Recent Obituaries
Pamala Cecil
Jan 17, 2009
Pamala Ann (Wells) Cecil, age 53, of Warsaw, Missouri, passed away on Saturday, January 17, 2009 at Capital Region Medical Center, Jefferson City, Missouri. She was born July 18, 1955 at Forbes Air Force Base at Topeka, Kansas, the daughter of Clifford Henry Wells and Dorothy Marie (McGill) Wells. Pam attended school at several places as her father was a...
James C. Swogar
Jan 16, 2009
James C. Swogar, age 76, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on January 16, 2009 at the Colmery O'Neil VAMC, Topeka, Kansas. He was born April 17, 1932, in Drexel, Missouri, the son of Melvin Swogar and Florence (Castor) Swogar. He grew up around Paola and Iola area before moving to Texas. He married JoAnne Brownlee on May 17, 1954 in...
Thelma Brown
Jan 16, 2009
Thelma May Brown, 93, of Yates Center, Kansas, died Friday, January 16, 2009, at the Allen County Hospital in Iola, Kansas. Thelma was born December 22, 1915, at Gridley, Kansas, to George Benjamin and Anna May (McAllister) Haas. She grew up north of Yates Center and graduated from Pleasant Hill country school and from Yates Center High School in 1934....
Donald Glen Lankard
Jan 14, 2009
Donald G. Lankard, age 76, of Garnett, Kansas, died on Wednesday, January 14, 2009, at his home in Garnett. He was born on March 18, 1932, at Garnett, Kansas, the son of Jasper and Minnie (Milliman) Lankard. He attended Garnett High School for 3 years. He later earned his GED in 1973. After high school he worked on pipelines in...
Charles A. Warbritton
Jan 12, 2009
Charles Alfred Warbritton, age 95, of Garnett, Kansas, died on Monday, January 12, 2009, at the Golden Heights Living Center in Garnett, Kansas. Charles was born on March 22, 1913, in Garnett, Kansas, the son of Elmer Ellworth and Lula Rebecca (Adams) Warbritton. He graduated from Garnett High School with the Class of 1931 and was employed at the Kansas...
Allen Passman
Jan 12, 2009
Allen Wayne Passman, 49, of Iola, Kansas, died Monday, January 12, 2009, at the Iola Nursing Center. Allen was born September 16, 1959, in Houston, Texas, the son of Travis A. and Helen (Senti) Passman. He grew up in California and lived in New Orleans before moving to Kansas in 2004. SURVIVORS: 1 Daughter: Sarah 1 Sister: Sherrie Locicero of...
Lenora Stanford
Jan 11, 2009
Lenora Kathleen Stanford, 61, of Iola, died Sunday, January 11, 2009, at Golden Living Center in Neodesha, Kansas. Lenora was born January 9, 1948, at Springfield, Minnesota, to Frederick Pierce and Anna Sara "Lucille" (Bingham) Cramer. She grew up on the family farm south of Gas City and attended Gas City School. On Oct. 11, 1969, Lenora married Mike Stanford...
Edward Donnelly
Jan 9, 2009
Edward John Donnelly, 72, of Humboldt, Kansas, died Friday, January 9, 2009, at Windsor Place Nursing Center in Iola, Kansas. Ed was born March 17, 1936, at Washington D.C. to Frank and Marie (Chatham) Donnelly. He grew up in Washington D.C. He joined the United States Air Force after graduation from high school and served four years. On June 22,...
Maurice Riley
Jan 8, 2009
Maurice "Moe" William Riley, 78, of Iola, Kansas, died Thursday, January 8, 2009, at his home. He was born March 31, 1930, at Piqua, Kansas, to William J. and Frances (Nieman) Riley. He received his elementary schooling in Piqua, attended Rockhurst High School in Kansas City and then transferred and graduated from Maur Hill High School in Atchison in 1948....
Walter D. Dysart
Jan 8, 2009
Walter Dale Dysart, age 87, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Thursday, January 8, 2009 at the Golden Heights Living Center, Garnett, KS. He was born June 22, 1921 on his family's farm west of Parker, Kansas, the son of Morris Granville Dysart and Elsa Jeanette (Peterson) Dysart. Walter attended Goodrich Grade School before graduating from Parker Rural High School...
Betty L. Hoke
Jan 7, 2009
Betty L. Hoke, age 81, of Garnett, Kansas, died on Wednesday, January 7, 2009, at the Anderson County Hospital in Garnett, Kansas. She was born on October 5, 1927, at Garnett, Kansas, the daughter of Albert John and Annabelle (Fisher) Cherry. Betty was united in marriage to Gerald L. Hoke on November 5, 1943, at Camp Rucker, Alabama. She was...
Earl Clemans
Jan 7, 2009
Earl Raymond Clemans,Jr., 89, of Colony, Kansas, died Wednesday, January 7, 2009, at the Allen County Hospital in Iola. Earl was born June 12, 1919, in Erie, Kansas, to Leona Mathis and Earl Clemans, Sr. He grew up at Odense, Kansas. He graduated from Erie High School in 1937. Earl attended Chanute trade school from 1937 to 1939. He graduated...
Larry Clarke
Jan 6, 2009
Larry B. Clarke, 64, of Yates Center, Kansas, died Tuesday, January 6, 2009, at his home. Larry was born March 23, 1944, at Rose Hill, Kansas, to Glenn W. and Vona "Babe" (Mott) Clarke. He grew up near Rose in Woodson County where he attended Perry School and graduated from Yates Center High School in 1962. He worked on the...
Ione Viola Anderson
Jan 5, 2009
Ione Viola Anderson of Colony, Kansas, passed away on Monday, January 5, 2009. She was born on April 12, 1919 in Colony, Kansas, the last daughter of Albert and Mary Susana (Stephen) Payne, and spent early life at Colony and the surrounding areas of Mildred and Iola. She married Harold Anderson of Iola on March 18, 1936, and later moved...
Helen F. Smith
Jan 4, 2009
Helen F. Smith, age 82, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on January 4, 2009 at her home. She was born August 18, 1926 in Franklin County, Kansas, the daughter of Floyd Dinsmore Stevenson and Dorothy Gladys (Spencer) Stevenson. Helen grew up in the Richmond, Greeley and Garnett area and married Warren Alvin Smith on January 3, 1948 in Greeley, Kansas....
Richard Christy
Jan 2, 2009
Richard Christy, age 86, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away, Friday, January 2, 2009 at his home. He was born March 14, 1922, at Central City, Kansas, the son of Odie W. and Zelma (Coberly) Christy. He graduated from Garnett High School with the Class of 1939. Richard served in the Army during World War II. He married Edith Umbarger on...
Roy A. "Pete" Gordon
Jan 1, 2009
Roy A. "Pete" Gordon, age 82, of Garnett, Kansas, died on Monday, August 24, 2009, at the Ransom Memorial Hospital in Ottawa, Kansas following complications of diabetes and heart failure. Pete was born on March 18, 1927 in Coffey County, Kansas, the son of Perry and Mary (Studebaker) Gordon. Following the death of his mother when he was two, he...
Marcella "Markey" Helena "Markey" Serene
Jan 1, 2009
Marcella Helena "Markey" Serene, age 85, of Garnett, Kansas passed away Saturday, December 12, 2009 at the Overland Park Regional Medical Center. Markey was born February 13, 1924 at Scipio, Kansas the daughter of, Henry John and Gertrude Ida (Wolken) Kueser. Her family moved to Garnett when she was 7 years old. After attending Garnett schools she married Jack Serene...
Vera Montgomery
Dec 31, 2008
Vera E. Montgomery, 91, of Humboldt, Kansas, died Wednesday, December 31, 2008, at the Allen County Hospital in Iola. Vera was born March 1, 1917, at Oak Valley, Kansas, to John Riley and Hazel May (Wilson) Beck. She grew up in the Chanute and Erie areas. On Feb. 10, 1938, Vera married Lee H. Montgomery at Chanute. They made their...
Leslie Baker
Dec 30, 2008
George Leslie Baker, 88, long-time missionary to Haiti and former Iola, Kansas resident, died Tuesday, December 30, 2008, at Tampa, Florida. Leslie was born June 21, 1920, at Iola, Kansas, to William Warner and Ada Mae (Thurston) Baker. He grew up on the family farm northwest of Iola, in the Carpenter district. He attended the Bible Baptist College at Springfield,...
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