Recent Obituaries
Vona Parker
Jan 23, 2022
Vona Joy Parker, age 65, passed away Sunday, January 23, 2022, at St. Luke's Hospital in Overland Park, Kansas. Vona was born July 20, 1956, to Kenneth and Pauline (Holstein) Ozbun in Wichita, Kansas. Vona attended Haysville Campus High and graduated with the class of 1974. She earned her Associate Degree from Allen County Community College before receiving both her...
Henry Charles Kipp
Jan 23, 2022
Henry Charles (Hank) Kipp, age 91, of Piqua, Kansas, passed away January 23, 2022, at his residence. Hank was born April 28, 1930, in Piqua, Kansas, to Henry John Kipp and Johanna (Wille) Kipp. Hank wrote his own obituary as follows: I was born in Piqua, Kansas. The youngest of eight children. I attended the Catholic grade school in Piqua,...
Joe (Okie Joe) Elmenhorst
Jan 23, 2022
Joseph Henry (Okie Joe) Elmenhorst, age 91, Moran, Kansas, passed away January 23, 2022, at his residence. Joe was born December 2, 1930, in El Reno, Oklahoma, to Anton Elmenhorst and Mary Irene (Kappus) Elmenhorst. Joe attended school in Oklahoma and graduated in 1949 from Sacred Heart Catholic High School in El Reno, Oklahoma. Joe and Edna Wittrock were married...
Jim Tarter
Jan 21, 2022
Jim Tarter, age 74 of Iola, Kansas, went to be with the Lord on Friday, Jan. 21, 2022, at St. Luke's Hospital on the Plaza in Kansas City, Missouri. Jim was the oldest of six children, born in Fredonia, Kansas, on May 29, 1947. Jim graduated from Yates Center High School in 1966. He was stationed in Germany for three...
Elsie Pearl Bell
Jan 21, 2022
Elsie Pearl (Nagunst) Bell departed her earthly body on Friday, January 21, 2022, at the Life Care Center of Seneca, Kansas. She was born July 12, 1929, in Humboldt, Nebraska, to Otto C. Nagunst and Eva (Bowen) Nagunst. Later the family moved to Sabetha, Kansas. Elsie attended high school at the Colorado Bible School in Colorado Springs, Colorado. She graduated...
Emma Jean Wooten
Jan 19, 2022
Jean Wooten, age 94, formerly of Elsmore, Kansas and Pismo Beach, California passed away on January 19, 2022 at the Moran Manor. Emma Jean Bergman entered this world on July 24, 1927 in Medoc, Missouri. Over the following 94 years Jean managed to live her life to the fullest. Jean was the second of four children born to Gilbert and...
Becky Jo Walker
Jan 19, 2022
Becky Jo Walker, age 66, passed away Wednesday, January 19, 2022, at St. Luke's Hospice House in Kansas City, Missouri. Becky was born January 2, 1956, to Harold V. and Florine A. (Smith) Lundine in Iola, Kansas. She attended school at Iola High School and graduated with the class of 1974. She went on to further her education and earned...
Richard G. Callihan
Jan 18, 2022
Richard G. Callihan, age 75, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Tuesday, January 18, 2022, at his home. He was born July 6, 1946, in Green Castle, Missouri, the son of Gail and Cleo (Hamilton) Callihan. Richard graduated from Westport High School in 1967 and attended the National College graduating with a degree in A.S. in Business Administration in 1980....
William "Bill" Boyd Croghan
Jan 18, 2022
January 18, 2022, at 4:45 A.M. William "Bill" Boyd Croghan went to be with the Lord. Bill was born January 13, 1936, in Amsterdam, Missouri. He was the second of four children born to Lee and Lucy Croghan. He accepted Jesus as his Savior and was baptized at First Baptist Church in LaHarpe, Kansas. Bill graduated from LaHarpe High School,...
Edward John Danford
Jan 18, 2022
Edward J. "Eddie" Danford, age 59, passed away Tuesday, January 18, 2022, near Spring Hill, Kansas in Miami County. Eddie was born September 25, 1962, to James and Shirley (Richards) Danford in Iola, Kansas. He graduated from Iola High School with the class of 1981. He enlisted in the United States Army and served for three years. Eddie worked for...
Pam Alexander
Jan 18, 2022
Pam Alexander, age 60, of Oskaloosa, Iowa, formerly of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Tuesday, January 18, 2022, at Mercy One Medical Center, in Des Moines, Iowa. She was born on May 31, 1961, in Garnett, Kansas, the daughter of Paul and Nadine (McCain) Skillman. Pam was a member of the Garnett High School Class of 1979. She married Karl...
Joe Dustin Bland
Jan 17, 2022
Joe Dustin Bland, age 50, passed away Monday, January 17, 2022, at St. Luke's Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri. Joe was the second of three children born to Orva and Virgina (Reed) Bland on January 11, 1972. He attended school in Iola, Kansas. Joe worked in several different factories in the Southeast Kansas area before becoming a truck driver. He...
Vance L. Beebe
Jan 16, 2022
Vance L. Beebe, age 63, of Geneva, Kansas, passed away January 16, 2022, at St. Luke's Hospital North, Kansas City, Missouri. Vance was born April 10, 1958, in Iola, Kansas, to Lester Beebe and Mae Alyce (McCall) Beebe. Vance graduated in 1976 from Iola High School, Iola, Kansas. While he was in high school Vance was a member of FFA,...
Cindy Lou Cullison
Jan 14, 2022
Cindy Lou Cullison, age 56, passed away Friday, January 14, 2022, at Neosho Memorial Regional Medical Center in Chanute, Kansas. Cindy was born April 5, 1965, in Iola, Kansas, to Loren Eugene and Edith Ione (McCullough) Modlin. She graduated from Humboldt High School with the class of 1983. After high school, Cindy attended Mary Grimes School of Nursing in Chanute,...
Betty Eichman
Jan 13, 2022
Betty Lou Eichman, daughter of David R. and Frances (Eikenberry) Metzger, was born January 16, 1939, near Pratt, Kansas. She died January 13, 2022, three days before her 83rd birthday. During her early years, the family would spend winters in Whittier, California. She lived two winters in Florida during her teen years, where she made many friends. She felt the...
Stewart Scott Trester
Jan 13, 2022
Stewart Scott Trester, age 61, of Iola, Kansas, passed away January 13, 2022, at KC Hospice House, Kansas City, Missouri. Stewart was born October 8. 1960, in Iola, Kansas, to John W. Trester and Verba L. (Wilson) Trester. Stewart was a truck driver. Stewart loved animals, especially his goats and dogs. He liked woodworking and metal fabrication. Stewart enjoyed spending...
Homer Leonard "Pancho" Adams
Jan 13, 2022
Homer Leonard "Pancho" Adams, age 68, of Colony, Kansas passed away Thursday, January 13, 2022, at Olathe Medical Center, Olathe, Kansas. Pancho was born March 19, 1953, in Garnett, Kansas. He was the eighth child of nine children born to Homer LeRoy and Helen Mildred (Fagg) Adams. Pancho grew up in Welda, attending grade school there before attending and graduating...
Bradley Dean Kinzle
Jan 13, 2022
Bradley Dean Kinzle, age 64, peacefully passed at home on Thursday, January 13, 2022. Brad was born April 7, 1957, in Iola, Kansas, to the late Lloyd and Bonnie (Hallam) Kinzle. He was the sibling to five brothers and two sisters. Bradley was formerly married to Debbie LeGrande of Iola, Kansas. Together they have a son, David (Page) Kinzle. His...
Dale "Leadfoot" McVey
Jan 12, 2022
Dale Eugene "Leadfoot" McVey, age 87, of Moran, Kansas, passed away January 12, 2022, at Moran Manor, Moran, Kansas. Dale was born September 26, 1934, in LaHarpe, Kansas, to Clarence E. McVey and Pauline A. (Davis) McVey. Dale attended school in LaHarpe, Kansas. He and Glennis Schaeffer were married in 1953 and they had four children. They later divorced. Dale...
Maxine Wilson
Jan 12, 2022
Maxine Wilson, age 100, passed away Wednesday, January 12, 2022, at Greystone Assisted Living in Iola, Kansas. Maxine was born November 12, 1921, to George W. and Cora L. (Covault) Perkins in Neosho Falls, Kansas. Maxine attended school in Geneva, Kansas. She married Paul Wilson on January 1, 1946. Their union was blessed with five children. Maxine dedicated her life...
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