Recent Obituaries
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
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...
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