Recent Obituaries
Bessie Mae Mathews
May 1, 2018
Bessie Mae Mathews, age 79, of Moran, Kansas, passed away May 1, 2018, at the Moran Manor, Moran. Bessie was born April 30, 1939, in Mapleton, Kansas, to John C. Lucas and Bertha M. Brown Lucas. Bessie graduated Bronson High School in 1957. She and Frank L. Mathews, Jr. were married on May 4, 1957, in Fort Scott, Kansas. Bessie...
Rosalee Harrison
Apr 25, 2018
Please Note Change in Service Time and Location as Follows: Thursday, May 3, 2018, 2:30 PM at Feuerborn Family Funeral Service Chapel, 1883 US Hwy. 54, Iola, KS 66749. Rosalee Harrison, age 88, of Iola, Kansas, passed away on Wednesday, April 25, 2018, at St. Francis Hospital, Wichita, Kansas. She was born January 18, 1930, in Hiattville, Kansas, the daughter...
Randall Doyle Ellis
Apr 22, 2018
Randall Doyle "Randy" Ellis, age 59, Humboldt, Kansas, passed away at Arrowood Lane Assisted Living, Humboldt. Randy was born August 9, 1958, in Garnett, Kansas, to Bill Ellis and Lois Shepard Ellis. He attended Crest Schools, Colony, Kansas. Randy worked as a plumber in Lenexa, Kansas, retiring in November, 2017, due to illness. Randy and Diane Keele were married in...
Arlene Rachel Ellis Weseloh
Apr 21, 2018
Arlene Rachel Ellis Weseloh December 24, 1925—April 21, 2018 It was Christmas Eve 1925 when Arlene Rachel Ellis Weseloh, 92, of rural Yates Center, Kansas, came into this world and April 21, 2018, when she entered her heavenly home. Arlene was born December, 24 1925, at the home of her grandparents, John and Caroline Hasstedt in rural Piqua, Kansas, the...
Trent Alan Rhodes
Apr 20, 2018
Trent Alan Rhodes, age 41, of Iola, passed away on April 20, 2018, at the University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas. Trent was born on October 7, 1976, in Iola, to Robert Leon Rhodes, Jr. and Vicki Lee Stewart Rhodes. Trent graduated from Marmaton Valley High School, Moran, Kansas, in May, 1995. Trent attended Allen Community College, Iola,...
Ronald L. Walters
Apr 19, 2018
Ronald L. Walters, age 69, of Iola, Kansas, passed away on April 19, 2018, at his home surrounded by his loving family. Ron was born on April 15, 1949, in Gas, Kansas, to Loyd Jr. Walters and Doris Jean Ogle Walters. Ron graduated from the Iola High School in 1967. He attended Allen County Community Junior College, Iola. Ron enlisted...
Helen Irene Sutton
Apr 19, 2018
Helen Sutton, age 89, of Iola, Kansas, passed away on Thursday, April 19, 2018, at Windsor Place, Iola. Helen was born February 21, 1929, near Garnett, Kansas, to Roy and Cora (Carmin) McGraw. Helen married Charles Sutton on August 15, 1946, in Ottawa, Kansas. She attended Willow Branch School and later received a GED from American School. Helen was a...
William E Betts Sr.
Apr 15, 2018
William E. Betts, Sr., age 73, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Sunday, April 15, 2018 at his home. He was born August 21, 1944 in Lawrence, Kansas, the son of Cleo and Jean (Hughes) Betts. He graduated from Garnett High School and Emporia State University with a double degree in Music and Speech and acquired his Class C license...
Elizabeth Ann "Betty" Friskel
Apr 14, 2018
Elizabeth Ann (Betty) Friskel, age 85, passed away April 14, 2018, at her home in Iola, Kansas. Betty was born May 17, 1932, in Pittsburg, Kansas, to Martin Lero and Mary Beitzinger Lero. She grew-up in the Pittsburg-Frontenac area, where she attended and graduated from Saint Mary's School (now Colgan) in 1950. Betty married Ernest Donovan Stahl on June 9,...
Willis Ray Miller, Sr.
Apr 9, 2018
Willis Ray Miller Sr., age 82, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Monday, April 9, 2018, at his home. He was born on December 18, 1935, in Coffeyville, Kansas. Willis was one of fourteen children born to Sylvan Leroy and Rena Faye (Goodman) Miller. As a young boy his family moved to Garnett. Willis attended Garnett schools. He entered into...
Gary K. "Sarge" Lower
Apr 7, 2018
Gary K. “Sarge” Lower, age 82, of Iola, Kansas passed away Saturday, April 7, 2018 at the Lawrence Memorial Hospital, Lawrence, Kansas. Gary was born March 25, 1936 on a farm southeast of Iola to Samuel M. and Arlene (Walker) Lower. As a young boy his family moved all of the way across the road to his family’s farm. The...
Marilyn Allene "Lynne" Byers
Apr 6, 2018
Marilyn Allene "Lynne" Byers, age 85, of Iola, formerly of Wichita, Kansas, passed away April 6, 2018, at Azria Health Center, Olathe, Kansas. Marilyn was born July 22, 1932, in El Dorado, Kansas, to Wesley Virgil Hayes and Bertha Leota McHattan Hayes. She was the granddaughter of James Virgil Hayes and Jessie Lulu Brickley Hayes and Lee Otto McHattan and...
Beulah J Still
Apr 5, 2018
Jean Still, age 81, of Iola, Kansas, passed away on Thursday, April 5, 2018 at the Allen County Regional Hospital. Jean was the first of two daughters born to Ralph "Ted" and Vesta (Wilmoth) Kelly. She was born on August 25, 1936 in Iola, Kansas. Jean grew up in Iola, graduating from Iola High School. She attended Allen County Community...
Frederick Joseph Hart
Mar 31, 2018
Frederick Joseph "Fred" Hart, age 77, of Iola, passed away on March 31, 2018, at Windsor Place, Iola, Kansas. Fred was born on September 15, 1940, in Preston, Missouri, to Sherman Edgar Hart, Sr. and Mabel Lucy Miller Hart. Fred attended school in Macks Creek and Kansas City, Missouri. He later received a GED. Fred worked for Ford Motor Company...
Ruby L Starr
Mar 29, 2018
Ruby Starr, age 92, passed away on Thursday, March 29, 2018, at Windsor Nursing Home in Iola, Kansas, after a courageous battle with cancer. Ruby Louise Mitchell was born in Westphalia, Kansas, on March 23, 1926, to William Edwin and Pearl Edith (Lankard) Mitchell. She graduated from Westphalia High School in 1943. After graduation she taught in elementary schools across...
George Leroy Fuhrman
Mar 27, 2018
George Leroy Fuhrman, age 81, of Moran, Kansas, passed away on Tuesday, March 27, 2018, at his home. Leroy was born July 24, 1936, in Fort Scott, Kansas, to George Leslie Fuhrman and Bertha Augusta Perry Fuhrman. Leroy married Luella Mae Diebolt Bradford on August 11, 1978, at St. John's Catholic Church in Iola, Kansas. Leroy graduated from the Blue...
Susan Clark "Susie" Bubna
Mar 22, 2018
Susan Clark Costabile Bubna passed away on Thursday, March 22, 2018 at St. Luke's Hospice House, Kansas City, Missouri, surrounded by her family. Susie was born in Bronx, New York, on June 9, 1956, the daughter of Douglas and Doris Costabile of Murray Hill, New Jersey. Susie met the love of her life, Stephen Bubna, and they were married December...
Abram Hawley
Mar 20, 2018
Abram Hawley, age 42, of Kansas City, Missouri, entered eternal peace on March 20, 2018, at Hospice House, 12000 Wornall Rd.. Abe was born December 12, 1975 in Denver, Co., the youngest son of Irene and Lester Hawley, younger brother to Ryan Hawley. After leaving Denver, the family relocated to a farmhouse in Iola, Ks where they lived a wholesome...
Lena C Thummel
Mar 19, 2018
Lena C. Thummel, age 88, of Iola, Kansas, passed away on Monday, March 19, 2018, at Greystone Residential Care, Iola, Kansas. She was born November 23, 1929, in Plainville, Kansas, the daughter of Luke and Anna Elizabeth (Eilers) Schulte. Lena graduated from Plainville High School in 1947. She worked for a dentist office in Plainville, Kansas. Lena married Leo Thummel...
Elizabeth Reddins
Mar 18, 2018
Elizabeth "Lizzy" Reddins, age 92, of Iola, Kansas, passed away on Sunday, March 18, 2018, at her home with her daughter, Roz and grandson, Maurice by her side. Lizzy was the first of seven children born to Cornelous Slaughter and Letha (Lyle) Slaughter. She was born on May 18, 1925 in Coffeyville, Kansas. Lizzy attended the Cleveland school and the...
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