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Max Jackson

Max Jackson

Jun 19, 2018

Maxarthur Scott Jackson, age 27, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Tuesday, June 19, 2018, in Garnett. He was born May 10, 1991 in La Mesa, California, the son of Scott and Mary (Hardesty) Jackson.  He graduated from Anderson County Junior Senior High School in 2010. Max loved gaming and doing anything outdoors, from sports to fishing to hiking.  He...

Thomas G. Ensley

Thomas G. Ensley

Jun 15, 2018

Thomas G. Ensley, age 91, of Colony, Kansas, passed away on Friday, June 15, 2018, at Residential Living Center, Garnett. He was born February 8, 1927, in Welda, Kansas, the son of William Joseph and Nellie (Murray) Ensley. Tom graduated from Welda High School and entered into the Army Air Corps in WWII. Tom operated two commercial quarries, Murray Limestone...

Leslie Eugene Andres

Leslie Eugene Andres

Jun 13, 2018

Leslie Eugene Andres, age 67, passed away June 13, 2018, at his home near Pleasanton, Kansas.   Gene was born on March 15, 1951, in Iola, Kansas, to Lyle Andres and Virginia Stokes Andres. Gene graduated from the Moran High School in 1969. Gene enlisted in the United States Navy and proudly served his country for four years. Gene married Rebecca...

Mikkal Alexander Clark

Mikkal Alexander Clark

Jun 11, 2018

Mikkal Alexander Clark-Jones, age 10 weeks, passed away June 11, 2018, at the Allen County Regional Hospital, Iola, Kansas. Mikkal was born on March 30, 2018, in Chanute, Kansas, to Mason Jones and Harmony Rose Clark-Jones. Mikkal will be remembered for his loving smile. He loved to listen to music, and he loved watching TV with his dad. He enjoyed...

Anna Belle Scheckel

Anna Belle Scheckel

Jun 9, 2018

Anna Belle Scheckel, age 83, of Garnett, Kansas entered into eternal life on June 9, 2018. She was born on July 28, 1934 in Greeley, Kansas, the youngest daughter of Philip and Rose (Oswald) Lickteig. She graduated as salutatorian of her class from Greeley High School in 1952. Anna Belle married Lavern Scheckel at St. John's Catholic Church in Greeley...

Velma Dean Bilderback

Velma Dean Bilderback

Jun 8, 2018

Velma Dean Bilderback, age 96, of Garnett, Kansas passed away Friday, June 8, 2018 at Guest Home Estates, Garnett.   Dean was born October 19, 1921 at Greeley, Kansas.  She was the ninth of nine children born to George Homer Bilderback and Bertha (McKay) Bilderback.  Dean grew up in Greeley, graduating from high school there.  She then went on to Parsons...

Drew Walker "Bubby & Drewby" Faulhaber

Drew Walker "Bubby & Drewby" Faulhaber

Jun 8, 2018

Drew Walker Faulhaber, age 21, of Iola, Kansas, passed away June 8, 2018, near Inman, Kansas, as the result of an automobile accident. Drew was born in Iola on July 26, 1996, to Bruce Faulhaber and Staci Lust Faulhaber. Drew graduated from the Iola High School in 2015. He attended Missouri Welding Institute in Nevada, Missouri, where he graduated in...

Betty Lou Nickels

Betty Lou Nickels

Jun 3, 2018

Betty Lou Nickels, a longtime resident of Iola, KS, passed away peacefully in the early hours of June 3, 2018 at Windsor Place Nursing Home in Iola. She was 95 years old. Betty was born to Verne and Anna Wheeler Sweet of Garnett, KS on April 14, 1923. Her childhood was spent in Garnett, where she lived with her parents...

Maxine B. Smith

Maxine B. Smith

Jun 1, 2018

Maxine Blanche Smith, age 98, of Iola, Kansas, passed away on June 1, 2018, at Allen County Regional Hospital, Iola, Kansas. Maxine was born on February 26, 1920, in Neosho Falls, Kansas, to John Weiland and Grace Bigger Weiland. Maxine attended rural school at Punkin Kolege east of Neosho Falls and graduated from the Neosho Falls High School in 1938....

Rebecca Mendoza

Rebecca Mendoza

Jun 1, 2018

Rebecca Mendoza, age 87, of Humboldt, Kansas passed away Friday, June 1, 2018 at Windsor Place in Iola following a brief illness. Rebecca was born November 10, 1930 at Chanute, Kansas. Rebecca was the fourth of six children born to Heriberto and Catalina (Gutierrez) Ysusi. She grew up in Chanute, attending school there. On April 3, 1948 Rebecca married Jesse...

Neil Duane Holloway

Neil Duane Holloway

May 30, 2018

Neil Duane Holloway, age 57, of Eufaula, Oklahoma, passed away on Wednesday, May 30, 2018 in Pecos, Texas.   He was born July 13, 1960 in Iola, Kansas, the son of Neil and Mary Jane (New) Holloway.  Duane graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree at Pittsburg State University and a Masters at A&T State University in North Carolina.  Duane was...

Donald E. Garrison

Donald E. Garrison

May 29, 2018

Donald E. Garrison, 87, passed away Tuesday, May 29, 2018, at his home in rural Moran, Kansas. Donald was born December 8, 1930, in Bayard, Kansas, to Guy Garrison and Lula M. (Gillham) Garrison, and grew up in the Kincaid and Moran areas. Donald was a lifelong farmer, farming in Allen and Anderson counties. He was an avid deer hunter...

Kenneth Ray Osler

Kenneth Ray Osler

May 29, 2018

Kenneth Osler, age 61, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Tuesday, May 29, 2018, at his home.   He was born July 26, 1956, in Garnett, Kansas, the son of Ray and Rita (Hermreck) Osler.  Kenny graduated from Garnett High School with the Class of 1974.  He attended the University of Kansas, then spent his career at Scheff’s Steel in Ottawa,...

Edna Charlene Rogers

Edna Charlene Rogers

May 27, 2018

Edna Charlene Rogers, age 81 of Garnett, Kansas passed away on Sunday, May 27, 2018, at Madison, Kansas while attending an Esslinger family get-together at the very site where her father was born.   Charlene was born February 14, 1937 in Quincy, Kansas, to Harry Esslinger and Edna Myrtle Cummins. Charlene attended grade school in Quincy. She graduated from high school...

Jimmy Dale Powell

Jimmy Dale Powell

May 26, 2018

Jimmy Dale Powell, Sr., Colony, Kansas, passed away at his residence on May 26, 2018, surrounded by his loving family. Jim was born on March 28, 1937, in Alta Vista, Kansas, to Harvey Edward Powell and Golda Anne Wooton Powell. Jim graduated from the Colony High School. Jim spent most of life driving trucks. He drove a truck for San-Ore,...

Michael Fudge

Michael Fudge

May 24, 2018

Michael Edward Fudge, age 75, of Moran, Kansas, passed away on May 24, 2018, at the Olathe Medical Center, Olathe, Kansas.   Michael was born on October 19, 1942, in Iola, to Harry Francis Fudge and Obreta Blanche Vest Fudge. He attended school in Allen County, Kansas. Michael worked as a cook at L&M Truck Stop in Iola, then as a...

Angela "Angie" Maley

Angela "Angie" Maley

May 20, 2018

Angela Janette “Angie” Maley, age 47, of Iola, passed away peacefully at her home surrounded by her loving family on May 20, 2018, after she lost her courageous battle with cancer.  Angie was born on January 13, 1971, in Iola, to Floyd “Mike” Leslie and Winona Malloy Leslie. Angie graduated from the Iola High School in 1989.  She graduated from...

Dorothy Louise "Dotti" White

Dorothy Louise "Dotti" White

May 18, 2018

September 30, (“If I told you I’d have to kill you”) – May 18,2018 Dorothy Louise “Dotti” White passed away May 18, 2018 in Livermore, California. Born to Frank and Louise Wolkar on their farm in Beaulah, Kansas, Dotti was an accomplished woman who loved to learn, preferring reading to sports and piano practice to the outdoors. After graduating from...

Paul E. Thornbrugh

Paul E. Thornbrugh

May 17, 2018

Paul E. Thornbrugh of Tulsa passed away at St. Johns Medical Center on May 17, 2018, at the age of 97.  A Tulsa resident for more than 50 years, Paul moved with his family from Denver, Colorado, to Tulsa in 1966.  A Kansas native, he was born in Olathe, Kansas, on April 15, 1921, and spent the next nine decades...

Norma Jean Rickerson

Norma Jean Rickerson

May 16, 2018

Norma Jean Rickerson, age 83, of Iola, Kansas, passed away on Wednesday, May 16, 2018, at Olathe Medical Center, Olathe, Kansas.   She was born October 14, 1934 in Trenton, Missouri, the daughter of Otto E. and Eva J. (Boatman) Stewart.  Norma attended grade school in rural Allen County and graduated from Chanute High School.  Norma married James Lee Rickerson of...

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