Recent Obituaries
Julia Elizabeth Mills
Aug 1, 2021
Julia Elizabeth Mills, age 42, ascended to her Heavenly home on Sunday, August 1, 2021, at KU Medical Center in Kansas City, Kansas after a valiant and graceful battle with breast cancer. Julia was born August 10, 1978, to Melvin and Jonet (Atherton) Bland in Iola, Kansas. She attended school in Moran, Kansas and graduated with the class of 1997....
Mary Louise Foster
Aug 1, 2021
Mary Louise Foster, age 79, of Iola, Kansas, passed away August 1, 2021, at Allen County Regional Hospital, Iola, Kansas. Louise was born April 23, 1942, in Springfield, Missouri, to Jay Overman and Mary (Burris) Overman. Louise and Benjamin Thurston Foster, Jr. were married July 15, 1988, in Miami, Oklahoma. Louise worked 30 years as a machine operator for Haldex...
Tim Yockey
Jul 30, 2021
Tim Yockey, age 94, passed away Friday, July 30, 2021, at Country Place Senior Living Center in Chanute, Kansas. Tim was born April 6, 1927, to Charles H. and Cora B (Hamill) Yockey in Chanute, Kansas. Tim served in the U.S. Army as medic and military police, 1945-1946, in Germany. On June 6, 1948, he married Faye (Norman) Yockey in...
Tamara M. Boyles
Jul 28, 2021
Our Lord called Tamara Marie Boyles, age 60, home on Wednesday, July 28, 2021, at Olathe Medical Center in Olathe, Kansas. Tami was the second of four daughters born to Fred E. and Myrna C. (Schulte) Boyles. She was born on January 10, 1961, at the Anderson County Hospital in Garnett, Kansas. Tami attended school in Garnett K-12, graduating from...
Richard Vincent (Vince) Falbo
Jul 25, 2021
Richard Vincent (Vince) Falbo, age 71, of Colony, Kansas, passed away at his residence on July 25, 2021. Vince was born June 30, 1950, in Sacramento, California, to Vincent C. Falbo and Rose M. (Laskowski) Falbo. Vince graduated high school and then served his country in the United States Air Force from 1969 to 1974, serving in the Vietnam War....
Edward "Ed" Thomas Stokes
Jul 23, 2021
Edward "Ed" Thomas Stokes, age 67, passed away Friday, July 23, 2021, at Neosho Memorial Regional Medical Center in Chanute, Kansas. Ed was born August 13, 1953, to Harlen B. and Bessie "Revona" Odam Stokes in Iola, Kansas. He graduated from Iola High School with the Class of 1972. Ed married Barbara Ann (Vest) Stokes on June 14, 1974 in...
Wanda May Canfield
Jul 22, 2021
Wanda May Canfield, age 90, passed away Thursday, July 22, 2021, at her home in Iola, Kansas, surrounded by her family. Wanda was born September 19, 1930, to Ralph and Gladys (Washburn) Metzen in Runnymede, Kansas, in Harper County. She married Harold Saubers on May 27, 1947. Their union was blessed with six children. He passed away May 28, 1965....
Shirley Scheer
Jul 20, 2021
Shirley Scheer, age 86, passed away Tuesday, July 20, 2021, at Kansas Heart Hospital in Wichita, Kansas. Shirley was born January 21, 2021, to Fred and Geneva (Walden) Sinclair in Iola, Kansas. She married Floyd E. Scheer on January 21, 1953, in Iola. Shirley worked as a cook for various places throughout her career before retiring and being a full...
Frederick John Setter
Jul 18, 2021
Frederick John Setter, age 86, of Greeley, Kansas, passed away on Sunday, July 18, 2021, at Residential Living Center, Garnett, Kansas. Fred was born on October 22, 1934 in Iola, Kansas, the son of Ed and Rose (Hieman) Setter. He was one of six siblings, Rosemary, Fred, Ruth, Kenny, Tom and Judy. The family moved to Greeley, Kansas when he...
John A. Reed, Sr.
Jul 13, 2021
John A. Reed Sr., age 82, passed away Tuesday, July 13, 2021, in Humboldt, Kansas. John was born October 15, 1938, to Jack and Dorothy (Ralston) Reed in Yates Center, Kansas. He married Petsy (Yocham) Reed on September 12, 1959 in Iola, Kansas. Their union was blessed with two children, Tracy and John Reed Jr. John served four years in...
Michael David McMillan
Jul 13, 2021
Michael David McMillan, age 53, of Richmond, Kansas, Garnett, passed away on Tuesday, July 13, 2021, at Richmond Healthcare, Richmond, Kansas. He was born April 20, 1968, in Kansas City, Kansas, the son of Kenneth and Barbara (Hull) McMillan. He graduated from Prairie View High School in LaCygne, Kansas, Michael loved art, woodcrafts, and enjoyed fishing, Amazon shopping, casinos, collecting...
Betty Ann Bodenhamer
Jul 9, 2021
Betty Bodenhamer, age 89, of Greeley, Kansas, passed away on Friday, July 9, 2021, at the Anderson County Hospital in Garnett, Kansas. Betty Ann Pimper was born on June 20, 1932, at Ohiowa, Nebraska. She was the first of two daughter's born to Herman and Marie (Baloun) Pimper. Betty was born during the Depression, and times were hard. The Pimper's...
Richard Henry Fox
Jul 8, 2021
Richard Henry Fox, age 77, of Iola, Kansas, passed away July 8, 2021, at his residence. Richard was born May 29, 1944, in San Bernardino, California, to Richard P. Fox and Enaze (Hurd) Fox. Richard earned a master's degree in engineering from the School of Mines, Golden, Colorado, and spent his life as a professional engineer working in coal mines,...
Tommy Leonard Lewis
Jul 8, 2021
Tommy Leonard Lewis, age 82, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Thursday, July 8, 2021, at Menorah Medical Center, Overland Park, Kansas. He was born March 29, 1939, at his home in Leon, Kansas, the son of William Archie and Opal Winifred (White) Lewis. The family relocated to the Bush City area around 1950. His father died shortly after, and...
Reta Fern (Blake) Ensminger
Jul 8, 2021
Reta Fern (Blake) Ensminger passed away on Thursday, July 8, 2021, in Olathe, Kansas at the age of 86. Reta was born on January 30, 1935, in Redfield, Kansas to Lloyd and Fern (Swank) Blake. She graduated from Fort Scott High School, Mercy School of Nursing, and Allen County Community College. Reta married Alden Ensminger in Lamar, Missouri on December...
Stephen Drew Dillow
Jul 7, 2021
Stephen Drew Dillow, age 48, won his battle with cancer on Wednesday, July 7, 2021, in Waverly, Kansas surrounded by his family. Stephen was born August 13, 1972, to Howard and Cheryl (Johnson) Dillow in Joliet, Illinois. Stephen graduated with the class of 1990 from Iola High School. After graduating, Stephen served as a firefighter in Iola, Kansas, in the...
Francis J. "Pat" Gallagher
Jul 5, 2021
Francis Joseph "Pat" Gallagher III, age 79, was born November 25, 1941, in Garnett, Kansas, the son of Francis Joseph Gallagher Jr. and Frances L. (Stanley) Gallagher. He passed away on Monday, July 5, 2021, at Richmond Healthcare, Richmond, Kansas. Pat was a professional drywall specialist for more than forty years. He enjoyed playing golf and loved to dance. He...
Todd C. Schainost
Jun 30, 2021
Todd C. Schainost, age 54, of Colorado, formerly of Colony, Kansas, passed away on Wednesday, June 30, 2021, at St. Luke's Hospital on the Plaza. He was born September 24, 1966, in Garnett, Kansas, the son of Clark E. and Christine (Hoffman) Schainost. Todd graduated from Crest High School in Colony with the Class of 1985. He joined the United...
Vicki L. VanKooten
Jun 30, 2021
Vicki L. VanKooten, age 72, of Gridley, Kansas, passed away on Wednesday, June 30, 2021, at the Coffey County Hospital, Burlington, Kansas. She was born August 21, 1948, in Malden, Missouri, the daughter of Fred Jr. and Nadia Maxine (Douglas) Emberton. Vicki graduated from Spring Hill High School, Spring Hill, Kansas. Vicki married William John Bellinger in 1967 in Wellsville,...
Sue Ellen (Salzwedel) Goddard
Jun 30, 2021
Sue Ellen (Salzwedel) Goddard, age 61, passed away Wednesday, June 30, 2021 at Anderson County Hospital in Garnett, Kansas. Sue was born January 8, 1960 to Harry Ray and Ellen Ellene (Coldren) Salzwedel in Waynesville, Missouri. Sue worked as a Licensed Practical Nurse after attending Mary Grime's School of Nursing at Neosho Community College in Chanute, Kansas. She married James...
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