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Opal Mae Meyers
Nov 22, 2016
Opal Mae Meyers, age 90, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Tuesday, November 22, 2016, at Eastar Hospital in Muskogee, Oklahoma. She was born on January 5, 1926, in Osawatomie, Kansas, the daughter of Frank and Ethel (Bodenhamer) Bryan. Opal attended Earnest Schools and then Garnett High School, graduating in 1943. She taught one year at Springfield School, then went...
Leon A. Catron
Nov 22, 2016
Leon A. Catron, 81, of Iola, Kansas, passed away Tuesday, November 22, 2016, at the Allen County Regional Hospital surrounded by his loving family. Leon was born April 20, 1935, in Reno, Nevada, the son of Andrew and Retta (Haddox) Catron. He grew up in Gas City, Kansas. Leon served in the U.S. Navy from 1952 to 1956 during the...
Karla S. Wallace
Nov 20, 2016
Karla S. Wallace, age 53, of Colony, Kansas, passed away on Sunday, November 20, 2016, at her daughter's home in Paola. She was born December 29, 1962, at Garnett, Kansas, the daughter of Hershyl H. and Norma Jean (Ashlock) Ballard. Karla attended Crest High School and graduated with a GED from Allen County Community College in Iola. Karla married Gene...
Vernon H. "Red" Garner, Jr.
Nov 19, 2016
Vernon was born April 24, 1928, in Iola, the son of Vernon H. "Bus" and Gladys Lorraine (Williams) Garner. He grew up in Iola along with two brothers, Ronald Garner and Richard Garner, both now deceased, and two sisters, Phyllis Bass of Leavenworth, KS and Janice Lane of Everest, KS. On December 25, 1949, Vernon married Emma Kathleen "Ducky" Newman...
James L. Mullins
Nov 17, 2016
James L. Mullins, age 85, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Thursday, November 17, 2016, at the Residential Living Center in Garnett, Kansas. He was born on July 27, 1931, in Anderson County, Kansas, the son of Glen Mullins and Pearl (Mace). Jim grew up in the Mont Ida area graduating from Welda High School with the Class of 1949....
Thaddeus Nolan "Thad" Hutton
Nov 17, 2016
Thaddeus Nolan Hutton, 32, of Iola, Kansas, passed away Thursday, Nov. 17, 2016, at the Kansas City Hospice House surrounded by his family. Thad was born Oct. 11, 1984, in Iola, the son of Robert and Jacqueline (Patterson) Hutton. Thad was a loving and caring person. He enjoyed working with electronics, working on stereo systems, working on cars, building things,...
Robert W. Kingsolver
Nov 16, 2016
Robert W. Kingsolver, age 90, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Wednesday, November 16, 2016, at his home. Bob was the second of four children born to John H. and O. Roberta (Buhrle) Kingsolver. He was born on July 17, 1926, in Independence, Missouri. Bob grew up in Independence, Missouri, attending school there and graduating from Northeast High School in...
Jeanne W. McClure
Nov 14, 2016
Jeanne W. McClure, 73, of Iola, Kansas, passed away Monday, November 14, 2016, at the Allen County Regional Hospital. Jeanne was born November 6, 1943, in Saucier, Mississippi, the daughter of Leo and Opal (Hill) Oshel. She grew up in Iola where she has resided most of her life. Jeanne loved her children and grandchildren very much. One of her...
Cleo Smith
Nov 12, 2016
Cleo Smith, 92, of Iola, Kansas, passed away Saturday, Nov. 12, 2016, at Greystone Residential Care Community. Cleo married Clarence H. Smith April 11, 1942, in Ft. Scott, Kansas. He preceded her in death August 1, 1999. She is survived by her son, Clarence H. Smith, Jr. & wife, Connie of Savannah, GA; daughters Carol Cescon & husband, Dave of...
Dale Lynn "Smiley" Walters
Nov 11, 2016
Dale Lynn "Smiley" Walters, 68, of Iola, Kansas, passed away Friday, November 11, 2016, at his home. Dale was born June 8, 1948, in Iola, the son of Herman and Ramona (Reno) Walters. He grew up in Iola and graduated from Iola High School. He entered the U.S. Air Force June 1, 1966 and served in Vietnam as an Air...
Roberta Phyllis Poss
Nov 10, 2016
Roberta Phyllis Poss, age 91, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Thursday, November 10, 2016, at Olathe Medical Center in Olathe, Kansas. Roberta was the first of two daughters born to Robert and Erna (Meyer) Legan. She was born on May 20, 1925, at San Antonio, Texas. Roberta grew up in San Antonio. At the age of 18 she moved...
Anna Marie Kratzberg
Nov 9, 2016
Anna Marie (Sommer) Wolken-Kratzberg, age 86, of Greeley, Kansas, passed away on Wednesday, November 9 2016, at Parkview Heights in Garnett, Kansas. She was born on December 23, 1929, in Greeley, Kansas, along with her twin brother, Paul. Anna is the daughter of Louis and Theresa (Schraml) Sommer. She was born on a farm just north of Greeley and lived...
Donald Jones
Nov 9, 2016
Donald Eugene "Don" Jones, 64, of Iola, Kansas, died Monday, August 3, 2015, at Allen County Regional Hospital. Don was born January 28, 1951, in Iola, Kansas, the son of James Allen and Loretta Loraine ( Lee ) Jones. He was diagnosed with polio at the age of six but never let that hold him back throughout his life. Out...
Donald E. Jones
Nov 9, 2016
Donald E. Jones, 81, of Gas, Kansas, passed away Wednesday, November 9, 2016, at Olathe Hospice House. Don was born May 8, 1935, in LaHarpe, Kansas, the son of Elmer and Fern (Searcy) Jones. He grew up on the family farm northwest of Moran and graduated from Moran High School. On June 8, 1958, Don married Sharon Lavon Leslie and...
Spencer Vincent Newman, Jr.
Nov 8, 2016
Spencer Vincent Newman, Jr., 61, of LaHarpe, Kansas, passed away Tuesday, November 8, 2016, at his home. Spencer was born February 17, 1955, in Abilene, Kansas, the son of Spencer Vincent and Rita Ann (Gravett) Newman, Sr. He grew up in the Iola and LaHarpe areas. Over the years, he worked at Tysons, IMP Boats, Hi-Lo in Chanute and in...
Donald Richard Dole
Nov 7, 2016
Donald R. Dole, 81, of Yates Center, Kansas, passed away Monday, November 7, 2016. He was born October 2, 1935, in Gypsum, Kansas, the son of Clem and Margaret (Kessler) Dole. Don Dole and ex-wife Marjorie (Smoot) Dole had two children. He is survived by his son Gary and wife Stacy of Black Hawk, South Dakota, his sister Patricia Larson...
Tim "Tim" McDermeit
Nov 6, 2016
Timothy Shane McDermeit, 39, of Iola, Kansas, passed away Sunday, November 6, 2016. He was born August 2, 1977 in Wheatridge, Colorado the son of Douglas and Lauralee (Fox) McDermeit. The family moved to Iola in 1979. He is preceded in death by his grandparents, Clifford and Waunita McDermeit, Richard and Enaze Fox and his father, Douglas. Tim is survived...
Dorothy May Bingham
Nov 5, 2016
Dorothy Bingham, age 96, formerly of Iola died Saturday, Nov 5, 2016 at Centralia, KS. Dorothy was born in Fort Scott, KS on Feb 3, 1920 to William and Oma (Eisenbrant) Crim, and was raised by stepfather Ira Bolling and her mother Oma. She grew up in the Fort Scott area where she graduated from high school in 1938. She...
Delbert Deane Harris
Nov 5, 2016
Delbert D. Harris, 80, of Iola, Kansas, passed away Saturday, November 5, 2016, at Greystone Residential Care Community in Iola. Delbert was born October 24, 1936, in Ashland, Oregon, the middle child of seven children born to Samuel and M. Marie (Ruble) Harris. He has made his home in Springfield, Neosho, Granby and Kansas City, Missouri before moving to Iola....
Donald D. McGhee
Nov 4, 2016
Donald Dean McGhee, 79, of Iola, Kansas, passed away Friday, November 4, 2016, at Allen County Regional Hospital. Don was born September 24, 1937, in Bloomfield, Iowa, the son of Carl and Wilma (Gilliland) McGhee. The family moved to Colony where he graduated from high school. On July 10, 1955, Don married Patricia I. Crotts at the LeRoy Christian Church....
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