Recent Obituaries
Joseph Eric White
Oct 9, 2010
Joe White, age 33, of Roeland Park, Kansas, formerly of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Saturday, October 9, 2010. Joe was born on March 21, 1977, at Topeka, Kansas, the son of Eric White and Betty Gilpin. He grew up in Garnett, and graduated from Anderson County High School in 1995. Joe was a member of Anderson County Wrestling for...
Edwin Nord
Oct 8, 2010
Edwin J. "Ed" Nord, 90, of Iola, Kansas, died Friday, October 8, 2010 at his home. Ed was born June 3, 1920 at Milan, Missouri the son of Joseph Martin and Neville Sperry (McNeiley) Nord. He grew up in Utah until age 11 when the family returned to Milan. He attended Oak Grove Rural School and graduated from Milan High...
Maurice Samson
Oct 6, 2010
Maurice Albert "Al" Samson, Jr., 68, of Colony, Kansas, died Wednesday, October 6, 2010 at his home. Al was born February 14, 1942, at St. Albans, Vermont the son of Maurice Albert and Lucille (Benoit) Samson, Sr. He grew up at St. Albans where he graduated from Holy Angels Catholic High School. He served in the United States Air Force...
Richard Tomlinson
Oct 6, 2010
Dick Tomlinson, 81, of Iola, Kansas, died Wednesday, October 6, 2010 at the Allen County Hospital in Iola. He was born July 5, 1929 in Atchison, Kansas the son of Roy N. and Sylvia F. (Jackson) Tomlinson. Dick graduated from high school in Rushville, Missouri and then received an associate degree from Highland Junior College in Kansas. He taught school...
Sharon Trester
Oct 5, 2010
Sharon Kay Trester, 64, of LaHarpe, Kansas, died Tuesday, October 5, 2010 at her home. Sharon was born May 13, 1946 in Wichita, Kansas the daughter of Charles and Edith Lavon (Hudlin) Burkholder, Sr. She grew up in the Wichita area. Sharon married Glen Barnes and they lived in Wichita until moving to Iola in 1976 and to Cheney, Kansas...
Loraine Cleaver
Oct 5, 2010
Loraine Grimm Cleaver, 75, died early Tuesday morning, October 5, 2010, at his home near Geneva, Kansas, on the farm where he was born and raised. He was the only son of Glen Loraine Cleaver and Minnie Inez Grimm. Along with his younger sister Henrietta, he grew up working the family farm, enduring all of the hardships that came with...
Vernon Kyle
Oct 3, 2010
Vernon D. Kyle, age 55, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Sunday, October 3, 2010 at his home in Garnett. He was born on September 24, 1955, in Garnett, the son of Chester and Edna (Scates) Kyle. Vernon later moved to Moran, Kansas where he graduated from Moran High School in 1973. He joined the US Army 82nd Airborne division...
Mary Bass
Oct 3, 2010
Mary Ann Bass, 51, of Iola, Kansas, died Sunday, October 3, 2010 at Via Christi Regional Medical Center St. Francis Campus in Wichita, Kansas. Mary was born April 24, 1959 in Marshfield, Missouri the daughter of Joe and Mary Arline (Silkey) Vestal. She grew up in the Marshfield area where she started interior and exterior home painting. She returned to...
William Allen
Oct 2, 2010
William D. Allen, 85, of Iola, Kansas died early Saturday morning, October 2, 2010 at the Moran Manor. William was born September 27, 1925, in Longmont, Colorado to James and Helen (Stover) Allen. One of 14 children, he grew up in the Loveland, Colorado area. He served in the United States Army during World War II and in the National...
Eleanor Swanson
Sep 30, 2010
Eleanor Alvina Swanson, 91, of Gas, Kansas entered her heavenly home Thursday, September 30, 2010 at Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice in St. Francis Hospital in Wichita, Kansas. Eleanor was born November 29, 1918 in Boone County, Iowa the daughter of Charles and Minnie (Arhens) Hasstedt. She grew up in the Boone, Iowa area. On September 6, 1936, Eleanor married Leslie...
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
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
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
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
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
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,...
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...
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...
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
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...
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