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James William Shaw
Mar 18, 2017
James William Shaw, 73 of Iola passed away early Saturday, March 18, 2017 at Allen County Regional Hospital in Iola. James was born June 13, 1943 in Wright County, MO to James William and Elsie Lucille (Scobee) Shaw. He grew up in the Mansfield, MO area, and enlisted in the Army, serving from 1961 to 1963. Later he moved to...
Patricia Sigg
Mar 16, 2017
Patricia Ann (Day) Sigg, 63, of Carlyle passed away on March 16, 2017 in Humboldt following a brief illness. She was born August 30, 1953 in Iola to Glen and Laura (Yocham) Day as the youngest of five. She grew up in Gas, and graduated from Iola High School in 1971 and married Richard Sigg on September 9, 1972 in...
Lawrence Bostick
Mar 10, 2017
Lawrence P. "Larry" Bostick, 77, of Iola passed away Friday, March 10, 2017 at his home. Larry was born August 17, 1939 in Sturgis, MS to Noel and Juanita (Korenagy) Bostick. He grew up in Wichita, KS and enlisted at an early age in the U.S. Navy, serving honorably for four years. He was stationed in southeast Asia, including Thailand...
Judith A Powell
Mar 9, 2017
Judith Ann Powell, age 75, formerly of Iola, Kansas passed away, March 9, 2017 at the Tippah County Hospital, Ripley, Mississippi. Judy was the second of four children born to R.S. "Bill" and Georgia Filene (Brooks) Brixey. She was born on April 28, 1941 at Iola. She grew up in Iola, attending schools there. Judy worked as L.P.N. for most...
Richard J. Tholen
Mar 7, 2017
Richard J. Tholen, age 67, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away from a brain hemorrhage on Tuesday, March 7, 2017, at University Hospital in Columbia, Missouri. He was surrounded by family when he passed. He was born on April 21, 1949, at Oakley, Kansas, the son of Paul and Alice (Bahr) Tholen. He moved with his parents to a farm outside...
Max Byerley
Mar 6, 2017
Max Gordon Byerley, age 102, of Parker, Kansas passed away Monday, March 6, 2017 at Hospice House in Olathe, Kansas. "Mick" as he was known to all, was born to William and Louisa Antoinette (Willis) Byerley on February 16, 1915. He was a lifelong resident of Linn County, KS and lived south of Goodrich for many years but has called...
Eugene Wolfe
Mar 5, 2017
Eugene Glen Wolfe, age 90, of Savonburg, Kansas passed away Sunday, March 5, 2017 at his home. Gene was born November 7, 1926 at Anthony, Kansas. He was the seventh of nine children born to George Washington and Elsie (Fastuacht) Wolfe. He grew up in the Aurora, Missouri area, graduating from Aurora High School in 1945. His family moved to...
Alberta Ann Jeffery
Mar 5, 2017
Alberta Ann Jeffery, 82, of Iola, Kansas died Sunday, March 5, 2017 at the Via Christi St. Francis Hospital in Wichita, Kansas. Alberta was born August 15, 1934 in Muskogee, Oklahoma. She grew up in Muskogee and graduated from Muskogee Central High School in 1952. She attended Oklahoma State University and graduated with a Bachelor's of Business Administration degree. Alberta...
Emma J Yoder
Mar 4, 2017
Emma J. Yoder, age 92, of Garnett, Kansas, died early Saturday morning at the home of Phineas and Irene Borntrager, following a period of declining health. She was born February 22, 1925, in Thomas, Oklahoma, the daughter of Jerry and Amanda (Mullett) Yoder. She was a member of the Old Order Amish Church. On March 27, 1947, she married Ora...
Harley C. Hutton
Mar 3, 2017
Harley C. Hutton, age 78, of Gas, Kansas passed away Friday, March 3, 2017 at the Allen County Regional Hospital, Iola, Kansas. Harley was born on February 6, 1939 at Iola. He was the only child born to Mearl and Violet (Trester) Hutton. He grew up in the Gas area, attending school there. He was a lifelong resident of the...
Inez Ruth Kuestersteffen
Mar 3, 2017
Inez Ruth King Kuestersteffen, daughter of Our Lord, quilter, homemaker, wife of Robert, Mother of four daughters and four sons, Grandmother to 13 granddaughters and 13 grandsons, and great-grandmother to 16 great-grandchildren, died peacefully on Friday, March 3, 2017. She had loved with a love beyond telling and had been loved in return with a similar passion. She had been...
Evelyn M Knapp
Mar 2, 2017
Evelyn M. Knapp, 69 of Yates Center passed away March 2, 2017 at Allen County Regional Hospital in Iola. She was born November 4, 1947 in Reeds Springs, MO to William Russell and Esther Elizabeth (Rockwell) Maloney. Her family moved from Missouri in February of 1956. She grew up in Allen County and graduated from Iola High School in 1965....
Glenn Eugene Roberts
Mar 2, 2017
Glenn Roberts, age 92, of Savonburg, Kansas, passed away on March 2, 2017, at his residence on the family farm. Glenn was one of two children born to Walter and Nellie (Cation) Roberts. He was born on September 28, 1924 near Savonburg, Kansas. Glenn was born and raised on the family farm in rural Savonburg. He graduated from Humboldt High...
Elvin J. Foster
Mar 1, 2017
Elvin Foster, age 94, of Lone Elm, Kansas, passed away on Wednesday, March 1, 2017 at Windsor Place, Iola, Kansas. Elvin was the second of two children born to Harry and Bertha (Jones) Foster. He was born on the Foster family farm near Lone Elm, Kansas on March 30, 1922. Elvin attended a country grade school and then one year...
Golda M. Hunt
Feb 28, 2017
Golda M. Hunt passed gently on Tuesday, February 28, 2017, surrounded by family and friends, including her husband of 37 years, Vernon Hunt. She was born a twin in rural Anderson County, KS just 3 minutes before her sister, Sylvia Bloomstrand, on August 13, 1931. Goldie and Sylvie were a two-some of love, laughter and little bit of trouble! Hailing...
Francis Wayne Ecclefield
Feb 23, 2017
Wayne Ecclefield, age 89, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Thursday, February 23, 2017, at St. Luke's South in Overland Park, Kansas. Francis Wayne Ecclefield was born on August 18, 1927, in Welda, Kansas, the son of Robert and Mattie (Skillman) Ecclefield. Wayne grew up in Welda, attending grade school and high school there, where he played basketball and football....
Kimberly Ann Peters
Feb 22, 2017
Kimberly Ann Peters, age 33, of Fredonia, formerly of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Wednesday, February 22, 2017, at Candlerock at Fredonia. She was born August 17, 1983, in Emporia, Kansas, the daughter of Alvin and Gayle (Smith) Peters. Kim enjoyed reading books and listening to country music. Kim was preceded in death by grandparents, Warren and Helen Smith and...
Carol Ann Newman
Feb 21, 2017
Carol Ann Newman, 61 of Moran passed away February 21, 2017 at Olathe Medical Center. She was born October 5, 1955 in Kansas City, MO to Glenn and Florence (Runkle) Nichols. She lived in Kansas City until she was a teenager and was active in 4H growing up. As a child, she showed cattle at the American Royal. She later...
Joyce Elaine Burris
Feb 20, 2017
Joyce Elaine Lickteig was born in Garnett, Kansas, to Alfred Lickteig and Albertine Peine Lickteig on January 23, 1945. She passed to her eternal reward on February 20, 2017, in her home in Greeley, Kansas, surrounded by her husband and children. Joyce married Buddy Ray Burris on September 18, 1965, in Greeley, Kansas. Joyce was raised on a farm outside...
Roger Frederick Rockers
Feb 19, 2017
Roger Frederick Rockers, age 59, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Sunday, February 19, 2017, at his home, surrounded by his family after courageously enduring pancreatic cancer. He was born in Garnett, Kansas on June 23, 1957, the second child of eight and oldest son born to Les and Clara (Hansen) Rockers. He lived his entire life in Anderson County....
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