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Alice Othella Redman

Alice Othella Redman

May 6, 2009

Alice Othella Redman, age 57, of Welda, Kansas, died on Wednesday, May 6, 2009, at her home. Alice was born on April 12, 1952, in Pueblo, Colorado, the daughter of Jim and Paulina (June) Gatlin. On December 24, 1970, she was united in marriage to Timothy L. Redman. She was preceded in death by her parents, and her husband, Timothy...

Barbara A. Katzer

Barbara A. Katzer

May 5, 2009

Barbara A. Katzer, age 73, of Greeley, Kansas, died on Tuesday, May 5, 2009, at the Olathe Medical Center in Olathe, Kansas. Barbara Ann Aggerholm Whalen was born on June 27, 1935, at St. Joseph, Missouri. She was the daughter of Francis and Kathleen (Sheridan) Whalen. She graduated from Lillis High School in Kansas City, Missouri in 1952. On October...

Lonnie Oscar Kindred

Lonnie Oscar Kindred

May 2, 2009

Garnett, KS - Lonnie O. Kindred, age 92, of Garnett passed away May 2, 2009 at the Anderson County Hospital Long Term Care Facility. Lonnie was born February 28, 1917 at Berea in Madison County, Kentucky the son of John Harvey and Ella Margaret (VanWinkle) Kindred. Lonnie grew up in Berea, southeastern Indiana, and Lebanon, Ohio. In 1939 he married...

Leo Eugene "Bud" Laird

Leo Eugene "Bud" Laird

Apr 29, 2009

Leo Eugene "Bud" Laird, age 75, of Richmond, Kansas, went fishing with the Lord on Wednesday, April 29, 2009. Bud was born on January 26, 1934 in Pittsburg, Kansas, the son of Leo E. and Ruby Morgan Laird. Bud's father worked in the coal mines at a very early age and then worked for the railroad starting on the track...

Leslie Wayne Watts

Leslie Wayne Watts

Apr 29, 2009

Leslie Wayne Watts, the son of Jake Watts and Ashley Croan was born and departed this life on April 29, 2009 at Mercy Hospital in Fort Scott, Kansas. He is survived by his parents, Jake Watts and Ashley Croan of Kincaid, Kansas; maternal grandparents, Terry and Verna Frye of Kincaid, Kansas; paternal grandmother, Cindy Dowghty of Kincaid, Kansas; great grandparents...

Joshua Smith

Joshua Smith

Apr 28, 2009

Joshua L. Smith, 20, of Piqua, Kansas, died Tuesday, April 28, 2009, near Quincy, Kansas, in eastern Greenwood County, after the vehicle he was a passenger in was swept off the road by high water. Joshua was born December 10, 1988, at Burlington, Kansas, the son of Robert L. & Denise M. (Karmann) Smith, Jr. He grew up on the...

Charles Turley

Charles Turley

Apr 28, 2009

Charles W. Turley, 88, of Iola, Kansas, died Tuesday, April 28, 2009, at Neosho Memorial Regional Medical Center in Chanute, Kansas. Charles was born February 20, 1921, in LaHarpe, Kansas, the son of William Lawson and Linnie Ellen (Tate) Turley. After graduating from LaHarpe High School he served in the United States Marine Corps during WWII where he received two...

Ronald Smith

Ronald Smith

Apr 27, 2009

Ronald D. Smith, 55, of Chanute, Kansas, died Monday, April 27, 2009, at his home. He was born May 21, 1954, in Iola, Kansas, the son of Nathaniel W. and Mildred V. (Rogers) Smith. He grew up in Iola where he attended school and lived most of his life. Over the years he worked for Columbia Metals, Tramec, U.S.D. #257,...

Virginia Foster

Virginia Foster

Apr 26, 2009

Virginia Foster, 84, of Lone Elm, Kansas, died Sunday, April 26, 2009, at the Allen County Hospital in Iola, Kansas. Virginia was born July 12, 1924, on a farm south of LaHarpe, Kansas, the daughter of George B. and Pearl D. (Kennedy) Rose. She graduated from LaHarpe High School. On August 8, 1942, Virginia married Elvin Foster and they made...

Robert Yokum

Robert Yokum

Apr 23, 2009

Robert Neal Yokum, 88, of Humboldt, Kansas, died Thursday, April 23, 2009, at his home. He was born July 7, 1920, at Nowata, Oklahoma, the son of Eli A. Delbert & Nancy Jane (Capps) Yokum. He grew up in the Westphalia area. He served in the U.S. Army during WWII where he was stationed in New Guinea as a combat...

Lloyd Claunch

Lloyd Claunch

Apr 21, 2009

Lloyd O. Claunch, 58, of rural Colony, Kansas, died Tuesday, April 21, 2009, at his home. Lloyd was born December 4, 1950, in Kansas City, Missouri, the son of John and Helen (Snyder) Claunch. He graduated from William Chrisman High School. On April 12, 1968, Lloyd married Jeanette Caldwell and they made their home in Independence, Missouri. He continued his...

Ruth Ann Barnum

Ruth Ann Barnum

Apr 19, 2009

Ruth Ann Barnum, age 60, of Savonburg, Kansas passed away, Sunday, April 19, 2009 at the Allen County Hospital, Iola, Kansas. She was born September 11, 1948 at Joplin, Missouri, the daughter of Howard and Virgie Marie (Lees) Stinson. She grew up in Missouri, graduating from high school in Louisiana, Missouri. On July 10, 1966 she was united in marriage...

Dean Flack

Dean Flack

Apr 18, 2009

Russell Dean Flack, 67, of Iola, Kansas, died Saturday, April 18, 2009, at the Allen County Hospital in Iola. Dean was born January 4, 1942, at Ft. Scott, Kansas, the son of Russell Robert and Virginia Lee (Twineham) Flack. He grew up at Moran and graduated from Moran Rural High School in 1960. He attended Washburn University for a semester...

Glenna Harclerode

Glenna Harclerode

Apr 18, 2009

Glenna Ann "Penny" Harclerode, 60, of Iola, Kansas, died Saturday, April 18, 2009, at her home. She was born July 14, 1948, at Iola, Kansas, the daughter of Roy and Pauline (Damron) Blevins. She grew up between Toronto and Iola. Penny was married to James Harclerode and they made their home in Florida. After his death, she moved to Missouri...

Bill Spears

Bill Spears

Apr 18, 2009

Wilmont H. "Bill Spears, Jr., 85, of Iola, Kansas, died Saturday, April 18, 2009, at Tara Gardens in Iola, Kansas. Bill was born April 6, 1924 in Kansas City's Waldo area. He was the only child of Wilmont H. Spears, Sr., and Viola Alice Ross Spears. In 1930 the family moved from Warsaw, Missouri to Bucyrus, Kansas. Bill graduated from...

Faye M. Stephens

Faye M. Stephens

Apr 18, 2009

Faye Mildred Stephens, age 86, of Kincaid, Kansas, died Saturday, April 18, 2009, in Hutchinson, Kansas. Faye was born on March 1, 1923, at Udall, Kansas, the daughter of Howard and Lila (Adams) Stout. The family later moved to the Stout home place southwest of Udall until 1934, when they moved to the Douglass, Kansas community. Two years later they...

Leta L. Shinkle

Leta L. Shinkle

Apr 17, 2009

Leta Lucille Shinkle, age 74, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on April 17, 2009 at the Golden Heights Living Center, Garnett, Kansas. She was born on May 2, 1934, in Scipio, Kansas, the daughter of Leo Ferdinand and Magdalina Mary (Mersman) Steinbacher. She grew up in the Scipio and Garnett area, graduating from Garnett High School in 1952. Leta was...

Walter Crick

Walter Crick

Apr 17, 2009

Walter F. Crick, 93, of Burwell, Nebraska, formerly of Iola, Kansas, died Friday, April 17, 2009, at the Community Memorial Health Center in Burwell, Nebraska. Walt was born July 27, 1915, in Iola, Kansas. His father, Carlton, was a postal clerk in Iola, and his mother, Margaret, was a stay home mom. Walter had one brother who was ten years...

Clarence Bruenger

Clarence Bruenger

Apr 16, 2009

Clarence W. Bruenger, 90, of Humboldt, Kansas, died Thursday, April 16, 2009, at the Neosho Memorial Regional Medical Center in Chanute, Kansas. Clarence was born November 13, 1918, on the family farm east of Humboldt, to Louis F. and Agnes M. (Mueller) Bruenger. He grew up on the family farm. He served in the United States Army during World War...

Edith Dellinger

Edith Dellinger

Apr 14, 2009

Edith L. Dellinger, 92, of Iola, Kansas, died Tuesday, April 14, 2009, at Windsor Place Nursing Center in Iola. Edith was born February 12, 1917, on a farm near Mapleton, Kansas, the daughter of Roy and Pearl (Haxton) Powell. On February 19, 1935, she married Sam Dellinger and they made their home in Iola. He preceded her in death on...

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