Recent Obituaries
Eldon Dale Strickler
Oct 25, 2021
Eldon Dale Strickler, age 76, of Colony, Kansas, passed away October 25, 2021, at Glen Carr House, Derby, Kansas. Eldon was born July 20, 1945, in Iola, Kansas, to Rollin Strickler and Ina (Yokum) Strickler. Eldon graduated in 1963 from Colony High School, Colony, Kansas. He attended Allen County Junior College in Iola, Kansas, where he was a member of...
Carter Ray Stiffler
Oct 23, 2021
Carter Ray Stiffler, age 85, passed away Saturday, October 23, 2021, at his home in Iola, Kansas. Carter was born July 16, 1936, in Kincaid, Kansas, to Howard and Addie (Hardin) Stiffler. After graduation from Kincaid High School in 1954, he attended Pittsburg State University for two semesters. In 1956, he accepted the position of custodian and school bus driver...
Justin Lee Appleton
Oct 21, 2021
Justin Lee Appleton, age 47, of Iola, Kansas, passed away at his residence on October 21, 2021. Justin was born April 30, 1974, in Riverside, New Jersey, to Warren C. Appleton and Cathleen King. Justin graduated in 2016 from Allen Community College, Iola, Kansas. Justin and Dawn Hine were married November 9, 1998, in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Justin worked...
Richard "Rick" L. Hottenstein
Oct 21, 2021
Richard (Rick) L. Hottenstein Sr. (73) passed away October 21, 2021, at the Kansas Heart Hospital in Wichita, KS. Rick was born on February 15, 1948, to Paul and Beatrice Hottenstein in Iola, KS. Rick married Timmee (McCullough) in Humboldt on May 11, 1974. Timmee survives, along with son Richard L Hottenstein Jr. (Andrea); daughters, Bobbie Haviland (Brian), and Loni...
Bryant R. Kunard
Oct 20, 2021
Bryant R. Kunard, age 60, of Parker, Kansas, passed away on Wednesday, October 20, 2021, at St. Luke's Plaza Hospital, Kansas City, Missouri. He was born June 7, 1961, in Ottawa, Kansas, the son of John and Cora (Dunn) Kunard. He graduated from Ottawa High School, Ottawa, Kansas with the Class of 1979. After high school he worked for H.D....
John H. Boeken, Sr.
Oct 19, 2021
John Harvey Boeken, Sr., age 57, of Iola, Kansas, passed away October 19, 2021, at Freeman West Hospital, Joplin, Missouri. John was born July 30, 1964, in Iola, Kansas, to James I. Boeken, Sr. and Corrine (McCullough) Boeken. John graduated in 1983 from Iola High School, Iola, Kansas. John worked in the steel industry until his health failed. John liked...
Marlene Duke Scoville
Oct 18, 2021
At the age of two, Marlene's father died in an accident. In 1975, she lost her mother, Opal Ida, at the young age of 54. When Marlene Duke Scoville reached her goal of making it to the age of 54 she considered every day from that point a blessing and an opportunity for an adventure. During the years to follow,...
Thomas E. Thompson
Oct 18, 2021
Thomas (Tom) Eugene Thompson passed away on October 18, 2021, at the age of 94 in his daughter's home in Overland Park, Kansas. He was a tough man who had fought and beaten cancer several times throughout his life, but this latest bout would prove to be his last. He is now at peace. Tom was born in Linn County,...
Melvin G. Baker
Oct 17, 2021
Melvin G. Baker, age 93, passed away Sunday, October 17, 2021, at Arrowood Lane Assisted Living in Humboldt, Kansas. Melvin was born May 1, 1928, to Melvin J. and Minnie S. (Binger) Baker in Humboldt, Kansas. He graduated with the class of 1946 from Humboldt High School. In 1950, Melvin married Doris Loreen Orcutt on June 18th in Humboldt at...
Larry Johnson
Oct 16, 2021
Larry A. Johnson, age 65, formerly of Humboldt, Kansas, passed away October 16, 2021, at Research Hospital, Kansas City, Missouri. Larry was born February 4, 1956, in Independence, Kansas, to Carl Johnson and Frances (Scott) Johnson. Larry graduated in 1974 from Humboldt High School, Humboldt, Kansas. Larry and Kathy Weldon were married June 8, 1974, in Humboldt, Kansas. Larry worked...
Wilma Jean "Jeannie" Stanley
Oct 15, 2021
Wilma Jean (Jeannie) Stanley passed away after a short illness on Friday, Oct. 15, 2021, in Prescott, Arizona. Jeannie, the only child of Albert Daugherty and Grace (Hall) Daugherty, was 93. Jeannie was born and raised in Wichita, Kansas. She graduated from Wichita High School East in 1946, worked in Wichita for several years and married Jimmie Stanley, a pilot...
Queen Eileen Rinehart
Oct 15, 2021
Queen Eileen Rinehart, age 96, passed away Friday, October 15, 2021, at her home in Humboldt, Kansas. Queen was born October 14, 1925, to Otto Alfred and Cora Mae (Stroup) Powers in El Dorado, Kansas. She attended school in Iola. On November 19, 1942, she married Thomas Greely Rinehart in Kansas City, Kansas. They made their home in Humboldt together....
Jane Elizabeth Katzer
Oct 14, 2021
Jane Elizabeth Katzer, age 80, of Greeley, Kansas, passed away on Thursday, October 14, 2021, at her home. She was born February 5, 1941, in Garnett, Kansas, the daughter of Tony and Clara (Bures) Sobba. Jane married Clyde Katzer on June 10, 1961, at Holy Angels Catholic Church in Garnett, Kansas. She worked at Hallmark Cards in Lawrence, Warner Sewing...
Ervin J. Yoder
Oct 13, 2021
Ervin J. Yoder, age 95, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Wednesday, October 13, 2021, at his home. He was born April 24, 1926, in Thomas, Oklahoma, the son of Jerry J. and Amanda (Mullet) Yoder. Ervin was a member of the Old Order Amish Church, Garnett. He married Esther Beachy on August 6, 1959 in Garnett. He was a...
Odyessie Kay Allen
Oct 13, 2021
Odyessie Kay Allen, age 31, of Westphalia, Kansas, passed away on Wednesday, October 13, 2021, as the result of a car accident. She was born on October 12, 1990, in Wichita, Kansas. Odyessie grew up in the Westphalia area, attending school at Westphalia Elementary, then Anderson County High School, graduating in 2009. She then graduated from Cosmetology School in 2010....
Randy Noel Vanatta
Oct 10, 2021
Randy Noel Vanatta, age 63, passed away Sunday, October 10, 2021, at his home in Chanute, Kansas. Randy was one of eleven children born to Tom Charles and Leola Mae (Zornes) Vanatta on December 25, 1957, at Allen County Hospital in Iola, Kansas. He married Sharon Stroud. Their union was blessed with two children, Aaron and Clinton. They later divorced....
Carla I. Kosier
Oct 10, 2021
Carla I. Kosier, age 49, of Moran, Kansas, passed away on Sunday, October 10, 2021, at Mosiac Medical Center, St. Joseph, Missouri. She was born January 4, 1972, in Garnett, Kansas, the daughter of Owen and Carol (Thompson) Hunsperger. Carla married Albert Olds in 1991, and this union was blessed with three children. She then married Jimmy Kosier on May...
Donald Homer "Don" Stearns
Oct 8, 2021
Donald Homer "Don" Stearns went home to Jesus on Friday, October 8, 2021 at age 73. Don was born to Elexis and Ethel Allene Stearns on October 17, 1947 in Scotts Bluff, Nebraska. As a child, Don spent his time with his nose in a book. He loved to study. Don met his wife, Deanna Schaffer in 1965, through her...
Karen L. Miller
Oct 7, 2021
Karen L. Miller, 63, Iola passed away Thursday, October 7, 2021, at Allen County Regional Hospital in Iola, Kansas. Karen was born June 20, 1958, to Robert and Norma Jones, Topeka. She married Jay Miller on October 10, 1981, in Topeka. He survives, as does her mother; children Drew, Alisa and Bryan; grandchildren Beckett, Margot and Lucas; siblings Shelley Krane...
Nancy Ann Runer
Oct 7, 2021
Nancy Ann Runer, age 85, passed away October 7, 2021, at Diversicare Nursing Home, Chanute, Kansas. Nancy was born March 1, 1936, in Gas, Kansas, to William Gumfory and Edith (Toedman) Gumfory. Nancy and Jimmy T. Runer were married May 30, 1985, in Iola, Kansas. Nancy was a homemaker. Nancy was the shopping queen! She loved planting flowers in her...
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