Obituaries

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Leah Card

Leah Card

Apr 21, 2010

Leah Rae Card, 74, of Chanute, Kansas, formerly of Humboldt, died Wednesday, April 21, 2010, at Via Christi Medical Center St. Francis Campus in Wichita. Leah was born December 11, 1935, in Iola, Kansas, the daughter of Ray A. and Elora G. (Lehman) Card. She grew up in Humboldt where she graduated from high school. On April 11, 1956, Leah...

James Cole

James Cole

Apr 19, 2010

James Lee "Jim" Cole, 50, of LaHarpe, Kansas, died Monday, April 19, 2010, at his home. Jim was born July 24, 1959, at Eureka, Kansas, the son of Edwin Lee and Annette (Sanderson) Cole. He grew up in Gas, Kansas where he attended elementary school. The family moved to LaHarpe when he was a teenager. On December 20, 1997, Jim...

Brian Pozzie

Brian Pozzie

Apr 18, 2010

Brian Pozzie, age 50 of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Sunday, April 18, 2010, at the Anderson County Hospital in Garnett, Kansas. Brian was born on January 13, 1960 at Aurora, Illinois, the son of Jerry Louis Pozzie and Barbara (Reeser). He grew up in Aurora, and attended schools there. In 1977 Brian served in the U.S. Army. He was...

Wayne L. Penn

Wayne L. Penn

Apr 18, 2010

Wayne Lyman Penn, age 82, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Sunday, April 18, 2010, at Golden Heights in Garnett, Kansas. He was born on September 3, 1927 at Neodesha, Kansas, the son of Ira and Jessie (DeLong) Penn. Wayne grew up in the Neodesha area, attending Baumgardner Country School before graduating from Neodesha High School in 1945. In 1945...

Harold Shue

Harold Shue

Apr 16, 2010

Harold Edwin "Hal" Shue, 69, of Gas, Kansas, died Friday, April 16, 2010, at his home. He was born September 21, 1940, in Fredonia, Kansas, the son of Harold Earl and Thelma (McGregor) Shue. He grew up in Fredonia and graduated from high school there. Harold served in the United States Navy from 1958 to 1961. Following his honorable discharge...

Dale S. Miller

Dale S. Miller

Apr 15, 2010

Dale S. Miller, age 94, of Blue Mound, Kansas passed away Thursday, April 15, 2010 at Parsons, Kansas. Dale was born November 26, 1915 at Saffordville, Kansas, the son of Pete Searl and Floretta Alvena "Winnie" (Nurnburg) Miller. Dale grew up in western Lyon County, Kansas attending country schools before graduating from high school at Miller, Kansas. Following school Dale...

Wayne Gerdsen

Wayne Gerdsen

Apr 13, 2010

Wayne Eugene Gerdsen, 78, of Los Fresnos, Texas, formerly of LaHarpe, Kansas, died Tuesday, April 13, 2010 at Valley Baptist Medical Center in Harlingen, Texas. Wayne was born October 28, 1931, at Moran, Kansas, the son of Robert and Lucy (Simpson) Gerdsen. He grew up on the family farm north of LaHarpe and graduated from LaHarpe High School. He served...

Gary Reeder

Gary Reeder

Apr 9, 2010

Gary Ray Reeder, 52, of Iola, Kansas, died Friday, April 9, 2010, at the Allen County Hospital in Iola. Gary was born April 22, 1957, in Iola, the son of Ralph James and Wilma Nadine (Boese) Reeder, Jr. He attended school in Iola and then served in the United States Marine Corp. He worked in the oil fields until moving...

Jerry E. Milligan

Jerry E. Milligan

Apr 7, 2010

Jerry Milligan was born on July 25, 1950 in Seymour, Missouri, to Claude Reed Milligan and Eunice Loretta Miller Milligan, and departed this life on Wednesday, April 7, 2010, in Ottawa, Kansas at the age of 59. Jerry and his family moved to Ulysses, Kansas in 1957. He attended Red Rock Grade School and Ulysses High School Class of 1968....

Thomas Wood

Thomas Wood

Apr 7, 2010

Thomas Beverly Wood, referred to by family as Bev and by friends as Tom, died Wednesday, April 7, 2010, at the Allen County Hospital in Iola, Kansas at the age of 90. He was born on October 23, 1919, the son of Lawrence Vivian (LV) and Gladys (Hartman) Wood the fourth of seven children on a ranch south of Norwich,...

Krista Grogg

Krista Grogg

Apr 5, 2010

Krista Carie Bruner Grogg, 35, of Yates Center, Kansas, died Monday, April 5, 2010, from injuries she received in an automobile accident north of Yates Center. Krista was born November 10, 1974, in Iola, Kansas, the daughter of Michael L. and Linda Lea (Chriestenson) Bruner. She grew up at Neosho Falls and graduated from Yates Center High School in 1993....

Clifford Heisler

Clifford Heisler

Apr 4, 2010

Clifford L. Heisler, 82, of Humboldt, Kansas, died Sunday, April 4, 2010, at his home. Clifford was born April 3, 1928 in Pawnee, Oklahoma, the son of Henry John and Minnie Elizabeth (Myers) Heisler. He grew up at Pawnee until the family moved to a farm west of Elsmore, Kansas in 1944. On April 10, 1951, Clifford married Irene Martin...

James McGowan

James McGowan

Apr 3, 2010

James S. McGowan, Sr., 75, of Iola, Kansas, died Saturday, April 3, 2010, at the Allen County Hospital in Iola. He was born May 20, 1934, in Iola, Kansas, the son of Raymond P. and Jane Helen (Atkins) McGowan. He grew up in Iola. After serving a year with the Kansas National Guard he enlisted in the United States Air...

Floyd Hangen

Floyd Hangen

Apr 3, 2010

Floyd E. Hangen, 79, of Iola, Kansas, died Saturday, April 3, 2010, at his home. Floyd was born October 13, 1930, at Dayton, Ohio, the son of Cleo John and Glenna Myrle (Welsh) Hangen. He grew up in Ohio and graduated from Butler Township High School in Vandalia, Ohio. He joined the United States Navy and served four years during...

Nancy Gampper

Nancy Gampper

Apr 1, 2010

Nancy Jean Anderson Gampper died Thursday, April 1, 2010. SURVIVORS: Long-time companion: Ken Rowe of Iola 2 Daughters: Laura Mathis & her husband, Josh and Krista Gampper of Iola, KS Her parents: Gene & Claudette Anderson of Colony, KS 1 Sister: Leanne Trabuc & her husband, Butch of Colony, KS Niece & Nephew: Derek Trabuc of Iola, and Nicole Wainwright...

Toby D. Yoder

Toby D. Yoder

Mar 30, 2010

Toby Yoder, age 96, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Tuesday, March 30, 2010 at the Anderson County Long Term Care Facility, in Garnett. He was born on April 17, 1913, at Thomas, Oklahoma, the son of David J. Yoder and Eliza Yoder. Toby was a member of the Old Order Amish Church. Toby married Barbara Beachy on October 8,...

Mike Farris

Mike Farris

Mar 26, 2010

Mike Farris, age 63, of Iola, Kansas, passed away on Friday, March 26, 2010, in Joplin, Missouri. Mike was born on January 11, 1947 at Iola, Kansas, the son of Eugene and Flora (Fowler) Farris. He grew up in the Colony area, graduating from Colony High School. He attended Allen County Community College, Emporia State University, and Pittsburg State University....

Barbara Yoder

Barbara Yoder

Mar 26, 2010

Barbara (Beachy) Yoder, age 94, of Garnett, Kansas, died March 26, 2010 at the Anderson County Long Term Care Facility, Garnett, Kansas. She was born on January 30, 1916, at Garnett, Kansas, the daughter of Jonas and Lizzie (Overholt) Beachy. Barbara married Toby D. Yoder on October 8, 1936 at Garnett, Kansas. They lived in matrimony for 73 years. She...

Charley Gowdy

Charley Gowdy

Mar 25, 2010

Charley Joe Gowdy, 74, of rural Iola, Kansas, died Thursday, March 25, 2010, at the Allen County Hospital in Iola. Charley was born June 16, 1935, on a ranch near Bristow, Oklahoma, the son of Vernon Leroy and Virgie (Frazier) Gowdy. He graduated from Bristow High School and Coffeyville Junior College. He received his Bachelor Of Science degree and Master's...

Kelly Preston Peery

Kelly Preston Peery

Mar 23, 2010

Kelly Preston Peery, age 47, passed away on Tuesday, March 23, 2010, at the Olathe Medical Center in Olathe, Kansas. He was born on June 30, 1962, in Iola, Kansas, the son of Marvin and Judy (Blagg) Peery. He grew up around the Lone Elm, Kincaid, and Bush City areas. Kelly attended school in Fort Scott, Lone Elm, Kincaid, and...