Recent Obituaries
Tommy Rhodes
Jul 16, 2010
Tommy Kenneth "Buck" Rhodes, 83, of rural Iola, Kansas, died Friday, July 16, 2010, at the Overland Park Regional Medical Center. Buck was born September 25, 1926 in Neodesha, Kansas, the son of James Frederick "Fred" and Mary Ellen (Allman) Rhodes. He attended school in LaHarpe and then served overseas in the United States Army during World War II. On...
Jerry Everett Dixon
Jul 16, 2010
Jerry Dixon, age 73, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away Friday, July 16, 2010 at his home. He was born on May 22, 1937 in Garnett, Kansas, the son of Walter Everett and Juanita Marie (Kennon) Dixon. Jerry joined the United States Navy in the 1950s and spent four years. When he was discharged from the Navy, he made his home...
Eileen Cooper
Jul 15, 2010
Eileen M. Cooper, 89, of rural Iola, Kansas, died Thursday, July 15, 2010 at her home. Eileen was born October 30, 1920 on the family farm west of Colony, Kansas, the daughter of Joseph and May (Irwin) Gregory. She grew up at Colony where she graduated from high school in 1939. After high school, she worked at S.H. Kress in...
Bethena L. Baker
Jul 15, 2010
Bethena Baker, age 84, of Garnett, Kansas, died on Thursday, July 15, 2010 at Golden Heights Living Center, Garnett, Kansas. Beth was born in Moran, Kansas on October 25, 1925, the daughter of Samuel Ernest and Elizabeth (Boggs) Fowler. She graduated from Moran High School and attended college at Allen County and Neosho County Community Colleges. Beth married L.D."Bill" Baker...
Kenneth French
Jul 12, 2010
Kenneth Leon "Tarz" French, 74, of LeRoy, Kansas died Monday, July 12, 2010, at St. Francis Health Center in Topeka, Kansas. Kenneth was born May 10, 1936, in LeRoy, Kansas the son of George Washington Charles and Delora Maria (Radford) French. He grew up in LeRoy and graduated from LeRoy High School. While in high school he worked for the...
Cassie Damron
Jul 11, 2010
Serilda Cassandra "Cassie" Damron, 95, died Sunday, July 11, 2010, at Moran Manor Nursing Home. Cassie was born July 7, 1915 in Lebanon, Kansas, the daughter of William and Alice (Bolson) Shephard. On August 8, 1929, Cassie married Sheriden Damron in Fredonia. They made their home in Toronto. He died February 24, 1947. In 1954 she moved to Iola and...
Marvin Gerald Vasterling
Jul 11, 2010
Marvin Gerald Vasterling, age 66 of Westphalia, Kansas, passed away on July 11, 2010, at Stormont Vail Hospital in Topeka, Kansas. He was born on December 18, 1943 at Austin, Texas, the son of Marvin Daniel and Dossie (Haller) Vasterling. He attended McCallum High School in Austin. He then attended the University of Texas for two years. While there, he...
Trevaughn Granderson
Jul 10, 2010
Trevaughn Markess Dawnte Granderson, infant son of Tierra D. Williams of Chanute, Kansas, entered this life at 1:59 p.m. and departed this life at 3:45 p.m. on Saturday, July 10, 2010, at Truman Medical Center in Kansas City, Missouri. SURVIVORS: His Mother: Tierra D. Williams of Chanute, Kansas 2 Brothers: Adon'dre Williams-Allen of Kansas City, Kansas and Taurus Granderson, Jr....
Leon Christmas
Jul 7, 2010
Leon L. Christmas, 68, of Iola, Kansas, died Wednesday, July 7, 2010, at the Harry Hynes Hospice Unit at St. Francis Hospital in Wichita. Leon was born February 24, 1942, at Chanute, Kansas, the son of Lester A. and Theada M. (Hartman) Christmas. He grew up in Iola and graduated from Iola High School in 1960. Leon worked mainly as...
"Oscar" Randolph Scott Stinnett
Jul 7, 2010
Randolph Scott "Oscar" Stinnett, age 41, of Yates Center, Kansas passed away Wednesday, July 7, 2010. He was born August 14, 1968 at Nebraska City, Nebraska, the son of, Vance and Joannia (Wardlow) Stinnett. Oscar grew up in Skidmore, Missouri, and attended school there. He moved to the Kincaid area in 1989. He was a self employed logger. He had...
David Conine
Jul 6, 2010
David H. Conine, 71, of Chanute, Kansas, died Tuesday, July 6, 2010 at his home. David was born December 30, 1938 in Fort Scott, Kansas, the son of N.H. "Herb" and M. Ollene (Stout) Conine. He grew up in Iola and graduated from Iola High School in 1956. After serving in the United States Marine Corp, David attended Allen County...
Sharon Kay Blevins
Jul 6, 2010
Sharon Kay Blevins, age 59, of Ottawa, Kansas, passed away on Tuesday, July 6, 2010, at her home in Ottawa. She was born on October 12, 1950 in Yates Center, Kansas, the daughter of Ralph and Mary (Guffey) Blevins. She grew up in Colony, Kansas, graduating from Colony High School. Following school she later moved to Duncan, Oklahoma. In 1995...
Scott Houk
Jul 6, 2010
Scott Allan Houk, 42, of Moran, Kansas, died Tuesday, July 6, 2010, at his home. Scott was born April 2, 1968, at Fort Scott, Kansas, the son of Robert Allan "Bob" and Janet Alliene (Jackman) Houk. He grew up in Moran and graduated from Marmaton Valley High School in 1986. Scott has always made his home at Moran where he...
Joan Emig
Jul 5, 2010
Wilma Joan (Larson) Emig,, 78, of Iola, Kansas, passed away on Monday, July 5, 2010 at Labette Health in Parsons, Kansas. Joan was born November 15, 1931 on the family farm west of Savonburg to Elmer F. and Emma (Pierson) Larson. She grew up near Savonburg, attended Wannersburg School and was graduated from Grant Township Rural High School at Stark,...
Donna Rhudy-Hawn
Jul 4, 2010
Donna Faye Rhudy-Hawn, 74, left her earthly home to join her Father in heaven, Sunday, July 4, 2010. Donna was born July 20, 1935, at Girard, Kansas to Carl and Mable VanDyke-Rhudy. Donna was one of seven children She grew up at Girard. In 1951, Donna married David L. Hawn of Pittsburg, Kansas. They later had two children, David and...
Agnes Pearman
Jul 3, 2010
Agnes Pearman, 91, of Iola, Kansas, passed away peacefully in the midst of family on Saturday, July 3, 2010, at Windsor Place Nursing Center in Iola, after a month of confined illness. She was born Agnes Fern McIntyre at Savonburg, Kansas, on July 21, 1918 as the youngest of three children to parents George and Alice (Thompson) McIntyre. Agnes grew...
Cinda Croley
Jun 29, 2010
Cinda Sue Croley, 59, of Iola, Kansas, died Tuesday, June 29, 2010, at her home. Cinda was born September 26, 1950, at Colony, Kansas, the daughter of Lawrence Eldon and Donna Lorene (Tippie) West. She grew up on the family farm west of Colony and graduated from Crest High School. She attended Allen County Community College. On August 17, 1969,...
Charlene Clark
Jun 25, 2010
Charlene C. Clark, 95, former resident of Iola, Kansas, died Friday, June 25, 2010, at Lake Point Nursing Center in El Dorado, Kansas. Charlene was born November 24, 1914, in Warrensburg, Missouri the daughter of Charles N. and Mary E. (Greer) Saling. She grew up on a farm near Denton, Missouri. At the age of fourteen, she moved to Kansas...
Rosita Mae Petree
Jun 25, 2010
Rosita Mae Croner Petree, age 73, of Moran, Kansas passed away Friday, June 25, 2010 at the Allen County Hospital, Iola, Kansas. She was born September 21, 1936 at Gridley, Kansas, the daughter of Jesse and Ada (Rooney) Croner. Rosita grew up in the Westphalia area. She married Robert Kelley in 1951, they had two children. They later divorced. She...
Samuel W. Stockton
Jun 23, 2010
Samuel W. Stockton, age 97, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Wednesday, June 23, 2010, at Golden Heights in Garnett. Sam was born on September 18, 1912, at Mirabel, Missouri the son of Wilbur Eugene "Gene" and Ola (Andrews) Stockton. Sam grew up in Paola, Fort Scott and Garnett. His family moved to Garnett in 1921. He was united in...
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