Recent Obituaries
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...
Roger Dean Springston
Jul 13, 2016
IN LOVING MEMORY OF ROGER DEAN SPRINGSTON, (SON OF KENNETH AND JEWELL SPRINGSTON) A TRUE EXAMPLE OF WHAT A HUSBAND, FATHER AND PAPA SHOULD BE. NOVEMBER 4, 1955 – JULY 13, 2016 Survivors Include: Wife – Sara Kay Springston Mom – Jewell Springston Sons – Richard Springston, Kenny Springston, Damon Springston, Bo Booth and Ricky Hodges Daughters – Tisha Crump,...
Barbara Ann Collins
Jul 13, 2016
Barbara Ann Collins, age 75, of Ottawa, Kansas, passed away on Wednesday, July 13, 2016, at Life Care Center, Osawatomie, Kansas. She was born August 3, 1940, in Pittsburg, Kansas, the daughter of Lawrence Davidson and Opal Nadine (McKinney) Davidson. In 1957, she graduated from College High School in Pittsburg. Barbara married Charles Collins on November 23, 1957. This union...
Jack Dennis Spillman
Jul 10, 2016
Jack Dennis Spillman, 90, of Kincaid, Kansas, passed away Sunday, July 10, 2016, at Richmond Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center. Jack Dennis Spillman was born to Dewey Edward and Wilma Anna (Decker) Spillman on October 18, 1925, in rural Bayard, Kansas. In 1928 his family moved to southeast Anderson County, in 1942 they moved to rural Selma, Kansas. He attended Fairmount...
David Lee Cunningham
Jul 6, 2016
David Lee Cunningham, 64, of Iola, Kansas, died Wednesday, July 6, 2016, at his home. David was born August 26, 1951, in Colony, Kansas, the son of Roy Melvin and Cecile "Mary" (Dreibelbeis) Cunningham. He attended school in LaHarpe, Iola and Humboldt before serving in the U.S. Navy. Following his discharge from the service he made his home in the...
Dora Beachy
Jul 3, 2016
Dora Beachy, age 90, passed away Sunday, July 3, 2016 at Windsor Place, Iola, Kansas. She was born August 24, 1925, at Hutchinson, Kansas, the daughter of Levi E. and Anna (Keim) Helmuth. She attended the Elmhirst School. Dora married Alvin J. Beachy on February 21, 1952, in Hutchinson, Kansas. This union was blessed with seven children. They made their...
Robert L. Lane
Jul 1, 2016
Robert L. Lane, 96, of Iola, Kansas, passed away Friday, July 1, 2016, at Windsor Place in Iola. Robert Lorraine Lane was born September 23, 1919, the second oldest child to Homer G. Lane and Eureka L. Smith in Iola, Kansas. He was a lifelong member of Ward Chapel A.M.E. church, Iola, Kansas, and was active in a variety of...
Larry DePoe
Jun 28, 2016
Larry DePoe, age 74, of Lone Elm, Kansas, passed away on Tuesday, June 28, 2016, at his home. He was born on August 26, 1941, in Garnett, Kansas, the second of three children born to Lester E. and Loella C. (Klooz) DePoe. Larry was a lifetime resident of the Lone Elm area, never living more than five miles from where...
Shirley M. Reed
Jun 27, 2016
Shirley M. Reed, age 80, of Swink, Colorado, formerly of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Monday, June 27, 2016, at her home. She was born on December 8, 1935, in Bonner Springs, Kansas, the daughter of Walter David and Irene Bell (Dunn) Kyle. Shirley was united in marriage to Leslie Edward Reed on January 27, 1953, in Olathe, Kansas. This...
Mark A. Neville
Jun 26, 2016
Mark A. Neville, 57, passed away June 26, 2016, at Olathe Medical Center following complications related to pneumonia. He was born November 30, 1958 in Kingman, Kansas the son of Cletus J. and Patricia A. (Mies) Neville. The Neville family moved to Neosho Falls in 1968. Mark grew up on the family farm often working and driving tractors at an...
Lydia Yoder
Jun 25, 2016
Lydia H. (Bontrager) Yoder, age 104, of Garnett, Kansas, and formerly of Shipshewana, Indiana, passed away on Saturday, June 25, 2016, at her home. She was born June 10, 1912, at Hutchinson, Kansas, to the late Harry D. and Susan (Miller) Bontrager. On March 11, 1931, in Hutchinson, she married Felty S. Yoder who preceded her in death on January...
Rebecca Keller
Jun 24, 2016
Rebecca Casida Keller, age 70, of Overland Park, Kansas, passed away on Friday, June 24, 2016, at KU Medical Center. She was born at Carter Hospital, Garnett, Kansas on October 3, 1945, the youngest of four children born to Walter and Florence (Russell) Casida. She grew up in Garnett, graduating from high school there in 1963. In 1965 Rebecca was...
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