Recent Obituaries
Michael J. Berntsen
May 14, 2021
Michael Joseph Berntsen, age 36, of Iola, Kansas passed away Friday, May 14, 2021 at LaHarpe, Kansas. Michael was born on October 5, 1984 at Iola to Joseph H. Berntsen Jr. and Theresa Bergkamp Berntsen. He grew up on the family farm near LaHarpe, graduating from Iola High School with the class of 2003. Michael was a member of the...
Angela Dawn (Elliott) Dudley
May 13, 2021
Angela Dawn (Elliott) Dudley, age 42, passed away Thursday, May 13, 2021 at KU Medical Center in Kansas City, Kansas. Angela was born September 1, 1978 to John Patrick Elliott and Viola Marie (Jones) Boeck in Iola, Kansas. Throughout her career, Angela worked various places but she was always partial to her work family at Gates Rubber Company. Angela was...
Deanna Jo Harper
May 12, 2021
Deanna Jo Harper, age 74, of Iola, Kansas, passed away on Wednesday, May 12, 2021, at Windsor Place of Iola, Kansas. She was born September 28, 1946, at Garden City, Kansas, the daughter of Margaret J. (Hagans) and Vance L. Harper. Deanna graduated from Iola High School with the Class of 1964, and received her associates degree in 1966 at...
Dorothy F. Saxton
May 11, 2021
Dorothy Frances Saxton, age 94, of Iola, Kansas, passed away May 11, 2021, at Greystone Assisted Living, Iola, Kansas. Dorothy was born February 11, 1927, in Iola, Kansas, to Roy Johnson and Beulah Viola (Shelton) Johnson. Dorothy graduated in 1945 from Iola High School. Dorothy and Thomas M. Saxton, Sr. were married May 2, 1948, in Iola, Kansas. Tom passed...
Marsha Karr
May 11, 2021
Marsha Karr, age 63, passed away Tuesday, May 11, 2021, at her home in LaHarpe, Kansas. Marsha was born May 31, 1957 to Leslie James and Norma Jean (Wilson) Chapman Sr. in Chanute, Kansas. She attended school in Iola, Kansas and graduated with the class of 1975. She married Harold Karr on August 21, 1976 in Iola. Their union was...
Bryce Wade Van Houden
May 9, 2021
Bryce Wade Van Houden, age 19, of Iola, Kansas, passed away on Sunday, May 9, 2021, at Nevada Regional Medical Center, Nevada, Missouri. He was born December 6, 2001, at Iola, Kansas, the son of Russell Van Houden and Sara Gibbons. Bryce attended schools in Iola and Fort Scott. During high school, he achieved his welding certificate with aspirations to...
J. Nadine Boydston
May 8, 2021
June Nadine Boydston, age 95, of Parkview Heights, Garnett, passed away on Saturday, May 8, 2021, at the Anderson County Hospital in Garnett, Kansas. Always known as Nadine, she was born June 4, 1925, in the rural Keokuk community near Centerville, Kansas. She was the daughter of Thomas Burton McCarty and Mabel Ann Holloman McCarty and was the eighth of...
Jimmy Wayne Johnson
May 7, 2021
Jimmy Wayne Johnson, age 60, of Leroy, Kansas, passed away May 7, 2021, at the University of Kansas Health System - St. Francis Campus, Topeka, Kansas. Jim was born July 25, 1960, in Iola, Kansas, to Ira Johnson and Melda (Ward) Johnson. Jim graduated in 1978 from Iola High School, Iola, Kansas. Jim served his country in the United States...
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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,...
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