Recent Obituaries
Wilbur S. Louk
Mar 20, 2009
Wilbur S. Louk, age 85, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Friday, March 20, 2009 at the Life Care Center in Burlington, Kansas. He was born on November 6, 1923 west of Garnett, the son of Ed Louk and Dee (Wilson) Louk. He was the third child of five. Wilbur attended Minkler Star School and graduated from Kincaid High School...
Rowdy Shapel
Mar 19, 2009
Rowdy Chancelor Shapel, son of Jason & Michelle (Shrum) Shapel of Iola, Kansas, was stillborn Thursday, March 19, 2009, at the Allen County Hospital in Iola. SURVIVORS: His Parents: Jason T. & Michelle C. (Shrum) Shapel of Iola, KS 1 Half-Sister: Courtney Greer of Iola, KS Paternal Grandmother: Elaine Gibbons of Ft. Scott, KS Maternal Grandparents: Sue Shrum & Fiance,...
Paul J. Collins
Mar 16, 2009
Paul J. Collins, age 83, of Greeley, Kansas, died on Monday, March 16, 2009, at the Olathe Medical Center in Olathe, Kansas. He was born on December 20, 1925, at Emerald, Kansas, the son of Leo and Rose (Magrath) Collins. He graduated from Williamsburg High School in 1943. Paul was self employed his entire working life. After high school, he...
Vina Higginbotham
Mar 15, 2009
Vina Mae Higginbotham, 98, of Carlyle, Kansas, died Sunday, March 15, 2009, at her home. Vina was born October 27, 1910, in Gas City, Kansas, the daughter of Ralph J. and Blanche A. (Tiffany) Conwell. She graduated from Iola High School. On July 23, 1929, Vina married Con W. Higginbotham and they made their home in Carlyle. He preceded her...
John Shapel
Mar 14, 2009
Retired U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sergeant John Howard Shapel, 73, of Iola, Kansas, died Saturday, March 14, 2009, at the Moran Manor. John was born July 2, 1935, at Carlyle, Kansas, the son of Amel and Minnie (Plumb) Shapel. He grew up in Gas City and worked in the oil fields with his Dad before graduating from Iola High School....
Genevieve Caldwell
Mar 13, 2009
Garnett, Kansas - Genevieve (Klages) Caldwell, age 87, passed away March 13, 2009 at the Anderson County Hospital. Genevieve was born March 17, 1921 at Chanute, Kansas, the daughter of Gustave F. and Clara (Wilkinson) Klages. Genevieve graduated from Garnett High School with the class of 1939. Genevieve married Glenn Caldwell, Sr. on November 18, 1939 at Stillwater, Oklahoma. This...
Delia Barnes
Mar 12, 2009
Delia N. "Della" Barnes, 67, of Iola, Kansas, died Thursday, March 12, 2009, at the Hospice Unit at Via Christi St. Francis Medical Center in Wichita, Kansas. She was born February 2, 1942, at Iola, Kansas, the daughter of E.B. "Shorty" and Laura M. (Yocham) Trester. She grew up in Iola where she graduated from Iola High School and Iola...
Marjorie George
Mar 12, 2009
Marjorie M. George, 95, former Neosho Falls, Kansas resident died Thursday, March 12, 2009 at the Life Care Center in Burlington, Kansas. Marjorie was born January 27, 1914, on her parents farm near Willis, Kansas. She was the daughter of Irl N. and Audrie B. (May) Compton. The family moved to a farm east of Eureka in 1920 and then...
Opal Belle Brown
Mar 11, 2009
Opal Belle Brown, age 87, a former resident of Garnett, Kansas, more recently of Fort Scott, died Wednesday, March 11, 2009, at the Medicalodge of Fort Scott. She was born March 27, 1921, in Longton, Kansas, the daughter of David Franklin Dunbar and Fannie Shanks Dunbar. She married James T. Brown on September 18, 1937, at Sedan, Kansas. He preceded...
Earl A. Meyers
Mar 9, 2009
Earl A. Meyers, age 87, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away March 9, 2009 at St. Luke's Hospital on the Plaza, Kansas City, Missouri. He was born on November 23, 1921 in LaHarpe, Kansas, the son of Arthur and Edna (Smoot) Meyers. He attended Allen County Schools before joining the Army around the age of 18. He served the Army for...
Rollin Herynk
Mar 8, 2009
Rollin Herynk, age 88, of Kincaid, Kansas, passed away on Sunday, March 8, 2009, at Saint Luke's Heart Institute in Kansas City, Missouri. John Rollin Herynk was born on August 24, 1920, in Lone Elm, Kansas, the son of Francis Michael and Christina (Pacha) Herynk. On December 28, 1942, he married Rachael Mary Grimes at Holy Angels Catholic Church in...
Wilma McCully
Mar 6, 2009
Wilma Ruth McCully, 75, of Iola, Kansas, died Friday, March 6, 2009, at Tara Gardens in Iola. Wilma was born January 29, 1934, in Lee County, Mississippi, the daughter of Jackson and Lizzie (Witt) Moore. She grew up in the Tupelo, Mississippi area. On September 1, 1950, Wilma married Douglas S. McCully in Tupelo. They made their home at Oxford,...
Aletha Duvall
Mar 5, 2009
Aletha B. (Peddicord) Duvall, age 98, of Livonia, Michigan, formerly of Garnett, Kansas passed away Thursday, March 5, 2009 at the Heartland Health Care Center Dorvin, Livonia, Michigan. Aletha was born August 10, 1910 at Williamsburg, Kansas, the daughter of Charles Albert and Frances Lydia (Kirkman) Peddicord. She was a graduate of Williamsburg high school, class of 1928, and Ottawa...
Dale E. Peine
Mar 5, 2009
Dale E. Peine, age 65, of Welda, Kansas, died on Thursday, March 5, 2009, at Saint Luke's Hospital on the Plaza, Kansas City, Missouri. He was born on September 4, 1943, at Garnett, Kansas, the son of Aaron and Maxine (Peters) Peine. He grew up in the area, graduating from Garnett High School in 1962. Dale served in the United...
Archie W. Gregg
Mar 4, 2009
Xenia, Kansas - Archie W. Gregg, 74, passed away March 4, 2009 at his home. Archie William Gregg was born June 28, 1934 at Xenia, Kansas, the son of Archie and Alberta (Carter) Gregg. He attended Xenia Grade School before graduating from Bronson High School in 1952. Following high school he worked for the Bourbon County road crew before moving...
Lena Masenthin
Mar 4, 2009
Lena Headrick Masenthin, age 39, of Richmond, Kansas passed away Wednesday, March 4, 2009 at Richmond, Kansas. Lena was born July 5, 1969 at Cortez, Colorado, the daughter of Carl and Melvine (Lands) Headrick. She grew up in Westphalia, Kansas, living there until moving to Oklahoma in 1982. She moved to Garnett, Kansas in 1984. She married Norman DeVoe at...
Clyde Gerdsen
Mar 3, 2009
Clyde E. Gerdsen, 70, of Iola, Kansas, died Tuesday, March 3, 2009, at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Topeka, Kansas. Clyde was born March 30, 1938, on a farm north of LaHarpe, Kansas. He graduated from LaHarpe High School and then served in the U.S. Navy. On September 1, 1962, Clyde married Donna R. Johns and they made their home...
Evelyn Coltrane
Mar 2, 2009
Evelyn Dora Coltrane, 92, of rural Humboldt, Kansas, died Monday, March 2, 2009, at the Allen County Hospital in Iola, Kansas. Evelyn was born January 6, 1917, at Uniontown, Kansas, the daughter of Arnold William and Mary Emily (White) Wade. The family settled on a farm south of LaHarpe and she graduated from LaHarpe High School. On October 19, 1935,...
Nora Manners
Feb 28, 2009
Nora Manners, age 77, of Wichita, Kansas, formerly of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Saturday, February 28, 2009 at the Kansas Medical Center in Andover, Kansas. She was born on April 19, 1931 in Little Rock Arkansas, the daughter of Robert Robbins and Genevieve Robbins. She grew up in Arkansas and Oklahoma and graduated from Marquette High School in Tulsa,...
Cathy Hannum
Feb 24, 2009
Cathy Sue Hannum, 55, of Iola, Kansas, died Tuesday, February 24, 2009, at the University Of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City, Kansas. Cathy was born March 22, 1953, in Iola, Kansas, to Kenneth Frank and Mary Catherine (Alexander) Potter. She grew up at Iola and graduated from Iola High School in 1971. She was a member of St. Timothy's...
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