Recent Obituaries
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
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
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
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...
Edward M. Riebel
Oct 17, 2017
Edward M. Riebel, age 91, of Iola, Kansas, passed away on Tuesday, October 17, 2017 at Heartland Meadows in Iola. Edward Martin Riebel was the sixth of thirteen children born to Joseph and Flora (Decker) Riebel. Ed was born on February 8, 1926 in Westphalia, Kansas. In December of 1945, Ed entered into the US Army. He served as a...
Betty Irene Yokum
Oct 16, 2017
Betty I. Yokum, 95, of Iola, Kansas, died Monday, October 16, 2017, at Greystone in Iola, Kansas. She was born September 15, 1922, in Hiawatha, Kansas, the daughter of Thomas O. and Irene Elizabeth (Buehler) Waugh. Betty lived in Hiawatha, Miami, Florida, and Oskaloosa, Kansas before moving to Iola with her family in 1929. She graduated from Iola High School...
Dale W. Jackson
Oct 16, 2017
Dale W. [Willis] Jackson, 64, of Uniontown, Kansas, passed away peacefully, but unexpectedly, at his home on the morning of October 16th, 2017. He was born October 25th, 1952 in Iola, Kansas to Byron (Hap) and Betty (Simpson) Jackson. He spent much of his youth growing up in Centerville and attending school there through eighth grade when his family then...
Robert E. "Bob" Shields
Oct 8, 2017
Robert E. Shields, age 81, of Princeton, Kansas, passed away on Sunday, October 8, 2017, at the Ottawa Retirement Village in Ottawa, Kansas. Bob was born on April 4, 1936, in Harris, Kansas. He was the youngest of six children born to Harry and Mary (Keffer) Shields. Bob's family moved to Garnett when he was a young boy. He attended...
Franque Marcene Meliza
Oct 7, 2017
Franque Marcene Meliza, age 78, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Saturday, October 7, 2017, at Richmond Healthcare and Rehab in Richmond, Kansas. She was born on June 29, 1939, in Ottawa, Kansas, the daughter of Charles Cyrus and Helen L. (Barber) Chilcote. She was a graduate of Iola High School, Iola Junior College, and Kansas State University (B.S. in...
Doris Eva Lickteig
Oct 4, 2017
Doris Eva (Bach) Lickteig, 78, of Garnett died Wednesday, Oct. 4 at Anderson County Hospital. Doris was the third of four children born to Fred and Florence (Feuerborn) Bach. She was born on March 15, 1939 in Garnett, Kansas. Doris attended the High Point School and then graduated from Garnett High School with the class of 1957. On September 22,...
Elaine Lenola Brown
Oct 4, 2017
Elaine L. Brown, age 98, of Iola, Kansas, passed away on Wednesday, October 4, 2017, at the Neosho Memorial Regional Medical Center, Chanute, Kansas. She was born September 30, 1919 in Emporia, Kansas, the daughter of Fred Dewey and Ethel Marie (Brown) Dobson. Elaine graduated from Emporia High School and attended Emporia State University. She taught school for several years....
Max Ratliff
Oct 1, 2017
Max Owen Ratliff, age 82, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Sunday, October 1, 2017, at Parkview Heights, Garnett, Kansas. He was born January 18, 1935, at Iantha, Kansas, the son of Zenn T. and Grace Lucille "Billie" (Chitwood) Ratliff. He attended Cherry Mound Grade School and graduated from Westphalia High School. In 1952, he graduated from Reisch American School...
Kay Maple Westerman
Sep 30, 2017
Kay Maple Westerman, age 71, of Iola, Kansas passed away, Saturday, September 30, 2017 at the Allen County Regional Hospital, Iola. Kay was the only child born to Harold and Marjorie (Jones) Hank. Kay was born on August 16, 1946 at Iola. Following her mother's marriage to Udell Hobelman, Kay was adopted by Udell on May 8,1957. She grew up...
Dorothy Nadine Fillmore
Sep 27, 2017
Dorothy Nadine (Croucher) Fillmore, 89, of rural Colony, Kansas passed away on Wednesday, September 27, 2017 at the Olathe Hospice House in Olathe, Kansas. Dorothy was born November 10, 1927, to Sam and Mattie (Davis) Croucher in Peterton, Kansas near Osage City, Kansas. Dorothy graduated from high school in 1945 from Osage City High in Osage City, Kansas. When Dorothy...
Mary Louise Saxton
Sep 27, 2017
Mary Louise Saxton, age 65, of Iola, Kansas, passed from this life on Wednesday, September 27, 2017 at her home. Mary was born on April 6, 1952 to Steve and Mary M. Isaac, and made her home in Iola, Kansas. She worked for many years as a certified Surgical Technologist for Allen County Hospital and Neosho Memorial Hospital. Mary then...
Madalyn Mae (Holland) Varnell
Sep 26, 2017
Madalyn Mae Varnell, 77, of Iola, passed away Tuesday, September 26, 2017 at Moran Manor in Moran. She was born July 10, 1940 in Iola to Lola (Johnson) Holland. She graduated from Iola High School in 1958. After high school, she moved to Wichita, where she worked as a waitress and then assistant manager at Howard Johnson's Motel in Wichita....
Ernestine C. Smitheran
Sep 21, 2017
Ernestine C. Smitheran, age 91, of Garnett Kansas, passed away on Thursday, September 21, 2017 at Guest Homes Estate Assisted Living in Garnett surrounded by her family and Guest Home staff. Ernestine was born on April 6, 1926 in Wellsville, Kansas the daughter of Ernest Charlie Campbell and Marilla Anne (Martin) Campbell. She attended Parker Rural County High School, graduating...
Alice Jean "Booe" Morris
Sep 17, 2017
Alice Jean Morris, "Jeanie" to most, passed away September 17, 2017 at Via Christi Saint Francis Hospital in Wichita, Kansas. She was born August 10, 1947 in Chanute, Kansas to Lloyd and Anna (Wade) Booe. She grew up in western Kansas, Chanute, and Humboldt. She worked in restaurants, the Tyson Chicken Plant, Allen County Hospital, housekeeping, and caring for her...
Jean Morris
Sep 17, 2017
Jean L. Morris, 74, of Newton, Kansas, formerly of Iola, Kansas, died Tuesday, April 13, 2010, at Via Christi St. Francis Medical Center in Wichita, Kansas. Jean was born October 2, 1935, in Iola, Kansas, the daughter of Arthur and Louise (Thurman) Lilly. She grew up in Iola and attended Iola schools. In 1954, Jean married David Sherrill and they...
Wayne Marlin Mitchell
Sep 15, 2017
Wayne Marlin Mitchell, 65, of Osawatomie, Kansas passed away peacefully in his sleep Friday, September 15, 2017 at KU Medical Center in Kansas City, Kansas. He was born April 30, 1952 in Chanute, Kansas to Elvyn Ellis and Anna Delphine (Daniels) Mitchell. He grew up at La Harpe, Kansas and graduated from Iola High School in 1970. He served in...
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