Recent Obituaries
Eugene "Gene" Roy Friesen
Jan 1, 2017
Eugene Roy Friesen, age 78, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Tuesday, December 12, 2017, at Olathe Hospice House in Olathe, Kansas. Gene was born on December 28, 1938 in Lincoln, Nebraska. He was the third of four children born to Benjamin and Isabel (Witter) Friesen. He grew up in Kansas City, Missouri. He graduated from Paseo High School with...
Robert "Bob" McDaniel
Jan 1, 2017
Robert L. "Bob" McDaniel, age 91, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Friday, June 23, 2017, at Guest Home Estates, Garnett. He was born October 18, 1925, at Jefferson City, Missouri, the son of Jess and Gertrude McDaniel. Bob grew up in Jefferson City, Missouri where he graduated from high school. He moved to Kansas City, Missouri, and worked at...
Gerald "Bud" Leon Wight
Jan 1, 2017
Gerald "Bud" Leon Wight, age 91, of Garnett, Kansas passed away Friday, February 10, 2017 at his home. Bud was born May 23, 1925 in Iola, Kansas, the son of Kenneth and Helen (Ansell) Wight. The family later moved to Garnett where Bud graduated from Garnett High School with the class of 1943. Bud heeded the call to serve his...
Donald Dale "Duck" Fulton
Jan 1, 2017
Donald Dale “Duck” Fulton, age 62, of Iola, Kansas, passed away on Friday, September 29, 2017, at Windsor Place in Iola. Duck was one of ten children born to Loyal Eugene and Imogene (McCullough) Fulton. He was born on August 17, 1955 in Iola, Kansas. Duck grew up in Iola and lived in Gas City and Mildred all of his...
Troy "Bud" McDaniel
Jan 1, 2017
Troy "Bud" Dean McDaniel, age 50, of Welda, Kansas, passed away on Monday, June 26, 2017 at the Overland Park Regional Medical Center, Overland Park, Kansas. He was born August 29, 1966, the son of Ronald McDaniel and Elaine (Adams) Mitchell. He graduated from Lawrence High School in 1984. Bud worked in construction for many years. He worked at Pro-Mechanic...
Milo "Mike" Crist
Jan 1, 2017
Milo "Mike" Crist, age 61, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Wednesday, December 6, 2017, at Miami County Medical Center, Paola, Kansas. He was born September 10, 1956, in Garnett, Kansas, the son of Milo R. and Lois (Clinton) Crist. Mike graduated from Garnett High School with the Class of 1974. He then graduated from K-State University with a degree...
Thelbert Leroy "Cop" McNett
Jan 1, 2017
Thelbert LeRoy “Cop” McNett, 82, of rural Piqua, Kansas passed away in his home surrounded by loved ones on March, 25, 2017. Cop was born September 21, 1934 in Piqua. He was the son of J.W. “Jack” McNett and Mary Magdelene “Madge” (Collins) McNett. He was raised in rural Piqua and attended primary school at Plum Creek Schoolhouse, across the...
Ronald Callahan
Jan 1, 2017
Ronald Ray Callahan, age 65, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Sunday, January 1, 2017 at his home in Kingston, Oklahoma. He was born on November 26, 1951, in Garnett, Kansas, the son of Dennis Jr. and Phyllis (Teter) Callahan. He graduated from Garnett High School in 1969, attended Allen County Community College and graduated from Kansas City Kansas Community...
Myrtle May "Becky" Stafford
Jan 1, 2017
Myrtle May "Becky" (Thomas) Stafford, age 98, of Moran, Kansas, passed away on Wednesday, November 29, 2017, at Moran Manor, Moran, Kansas. She was born April 19, 1919, in Elk Falls, Kansas, the daughter of John Riley and Hazel May (Wilson) Beck. Becky grew up in Chanute, Kansas and married Glen F. Thomas. They made their home east of Humboldt...
Rebecca "Becky" Sue Stroman
Jan 1, 2017
Rebecca "Becky" Sue Stroman, age 39, of Paola, Kansas, passed away on Sunday, May 14, 2017, at her home. She was born February 23, 1978 in Garnett, Kansas, the daughter of Bernard G. "Bernie" and Barbara (Lanzrath) Gilner. She grew up in Paola, attending school at Holy Trinity, and Paola High School. Following high school she began working at Lake...
Peggy Tholen
Dec 31, 2016
Peggy (Yohon) Tholen, 66, of Garnett, Kansas, died December 31, at home with her family after a long battle with multiple systems atrophy. She was born September 10, 1950 to the late Robert Yohon and Helen (Link) Yohon in Iola, Kansas. Peggy graduated from Iola High School in 1968 and received a Bachelor's of Science in mathematics education and a...
Kim D. Enaboifo
Dec 28, 2016
Kim Denise Enaboifo, age 56, of Iola, Kansas, was welcomed home by God on Wednesday, December 28, 2016. Kim was youngest of five children born to Wilbur and Betty (Borror) Riley. She was born on May 12, 1960 in Chanute, Kansas. Her family moved to Iola in 1968 from Chanute. In 1978 Kim married Clement Enaboifo. This union was blessed...
Donald E. Poss
Dec 26, 2016
Donald Edward Poss, age 89, of Richmond Kansas, passed away on Monday, December 26, 2016. Don was the youngest of six children born to John and Anna (Feuerborn) Poss. He was born on November 24, 1927 in Greeley Kansas. Don graduated from Greeley High School. He served in World War II in the U. S. Navy as a Seaman First...
Lois M. Miller
Dec 24, 2016
Lois Marie Miller, age 97, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Saturday, December 24, 2016, at Cimarron Nursing Center in Kingfisher, Oklahoma. Lois was born on a farm southwest of Garnett, Kansas on January 1, 1919. She was the third of eight children born to Dite and Ella (Tilton) Benjamin. She was a lifetime resident of the Garnett area. Lois...
Steven Roy Taylor
Dec 24, 2016
Steven Roy Taylor, 59, of Iola, Kansas, passed away Saturday, December 24, 2016, in Iola. Steve was born February 2, 1957, in Ottawa, Kansas, the son of Roy and Doris (George) Taylor. He grew up in Ottawa until the family moved to Lyndon. He was a 1975 graduate of Lyndon High School. On June 21, 1975, Steve married Cindy J....
Devyn Lee Long
Dec 20, 2016
Devyn Lee Long, age 24, of Welda, Kansas, passed away on December 20, 2016 at Garnett, Kansas. He was born on February 19, 1992, in Kansas City, Kansas, the son of Duane Long and Diana (Bryan) Dunn. Devyn graduated from Anderson County High School in 2011. He was currently working as a server at El Jimador in Garnett. Devyn enjoyed...
Shirley M Greiner
Dec 19, 2016
Shirley Marlene Greiner, age 81, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away peacefully on Monday, December 19, 2016, at her home. She was born July 19, 1935, in Linneus, Missouri, the daughter of Opha Milo and Alta Belle (Johns) Maxwell. Shirley graduated from Brookfield High School with the Class of 1953, then bravely boarded a train to Kansas City, where she worked...
Rose Marie "Rosie" Stokes
Dec 14, 2016
Rose Marie "Rosie" Stokes, 80, of Iola, Kansas, passed away Wednesday, December 14, 2016, at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita. Rose was born March 10, 1936, in rural Kincaid, Kansas, the daughter of Cecil George and Alice Evelyn (Nigus) Turner. She grew up at Colony and married Allen R. Stokes on December 24, 1952. They always made their home in...
Russel Scott "Rusty" Lampe
Dec 13, 2016
Russel Scott Lampe, 48, of rural Colony, Kansas, passed away Tuesday, December 13, 2016. Rusty was born August 14, 1968, in Iola, the son of Albert and M. Marlene (Westerman) Lampe. He grew up in Iola and graduated from Iola High School in 1986. On September 2, 1989, Rusty married Tina Roush. They had two sons and later divorced. He...
Lucy Faye Katzer
Dec 12, 2016
Lucy Faye Katzer, age 78, of Oak Grove, Missouri, passed away Monday, December 12, 2016 at New Haven Nursing Home, Odessa, Missouri. Lucy was born May 23, 1938, in Bush City, Kansas, the daughter of Milton and Edna (Conner) Croan. She was retired from the I.R.S. Lucy was an active member of St. Jude Catholic Church, the Altar Society, and...