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Hope D. Burns

Hope D. Burns

Jul 15, 2017

Hope DeLayne Burns, age 71, of Kincaid, Kansas, passed away on Saturday, July 15, 2017, at her home. She was born on June 17, 1946, in Greeley, Colorado, the daughter of Roy and Laura (Hewitt) Scroggins. Hope married the love of her life, Terry E. Burns, on October 1, 1961. Together they raised three children and had a wonderful life...

Raymond Kenneth Hess

Raymond Kenneth Hess

Jul 14, 2017

Raymond K. Hess, 78 of Iola, Kansas passed away July 14, 2017 at Moran Manor in Moran, Kansas. Raymond was born in Kansas City, Kansas on August 4, 1938 the son of Raymond & Thelma (Sanders) Hess. Raymond grew up in the Kansas City area and graduated in 1957 from Wyandotte High School in Kansas City. Raymond started working for...

Urcell Gene Cochran

Urcell Gene Cochran

Jul 14, 2017

Urcell Gene Cochran, age 80, of Moran, Kansas passed away Friday, July 14, 2017 at Allen County Regional Hospital. Gene was born July 27, 1936 in Viola, Arkansas to James Harold and Bircha Mae (Dawson) Cochran as the second of six children. He graduated from Salem High School in 1954. He then moved to Kansas City to play baseball for...

Luke Joseph Rockers

Luke Joseph Rockers

Jul 13, 2017

Luke Joseph Rockers, a son, a brother, and a historian, age 38, of Benbrook, Texas, passed away on Thursday, July 13, 2017, surrounded by his family in Garnett, Kansas. The compassionate and brilliant son of Omer Rockers and Jody (Bell) Cole was born July 13, 1979, at the Anderson County Hospital in Garnett. As an elementary student, Luke attended Irving...

Mildred Gurwell

Mildred Gurwell

Jul 13, 2017

Mildred "Millie" Claire Gurwell, 65, went to be with Jesus on Thursday, July 13, 2017 at Allen County Regional Hospital, surrounded by family and friends. She was born June 2, 1952 to Clifford and Frances (McCoy) Gurwell. She attended Iola schools, and worked in several nursing homes before health reasons put her in a nursing home herself. She made many...

Norma Jean Maier

Norma Jean Maier

Jul 12, 2017

Norma Jean Maier, age 88, of Iola, Kansas passed away Wednesday, July 12, 2017 in Iola. She was born May 10, 1929 in Lamar, Missouri to Earl and Ruth (Kratz) Kunkler. She grew up in Lamar, and graduated from high school there. She married John H. Maier on August 6, 1949. Together they made their home in Iola and raised...

Robert Elmer "Bob" Swift

Robert Elmer "Bob" Swift

Jul 10, 2017

Robert E. "Bob" Swift, age 87, of Colony, Kansas passed away Monday, July 10, 2017 at St. Luke's Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri. He was born March 3, 1931 at Matfield Green, Kansas to Fred and Jenny Swift. He met the love of his life at an early age, and married Charlotte Lammon when she was a sophomore in high...

Jim D. Blevins

Jim D. Blevins

Jul 8, 2017

Jim Dean Blevins, age 62, of Greeley, Kansas, passed away on Saturday, July 8, 2017, at his home surrounded by his loved ones.   He was born June 11, 1955, at Yates Center, Kansas, the son of Ralph and Mary (Guffey) Blevins. He attended Greeley High School. Jim was a machinist at Taylor Forge Engineering in Paola, Kansas for 28 years...

Joann Stripling

Joann Stripling

Jul 7, 2017

Joann Stripling, age 78, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Thursday, July 6, 2017 at her home. She was born December 20, 1938, in Lawty, Florida, the daughter of Wilbert and Seville (Privett) Crawford. Joann graduated from Avon Park High School in Florida. Joann married David Stripling on April 17, 1958 at Orlando, Florida. This union was blessed with three...

Weldon Dean Goodell

Weldon Dean Goodell

Jul 6, 2017

Weldon Dean Goodell Sr., age 92, of Colony, Kansas, passed away on Thursday, July 6, 2017, at Residential Living Center, Garnett. He was born May 10, 1925, in Colony, the son of Fred W. and Leona (Nickels) Goodell. Weldon graduated from Colony High School. Weldon married Wilma Smith on December 12, 1943, in Iola, Kansas. This union was blessed with...

Evelyn Faye Jones

Evelyn Faye Jones

Jul 5, 2017

Evelyn Faye (Yokum) Jones, age 66, of Chanute, Kansas passed away Wednesday, July 5 at her home in Chanute. She was born August 23, 1950 in Gas, Kansas to Robert Neal and Dorothy Magdalene (Riebel) Yokum. She graduated from Humboldt High School. She married Jimmie Lee Jones in Erie, Kansas on July 11, 1976. He preceded her in death in...

Jerry J. Gettler Sr.

Jerry J. Gettler Sr.

Jul 5, 2017

Jerry J. Gettler, Sr. age 83, of Garnett, passed away on Wednesday, July 5, 2017, at Parkview Heights Living Center, Garnett.   He was born July 26, 1933, in Valley Falls, Kansas, the son of Antone and Velma Edna (Jones) Gettler. He graduated from Omaha South High School, Omaha Nebraska and from the University of Nebraska of Omaha with a degree...

Renate Gordon

Renate Gordon

Jul 4, 2017

Renate Gordon, age 77, of Princeton, Kansas, passed away on Tuesday, July 4, 2017, at Olathe Medical Center, Olathe, Kansas. She was born August 17, 1939, in Stuttgart, Germany, the daughter of Willie and Barbara Werle. Renate grew up in Germany where she met and married Dale Gordon on January 4, 1961. This union was blessed with six children. She...

Beverly Vinetta Hoddy

Beverly Vinetta Hoddy

Jul 3, 2017

Beverly Vinetta Hoddy, 67, of Humboldt, Kansas, passed away July 3, 2017 at her home. She was born March 24, 1950 in Kincaid, Kansas to Bert A. Trester and Maxine L. (Scheer) Trester. She married Gerald Hoddy on August 9, 1969 in Iola, Kansas. She proudly received her diploma from Humboldt High School in 2014. Her greatest love was spending...

Richard E Settlemyer

Richard E Settlemyer

Jun 30, 2017

Richard Earl Settlemyer, age 85, of rural Colony, Kansas passed away on Friday, June 30, 2017 at Allen County Regional Hospital. He was born September 19, 1931 in rural Colony to Myrl Noah Isaac and Nellie Mae (Pippinger) Settlemyer. In 1950 he married Yvonne Ione Hensley of Leroy, Kansas. To this union were born three sons. He loved farming, when...

Colton Lee Jones

Colton Lee Jones

Jun 29, 2017

Colton Lee Jones, age 24, of Moran, Kansas chose to go home to be with the Lord on Thursday, June 29, 2017. Colton was the second of three children born to Jamie and Debra (Dudley) Jones. He was born on September 7, 1992 at Fort Scott, Kansas. Colton grew up in Moran, and attended school there. He enlisted in the...

Kim Alan Laymon

Kim Alan Laymon

Jun 28, 2017

Kim Alan Laymon, 55, of Iola passed away on Wednesday, June 28, 2017 at his home following a two and a half month battle with brain cancer. He was born April 16, 1962 in Pryor, Oklahoma to Kenny Wayne Laymon and Karen Sue (Freeman) Smith. He grew up in Neosho Falls, Kansas and graduated from Iola High School. He had...

Ethel Pearl Beckmon

Ethel Pearl Beckmon

Jun 27, 2017

Ethel Pearl (Reiter) Beckmon, age 93, of Iola, Kansas passed away Tuesday, June 27, 2017 at Allen County Regional Hospital. Ethel was the last surviving of nine children born to Winfield Scott Reiter and Lola Pearl (Crocker) Reiter. She was born January 20, 1924 in Geneva, Kansas. She grew up around the old County Line School area in Anderson County....

David Edward Dalton

David Edward Dalton

Jun 25, 2017

David Edward Dalton/Mein, Sr., age 64, of Humboldt, KS passed away at his home of natural causes the morning of June 25, 2017. Dave was born July 20, 1952 in Girard, KS to Orville Edward and Nadine Amanda (Kroenke) Mein, and graduated from Westport High School in Kansas City, MO. As a young man, David took pride in serving our...

Wanda Lee Heck

Wanda Lee Heck

Jun 24, 2017

Wanda Lee Heck was born near Knob Noster, Missouri, on October 25, 1933, the daughter of Ezra and Erneeta (Rothwell) Knaus. She passed away peacefully at her home on June 24, 2017, at the age of 83. When Mom was 13 months old, her mother passed away. Her dear Aunt Olive Knaus lovingly cared for her and her siblings. In...