Recent Obituaries
Lenyx November Violet Barriger
May 23, 2021
Lenyx November Violet Barriger, age 3, passed away Sunday, May 23, 2021 at her home in LaHarpe, Kansas. Lenyx was born to parents, Ryan Scott and Darylann Paige (Krokstrom) Barriger on February 15, 2018 in Chanute, Kansas. Lenyx could brighten anyone's day when she walked into the room. She was known for being the happiest little girl with a laugh...
Ann Yoder
May 21, 2021
Anna "Ann" (Chupp) Yoder passed peacefully into the presence of Jesus from her room at the Rock of Ages Retirement Home in the late afternoon of May 21, 2021. She was 91 years old. Born in Holmes County, Ohio on May 11, 1930, Ann was the daughter of Andrew and Anna (Yoder) Chupp. As a young woman, she moved out...
Baird Clifton Trammell
May 19, 2021
Baird Clifton Trammell was born sleeping Wednesday, May 19, 2021 at Neosho Memorial Regional Medical Center in Chanute, Kansas. Baird was already loved by so many. His siblings had new activities planned for him daily. Quinn was most excited to feed and bathe him. Burke wanted to teach him how to throw rocks in the water. Burke assures us his...
William Fred Ruby
May 18, 2021
William Fred (Will or Willy) Ruby, age 59, of LaHarpe, Kansas, passed away May 18, 2021, at Medical Lodge of Fort Scott, Kansas. William was born February 1, 1962, in Iola, Kansas, to Samuel Ruby, Sr. and Lois (Sherwood) Ruby. William lived most of his life in the LaHarpe, Kansas, area. He graduated from Iola High School in 1980 and...
Betty Ruth Frazell-Moor
May 18, 2021
Betty Ruth Frazell-Moor of Overland Park, Kansas, age 92, passed away on May 18, 2021, at Sunrise Assisted Living. She was born to Dale and Wildis (Johnson) Erickson in Wilson County, Kansas, on October 6, 1928. She attended and graduated from Colony High School in 1946 and then attended Iola Junior College. Betty married Elmer Frazell in 1949. They moved...
Jean Frederick
May 15, 2021
Nelva "Jean" Frederick, age 92, of Humboldt, Kansas, passed away May 15, 2021, at Neosho Regional Medical Center, Chanute, Kansas. Jean was born January 16, 1929 in Chanute, Kansas, to Lloyd Myers and Viola (Fegal) Myers. Jean graduated from Chanute High School and Chanute Junior College. Jean worked at Bank of Commerce, Allen County Hospital, Corner Post Restaurant, and Green...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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