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Glen Michael "Mike" Rouland

Glen Michael "Mike" Rouland

Feb 6, 2018

Glen Michael “Mike” Rouland, age 64, of Topeka, Kansas, passed away on Tuesday, February 6, 2018, at Kansas Neurological Institute, Topeka. He was born January 16, 1954, in Garnett, Kansas, the son of Glen O. and Frances J. (Falls) Rouland.  Mike was preceded in death by his parents, Glen and Frances Rouland; and infant brother, John P. Rouland. He is...

Ragenia M. Garber

Ragenia M. Garber

Feb 6, 2018

Ragenia M. Garber, age 61, of Iola, Kansas passed away Tuesday, February 6, 2018 at her home in Iola. Ragenia was the oldest of six children born to Clarence Junior Garber and Irma (Wagner) Garber. She was born on October 29, 1956 at Lawrence, Kansas. She grew up at Welda and attended school there. Ragenia worked as a cook at...

Margo Elizabeth McNett-Kessler

Margo Elizabeth McNett-Kessler

Feb 5, 2018

Margo Elizabeth McNett-Kessler, age 59, of Colony, Kansas, passed away on Monday, February 5, 2018, at her home. Margo was born on December 11, 1958, at Iola. Kansas. She was the second of six children born to John Clayton "J.C." and Roberta Ann (Nichols) McNett. She attended school in Iola and Yates Center. Margo married Gary Dean Dearinger in 1975,...

Alice Jeanette Arnett

Alice Jeanette Arnett

Jan 26, 2018

Jeanette Arnett, age 74, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Friday, January 26, 2018, at her home.   Alice Jeanette was born on July 4, 1943, at Garnett, the daughter of Albert Keith and Gladys Margaret (Rook) Finkenbinder. Jeanette attended Bush City grade school, and graduated from Garnett High School with the Class of 1961. While she was young, Jeanette was...

Ruth "Marie" Martin Goodspeed

Ruth "Marie" Martin Goodspeed

Jan 26, 2018

Marie Goodspeed, age 91, of rural Colony, Kansas, passed away on January 26, 2018.  She was born on December 2, 1926 in rural Colony, Kansas, the daughter of Charles Rufus Martin and Mary Irene (Samples) Martin. In her professional career, Marie worked for Texaco, Thomas H. Bowlus at Allen County State Bank, and as a stewardess with TWA. Friends cherished...

Maxine Schoonover

Maxine Schoonover

Jan 26, 2018

Maxine Schoonover, age 87, of Stark, Kansas, passed away on Friday, January 26, 2018 at her home. Maxine was born to Daniel Ira  and Violet (Parret) Schneeberger on January 22, 1931 in Caldwell, Kansas.  Her family moved several times when she was a young girl, finally settling near Stark, Kansas in 1944, where she attended the Stark High School.  On...

Betty Darlene Masters

Betty Darlene Masters

Jan 26, 2018

Betty Darlene Masters, age 87, of Chanute, Kansas passed away on Friday, January 26, 2018 at Heritage Health Care in Chanute. Betty Darlene (Barber) Masters was born April 23, 1930 to Julia (Hodgson) Barber and Glen Barber at Americus, Kansas. She loved growing up in the Flint Hills around Eskridge, Kansas where she spent most of her young life. She...

Francis Lee "Bud" Stotler

Francis Lee "Bud" Stotler

Jan 25, 2018

Francis Lee "Bud" Stotler, 91, of Iola passed away Thursday, January 25, 2018 at Windsor Place in Iola. Bud was born September 10, 1926 to Frank Emanuel and Ruth (Martin) Stotler on the family farm west of Iola. He grew up on the same farm and graduated from Iola High School in 1944. He served in the U.S. Army for...

Dorothy Mae Binger

Dorothy Mae Binger

Jan 22, 2018

Dorothy Mae Binger, age 93, of Iola, Kansas passed away, Monday, January 22, 2018 at the Allen County Hospital, Iola. Dorothy was the only child born to Emil and Ruthail (Sharp) Hoepker. She was born on May 16, 1924 on the family farm southeast of Humboldt. Dorothy attended one year of high school in Humboldt before her family moved to...

Brenda Dowling

Brenda Dowling

Jan 22, 2018

Brenda M. Dowling, age 55, of Colony, Kansas, passed away on Monday, January 22, 2018, at the Anderson County Hospital Emergency Room in Garnett, Kansas. She was born on July 16, 1962 in Iowa City, Iowa, the daughter of Stephen G. and Barbara Dowling. Brenda grew up in the Maryville and Skidmore, Missouri area. She graduated from Butler County Community...

Venita Faye Roush

Venita Faye Roush

Jan 21, 2018

Venita Faye Roush, 67, of La Harpe passed away Sunday, January 21, 2018 at Allen County Regional Hospital in Iola, following a brief illness of pneumonia. She was born May 17, 1950 in McPherson, Kansas to Carl and Delta (Moore) Johnson. She was married to William F. Roush, Jr. on June 1, 1985 in Iola. She worked for several years...

Lynda M. Maddox

Lynda M. Maddox

Jan 21, 2018

Lynda Maddox, 54, Osawatomie, passed away peacefully January 21, 2018 in Olathe. She was born July 11, 1963 in Iola to Harold and Eula (Culbertson) Leslie. She graduated in 1981 from Iola High School, and shortly after lived in Emporia until moving to Osawatomie in 1991. She was united in marriage to Gary Maddox in May 1983.   Lynda lived a...

Al Richardson

Al Richardson

Jan 20, 2018

Herbert Alvin (Al) Richardson, 97, passed away peacefully on January 20th, 2018, at Allen County Regional Hospital. Al was born on December 11, 1920, in Belding, Michigan. The only child of Arthur and Anna Matina (Christensen) Richardson, Al had a Christian upbringing in Lowell and Belding, Michigan. His love of music, specifically the Hawaiian lap steel guitar, took him to...

June Magdalene Fosdick

June Magdalene Fosdick

Jan 19, 2018

June Magdalene Fosdick, age 98, of Iola, Kansas, passed away on Friday, January 19, 2018 at Windsor Place in Iola. June was one of four children born to Frank and Beary (Mustain) Tullis. She was born on September 17, 1919 in Ellinwood, Kansas. June grew up in Ellinwood. She married John I. Fosdick on July 8, 1939 in Fairview, Oklahoma....

Joyce Lynn Hastert

Joyce Lynn Hastert

Jan 18, 2018

Joyce Lynn Hastert, age 78, of Greeley, Kansas, passed away on Thursday, January 18, 2018, at Residential Living Center, Garnett. She was born March 31, 1939, in Ottawa, the daughter of Irwin W. and Berniece Joy (Brown) Benefiel. She graduated from Garnett High School with the Class of 1957. On July 20, 1957, Joyce married Dennis Hastert at Holy Angels...

Frank W. Harner

Frank W. Harner

Jan 14, 2018

Frank W. Harner, age 94, of rural Humboldt, Kansas, passed away on Sunday, January 14, 2018, at Chanute, Kansas. Frank was the youngest of eight children born to Frank F. and Emma (Dietrich) Harner. He was born on December 7, 1923, at Humboldt, where he remained a lifetime resident of the area. Frank lived on the family farm southeast of...

Kason Jack Davis

Kason Jack Davis

Jan 14, 2018

Kason Jack Davis, infant son of Derek and Jordan Davis of Blue Mound, Kansas, passed away Sunday, January 14, 2018 at the Overland Park Regional Hospital. Kason is survived by his parents and his sister, Bristol Davis, of the home; grandparents, Doug and Debbie Davis, Jason and Wendy Kinder, and Dennis Meyer; great grandparents, Carol Ann Feuerborn, Dudley Feuerborn, Janice...

Bernice Trowbridge

Bernice Trowbridge

Jan 13, 2018

Bernice Marie Trowbridge, age 85, of Iola, Kansas passed away unexpectedly on Saturday, January 13, 2018 at the Overland Park Regional Medical Center. Bernice was the tenth of thirteen children born to Joseph and Flora (Decker) Riebel. She was born on July 14, 1932 in Westphalia, Kansas. Her family lived in several places when she was a young girl. Bernice...

Ruth Frances Lampe

Ruth Frances Lampe

Jan 13, 2018

Ruth Frances (Koester) Lampe, age 90, was born January 25, 1927 in the family home in Piqua, Kansas. She passed away in this same home on January 13, 2018. Her father, Herman George Koester, came to Woodson County from Bartelso, Illinois in 1900 to build a farm and a life. After a few years, he sent for his bride, Anna...

Dixie Quincy

Dixie Quincy

Jan 9, 2018

Dixie Brown Quincy, of Iola, Kansas, aged 79, died peacefully on January 9, 2018 in Phoenix, Arizona, after a struggle with kidney disease. Dixie was born on April 14, 1938, in Beloit, Kansas, to James Robert "Doc" Brown and Marjorie "Marge" Brown. She was raised in Cawker City, Kansas. Doc came from a large family – 6 boys and 2...

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