Recent Obituaries
Betty J. McArdle
Dec 15, 2022
Betty J. McArdle, age 75, passed away at her home in Lawrence, Kansas, surrounded by family on December 15, 2022. Betty was born May 24,1947, in Garnett, Kansas, the daughter of Fred and Hilda Pickert. She graduated from Garnett High School in 1965, she married John McArdle December 10, 1966. Since 1998 she has lived in Lawrence, Kansas where she...
Amanda Louise King
Dec 15, 2022
Amanda Louise King, age 47, of Humboldt, Kansas, passed away on Thursday, December 15, 2022 at the Kansas City Hospice House, Kansas City, Missouri. Amanda was born on December 9, 1975, at Wichita, Kansas, to David Spearman and Karen (Bonham) Spearman. She grew up in Wichita, Kansas, where she graduated from Wichita Southeast in 1994. Amanda was united in marriage...
Stephen Joseph Patrick Hadle
Dec 13, 2022
Stephen Joseph Hadle, age 82, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Tuesday, December 13, 2022, at the Hospice House in Olathe, Kansas. Steve was born on January 20, 1940, in Kansas City, Kansas, the son of Harold and Phyllis (Gordon) Hadle. Steve grew up in Kansas City, Kansas. Steve's education was accelerated, as he graduated from high school at the...
Lois J. Sanders
Dec 13, 2022
Lois Jean Sanders, age 77, of Iola, Kansas, passed away December 13, 2022, at Wesley Medical Center, Wichita, Kansas. Lois was born on September 2, 1945, in Forest City, Iowa, to Maynard L. Eames and Emma A. (Jensen) Eames. Lois graduated in 1963 from Forest City High School, Forest City, Iowa. She then graduated from nursing school in Iowa, and...
David A. Warren
Dec 13, 2022
David Allen Warren, age 38, of Iola, Kansas, passed away December 13, 2022, at Research Medical Center, Kansas City, Missouri. David was born November 6, 1984, in Iola, Kansas, to adoptive father David M. Warren and biological mother Karen L. (Murphey) Warren. David graduated in 2003 from Crest High School, Colony, Kansas. He attended college. David worked for Rent-A-Center in...
Larry George Foltz
Dec 12, 2022
Larry G. Foltz, age 81, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Monday, December 12, 2022, at the Anderson County Hospital in Garnett. Larry George Foltz was born on November 9, 1941, in Garnett, Kansas. He was the second of three children born to George Washington Foltz and Helena Barbara (Wittman) Foltz. Larry lived 80 of his 81 years on the...
Joyce Sneed
Dec 12, 2022
Joyce Sneed, age 89, of Iola, Kansas, passed away December 12, 2022, at the Allen County Regional Hospital, Iola, Kansas. Joyce was born February 22, 1933, in Garnett, Kansas, to Hoyt Whetsel and Freda (Roush) Whetsel. As a young lady, Joyce worked at Menegay's Restaurant in Iola. She received her GED in 1971 and worked as a federal meat inspector...
David Lee McDonald, III
Dec 12, 2022
David Lee McDonald III, 75, of North Chesterfield, VA, passed away on Monday, December 12, 2022 at the Bon Secours Community Hospice House. He was born on August 3, 1947 in Garnett, KS to parents Elizabeth Payne McDonald and David Lee McDonald II. He grew up in Garnett, KS alongside his two younger siblings and loving family. He graduated from...
Carol Ann Foltz
Dec 12, 2022
Carol Ann Foltz, age 81, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Monday, December 12, 2022, at the Anderson County Hospital in Garnett. Carol was born on July 15, 1941, at Emporia, Kansas, she was the first of three children born to Francis and Lucille (Sturgeon) Monnard. Carol grew up in Madison, and graduated from Gridley High School. Carol married Vernon...
Marjorie Lois Nyquist Marrs
Dec 10, 2022
Marjorie Lois Nyquist Marrs, age 98, Topeka, Kansas, passed away on December 10, 2022, at Allen County Hospital. She was born on July 6, 1924, at Fort Collins, Colorado, the daughter of Matthew and Lois (Silcott) Auld. She graduated from Fort Collins High School, and attended Colorado State University, as well as the University of Minnesota. She worked as a...
Elda Lee Fewins
Dec 10, 2022
Elda Lee Fewins, age 93, of Iola, Kansas, passed away on December 10, 2022, at Greystone Assisted Living, Iola, Kansas. She was born January 16, 1929, in Iola, Kansas, to Claude Mock and Elvertia (Keele) Mock. Elda Lee attended Gas City Schools, Gas, Kansas. In 1970, she married Amos (Roy) Fewins in Las Vegas, Nevada. They lived in several other...
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...


