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James Wallace Potter

James Wallace Potter

Nov 29, 2017

James W. Potter, 91, of Iola, passed away November 29, 2017 at Allen County Regional Hospital at Iola. He was born March 29, 1926 in Iola to George and Edna (Drake) Potter. After high school, he served in the U.S. Navy. Following his service, he spent the majority of his life in Allen County. He worked for Southwestern Bell Telephone...

Sandra K Garver

Sandra K Garver

Nov 29, 2017

Sandra K. Garver, age 67, of Iola, Kansas, passed away on Wednesday, November 29, 2017 at her home after losing her battle with cancer. Sandra was the first of three children born to Wayne E. and Oleata (Roberts) Hiser. She was born on May 1, 1950 in Iola, Kansas. Growing up Sandy worked as a bookkeeper at the family business,...

Shirley A. Reeves

Shirley A. Reeves

Nov 27, 2017

Shirley Anne Reeves, age 78, passed away on Monday, November 27, 2017, at the Anderson County Hospital, Garnett, Kansas. She was born September 21, 1939 in Garnett, Kansas, the daughter of Rollie and Shirley (Lane) Merscham. She graduated from Richmond High School, Richmond, Kansas. She married Thomas Walters and traveled many places while he was in the U.S. Navy. This...

Jack L Ensminger

Jack L Ensminger

Nov 26, 2017

Jack L. Ensminger, age 93, of Moran, Kansas, passed away on Sunday, November 26, 2017 at the Allen County Regional Hospital, Iola, Kansas. Jack was the first of two sons born to Charles and Margaret (Larkey) Ensminger. He was born on March 13, 1924 at Moran, Kansas. Jack lived his entire life on the family farm northwest of Moran. He...

Dale E. Lynes

Dale E. Lynes

Nov 22, 2017

Dale E. Lynes, age 70, of Moran, Kansas passed away Wednesday, November 22, 2017 at the Moran Manor. Dale was the third of four children born to Cleo and Royalyn (Dale) Lynes. Dale was born on May 17, 1947 at Garden City, Kansas while his family was travelling through on their way home to Jericho Springs, Missouri. He grew up...

Randy McCall

Randy McCall

Nov 21, 2017

Randy Roy McCall, 69, of Moran, Kansas passed away Tuesday, November 21, 2017 at his home due to an accident on his farm doing what he loved. He was born August 8, 1948 in Ellsworth, Kansas to Wayne and Thelma (Brady) McCall. His family moved in 1954 to Moran. In high school he played guitar with his local band, the...

Paul Leonard Dix

Paul Leonard Dix

Nov 21, 2017

Paul L. Dix, 92, of Humboldt, Kansas passed away Tuesday, November 21, 2017 at Neosho Memorial Regional Medical Center in Chanute, Kansas. Paul was born August 13, 1925 near Savonburg, Kansas to George and Dolly (Miller) Dix. He married Edna Cook on November 30, 1953 in Yates Center, Kansas. He entered service with the U.S. Army in January, 1954, and...

Wilma Jean Dalsing

Wilma Jean Dalsing

Nov 15, 2017

Wilma Jean Dalsing, age 88, of Greeley, Kansas, passed away on Wednesday, November 15, 2017, at the Olathe Hospice House in Olathe, Kansas.   Jean was born on June 11, 1929, at the family home in Scipio, Kansas. She was the fifth of ten children born to Albert and Theresa (Mersman) Kipper. Jean grew up in Scipio, Kansas, attending school there....

Joseph T. Boserman

Joseph T. Boserman

Nov 14, 2017

Joseph Thomas Boserman, Jr., age 100, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Tuesday, November 14, 2017, at Parkview Heights, Garnett, Kansas. Joe was born on February 5, 1917, in Garnett, Kansas, the son of Joseph Thomas and Mary Agnes Boserman. Joe was a lifelong resident of Garnett, a town that loved him dearly. Joe was a welder up until 2007....

Clyde Victor Woods

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

Jessie Porter

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,...

Norma J. Sams

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...

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