Recent Obituaries
Rose Marie Wilper
Aug 24, 2021
Rose Marie Wilper, age 66, of New Smyrna Beach, Florida, formerly of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Tuesday, August 24, 2021. She was born on June 1st, 1955, at Ottawa, Kansas, the daughter of Charles A. and Rita R. (Burroughs) Wilper. Rose attended grade school in Harris, Kansas and graduated from Garnett High School in 1973. Rose attended Pittsburg State...
Melanie Anne Wilson
Aug 23, 2021
Melanie Anne Wilson, age 56, passed away Monday, August 23, 2021, at Stormont Vail Health in Topeka, Kansas. Melanie was born November 9, 1964, to Marion and Marilyn (Sutton) Sponseller in Iola, Kansas. She graduated from Iola High School with the class of 1983 before receiving her Associate's Degree from Allen County Community College in Iola. Melanie married Bill Wilson...
Charles "Charlie" R. Turner
Aug 23, 2021
Charles "Charlie" R. Turner, age 70, of Iola, Kansas, formerly of Welda, Kansas, passed away on Monday, August 23, 2021, at KU Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas. He was born October 28, 1950 in Colony, Kansas, the son of Charles Jr. and Alta Betty (Christy) Turner. He graduated from Crest High School, Colony, Kansas. Charlie married Deborah Newman on December...
Dale L. Easley
Aug 23, 2021
Dale Lee Easley, age 61, of Colony, Kansas, passed away August 23, 2021, at Mercy Hospital, Joplin, Missouri. Dale was born December 9, 1959, in Iola, Kansas, to Kenneth Dale Easley and Dixie Ann (Womelsdorf) Ramsey. Dale graduated in 1977 from Crest High School, Colony, Kansas. After graduation, Dale worked for the railroad for several years and later as a...
Robert William Barclay
Aug 23, 2021
Robert William Barclay, age 90, of Iola, Kansas, passed away August 23, 2021, at Windsor Place, Iola, Kansas. Bob was born March 9, 1931, in San Antonio, Texas, to Roy Barclay and Eddie (Waller) Barclay. Bob graduated from high school in Garden City, Kansas. After high school, he joined the United States Navy and served in the Korean War from...
Franklin (Frank) Marion Ramsey, Sr.
Aug 21, 2021
Franklin Marion Ramsey, Sr., age 74, of Bronson, Kansas, passed away August 21, 2021, at Olathe Medical Center, Olathe, Kansas. Frank was born October 3, 1946, in Harper, Kansas, to Earl E. Ramsey and Eva (Wise) Ramsey. Frank attended school in Conway Springs, Kansas. Frank and Georgia (Likely) Ramsey were married May 22, 1966, in Bronson, Kansas. Frank served his...
Elmer L. McEndree
Aug 20, 2021
Elmer L. McEndree, age 99, passed away Friday, August 20, 2021, at Moran Manor Skilled Nursing Home in Moran, Kansas. Elmer was born July 1, 1922, in Eskridge, Kansas to Chester Elmer David and Hazel (Williams) McEndree. He was the oldest of four children. He graduated from Medicine Lodge High School. After high school, he began ranching until enlisting into...
Norma J. McCulley-Black
Aug 20, 2021
Norma Jean McCulley-Black, age 87, of Iola, died Friday, August 20, 2021, at home. Norma was born September 17, 1933, in Vilus, Kansas, the daughter of Ira Verne and Julia (Palmer) Wilson. Norma graduated from high school in 1949 at the age of 15. On January 3, 1952, Norma married Leslie James Chapman in Erie, Kansas. Norma enjoyed cooking, sewing,...
Galen W. Yoho
Aug 14, 2021
Galen Wayne Yoho, age 67, of Yates Center, Kansas, passed away August 14, 2021, at the Neosho Regional Medical Center, Chanute, Kansas. Galen was born December 30, 1953, in Yates Center, Kansas, to Glay "Corky" Yoho and Rosalie (Igou) Yoho. Galen was delivered by his future father-in-law, Dr. George R. Lee, and was given his first bath by his future...
Mary Allene Luedke
Aug 13, 2021
Mary Allene Van Trump Luedke of Colony, Kansas, passed away on August 13, 2021. Mary Allene was born near Elmira, Missouri on July 23, 1930, the daughter of Miller and Wilma Mesimer Van Trump. She was proud to be the third generation born on the over 100-year-old Van Trump farm. She was three years older than her brother so she...
Carl M. Letsinger
Aug 12, 2021
Carl M. Letsinger, age 84, passed away Thursday, August 12, 2021, at Windsor Place in Iola, Kansas. Carl was born July 29, 1937, to Herman Alva and Doris Pauline (Bauer) Letsinger in Iola, Kansas. He was the first to admit he could cause trouble and buck authority more than just about anyone. He made the decision to leave school before...
Charlene Elizabeth Turner
Aug 12, 2021
Charlene Elizabeth Turner, age 72, of Welda, Kansas, passed away on Thursday, August 12, 2021, at St. Luke's North Hospital, Kansas City, Missouri. She was born July 14, 1949, in Colony, Kansas, the daughter of Charles Jr. and Alta Betty (Christy) Turner. Charlene graduated from Welda High School with the Class of 1967. "My mom was my mom and dad...
Michael William McCullough
Aug 6, 2021
Michael William McCullough, age 63, passed away August 6, 2021, at his residence in Neosho Falls, Kansas. Mike was born August 7, 1957, in Columbus, Kansas, to William E. McCullough and Joyce M. (Heslop) McCullough. Mike graduated in 1975 from Yates Center High School, Yates Center, Kansas. Mike worked in the oilfields around Neosho Falls. Mike was preceded in death...
Glenda L. Tastove
Aug 6, 2021
Glenda L. Tastove, age 66, of Garnett, Kansas, lost her fight to cancer on Friday, August 6, 2021, at Residential Living Center, Garnett, after being diagnosed on January 14, 2013. She was born Sunday, July 31, 1955 in Kingman, Kansas, the oldest daughter of Donald Glen and Hilda E. (Rockers) Lankard. Glenda lived in Anderson County all of her life....
Patrick F. Sheern
Aug 6, 2021
Patrick Sheern, 80, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on August 6, 2021, at home with his loving family by his side. Pat was born in Garnett, Kansas on October 23, 1940, to Ralph Sheern Sr. and Rose (Clauser) Sheern. He graduated from Garnett High School in 1958. After graduating he joined the United States Navy where he served our country...
Theodore C. Minor
Aug 5, 2021
Theodore C. Minor, 75, of Yates Center, Kansas, passed away on August 5, 2021, at St. Francis hospital in Wichita, Kansas. Ted was born on April 20, 1946, in Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia, to Theodore F. Minor and Gloria H. (Wagner) Minor. Both parents and a brother, Randy, proceeded him in death. In 1972, Ted married Sharon Russell in Yates Center....
Regina Wright
Aug 5, 2021
Regina Wright, age 59, passed away August 5, 2021, at her home in Neosho Falls, Kansas. Regina was born September 7, 1961, to Kenneth and Geraldine (Michael) Wright in Iola, Kansas. She graduated from Iola High School before earning her Bachelor Degree at Pittsburg State University. Regina dedicated her whole career to working for the State of Kansas as a...
Lisa R. Holmes
Aug 4, 2021
Lisa R. (Tegethoff) Holmes, age 63 of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Wednesday, August 4, 2021, at St. Luke's South Hospital in Overland Park, Kansas. She was born October 17, 1957, in Washington, Kansas, the daughter of Duane and Glenda (Funke) Tegethoff. Lisa graduated from Topeka West High School. She married David T. Holmes on August 23, 1975, in Topeka....
Claire Elizabeth Mays
Aug 2, 2021
Claire Elizabeth (Huggins) Mays was born on November 14, 1921, near Selma, Kansas. Claire was the sixth of six children born to Bert and Hallie (Tucker) Huggins. At an early age, she moved with her family to Garnett, Kansas. She attended Longfellow and Irving grade schools, and Garnett High School. She was a member of the First Christian Church, Garnett....
Bernita T. Heffern
Aug 1, 2021
Bernita T. Heffern, age 91, of Iola, Kansas, passed away August 1, 2021, at the Allen County Regional Hospital, Iola, Kansas. Bernita was born February 21, 1930, in Piqua, Kansas, to Lawrence H. Kress and Rose E. (Sicka) Kress. Bernita graduated valedictorian Yates Center High School, Yates Center, Kansas, and then she attended and graduated from the Kansas City Secretarial...
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