Recent Obituaries
Stephen Hubert Haen
Mar 9, 2023
Stephen Haen, age 72, passed away peacefully with family at his side on March 9, 2023 at St. Luke's South Hospital, in Overland Park, Kansas, after a brief but difficult battle with cancer. Stephen was the youngest of seven, born to Ralph and Rose (Heiman) Haen on April 16, 1950 in Piqua, Kansas. Stephen's early school years were at St....
Susan Kay Warden
Mar 9, 2023
Susan Warden, of Iola, Kansas, our beloved grandmother, mother, daughter and sister passed away March 9, 2023. She was 65 years of age. Susan was preceded in death by her parents Max and Mary Heberling and her brother Mike Heberling. Surviving loved ones include her son, Steven Warden; daughter, Kristi Long; sister, Judy Heberling; brother Bruce and sister-in-law Lisa Heberling;...
Lillian Mae Clarasis (Howard) Smith
Mar 2, 2023
Lillian Mae Clarasis (Howard) Smith, age 84, of Iola, Kansas, passed away Thursday, March 2, 2023, at Ascension Via Christi St. Francis Hospital in Wichita, Kansas. Lillian was born January 30, 1939, to the late Charles Howard and Mary Bentley-Howard. Lillian, aka, Ms. Gigi, attended school in Iola, Kansas, where she played the trumpet and was a member of the...
Elnora M Stanley
Mar 1, 2023
Elnora Mae Jackman Stanley of Humboldt, Kansas passed away March 1, 2023 peacefully at her home with family at her side at age 102. Elnora was born April 25, 1920, in Gas, Kansas, to Henry H. and Fay C. (Pope) Jackman, the only daughter of three children. Elnora grew up in Gas, Kansas where she attended grade school, when going...
Harlan Cleaver
Mar 1, 2023
Harlan Cleaver, age 79, passed away peacefully March 1, 2023 at his home in Iola, Kansas. Harlan was born September 10, 1943 to Harlan and Georgia (Fitzpatrick) Cleaver in Iola, Kansas. Harlan attended school in LaHarpe, Kansas and graduated with the class of 1961. After graduating he enlisted in the Army and was stationed in Korea. Harlan served three years...
Deborah Elizabeth Artr
Feb 28, 2023
Deborah Elizabeth Artr, age 38, passed away at Broward Health North in Deerfield Beach, Florida on March 1, 2023. Deborah was born to Mark David and Gail Lynn (Broom) Lackrone on August 16, 1984 in Fort Scott, Kansas. Deborah grew up in Moran, Kansas and graduated from Marmaton Valley High School. In May of 2003, Deborah married Gene Artr in...
Mary Ellen Shaw
Feb 28, 2023
Mary left a note: "Thanks, it's been great being with you but I need to go Home now; they're waiting for me." She left for her heavenly home on Tuesday, February 28, 2023, grateful for His care - past, present and future. Mary was born in Pittsburg, Kansas, the youngest child of Steven and Mamie Shaw. She had three older...
Elizabeth Yoder
Feb 27, 2023
Elizabeth W. Yoder, age 89 years, nine months, and seven days, of Garnett, Kansas passed away at her home on Monday, February 27, 2023. Elizabeth W. (Miller) Yoder was born May 20, 1933 in Jump River, Wisconsin. Elizabeth's parents, William D. and Rebecca (Yoder) Miller and their family moved to McMinnville, Oregon when she was 3 years old. Her mother...
Ivan Lorraine Goins
Feb 27, 2023
Ivan L. Goins, age 87, of Colony, Kansas passed away on February 27, 2023 at his home. Ivan was born in Welda, Kansas on February 15, 1936. He was the eleventh of thirteen children of George and Sadie (Barber) Goins. Ivan grew up in Anderson County, his father farmed and they lived in the Welda and Mont Ida areas when...
Marilyn Blaufuss
Feb 27, 2023
Marilyn Blaufuss, age 85, of Westphalia, Kansas passed away on February 27, 2023 at the Residential Living Center in Garnett, Kansas. Marilyn was born on November 11, 1937 on the family farm near Westphalia Kansas. She was the second of four children born to Fred and Evelyn (Schlick) Schulte. Marilyn grew up on the farm northeast of Westphalia and graduated...
Virginia (Pete) Babcock
Feb 27, 2023
Virginia E. (Pete) Babcock, age 83, of Iola, Kansas, passed away February 27, 2023. Virginia was born September 24, 1939, in rural Altoona, Kansas, to Leonard Myers and Velma (Harris) Myers. Virginia graduated in 1957 from Altoona High School. She and Otis Babcock were married May 3, 1957, in Altoona. Virginia was a homemaker and in later years she worked...
James W. Sowers
Feb 26, 2023
James "Jim" Wayne Sowers, age 75, of Lenexa, Kansas, passed away on Sunday, February 26, 2023. He was born on November 15, 1947, in Ottawa, Kansas, to Clare and Marion (Anderson) Sowers. Jim was raised on a modest farm near Williamsburg, Kansas, with his parents and four brothers. One of his daily chores was milking the Jersey cows. After high...
Linda K. Schomaker
Feb 26, 2023
Linda Schomaker, age 73, of Frankfort, Kansas, passed away on February 26, 2023. Linda Kathleen (Caler) Schomaker was born June 14, 1949, in Iola, Kansas, to the late Wayne D. & Bertha E. (Monroe) Caler. Linda attended schools in Iola and Colorado, graduating from Iola High School in 1967. She attended The Kansas State Teachers College (now Emporia State University),...
John Edward Olson
Feb 25, 2023
John Edward Olson, age 72, passed away peacefully at his home in Humboldt, Kansas. John was born April 1, 1950 to Lawrence and A. Elnora (Mintz) Olson, second eldest of six children. John attended school in Humboldt, Kansas and graduated with the class 1968. Right out of high school he enlisted in the Navy and served two tours in Vietnam....
Max Lee Lewis
Feb 23, 2023
Max Lee Lewis, age 63, passed away peacefully with family at his side, on February 23, 2023 at Kindred Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri. Max was born January 20, 1960 to Max W and LaVonne (Dahlstrom) Lewis at Allen County Hospital in Iola, Kansas, the eldest of two sons. Max was an avid race enthusiast. If it had a motor,...
Grayce M. Spencer
Feb 23, 2023
Grayce M. Spencer, age 92, passed away at Allen County Regional Hospital in Iola, Kansas on February 23, 2023. Grayce Marie Wycoff was born on November 10,1930, in Kansas City, Missouri. She was born to Jesse Fletcher Wycoff and Grace G. Dixon. Grayce grew up on a farm and graduated from Welda High School in 1948. Following high school, Grayce...
Sandra Lee Hosley
Feb 22, 2023
Sandra Lee Anderson Hosley, age 90, passed away on February 22,2023, at Stratford Commons Memory Care in Overland Park, Kansas. Sandra was born December 22, 1932 in Belton, Missouri to John Byron "Barney" and Veda Mae (Bidwell) Anderson. At a young age the family moved to a farm near Lone Elm, Kansas. After the passing of her mother in 1942,...
Jo Ella Phares
Feb 20, 2023
Jo Ella Phares, age 86, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Monday, February 20, 2023, at the Anderson County Hospital in Garnett, Kansas. Jo Ella Benjamin was born on August 20, 1936, on the family farm near Birch Switch (aka Benjaminville) west of Garnett, Kansas. She was the eighth of eight children born to Dite and Sarah Ella (Tilton) Benjamin....
Jessie Marie Bables-Thomas
Feb 18, 2023
Jessie Marie Bables-Thomas age 72, passed away February 18,2023 at St. Luke's Hospice House in Kansas City, Missouri. She was born February 26, 1950 in Kansas City, Kansas. Jessie was a God loving woman who had a passion for her music. She enjoyed jamming down to some of her favorite tunes. Jessie loved spending time with friends and family. The...
Joan Baugher
Feb 17, 2023
Joan Baugher, age 89, passed away in Springfield, Missouri on February 17, 2023. Joan was born on November 30, 1933 in Fort Scott, Kansas. She was the second of five children born to John F. Schafer and Annabel M. (Myers) Schafer. Joan grew up in Fort Scott, Kansas and graduated from Fort Scott High School. On August 31, 1952, Joan...
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