Recent Obituaries
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....
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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
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
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
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
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
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...
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
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,...
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,...
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