Obituaries

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Sharon Kay Saterfiel

Sharon Kay Saterfiel

Jun 21, 2016

Sharon Kay Saterfiel, 66, of Colony, Kansas, passed away Tuesday, June 21, 2016, at her daughter's home in Iola, surrounded by her family. Sharon was born September 9, 1949, in Topeka, Kansas. She grew up on a farm between Gas and LaHarpe and attended Iola schools. She married James Willard Bagnall, Jr. and they made their home in Iola. They...

Jerry W. Lindsay

Jerry W. Lindsay

Jun 21, 2016

Jerry Wayne Lindsay, age 63, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away Tuesday, June 21, 2016, in Warren, Michigan. He was born on July 25, 1952, in Garnett, Kansas, the son of Emmett Eugene and Dixie Claire (Huggins) Lindsay. Jerry attended elementary school in Bush City, Kansas and later graduated from Garnett High School in 1970. After high school, Jerry followed in...

D. Juanita Dunlap

D. Juanita Dunlap

Jun 19, 2016

D. Juanita Dunlap, 88, of Iola, Kansas, passed away Sunday, June 19, 2016, at Allen County Regional Hospital. Juanita was born Feb. 5, 1928, in Aldrich, Mo, the daughter of Earnest and Dorothy (Cole) Hamilton. She was raised in Springfield, MO where she graduated from high school in 1945. Following graduation, Juanita married Dolin Gott. They had 4 children, Gary,...

LaDelle M. Cunningham

LaDelle M. Cunningham

Jun 15, 2016

LaDelle Mavis Carlson Cunningham died June 15, 2016. LaDelle was born October 28, 1923, the daughter of Eric and Julia (Swanson) Carlson at Elsmore, Kansas. She attended Country School near Elsmore before graduating from the Elsmore High School in 1941. LaDelle graduated from the Coffeyville Beauty Academy in 1942. LaDelle then worked as a cosmetologist in Chanute, Erie and Stark....

Charles E. "Charlie" Sellman

Charles E. "Charlie" Sellman

Jun 14, 2016

Charles Ernest "Charlie" Sellman, 67, of Iola, Kansas, passed away Tuesday, June 14, 2016, at Kindred Hospital Northland in Kansas City, surrounded by his family. Charlie was born December 15, 1948, in Iola, the son of Ernest "Bud" and Ruth (Schulze) Sellman. He grew up in Iola and graduated from Iola High School in 1966. He attended Pittsburg State University....

Cecelia CeCe Biery

Cecelia CeCe Biery

Jun 14, 2016

Cecelia "CeCe" Biery, age 64, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Tuesday, June 14, 2016 at St. Luke's Plaza in Kansas City, Missouri. She was born May 3, 1952, in Newark, New Jersey, the daughter of Gustave and Sue Frommer. CeCe graduated from John F. Kennedy High School in Paterson, New Jersey. She worked as a police officer in New...

Michael Ray "Mike" Karr

Michael Ray "Mike" Karr

Jun 14, 2016

Michael Ray Karr, 37, of Iola, Kansas, passed away Tuesday, June 14, 2016. Mike was born December 1, 1978, in Iola, the son of Harold Ray and Marsha Sue (Chapman) Karr. He grew up in LaHarpe attending LaHarpe Elementary and graduated from Iola High School in 1998. Mike made his home in Iola and was a pulling unit operator in...

Mildred G. Ludolph

Mildred G. Ludolph

Jun 12, 2016

Mildred G. Ludolph, age 97, of Iola, Kansas, passed away on Sunday, June 12, 2016, at Windsor Place in Iola, Kansas. She was born on June 27, 1918, in Westphalia, Kansas, the daughter of Loren and Ruth (Hugenott) Bouse. She attended schools in Westphalia, graduating in 1936. After graduating high school, Mildred worked in the Westphalia telephone office. Mildred was...

Ricky Ray Ahring

Ricky Ray Ahring

Jun 9, 2016

Ricky Ray Ahring, age 57, of Harris, Kansas, passed away on Thursday, June 9, 2016, at his home. He was born January 26, 1959, the youngest of five children born to Fred W. Ahring Sr. and Marjorie (Bartlett) Ahring. Ricky graduated from Garnett High School. He worked the wheat harvest with his family during the summer months, and during the...

Roy W. Leake

Roy W. Leake

Jun 8, 2016

Roy W. Leake, Jr., 67, of Humboldt, Kansas, died Wednesday, June 8, 2016. Roy was born September 9, 1948, in Colony, Kansas, the son of Roy Wilson and Elsie Lavon (Morris) Leake. He grew up in Iola and Moran, graduating from Moran High School in 1968. He joined the U.S. Navy after graduation and served on the USS Kitty Hawk...

Virginia Helen Weatherman

Virginia Helen Weatherman

Jun 4, 2016

Virginia Helen Hale Weatherman, 91, of Colony, Kansas, passed away Saturday, June 4, 2016, at Allen County Regional Hospital. Virginia was born June 2, 1925, in Los Angeles, California, the daughter of Jacob Elijah and Ada Bell (Moore) Hale. She grew up in Turner, Kansas, and graduated from Turner High School in 1943. On January 9, 1944, Virginia married Robert...

Darlos R Aldrich

Darlos R Aldrich

Jun 2, 2016

Darlos “Dot” Aldrich died on June 2, 2016 at the Westview Care Center in Derby, KS. She was 91 years old. She was the youngest of four children born to Blanche (Armour) and Joseph Elvin Westervelt on January 31, 1920 on a farm near Altamont, KS. She attended Altamont Grade School and graduated from Labette County High School. At 17,...

Tracy Eleanor Rawlings

Tracy Eleanor Rawlings

Jun 2, 2016

Tracy Eleanor Sloan Rawlings, 93, of Iola, Kansas, died Thursday, June 2, 2016, at the Allen County Regional Hospital. Tracy was born October 4, 1922, in Elsmore, Kansas, the daughter of James Austin and Nora Ellen (Rhodes) Sloan. She grew up south of Moran, Kansas. On October 4, 1939, she married Roy Rawlings and they made their home in Moran....

Marie Miriam Mercuro

Marie Miriam Mercuro

May 31, 2016

Marie Miriam Mercuro, 75, of Iola, Kansas, passed away Tuesday, May 31, 2016, at the Allen County Regional Hospital. Marie was born July 30, 1940, in Elizabeth, New Jersey, the daughter of Raymond and Marie (Dering) Smith. She grew up in New Jersey and worked at Community Medical Center in Toms River, New Jersey before moving to Iola in 2004....

Delores Wilson

Delores Wilson

May 31, 2016

Delores Ruth Wilson, age 84, passed away on Tuesday, May 31, 2016, at the University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas. She was born November 15, 1931, in Elsmore, Kansas, the daughter of Fred F. and Anna Emily Caroline (Seastedt) Tippie. Delores attended Elsmore schools, graduating from Elsmore High School in 1949. After graduation, she worked for a brief...

Virginia Ellen Larson

Virginia Ellen Larson

May 28, 2016

Virginia Ellen Larson, 75, of Savonburg, Kansas, passed away on May 28, 2016, at her home surrounded by the family she loved. Virginia was born on October 11, 1940, near Urbana, Kansas, to parents Alfred and Ellen Rost. During her childhood, the family resided in several Neosho County communities, ultimately settling on a farm west of Stark. She graduated from...

Doris Robertson

Doris Robertson

May 24, 2016

Doris Wolf Mitchell Robertson, age 90, of Eudora, Kansas, formerly of Iola, completed her life journey on this earth at Medicalodge in Eudora, Kansas and went home to be with Jesus on May 24, 2016. Doris was born on August 8, 1925, to David and Rissie Wolf, in rural Gate, Oklahoma. She was the sixth of ten children. One sister,...

Robert E. Wilper

Robert E. Wilper

May 22, 2016

Robert Edward Wilper, age 58, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Sunday, May 22, 2016, The House at Midland Care, in Topeka, Kansas. Robert Wilper was born Klaus Ewe Kaulen on March 23, 1958 in Cologne, Germany. Edward John and Agnes Mae (Korte) Wilper adopted Klaus Ewe and Ralf Joseph on October 26, 1962 and loved them with all their...

Dorothy M. Schuster

Dorothy M. Schuster

May 21, 2016

Dorothy M. Schuster, age 95 of Garnett passed away on Saturday, May 21, 2016 at her home in Garnett. Dorothy was born May 25, 1920. She was the first of two daughters born to Fred and Mary (Light) Brown. Her father worked for the railroad; thusly the family made their home in several Kansas towns while Dorothy was young. She...

Stephen Ray Moyer

Stephen Ray Moyer

May 21, 2016

Stephen Ray Moyer, 64, formerly of Iola, Kansas, died Saturday, May 21, 2016, at Stormont Vail Healthcare in Topeka. Steve was born April 13, 1952, in Iola, the son of William Edward and Doris Jean (Schuster) Moyer. He grew up in Iola and graduated from Iola High School in 1970. He has always made his home in Kansas, most recently...