Recent Obituaries

Charles Bair

Apr 28, 2024

Charlie J. Bair, age 100, went home to be with his Lord on Sunday, April 28, 2024, at his home in Chanute, Kansas, surrounded by loved ones.

Charles Junior Bair was born on February 25, 1924, at Humboldt, Kansas. He was the sixth of eight children born to Charles Survenice Bair and Lula Bernice Cooper Bair. Charlie was able to...

Johnny Brown

Apr 27, 2024

Johnny "John" Ray Brown, age 70, passed away at his home in Moran, Kansas, surrounded by family, on April 27, 2024.

John was born in Coffeyville, Kansas on September 21, 1953, to Montie and Peggy (Symonds) Brown. He attended school in Hutchinson, Kansas, graduating from Hutchinson High School in 1972. While in school, he met the love of his...

Sherryl Reiter

Apr 25, 2024

Sherryl L. Reiter, age 73, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Thursday, April 25, 2024, at Anderson County Hospital Residential Living Center in Garnett.

Sherryl Lynn Lueker was born on August 29, 1950, in Wichita, Kansas, the daughter of Rudolph and Esther Helen (Tiemeier) Lueker.

Following high school graduation, she earned her degree from the Kansas State...

Darrell E. Thompson

Apr 23, 2024

Darrell Eugene Thompson, age 79, passed away on April 23, 2024, in Iola, Kansas.

Darrell was born on November 18, 1944, to Fred and Illah (Pool) Thompson. He attended school in Moran, playing on the football team and participating in 4-H, and graduated with the class of 1962. Afterwards, he attended business school in Kansas City.

Darrell began working at...

Lori Stephens

Apr 23, 2024

Lori Lynn Stephens, age 62, passed away April 23rd, 2024 in her home, surrounded by family.

Lori was born May 9th, 1961, to Clifford A. Fagg and Doris M. Fagg. She was married March 14, 1981 to George E. Stephens in Paola, KS. They had 3 sons, Todd, Cody, and Ryan, and a daughter, Karlie. Lori was baptized April 17th,...

Donald Scheibmeir

Apr 22, 2024

Donald Joseph Scheibmeir, age 94, Piqua, Kansas, passed away April 22, 2024, at Yates Center Health & Rehab, Yates Center, Kansas. Don was born September 26, 1929, in Piqua, Kansas, to John A. Scheibmeir and Edith M. (Trout) Scheibmeir.

Don graduated in 1947 from Iola High School. He served his country in the United States Army during the Korean...

Kendall Adams

Apr 20, 2024

Kendall Leland Adams passed away on April 20, 2024, on the farm where he was raised near Kincaid, Kansas.

Kendall was born on March 16, 1955, to Arliss and Bonnie Goodall Adams in Garnett, Kansas. He went to Kincaid grade school and graduated from Crest with the class of 1973. After high school, he tried out for the...

Blanch Henderson

Apr 19, 2024

Blanch Henderson, age 93, passed away on Friday, April 19, 2024, peacefully at Parkview Heights, Garnett, Kansas.

Blanch Marie Nilges Henderson was born on May 8, 1930, in a little house by the railroad tracks in Scipio, Kansas, now known as Scipio Supper Club. She was the third child of Albert Nilges and Barbara Kipper Nilges. Her family...

Gary Green

Apr 18, 2024

Gary Leroy Green passed away on April 18, 2024, in Iola, Kansas.

Gary was born on May 22, 1950. He was adopted as an infant by his loving parents, Irel "Fenny" and Pearl Riley Green. His family lived in Kincaid, Kansas where he attended grade school before moving to Colony, Kansas. Gary graduated with the class of 1968....

Ruth Settlemyer

Apr 17, 2024

Ruth Marie Settlemyer, age 86, of Neosho Falls, Kansas, passed away April 17, 2024, at Medicalodges of Iola, Iola, Kansas. Ruth was born February 14, 1938, in Bronson, Kansas, to Lawrence Bolinger and Edith (Ludlum) Bolinger.

Ruth graduated in 1956 from Moran High School, Moran, Kansas. Ruth and Vernon Settlemyer were married December 11, 1966.

Ruth loved gardening, canning, and tending to...

Lavon Johnson

Apr 16, 2024

Lavon Ruth Johnson passed away April 16, 2024, at Cedarhurst Nursing Home in Springfield, Missouri. She was born April 12, 1928, in Iola, Kansas, to Arthur Ray and Velma T. Kinman. When she was two years old, the family moved to Gas City, Kansas. She attended grade school and graduated from the 8th grade in 1942. She attended Iola High...

Maria (Connie) Melendez

Apr 16, 2024

Maria Conception Melendez, age 74, of Humboldt, Kansas, after a four-month battle from kidney transplant rejection, passed away April 16, 2024, surrounded by her family at St. Luke's on the Plaza, Kansas City, Missouri. Connie was born December 10, 1949, in Chanute, Kansas, to John G. Borjas and Aurora (Romero) Borjas.

Connie graduated in 1967 from Chanute High School, Chanute, Kansas....

Carol Hunsperger

Apr 13, 2024

Carol M. Hunsperger passed away, on April 13, 2024, with a family friend by her side, at Residential Living Center, in Garnett, Kansas.

Carol was born on October 1, 1938, in Moran, Kansas, to Wayne and Jean Thompson. She attended school in Kincaid, graduating from Kincaid High School. Carol had a caring heart and went on to get her...

Sylvia Yoder

Apr 12, 2024

Sylvia Yoder, age 84, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Friday, April 12, 2024, at her home.

Sylvia S. Miller was born on November 18, 1939, at McMinnville, Oregon. She was the fifth of seven children born to Samuel B. "Red Sam" Miller and Wilma (Miller) Miller. Sylvia's family moved to Garnett, Kansas when she was ten years old....

Anna Marie Ford (Nelson-Weiner)

Apr 11, 2024

In loving memory of Anna Marie Ford, 86, who passed away peacefully on Thursday, April 11, 2024, at her home in Humboldt, Kansas.

Anna was born January 14, 1938, in rural Humboldt, one of six children born to Roy and Marie (Fiechtl) Nelson. She was raised on her parent's dairy farm, where she developed a strong work ethic and...

Leo Ramsey

Apr 5, 2024

Leo Lyle Ramsey, age 79, of Colony, Kansas, passed away on Friday, April 5, 2024, in Garnett, Kansas, peacefully, with family at his side.

Leo was born on March 23, 1945, in Uniontown, Kansas, to Lyle and Anna May (Rogers) Ramsey. Leo attended school in Uniontown and graduated with the class of 1963 and attended Pittsburg State University....

Shirley Ball

Apr 4, 2024

Shirley Ball, age 93, peacefully passed away on Thursday, April 4, 2024. She was surrounded by loved ones, at her home in El Dorado Kansas.

Shirley Mae Yocum was born in Moran, Kansas on March 14, 1931. She was the second of two daughters born to Chester "Chet" Leonard Yocum and Olive Faye (Shelton) Yocum. She lived in Moran...

Margaret J. Robb

Apr 4, 2024

Margaret Jane Robb, age 85, of Iola, Kansas, passed away on April 4, 2024 at Glen Carr House Memory Care in Derby, Kansas.

Margaret was born on February 28, 1939, to Philip Butler and Marjorie (Gilliland) Butler. At two years old, she was adopted by Lewis "Snipe" Thornton. She lived her whole life in Iola. In 1955, she married...

Rosalie Rommelfanger

Apr 3, 2024

Rosalie Rommelfanger, age 87, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Wednesday, April 3, 2024, at St. Luke's Hospice House in Kansas City, Missouri.

Rosalie Elizabeth Feuerborn was born on May 12, 1936, in Garnett, Kansas. She was the second of six children born to Matthew J. and Irene B. (Pickert) Feuerborn. Rosalie started school in the one-room Earnest Schoolhouse...

Gale Ritter

Apr 2, 2024

Leland "Gale" Ritter, age 92, of Iola, Kansas, passed away April 2, 2024, peacefully at home on the family farm. Gale was born September 16, 1931, in Dentonia, Kansas, to John F. Ritter and Mary (McCracken) Ritter.

Gale graduated in 1949 from Esbon High School, Esbon, Kansas. He served in the United States Army from 1951 to 1954...