Recent Obituaries
Arvada L. Helena
Sep 5, 2020
Arvada L. Helena, age 89, passed away Saturday, September 5, 2020 at Farmington Presbyterian Manor in Farmington, Missouri. Arvada was born on March 14, 1931 to Leslie and Maude (Lowman) Beeding in Iola, Kansas. She grew up in Gas, Kansas where she attended grade school. She graduated from LaHarpe High School in LaHarpe, Kansas with the class of 1949. Arvada...
Marian Janice Wilson
Sep 5, 2020
Marian J. Wilson, 91 years old, formerly of Gas, Kansas, died September 5, 2020, at Iola. Marian was born May 30, 1929, in Mitchell, South Dakota, the daughter of Merrill and Helen Marie (Fuehrer) Goodsell. On August 12, 1944, the Goodsell family moved to Gas. Marian graduated from Iola High School in 1946. On January 1, 1947, Marian married Orel...
Ronald Paul Singer
Sep 4, 2020
Ronald Paul Singer, 74, of Wauneta, Nebraska, passed away in McCook, Nebraska on September 4th, 2020. Ron was born on December 13th, 1945 in Garnett, Kansas to Paul and Helen (Howery) Singer. He graduated from Parker High School in 1964 and attended one year at Allen County Community College before being drafted. Ron served his country in the United States...
Robert P. Scott
Sep 1, 2020
Robert “Bob” Scott, age 87, of Iola, Kansas, passed away at his home on Tuesday, September 1, 2020. Bob is survived by his wife, Verla Scott, of the home; five children, Cindy Brant, Carol Worthington, Janet Dreher, Steve Scott, and Alan Scott; eight grandchildren; several great grandchildren; two sisters, Anita Baker and Wanda Nordt. No services are being scheduled at...
Ruby Irene Schuster
Sep 1, 2020
Ruby Irene Schuster, age 100, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Tuesday, September 1, 2020, at her home with her daughter and son-in-law by her side. Ruby Spears was born on December 14, 1919, the only child of DeArmand and Anna (Crabtree) Spears, in Johnston, Missouri. She and her parents moved to Garnett in 1929, where her father was manager...
Darl "Bud" McCrate
Aug 30, 2020
Darl D. "Bud" McCrate, age 95, of Iola, Kansas, passed away on Sunday, August 30, 2020, while residing at Greystone Residential Care, Iola, Kansas. He was born on September 12, 1924, in Iola, Kansas, the son of Floyd F. and Hattie A. (Smith) McCrate. Bud graduated from Iola High School in 1942. He enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1943,...
Charles Emrick Staley
Aug 27, 2020
Charles Emerick Staley, age 49, of Iola, Kansas, passed away on August 27, 2020, at St. Luke’s Plaza Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri. He was born September 27, 1970, in Frisco, Colorado to Frances Lee Sailor. Charlie was married to Justine Kerr on January 1, 2001, and remained close to her son Jeremy. Charlie was especially looking forward to taking...
Timothy "Tim" E Weldin
Aug 26, 2020
Timothy “Tim” Earl Weldin, age 60, of Colony, Kansas, passed away on Wednesday, August 26, 2020, at Allen County Hospital, Iola, Kansas. He was born August 31, 1959, in Iola, Kansas, the son of Floyd and Katherine (Gilliland) Weldin. He graduated from Crest High School, Colony, Kansas. Tim was someone that lived by the saying: “If it’s worth doing it’s...
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...
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