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Lester Oswald

Lester Oswald

Feb 25, 2010

Lester L. Oswald, 70, of Shawnee, Kansas, died Thursday, February 25, 2010, at his home. Lester was born August 6, 1939, in Reading, Pennsylvania, the son of John Jack and Beulah (Burkert) Oswald. He grew up at Redding and joined the United States Air Force where he served for four years. On December 27, 1958, Lester married Shirley A. Shreck...

Eva Gregg

Eva Gregg

Feb 25, 2010

Martha "Eva" Gregg, age 100, of Garnett, Kansas, entered into rest on Thursday, February 25, 2010. Eva was born on November 16, 1909, at Garnett, the daughter of Charles and Grace (Gorrell) Ashburn. She was united in marriage to Emmett Arven Gregg on June 2, 1927 at Garnett, Kansas. Eva worked at Grennen's Produce and the Sewing Factory in Garnett....

Delma Nickelson

Delma Nickelson

Feb 24, 2010

Delma Nickelson, age 74, of Ottawa, Kansas, passed away on Wednesday, February 24, 2010, at the Olathe Medical Center in Olathe, Kansas. She was born September 10, 1935, in Ottawa, Kansas, the daughter of C.D. Hood and Julia (Elder) Hood. She married John Lee Nickelson on October 14, 1956 at Ottawa, Kansas. This union was blessed with four children. She...

James Evans

James Evans

Feb 23, 2010

James Fredrick "Jim" Evans, 48, of Iola, Kansas, died Tuesday, February 23, 2010, at Kindred Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri. Jim was born September 11, 1961, at Independence, Kansas, the son of Solomon A. and Barbara E. (George) Evans. He grew up in Iola where he attended school. Jim traveled working construction. He enjoyed music, motorcycles and outdoor activities. SURVIVORS:...

Mary Jackson

Mary Jackson

Feb 23, 2010

Mary Kathryn Jackson, 87, former Iola, Kansas resident and presently of Augusta, Kansas, died Tuesday, February 23, 2010 at Lake Point Nursing Home in Augusta. Kay was born March 31, 1922 in Gladbrook, Iowa the daughter of J. Andrew and Zella "Pudge" (Horton) Sebbert. The family moved to Humboldt, Kansas and she graduated from high school there. She was a...

Donna M. Hale

Donna M. Hale

Feb 22, 2010

Donna M. Hale, age 86, of Garnett, passed away on Monday, February 22, 2010. Donna was born on October 2, 1923, in Anderson County, Kansas, the oldest daughter of Gus and Fern (Borror) Weiss. She grew up in the area, graduating from Garnett High School in 1941. She married Jesse James "Bus" Hale on November 24, 1945, in Anderson County,...

Robert Hester

Robert Hester

Feb 22, 2010

Robert Earl Hester, 85, of LaHarpe, Kansas, died Monday, February 22, 2010 at the Allen County Hospital in Iola, Kansas. Bob was born October 15, 1924 in Bowling Green, Kentucky the son of Virgil E. and Maude (Butler) Hester. He grew up in Kentucky and then served with the U.S. Army during WWII. He married Aberta Strong and they made...

Opal Holt

Opal Holt

Feb 21, 2010

Opal Lucille Holt, 85, of LaHarpe, Kansas, died Sunday, February 21, 2010, at Windsor Place Nursing Center in Iola. Opal was born April 4, 1924 at Paola, Kansas the daughter of Roley and Marguarite (Stalker) Parrish. She lived and attended school in Yates Center until the age of sixteen. She then moved to Missouri where she finished high school and...

Elvis Gregory

Elvis Gregory

Feb 21, 2010

Elvis "Ray" Gregory, 48, of Iola, Kansas, died Sunday, February 21, 2010, at his home. He was born January 3, 1962, at Iola, Kansas, the son of George Robert "Bob" and Vena Faye (Cuppy) Gregory, Jr. He grew up in LaHarpe until his mother's death. He graduated from Linwood High School and served in the United States Army from 1980...

Nicole Sigg

Nicole Sigg

Feb 19, 2010

Nicole Kaylee Sigg, 25, of Iola, Kansas, died Friday, February 19, 2010, at the University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City, Kansas. Nicole was born November 19, 1984 at Ft. Scott, Kansas and grew up in Iola where she attended school. She had completed the certified nurse's aide program at Neosho County Community College in Chanute. SURVIVORS: Her 3...

Mary Boyd

Mary Boyd

Feb 18, 2010

Mary Elizabeth Boyd, 93, of Iola, Kansas, died Thursday, February 18, 2010 at the Allen County Hospital. Mary was born June 17, 1916 on a farm near Neosho, Missouri the daughter of Adelbert and Gladys (Barlow) Weston. She graduated from Neosho High School and attended Missouri Valley College in Marshall, Missouri and then the University of Arkansas. On September 20,...

Pauline M. Ulses

Pauline M. Ulses

Feb 17, 2010

Pauline Mary Ulses, age 95, of Westphalia, Kansas, passed away on Wednesday, February 17, 2010, at Golden Heights in Garnett, Kansas. She was born on November 27, 1914 at Colony, Kansas, the daughter of Kilian and Frances (Fritz) Ulses. She graduated from Colony High School in 1932. Pauline lived and worked in Wichita, Kansas most of her adult life. During...

Shirley Grewing

Shirley Grewing

Feb 12, 2010

Shirley A. Grewing, 81, of Iola, Kansas, died Friday, February 12, 2010, at the Allen County Hospital in Iola. She had Parkinson's disease. Born December 20, 1928 at Colony, she was the daughter of Leon and Laura (Smith) Persinger. She graduated from Kincaid High School and worked in Kansas City for a year before returning to marry Edwin F. Grewing...

Don Byron Newton Sr.

Don Byron Newton Sr.

Feb 11, 2010

Donald Byron Newton Sr., age 94, died February 11, 2010. He was born on November 21, 1915, in Saint Paul, Minnesota, the son of George Russell Newton and Aurelia Charlotte (Krejci) Newton. He was married to Margret Heloise Baker, of Minneapolis, Minnesota, on December 20, 1941 in Mason City, Iowa. They made their home in the Minneapolis area and Southern...

Elmer Levi Flora

Elmer Levi Flora

Feb 8, 2010

Elmer Levi Flora, son of Brother Owen and Sister Ida (Wray) Flora was born December 27, 1915, near Baldwin City, Kansas. He suddenly departed this life on February 8, 2010, in his daughter's home near Westphalia, Kansas, at the age of 94 years, 1 month, 12 days. In August of 1930, he with his parents moved to Sawyer, Kansas. He...

Arline Nusbaum

Arline Nusbaum

Feb 8, 2010

Arline B. "Leanie" Nusbaum, 76, of Iola, Kansas, died Monday, February 8, 2010, at the Chanute Healthcare Center. Arline was born June 25, 1933, at Owatonna, Minnesota the daughter of Albert and Sophia (Malakowsky) Kilmer. She grew up in Owatonna and graduated from high school there in 1951. On June 2, 1951, Arline married David E. Nusbaum in Owatonna. They...

Virgil Uriah Kimberlin

Virgil Uriah Kimberlin

Feb 8, 2010

Virgil Uriah Kimberlin, age 67 of Moran, Kansas passed away, Monday, February 08, 2010 at the Allen County Hopsital, Iola, Kansas. Virgil was born July 4, 1942 at Harrisonville, Missouri, the son of Loren Estel and Helen Fay (Yeates) Kimberlin. He grew up in the Dayton community in Cass County, Missouri. In 1967 he moved to Oskaloosa, Kansas with his...

Bonnie Jepson

Bonnie Jepson

Feb 7, 2010

Bonnie R. Dannels Shepard Jepson passed away February 7, 2010. She was born August 8, 1922 in Altoona, Kansas the oldest child of Guy and Estella Lewellen Dannels. She attended Hatler school in Wilson County south of Altoona, KS and graduated salutatorian of the Altoona High School class of 1940. After graduation she came to Iola and graduated from Allen...

Lewis Tindell

Lewis Tindell

Feb 7, 2010

Lewis Tindell, age 69 of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Sunday, February 7, 2010, at the K.C. Hospice House in Kansas City, Missouri. Lewis was born on September 6, 1940, at Burlingame, Kansas, the son of Roy and Carol (Oeser) Tindell. He grew up in the Burlingame area, graduating with the Class of 1958. He served in the U.S. Army...

Amanda Wolford

Amanda Wolford

Feb 5, 2010

Amanda E. Wolford, 87, of Iola, Kansas, died Friday, February 5, 2010 at Windsor Place Nursing Center in Iola. Amanda was born March 9, 1922, at Potosi, Missouri, the daughter of Elmer and Edna (Dowell) Huskey. On June 11, 1939, Amanda married June Wolford in Girard, Kansas and they made their home on a farm south of Gas, Kansas. He...

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