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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...

Margaret Leona Hadsall

Margaret Leona Hadsall

Apr 7, 2021

Margaret L. Hadsall, age 100, of Richmond, Kansas, passed away on Wednesday, April 7, 2021. Margaret Leona McCall was born February 3, 1921, in Kansas City, Missouri, the daughter of Clayton and Edith (Barhan) McCall. She was a lifelong resident of Richmond. Margaret attended grade school in the Berea one room schoolhouse. Margaret attended high school in Richmond, she would...

Lois J. Burris

Lois J. Burris

Apr 1, 2021

Lois J. Burris, passed away peacefully at the Yates Center Health and Rehab facility on Thursday, April 1, 2021 at the age of 85. Lois Jean Weseloh was born August 13, 1935 at Olpe, Kansas. She was the first of five children born to Arnold R. and Clara (Isch) Weseloh. Lois grew up in Yates Center, Kansas, graduating from high...

William "Willie" R. Nelson

William "Willie" R. Nelson

Apr 1, 2021

William "Willie" R. Nelson, age 88, passed away Thursday, April 1, 2021 at Via Christi Ascension Hospital in Wichita, Kansas. Willie was born August 8, 1932 to John William and Lucille Irene (McFadden) Nelson in Renfro, Oklahoma. He attended a rural school in Humboldt, Kansas. He married Barbara A. Covault on December 26, 1951 in Fort Scott, Kansas. In his...

Linda D. Heidrich

Linda D. Heidrich

Mar 31, 2021

In Loving Memory of Linda D. (Barrier) Heidrich, age 68, of Westphalia, Kansas, passed away on Wednesday, March 31, 2021, at Richmond Healthcare in Richmond, Kansas. She was born on August 3, 1952, in Spokane, Washington, the daughter of Melvin LeRoy and Maxine Frances (Lambert) Barrier. Linda was preceded in death by her parents, Melvin and Maxine Barrier, one brother,...

Merle F. Rockers

Merle F. Rockers

Mar 31, 2021

Merle F. Rockers, age 88, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Wednesday, March 31, 2021, at Parkview Heights, Garnett. On May 15, 1932, Merle Frederick Rockers was the fifth of seven children born to Arthur B. and Hilda Katherine (Feuerborn) Rockers. Merle attended the Junction country grade school. The farming crisis of the 1980's prompted Merle to get his G.E.D....

Gary W Trester

Gary W Trester

Mar 31, 2021

Gary Wayne Trester, age 66, passed away Wednesday, March 31, 2021 in Grove, Oklahoma. Gary was born December 20, 1954, to Bert and Maxine (Scheer) Trester in Iola, Kansas. Gary attended schools in LaHarpe and Gas, Kansas. Over his career he worked at Walton's Foundry and then Ray's Metal Depot in Iola. Gary was an outdoorsman. He loved being outdoors...

Vernon Francis Truhe

Vernon Francis Truhe

Mar 31, 2021

Vernon Francis Truhe, age 92, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Wednesday, March 31, 2021, at the Anderson County Hospital, Garnett. He was born June 1, 1928, in Valley Falls, Kansas, the son of Bernard H. and Maude Ellen (Miller) Truhe. He attended high school at Eudora and later in Paola. Vernon married Patricia McClanahan, and they had two children,...

Duncan G. Brookes, Jr.

Duncan G. Brookes, Jr.

Mar 28, 2021

Duncan G. Brookes, Jr., age 50, of Iola, Kansas, passed away at his residence on March 28, 2021. Duncan was born August 8, 1970, in Colorado Springs, Colorado, to Duncan G. Brookes, Sr. and Linda S. (Wright) Brookes. Duncan graduated in 1988 from Iola High School and then received an associate's degree from Allen Community College. Duncan worked as a...

Ruth Nelda Gillham

Ruth Nelda Gillham

Mar 28, 2021

Ruth Nelda Gillham, age 93, of Humboldt, Kansas, went to be with her Lord on Sunday, March 28th, 2021, from Country Place Assisted Living in Chanute, Kansas. Ruth was born in the home of her parents, Charlie and Vida (Majors) Spillman, just south of Mildred, Kansas, on September 1st, 1927. Ruth married Wilfred "Wayne" Gillham on her 21st birthday in...

Harold E. "H.E." Holinsworth Jr.

Harold E. "H.E." Holinsworth Jr.

Mar 20, 2021

Harold E. "H.E." Holinsworth Jr., age 76, died Saturday, March 20, 2021 at his home in Humboldt, Kansas. H.E. was born August 13, 1944 in Stillwater, Oklahoma to Harold E. and Betty L. (Kirby) Holinsworth Sr. He grew up in the family businesses, one of which, was a motorcycle dealership. His passion for motorcycles was well known. He and his...

Carroll R. Weber

Carroll R. Weber

Mar 19, 2021

Carroll R. Weber of Iola passed away Friday, March 19, 2021 after a prolonged fight with bladder cancer. Carroll was born to Rev. Frank C. and Cecelia Weber on August 24, 1927 in Nebraska, the youngest of four boys. Rev. Weber served at several small towns in Nebraska before being posted to Callahan Church near Murdock when Carroll was in...

Ruby Fern Crumm

Ruby Fern Crumm

Mar 19, 2021

Ruby Fern Crumm, age 89, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Friday, March 19, 2021, at her home. She was born on October 4, 1931, in Lane, Kansas, the daughter of Claude and Violet Mae (Myers) Borton. Ruby graduated from Ottawa High School. Ruby was united in marriage to G.M. Crumm on July 31, 1950, in Kansas City, Kansas. This...

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