Recent Obituaries
Rose Gretencord
Sep 14, 2017
Rose Gretencord, age 90, of Richmond, Kansas, passed away on Thursday, September 14, 2017, at Parkview Heights, Garnett. She was born May 11, 1927, in Richmond, Kansas, the daughter of John and Mary (Benus) Gretencord. Rose graduated from West Scipio grade school. She lived her entire life on the farm southwest of Richmond. She raised chickens and sold the eggs,...
Larry Wayne Hurlock
Sep 12, 2017
Larry Wayne Hurlock, 74, of Ottawa, Kansas, passed away Tuesday, September 12, 2017 at Allen County Regional Hospital in Iola, Kansas. He was born July 7, 1943 in Wichita, Kansas, to Clyde Earl and Goldie Lillian (Stout) Hurlock. He grew up in Iola, lived in Osawatomie for a time, and moved to Ottawa in 1974. Larry is survived by a...
Claudia Diane "Diane" Williamson
Sep 12, 2017
~~Claudia Diane Williamson (Woolsey), age 69, of Greeley, Kansas, passed away on Tuesday, September 12, 2017, peacefully in her sleep. Claudia Diane Woolsey was born in Kansas City, Missouri on September 10, 1948, to Claude William Woolsey and Mildred Grace (Smith) Woolsey. Claudia Diane very much preferred her middle name and rarely used her first name. She was the youngest...
Norma Dell Barclay
Sep 11, 2017
Norma Dell Barclay, age 86, of Iola, Kansas, passed away on Monday, September 11, 2017 at the Overland Park Regional Medical Center in Overland Park, Kansas. Norma was the second of two children born to Adam and Emma (Holden) Utermoehlen. She was born on May 4, 1931 in Pittsburg, Kansas. Norma attended high school in Cherokee, Kansas, and attended Kansas...
Flint A. Macklin
Sep 9, 2017
Flint Arthur Macklin, age 42, of Kincaid, Kansas, passed away on Saturday, September 9, 2017. He was born June 1, 1975 in Garnett, Kansas, the son of Raleigh and Karen Sue (Marmon) Macklin. He graduated from Anderson County Junior/Senior High School with the Class of 1993. After high school, he attended North Central Kansas Area Vocational Technical School in Beloit,...
Vincie Jo Cushing
Sep 7, 2017
Vincie Jo Cushing, age 83, of Kincaid, Kansas, died on Thursday, September 7, 2017, at Allen County Regional Hospital, Iola. She was born on August 25, 1934, in Ottawa, Kansas, the daughter of Cleo Wood and Naomi (Anderson) Wood. Jo graduated high school from Westphalia, Kansas. She then earned her degree in cosmetology. While working as a hairdresser in Moran,...
Eva Georgia Cline
Sep 4, 2017
Eva Georgia Cline, age 90, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Monday, September 4, 2017 at Allen County Regional Hospital, Iola, Kansas. She was born March 10, 1927, in Garnett, Kansas, the daughter of George and Myrtle (Ashburn) Dickson. Eva married Hiram Frederick Cline on May 25, 1951. This union was blessed with three children. She enjoyed crocheting, gardening and...
Ryan C. Hawley
Sep 3, 2017
Ryan C. Hawley, age 45, of Kansas City, Missouri, completed his earthly journey on Sunday, September 3, 2017, at Shawnee Mission Medical Center in Merriam, Kansas. He was born on April 21, 1972, in Denver, Colorado, the eldest son of Lester and Irene Hawley, and older brother to Abe Hawley. After leaving Colorado as a toddler, the family relocated to...
Melodee Kay McEndree
Sep 2, 2017
Melodee Kay McEndree, 62, of rural Elsmore, Kansas passed away suddenly on Saturday, September 2, 2017 near Elsmore, as the result of an accident. She was born August 9, 1955 in Fort Scott, Kansas to Robert "Bob" and Virginia (Anderson) Lyons. She mainly grew up in Fort Scott, moved to Houston in 1970, and graduated from Bellaire High School in...
Forcine Lena Callaway
Sep 2, 2017
Forcine Lena Callaway, age 90, of Iola, Kansas, died on Saturday, September 2, 2017, at Windsor Place in Iola. She was born December 10, 1926, in Carlyle, Kansas, the daughter of Frank and Sarah (Reaves) Gibbons. Forcine grew up in the Carlyle area. Forcine married James R. Callaway in 1954 in Iola, Kansas. This union was blessed with four sons...
Raymond A. Kipper
Aug 28, 2017
Raymond A. Kipper, age 92, of Richmond, Kansas, passed away on Monday, August 28, 2017, at Residential Living Center, Garnett. He was born June 10, 1925, at Scipio, Kansas, the son of George W. and Mary (Selter) Kipper. He graduated from Richmond High School, Richmond, Kansas. Raymond joined the United States Navy in 1943 and served in WWII until 1946....
Ray Daniels
Aug 25, 2017
Raymond Dewayne Daniels, 89, passed away Tuesday, Dec. 23, at home in Dallas, Tex. He was born June 16, 1919, in Elsmore, Allen County, Kansas, to Porter and Mattie Daniels. He was preceded in death by five brothers: Fred, William, Chester, Porter, and Lowell; as well as three sisters: Margaret, Evelyn, and Clarice. Daniels lived on a family farm in...
Danny Ray Danielson
Aug 25, 2017
Danny Ray Danielson, 75, of Gas, Kansas, passed away Friday, August 25, 2017 at Allen County Regional Hospital in Iola due to complications from bladder cancer leading to kidney and heart failure. He was born July 19, 1942 in San Antonio, Texas to Carl James and Ruth Marie (Ritchey) Danielson. He enjoyed playing basketball in his school days. He lived...
Santos Thompson
Aug 24, 2017
Santos V. Thompson, age 44, of Merriam, Kansas, entered into eternal peace on Thursday, August 24, 2017. He was born on January 26, 1973, in Beatrice, Nebraska, the son of Ed and Mary Virginia (Reyes) Thompson. In 1991 Santos graduated from South High School in Wichita. Santos was a decorated athlete in high school receiving recognition as an All 6A...
B. Lucille Wilson Morrow
Aug 19, 2017
Bertha Lucille Morrow, 85, of Moulton, Iowa and had been a recent resident of The Haven in Ottumwa, Iowa, passed away at 3:15 a.m. on August 19, 2017, at Vista Woods Care Center in Ottumwa. She was born March 9, 1932 in Garnett, Kansas to Orvil and Daisy (Peek) Swope. She married Loran Wilson and he preceded her in death....
Thelma Alice Carnahan
Aug 7, 2017
Thelma Alice (Pulliam) Carnahan, 80, of Iola passed away Monday, August 7, 2017 at Windsor Place in Iola. She was born September 22, 1936 in Fort Scott, Kansas to Wallace E. and Dorothy (Sanders) Pulliam. She grew up in Fort Scott and later moved to Iola. She worked as a dietician in the public school system. She was proud to...
Opal June Mowat
Aug 7, 2017
Opal June Mowat, age 95, of West Palm Beach, Florida, formerly of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Monday, August 7, 2017. She was born on October 9, 1921, at Garnett, Kansas, the daughter of William Thomas and Gertrude Blanche (McClanahan) Hamilton. June was united in marriage to Kenneth Mowat on June 20, 1937, at Peoria, Kansas. She spent many hours...
Wayne Atherton
Aug 7, 2017
Wayne Atherton, age 93, of Iola, Kansas, left to be with the Lord and joined his heavenly family on Monday, August 7, 2017 surrounded by his loving family at the University Of Kansas Medical Center. Wayne was the seventh of ten children born to Eula Harold Atherton and Norah Lillian (Schultze) Atherton on December 3, 1923 in Adams, Oklahoma. He...
Melissa Kay Hammer
Aug 6, 2017
Melissa Kay Hammer, age 49, of Colony, Kansas, passed away on Sunday, August 6, 2017 at home where she lived with her parents, Lavon and Lynn (Cochran) Hammer. Melissa was born January 12, 1968 at the Allen County Hospital in Iola, Kansas. Melissa graduated from Iola High School, Allen County Community College, and Mid America Nazarene University in Olathe, Kansas....
Eugene Edward "Gene" Clounch
Aug 3, 2017
Eugene Edward "Gene" Clounch, Jr., 78, of Iola, Kansas passed away on Thursday, August 3, 2017 at Windsor Place in Iola. Gene was born March 28, 1939 in Iola to Eugene Edward and Gladys June (Boyd) Clounch. He married Naomi Johnson on December 29, 1962 in Iola. He worked at Ellis Motors and Arbuckle Automotive in Iola as a mechanic...