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Edith Clements

Edith Clements

Apr 5, 2016

Edith Louise (Gamble) Clements, age 86 of Humboldt, KS went to her Eternal home on April 5, 2016 at Country Place Living in Chanute. Edith was born August 7, 1929 in Lauden, Tennessee to Guy and Jessie (Sorensen) Gamble. She married Charles Clements on February 14, 1947 in Iola, Kansas. Charles preceded her in death on May 6, 1983. She...

Lucille Brown

Lucille Brown

Apr 5, 2016

Lucille Christine Brown, 94, long-time resident of Mildred, Kansas, passed away Tuesday, April 5, 2016, at Meyer Care Center in Higginsville, Missouri. Lucille was born May 31, 1921, in Gardner, Kansas, the daughter of Joseph and Mary (Barthol) Golba. She grew up in the Gardner area. On November 2, 1942, she married Charles L. "Charlie" Brown in Mississippi. They returned...

Roy Duane Roush

Roy Duane Roush

Apr 5, 2016

Roy Duane Roush, age 73, of Greeley, Kansas passed away Tuesday, April 5, 2016 at home. Duane was born September 27, 1942 in Kansas City, KS. He was the first born of four children born to Roy O. and Wilma Jean (Ensley) Roush. Duane's family moved to Iola, Kansas when he was a young boy. He grew up near Welda,...

Michael Folk

Michael Folk

Apr 3, 2016

Michael Anthony Folk, 38, of Iola, Kansas, died Sunday, April 3, 2016, following a motorcycle accident near Belvue, Kansas. Michael was born August 16, 1977, to Cindi (Folk) VanHouden and Edward Ortiz. He was later adopted by his grandparents John R. (Tom) and Jerri S. Folk. He married Kristi Beerbower in Las Vegas in 2011 and they later divorced. To...

John Walker

John Walker

Apr 1, 2016

John A. Walker, age 77, of Savonburg, Kansas, passed away on Friday, April 1, 2016, at Mercy Hospital in Fort Scott, Kansas. He was born October 29, 1938, in Bentonville, Arkansas, the son of Clyde Anderson Walker and Alma Berta (Blow) Walker. John married Pat Moon and this union was blessed two children, they later divorced. He married Linda McReynolds,...

Clark Platt

Clark Platt

Mar 30, 2016

Clark Platt, age 76, of Richmond, passed away on Wednesday, March 30, 2016, at Olathe Medical Center, Olathe, Kansas. He was born December 13, 1939, Garnett, the son of Emmett and Betty (McGrew) Platt. He attended the grade school at Harris and graduated from Garnett High School with the Class of 1957. Clark grew up on the family farm near...

Robert J. Volz

Robert J. Volz

Mar 27, 2016

Robert Volz, age 69 of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Sunday, March 27, 2016, at his home. He was born on September 23, 1946, at the family farm southwest of Greeley, Kansas. Robert was the youngest of 13 children born to Paul A. Volz and Teresa E. (Hastert) Volz. He graduated from Greeley High School in 1964, and then attended...

Dean L. Hultz

Dean L. Hultz

Mar 26, 2016

Dean L. Hultz, age 94, of Moran, Kansas, formerly of Kincaid, Kansas, passed away on Saturday, March 26, 2016 at the Allen County Regional Hospital, Iola, Kansas. Dean was the second of four children born Arthur Leo Hultz and Ida Iva Lowman Hultz. He was born October 16, 1921at Bush City Kansas. He grew up on a farm ½ mile...

David Bedenbender

David Bedenbender

Mar 26, 2016

David Eugene Bedenbender was born December 7, 1953, in Iola, Kansas. He was the son of William Neil and Thelma (Tidd) Bedenbender. He passed away at his home in rural Neosho Falls, Kansas at the age of 62 on March 26, 2016. David married Diane Hosley December 22, 1973. This union was blessed with two children, Trent and Jana. David...

Morris Phillip Luedke

Morris Phillip Luedke

Mar 25, 2016

Morris Philip Luedke, 87, of Colony, Kansas, passed away on March 25 at Windsor Place, Iola. Morris was born Feb. 23, 1929, near Amsterdam, Missouri, the 8th child of 10 born to Charles and Estella Luedke. The family moved to the Colony area in 1938. He graduated from Colony High School in 1948, from Iola Junior College and then received...

Richard Terry Adams

Richard Terry Adams

Mar 22, 2016

Richard Terry Adams, age 92, of Kincaid, Kansas, passed away on Tuesday, March 22, 2016, at Guest Home Estates, Garnett; following complications of a stroke. He was born October 25, 1923, at Kincaid, Kansas, the fourth of five children born to Terry Wilson and Marietta Mae (Hobert) Adams. Richard's mother passed away on Christmas when he was twelve years old....

Louise Hedman

Louise Hedman

Mar 21, 2016

Louise Hedman, 83, of Iola, Kansas, went to be with the Lord on March 21, 2016. Louise was born in Humboldt on May 3, 1932, the daughter of Leslie and Mildred Grennell. Louise was employed at the Allen County Sheriff''s Department from 1981 to 1999. She served in various capacities including being appointed as the first female under sheriff to...

Harold Sprague

Harold Sprague

Mar 21, 2016

Harold Dean Sprague, 95, of rural Colony, Kansas, died Monday, March 21, 2016, at Windsor Place in Iola. Harold was born December 20, 1920, in Kincaid, Kansas, the son of Arzy and Hazel (Beal) Sprague. He grew up on the family farm southeast of Lone Elm and served in the U.S. Army during World War II. On February 14, 1956,...

Earnest Foster

Earnest Foster

Mar 20, 2016

Earnest A. Foster, Jr., 82, of Bel Aire, Kansas, died Sunday, March 20, 2016, at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita. Earnest was born March 27, 1933, in Iola, Kansas, the son of Earnest A. Foster, Sr. and Marie (Brown) Creason. He graduated from Iola High School in 1952. On September 19, 1953, he married his high school sweetheart, Leora I....

Violet Stevens

Violet Stevens

Mar 19, 2016

Violet Lee Stevens, 80, of Iola, Kansas, died Saturday, March 19, 2016, at the Olathe Medical Center. Violet was born January 7, 1936, in Hanford, CA, the daughter of John and Lylas Simon. At a young age she started picking in orchards with family including cotton, nuts and fruit. She married Joe Allen Stevens September 4, 1953, and they moved...

Nancy Gillaspie

Nancy Gillaspie

Mar 16, 2016

Nancy Ruth Gillaspie, 66, of Independence, Missouri, unexpectedly passed away on the afternoon of March 16, 2016 at Saint Luke's Hospital on the Plaza in Kansas City, Missouri. Nancy was born on March 27, 1949 in Palo Alto, California, the daughter of George and Rosemary (McCollam) Gillaspie. Nancy lived her childhood in Anderson and Allen counties where she attended grade...

Leanna Bettis

Leanna Bettis

Mar 14, 2016

M. Leanna Bettis, 70, of Humboldt, Kansas, passed away Monday, March 14, 2016, at Country Place in Chanute. Leanna was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 1978 and fought a long, valiant battle with the disease. Leanna was born April 8, 1945, in Iola, Kansas, the daughter of Homer and Margaret Leanna (Strieby) Smith. She grew up in Humboldt and graduated...

Kathleen R. Guilfoyle

Kathleen R. Guilfoyle

Mar 13, 2016

Kathleen Rose Guilfoyle, age 91, of Greeley, Kansas, entered Heaven's gates and eternal peace on Sunday, March 13, 2016 at Golden Heights Living Center, Garnett, Kansas. Kathleen was born on Monday, March 9, 1925 in Greeley, Kansas. She was the second daughter born to Frank and Gertrude (Oswald) Lanzrath. She grew up in Greeley and graduated from Greeley High School...

June Roeder

June Roeder

Mar 12, 2016

June Marie Roeder, 74, of rural Colony, Kansas, died Saturday, March 12, 2016, at the Allen County Regional Hospital in Iola. June was born July 14, 1941, in Colony, the daughter of Loyal and Imogene (McCullough) Fulton. She grew up in Lone Elm, LaHarpe and Gas and graduated from Iola High School. On June 5, 1964, June married Marion Lee...

Robert Hampton

Robert Hampton

Mar 12, 2016

Robert L. Hampton, 78, of Humboldt, Kansas, passed away on Saturday, March 12, 2016, at Diversicare of Chanute. Robert was born September 3, 1937, in Ft. Scott, Kansas, the son of Jesse Leland (Lee) and Vera (King) Hampton. He graduated from Iola High School in 1955 and received an Associates of Arts degree from Allen County Community College. He received...