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Arvle Allen Starbuck

Arvle Allen Starbuck

May 3, 2021

Arvle Allen Starbuck, age 81, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Monday, May 3, 2021, at St. Luke's Hospice House, Kansas City, Missouri. He was born on October 3, 1939, in Staffordville, Kansas, the son of George and Mildred Louise (Snider) Starbuck. Arvle joined the United States Army in 1958, serving in Korea and in Vietnam, retiring in 1978. He...

Russell Dean "Doc" Thomas

Russell Dean "Doc" Thomas

May 2, 2021

Russell Dean "Doc" Thomas, age 85, passed away Sunday, May 2, 2021 at his home in Colony, Kansas. Doc was born December 5, 1935 to Clifford and Goldie Marie (Stephens) Thomas in Iola, Kansas. He attended school in Mildred, Kansas. He married Peggy Strunk from Moran, Kansas. Their union was blessed with three children. They later divorced. He then married...

Ricky E. Roberts

Ricky E. Roberts

Apr 30, 2021

Ricky Roberts, 67, of Decatur, Illinois, passed away on Friday, April 30, 2021, at Decatur Memorial Hospital. Ricky was born July 8, 1953, in Lake Charles, Louisiana, the son of Howard E. and Lois Jean (Reiling) Roberts. He worked as a heavy equipment operator for over 17 years with Bayers Construction in Manhattan, Kansas, and 21 years with Kelly Construction,...

Glenna June (Grother) Wulf

Glenna June (Grother) Wulf

Apr 29, 2021

Glenna June (Grother) Wulf of Humboldt, Kansas, was born in Wichita, Kansas on May 4th, 1948, the daughter of John and Hilda (Meyer) Grother. After Glenna's birth mother passed away when she was in infancy, she was raised by her father and step-mother, Adeline (Bloomstrom) Grother on the family farm west of Mulvane, Kansas. Glenna graduated from Mulvane High School...

Aaron "AJ" Eugene Jones

Aaron "AJ" Eugene Jones

Apr 26, 2021

On April 26, 2021, AJ opened his eyes to see Jesus. He passed in his new, favorite chair (that he didn't get to enjoy nearly enough) with his wife by his side. Aaron Eugene Jones was born on November 14, 1978 to Godly parents, Stanley and Glenda Jones, and two doting sisters, Becky and Rachel. In his family of five,...

Thomas M. Saxton, Jr.

Thomas M. Saxton, Jr.

Apr 25, 2021

Thomas Marvin Saxton, Jr., age 69, of Iola, Kansas, passed away April 25, 2021. Tom was born June 16, 1951, in Iola, Kansas, to Thomas Marvin Saxton, Sr. and Dorothy (Johnson) Saxton. Tom graduated in 1969 from Iola High School. He graduated from Allen County Community College, Iola, Kansas, and in 1977 from Pittsburg State University, Pittsburg, Kansas. Tom was...

John Leonard Tucker

John Leonard Tucker

Apr 25, 2021

John Leonard Tucker, age 56, of Lee's Summit, Missouri, passed away on Sunday, April 25, 2021, at his home. John was born on December 17, 1964, in Kansas City, Kansas, the son of Ulis Erwin and Joy Ilean (Griffith) Tucker. Most of his life he worked to help others with disabilities and with home health needs. He was preceded in...

Lois Jean Kipper

Lois Jean Kipper

Apr 24, 2021

Lois Jean Kipper, age 92, of Richmond, Kansas, passed away on Saturday, April 24, 2021, at Residential Living Center, Garnett, Kansas. On January 20, 1929, Lois Jean Figg was born at Bedford, Missouri. She was the third of eleven children born to William F. and Geraldine Edith (Tompkins) Figg. Lois lived in several places as a young girl before graduating...

John F. "Punk" Kress

John F. "Punk" Kress

Apr 21, 2021

John F. "Punk" Kress, age 64, passed away Wednesday, April 21, 2021, at his home in Iola, Kansas surrounded by family. Punk was born August 20, 1956 to Charles and Betty (Trowbridge) Kress in Iola, Kansas. He attended school in both Piqua and Yates Center. In 1984, he married Alzina (Smith) Kress in Iola, Kansas. Punk was a skilled mechanic...

Ruby LaVerne O'Connor

Ruby LaVerne O'Connor

Apr 19, 2021

Ruby O'Connor, age 85, of Mound City, Kansas, passed away on Monday, April 19, 2021, at St. Luke's South Hospital, Overland Park, Kansas. She was born September 22, 1935, in Linn County, Kansas, in a farm house West of LaCygne, the daughter of Bevly and Ada Pearl (Heckadon) Hewitt. Ruby graduated from Osawatomie High School with the Class of 1949....

Clyde Shetlar

Clyde Shetlar

Apr 18, 2021

Clyde Shetlar, age 69, of Moran, Kansas, passed away April 18, 2021, at the Allen County Regional Hospital, Iola, Kansas. Clyde was born November 16, 1951, in Iola, Kansas, to Charles Shetlar and Maxine (Ellis) Shetlar. Clyde graduated in 1969 from Iola High School, Iola, Kansas. He attended and graduated from Allen County Community College, Iola, Kansas. He also attended...

Earl Eugene Bell

Earl Eugene Bell

Apr 18, 2021

Earl Eugene Bell, age 92, passed away April 18, 2021, at Life Care of Seneca, Seneca, Kansas. Earl was born February 10, 1929, on a farm northeast of Goff, Kansas, to Everton Albert Bell and Hulda Iva (Bareiss) Bell. Earl attended Morning Star, a one room country school, until April, 1943, and graduated from Goff Rural High School in May,...

Aaron EugeneLee Clark

Aaron EugeneLee Clark

Apr 17, 2021

Aaron Clark, age 35, of Palmer, Alaska, passed away on Saturday, April 17, 2021, in Garnett, Kansas. Aaron "Cap A" Clark, was born July 29, 1985, in Shawnee Mission, Kansas, and grew up in Wellsville. He was active in Scouts, theater and FBLA and enjoyed comics and gaming. Upon graduation from Wellsville High, he joined the Army. Aaron served a...

David Johnson

David Johnson

Apr 14, 2021

David Johnson, age 64, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Wednesday, April 14, 2021, in Waverly, Kansas. He was born January 18, 1957, in Iola, Kansas, the son of Raymond and Virginia (Douglas) Johnson. David graduated from Marmaton Valley High School in Moran, Kansas. David had been employed at Wheeler Lumber for 25 years. David shared 43+ years with Gladys...

Patricia A. Rossman

Patricia A. Rossman

Apr 14, 2021

Patricia A. Rossman, age 83, of Richmond, Kansas, passed away on Wednesday, April 14, 2021, at Olathe Medical Center in Olathe, Kansas. Patricia Ann Duke was born on December 13, 1937, at Westphalia, Kansas, the second of four children born to Ray and Ann (Roth) Duke. She grew up in the Iantha neighborhood where attended Iantha country school and then...

Darold Edward Murry

Darold Edward Murry

Apr 10, 2021

Darold Murry, age 85, of LaHarpe, Kansas passed away on April 10, 2021 at the Allen County Regional Hospital, Iola. Darold Edward Murry was born on October 27, 1935 at Columbus, Kansas. He was the second of three children born to Gene and Jessie (Mayhood) Murry. He grew up in Columbus, graduating from Columbus High School. Darold served in the...

Evelena "Missy" Thomas

Evelena "Missy" Thomas

Apr 10, 2021

Evelena "Missy" Thomas, age 63, passed away Saturday, April 10, 2021 at St. Luke's Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri. Missy was born May 30, 1957 to Leland and Cecil (Cane) Burns. She attended school in Neodesha, Kansas. She worked various jobs throughout her career. In November of 2007, she married the love of her life, Michael S. Thomas Jr. in...

Sarah A. (Sadie) Burton

Sarah A. (Sadie) Burton

Apr 9, 2021

Sarah Alice (Sadie) Burton, age 90, of Iola, Kansas, passed away April 9, 2021, at Neosho Memorial Regional Medical Center, Chanute, Kansas. Sadie was born January 11, 1931, in Yates Center, Kansas, to William Sorenson and Jessie Blanche (Wilhite) Sorenson. Sadie graduated in 1949 from Yates Center High School, Yates Center, Kansas, She attended cosmetology school in Kansas City, Missouri,...

James A. Dalsing

James A. Dalsing

Apr 8, 2021

James A. Dalsing, age 72, of Leavenworth, Kansas, formerly of Greeley, Kansas, passed away on Thursday, April 8, 2021 at his home. James Albert Dalsing was born February 1, 1949, at Garnett, Kansas, the son of James B. and Wilma Jean (Kipper) Dalsing. Jim grew up in Greeley where he attended St. John's grade school and Greeley High School, graduating...

Vernon Diebolt

Vernon Diebolt

Apr 7, 2021

Vernon Joseph Diebolt, age 83, of Iola, Kansas, passed away April 7, 2021, at Moran Manor, Moran, Kansas. Vernon was born on April 4, 1938, in Piqua, Kansas, to Aloysius Diebolt and Marie (Yohon) Diebolt. Vernon attended school at Piqua, Kansas. Vernon was an agricultural mechanic for James Implement and Alco Implement both in Iola and later McConnell Machinery in...

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