Recent Obituaries
Christopher R. Wright
Mar 8, 2022
Christopher "Chris" Ray Wright, age 42, passed away Tuesday, March 8, 2022, at his home in Parsons, Kansas. Chris was born December 21, 1979, in Enid, Oklahoma, to Raymond Lee and Lila Ruth (Harner) Wright. Chris attended Hirschi High School in Wichita Falls, Texas, where he graduated with the class of 1998. After high school, Chris furthered his education at...
Richard E. Bradford
Mar 6, 2022
Richard Eugene Bradford, age 94, of Iola, Kansas, passed away March 6, 2022, at Heartland Meadows, Iola, Kansas. Richard was born September 29, 1927, in Bayard, Kansas, to Edward E. Bradford and Ruth (Winder) Bradford. Richard graduated from Moran High School, Moran, Kansas. He and Doris Crawford were married May 19, 1950, in Kincaid, Kansas. Richard was a farmer, the...
Kenny Scheibmeir
Mar 6, 2022
Kenny Scheibmeir, age 62, passed away Sunday, March 6, 2022, at his home in Yates Center, Kansas. Kenny was born June 12, 1959, to Lloyd F. and Pearl M. (Henry) Scheibmeir in Iola, Kansas. He graduated high school from Yates Center, Kansas. Throughout his career he spent most of his time in the oilfield. In his spare time, he loved...
Dorothy Alberta Mae Boots
Mar 6, 2022
Dorothy Alberta Mae (Evans) Boots, age 96, of Bartlesville, Oklahoma, died peacefully at home on March 6, 2022. Funeral Services for Mrs. Boots will be held on Saturday, March 12, at 2 p.m. at the Feuerborn Family Service, Garnett, Kansas. Graveside services will follow at the family plot in the Garnett Cemetery. Chaplain Lloyd Houk will officiate. In keeping with...
Joyce R. Mapp
Feb 28, 2022
Joyce was born in Elsmore, Kansas, on August 16, 1928. She was the only daughter of James G. and Pearl Marie (Shelton) Ard. She passed away at 2:22 A.M. on February 28, 2022, at the age of 93 years. Joyce graduated the eighth grade from Old Elsmore School in May 1942. At the age of 16, Joyce moved to Arizona...
Larry J. Peine
Feb 28, 2022
Larry J. Peine, age 81, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Monday, February 28, 2022, at Good Samaritan Society, Olathe, Kansas. He was born December 16, 1940, in Garnett, Kansas, the son of Aaron and Maxine (Peters) Peine. Larry graduated from Garnett High School with the Class of 1958. He married Sandra K. Shaw on November 20, 1971, this union...
Rebecca Roush
Feb 27, 2022
Rebecca Roush, age 80, of Greeley, Kansas, passed away on Sunday, February 27, 2022, at her home. She was born February 25, 1942, in Fort Scott, Kansas, the daughter of Ivan and Louise (Horstman) Brittingham. Beck graduated from Ottawa High School, and made her career at H.D. Lee in Ottawa and then in Olathe, as a seamstress. Beck loved being...
Bruce W. Calahan
Feb 25, 2022
Bruce W. Calahan, age 73, of Ottawa, passed away on Friday, February 25, 2022, at Advent Health in Ottawa, Kansas. He was born July 18, 1948, on a rural farm south of Garnett, Kansas, the son of Vergil and Grace (Wilson) Calahan. He attended Lone Elm Grade School, Colony High School, and a graduate of Kansas State Teachers College in...
E.J. Siefker
Feb 24, 2022
EJ Siefker passed away February 24, 2022, in Chanute, Kansas, at the age of 89 years. EJ (Elmer James) was the 7th of 10 children born to A.W. and Hilda (Tanke) Siefker. He was born on December 20, 1932, in Deep River, Iowa. EJ attended Brush College Country School in Deep River until 1947 when his family relocated to Burns,...
James Erwin Crider
Feb 24, 2022
James Erwin Crider "Critter", age 65, of Welda, passed away on Thursday, February 24, 2022, at the Anderson County Hospital. He was born on March 5, 1956, in Kansas City Kansas, to William Charles Crider and Doris Louise Tucker. He graduated from Garnett High School in 1974. He served in the US Army from 1975-1981. He was a paratrooper with...
Cathy Ann Rowe
Feb 23, 2022
Cathy Ann Rowe, age 61, passed away Wednesday, February, 23, 2022, in Nixa, Missouri. Cathy was born to David and Carol Rowe in 1961. She attended Iola High school and graduated with the Class of 1979. She later attended Emporia State University and graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Education. Cathy worked at Silver Dollar City for the Silver...
Gladys M. Helman
Feb 22, 2022
Gladys Marie Helman, age 86, of LaHarpe, Kansas, passed away February 22, 2022, at Moran Manor, Moran, Kansas. Gladys was born August 11, 1935, in Kansas City, Missouri, to Frank Hoover and Gladys (Lavenberg) Hoover. Gladys grew up in Kansas City, Missouri, and moved to Geneva, Kansas, in 1951. She and Harman G. Helman, Jr. were married August 2, 1952,...
Emery Platt
Feb 21, 2022
Emery Platt, age 85, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Monday, February 21, 2022, at Advent Health, Ottawa, Kansas. He was born January 16, 1937, in Franklin County, Kansas, the son of Lonnie Joseph and Mary Ann (Setter) Platt. Emery grew up on the family farm West of Richmond and attended school at the local one-room schoolhouse (Prairie View) until...
Alva M. Harvey
Feb 20, 2022
Alva M. Harvey, age 98, of Kincaid, Kansas, passed away on Sunday, February 20, 2022, at Parkview Heights in Garnett, Kansas. She was born on July 4, 1923, in Collingswood, New Jersey, the oldest of six children to Irving Basil and Maybelle (Rudderow) Evans. Alva was united in marriage to James F. Harvey on October 19, 1946, in Mt. Ephraim,...
Lester B. Edwards
Feb 16, 2022
Lester B. Edwards, age 76, of Moran, Kansas, passed away February 16, 2022, at the Overland Park Center For Rehab, Overland Park, Kansas. Lester was born January 15, 1946, in Picher, Oklahoma, to Charles Edwards and Mamie (Thompson) Edwards. Lester graduated from Chetopa High School in Chetopa, Kansas. Lester and Shirley Connor were married in Iola, Kansas, on December 17,...
Bertlum Leroy Stokes, JR
Feb 16, 2022
Bertlum Leroy Stokes, Jr. "Junior", age 83, passed away Wednesday, February 16, 2022, at his home in Iola, Kansas. Junior was born July 19, 1938, in Latham, Kansas, to Bertlum Leroy and Lois Mae (Ryan) Stokes, Sr. He attended school in Moran, Kansas. After school, he enrolled in the United States Army and served for two years. Junior worked for...
Gloria Sue Swift
Feb 15, 2022
Gloria S. Springston Swift, age 70, of Iola, Kansas passed away on February 15, 2022 in Iola, Kansas. Gloria Sue Blevins was born on February 8, 1952 in Yates Center, Kansas. Gloria was the third of seven children born to Roy Eugene and Pauline Verena (Damron) Blevins. She grew up in the Toronto and Neosho Falls communities. Gloria married Dennis...
Naomi Jane Pratt
Feb 15, 2022
Naomi Jane Pratt, age 92, of Iola, Kansas, passed away February 15, 2022, at Moran Manor, Moran, Kansas. Janie was born February 3, 1930, in Oklahoma to Cecil Runer and Marie (Medearis) Runer. Janie graduated in 1948 from Iola High School. She and Harvey Pratt were married July 26, 1953, in Iola, Kansas. Janie worked as a bookkeeper in Iola...
Jerome F. Jacobs
Feb 15, 2022
Jerome F. Jacobs, age 66, passed away Tuesday, February 15, 2022, at St. Luke's Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri. Jerome was born September 11, 1955, in Kingman, Kansas, to Harold Leonard and Lucille Catherine (Roth) Jacobs. He attended Yates Center High School and graduated with the class of 1974. He married Monica Dieker after high school. Their union was blessed...
Norma Jewell Griffith Moore
Feb 13, 2022
Norma Jewell (Morelan) Griffith Moore passed away on February 13, 2022, in Lawrence, Kansas. Norma was born on July 17, 1927, in Humboldt, Kansas, to J.W. (Buck) and Jewell Sybil (Orcutt) Morelan. She assisted in raising her younger siblings, Reva Ann, Peg, Jody, and Jim. She attended Humboldt schools. On December 23, 1944, she married Billy E. Griffith of Humboldt...
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