Recent Obituaries
Edna Marie Elmenhorst
Jan 6, 2017
Edna Marie Elmenhorst, 83, of Moran, Kansas passed away Friday, January 6, 2017 at Allen County Regional Hospital in Iola. Edna was born September 14, 1933 at Okarche, Oklahoma to John Alphonse and Teresa Coletta (Smith) Wittrock. She grew up in Okarche and graduated from Holy Trinity High School. After graduation, she moved to New York City and worked as...
LaVerne Riley
Jan 5, 2017
LaVerne Riley, age 77, of Iola, Kansas, passed away on Thursday, January 5, 2017 at the Allen County Regional Hospital. LaVerne was the third child of eleven children born to Robert and Lucy (Humphrey) Lane. She was born on February 13, 1939 in Cape Giradeau, Missouri. As a young girl LaVerne lived in Memphis, Tennessee and St. Louis, Missouri. She...
Harold Hermann
Jan 4, 2017
Harold Hermann Harold Hermann, age 73 of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on January 3, 2017, at his home. He was born April 30, 1943, near Harris, Kansas, the son of Albert John and Mary Catherine (Wilper) Hermann. Harold graduated from Westphalia High School with Class of 1961. Harold married Pauline Foltz on February 12, 1966 at Garnett, Kansas; this union...
Carolyn O'Dell
Jan 3, 2017
Carolyn O’Dell, age 73, of Greeley, Kansas, passed away on Tuesday, January 3, 2017, at Guest Home Estates in Garnett, Kansas. Carolyn Geraldine Gilner was born on January 7, 1943 in Hackensack, New Jersey. She was the fourth of nine children born to James P. and Beatrice T. (Lickteig) Gilner. Her family moved to Greeley, Kansas in 1947, where she...
Glen E Weldin
Jan 2, 2017
Glen Edward Weldin, age 101, of Colony, Kansas, passed away on Monday, January 2, 2017, at the Anderson County Hospital, Garnett, Kansas. He was born March 3, 1915, at Tonganoxie, Kansas, the son of Edward and Laura (Hamilton) Weldin. Glen married Carol Fay Spencer in December 1934 at Erie, Kansas. This union was blessed with two children. They settled on...
Shannon Garber
Jan 2, 2017
Shannon Garber, age 60, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Monday, January 2, 2017, at Overland Park Regional Medical Center, Overland Park, Kansas. She was born February 28, 1956 at Hays, Kansas, the daughter of Robert Glen and Maxine Pearl (Sims) Bowlin. She graduated from Chapman High School with the Class of 1974 at Chapman, Kansas. Shannon married Leslie Garber...
Troy "Bud" McDaniel
Jan 1, 2017
Troy "Bud" Dean McDaniel, age 50, of Welda, Kansas, passed away on Monday, June 26, 2017 at the Overland Park Regional Medical Center, Overland Park, Kansas. He was born August 29, 1966, the son of Ronald McDaniel and Elaine (Adams) Mitchell. He graduated from Lawrence High School in 1984. Bud worked in construction for many years. He worked at Pro-Mechanic...
Vernon "Slug" B. Ellis
Jan 1, 2017
Vernon "Slug" Ellis, age 70, died in the comfort of his home in La Cygne, Kansas on Monday, December 18, 2017 surrounded by family. He was born on January 13, 1947 in Escondido, California to Vernon and Kay (Singer) Ellis. Slug grew up around the Beagle and Greeley area where he helped his parents in their grocery store cutting meat....
Eugene "Gene" Roy Friesen
Jan 1, 2017
Eugene Roy Friesen, age 78, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Tuesday, December 12, 2017, at Olathe Hospice House in Olathe, Kansas. Gene was born on December 28, 1938 in Lincoln, Nebraska. He was the third of four children born to Benjamin and Isabel (Witter) Friesen. He grew up in Kansas City, Missouri. He graduated from Paseo High School with...
Milo "Mike" Crist
Jan 1, 2017
Milo "Mike" Crist, age 61, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Wednesday, December 6, 2017, at Miami County Medical Center, Paola, Kansas. He was born September 10, 1956, in Garnett, Kansas, the son of Milo R. and Lois (Clinton) Crist. Mike graduated from Garnett High School with the Class of 1974. He then graduated from K-State University with a degree...
Donald Dale "Duck" Fulton
Jan 1, 2017
Donald Dale “Duck” Fulton, age 62, of Iola, Kansas, passed away on Friday, September 29, 2017, at Windsor Place in Iola. Duck was one of ten children born to Loyal Eugene and Imogene (McCullough) Fulton. He was born on August 17, 1955 in Iola, Kansas. Duck grew up in Iola and lived in Gas City and Mildred all of his...
Lloyd "Jones" E. Sutton
Jan 1, 2017
Lloyd Ermon "Jones" Sutton, Jr., age 75, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Wednesday, July 5, 2017, at St. Luke's Plaza, Kansas City, Missouri. He was born January 27, 1942, in Garnett, Kansas, the son of Lloyd E. Sutton Sr. and Alberta Josephine Flores. Lloyd began working for Hank Doering Sr. at Double H Ranch after his sophomore year for...
Gerald "Bud" Leon Wight
Jan 1, 2017
Gerald "Bud" Leon Wight, age 91, of Garnett, Kansas passed away Friday, February 10, 2017 at his home. Bud was born May 23, 1925 in Iola, Kansas, the son of Kenneth and Helen (Ansell) Wight. The family later moved to Garnett where Bud graduated from Garnett High School with the class of 1943. Bud heeded the call to serve his...
Carl "Dick" Miller
Jan 1, 2017
Carl R. "Dick" Miller, age 82, of Garnett, Kansas passed away on Sunday, January 15, 2017, Residential Living Center, Garnett. He was born March 22, 1934, at Garnett, Kansas, the son of Walter and Anne (Foltz) Miller. Dick graduated from Garnett High School with the Class of 1953. He joined the United States Navy serving the years from 1954 through...
Robert "Bob" McDaniel
Jan 1, 2017
Robert L. "Bob" McDaniel, age 91, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Friday, June 23, 2017, at Guest Home Estates, Garnett. He was born October 18, 1925, at Jefferson City, Missouri, the son of Jess and Gertrude McDaniel. Bob grew up in Jefferson City, Missouri where he graduated from high school. He moved to Kansas City, Missouri, and worked at...
Rebecca "Becky" Sue Stroman
Jan 1, 2017
Rebecca "Becky" Sue Stroman, age 39, of Paola, Kansas, passed away on Sunday, May 14, 2017, at her home. She was born February 23, 1978 in Garnett, Kansas, the daughter of Bernard G. "Bernie" and Barbara (Lanzrath) Gilner. She grew up in Paola, attending school at Holy Trinity, and Paola High School. Following high school she began working at Lake...
Ronald Callahan
Jan 1, 2017
Ronald Ray Callahan, age 65, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Sunday, January 1, 2017 at his home in Kingston, Oklahoma. He was born on November 26, 1951, in Garnett, Kansas, the son of Dennis Jr. and Phyllis (Teter) Callahan. He graduated from Garnett High School in 1969, attended Allen County Community College and graduated from Kansas City Kansas Community...
Thelbert Leroy "Cop" McNett
Jan 1, 2017
Thelbert LeRoy “Cop” McNett, 82, of rural Piqua, Kansas passed away in his home surrounded by loved ones on March, 25, 2017. Cop was born September 21, 1934 in Piqua. He was the son of J.W. “Jack” McNett and Mary Magdelene “Madge” (Collins) McNett. He was raised in rural Piqua and attended primary school at Plum Creek Schoolhouse, across the...
Myrtle May "Becky" Stafford
Jan 1, 2017
Myrtle May "Becky" (Thomas) Stafford, age 98, of Moran, Kansas, passed away on Wednesday, November 29, 2017, at Moran Manor, Moran, Kansas. She was born April 19, 1919, in Elk Falls, Kansas, the daughter of John Riley and Hazel May (Wilson) Beck. Becky grew up in Chanute, Kansas and married Glen F. Thomas. They made their home east of Humboldt...
Peggy Tholen
Dec 31, 2016
Peggy (Yohon) Tholen, 66, of Garnett, Kansas, died December 31, at home with her family after a long battle with multiple systems atrophy. She was born September 10, 1950 to the late Robert Yohon and Helen (Link) Yohon in Iola, Kansas. Peggy graduated from Iola High School in 1968 and received a Bachelor's of Science in mathematics education and a...
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