Recent Obituaries
Virgil Page
Jun 5, 2009
Virgil D. Page, Sr., 71, of rural LaHarpe, Kansas, died Friday, June 5, 2009, at the Veteran's Administration Hospital in Wichita, Kansas. Virgil was born July 7, 1937, in Norwich, Kansas, the son of Robert H. and Frieda M. (Mayer) Page. He graduated from high school in Wichita and then served in the United States Marine Corps. On August 27,...
Octavia Stewart
Jun 5, 2009
Mary Octavia Stewart (Little), age 87, of Iola, Kansas, died Friday, June 5, 2009, at Windsor Place Nursing Center in Iola. Octavia was born September 30, 1921, at Moran, Kansas, the daughter of Euell J. and Ada O. (Rodenburg) Weast. She grew up at Moran and was a member of the first high school graduating class in the new school...
James E. North
Jun 1, 2009
James E. North, age 68, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away peacefully on June 1, 2009, at Golden Heights Living Center in Garnett, Kansas. James was born on October 2, 1940, in Carrol, Iowa, and was the sixth of ten children born to Sears Robert North and Olive Mae (Dowling) North. James was the oldest of the second set of twins....
Dale P. Baker
May 31, 2009
Dale P. Baker, age 52, of Colony, Kansas, died on Sunday, May 31, 2009, at the Wesley Medical Center in Wichita, Kansas. Dale was born on April 9, 1957, at Streator, Illinois, the son of Ray T. Baker and Ruby Elizabeth (O'Dell) Baker Stokowski. He was united in marriage to Margaret Watts on October 6, 1979, at Minonk, Illinois. This...
Myrna Akers
May 30, 2009
Myrna B. Akers, 74, of Iola, Kansas, died Saturday, May 30, 2009, at the home of her daughter in Iola from complications of Aplastic Anemia. Myrna was born December 20, 1934, on a farm southeast of Humboldt in Allen County to Jacob Lyle and Grace Philena (Ladd) Thompson. She grew up on the farm east of Humboldt where she graduated...
Nita Mae Bell
May 30, 2009
Nita Mae Bell, age 84, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away Saturday, May 30, 2009, at Golden Heights Living Center in Garnett, Kansas. She was born in Garnett, Kansas, on August 15, 1924, the daughter of Homer and Roxie (Brashear) Wells. Nita graduated from Garnett High School in 1942 and spent her entire life in Garnett, Kansas with the exception of...
Loyd Crabtree
May 22, 2009
Loyd E. Crabtree, 77, of Iola, Kansas, died Friday, May 22, 2009, at his home. Loyd was born December 12, 1931, at Cassoday, Kansas, the son of Marion L. and Bessie E. (Pittman) Crabtree. He grew up in the Hamilton, Kansas area and graduated from Hamilton High School in 1950. He was working for Phillips Petroleum before being drafted into...
Cleo Dorothy Couch
May 20, 2009
Cleo Dorothy Couch, age 85, of Garnett, Kansas, died on Wednesday, May 20, 2009, at the Anderson County Hospital in Garnett, Kansas. She was born on March 27, 1924, in Depew, Oklahoma, the daughter of John and Myrtle (Craft) Smith. She grew up in Oklahoma, later moving to California. Cleo married Bill Hines in 1940, and they later divorced. This...
Pat Summers
May 19, 2009
Patricia Ann Summers, age 58, of Parker, Kansas, died on Tuesday, May 19, 2009, at her home. Patricia was born on February 24, 1951, in Kansas City, Kansas, the daughter of Loman and Geraldine (Chisam) Whalen. She graduated from Parker High School in 1969. She was united in marriage to Jerry Summers on June 21, 1969, at the Parker United...
Russell Leon Chilson
May 18, 2009
Russell "Rusty" Leon Chilson, age 44, of Box Elder, South Dakota, formerly of Garnett, died on Monday, May 18, 2009, at Box Elder, South Dakota. Rusty was born on June 28, 1964, in Garnett, Kansas, the son of Paul and Lula (Sweet) Chilson. He graduated from Garnett High School in 1982. Following high school he entered the United States Air...
Margret Heloise Newton
May 17, 2009
Margret Heloise Newton, age 90, went to be with the Lord on Sunday, May 17, 2009. She was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma to Beulah Heloise Hedges Baker and Thomas Everett Baker of Oklahoma City on July 24, 1918. Margret was married to Donald B. Newton of St. Paul, Minnesota on December 20, 1941, in Mason City, Iowa. They made...
Jimmy Lloyd Harbin
May 16, 2009
Jimmy Lloyd Harbin, age 73, of Garnett, Kansas passed away May 16, 2009 at his home. He was born June 8, 1935 at Wheeling, West Virginia, the son of Lloyd Cleo and Margaret Susanna (Bauman) Harbin. Jim grew up in Detroit, Michigan, graduating from high school there. He began his career as a musician playing the guitar at the age...
Clara Juanita Turner
May 16, 2009
Clara Juanita Turner, age 89, of Welda, Kansas, passed away May 16, 2009, at Saint Luke's Hospital, Kansas City, Missouri. Juanita was born January 19, 1920 at Mapleton, Kansas, the daughter of Ray and Rosa (Hartman) Hale. Juanita was the oldest of seven children. She grew up in the Mapleton area. On May 10, 1947 she married Lawrence Turner at...
Terry Lathrom
May 16, 2009
Terry L. Lathrom, 42, of Iola, Kansas, died Saturday, May 16, 2009, at the Allen County Hospital in Iola. Terry was born March 16, 1967, in Vallejo, California, the son of Gail Morris and Judith Elaine (Crone) Lathrom. He grew up in the Iola, Kansas, area. He graduated from the Ft. Scott Community College Truck Driving program and worked most...
Leon Benjamin
May 15, 2009
Douglas Leon Benjamin, age 81, of Garnett, Kansas, died on Friday, May 15, 2009, at St. Luke's South Hospital in Overland Park, Kansas. Leon was born, April 6, 1928 at Garnett, Kansas, the son of, Homer and Alice (Hartman) Benjamin. Leon grew up on a farm south of Garnett. He graduated from Garnett High School in 1946. On June 1,...
Donna Dietrich
May 11, 2009
Donna L. Dietrich, 75, of Iola, Kansas, died Monday, May 11, 2009, at the Allen County Hospital in Iola. Donna was born November 6, 1933, at Wichita, Kansas, the daughter of Robert H. and Frieda M. (Mayer) Page. She grew up in the Wichita area where she attended school. On June 28, 1950, Donna married Charles T. Dietrich and they...
Billie Morton
May 10, 2009
Billie Marie (Lahman) Morton, age 79, of Iola, Kansas, died Sunday, May 10, 2009, at her son's home in Humboldt, Kansas. Cremation has taken place. Waugh-Yokum & Friskel Memorial Chapel of Iola, is in charge of arrangements. Online condolences for the family may be left on this website, www.iolafuneral.com .
Edna Means
May 8, 2009
Edna L. Means, 98, of Iola, Kansas, died Friday May 8, 2009, at the Iola Nursing Center in Iola, Kansas. Edna was born September 26, 1910, on a farm near Erie, Kansas, the daughter of Charles and Abigail (McGinnis) Simmons. She graduated from Erie High School in 1928. She attended Pittsburg State Teachers College where she obtained a teaching certificate....
Frank W. Stifter
May 7, 2009
2009-044 Frank W. Stifter, age 94, longtime resident of Greeley, Kansas, passed away May 7, 2009 at the Golden Heights Living Center in Garnett, Kansas. Frank William Stifter was born July 16, 1914 in Kansas City, Missouri, the son of Frank and Catherine (Sokel) Stifter. At the age of 6 months his parents moved to a farm east of Greeley....
Robert J. Luedke
May 6, 2009
Robert Justin Luedke, age 91, of Colony, Kansas, passed away on Wednesday, May 6, 2009, at the Allen County Hospital of a sudden illness. He was born in Scott City, Kansas, on May 28, 1917, the son of Charles and Estella (Niswonger) Luedke. Robert lived in Scott City until his family moved to Amsterdam, Missouri while he was in grade...
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