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Juanita Holloway

Juanita Holloway

Dec 27, 2008

Juanita Ethel Holloway, 80, of Gas, Kansas, went home to be with her Lord on Saturday, December 27, 2008, at the home of her son in Chanute, Kansas. Juanita was born August 25, 1928, at Topeka, Kansas, the daughter of George Luther and Ruby Ethel (Rice) Knoblock. She graduated from high school in LeRoy, Kansas. On May 15, 1947, Juanita...

Doris Ann Ulses

Doris Ann Ulses

Dec 27, 2008

Doris Ann Ulses, age 79, of Garnett, Kansas, died December 27, 2008 at her home. Doris was born on August 29, 1929, at Council Grove, Kansas, the youngest of four children, the daughter of George and Mary May (Craycraft) Wells. The family moved to Garnett when she was three months old. She has lived here ever since. Doris was united...

Owen Francis Hunsperger

Owen Francis Hunsperger

Dec 26, 2008

Kincaid, Kansas - Owen F. Hunsperger, 78, passed away Friday, December 26, 2008 at the Mercy Hospital in Fort Scott, Kansas. Owen was born October 22, 1930 at Osawatomie, Kansas, the son of Orville and Ethel (Hastings) Hunsperger. He grew up in the Osawatomie area attending school there until attending high school in Lane, Kansas. Following school he served in...

Mary Chambers

Mary Chambers

Dec 26, 2008

Mary "Millie" Chambers, 80, of Iola, Kansas, died Friday, December 26, 2008, at Windsor Place Nursing Center in Iola. Millie was born Nov. 21, 1928, at Kingman, Kansas, to Mose Alfred and Mary Marie (Harris) Prather. The family moved to LaHarpe in 1937. On March 27, 1949, she married Dean E. Chambers in Iola. They made their home in Iola,...

Kiyomi Gates

Kiyomi Gates

Dec 24, 2008

Kiyomi (Lisa) Gates, age 57, of Garnett, Kansas, died on Wednesday, December 24, 2008, in Garnett, Kansas. She was born on February 4, 1951, in Tokyo, Japan. She was a successful restaurant manager in Tokyo. She was united in marriage to Kenneth L. Gates, Sr., on August 16, 1983, in Tokyo, Japan. The couple moved to Holloman Air Force Base...

J. Edward Swanson

J. Edward Swanson

Dec 24, 2008

Elsmore, KS - J. Edward Swanson, 85, of Elsmore, Kansas passed away, December 24, 2008 at St. Luke's Hospital, Kansas City. He was born April 16, 1923 at Elsmore, Kansas, the son of Harold and Elida (Lindstrom) Swanson. He attended Elsmore schools, graduating from Elsmore High school in 1941. On June 26, 1945 J. Edward was united in marriage to...

Lois A. Miller

Lois A. Miller

Dec 23, 2008

Lois Ann Miller, age 62, of Garnett, Kansas, died on Tuesday, December 23, 2008, at Golden Heights Living Center in Garnett, Kansas. Lois was born on January 1, 1946, in the Carter Building in Garnett, Kansas, the daughter of Matthew J. and Irene B. (Pickert) Feuerborn. She went to Holy Angels School, and graduated from Garnett High School in 1964....

Blanche Cleaver

Blanche Cleaver

Dec 22, 2008

Blanche A. Cleaver, 91, of Iola, Kansas, died Monday, December 22, 2008, at Labette Health in Parsons, Kansas. Blanche was born July 23, 1917, in Liberal, Missouri, the daughter of Ira and Dorothy (Hatter) Morgan. She graduated from high school in Liberal. In 1937, Blanche married Roger Phil Mollohan and they made their home in El Dorado, Kansas, before moving...

Freda L. Bowen

Freda L. Bowen

Dec 22, 2008

Freda Bowen, age 84, of Garnett, Kansas died on December 22, 2008 at Garnett, Kansas. Freda Lou Bowen was born on a farm near Blue Mound, Kansas on August 13, 1924, to Fred C. Mead and Bernice Murrow Mead. She went to Country School until she graduated from grade school. Then her parents moved to Selma, Kansas, where she attended...

Ruth Brigham

Ruth Brigham

Dec 21, 2008

Ruth I. Brigham, 90, of Iola, Kansas, died Sunday, December 21, 2008, at her home. She was born June 30, 1918, in Crowley County, Colorado, the daughter of Bertwin Webster and Mary Elizabeth (Donald) Curtis. The family moved to LaHarpe, Kansas, and then to Iola. Ruth graduated from Iola High School and attended the University of Kansas. She worked a...

Darrol Hodge

Darrol Hodge

Dec 20, 2008

Darrol Allen Hodge, 63, of Avondale, Missouri, died Saturday, December 20, 2008, at Iola, Kansas. He was born September 21, 1945, at rural Hill City, Kansas, to Willis and Doris L. (Custine) Hodge. Darrol grew up in the Hill City area and graduated from Morland High School at Morland, Kansas. He has made his home in various states in the...

Roxie Riley

Roxie Riley

Dec 20, 2008

Roxie Riley, age 80, of Richmond, Kansas passed away on Saturday, December 20, 2008 at St. Luke's Hospital, Kansas City, Missouri. She was born October 3, 1928 at Neosho, Missouri, the daughter of Roy and Susie (Boggs) Murphy. She graduated from Liberal, Missouri High School and from Pittsburg State Teachers College, Pittsburg, Kansas. Roxie married James Wayne Riley on May...

Phyllis Pearl Gordon

Phyllis Pearl Gordon

Dec 19, 2008

Phyllis Pearl Gordon, age 78, of Colony, Kansas, died December 19, 2008 at Olathe Medical Center, Olathe, Kansas. She was born on July 12, 1930, in Independence, Kansas, the daughter of Jess and Beulah (Sheffield) Owen. She graduated from Independence High School and attended Independence Junior College. She married Junior Kenneth Gordon on August 24, 1948 in Bentonville, Arkansas. This...

James Goddard

James Goddard

Dec 18, 2008

James Edward "Jim" Goddard, 52, of Iola, Kansas, died Thursday, Dec. 18, 2008, at the Allen County Hospital in Iola. He was born Sept. 2, 1956, at Nuremberg, Germany, to Frank B. and Frances V. (Downing) Goddard. He grew up at Iola from the age of 7. After he graduated from Iola High School, he completed the Licensed Practical Nursing...

Elizabeth Palmer

Elizabeth Palmer

Dec 17, 2008

Elizabeth E. Palmer, 84, of Iola, Kansas, died Wednesday, December 17, 2008, at the Moran Manor at Moran, Kansas. Elizabeth was born January 23, 1924, in Iola, to William and Addie (Kunkleman) Palmer. She graduated from Iola High School. She was a member of the Methodist Church. There are no immediate survivors. Elizabeth was preceded in death by two brothers,...

Robert O. Warren

Robert O. Warren

Dec 16, 2008

Robert O. Warren, age 81, of Lone Elm, Kansas, passed away on Tuesday, December 16, 2008 at the Allen County Hospital in Iola, Kansas. Robert was born on September 13, 1927, at Garnett, Kansas, the son of D.O. and Ethel M. (Britton) Warren. He graduated from Garnett High School in 1945. He married Joan Kulp on November 25, 1954, at...

Reinhard Krohn

Reinhard Krohn

Dec 13, 2008

Reinhard Hermann Krohn, 81, of Iola, died Saturday, December 13, 2008, at his home. Rein was born October 24, 1927, in Pinneberg, Germany, the son of Hans Ernst and Olga Berta (Sass) Krohn. He attended school in Germany and served in the German Army during WWII. He became a prisoner of war by the Russians. After being released he returned...

Frederick Apt

Frederick Apt

Dec 11, 2008

Frederick G. Apt, Jr., 79, of Iola, Kansas, died Thursday, December 11, 2008, at his home. Fred was born September 4, 1929, in Iola, Kansas, the son of Frederick B. and Ada P. (Norton) Apt. He graduated from Kemper Military Academy and then attended the University of Kansas. After graduating from K.U. with a degree in history, he married Denise...

Florine Stewart

Florine Stewart

Dec 10, 2008

Florine "Flossy" Stewart, age 80, of Bronson, Kansas died on December 10, 2008, at the Kansas Heart Center in Wichita, Kansas. Florine was born July 12, 1928 at Mound City, Kansas, the daughter of John David and Violet Genelle (Hartman) Wagner. She made her home North of Bronson since the early 1950's. She married Melvin "Mel" Stewart on December 20,...

Mildred Link

Mildred Link

Dec 10, 2008

Mildred A. Link, 94, former Piqua resident, died Wednesday, December 10, 2008, at Atchison Senior Village in Atchison, Kansas. Mildred was born June 14, 1914, at Piqua, Kansas, to Frank and Frances (Sicka) Lampe. She attended Piqua Public School and St. Martin's Parish School. On September 26, 1934, she married Valentine "Vallie" Link and they lived and farmed southwest of...

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