Recent Obituaries
Sidney "Sid" Williamson
Jun 17, 2021
Sidney "Sid" Williamson, age 77, passed away Thursday, June 17, 2021, at his home in Gas, Kansas. Sid was born December 4, 1943, to Norman Earl and Martha Maxine (Swilley) Williamson in Toronto, Kansas. Sid started his career early in life working in the oilfield with his dad, rebuilding cars, and aspiring to be a race car driver. Over the...
Curtis Alvin Madsen
Jun 13, 2021
Curtis Alvin Madsen, age 86, of Greeley, Kansas, passed away on Sunday, June 13, 2021, at his home. He was born April 23, 1935, in Minidoka, Idaho, the son of Alvin R. and Dora (Wheeler) Madsen. He graduated from Rupert High School in Minidoka, Idaho. Curtis graduated from Idaho State University in Pocatello, Idaho and became an electrical engineer for...
Thomas "Tom" Snyder
Jun 13, 2021
Thomas "Tom" Snyder, age 60, passed away Sunday, June 13, 2021 while doing one of the things that he loved most, fishing, in Girard, Kansas. Tom was born July 6, 1960 to William and Patricia (Dieker) Snyder. He attended school in Chanute, Kansas. Tom spent 28 years of his career working for Chanute Manufacturing as a welder. After leaving Chanute...
Carol Kay Miller
Jun 12, 2021
Carol Kay Miller, age 82, of Greeley, Kansas, passed away on Saturday, June 12, 2021, at the Ted Hersey House in Leawood, Kansas. Carol Kay Root was born on May 13, 1939, in Kansas City, Missouri. She was the youngest of three daughters born to Walter Roscoe and Hallie Gwendolyn (Sturgeon) Root. Her father worked for the railroad and the...
Olive Farrell
Jun 11, 2021
Olive Mae Farrell, age 95, of Colony, Kansas, passed away June 11, 2021, at her home. Olive was born July 13, 1925, in Goodrich, Kansas, to George Pearson, Sr. and Julia (Dinsmore) Pearson. Olive attended school in Linn County, Kansas. Olive and Wayne Farrell were married on August 7,1943, in Mound City, Kansas. Olive was a member of the Iola...
Rosemary Gillaspie
Jun 10, 2021
Rosemary Gillaspie, 90, of Colony, Kansas, passed from this life June 10, 2021, at Parkview Heights Care Center in Garnett. Rosemary was born on August 9, 1930, in Kincaid, Kansas, to Lawrence (Jack) and Lucy Ruth (Reynolds) McCollam. She graduated from Kincaid Rural High School in 1948. She married George Milton Gillaspie, Jr., on August 30, 1948. They lived in...
Frank Hermann
Jun 10, 2021
Francis "Frank" Hermann, age 79, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Thursday, June 10, 2021, peacefully at his home surrounded by his daughters. He was born on February 17, 1942, in Westphalia, Kansas, the son of Albert John and Mary Catherine (Wilper) Hermann. Frank married Thelma Askins on July 1, 1966, at Holy Angels Catholic Church, Garnett. The union was...
Rick Poffenbarger
Jun 10, 2021
Rick Poffenbarger, age 66, passed away Thursday, June 10, 2021, at Freeman West Hospital in Joplin, Missouri. Rick was born January 7, 1955 to George and Francis (Heinrich) Poffenbarger in Iola, Kansas. Rick attended school in Iola and worked various jobs over his career. Rick is preceded in death by his parents, George and Francis Poffenbarger. Rick is survived by...
Robert Elliott Powers
Jun 9, 2021
Robert Elliott Powers, age 61, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Wednesday, June 9, 2021 at his home. Bob, or Rep as he was known to family and close friends, was born September 18, 1959 in Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii. He was the third of four children born to Robert L. Powers and Sandra (Crippin) Powers Doty. Rep grew up in...
Hildred "Lorene" Ellison
Jun 9, 2021
Hildred Lorene (Mowry) Ellison, 90, passed away on Wednesday June 9, 2021. She was born on March 7, 1931, at the family farm near Blue Springs, Nebraska to Waldo Emerson Mowry and Hildred Hull Mowry, joining 3 bothers and 3 sisters. Lorene attended Blue Grade School near Blue Springs, and at the age of 9, moved with her family to...
Kenneth Dale Wallace
Jun 8, 2021
Kenneth Dale Wallace, age 65, of Iola, Kansas, passed away June 8, 2021, at his residence. Dale was born September 15, 1955, in Kirksville, Missouri, to Kenneth Neal and Charlotte (Page) Wallace. Dale graduated in 1973 from Shawnee Mission High School, Shawnee Mission, Kansas. Dale worked his entire life as a mechanic. Dale loved to fish, tinker with hotrods, and...
Anita L. Zajic
Jun 6, 2021
Anita Lee Zajic née Tweedy passed away on June 6, 2021, at the age of 91 in Huntsville, Alabama. Anita was born January 29, 1930, in Altoona, Kansas, to Fred Tweedy and Stella (Miller) Tweedy. Anita led a full and busy life. She loved music, dancing, and also to sing and as such was a member of the Sweet Adelines....
Marjorie L. Klimek
Jun 2, 2021
Marjorie L. Klimek, age 101, passed away Wednesday, June 2, 2021 at Moran Manor in Moran, Kansas. Marjorie was born to LaMoyne and Bessie (Smith) Knapp on January 5, 1920, in Allen County, Kansas. She was one of seven children. Marjorie married Lloyd DeWain Klimek on August 29, 1937 in Garnett, Kansas. Their union was blessed with three children. Lloyd...
Connie Sue McWhirter
May 29, 2021
Connie Sue McWhirter, age 62, of Moran, Kansas, passed away on Saturday, May 29, 2021, at the Olathe Health Hospice House, Olathe, Kansas. Connie was born on August 2, 1958, at the Sterling Hospital in Sterling, Kansas, to Quentin Dale and Dorothy Irena (McKissick) Kilgore. Connie graduated from Sterling High School in 1976. She earned a degree in interior design...
Roger Dale Roberts
May 29, 2021
Roger "Rabbit" Dale Roberts, age 57, passed away at home surrounded by his family on Saturday, May 29, 2021 thru Midland Hospice Care, in Topeka Kansas. Roger was born on October 24, 1963 in Iola, Kansas, to Marvin William Roberts and Velma Eileen Kellerman, the baby of seven children. He grew up in the surrounding areas of Franklin and Anderson...
Teri A. Porter
May 27, 2021
Teri A. Porter, age 59, passed away Thursday, May 27, 2021 at KU Medical Center in Kansas City, Kansas. Teri was born January 4, 1962 to James and Virginia (Cochran) Nelson. She attended Friends University where she earned her Bachelor Degree in Human Resources. Teri married Rocky Porter on March 27, 1992 in Miami, Oklahoma. Teri dedicated 32 years of...
Austin Lawrence Gott
May 27, 2021
Austin Lawrence Gott passed away in Iola, Kansas, Thursday, May 27, 2021. Austin was born June 30, 1994, in Chanute, Kansas. He proudly served in The US Army 2011 through October of 2016, where he was promoted to the Sergeant E-5. Austin was decorated with the Army certificate of achievement, Afghanistan Campaign Medal with Campaign Star, Army Accommodation Medal, National...
Phyllis Irene Jackson
May 26, 2021
Devoted wife, mother, and grandmother Phyllis Irene Jackson, age 79, of Mound City, Kansas, entered fully into the presence of the Lord on Wednesday, May 26, 2021, at Moran Manor, Moran, Kansas. She was born on February 10, 1942, on a farm outside of Xenia, Bourbon County, Kansas, the daughter of Charles Melvin and Ruth Alberta (Main) Whitcomb. Phyllis graduated...
Richard Lee Tush
May 26, 2021
Richard Lee Tush, age 74, of Eureka, Kansas, passed away on Wednesday, May 26, 2021, at his home. Rick was born on October 6, 1946, in Garnett, Kansas. He was the fourth of seven children born to George Tush Sr. and Mary Ann (Kueser) Tush. Rick grew up in the Welda area, where he attended high school in Welda, before...
Kevin G. Howard
May 25, 2021
Kevin G. Howard "BEAR", age 50, of Gas, Kansas passed away May 25th, 2021, at his home. Kevin was born June 19th, 1970 in Iola, Kansas to Clark Alan Howard and Shirley Mae (Pollet) Allen. Kevin attended school in Pleasanton, Kansas and graduated with the class of 1989. He worked as a Bus Driver for the USD #257 School District,...
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