Recent Obituaries
Donna "Joan" Boots
Jan 1, 2019
Donna Joan Boots, age 87, of Welda, Kansas, passed away on Wednesday, April 17, 2019, at Parkview Heights, Garnett. She was born November 5, 1931, in Westphalia, Kansas, the daughter of Curtis and Thelma (McGhee) Koch. Joan grew up on the family farm moving to the Welda area. Growing up, she enjoyed riding her horse to school, which was about...
J. H. "Pete" Sumner
Jan 1, 2019
J. H. “Pete” Sumner, age 96, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Friday, March 1, 2019, at the Anderson County Hospital in Garnett. He was born on December 26, 1922, in Coffey County, Kansas, the son of William and Wilda (Welborn), the eighth child of nine children born to the family. Pete was united in marriage to Betty Lou Marks...
Johnny Lee Adams
Jan 1, 2019
Johnny Lee Adams, age 77, of La Harpe, Kansas, passed away Thursday July 25, 2019, at Moran Manor, Moran, Kansas. Johnny was born May 20, 1942, to Noah W. Adams and Eller B. (Sanders) Adams in Iola, Kansas. Johnny entered into the military service at the age of eighteen serving in both the Army and the Air Force. He was...
Richard "Dick" Tinsley
Jan 1, 2019
Richard J. “Dick” Tinsley, age 69, of Waverly, Kansas, passed away on Wednesday, May 29, 2019 at Stormont-Vail Hospital in Topeka, Kansas. He was born January 4, 1950, in Garnett, Kansas, the son of James David and Lucy Mae (Whaley) Tinsley. Dick graduated from Garnett High School with the Class of 1969. Upon graduating, Dick worked for a short time...
"Gene" George E Raymond
Jan 1, 2019
George E. “Gene” Raymond, age 76, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Tuesday, January 8, 2019, at the Anderson County Hospital, Garnett. He was born July 8, 1942, in Garnett, the son of George A. and Nora (Nutt) Raymond. He graduated Garnett High School and from Kansas State University with a Bachelor Degree in Animal Science. Gene married Virginia E....
Geri Myers
Dec 31, 2018
Geri Myers, age 83, of Iola, Kansas, passed away on Monday, December 31, 2018, at the Allen County Regional Hospital, Iola, Kansas. Geri was born February 28, 1935, in Riceville, Iowa, to Walter Arndt and Mary (Wiepert) Arndt. Geri graduated high school from Saint Mary's High School in New Haven, Iowa. On April 12, 1955, Geri married James A. Myers...
Carmelita Coats
Dec 29, 2018
Carmelita Mersman (Osborn) Coats, age 92, of Waverly, Kansas, passed away on Saturday December 29, 2018 at the Sunset Manor in Waverly, Kansas. She was born December 28, 1926 near Garnett, Kansas, the daughter of John and Catherine (Rockers) Mersman. Carmelita married Irvin Lee Osborn on June 16, 1946 and this union was blessed with nine children, Linda, John, Terrance,...
Sterling Barker
Dec 28, 2018
Sterling C. Barker, age 87, of Moran, Kansas, passed away Friday, December 28, 2018, at Allen County Regional Hospital, Iola, Kansas. Sterling was born November 24, 1931, in rural Sheldon, Missouri, to George and Ruby (Carpenter) Barker. Sterling attended school in Rural Missouri. Sterling married Bonnie (Creason) Barker on October 31, 1952. Sterling worked for 20 years at Walton Foundry...
Wyvona M Cahill
Dec 28, 2018
Wyvona May Cahill, age 98, of Chanute, Kansas, passed away Friday, December 28, 2018, at Diversicare in Chanute, Kansas. Wyvona was born on September 24, 1920, to Manus Clyde Reeder and Nellie Mae (Pelton) Reeder. Wyvona grew up and attended school in Miami, Oklahoma. She married David Arland Fugitt in March 1940, in Carthage, Missouri. Wyvona enjoyed attending her great-grandchildren's...
Danny Lee Morris
Dec 25, 2018
Danny Lee Morris, age 43, of Iola, Kansas, passed away Tuesday, December 25, 2018, at the Allen County Regional Hospital, Iola, Kansas. Danny was born July 22, 1975, in Chanute, Kansas, to Kenneth and Alice (Booe) Morris. Danny graduated from Iola High School in 1996. He was diagnosed with cerebral palsy as a baby. Danny received services from Community Living...
Stanley Dreher
Dec 25, 2018
Stanley E. Dreher, Jr., age 92, of Iola, Kansas, passed away on Tuesday, December 25, 2018, at his residence in Iola. Stanley was born April 27, 1926, in Iola, Kansas, to Stanley E. Dreher, Sr. and Loretta (Whitaker) Dreher. At the age of six, Stanley moved with his family to New Mexico, where he attended grade school, grades one through...
Mary Lou Draper
Dec 24, 2018
Mary Lou Draper, age 85, formerly of Moran, Kansas, passed away Monday, December 24, 2018 at Windsor Place, Iola, Kansas. Mary Lou was raised on a homestead farm in Bronson, Kansas by her grandparents, John James Upton and Della Lora Upton, and father Charles Elmer Upton. Mary Lou married Lloyd William "Bill" Draper on December 25, 1954 in Iola, KS....
George Bushko
Dec 24, 2018
George Barnard Bushko, age 92, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Monday, December 24, 2018, at his home. He was born November 6, 1926, in Taylor, Pennsylvania, to George J. and Katherine (Wasta) Bushko. George graduated from high school and from Drury University in Springfield, Missouri. He joined the United States Army in January of 1945 at Ft. Dix, New...
Ralph Lloyd Atzbach
Dec 20, 2018
Ralph L. Atzbach, age 76, of Iola, Kansas, passed away on Thursday, December 20, 2018, at the Life Care Center of Burlington, Burlington, Kansas. Ralph was born on September 3, 1942, in Iola, Kansas, to Henry Atzbach and Mary (Madison) Atzbach. Ralph and Deloris Walters were married on August 30, 1968, in Iola, Kansas. Deloris preceded him in death on...
Fred Heinz
Dec 19, 2018
Frederick Heinz, age 79, passed away Wednesday, December 19, 2018, at Windsor Place, Iola, Kansas. Fred was born April 4, 1939, in rural Geneva, Kansas, to Elton and Mary Heinz. Fred attended school at Rock Creek, Gas, and Iola. Fred and Patricia M. Ansell were married on August 13, 1956, in Hernando, Mississippi. In 1964, Fred loaded his family and...
Frances L Griggs
Dec 19, 2018
Frances L. Griggs, age 68, passed away Wednesday, December 19, 2018, at Diversicare in Chanute, Kansas. Frances was born June 7, 1950, in Parsons, Kansas, to John F. Griggs and Dola Elizabeth Saulsberry Griggs. Frances attended school in Parsons. Frances was cremated and no services are planned. Inurnment will be at a later date in Oakwood Cemetery, Parsons, Kansas. Frances...
Norma R. Highberger
Dec 19, 2018
Norma R. Highberger, age 97, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Wednesday, December 19, 2018, at Parkview Heights in Garnett. She was born on May 5, 1921, in Harris, Kansas, the daughter of Walter and Edna (Kelley) Lankard. She grew up on her parents' farm near Glenloch, Kansas and helped her father by driving a team of mules to pull...
Robert Earl "Ike" Collins
Dec 18, 2018
Robert Earl (Ike) Collins, age 85, formerly of Piqua, Kansas, passed away Tuesday, December 18, 2018, at the Yates Center Health and Rehabilitation Center, Yates Center, Kansas. Ike was born August 9, 1933, in Iola, Kansas, to John Mike Collins and Lucy Elizabeth Wilson Collins. He grew up on a farm south of Piqua, Kansas. Ike graduated from the Yates...
Jimmie John Stanley
Dec 17, 2018
Jimmie J. Stanley, born and raised near Moran, Kansas, died on December 17, 2018, in Prescott, Arizona, after a long struggle with Alzheimer’s disease. He was 90. Jimmie, the oldest son of Fred and Edith Stanley, attended the one-room schoolhouse at Elsmore. He enjoyed hunting and fishing as a kid and played football in high school. He graduated from Moran...
Christopher A "Chris" Martin
Dec 16, 2018
Christopher Alan Martin, age 52, of Iola, Kansas, passed away Sunday, December 16, 2018 at Allen County Regional Hospital, Iola, Kansas. Chris was born December 14, 1966 to William "Bill" Martin and Mary (Bishop) Martin in Quincy, Illinois. On September 19, 2003 Chris married Tina Durbin in Coffeyville, Kansas. He received his GED from Allen Community College. Chris worked as...
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