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Madilyn Nicole Berntsen

Madilyn Nicole Berntsen

Dec 10, 2008

Madilyn Nicole Berntsen, infant daughter of Devin Joseph and Ashley Nicole (Wools) Berntsen of Iola, Kansas, passed away December 10, 2008 at the Neosho Memorial Regional Medical Center. She is survived by her fraternal grandparents, Rick and Rita Berntsen of Iola, Kansas and Deanna Chaney and Tim Egner of Chanute, Kansas; and her maternal grandparents Roy and Debra Wools of...

Frances Drybread

Frances Drybread

Dec 9, 2008

Frances L. "Francie" Drybread, 56, of Moore, Oklahoma, formerly of Iola, Kansas, died Tuesday, December 9, 2008, at the University of Oklahoma Medical Center in Oklahoma City. Francie was born May 7, 1952, in Iola, Kansas, to Francisco "Frank" and Doris L. (Tuttle) Ornelas. She grew up in Iola and attended Iola High School. On Sept. 20, 1969, she married...

Ivan Strickler

Ivan Strickler

Dec 9, 2008

Ivan K. Strickler, 87, of Iola, Kansas, died Tuesday, December 9, 2008, at the Allen County Hospital in Iola,Kansas. Ivan was born Oct. 23, 1921, on the family farm north of Carlyle, Kansas, to Elmer E. and Edna Louise (James) Strickler. Ivan grew up in the Carlyle and Colony areas and graduated from Iola High School in 1939. He attended...

Dean Masters

Dean Masters

Dec 9, 2008

Dean Harvey Masters, age 84, of Moran, Kansas, died December 9, 2008 in Topeka. He was born August 2, 1924 at Herington, Kansas. He grew to manhood on the family farm southwest of Burlingame. He married Betty Barber of Eskridge, Kansas on October 15, 1945 at Emporia. They had just celebrated their 63rd anniversary. This union was blessed with eight...

Marvin Roberts

Marvin Roberts

Dec 7, 2008

Marvin William Roberts, 79, of Iola, Kansas, died Sunday, December 7, 2008, at the Allen County Hospital in Iola. Marvin was born Nov. 5, 1929, at rural Welda, Kansas, to Orson John and Alma May (Palmer) Roberts. A family visitation was held on Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2008, at the Waugh-Yokum & Friskel Chapel in Iola. Following cremation, inurnment will be...

Alice Jane Ward

Alice Jane Ward

Dec 4, 2008

Alice Jane Ward, age 94, of Colony, Kansas, died on Thursday, December 4, 2008, at Golden Heights Living Center in Garnett, Kansas. Alice was born on August 13, 1914, at Tyrone, Oklahoma, the daughter of Walter Kyle and Effie Belle (Freed) Clymer. She grew up in Satanta, Kansas, graduating from high school there. She taught school in country schools for...

Leonard A. Feuerborn

Leonard A. Feuerborn

Dec 3, 2008

Leonard A. Feuerborn, age 84, of Paola, formerly of Garnett, Kansas, died on Wednesday, December 3, 2008, at the Olathe Medical Center in Olathe, Kansas. Leonard was born on April 14, 1924, in Garnett, Kansas, the son of Frank C. and Mary Elizabeth (Bowman) Feuerborn. He attended Centennial School. He served in the Marine Corps at the end of and...

Beatrice E. Bures

Beatrice E. Bures

Dec 2, 2008

Beatrice E. Bures, age 96, of Richmond, Kansas, died on Tuesday, December 2, 2008, at Golden Heights Living Center in Garnett, Kansas. Beatrice was born on August 21, 1912, at Richmond, Kansas, the daughter of John and Mary (Benus) Gretencord. She grew up in Richmond, and attended West Scipio School. She was united in marriage to Matthew Luke Bures on...

Boward Flynn

Boward Flynn

Dec 1, 2008

Boward Basil Flynn, 88, of Moran, Kansas, died Monday, December 1, 2008, at the Allen County Hospital in Iola. Boward was born Oct. 27, 1920, at Drumright, Oklahoma, to Bert Bryan and Eva Belle (Brown) Flynn. He grew up in the Drumright area before the family moved to Bronson, KS, in 1937. Boward married Arlene Hopkins on Dec. 24, 1941,...

Christine Craig

Christine Craig

Nov 29, 2008

Edith Christine Craig, 86, of Garnett, passed away November 29, 2008 in the Long Term Care facility at the Anderson County Hospital in Garnett. Christine was born October 6, 1922, on her grandparents' farm in Anderson County, the daughter of lnez Pearl Bishop and Raymond Emory Wooton. A sister, Nora Josephine Wooton McNabb and her parents preceded her in death....

Harold L. Evans

Harold L. Evans

Nov 18, 2008

Harold L. Evans, age 76, of Garnett, Kansas, died Tuesday, November 18, 2008 at the Colmery O'Neil VAMC in Topeka, Kansas. He is survived by his mother, Loreda Evans; and three grandchildren, Brooke Hermreck, Jacob Hermreck, and Nickole Hermreck,; and one son-in-law, Neil Hermreck, all of Garnett, Kansas Graveside memorial services will be held on Friday, November 21, 2008 at...

Lenna N. Adams

Lenna N. Adams

Nov 16, 2008

Lenna Naomi Brooks Adams, age 99, formerly of Lone Elm, passed away on Sunday, November 16, 2008, at Garden Terrace Nursing Facility in Overland Park, Kansas. She was born January 12, 1909, the daughter of Frank and Clementine (Snyder) Brooks, on a farm near Centerville, Kansas, in Linn County. She attended school in the one room school of Coffeebean until...

Lawrence H. Gillham

Lawrence H. Gillham

Nov 16, 2008

Lawrence H. Gillham, age 88, of Moran, Kansas, passed away on Sunday, November 16, 2008 at Moran Manor in Moran, Kansas. He was born on September 14, 1920 on a farm east of Bayard, Kansas, the son of Charles Laurel and Irma Irita (Zornes) Gillham. He attended school at Bayard and Moran and spent his teen years with his Granddad...

Lela Morey

Lela Morey

Nov 12, 2008

Lillian Lela Morey, age 87, of Garnett, Kansas, died Wednesday, November 12, 2008 at the Anderson County Hospital, Garnett. She was born December 6, 1920 in Richmond, Kansas, the daughter of Claude and May (Camp) Robinson. Lela grew up in Anderson County, except for a time when her family homesteaded in Canada, later returning to Anderson County where she lived...

Raymond Henry Kratzberg

Raymond Henry Kratzberg

Nov 6, 2008

Raymond H. Kratzberg, age 91, of Greeley, Kansas, died on Thursday, November 6, 2008, at Villa St. Francis Nursing Home in Olathe, Kansas. He was born on June 22, 1917, at Greeley, Kansas, the son of Frank A. and Mary M. (Hastert) Kratzberg. He served in the U. S. Army from February 28, 1941 to August 10, 1945. During WWII,...

Ann V. Grove

Ann V. Grove

Nov 3, 2008

Ann V. Grove, age 87, of Greeley, Kansas, passed away on Monday, November 3, 2008, at the Anderson County Long Term Care facility in Garnett, Kansas. She was born on April 14, 1921, in Parker, Kansas, the daughter of Charles Kenneth and Inez (Bilderback) Grove. They moved to Greeley shortly after her birth. Ann graduated from the Greeley High School...

Alta E. Turner

Alta E. Turner

Nov 1, 2008

Alta E. "Betty" Turner, age 78, of Welda, passed away November 1, 2008 at Golden Heights Living Center, Garnett, Kansas. She was born June 28, 1930, in the rural area of Garnett, the daughter of Emmett and Fern (Coberly) Christy. From the age of three to eight, she lived in the Central City area moving to Maple Grove area. Following...

Betty Jane Adams

Betty Jane Adams

Oct 31, 2008

Betty Jane Adams, age 81, of Welda, Kansas, died on Friday, October 31, 2008, at the Golden Heights Living Center in Garnett, Kansas. She was born on September 18, 1927, at Walker, Missouri, the daughter of Dan and Mildred (Parks) Hiestand. Betty lived in Nevada, Missouri before the family moved to Welda. She graduated from Welda High School. Following school...

Glenn W. Showalter

Glenn W. Showalter

Oct 31, 2008

Glenn Westley Showalter, age 72, of Georgetown, Texas, formerly of Colony, Kansas, passed away on Friday, October 31, 2008, at Georgetown, Texas, surrounded by his immediate family. He was born December 19, 1935 in Garnett, Kansas, the son of Paul and Daisy (Ashburn) Showalter. He grew up in the Colony area and graduated from Colony High School, he then attended...

Kenneth C. Bolles

Kenneth C. Bolles

Oct 30, 2008

Kenneth Clyde Bolles, age 46, of Garnett, Kansas passed away October 30, 2008. Kenny was born September 3, 1962 at Sioux City, Iowa, the son of Clyde H. and Joyce P. (Short) Bolles, joining sister, Linda and brothers, Mike and Curt. He attended grade school and junior high in Leeds, and graduated early from North High School in 1980 to...

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