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Rosita Mae Petree

Rosita Mae Petree

Jun 25, 2010

Rosita Mae Croner Petree, age 73, of Moran, Kansas passed away Friday, June 25, 2010 at the Allen County Hospital, Iola, Kansas. She was born September 21, 1936 at Gridley, Kansas, the daughter of Jesse and Ada (Rooney) Croner. Rosita grew up in the Westphalia area. She married Robert Kelley in 1951, they had two children. They later divorced. She...

Rosella Hillbrant

Rosella Hillbrant

Jun 23, 2010

Rosella M'Lee Hillbrant, 74, of Iola, Kansas, died Wednesday, June 23, 2010, at the Allen County Hospital. Rosella was born December 9, 1935, in Stark, Kansas the daughter of O.M. and Elma (McCormick) Dunham. She graduated from Grant High School in Stark in 1953. She then graduated from Neosho County Community College and Pittsburg State University with a degree in...

Samuel W. Stockton

Samuel W. Stockton

Jun 23, 2010

Samuel W. Stockton, age 97, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Wednesday, June 23, 2010, at Golden Heights in Garnett. Sam was born on September 18, 1912, at Mirabel, Missouri the son of Wilbur Eugene "Gene" and Ola (Andrews) Stockton. Sam grew up in Paola, Fort Scott and Garnett. His family moved to Garnett in 1921. He was united in...

Melvin Maley

Melvin Maley

Jun 21, 2010

Melvin Lavern "Bud" Maley, 73, of Iola, Kansas, died Monday, June 21, 2010, at Windsor Place Nursing Center in Iola. Bud was born December 9, 1936, on the family farm three miles south of Gas City the son of Glenn C. and Florence A. (Crowell) Maley. He made his home with his parents and helped with the farm. After their...

George Earl Croan

George Earl Croan

Jun 21, 2010

George Earl Croan, age 72, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Monday, June 21, 2010, at the Anderson County Long Term Care Facility, Garnett, Kansas. He was born on December 25, 1937 in Centerville, Kansas, the son of George Franklin and Mae Amanda (Cass) Croan. George graduated from the Kincaid High School in Kincaid, Kansas, and served in the United...

Pat Neville

Pat Neville

Jun 20, 2010

Patricia "Pat" Neville, 82, of Neosho Falls, Kansas, died Sunday, June 20, 2010, at her home after a battle with cancer. Pat was born December 10, 1927, to Lebor and Mary (Lampe) Mies of Andale, Kansas. Pat was the oldest child of nine. She grew up in the Andale area. On May 26, 1948, Pat married Cletus J. Neville at...

Raymond Pollman

Raymond Pollman

Jun 20, 2010

Raymond George Pollman, 92, of Humboldt, Kansas, died Sunday, June 20, 2010, at Heritage Health Care Center in Chanute, Kansas. Raymond was born December 13, 1917, in Butler County near Leon, Kansas, the son of Charles and Susie (Singleton) Pollman. He grew up on a farm in Woodson County. On January 27, 1943, Raymond married Frances Marie Kinney at the...

Louis Henry Egidy

Louis Henry Egidy

Jun 20, 2010

Louis Egidy, age 94, of Greeley, KS, passed away on Sunday, June 20, 2010 at his home. He was born on January 30, 1916 in Greeley, Kansas, the son of Adolph and Josephine (Kratzberg) Egidy. Louis joined the United States Army during WWII from 1942 to 1945. He served at the Battle of the Bulge. Louis married Etta Setter on...

Tracy Vest

Tracy Vest

Jun 19, 2010

Tracy Lynn Vest, 40, of LaHarpe, Kansas, died Saturday, June 19, 2010 as a result of an automobile accident north of Humboldt, Kansas. Tracy was born January 15, 1970, in Iola, Kansas, the daughter of Dale Dean and Joyce A. (Hydorn) Waddell. She graduated from Iola High School and Allen Community College. On June 22, 1990, Tracy married Tim Vest...

Delbert Manson

Delbert Manson

Jun 17, 2010

Delbert Manson, age 72, of Pittsburg, Kansas, formerly of McCune, Kansas passed away Thursday, June 17, 2010 at the St. John's Regional Medical Center, Joplin, Missouri. Delbert was born August 31, 1937 at Savonburg, Kansas, the son of Elmer and Bertha (Foster) Manson. He grew up in the Savonburg area and attended school at Elsmore. Delbert was a farmer in...

Jeanetta Womack

Jeanetta Womack

Jun 15, 2010

Jeanetta Marie Womack, 82, of Bowling Green, Kentucky died Tuesday, June 15, 2010 at her home. The Riley, Kansas native was born May 19, 1928, a daughter of the late Alfred Beck and Evelyn Beck. She was preceded in death by her husband, Richard Rex Womack and a brother, Alfred Beck, Jr. She was a homemaker, mother and grandmother and...

Shirley McGrew

Shirley McGrew

Jun 15, 2010

Shirley P. McGrew, 81, of Iola, Kansas, died Tuesday, June 15, 2010 at Windsor Place Nursing Center in Iola. Shirley was born September 21, 1928, at Iola, Kansas, the daughter of Paul and Imo (Burger) Wright. She grew up in Iola and graduated from Iola High School in 1946. On February 10, 1951, Shirley married Jack L. McGrew in Iola...

Darrell A. "Rick" Rickabaugh

Darrell A. "Rick" Rickabaugh

Jun 14, 2010

Darrell A. "Rick" Rickabaugh, age 74, of Greeley, Kansas, passed away on Monday, June 14, 2010, at his home. Rick was born on June 30, 1935, at Redding, Kansas, the son of Joe Arch and Josephine P. (Blum) Rickabaugh. He graduated from Greeley High School in 1951. Rick served in the U.S. Army from April 1958 to March 1960. He...

Donald James Cooper

Donald James Cooper

Jun 14, 2010

Donald James Cooper, age 72, of Centerville, Kansas, passed away on Monday, June 14, 2010 at his home. Donald was born on May 7, 1938, in Miami County, Kansas, the son of John Frank Cooper Jr. and Elsie Mae (Creager) Cooper. He attended Fontana schools, spending his childhood in the Fontana and Paola area. Donald entered the United States Navy...

Maxine Adams

Maxine Adams

Jun 13, 2010

Opal Maxine Adams, age 88, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Sunday, June 13, 2010, at the Anderson County Hospital Long Term Care Facility in Garnett, Kansas. She was born on October 6, 1921, in the Burns Community, Polk County, Missouri near Bolivar, the daughter of Fred Olin and Loah Claud (McReynolds) Abel. She attended area schools before graduating high...

Glenda Jones

Glenda Jones

Jun 12, 2010

Glenda Irene Jones, 61, of rural Iola, Kansas, died Saturday, June 12, 2010 at her home. Glenda was born July 5, 1948, in Iola, the daughter of Glen and Marguerite (Creason) Carter. After graduating from Iola High School she attended cosmetology school in Iola. She worked as a beautician until going back to school. She received her training in Chanute...

Glen E. Wills

Glen E. Wills

Jun 11, 2010

Glen E. Wills, age 54, of Champaign, Illinois, passed away on Friday, June 11, 2010, at Champaign, Illinois. Glen was born on December 3, 1955, at Garnett, Kansas, the son of Cleo Edward and Vera (Parks) Wills. He graduated from Garnett High School with the Class of 1974. After graduation, he served in the Air Force. He was united in...

Hope Smith

Hope Smith

Jun 10, 2010

Hope Smith, 95, of Moran, Kansas, died Thursday, June 10, 2010, at the Moran Manor. Hope was born May 29, 1915, at Moran, Kansas, the daughter of J.E. and Ethyl B. (Smith) Williams. She grew up on the family farm northwest of Moran. On March 1, 1934, Hope married Arno Smith and they farmed west of Moran. He preceded her...

Lexie Nicole Tolbert

Lexie Nicole Tolbert

Jun 4, 2010

Lexie Nicole Tolbert, age 8, of Kincaid, Kansas, passed away on Friday, June 4, 2010. She was born on May 26, 2002 in Iola, Kansas, the daughter of Jason Tolbert and Kayla DeVoe. She is survived by her parents, Jason Tolbert and Kayla DeVoe of Kincaid, Kansas; her grandparents, Calvin and Patricia DeVoe of Kincaid, Kansas; grandmother, Wendy Reyes, of...

Kris Tina DeVoe

Kris Tina DeVoe

Jun 4, 2010

Kris Tina DeVoe, age 28, of Kincaid, Kansas, passed away on Friday, June 4, 2010 at New Strawn, Kansas, the result of a vehicle accident that also claimed the lives of her daughter, Payton DeVoe, age 4 and her niece, Lexie Tolbert, age 8. She was born on July 23, 1981 in Garnett, Kansas, the daughter of Calvin and Patricia...

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