Recent Obituaries
Carol J Higginbotham
Jan 6, 2020
Carol Jean Higginbotham, age 65, of Iola, Kansas passed away Monday, January 6, 2020, at The University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City. Carol was born June 20, 1954, to Harry J Lee, Sr. and Violet (Raymer) Lee in Iola, Kansas. Carol graduated from Iola High School in 1972. Carol was a stay at home mom and housewife. Carol...
Mr Haroldo Leo Bass
Jan 6, 2020
Haroldo Leo Bass, age 82, of Iola, Kansas, passed away Monday, January 6, 2020, surrounded by his loved ones at his home. Leo was born March 23, 1937, to Jessie and Margarite (Fisher) Bass at Chanute, Kansas. He grew up in Chanute, graduating from Chanute High School. Leo then attended Neosho Community College until he was drafted into the United...
Rick A Ohmes
Jan 5, 2020
Richard “Rick” A. Ohmes, age 69, of Greeley, Kansas, passed away on Sunday, January 5, 2020, of his home. He was born July 15, 1950, in Kansas City, Missouri, the son of Bernard and Mary (Hawk) Ohmes. He graduated from Garnett High School with the Class of 1968. Rick attended Flint Hills Vo-Tech School in Emporia for agriculture but shifted...
John D. Roeckers
Jan 1, 2020
John D. Roeckers, age 73, of Reedsburg, Wisconsin, passed away on Wednesday, January 1, 2020, surrounded by his loving family. He was born on January 27, 1946 in Ottawa, Kansas, the son of John H. and Evelyn B. (Brummel) Roeckers. On December 26, 1966, he was united in marriage to Beverly Ann Guilfoyle at St. John’s Catholic Church in Greeley,...
Ronald W. Mersman
Dec 31, 2019
Ronald W. Mersman, age 76, of Scipio, Kansas, passed away on Tuesday, December 31, 2019, at Parkview Heights in Garnett, Kansas. Ron was born on April 1, 1943, at Garnett, Kansas. He was the first of four children born to Ralph and Florence (Wolken) Mersman. Ron grew up on the family farm near Scipio, Kansas and graduated from Garnett High...
Edna M Peck
Dec 30, 2019
Edna Peck, age 94, passed away on Monday, December 30, 2019, surrounded by her family. Edna Marie Morris was born on December 16, 1925, in rural Galesburg, Kansas. She was the first of nine children born to James Oliver and Josephine (Dawson) Morris. Edna grew up in the Stark and Porterville area, attending country schools. In 1943 Edna married Kenneth...
Aimee Sue Billingsley
Dec 28, 2019
Aimee Sue Billingsley, age 72, of Iola, Kansas, died Saturday, December 28, 2019 at Allen County Regional Hospital, Iola, Kansas. Aimee was born on October 6, 1947 in Moran, Kansas to Harry and Prudence (Lower) Fronk. Aimee graduated from Iola High School in 1968. After graduating, she attended Pittsburg State University. She worked for many years as an addiction therapist....
Bill Owens
Dec 27, 2019
Bill Owens, 84, of rural Humboldt, Kansas, died Friday, December 27, 2019, at Windsor Place of Iola. William E. Owens was born December 14, 1935, in Gas City, Kansas. Bill was the first of four children born to Clyde and Martha (Bulk) Owens. He grew up in Humboldt, graduating from Humboldt High School. Following school, Bill entered the US Army...
Edna Ruth Boots
Dec 27, 2019
Edna Ruth Mitchell Boots passed away Friday, December 27, 2019, at The Parke Assisted Living in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Edna was born in Westphalia, Kansas on March 30, 1924, the oldest of three children born to Edwin and Pearl (Lankard) Mitchell. After high school in Westphalia, Kansas, Edna taught school at Glenwood School in Coffey County, Kansas for two years. During...
Marlene Setter
Dec 26, 2019
Marlene Marie (Carr) Setter, age 83, of Lawrence, Kansas, passed away on December 26, 2019, at her home. Marlene was born on September 30, 1936, in Garnett, Kansas. Marlene was one of four children born to Clyde and Esther Carr. She remained close to her siblings Joan, James, and Richard throughout her lifetime. Marlene grew up in Garnett, graduating from...
Alice I Hood
Dec 23, 2019
Alice Irene Hood, age 94, of Iola, Kansas, passed away on Monday, December 23, 2019 at Allen County Regional hospital, Iola. She was born January 11, 1925, on her grandparents’ farm in Milford, Iowa, the daughter of Chester and Valborg (Nelson) Blunt. Alice graduated from Terrill High School, in Terrill, Iowa, then attended the American Institute of Business before finishing...
Madeleine R. Klein
Dec 22, 2019
Madeleine Klein, age 78, of Garnett, Kansas passed away peacefully, surrounded by her family on Sunday, December 22, 2019, at the St. Luke’s Hospice House, Kansas City, Missouri. Madeleine Rose Glenn was born on August 30, 1941, in Kansas City, Kansas. Madeleine was the second of three daughters born to Eugene and Margaret (Martinac) Glenn. She grew up in the...
Bob Burns
Dec 18, 2019
PLEASE NOTE CHANGE TO LOCATION: ***A Memorial Service with Military Honors will be held at 2:00 PM on Saturday, December 28, 2019, at the Hepler Community Center, 105 N. Prairie Ave. Hepler, KS 66746.*** Bob Burns, age 92, of Iola, Kansas, passed away on Wednesday, December 18, 2019, at Allen County Regional Hospital, Iola. Bob was the second of two...
Jay Dean Bodenhamer
Dec 18, 2019
Jay D. Bodenhamer, age 85, of Greeley, Kansas, passed away on Wednesday, December 18, 2019, at the Anderson County Hospital in Garnett, Kansas. Jay Dean Bodenhamer was born on August 15, 1934, in Greeley, Kansas. Jay was the fourth of six children born to Hylas Luther and Leona (Reed) Bodenhamer. Jay grew up in Greeley and graduated from Greeley High...
Mary Rose Adams
Dec 18, 2019
Mary Rose Katzer Adams, age 87, of Overland Park, Kansas, peacefully passed away in her sleep on Wednesday, December 18, 2019 at Glenwood Village of Overland Park, Kansas. Mary was born July 24, 1932, to Rudolph and Rose Katzer in Greeley, Kansas. She married Alvin Michael (Mike) Adams on April 14, 1956, in Kansas City, Missouri. This union was blessed...
Ron Hargiss
Dec 17, 2019
Ronnie Lee Hargiss, age 66, of Moran, Kansas, passed away Tuesday, December 17, 2019, at his home. Ron was born November 29, 1953, in St. Louis, Missouri to Dortha Hargiss. Ron graduated from Marmaton Valley High School. He worked as a machine operator at Klein Tools for 25 years. He then worked at B&W running the lasers and the press...
Sally Gulick
Dec 12, 2019
Sally Gulick, age 75, of Moran, Kansas, passed away, Thursday, December 12, 2019, at Olathe Medical Center, Olathe, Kansas. Sally was born February 5, 1944, to Virgil and Doris (Little) Stever in Eureka, Kansas. She married Greg Gulick on August 27, 1960, in McPherson, Kansas. This union was blessed with two children. For most of Sally’s career she worked in...
Glendene L Kelly
Dec 11, 2019
Glendene Lee Kelly, age 85, passed away Wednesday, December 11, 2019, at Allen County Regional Hospital, Iola, Kansas. Glendene was the only surviving child of Glen and Pearl (Overmeyer) Hillman. She was born on March 11, 1934, in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Glendene was raised in Iola by Pearl and her husband, Max “Mick” McClay. She graduated from Mt. Carmel Academy in...
Terry Tush
Dec 11, 2019
Terry Tush, age 59, of Spokane Valley, Washington passed away Wednesday, December 11, 2019, at his home concluding his battle with cancer. Terry was the second of four boys born to George and Jacquelyn (Sutton) Tush. He was born on August 5, 1960, at Garnett, Kansas. Terry attended Irving Grade School through the 5th grade, 6th grade in Welda, Kansas,...
Gary Wayne Ecclefield
Dec 10, 2019
Gary Wayne Ecclefield, age 67, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Tuesday, December 10, 2019 at the Coffey County Hospital in Burlington, Kansas. His final moments were spent doing one of the things he loved the most, flying his Cessna 172 airplane. He passed away shortly after his final flight. He was born March 15, 1952, in Garnett, Kansas, the...
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