Recent Obituaries
Ruby M Foster
Jul 23, 2018
Ruby M. Foster, age 77, Humboldt, Kansas, passed away July 23, 2018, at the Kansas Heart Hospital in Wichita, Kansas, surrounded by her loving family. Ruby was born July 29, 1940, in Iola, Kansas, to Floyd Culbertson and Pearl Creason Culbertson. She and Gail R. "Dick" Foster were married on August 7, 1958, at St. Peter's Lutheran Church in Humboldt,...
Elizabeth Ann "Betty" Thornhill
Jul 22, 2018
Elizabeth Ann "Betty" Thornhill, age 78, of Iola, Kansas, passed at her home on July 22, 2018. Betty was born on May 21, 1940, in Ogdensburg, New York, to Hilton Wylie and Dorothy (Steele) Wylie. Betty graduated high school in Buffalo, New York. She and Carl Thornhill were married on April 21, 1966, in Iola, Kansas. Betty worked at H....
Richard Eugene Abbe
Jul 15, 2018
Richard Eugene Abbe, age 71, Chanute, Kansas, passed away July 15, 2018, at Diversicare of Chanute. Richard was born June 20, 1947, in Iola, Kansas, to Clarence Abbe and Ellen Vanderslice Abbe. Richard attended school in Iola. Richard and Mary Chapman were married on March 1, 1979, in Iola. Richard was in the Kansas Army National Guard, serving from 1974...
Jewell Francis Springston
Jul 14, 2018
Jewell Francis Springston, age 91, Iola, Kansas, passed away at her home on July 14, 2018. She was born October 2, 1926, in Mountain Grove, Arkansas, to Noah W. Adams and Eller Blanche Sanders Adams. Jewell married Kenneth H. Springston on September 24, 1945, in Iola, Kansas. He passed away on July 15, 1987. Jewell graduated from the Iola High...
Mable Othick
Jul 12, 2018
Mable Othick, age 93, of Lawrence, Kansas, formerly of Colony, Kansas, passed away on Thursday, July 12, 2018, at The Windsor of Lawrence in Lawrence, Kansas. She was born October 10, 1924 in Anderson County, Kansas the daughter of Sam and Cynthia (Pittsenbarger) Stauffer. She spent her early years in Anderson and Allen Counties. She attended rural schools until 6th...
Oleata Hope Hiser
Jul 11, 2018
Oleata Hope Hiser, age 88, passed away July 11, 2018, at Greystone Assisted Living, Iola, Kansas. Oleata was born March 5, 1930, in Joplin, Missouri, to Joshua Roberts and Ollie May Rice Roberts. Oleata graduated in 1948 from the Altoona High School, Altoona, Kansas. She worked a few years as a telephone operator. Oleata and Wayne Hiser were married on...
Lowana Minckley
Jul 9, 2018
Lowana Minckley, age 78, of Colony, Kansas, passed away on July 9, 2018 at her home. Lowana Elvena Minckley was born on December 4, 1939 at Ransom Memorial Hospital in Ottawa, Kansas to Olin and Lowana (Sherer) Minckley. Lowana attended the Ottawa Public School system, graduating from Ottawa High School in 1956. While a student, she participated in various school...
Kenneth A Ling
Jul 9, 2018
Kenneth Alto Ling, age 91, passed away at the Kansas Heart Hospital in Wichita, Kansas. Kenny was born August 29, 1926, southwest of Iola, Kansas, to Alto Amos Ling and Retha Butterfield Ling. He grew up on a farm north of Piqua, Kansas, and attended Star School, a one-room country school. Kenny graduated from the Neosho Falls High School in...
Susan Hiser Diebolt
Jul 7, 2018
Susan Hiser Fursman Diebolt, age 70, of Iola, Kansas, died on Saturday, July 7, 2018, at K.U. Medical Center at Kansas City, Kansas, with her family by her side. She was born April 16, 1948, to John A. Fursman, Jr. and Florence Laura Hiser Fursman and was the oldest of their four children. She graduated from Colony High School in...
Joanna Huston
Jul 5, 2018
Joanna Huston, age 79, of Kincaid, Kansas, passed away on Thursday, July 5, 2018, at her home. She was born October 2, 1938, at Excelsior Springs, Missouri, the daughter of Slone Irving and Margaret Geraldine (Buck) Murray. Joanna graduated from Kansas University with a degree in nursing. Joanna received a post graduate certificate in pharmacology in 1969. She married Ivan...
Mary Louise "Mary Lou" Classen
Jul 4, 2018
Mary Louise Classen, age 88, of Humboldt, Kansas, passed away on Wednesday, July 4, 2018 at her home. Mary was born on October 26, 1929 in Stafford, Kansas. Mary Lou was the second of four children born to Clarence and Leona (Hall) Hanger. She graduated from Stafford High School and then attended the University of Kansas for one year. Mary...
Gladys Zwiener
Jul 4, 2018
Gladys E. Zwiener, age 96, of Garnett, Kansas passed away Wednesday, July 4, 2018 at Guest Home Estates, Garnett. Gladys was born on March 13, 1922 at Wirt. Oklahoma. She was the second of three children born to Ernest and LaVelle (Swisher) Talbot. Her family moved to Slick, Oklahoma for a brief time before moving to Eureka Springs, Arkansas. When...
Colleen Kay Bagnall
Jul 4, 2018
Colleen Kay Bagnall, age 60, passed away July 4, 2018, at the Allen County Regional Hospital, Iola, Kansas. Colleen was born October 30, 1957, in Iola, Kansas, to Earl Jefferis and Bertha Fultz Jefferis. On September 24, 1978, she and David Bagnall were married in Iola, Kansas. Colleen graduated in 1975 from the Moran High School, Moran, Kansas. Colleen worked...
John L. Wiley
Jul 3, 2018
John Leslie Wiley, Sr., age 69, of Iola, Kansas, passed away at his home on July 3, 2018. John was born on September 26, 1948, in Marion, Ohio, to Penrose Wiley and Elsie Price Wiley. John graduated from high school in Hartland, Michigan. He graduated college in Howell, Michigan. John enlisted in the United States Army and served two tours...
Dorthy Hodo
Jul 1, 2018
Dorothy Alice Hodo, age 87, of LaHarpe, Kansas passed away Sunday, July 1, 2018 at the Olathe Hospice House, Olathe, Kansas. Dorothy was the youngest of six children born to Fred William Jackson and Nellie Elene (Lister) Jackson. She was born on November 18, 1930 at North Platte, Nebraska. Dorothy grew up on a ranch ten miles north of North...
Harvey Eugene Fulton
Jul 1, 2018
Harvey Eugene Fulton, age 81, passed away Sunday, July 1, 2018, at his home in Stark, Kansas. Harvey was born on February 27, 1937, in Westphalia, Kansas, to Loyal Fulton and Imogine McCullough Fulton. Harvey and Frances Lee were married in 1986. Harvey was the oldest of 10 siblings. He worked as a farmer. He liked to fish and hunt....
Eva Maxine Martin
Jun 29, 2018
Eva Maxine Martin, age 92, passed away June 29, 2018, at Guest Homes Estates in Garnett, Kansas. Maxine was born March 13, 1926, in Elsmore, Kansas, to George Hibbs and Etta Laura Baldwin Hibbs. Maxine was married to Eddie Laver. They later divorced. Maxine married Loren Ralph Martin on February 11, 1972, in Iola, Kansas. Maxine worked as a beautician...
Eula Darlene McKee
Jun 26, 2018
Eula Darlene McKee, age 60, passed away at her rural Bronson home on June 26, 2018, after a brief illness. Eula was born on January 15, 1958, in Garnett, Kansas, to Walter J. Stotler and Iva J. Zornes Stotler. Eula married the love of her life, Douglas McKee, on July 9, 1973, in Iola, Kansas. Eula attended Colony High School...
Richard Burris
Jun 23, 2018
Richard Burris, passed away peacefully at Allen County Regional Hospital, Iola, Kansas, on Saturday, June 23, 2018, at 89 years old. John Richard Burris was the oldest of 11 children, born to Mose and Anna (Swan) Burris. He was born on his great-grandmother's homestead in Olpe, Kansas on October 1, 1928. He married Lois Jean Weseloh on January 10, 1954,...
Rita Ann Peterson
Jun 22, 2018
Rita Ann Peterson, age 88, of Greeley, Kansas, passed away on Friday, June 22, 2018, at Residential Living Center, Garnett. She was born on April 30, 1930 in Greeley, Kansas, the daughter of William Joseph and Essie Josephine (Raitinger) Lickteig. Rita graduated from Greeley High School with the Class of 1948. Following high school, she worked at the Greeley Co-op...
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