Recent Obituaries
Rosella Hillbrant
Jun 23, 2010
Rosella M'Lee Hillbrant, 74, of Iola, Kansas, died Wednesday, June 23, 2010, at the Allen County Hospital. Rosella was born December 9, 1935, in Stark, Kansas the daughter of O.M. and Elma (McCormick) Dunham. She graduated from Grant High School in Stark in 1953. She then graduated from Neosho County Community College and Pittsburg State University with a degree in...
Melvin Maley
Jun 21, 2010
Melvin Lavern "Bud" Maley, 73, of Iola, Kansas, died Monday, June 21, 2010, at Windsor Place Nursing Center in Iola. Bud was born December 9, 1936, on the family farm three miles south of Gas City the son of Glenn C. and Florence A. (Crowell) Maley. He made his home with his parents and helped with the farm. After their...
George Earl Croan
Jun 21, 2010
George Earl Croan, age 72, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Monday, June 21, 2010, at the Anderson County Long Term Care Facility, Garnett, Kansas. He was born on December 25, 1937 in Centerville, Kansas, the son of George Franklin and Mae Amanda (Cass) Croan. George graduated from the Kincaid High School in Kincaid, Kansas, and served in the United...
Raymond Pollman
Jun 20, 2010
Raymond George Pollman, 92, of Humboldt, Kansas, died Sunday, June 20, 2010, at Heritage Health Care Center in Chanute, Kansas. Raymond was born December 13, 1917, in Butler County near Leon, Kansas, the son of Charles and Susie (Singleton) Pollman. He grew up on a farm in Woodson County. On January 27, 1943, Raymond married Frances Marie Kinney at the...
Pat Neville
Jun 20, 2010
Patricia "Pat" Neville, 82, of Neosho Falls, Kansas, died Sunday, June 20, 2010, at her home after a battle with cancer. Pat was born December 10, 1927, to Lebor and Mary (Lampe) Mies of Andale, Kansas. Pat was the oldest child of nine. She grew up in the Andale area. On May 26, 1948, Pat married Cletus J. Neville at...
Louis Henry Egidy
Jun 20, 2010
Louis Egidy, age 94, of Greeley, KS, passed away on Sunday, June 20, 2010 at his home. He was born on January 30, 1916 in Greeley, Kansas, the son of Adolph and Josephine (Kratzberg) Egidy. Louis joined the United States Army during WWII from 1942 to 1945. He served at the Battle of the Bulge. Louis married Etta Setter on...
Tracy Vest
Jun 19, 2010
Tracy Lynn Vest, 40, of LaHarpe, Kansas, died Saturday, June 19, 2010 as a result of an automobile accident north of Humboldt, Kansas. Tracy was born January 15, 1970, in Iola, Kansas, the daughter of Dale Dean and Joyce A. (Hydorn) Waddell. She graduated from Iola High School and Allen Community College. On June 22, 1990, Tracy married Tim Vest...
Delbert Manson
Jun 17, 2010
Delbert Manson, age 72, of Pittsburg, Kansas, formerly of McCune, Kansas passed away Thursday, June 17, 2010 at the St. John's Regional Medical Center, Joplin, Missouri. Delbert was born August 31, 1937 at Savonburg, Kansas, the son of Elmer and Bertha (Foster) Manson. He grew up in the Savonburg area and attended school at Elsmore. Delbert was a farmer in...
Jeanetta Womack
Jun 15, 2010
Jeanetta Marie Womack, 82, of Bowling Green, Kentucky died Tuesday, June 15, 2010 at her home. The Riley, Kansas native was born May 19, 1928, a daughter of the late Alfred Beck and Evelyn Beck. She was preceded in death by her husband, Richard Rex Womack and a brother, Alfred Beck, Jr. She was a homemaker, mother and grandmother and...
Shirley McGrew
Jun 15, 2010
Shirley P. McGrew, 81, of Iola, Kansas, died Tuesday, June 15, 2010 at Windsor Place Nursing Center in Iola. Shirley was born September 21, 1928, at Iola, Kansas, the daughter of Paul and Imo (Burger) Wright. She grew up in Iola and graduated from Iola High School in 1946. On February 10, 1951, Shirley married Jack L. McGrew in Iola...
Darrell A. "Rick" Rickabaugh
Jun 14, 2010
Darrell A. "Rick" Rickabaugh, age 74, of Greeley, Kansas, passed away on Monday, June 14, 2010, at his home. Rick was born on June 30, 1935, at Redding, Kansas, the son of Joe Arch and Josephine P. (Blum) Rickabaugh. He graduated from Greeley High School in 1951. Rick served in the U.S. Army from April 1958 to March 1960. He...
Donald James Cooper
Jun 14, 2010
Donald James Cooper, age 72, of Centerville, Kansas, passed away on Monday, June 14, 2010 at his home. Donald was born on May 7, 1938, in Miami County, Kansas, the son of John Frank Cooper Jr. and Elsie Mae (Creager) Cooper. He attended Fontana schools, spending his childhood in the Fontana and Paola area. Donald entered the United States Navy...
Maxine Adams
Jun 13, 2010
Opal Maxine Adams, age 88, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Sunday, June 13, 2010, at the Anderson County Hospital Long Term Care Facility in Garnett, Kansas. She was born on October 6, 1921, in the Burns Community, Polk County, Missouri near Bolivar, the daughter of Fred Olin and Loah Claud (McReynolds) Abel. She attended area schools before graduating high...
Glenda Jones
Jun 12, 2010
Glenda Irene Jones, 61, of rural Iola, Kansas, died Saturday, June 12, 2010 at her home. Glenda was born July 5, 1948, in Iola, the daughter of Glen and Marguerite (Creason) Carter. After graduating from Iola High School she attended cosmetology school in Iola. She worked as a beautician until going back to school. She received her training in Chanute...
Glen E. Wills
Jun 11, 2010
Glen E. Wills, age 54, of Champaign, Illinois, passed away on Friday, June 11, 2010, at Champaign, Illinois. Glen was born on December 3, 1955, at Garnett, Kansas, the son of Cleo Edward and Vera (Parks) Wills. He graduated from Garnett High School with the Class of 1974. After graduation, he served in the Air Force. He was united in...
Hope Smith
Jun 10, 2010
Hope Smith, 95, of Moran, Kansas, died Thursday, June 10, 2010, at the Moran Manor. Hope was born May 29, 1915, at Moran, Kansas, the daughter of J.E. and Ethyl B. (Smith) Williams. She grew up on the family farm northwest of Moran. On March 1, 1934, Hope married Arno Smith and they farmed west of Moran. He preceded her...
Lexie Nicole Tolbert
Jun 4, 2010
Lexie Nicole Tolbert, age 8, of Kincaid, Kansas, passed away on Friday, June 4, 2010. She was born on May 26, 2002 in Iola, Kansas, the daughter of Jason Tolbert and Kayla DeVoe. She is survived by her parents, Jason Tolbert and Kayla DeVoe of Kincaid, Kansas; her grandparents, Calvin and Patricia DeVoe of Kincaid, Kansas; grandmother, Wendy Reyes, of...
Kris Tina DeVoe
Jun 4, 2010
Kris Tina DeVoe, age 28, of Kincaid, Kansas, passed away on Friday, June 4, 2010 at New Strawn, Kansas, the result of a vehicle accident that also claimed the lives of her daughter, Payton DeVoe, age 4 and her niece, Lexie Tolbert, age 8. She was born on July 23, 1981 in Garnett, Kansas, the daughter of Calvin and Patricia...
Payton Alexis DeVoe
Jun 4, 2010
Payton Alexis DeVoe, age 4, of Kincaid, Kansas, passed away on Friday, June 4, 2010. She was born on December 28, 2005 in Iola, Kansas, the daughter of Kris Tina DeVoe. She is survived by four brothers, Kurt Thomas, Pattrick DeVoe, Martin Calvey and Skyler Kilpatrick; two sisters, Lexis Calvey and Megan Kilpatrick; her grandparents, Calvin and Patricia DeVoe of...
Pearl Green
Jun 2, 2010
Pearl Green, age 95, of Colony, Kansas, passed away on Wednesday, June 2, 2010, in Iola, Kansas. Pearl was born on August 24, 1914, at Elkhart, Kansas, the daughter of Charles Albert and Grace Mabel (Robinson) Riley. She attended Pleasant Ridge school located northwest of Kincaid. She was united in marriage to Irel Albert Green on July 18, 1931 at...