday, February 14, 2011, at the Allen County Hospital in Iola. Ennis was born November 7, 1930, at Humboldt, Kansas, the daughter of James Coy and Ellen Ollie (Moody) Aggers. She grew up in the Humboldt and Neosho Falls areas. In 1947, Ennis married Ray Blohm and they made their home in...
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