Recent Obituaries
Mary Ann Mann
Apr 22, 2017
Mary Ann Mann, 84 of Iola passed away Saturday, April 22, 2017 in Iola. She was born December 27, 1932 in Iola to Floyd C. and Clara (Brown) Smith. She graduated from Iola High School. Mary Ann worked for 27 years for the Southeast Kansas Library System, and was instrumental in starting the Interlibrary Loan system. On September 23, 2000...
Ashley Janelle Lord
Apr 21, 2017
Ashley Janelle Lord, age 29, of Hermitage, Tennessee, formerly of Moran, Kansas, passed away on Friday, April 21, 2017 at TriStar Summit Medical Center, Hermitage, Tennessee. Ashley was born to Jamie (Siefker) Lord and Marty Lord on March 22, 1988 in Farmington, Missouri. Ashley began school at Bismarck, Missouri, where she attended through the third grade. In 1997 her family...
Dixie Lee Scobee
Apr 21, 2017
Dixie Lee Scobee, age 70, of Welda, Kansas, passed away on Friday, April 21, 2017 at Olathe Medical Center, Olathe, Kansas. She was born February 12, 1947, in Chanute, Kansas, the daughter of Claude and Wilma (Yarnell) Thompson. Dixie graduated from Humboldt High School with the Class of 1965. Dixie married Richard Scobee on August 4, 1973, at Welda, Kansas....
Debra K Hodge
Apr 20, 2017
Debra "Debbie" K. Hodge, age 63, of Spring Hill, Kansas, passed away on Thursday, April 20, 2017, at Menorah Medical Center in Leawood, Kansas. She was born in Fort Scott, Kansas, on August 25, 1953, to Kennett and Lorene Roedel. She grew up in Elsmore, Kansas, with four older brothers, LeRoy, Richard, Rollin, and Lanny Roedel. She graduated from Humboldt...
Lynn Ervin Gordon
Apr 18, 2017
Lynn Gordon, age 64, of Emporia, Kansas, passed away on Tuesday, April 18, 2017. He was born on January 3, 1953, in Anderson County, Kansas, the son of Lynn Ervin "Lindy" and Clarice (Gillow) Gordon. Lynn graduated from Garnett High School with the Class of 1971. He attended Emporia State University and from there, he made his home in Emporia....
Rolland Guder
Apr 18, 2017
Rolland DeWayne Guder, 65 of Bronson, Kansas passed away Tuesday, April 18, 2017 east of Moran. Rolland was born October 19, 1951 in Fort Scott, Kansas to Everett V. and Dollene J. (Talbott) Guder. He graduated from Uniontown High School and joined the Kansas Army National Guard, where he served for two years. Following his service, he studied drafting at...
Tyler Guy Gibson
Apr 17, 2017
Tyler Guy Gibson, age 23, passed away on April 17, 2017, at Belvue, Kansas. He was born on June 6, 1993, in Topeka, Kansas, the son of Mickey Gibson and Angela Pickering. Tyler graduated from Anderson County High School in 2012, and made his home in Topeka, Kansas. Tyler loved spending time with family and friends. He loved playing sports...
Richard Dain Zajic
Apr 15, 2017
Richard Dain Zajic, 39, Paola, passed away Saturday, April 15, 2017, unexpectedly at his home due to heart related issues. He was born Aug. 21, 1977 in Iola, the son of Mary Lacy of Iola and Dick Zajic of Springdale, Arkansas. Rick moved to Iola from Augusta as a youth with his mother and stepfather, LC Lacy. He graduated from...
Gary Covey
Apr 15, 2017
Gary Dean Covey, age 70, of Elsmore, Kansas, passed away on April 15, 2017 at his home surrounded by his family. He was born September 22, 1946 in the Nevitt Clinic in Moran, Kansas, the son of George J. Covey and Betty (Rieswig) Covey. He grew up in Elsmore on the family farm. Gary graduated from Elsmore High School in...
Ruby Joyce Matlock
Apr 14, 2017
Ruby Joyce Matlock, 70, of Gas City passed away Friday April 14, 2017 at Via Christi Hospital in Wichita. She was born December 27, 1946 in Elk City, Oklahoma the daughter of Efton and Ocie Ketcherside. She had 7 brothers, Gene, Huston, Leroy, Don, Elvis, Charley, and Gary, and a sister Linda. The family moved to Atlanta, Kansas in 1952....
Clifford Orval Jones
Apr 10, 2017
Clifford Orval Jones, age 97, of Overland Park, Kansas, passed away on Monday, April 10, 2017, at Brookdale of Overland Park. He was born March 31, 1920, in Colony, Kansas, the son of Maurice and Dora (Johnson) Jones. Cliff was a Staff Sargent in the Army Air Corp from 1943-1945 in the 410th Bomb Squad of the 94th Bomb Group...
Ronald Paul Tastove
Apr 9, 2017
Ronald P. Tastove, age 69, of Westphalia, Kansas passed away Sunday, April 9, 2017 at the Olathe Hospice House, Olathe, Kansas. He was born on March 1, 1948, at the hospital in Parsons, Kansas, the son of Henry and Betty (Dieker) Tastove. He was raised southwest of Westphalia, Kansas, on the family farm. Ronnie went to St. Teresa Catholic School...
James A. Foltz
Apr 6, 2017
James Allen Foltz, age 69, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Thursday, April 6, 2017, at his home, surrounded by his family, concluding his courageous battle with pancreatic cancer. He was born on February 4, 1948, in the Carter Building in Garnett, Kansas, the son of John and Veronica (Wittman) Foltz. He was raised on the family farm two miles...
Gurdon L. Olson
Apr 5, 2017
Gurdon L. Olson, age 87, of Greeley, Kansas, passed away on Wednesday, April 5, 2017, at Richmond Healthcare in Richmond, Kansas. Gurdon was the fourth of nine children born to Enor and Beulah (Richardson) Olson. He was born on July 4, 1929, at Harris, Kansas. Gurdon graduated from Garnett High School in 1948. Gurdon was a veteran of the Korean...
Richard Eugene Culbertson
Apr 5, 2017
Richard Eugene Culbertson, 69 of Iola passed away Wednesday, April 5, 2017 at his home. He was born April 27, 1947 in Gas, Kansas to Lester and Julia (Hunsaker) Culbertson. He grew up in California, and worked there for several years as a route salesman. After moving to Kansas, he worked for many years as a custodian for USD 257,...
Sara Jane Teel
Apr 1, 2017
Sara Jane Frere Teel - On September 16, 1948, George S. and Alvena (Kendig) Frere welcomed their daughter Sara Jane into the world. Sisters Sandra and Susan and brother James were there to greet her. Born in Joplin, Missouri, Sara spent most of her childhood in Southeast Kansas, primarily in Baxter Springs. At Baxter Springs High School Sara participated in...
Clara Ann Finfrock
Mar 31, 2017
Clara Ann Finfrock, 84, of Bronson, Kansas passed away Friday, March 31, 2017 in Wichita. She was born October 11, 1932 in Uniontown, Kansas to Arthur and Jessie (McHenry) Walker. She graduated from Bronson High School and married Earl E. Finfrock. Clara was preceded in death by her husband Earl, her parents, her sisters May Walker, Lenora Headley, LaVerne O'Hara,...
Doris M. Kueser
Mar 30, 2017
Doris Mae (Talbot) Sobba Kueser, age 96, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Thursday, March 30, 2017, at Parkview Heights, Garnett, Kansas. Doris was born in El Dorado, Kansas, on December 23, 1920, to Ernest and LaVelle (Swisher) Talbot. Her childhood was spent in several towns in Oklahoma and in Sugar Valley, east of Garnett, Kansas. In 1939, she graduated...
Thomas Anthony Warren
Mar 30, 2017
Thomas A. Warren, 92, of Iola, Kansas passed away Thursday, March 30, 2017 in Iola. Tom was born November 22, 1924 in Garnett, KS to D. O. and Ethel (Britton) Warren as the second of four boys. He grew up on the family farm west of Garnett. He graduated from Garnett High School in 1942, and attended the University of...
James Edward Hillbrant
Mar 29, 2017
James Edward Hillbrant, 94, of Wamego, KS and formerly of Iola, KS passed away peacefully on Wednesday, March 29, 2017 at the Wamego City Hospital. On February 27, 1923, James was born to Ephraim and Louella (Foley) Hillbrant in Iola, KS. James graduated from Iola High School in 1941 and attended Allen Community College and Kansas University. He was a...
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