Recent Obituaries
Patty Karr
Feb 12, 2011
Patty Sue Karr, 44, of LaHarpe, Kansas, died Saturday, February 12, 2011, at her home. Patty was born May 16, 1966, in Iola, Kansas, the daughter of James Lee and Sally Sue (Dillman) Smith. She grew up in the Gas and Iola areas. On April 26, 1985, Patty married Kenneth Lee Karr and they made their home in LaHarpe. Patty...
Hazel Fundis
Feb 10, 2011
Hazel Marie Fundis, 95, of Iola, Kansas, died Thursday, February 10, 2011, at Iola Nursing Center. Hazel was born August 7, 1915, at LeRoy, Kansas, the daughter of Omer and Laura May (Sims) Gwinn. She graduated from LeRoy High School and was attending nursing school in Manhattan, Kansas, when an emergency appendectomy sent her home. On March 28, 1935, Hazel...
Johnny Womack
Feb 10, 2011
John W. "Johnny" Womack, Jr., 58, of Iola, Kansas, died Thursday, February 10, 2011, in the emergency room at the Allen County Hospital in Iola. Johnny was born April 21, 1952, in San Diego, California, the son of John Walter Womack, Sr. and Elizabeth Ann "Betty Ann" (Sanden) Womack. He grew up in Iola where he graduated from Iola High...
Georgia Mabel Hiestand
Feb 10, 2011
Georgia Hiestand, age 93 of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Thursday, February 10, 2011, at the Anderson County Long Term Care Facility in Garnett, Kansas. She was born on May 5, 1917, at Cherryvale, Kansas, the daughter of Clarence LaVene and Lucinda Virginia (Darrow) Adams. Her family moved to a farm southwest of Garnett when she was nine months old....
Walter Carter
Feb 6, 2011
Walter Carter, age 65, of Olathe, Kansas, passed away on Sunday, February 6, 2011 at his home following a two year battle with melanoma. He was born on July 22, 1945, in Kansas City, Kansas, the son of Lester (Sam) and Martha (Moudy) Carter. Walter attended Maccochaque grade school in Kansas City, Kansas, graduating from Rosedale Junior-Senior High School in...
Margery Elizabeth Spillman
Feb 5, 2011
Margery E. Spillman, of Moran, Kansas passed away Saturday, February 5, 2011 at Mercy Hospital, Fort Scott, Kansas. She was born July 1, 1920 in Anderson County, Kansas west of Colony on her grandfather's farm. She was the daughter of Joe M. Adams and Eurith (Matter) Adams. The family moved to Lone Elm, Kansas where she attended the first &...
Shawn Dale Johnston
Feb 5, 2011
Shawn Dale Johnston, age 37, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Saturday, February 5, 2011, at his home. He was born on February 11, 1973, in Los Angeles, California, the son of Wayne Lee Johnston, Sr. and Cynthia Diane Nicholas. His family moved to Garnett in 1974. Shawn attended school in Greeley and Garnett. He worked as a cook at...
Doris Payne
Feb 4, 2011
Doris Wilma Payne, 86, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away Friday, February 4, 2011 at St. Francis Medical Center in Topeka. She was born March 23, 1924 in Hanna, Oklahoma, the daughter of Roy Melville Payne and Leona Blanche McMichael. The family moved from Hanna to Cadmus, Kansas in January 1929. Doris attended elementary school in Cadmus and high school at...
Jerry Richards
Feb 3, 2011
Jerry Allen Richards, 59, of Iola, Kansas, died Thursday, February 3, 2011, at St. Luke's Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri. Jerry was born September 10, 1951, in Iola, Kansas, the son of Kenneth L. and Evelyn L. (Ludlum) Richards. He grew up in Iola and graduated from Iola High School. Jerry joined the United States Navy and retired after serving...
Ethel Mulkey
Feb 2, 2011
***Service rescheduled: 1:00 p.m., Monday, Feb. 14, 2011, at Waugh-Yokum & Friskel Chapel in Iola, KS. Burial will follow in Mt. Hope Cemetery in Humboldt, KS Visitation will be 4:00-6:00 p.m., Sunday, Feb. 13, 2011, at the Waugh-Yokum & Friskel Chapel. Ethel (Barr) Mulkey, 78, of LaHarpe, Kansas, passed away on Wednesday, February 2, 2011 in Iola. Born September 5,...
Donald Welch
Feb 2, 2011
Donald L. Welch, 72, of rural Moran, Kansas, passed away Wednesday, February 2, 2011, at his home. Don was born July 23, 1938, at St. John's Hospital in Iola, Kansas, the son of Lloyd L. "Tock" and Ruth V. (Adams) Welch. He grew up on the family farm south of Moran, and graduated from Moran Rural High School in 1956....
Verna Devine
Feb 1, 2011
Verna Mae Devine, 84, of Iola, Kansas, died Tuesday, February 1, 2011, at Windsor Place Nursing Center in Iola. Verna was born October 16, 1926, in Humboldt, Kansas, the daughter of William Fred and Mary Estes (Collison) Moore. SURVIVORS: One Sister: Phyllis Stroud & husband, Gary of Topeka, KS One Sister-In-Law: Norma Jewell Moore of Iola, KS 1 Nephew: Fred...
Don Sigg
Jan 31, 2011
Donald Eugene Sigg, 76, of Iola, Kansas, died Monday, January 31, 2011, at Eureka Nursing Center in Eureka, Kansas. Don was born October 24, 1934, on a farm northwest of Iola, Kansas, the son of Victor H. and Nellie M. (Allen) Sigg. He was the oldest of 14 children. Don graduated from Iola High School in 1953 and on May...
Alice Price
Jan 29, 2011
Alice B. Price, 83, of Iola, Kansas, died Saturday, January 29, 2011, at the Moran Manor. Alice was born January 16, 1928, in Topeka, Kansas, the daughter of Howard and Jennie (Mullins) Whitney. The family moved to Iola and then to St. Louis, Missouri, when she was eleven. Alice married Herman Kirkpatrick in 1943 and he preceded her in death...
Frank H. Wuckowitsch
Jan 28, 2011
Frank H. Wuckowitsch, age 90, of Greeley, Kansas passed away Friday, January 28, 2011 at the Anderson County Long Term Care Facility, Garnett. Frank was born March 16, 1920, at Garnett, the son of Frank and Sophia (Zormeier) Wuckowitsch. He grew up in Greeley and graduated from Greeley High School. Following school he joined the United States Army, serving in...
Barbara K. Tucker
Jan 28, 2011
Barbara Tucker, age 56, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Friday, January 28, 2011 at the Kansas City Hospice House in Kansas City, Missouri. She was born on November 23, 1954, in Downey, California, the daughter of Donald and Virginia (King) Herman. She graduated from Garnett High School and from Clark Business School. She worked for the Garnett Greenhouse after...
Clifford Vaughan
Jan 27, 2011
Clifford J. Vaughan, age 70, of Kincaid, Kansas, passed away on Thursday, January 27, 2011, at his home. Clifford was born February 18, 1940 at Kansas City, Kansas, the son of Ralph and Dorothy (Moore) Vaughan. He grew up in the Kansas City, Kansas area attending Turner High School before entering the United States Navy in 1957. This service took...
Ronald J. Benus
Jan 27, 2011
Ronald Joseph Benus, age 63, of Ottawa, Kansas, passed away on Thursday, January 27, 2011, at the Olathe Medical Center in Olathe, Kansas. Ron was born on July 22, 1947, at Garnett, Kansas, the son of Ivan and Vera (Hermreck) Benus. He grew up in the area, graduating from Garnett High School in 1965. Ron married Sherry Bingamon in 1969;...
Perry Dillow
Jan 25, 2011
Perry A. Dillow, 92, of Iola, Kansas, died Tuesday, January 25, 2011, at Guest Home Estates in Iola. Perry was born April 22, 1918, on a farm near Millcreek, Illinois, the son of George and Clara (Combs) Dillow. He grew up in Illinois and graduated from Dongola High School. On May 31, 1936, Perry married Mildred Dillow at Cairo, Illinois....
Leslie B. Yoder
Jan 25, 2011
Leslie Yoder, age 43, of Garnett, Kansas passed away on Tuesday, January 25, 2011, at his home. He was born at Garnett, on January 5, 1968, the son of Benedict and Elizabeth (Miller) Yoder. Leslie was married to Eileen L. Yoder, daughter of Lester T. and Edna Yoder, on May 2, 1997. This union was blessed with three sons and...
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