Recent Obituaries
Berniece Joy Stanley
Aug 10, 2016
Berniece Joy Stanley, age 96, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Wednesday, August 10, 2016, at Olathe Medical Center, Olathe, Kansas. She was born November 27, 1919, at Richmond, Kansas, the daughter of Oren R. and Carrie Goldie (Lacy) Brown. Joy graduated with the Class of 1936 from Garnett High School. Joy married Irwin W. Benefiel on November 27, 1937,...
Carolyn S. Burdett
Aug 9, 2016
Carolyn Sue Burdett, age 80, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Tuesday, August 9, 2016, at her home. She was born on September 19, 1935, in Ridgeway, Missouri, the first of two daughters of Ward and Ella Mae (Groetecke) Harper. She grew up in St. Louis, later moving to Kansas City, where she graduated from Central High School with the...
Richard Dennis Habiger
Aug 7, 2016
Richard Dennis Habiger of Iola died Aug. 7 at the VA Medical Center in Topeka. He was 69. Richard Habiger was born at St. John Hospital in Iola, on Oct. 28, 1946, the first child of Clara and Wenzel Habiger. He grew up in Piqua where his father managed a grocery store. Habiger attended Piqua Grade School and graduated from...
Maxine L Frear
Aug 6, 2016
Maxine Frear, age 98, of Centerville, Kansas, passed away on Saturday, August 6, 2016 in Overland Park, Kansas. She was born December 2, 1917 in Selma, Kansas, the daughter of John and Isabel (Thompson) Huggins. Maxine graduated from Kincaid High School in 1935. Maxine married Wilbur J. Frear on March 28, 1936 in Ottawa, Kansas. This union was blessed with...
Ralph E. Rommelfanger
Aug 5, 2016
Ralph E. "Rommie" Rommelfanger, age 84, of Colorado Springs, Colorado, formerly of Greeley, Kansas, passed away on Friday, August 5, 2016. Rommie was the fourth of five children born to Francis Joseph and Theresa Josephine (Rues) Rommelfanger. He was born on July 5, 1932, in Greeley, Kansas. Rommie grew up in Greeley, graduating from Greeley High School in 1950. Following...
Ronald L. Caruthers
Aug 3, 2016
Ronald L. Caruthers, age 72, of Ottawa, Kansas, passed away on Wednesday, August 3, 2016 at Baldwin Healthcare in Baldwin, Kansas. Ronald was born June 15, 1944 in Kansas City, Missouri, the son of Ruby L. (Houk) and Roger I. Caruthers. He graduated from Lecompton High School in 1964 and worked with his father on the family farm west of...
Marian M. Michael
Jul 30, 2016
Marian M. Michael, 91, of Iola, Kansas, passed away Saturday, July 30, 2016, at the Allen County Regional Hospital surrounded by her family. Marian was born May 20, 1925, in Iola, the daughter of Clyde and Goldie (Stout) Hurlock. She grew up in Iola and graduated from Iola High School in 1943. Marian married Dean Michael and they always made...
Mary Lou Brinkmeyer
Jul 30, 2016
Mary Lou Brinkmeyer, age 81, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away Saturday, July 30, 2016 at the Richmond Healthcare Center, Richmond, Kansas. She was born August 25, 1934, at home in Ottawa, Kansas. Mary Lou was the third of five children born to Joseph Leroy Humbert, Sr. and Lenora (Finch) Humbert. She graduated from Greeley High School with the class of...
Arthur West
Jul 28, 2016
Arthur Lee West, 90, of rural Moran, Kansas, died Wednesday, September 29, 2010 at Windsor Place Nursing Center in Iola, Kansas. Arthur was born January 31, 1920, west of Iola, Kansas the son of Charles and Fransina (Morning) West. He grew up at Iola and served in the United States Army during WWII. On September 22, 1942, Arthur married Ruby...
David L. Kratzberg
Jul 28, 2016
David L. Kratzberg, age 73, of Greeley, Kansas, passed away on Thursday, July 28, 2016, at his home. He was born June 24, 1943, in Anderson County, Kansas, the son of August and Cecelia (Rosner) Kratzberg. Dave graduated from Greeley High School in 1961. He married Arlene Morgan on December 26, 1960 in Atlanta, Georgia. This union was blessed with...
Beth McVey
Jul 28, 2016
Beth McVey, 84, of LaHarpe, Kansas, passed away Thursday, July 28, 2016, at Windsor Place in Iola, Kansas. Beth was born January 19, 1932, in rural Allen County, Kansas, the daughter of Ralph O. and Mary Hazel (Jackson) Marvin. She grew up in rural Allen County and graduated from Humboldt High School in 1949. In June 1949, Beth married Earl...
Arthur Lorraine Westerberg
Jul 28, 2016
Arthur Lorraine Westerberg, 92, of rural Savonburg, Kansas, passed away Thursday, July 28, 2016, at Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice in Wichita. He was born August 4, 1923, on the family farm west of Savonburg, the son of Arthur Albert and Ethel (Lagergren) Westerberg. He grew up on the farm and worked at his uncle's blacksmith shop in Savonburg before he...
Jan Fuller
Jul 27, 2016
Jan Fuller, 82, of Iola, Kansas, passed away Wednesday, July 27, 2016, at the Moran Manor. She was the second of four children born to Dr. Frank and Hazel (Parks) Callahan in Santa Cruz, California, on March 26, 1934. Her father was a veterinarian and a federal meat inspector. When Jan was 1 year old, the family moved back to...
Eleanor C. Reiling
Jul 26, 2016
Eleanor C. Reiling, age 91, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Tuesday, July 26, 2016, at the Residential Living Center, Anderson County Hospital, Garnett. Eleanor was the fifth of six children born to Tony and Emma (Weber) Roth. She was born on March 30, 1925, in Westphalia, Kansas. Eleanor grew up in Westphalia, attending school and graduating high school there....
Susan D. Weisenberger
Jul 25, 2016
Susan D. Weisenberger, 68, of rural Yates Center, Kansas, passed away Monday, July 25, 2016, at her home surrounded by her family. Susan was born May 11, 1948, in Washington, D.C., the daughter of William and Helen (Bunten) Dvorachek. She grew up in Vienna, Virginia, and received her BS Degree from the University of Wisconsin, her RN Degree from the...
Helen E. Baldridge
Jul 23, 2016
Helen E. Baldridge, age 84, of Shawnee, Kansas, formerly of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Saturday, July 23, 2016, at Shawnee Mission Medical Center, Shawnee Mission, Kansas with her beloved daughters by her side. Helen was born January 10, 1932, in Scipio, Kansas, the daughter of Joseph F. and Gertrude (Setter) Pickert. She graduated from Garnett High School in 1949...
Barbara E. Clay
Jul 22, 2016
Barbara E. Clay, 75, of Iola, Kansas, passed away Friday, July 22, 2016, at the Allen County Regional Hospital in Iola surrounded by her family. Barbara was born June 28, 1941, in LaHarpe, Kansas, the daughter of Eugene and Jane Marie (Ransom) Hobert. She grew up in LaHarpe and graduated from Iola High School in 1959. She then attended and...
Melvin Wayne Cole
Jul 21, 2016
Melvin Wayne Cole, 78, of Iola, Kansas, died Thursday, July 21, 2016, at Windsor Place in Iola. Melvin was born March 12, 1938, in Iola, the son of Lester Charles and Erma Pearl (Teel) Cole. He grew up in the Iola and LaHarpe area. He has worked as a heavy equipment operator in the agriculture field most of his life....
Frankie Bowman Nobles
Jul 16, 2016
Frankie Bowman Nobles, age 76 of Cumming, Georgia passed away on Saturday, July 16, 2016. Frank was the second of three children born to B.J. and Elois (Britt) Nobles at Lumberton, North Carolina. Frank grew up in Chadburn, North Carolina, graduating from high school there. Following school he entered the United States Navy in 1961. Frank was honorably discharged on...
Gene Tomson
Jul 15, 2016
Gene Tomson, 86, of Iola, Kansas, passed away Friday, July 15, 2016 at Windsor Place Nursing Center in Iola. Gene was born December 24, 1929, on a farm west of Iola, the son of Marion Morris and Zola Beatrice (Kivett) Tomson. He grew up west of Iola attending Union Rural School and graduating from Iola High School in 1948. Gene's...
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