Recent Obituaries
Elsie Leake
Nov 17, 2010
Elsie Lavon Leake, 90, of Humboldt, Kansas, died Wednesday, November 17, 2010, at Heritage Health Care Center in Chanute, Kansas. She was born April 6, 1920, at Bronson, Kansas, the daughter of Robert and Alice (McGuire) Morris. She graduated from Iola High School in 1937. On August 3, 1937, Elsie married Roy W. Leake and they made their home in...
Ralph Smith
Nov 17, 2010
Ralph E. Smith, 91, of Iola, Kansas, passed away Wednesday, November 17, 2010, at the Allen County Hospital in Iola. Ralph was born March 12, 1919, at Vail, Iowa, the son of Otho G. and Grace E. (Jones) Smith. The family moved to Colony, Kansas and he lived there for many years. He attended Colony High School and graduated from...
Donald Stanley
Nov 11, 2010
Donald Earl "Don" Stanley, 73, of Elsmore, Kansas, died Thursday, November 11, 2010. Don was born February 26, 1937, at Elsmore, Kansas, the son of Earl and Blanche (Cox) Stanley. He was born and died a resident of Elsmore, Kansas and was a fifth generation Allen Countian. He served in the United States Army. Don was a loving father and...
Phyllis Caler
Nov 9, 2010
Phyllis N. Caler, 73, of Iola, Kansas, died Tuesday, November 9, 2010, at the Overland Park Regional Medical Center in Overland Park, Kansas. Phyllis was born August 11, 1937, at Humboldt, Kansas, the daughter of John and Mona (Willhite) Durkin. She grew up in Humboldt and graduated from Humboldt High School in 1955. On August 27, 1955, Phyllis married Dale...
Norma Scott
Nov 8, 2010
Norma D. Scott, 84, of Humboldt, Kansas, died Monday, November 8, 2010, at Windsor Place Nursing Center in Iola, Kansas. Norma was born December 5, 1925, in Humboldt, Kansas, the daughter of Harvey Eldon and Sedalia (Wilhite) Scott. She grew up at Humboldt. Norma was a caregiver and housekeeper most of her life. She moved to Eureka, Kansas from Humboldt...
Mark M. Katzer
Nov 7, 2010
Mark Matthew Katzer, age 54, of Greeley, Kansas, passed away on Sunday, November 7, 2010, at Golden Heights in Garnett, Kansas. He was born on April 30, 1956, at Garnett, the son of Tony H. Katzer and Anna L. (Egidy) Katzer. He was the youngest of thirteen children. Mark grew up in Greeley and graduated from Garnett High School in...
Phillip Harold Phares
Nov 6, 2010
Phillip H. Phares, age 75, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away peacefully of natural causes, Saturday, November 6, 2010 at Golden Heights Living Center, Garnett, Kansas. Phillip was born on February 12, 1935, in Colony, Kansas, the son of Harold A. and Olive M. (Newcomb) Phares. Phillip graduated from Garnett High School in Kansas, attending college at Emporia State University, Emporia,...
Elma Hampton
Nov 6, 2010
Elma R. Hampton, age 81, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Saturday, November 6, 2010, at the Eaglecrest Retirement Community in Salina, Kansas. She was born on April 7, 1929, in Newton, Kansas, the daughter of Frank D. and Naomi (Stahly) Zook. In January 1946, the family, which also included her two sisters and a brother, moved to Garnett, Kansas....
Floyd Hermreck
Nov 6, 2010
Floyd John Hermreck, age 83, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away suddenly at home on November 6, 2010. He was born February 21, 1927 in Richmond, Kansas, the son of John Joseph and Olivia Josephine (Rockers) Hermreck. Floyd attended Round Prairie and Junction schools, Garnett High School and then helped on the family farm. Floyd was drafted into the U.S. Army...
Wilburn Ludlum
Nov 6, 2010
Wilburn E. Ludlum, Sr., 96, longtime Moran, Kansas, resident, died Saturday, November 6, 2010, at Vintage Park in Ottawa, Kansas. Wilburn was born February 6, 1914, at Elsmore, Kansas, the third of nine children born to Harvey and Emma (Olsen) Ludlum. He grew up on the family farm west of Elsmore and attended Sky Rocket Grade School. On July 26,...
Waltraud Gagne
Nov 5, 2010
Trudy Gagne, 70, of Iola, Kansas, died Friday, November 5, 2010, at the Moran Manor in Moran, Kansas. Trudy was born August 3, 1940, in Hunfeld, Germany the daughter of Ludwig and Lina Schlitzberger. She grew up in Germany. On July 22, 1960, Trudy married Joseph R. Gagne. He served in the United States Army and consequently they lived in...
H.J. Fronk
Nov 5, 2010
Jack Fronk, 85, of Iola, Kansas, died Friday, November 5, 2010, at the Allen County Hospital in Iola. Jack was born September 10, 1925, on a farm located in southeast Allen County, Kansas, the son of Harry and Ethel (Bennett) Fronk. He graduated from LaHarpe High School and then served in the United States Navy during World War II from...
Noah Herschberger
Nov 3, 2010
Noah Herschberger, 81, of rural Iola, Kansas, died Wednesday, November 3, 2010, at the Allen County Hospital in Iola. Noah was born November 9, 1928, at Kokomo, Indiana, the youngest of 8 children born to Albert and Mary (Mast) Herschberger. He grew up in Kokomo and served in the United States Army during the Korean conflict. On February 26, 1953,...
Sharon L Hardman
Nov 3, 2010
Sharon L. "Rosie" Hardman, age 71, of Bronson, Kansas, passed away on Wednesday, November 3, 2010 at Via Christy Hospital in Pittsburg, Kansas. She was born November 7, 1938, at Indianapolis, Indiana, the daughter of Leo and Freeda (McNatt) Bracken. She graduated from John Swett High School in Rodeo, California. Rosie worked as a bookkeeper for most of her life...
Leonard Benjamin
Oct 30, 2010
Leonard Benjamin, age 82, of Garnett, Kansas, died on October 30, 2010, at his home. He was born April 6, 1928, in Garnett, Kansas, the son of Homer and Alice (Hartman) Benjamin. Leonard graduated from Garnett High School with the class of 1946; he then attended college at Pittsburg State University for one year. He married Norma Boots on July...
Brett Heslop
Oct 29, 2010
Brett Joseph Heslop, 18, of Iola, Kansas, died Friday, October 29, 2010 at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita, Kansas. Brett was born February 3, 1992, in Lafayette, Louisiana. He was adopted by Steven M. Heslop in 2004. Brett graduated from Humboldt High School in 2010, and was attending Neosho County Community College in Chanute, Kansas studying aviation. His hobbies include...
Harlan Cress
Oct 28, 2010
Harlan H. Cress, 86, of Humboldt, Kansas, died Thursday, October 28, 2010, at the Neosho Memorial Regional Medical Center in Chanute, Kansas. Harlan was born February 20, 1924, on the family farm west of Humboldt, Kansas, the son of Johnnie Ahiga and Della Mae (Baker) Cress. He attended DeWitt Rural School and graduated from Humboldt High School in 1942. On...
Myrl C. Lingo
Oct 27, 2010
Myrl C. Lingo, age 89, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Wednesday, October 27, 2010, at the Kansas City VA Medical Center in Kansas City, Missouri. Myrl was born on August 17, 1921, in Anderson County, Kansas, the son of Leo Milby Lingo and Alta Ruthana (Gordon) Lingo. He attended the Lingo Grade School and then attended the Garnett High...
Howard Immel
Oct 27, 2010
State legislator, past president of the University of Kansas Alumni Association, a leader in the Kansas Bar, past president of the Kansas Chamber of Commerce, holder of the Distinguished Alumnus Award from the University of Kansas School of Law, dedicated Republican leader - these outstanding accomplishments don't begin to take the measure of Howard "Tony" Immel, who died Wednesday morning...
Walter B. O'Malley
Oct 26, 2010
Walter B. O'Malley, age 88, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Tuesday, October 26, 2010, at the Anderson County Hospital in Garnett. Walt was born on August 27, 1922, in Kingman County, Kansas, the son of Daniel and Magdalena (Miller) O'Malley. He lived in Kingman County until age 15, when his family moved to Waverly, Kansas. Walt then attended Waverly...
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