Recent Obituaries
Charles Burton
Mar 10, 2016
Charles Melvin Burton, 72, of Iola, Kansas, died Thursday, March 10, 2016. Charles was born December 12, 1943, at Buffalo, Kansas, the son of Robert McHenry and Rose Evelyn (Holeman) Burton. He grew up at Humboldt, moving to Iola as a young man. He lived in Emporia, Kansas where he worked for I.B.P. before returning to Iola in 1998. He...
Rita R. Wilper
Mar 4, 2016
Rita R. Wilper, age 79, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Friday, March 4, 2016, at Richmond Healthcare Center, Richmond, Kansas. She was born August 20, 1936, at Harris, Kansas, the daughter of Clyde and Ester (Roecker) Burroughs. Rita graduated from Williamsburg High School with the Class of 1954. Rita was united in marriage to Charles Augustine Wilper on July...
Bradley Cook
Mar 4, 2016
Bradley Jay Cook, 56, of rural Iola, Kansas, died Friday, March 4, 2016, at his home. Brad was born February 8, 1960 in Yates Center, Kansas. He grew up in Bronson and Gas. On March 10, 1979, Brad married Susan E. Tanner in Iola. They made their home in Gas before moving north of Iola. He has worked in the...
Georgetta Foxx
Mar 3, 2016
Georgetta Browning Foxx, age 88, lifelong resident of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on March 3, 2016, at Overland Park Regional Medical Center, Overland Park, Kansas. She was born August 30, 1927, the daughter of Ernest and Alverta (Hermon) Browning in Garnett, Kansas, the last of three daughters. She went to school at Garnett and was a member of the Class...
Mary Loretta Lankard
Feb 26, 2016
Mary Loretta Lankard passed away at the age of 78 at her home on February 26, 2016. She was born on September 2, 1937 east of Westphalia, the daughter of Carl Joseph and Evelyn Velma (Landis) Roth. Loretta was six when they moved to the Maple Grove neighborhood where she attended grade school for eight years and later graduated from...
Dale Vink
Feb 26, 2016
D. Dale Vink, 67, of Iola, Kansas, died Fri., Feb. 26, 2016, at Allen County Regional Hospital. Dale was born March 12, 1948, in Luverne, Minnesota, the son of Delmar and Lucretia (DeBoer) Vink. He served in the U.S. Navy during the Vietnam War. Following his honorable discharge he made his home in Iola. In 1969, Dale married Alice Munsen...
Zelma Tasche
Feb 26, 2016
Zelma Maxine "Jeri" Tasche, 86, died Fri., Feb. 26, 2016, at Diversicare of Chanute. Jeri was born Aug. 23, 1929, at Mound City, KS, one of 10 children born to Leonard Franklin and Addie Blanche (Osborne) Murrow. She grew up in the Blue Mound and Mound City areas. She has made her home in Iola most of her adult life...
William Scheibmeir
Feb 26, 2016
William J. "Bill" Scheibmeir, 80, of rural Piqua, Kansas, died Fri., Feb. 26, 2016, at the Moran Manor. Bill was born Nov. 8, 1935, at rural Piqua, the son of Herman Joseph and May Christina (Henson) Scheibmeir. He grew up on the farm at Neosho Falls and graduated from Neosho Falls High School and helped on the family farm. Bill...
Madelyn Fotovich
Feb 22, 2016
Madelyn Fotovich born March 24, 1926, passed away February 22, 2016. Madelyn was a fundraiser in Kansas City, KS for more than 50 years for numerous charities and the K.C., KS Fire Department. The celebration of life for Madelyn Fotovich will be at the Wyandotte County Museum in the auditorium at 631 N. 126th St., Bonner Springs, KS on March...
Bernice Kellstadt
Feb 21, 2016
Thelma Bernice Kellstadt, age 100, passed away on Sunday, February 21, 2016, at Golden Heights, Garnett. She was born July 29, 1915, in Welda, Kansas, the daughter of Frank Leo and Mary Elizabeth "Lizzie" (Cramer) Settle. She grew up in Welda and graduated from Welda High School in 1933. Graduating during the Great Depression, she went to work after high...
John W. Hartman
Feb 17, 2016
John W. Hartman, age 87, of Iola, Kansas, passed away on Wednesday, February 17, 2016 at Windsor Place, Iola, Kansas. He was the first of three children born to Walter and Clara (Petzell) Hartman. John was born October 5, 1928, at Kincaid, Kansas. He graduated from Welda High School, Welda, Kansas in 1947. Following his graduation John entered into the...
Betty Eileen Lewis
Feb 17, 2016
Betty Eileen (Duff) Lewis, age 73, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Wednesday, February 17, 2016, at her home. Betty, the youngest of five daughters born to Leland and Hazel (Humphrey) Duff, was born on July 3, 1942 at home on the family farm near Lyndon, Kansas. She graduated from Lyndon High School in 1960 and Emporia State Teacher's College...
Imogene Hewitt
Feb 17, 2016
Imogene Mae Hewitt, age 83, of Abilene, Kansas, formerly of Cottonwood Falls, Kansas, passed away on Wednesday, February 17, 2016, at Village Manor Nursing Home in Abilene, Kansas. She was born August 19, 1932, on a farm near Frederick, Kansas, the daughter of Fred and Alice (Mollhagen) Sager. Imogene was the sister of Maxine, Marvin, Don, Mary Ann, and June....
Marvin Jackman
Feb 16, 2016
Marvin Jackman, age 90, of Moran, Kansas, passed away on Tuesday, February 16, 2016, at his home. He was born May 6, 1925 in Gas City, Kansas at home to Henry Herman and Cecil Faye (Pope) Jackman. He attended school at Gas Grade School then Iola High for three years. He quit school to enlist at the age of 18...
Gareld McGhee
Feb 14, 2016
Gareld Clark "Gary" McGhee, 79, of rural Colony, Kansas, died Sunday, February 14, 2016, at the Overland Park Regional Medical Center. Gary was born April 26, 1936, at rural Colony, the son of Claude Robert and Mary Jane (O''Dell) McGhee. He grew up on the family farm west of Colony and graduated from Colony High School in 1953. On June...
Samuel Russell Robinson
Feb 8, 2016
Samuel Russell Robinson, age 98, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Monday February 8, 2016, at the Residential Living Center, Garnett. He was born on September 29, 1917, in Bronson, Kansas, the son of Clarence Robinson and Gertrude McQueen. He married Mildred M. Johnson on June 17, 1940 in Ft. Scott, Kansas. This union was blessed with two daughters. After...
Gracemary Nilges
Feb 8, 2016
Gracemary Nilges, 87, of Iola, Kansas, died Monday, Feb. 8, 2016, at Windsor Place in Iola. Gracemary was born May 30, 1928, in Pierz, Minnesota, the daughter of Henry and Crescence "Grace" (Meyer) Kruschek. She graduated from Melrose High School in Melrose, Minnesota. On June 1, 1950, Gracemary married Mark Nilges at Holy Angels Catholic Church in Garnett. They made...
Joel Stephanos Ford
Feb 8, 2016
Joel Stephanos Ford, infant son of Joshua and Sarah Ford, was stillborn Monday, February 8, 2016 at St. Luke's South, Overland Park, Kansas. He is survived by his parents and siblings, Joseph, Shiloh, JoAnna, Jonathan and Jubilee. Joel was 8 pounds, 2.6 ounces, and 21 inches long. Lost…but not wasted. "Naked I came from my mother's womb, And naked I...
Virginia D. Henderson
Feb 7, 2016
Virginia D. Henderson, age 93, of Kincaid, Kansas, passed away on Sunday, February 7, 2016, at Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice in Wichita, Kansas. She was born December 21, 1922 in Bourbon County, Kansas, the daughter of Arthur and Esther (Reynolds) Jackson. Virginia graduated from Mildred High School with the Class of 1943. Virginia married Olin M. Henderson on November 26,...
Lois Hill
Feb 6, 2016
Lois Irene Hill, 57, of Iola, Kansas, passed away Saturday, Feb. 6, 2016 at her home. Lois was born Aug. 26, 1958 in Garnett, Kansas, the daughter of John and Blanche (Henry) Lewis. She grew up in Neosho Falls before the family moved to Humboldt where she graduated from high school. Lois married Jackie D. Ridge and they made their...
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