Recent Obituaries
Oliver Jackson
Sep 10, 2009
Oliver Conrad Jackson, 88, of Elsmore, Kansas, passed away September 10, 2009, at his home. He was born May 28, 1921 at Elsmore, Kansas, the son of Oliver Conrad Sr. and Della (Swanson) Jackson. He graduated from Elsmore High School in 1938 and from Kansas State University in 1942, where he was a member of Farmhouse Fraternity. In 1942 he...
Leo Weber
Sep 9, 2009
Leo A. Weber, 85, of Bronson, Kansas, died Wednesday, September 9, 2009, at the Moran Manor. Leo was born July 28, 1924, at rural Yates Center, Kansas, the son of John C. and Mary (Bruggeman) Weber. He grew up in the Piqua area until the family moved to a farm east of Humboldt. He farmed with his father for 26...
Marion Lee Cushing
Sep 7, 2009
Marion Lee Cushing, age 80, of Kincaid, Kansas, died on Monday, September 7, 2009, at his home. He was born on October 15, 1928, in Kincaid, Kansas, the son of Walter Lee Cushing and Fannie Mae (Riggs) Cushing. He grew up in the Kincaid area, graduating from Kincaid High School. He served in the U.S. Army during WWII. On September...
Ronald David Gull
Sep 7, 2009
Ronald David Gull, age 59, of Garnett, Kansas, died on Monday, September 7, 2009, at the Anderson County Hospital in Garnett, Kansas. Ron was born on March 14, 1950, in Garnett, Kansas, the son of Joseph David Gull and Goldie E. (Hale) Gull. He grew up in the area, graduating from Crest High School. He owned and operated Gull's Body...
Richard Bruce Aitken
Sep 6, 2009
Richard Bruce Aitken, age 58 of Olathe, Kansas passed away on September 6, 2009 at the Kansas City Hospice House, Kansas City, Missouri. He was born February 22, 1951 at Darby, Pennsylvania, the son of Richard Aitken Jr. and Margaret Jane Fritz. His early years were spent with his family in Pine Bluff, Arkansas; Wildwood New Jersey; and Fallston, Maryland....
Gerald Pulley
Sep 5, 2009
Gerald C. "Jerry" Pulley, Jr., age 47, of Dixon, Missouri, died Saturday, September 5, 2009, at his home from cancer. Jerry was born November 23, 1961, in Iola, Kansas, the son of Gerald C. and Princess N.R. (Turner) Pulley, Sr. He graduated from Iola High School and joined the United States Army which he made a career out of with...
Louie Mumma
Sep 1, 2009
Louie Mumma, age 83, of Garnett, Kansas, died on Tuesday, September 1, 2009, at his home. He was born on April 2, 1926 at Garnett, Kansas, the son of Louie Preston Mumma and Marguerite H. (Fitsch) Mumma. He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II, for 6 years. He went from one war ship to another, serving on...
Darlene Gumfory
Sep 1, 2009
Darlene M. Gumfory, 71, of Iola, Kansas, died Tuesday, September 1, 2009, at the Allen County Hospital in Iola. Darlene was born April 24, 1938 in Hood River, Oregon the daughter of Raymond F. and Lena P. (Lowe) Whitworth. At a young age, she moved with her family to Neosho County, Kansas, where she grew up and graduated from Stark...
Darlene Sandra Helser
Aug 29, 2009
Darlene Sandra Helser, age 69, of Moran, Kansas, passed away on Saturday, August 29, 2009 at the Wesley Medical Center in Wichita, Kansas. She was born on October 20, 1939, in Kansas City, Missouri, the daughter of Ralph C. and Aleta (Akers) Enlow. She grew up in Kansas City, Missouri. As a child she spent time around her parent's store,...
Hazel Yetzbacher
Aug 29, 2009
Hazel E. Yetzbacher, 86, of Iola, Kansas, died Saturday, August 29, 2009 at the Allen County Hospital in Iola. Hazel was born February 24, 1923 in Dawson, Nebraska the daughter of Charles A. and Martha E. (Harbour) Peres. At the age of five, she moved to Iola with her parents. She attended Iola schools and graduated from Iola High School...
James Daniel Mulcahey
Aug 28, 2009
Jim Daniel Mulcahey, age 81, of Garnett, Kansas passed away on August 28, 2009 at the Kansas City Hospice House, Kansas City, Missouri. He was born on May 13, 1928, at Amiot, Kansas, the son of Michael Joseph Mulcahey and Rose Ella Minnehan. Jim was born, raised and resided in the family homestead. He farmed and raised cattle all of...
Nancy Flewharty
Aug 28, 2009
Nancy Powell Flewharty, 82, of Iola, Kansas, died Friday, August 28, 2009, at the Moran Manor. Nancy was born February 22, 1927, in Iola, Kansas, the daughter of J.M. and Ina (Melton) Powell. She graduated from Iola High School and the University of Texas at Austin. On June 29, 1948, Nancy married Thomas W. Flewharty in Iola. They made their...
Irene Jantz
Aug 26, 2009
Irene Jantz, 88, of LaHarpe, Kansas, died Wednesday, August 26, 2009, at her home. Irene was born May 12, 1921 in Moundridge, Kansas the daughter of Jacob T. and Katie (Wedel) Schmidt. She grew up in Western Kansas. On July 28, 1941, Irene married Floyd R. Jantz. They lived and farmed near Syracuse, Kansas until moving to a farm south...
Donald Michael
Aug 26, 2009
Donald G. Michael, 83, of Iola, Kansas, died Wednesday, August 26, 2009, at Iola Nursing Center. Don was born June 7, 1926, in Garnett, Kansas, the son of Arnold B. and Pearl Edith (Tempel) Michael. He lived all of his life in Iola and worked a number of years for Forestine's Sandwich Inn. He also helped maintain the appearance of...
Frances Tweedy
Aug 25, 2009
Frances E. Tweedy, 83, of Iola, Kansas, died Tuesday, August 25, 2009, at St. Luke's Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri. Frances was born March 22, 1926, at Humboldt, Kansas, the daughter of Robert Maxwell and Ethel Eva (King) Lindsey. She grew up at Humboldt and graduated from Humboldt High School. She married Evan Dean Tweedy and they made their home...
Lucile Burke
Aug 22, 2009
Lucile I. Burke, 86, of Iola, Kansas, died Saturday, August 22, 2009, at the Allen County Hospital in Iola. Lucile was born December 16, 1922, at Macon, Georgia, the daughter of Randolph Elton and Lillian Myrtle (Gray) Thompson. She grew up in the Macon area. On November 1, 1941, Lucile married Robert E. Burke in Alabama. After World War II,...
Phyllis Gumfory
Aug 21, 2009
Phyllis Doreen Gumfory, 64, of Iola, Kansas, died Friday, August 21, 2009, at the Allen County Hospital in Iola. Phyllis was born December 28, 1944, at Erie, Kansas, the daughter of Clarence Edward and Vida Emil (Riley) Gambill. She grew up on farms in the Colony area. On September 5, 1961, Phyllis married Duane S. Gumfory at Iola, Kansas. They...
Ramona Driskel
Aug 19, 2009
Ramona Ann Driskel, 36, of Iola, Kansas, died Wednesday, August 19, 2009 at a residence south of Gas, Kansas. Ramona was born April 15, 1973 in Wellington, Kansas, the daughter of Virgil Dean and Marilyn (Dietrich) Page, Sr. She lived her early years in Conway Springs. The family moved to Colony and then to a farm north of LaHarpe. She...
Dormand Melte
Aug 17, 2009
Dormand Eugene "Gene" Melte, 73, of Moran, Kansas, died Monday, August 17, 2009, at his home. He was born July 21, 1936, in Brookfield, Missouri, the son of Charles and Mildred (Bennett) Melte. He grew up in the Kansas City area. Gene made his home in Blue Mound before moving to Iola. He moved to Moran two years ago after...
Ernest Eggers
Aug 16, 2009
Ernest M. Eggers, 92, of Humboldt, Kansas, died Sunday, August 16, 2009, at Pinecrest Nursing Home in Humboldt. Ernest was born November 8, 1916, at Blackwell, Oklahoma, the son of Henry Louis and Alice M. (Sewell) Eggers. He grew up in Oklahoma and graduated from Blackwell High School in 1934. He served in the United States Army during World War...
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