Recent Obituaries
Edward J. Wilper
Apr 25, 2010
Edward J. Wilper, age 94, of Harris, Kansas, passed away peacefully Sunday, April 25, 2010 at his home surrounded by his wife, son and daughter. Edward was born February 17, 1916 at Harris, Kansas, the son of Joseph H. and Mary I. (Scully) Wilper. He grew up in the area, graduating from Garnett High School in 1934. Following school he...
Russell R. O'Neil
Apr 22, 2010
Russell R. O'Neil, age 83, of Norman, OK, formerly of Garnett, Kansas passed away April 22, 2010 at the Grace Living Center in Norman, Oklahoma. He was born on June 19, 1926 on the family farm in Black Jack outside of Wellsville, Kansas to Maurice and Iris O'Neil. Russ graduated from Wellsville High School in 1943 at the age of...
Leah Card
Apr 21, 2010
Leah Rae Card, 74, of Chanute, Kansas, formerly of Humboldt, died Wednesday, April 21, 2010, at Via Christi Medical Center St. Francis Campus in Wichita. Leah was born December 11, 1935, in Iola, Kansas, the daughter of Ray A. and Elora G. (Lehman) Card. She grew up in Humboldt where she graduated from high school. On April 11, 1956, Leah...
James Cole
Apr 19, 2010
James Lee "Jim" Cole, 50, of LaHarpe, Kansas, died Monday, April 19, 2010, at his home. Jim was born July 24, 1959, at Eureka, Kansas, the son of Edwin Lee and Annette (Sanderson) Cole. He grew up in Gas, Kansas where he attended elementary school. The family moved to LaHarpe when he was a teenager. On December 20, 1997, Jim...
Wayne L. Penn
Apr 18, 2010
Wayne Lyman Penn, age 82, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Sunday, April 18, 2010, at Golden Heights in Garnett, Kansas. He was born on September 3, 1927 at Neodesha, Kansas, the son of Ira and Jessie (DeLong) Penn. Wayne grew up in the Neodesha area, attending Baumgardner Country School before graduating from Neodesha High School in 1945. In 1945...
Brian Pozzie
Apr 18, 2010
Brian Pozzie, age 50 of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Sunday, April 18, 2010, at the Anderson County Hospital in Garnett, Kansas. Brian was born on January 13, 1960 at Aurora, Illinois, the son of Jerry Louis Pozzie and Barbara (Reeser). He grew up in Aurora, and attended schools there. In 1977 Brian served in the U.S. Army. He was...
Harold Shue
Apr 16, 2010
Harold Edwin "Hal" Shue, 69, of Gas, Kansas, died Friday, April 16, 2010, at his home. He was born September 21, 1940, in Fredonia, Kansas, the son of Harold Earl and Thelma (McGregor) Shue. He grew up in Fredonia and graduated from high school there. Harold served in the United States Navy from 1958 to 1961. Following his honorable discharge...
Dale S. Miller
Apr 15, 2010
Dale S. Miller, age 94, of Blue Mound, Kansas passed away Thursday, April 15, 2010 at Parsons, Kansas. Dale was born November 26, 1915 at Saffordville, Kansas, the son of Pete Searl and Floretta Alvena "Winnie" (Nurnburg) Miller. Dale grew up in western Lyon County, Kansas attending country schools before graduating from high school at Miller, Kansas. Following school Dale...
Wayne Gerdsen
Apr 13, 2010
Wayne Eugene Gerdsen, 78, of Los Fresnos, Texas, formerly of LaHarpe, Kansas, died Tuesday, April 13, 2010 at Valley Baptist Medical Center in Harlingen, Texas. Wayne was born October 28, 1931, at Moran, Kansas, the son of Robert and Lucy (Simpson) Gerdsen. He grew up on the family farm north of LaHarpe and graduated from LaHarpe High School. He served...
Gary Reeder
Apr 9, 2010
Gary Ray Reeder, 52, of Iola, Kansas, died Friday, April 9, 2010, at the Allen County Hospital in Iola. Gary was born April 22, 1957, in Iola, the son of Ralph James and Wilma Nadine (Boese) Reeder, Jr. He attended school in Iola and then served in the United States Marine Corp. He worked in the oil fields until moving...
Thomas Wood
Apr 7, 2010
Thomas Beverly Wood, referred to by family as Bev and by friends as Tom, died Wednesday, April 7, 2010, at the Allen County Hospital in Iola, Kansas at the age of 90. He was born on October 23, 1919, the son of Lawrence Vivian (LV) and Gladys (Hartman) Wood the fourth of seven children on a ranch south of Norwich,...
Jerry E. Milligan
Apr 7, 2010
Jerry Milligan was born on July 25, 1950 in Seymour, Missouri, to Claude Reed Milligan and Eunice Loretta Miller Milligan, and departed this life on Wednesday, April 7, 2010, in Ottawa, Kansas at the age of 59. Jerry and his family moved to Ulysses, Kansas in 1957. He attended Red Rock Grade School and Ulysses High School Class of 1968....
Krista Grogg
Apr 5, 2010
Krista Carie Bruner Grogg, 35, of Yates Center, Kansas, died Monday, April 5, 2010, from injuries she received in an automobile accident north of Yates Center. Krista was born November 10, 1974, in Iola, Kansas, the daughter of Michael L. and Linda Lea (Chriestenson) Bruner. She grew up at Neosho Falls and graduated from Yates Center High School in 1993....
Clifford Heisler
Apr 4, 2010
Clifford L. Heisler, 82, of Humboldt, Kansas, died Sunday, April 4, 2010, at his home. Clifford was born April 3, 1928 in Pawnee, Oklahoma, the son of Henry John and Minnie Elizabeth (Myers) Heisler. He grew up at Pawnee until the family moved to a farm west of Elsmore, Kansas in 1944. On April 10, 1951, Clifford married Irene Martin...
Floyd Hangen
Apr 3, 2010
Floyd E. Hangen, 79, of Iola, Kansas, died Saturday, April 3, 2010, at his home. Floyd was born October 13, 1930, at Dayton, Ohio, the son of Cleo John and Glenna Myrle (Welsh) Hangen. He grew up in Ohio and graduated from Butler Township High School in Vandalia, Ohio. He joined the United States Navy and served four years during...
James McGowan
Apr 3, 2010
James S. McGowan, Sr., 75, of Iola, Kansas, died Saturday, April 3, 2010, at the Allen County Hospital in Iola. He was born May 20, 1934, in Iola, Kansas, the son of Raymond P. and Jane Helen (Atkins) McGowan. He grew up in Iola. After serving a year with the Kansas National Guard he enlisted in the United States Air...
Nancy Gampper
Apr 1, 2010
Nancy Jean Anderson Gampper died Thursday, April 1, 2010. SURVIVORS: Long-time companion: Ken Rowe of Iola 2 Daughters: Laura Mathis & her husband, Josh and Krista Gampper of Iola, KS Her parents: Gene & Claudette Anderson of Colony, KS 1 Sister: Leanne Trabuc & her husband, Butch of Colony, KS Niece & Nephew: Derek Trabuc of Iola, and Nicole Wainwright...
Toby D. Yoder
Mar 30, 2010
Toby Yoder, age 96, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Tuesday, March 30, 2010 at the Anderson County Long Term Care Facility, in Garnett. He was born on April 17, 1913, at Thomas, Oklahoma, the son of David J. Yoder and Eliza Yoder. Toby was a member of the Old Order Amish Church. Toby married Barbara Beachy on October 8,...
Mike Farris
Mar 26, 2010
Mike Farris, age 63, of Iola, Kansas, passed away on Friday, March 26, 2010, in Joplin, Missouri. Mike was born on January 11, 1947 at Iola, Kansas, the son of Eugene and Flora (Fowler) Farris. He grew up in the Colony area, graduating from Colony High School. He attended Allen County Community College, Emporia State University, and Pittsburg State University....
Barbara Yoder
Mar 26, 2010
Barbara (Beachy) Yoder, age 94, of Garnett, Kansas, died March 26, 2010 at the Anderson County Long Term Care Facility, Garnett, Kansas. She was born on January 30, 1916, at Garnett, Kansas, the daughter of Jonas and Lizzie (Overholt) Beachy. Barbara married Toby D. Yoder on October 8, 1936 at Garnett, Kansas. They lived in matrimony for 73 years. She...
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