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Rebecca Roush

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

Jerome F. Jacobs

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...

Gloria Sue Swift

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

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...

Norma Jewell Griffith Moore

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...

Victoria "Vickie" Cass

Victoria "Vickie" Cass

Feb 13, 2022

Victoria Evelyn "Vickie" Cass, age 74, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Sunday, February 13, 2022, at St. Luke's South Hospital in Overland Park, Kansas, surrounded by her three daughters. Vickie was born December 30, 1947, in Jackson County, Missouri, the daughter of Joseph Roe and Martha (Wallace) Crawford. Vickie "Boo Boo" married Forrest Cass on June 10, 1972, in...

Floyd Sanders Mains

Floyd Sanders Mains

Feb 12, 2022

Floyd Sanders Mains, age 87, of Greeley, Kansas, passed away on Saturday, February 12, 2022, at Salem Home in Hillsboro, Kansas. He was born May 28, 1934, in Garnett, Kansas, the son of Ralph and Thelma (Sanders) Mains. He grew up in the area, graduating from Garnett High School. He served four years in the United States Army, then transferred...

Jean Marie Barber

Jean Marie Barber

Feb 12, 2022

Jean Marie Barber, age 92, passed away Saturday, February 12, 2022, in Yates Center, Kansas. Jean was born November 1, 1929, in Conway Springs, Kansas, to Howard Carter "Dude" and Veda (Wise) Staley. Jean attended high school in Howard, Kansas, where she also graduated. She married Edwin J. Barber of Howard on May 28, 1949, and they made their home...

Max D. Ludlum

Max D. Ludlum

Feb 11, 2022

Max Dewayne Ludlum, age 88, passed away February 11, 2022, at Neosho Memorial Regional Hospital, Chanute, Kansas. Max was born May 10, 1933, in Savonburg, Kansas, to William Ludlum and Georgia (Swanson) Ludlum. Max graduated from Elsmore High School in 1951. Max married Bethel Piesker on March 15, 1953. They made their home in the Elsmore area. Two children joined...

Kenneth Ross

Kenneth Ross

Feb 10, 2022

Kenneth Ross, age 84, of Parker, Kansas, passed away on Thursday, February 10, 2022, at his home. He was born December 16, 1937, in Linn County, the son of Charles Walter and Marilla Zene (Carpenter) Ross. Kenny graduated from Parker Rural High School with the Class of 1956. Kenny married Gerry Goodall on September 21, 1957, in Garnett, Kansas. This...

Alice Marie Leim

Alice Marie Leim

Feb 10, 2022

Alice Marie Leim, age 96, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Thursday, February 10, 2022, at Marantha Village, Springfield, Missouri. She was born January 18, 1926, in Garnett, Kansas, the daughter of Walker and Bessie Nichols. Alice graduated high school in Garnett in 1944. Alice was united in marriage to Loren Hinkle on October 25, 1947. They had one daughter,...