Recent Obituaries
Shirley D. Ludlum
Dec 10, 2022
Shirley D. Ludlum, age 91, of Moran, Kansas, passed away on December 10, 2022 at the Allen County Hospital, Iola, Kansas. Shirley was born on July 12, 1931 at Medicine Lodge, Kansas. She was the sixth of eight children born to John Ervin Jackson and Jessie Eva (Hollister) Jackson. Shirley grew up in Medicine Lodge, moving to a farm northwest...
Virginia L. Latta
Dec 9, 2022
Virginia "Ginny" Lorene Latta, age 97, of Iola, Kansas, went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Friday, December 9, 2022, peacefully surrounded by her loved ones. Virginia was born in Iola to Raymond and Louise (Moore) Kaufman on August 31, 1925. She graduated from Iola High School in 1943. On October 4, 1946, Virginia married her sweetheart...
Ms Donna Lou Miller
Dec 9, 2022
Donna Lou Shellhorn Miller, 77, resident of rural Blue Mound, Kansas, passed away Friday, December 9, 2022 at Parkview Heights, Garnett, Kansas. Donna was born June 21,1945, at Carter Hospital in Garnett, to Donald F. Shellhorn and Francis Lou (Borror) Shellhorn. She grew up in the Emerald and Harris, Kansas communities, where she attended Emerald and Harris Elementary School. Her...
Don Ellison
Dec 9, 2022
William Donald "Don" Ellison, 94, passed away on Friday, December 9, 2022. He was born on November 29, 1928, to John W. Ellison and Mary Feeney Ellison at the St. Johns Hospital in Iola, Kansas. He grew up on a farm in Woodson County. Don attended Prairie Center Grade School and graduated from Humboldt High School in 1946. Don and...
Eleanor E. Riebel
Dec 7, 2022
Eleanor Edith Riebel, age 90, of Iola, Kansas, passed away December 7, 2022, at Neosho Memorial Hospital, Chanute, Kansas. She was born January 17, 1932, in Piqua, Kansas, to John Weber and Mary (Burggeman) Weber. Eleanor and Edward Riebel were married July 26, 1949, in Humboldt, Kansas, and they enjoyed 68 years of marriage together. Eleanor worked as an inspector...
Bill Jenkins
Nov 29, 2022
William George (Bill) Jenkins, age 87, of Iola, Kansas, passed away November 29, 2022, at the Allen County Regional Hospital, Iola, Kansas. Bill was born June 3, 1935, in Louisburg, Kansas, to John F. Jenkins and Mary R. (Henry) Jenkins. Bill was raised on a farm in Miami County, Kansas, and graduated in 1953 from Paola High School, Paola, Kansas....
John Scott Reiter
Nov 29, 2022
John Scott Reiter, age 63, of LaHarpe, Kansas, passed away November 29, 2022, at his residence. John was born January 28, 1959, in Garnett, Kansas, to John Robert Reiter and Imogene (Patrick) Reiter. John graduated in 1977 from Iola High School and he went on to earn an associate's degree. John spent most of his life as a trucker. John...
LaVerne Howarter
Nov 26, 2022
LaVerne Howarter, age 100, of Lone Elm, Kansas, passed away on Saturday, November 26, 2022, at Parkview Heights in Garnett. Altha LaVerne Henderson was born on a farm near Bush City, Kansas on November 17, 1922, to Boyd and Altha (Dall) Henderson. LaVerne was the ninth child born to this union, she and her three brothers and five sisters graduated...
Phyllis Rea
Nov 26, 2022
Georgia Phyllis Rea, age 94, of Colorado Springs, Colorado, passed away peacefully, surrounded by family, on November 26, 2022, in Colorado Springs, Colorado. There will be no visitation as cremation has taken place. A memorial service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Sunday, December 11, 2022, at Feuerborn Family Funeral Service, 1883 US Highway 54, Iola, Kansas, with Chaplain...
Helen L. Rockers
Nov 25, 2022
Helen Rockers, age 97, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on November 25, 2022 at Parkview Heights. Helen was born on January 9, 1925 in Garnett, Kansas. She was one of eleven children born to G.M. Tush and Mary La Pearl (Weiland) Tush. Helen married Emmett Platt, their union was blessed with one son, Kenneth, and Emmett's son, Clark. Emmett passed...
William "Bill" Brecheisen
Nov 24, 2022
William Roy "Bill" Brecheisen Sr., age 100, of Welda, Kansas, passed away on Thursday, November 24, 2022 at Iola, Kansas. Bill was born on September 9, 1922 at Welda, to William Charles Brecheisen and Agnes (Livingston) Brecheisen. He grew up in Welda, graduating from Welda High School with the class of 1939. Bill entered the US Army on November 22,...
Norman Grant Stine
Nov 24, 2022
Norman Grant Stine passed away on November 24, 2022, at CREDO Memory Care in Fort Scott, Kansas. Norman was born January 13, 1936, on a farm northeast of Uniontown, Kansas, to William Kenneth and Mildred Agnes (Nutter) Stine. Norman attended a one-room country school near Uniontown, then graduated from Uniontown High School in the class of 1954. On March 5,...
Deloris M. Zornes
Nov 23, 2022
Deloris M. Zornes, age 89 of rural Bronson, Kansas, passed away on November 23, 2022 at Wesley Medical Center, Wichita, Kansas. Deloris was born on February 9, 1933, on a farm northeast of Moran, Kansas. Deloris was the first of two daughters born to Curtis F. Marlow and Mary V. (Creel) Marlow. Deloris attended Spring Valley country school and then...
Retabess Ling
Nov 21, 2022
Retabess passed away on November 21, 2022, at her home in Iola, Kansas. Retabess Northway Ling was born September 29, 1930, on a farm southeast of Moran, Kansas, to Edith (Meek) and Roy Duff Northway. She attended Walnut Grove, a one room country school near Moran, Kansas; Moran and Iola High Schools. She graduated from Iola High School in 1947....
Kris Rourk
Nov 21, 2022
My mother, Kris Rourk, also known as Mary Kristina White, was born in Springfield, Missouri, on February 6, 1953. Her family moved to Iola, Kansas, when she was a child, and she lived here for the rest of her life. I describe my mother as a fiercely independent and determined woman. My mother was a talented musician and country western...
Donald W. Brown
Nov 20, 2022
Donald W. Brown, age 75, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on November 20, 2022, at the Anderson County Hospital, Garnett, Kansas. Donald Wayne Brown was born on June 3, 1947, in Clay Center, Kansas. He was the fifth of six sons born to James A. and Sylvia (Lake) Brown. Don graduated from Clay County Community High School with the class...
Lillie M. Davis
Nov 20, 2022
Lillie Marie Davis, age 74, of Iola, Kansas, passed away November 20, 2022, at Medicalodges of Iola, Iola, Kansas. Lillie was born February 16, 1948, in Gas, Kansas, to William A. Watson and Tuddie Belle (Howard) Watson. Lillie graduated from Iola High School and then attended college. She worked in the medical field as a nurse. Lillie married William Kenneth...
Betty Jo Larney
Nov 20, 2022
Betty Jo Larney, age 79, of Iola, Kansas, passed away November 20, 2022, at St. Luke's North, Kansas City, Missouri. Betty Jo was born December 30, 1942, in Blue Mound, Kansas, to John Fosdick and June (Tullis) Fosdick. Betty Jo graduated in 1960 from Blue Mound High School, Blue Mound, Kansas. Betty Jo and John Larney were married July 25,...
Dr. Henry "Butch" Trabuc
Nov 18, 2022
Dr. Henry Butch John Patrick Trabuc, Jr., age 65, of rural Colony, Kansas, passed away November 18, 2022 at Allen County Regional Hospital. Butch was born May 18, 1957, in Copiague, Long Island, New York to Henri Trabuc and Jennie (Garelli) Trabuc. Butch graduated in 1975 from Crest High School, Colony, Kansas. Butch was a lifelong learner and always took...
Raleigh K. "Rusty" Macklin
Nov 16, 2022
Raleigh K. "Rusty" Macklin, age 79, of Garnett, Kansas passed away on November 16, 2022 at his home. Rusty was born on May 13, 1943 in Greeley, KS. He was the second of two sons born to Ralph Macklin and Grace (Fox) Macklin. Rusty grew up on a farm east of Greeley, graduating from Greeley High School with the class...
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