Recent Obituaries
Clyde Victor Woods
Nov 14, 2017
Clyde V. Woods, 97, of Humboldt, Kansas passed away Tuesday, November 14, 2017 at Diversicare in Chanute, Kansas, following a brief illness. He was born September 13, 1920 to Roy Austin and Sarah Elizabeth (Brownfield) Woods in Bonne Terre, Missouri. During World War II, he served in the Army in the Philippine islands as a crew leader in the artillery....
Shirley May Cloud
Nov 14, 2017
Shirley May Cloud, 89, of Iola passed away Tuesday, November 14, 2017 at Allen County Regional Hospital in Iola. She was born September 27, 1928 in Iola to Carl C. and Grace Marie (Miller) Orr. She married Howard W. Cloud on September 27, 1945 in Iola. They made their home in Iola and raised their three sons. She was faithful...
Ronald L Bumstead Jr.
Nov 7, 2017
Ronald L. Bumstead, age 61, of Humboldt, Kansas, passed away on Tuesday, November 7, 2017, at his home surrounded by his loving family. He was born September 23, 1956, in Pontiac, Michigan, the son of Reverend Ronald L. and Connie (McKinley) Bumstead. Ron graduated from Humboldt High School and from Allen County Community College with Police Science. Ron married Marilyn...
Gerald Lee "Jerry" Ward
Nov 5, 2017
Jerry L. Ward, 73, of Moran, Kansas passed away Sunday, November 5, 2017 at Allen County Regional Hospital in Iola due to complications of cancer combined with a car accident. He was born December 4, 1943 in Fredonia, Kansas to Francis Luck and Leona Pearl (Studebaker) Ward. He grew up in Moran, and graduated from Moran High School in 1962....
Sherrie J. Paul
Nov 1, 2017
Sherrie Joan Paul, age 69, of Temecula, California, passed away at her home on Wednesday, November 1, 2017. She was the only child of Evert Edison Fink and Vivian Lorena (Cowan) Fink. Sherrie was born on March 8, 1948, in Garnett, Kansas. Sherrie graduated from Garnett High School with the Class of 1966. She then attended Emporia State College for...
Eileen J. Miller
Oct 29, 2017
Eileen J. Miller, age 91, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Sunday, October 29, 2017, at Parkview Heights in Garnett. She was born November 17, 1925, in Richmond, Kansas, the daughter of Christopher and Elizabeth (Pickert) Hermreck. She grew up in the Richmond area and attended West Scipio School. Eileen married Clyde V. Miller on February 3, 1945, in Bastrop,...
Laura L Giffin
Oct 26, 2017
Laura Giffin, age 73, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Thursday, October 26, 2017, at Meadowbrook in Gardner, Kansas. She was born on August 10, 1944, in Garnett, the daughter of Raymond and Agnes (Hill) Sutton. Laura graduated from Blue Mound High School. Laura was united in marriage to Carl "Bud" Giffin on June 12, 1965, in Oskaloosa, Kansas. This...
Krista Diane Shannon
Oct 23, 2017
Krista Diane Shannon, love of John, mother of Cooper and Carson and the sunshine to all who knew her, passed away on Monday, October 23, 2017, at her home, near Baldwin, Kansas. Krista began her 43 year journey through this life on January 26, 1974 at Garnett, Kansas. She was the first of three daughters born to Orlan William Byerley...
Beryl Delmer "Delmer" Sarver
Oct 22, 2017
Delmer Sarver, age 93, of Iola, Kansas, passed away at his home on Sunday, October 22, 2017, after a courageous battle with pancreatic and liver cancer. Delmer was born May 3, 1924, on the family farm near Petrolia, Kansas, to Cyrus L. and Jesse Olive (Andrews) Sarver. At a very young age, his family moved to a farm northeast of...
Norma J. Sams
Oct 18, 2017
Norma J. Sams, age 92, of LaHarpe, Kansas, passed away on Wednesday, October 18, 2017 at Windsor Place in Iola. Norma was born to Charles and Gladys Woodruff. Norma was born on April 21, 1925 in Emporia, Kansas. Norma grew up in Emporia, Kansas, and graduated from Emporia High School. On August 5, 1946 she married Harold E. Sams at...
Jessie Porter
Oct 18, 2017
Jessie Porter, age 74, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Wednesday, October 18, 2017, at Residential Living Center, Garnett. She was born October 29, 1942, at Long Beach, California, the daughter of Lee and Ermila (Cobos) Gonzales. Jessie came to Kansas in the mid-1960s where she worked for many years at H.D. Lee in Ottawa, Kansas, Warner's Manufacturing in Garnett,...
Edward M. Riebel
Oct 17, 2017
Edward M. Riebel, age 91, of Iola, Kansas, passed away on Tuesday, October 17, 2017 at Heartland Meadows in Iola. Edward Martin Riebel was the sixth of thirteen children born to Joseph and Flora (Decker) Riebel. Ed was born on February 8, 1926 in Westphalia, Kansas. In December of 1945, Ed entered into the US Army. He served as a...
Betty Irene Yokum
Oct 16, 2017
Betty I. Yokum, 95, of Iola, Kansas, died Monday, October 16, 2017, at Greystone in Iola, Kansas. She was born September 15, 1922, in Hiawatha, Kansas, the daughter of Thomas O. and Irene Elizabeth (Buehler) Waugh. Betty lived in Hiawatha, Miami, Florida, and Oskaloosa, Kansas before moving to Iola with her family in 1929. She graduated from Iola High School...
Dale W. Jackson
Oct 16, 2017
Dale W. [Willis] Jackson, 64, of Uniontown, Kansas, passed away peacefully, but unexpectedly, at his home on the morning of October 16th, 2017. He was born October 25th, 1952 in Iola, Kansas to Byron (Hap) and Betty (Simpson) Jackson. He spent much of his youth growing up in Centerville and attending school there through eighth grade when his family then...
Robert E. "Bob" Shields
Oct 8, 2017
Robert E. Shields, age 81, of Princeton, Kansas, passed away on Sunday, October 8, 2017, at the Ottawa Retirement Village in Ottawa, Kansas. Bob was born on April 4, 1936, in Harris, Kansas. He was the youngest of six children born to Harry and Mary (Keffer) Shields. Bob's family moved to Garnett when he was a young boy. He attended...
Franque Marcene Meliza
Oct 7, 2017
Franque Marcene Meliza, age 78, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Saturday, October 7, 2017, at Richmond Healthcare and Rehab in Richmond, Kansas. She was born on June 29, 1939, in Ottawa, Kansas, the daughter of Charles Cyrus and Helen L. (Barber) Chilcote. She was a graduate of Iola High School, Iola Junior College, and Kansas State University (B.S. in...
Doris Eva Lickteig
Oct 4, 2017
Doris Eva (Bach) Lickteig, 78, of Garnett died Wednesday, Oct. 4 at Anderson County Hospital. Doris was the third of four children born to Fred and Florence (Feuerborn) Bach. She was born on March 15, 1939 in Garnett, Kansas. Doris attended the High Point School and then graduated from Garnett High School with the class of 1957. On September 22,...
Elaine Lenola Brown
Oct 4, 2017
Elaine L. Brown, age 98, of Iola, Kansas, passed away on Wednesday, October 4, 2017, at the Neosho Memorial Regional Medical Center, Chanute, Kansas. She was born September 30, 1919 in Emporia, Kansas, the daughter of Fred Dewey and Ethel Marie (Brown) Dobson. Elaine graduated from Emporia High School and attended Emporia State University. She taught school for several years....
Max Ratliff
Oct 1, 2017
Max Owen Ratliff, age 82, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Sunday, October 1, 2017, at Parkview Heights, Garnett, Kansas. He was born January 18, 1935, at Iantha, Kansas, the son of Zenn T. and Grace Lucille "Billie" (Chitwood) Ratliff. He attended Cherry Mound Grade School and graduated from Westphalia High School. In 1952, he graduated from Reisch American School...
Kay Maple Westerman
Sep 30, 2017
Kay Maple Westerman, age 71, of Iola, Kansas passed away, Saturday, September 30, 2017 at the Allen County Regional Hospital, Iola. Kay was the only child born to Harold and Marjorie (Jones) Hank. Kay was born on August 16, 1946 at Iola. Following her mother's marriage to Udell Hobelman, Kay was adopted by Udell on May 8,1957. She grew up...
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