Recent Obituaries
C.D. Schulte
Aug 26, 2020
C.D. Schulte, age 86, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Wednesday, August 26, 2020, at his home. Carroll Dee Schulte was born on September 20, 1933, at Westphalia, Kansas. He was the second of five children born to Wendel and Hazel (Centlivre) Schulte. C.D. graduated from Garnett High School in 1952. Following high school, C.D. attended the University of Kansas...
Wanda Sue Wilson
Aug 25, 2020
Wanda Sue Wilson, age 72, passed away on August 25, 2020, at her home in Neosho Falls, Kansas. Wanda was born on December 28, 1947, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, to George Cuppy and Eva (Lee) Cuppy. Wanda and Gary Wilson were married on January 1, 1966, in Gas, Kansas. Wanda graduated in 1965 from Iola High School, Iola, Kansas. She...
Gary Lynn Cookus
Aug 24, 2020
Gary Lynn Cookus, age 69, passed away Monday, August 24, 2020 at his home in Iola, Kansas. Gary was born September 1, 1950 to Frank and Mary (Andrews) Cookus in Beatrice, Nebraska. Gary attended high school at Lincoln East High School in Lincoln, Nebraska where he graduated in 1969. After high school, he drove a truck with his brother Frank...
Fern Coleen Wolken
Aug 21, 2020
Fern Wolken, age 84, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Friday, August 21, 2020, at her home. Fern Coleen Huggins was born on January 5, 1936, in Bush City, Kansas. She was the fifth of five children born to Frank and Neva Mary (Miller) Huggins. Fern grew up on a farm near Bush City and graduated from Garnett High School....
Bryson Lee Byerley
Aug 20, 2020
Bryson Byerley, age 22, of Iola, formerly of Hartford, Kansas, passed away on August 20, 2020 at the KU Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas. Bryson was the first of two children born Teague and Wendy (Tarter) Byerley. He was born on October 11, 1997 in Emporia, Kansas. Bryson grew up in Hartford, graduating from high school there in 2016. Following...
Sheri Yarnell
Aug 19, 2020
Sheri Yarnell, age 59, passed away Wednesday, August 19, 2020 at her home in Chanute, Kansas. Sheri was born February 20, 1961 to Carolyn (Collins) Wright in Chanute, Kansas. She spent her early years on a farm near Bronson, Kansas before the family moved to a farm near Erie, Kansas. Sheri attended school in Uniontown before moving and later graduated...
Wendell Edwin Troxel
Aug 18, 2020
Wendell Edwin Troxel passed away peacefully on Tuesday, August 18, 2020 at his home near Moran, Kansas, with his family by his side, following a recent cancer diagnosis. He was 91 years old, born to Fred Melvin and Mabel (Rodda) Troxel on July 6, 1929, near La Harpe, Kansas. Wendell grew up on his father’s farm near Elsmore, Kansas. In...
Junior Burk
Aug 15, 2020
Junior Burk, age 59, passed away Saturday, August 15, 2020 at his home in Iola, Kansas. Junior was born June 27, 1961 to Dwight and Mildred (Kuhn) Burk in Hiawatha, Kansas. Before starting school, his family moved to Yates Center, Kansas where he graduated in 1979. After graduating, he began working for the Yates Center Co-op. Junior worked various jobs...
Susan Padfield
Aug 14, 2020
Susan Padfield, age 77, of Garnett, Kansas passed away Friday, August 14, 2020, at her home. Susan Elaine Burns was born February 7, 1943 in Independence, Kansas. She was the first of two children born to Robert E. and Marvelle (Coyner) Burns. Susan grew up in Cherryvale, graduating from high school there in 1960. On December 30, 1962 Susan was...
Jerry Ellis McClure
Aug 13, 2020
Jerry Ellis McClure, age 80, passed away on August 13, 2020, at Jane Phillips Hospital, Bartlesville, Oklahoma. Jerry was born on May 29, 1940, in Iola, Kansas, to Leslie Kenneth McClure and Elsie Louise (Michael) McClure. Jerry graduated Iola High School in 1959. He attended and graduated with an associate’s degree from Iola Community College. Jerry and Jean L. Thompson...
Theola Heath
Aug 13, 2020
Theola Heath, age 74, passed away August 13, 2020 at her daughter’s home in Iola, Kansas. Theola was born to William DeWalt and Bernece (Wilkinson) Merrill on May 23, 1946 in Blue Rapids, Kansas. Over the years, Theola worked various jobs, her favorite being a security guard. Theola could be found playing bingo in her spare time. She loved to...
June Ames
Aug 13, 2020
Amy June Smith Sherbenou Ames, age 98, of Chanute, Kansas, passed from this earth to her Heavenly Father on Thursday, August 13, 2020. She was born June 12, 1922, at Cedar Crest Farm, in Wilson County near Toronto, Kansas; the daughter of Harry Amos and Maude Belle (Daniel) Smith. On December 24, 1941, June was united in marriage to Buford...
Steven Lawrence Riebel
Aug 10, 2020
Steven Lawrence Riebel, age 43, passed away Monday, August 10, 2020, at St. Francis Hospital in Wichita, Kansas. Steven was born to Lawrence Earl and Joy Elaine (Webber) Riebel on March 14, 1977, in Iola, Kansas. He graduated from Iola High School in 1996. Steven was actively involved in Kansas Special Olympics since age 8. In 2015, he was inducted...
Naomi Grace McAfee
Aug 9, 2020
Naomi Grace (Sarver) McAfee was born March 10, 1921 in Lone Elm, Kansas, to Glenn Clayton and Neva Grace (DePoe) Sarver. On August 9, 2020, she went to her eternal home to be with Jesus. She attended school in Lone Elm and was valedictorian of her graduating class. After taking classes at Pittsburg College, Kansas, she taught at Richmond, Kansas...
Kayla Norman
Aug 8, 2020
Kayla Nicole Norman, age 31, of Lawrence, Kansas, passed away on Saturday, August 8, 2020, at Lawrence Memorial Hospital, Lawrence, Kansas. Kayla was born on April 2, 1989, in Chanute, Kansas, to Darin Norman and Leslie (Stanley) Norman. Kayla graduated in 2007 from Marmaton Valley High School. She continued her education at Kansas University, graduating with a bachelor’s degree in...
Charles "Chuck" Frederick Richey
Aug 7, 2020
Charles “Chuck” Frederick Richey, age 78, passed away Friday, August 7, 2020 at Windsor Place of Iola, Kansas. Chuck was born to Frederick William Richey and Ruth Irene (Andrew) Rogers on October 23, 1941 in Yuba City, California. Chuck began his schooling in a one room schoolhouse in Amiot, Kansas. After first grade, he attended elementary school in Blue Mound,...
Janice Sue "Meme" Lust
Aug 7, 2020
Janice Sue “Meme” Lust, age 77, of Iola, Kansas, passed away on Friday, August 7, 2020, at the Olathe Medical Center in Olathe, Kansas. Janice was born on June 16, 1943, in Iola, Kansas. She was the only daughter and the fourth of five children born to Orville Eugene Strack and Margurite Catherine Walker. Janice was a lifelong resident of...
Henry J. Morgan
Aug 6, 2020
Henry Morgan, age 92, of Greeley, Kansas, passed away on Thursday, August 6, 2020, at Parkview Heights in Garnett Kansas. Henry J. Morgan was born March 23, 1928 on a farm near Garnett, Kansas. He was the son of Rudolph and Freda (Lickteig) Morgan. He lived by Garnett until 1939 when his family moved to a farm northwest of Greeley,...
Janice Kay Booth
Aug 6, 2020
Janice Kay Booth, age 80, of Gardner, Kansas passed away at her home, surrounded by her family, on Thursday, August 6, 2020. Janice Kay Klimek was the first of four daughters born to Lawrence “Blackie” L. and Doris L. (Burt) Klimek. Janice was born on February 8, 1940 approximately 2 miles west of Moran, Kansas. She attended Montvale School from...
Brandon Charles Call
Aug 6, 2020
Brandon Call, age 39, of Iola, Kansas passed away August 6, 2020, at his residence in Iola. Brandon was born in Wichita, Kansas on June 18, 1981. He was the second of two sons born to Dona Call and Steven Gorrell. At 3 years of age, Brandon, his older brother, Eric and mother moved to Chanute, Kansas to live his...
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