Recent Obituaries
Ernest Blazek
Feb 6, 2016
Ernest Paul Blazek, age 67, Iola, Kansas formerly of Dodge City, Kansas passed away on Saturday, February 6, 2016 at Fort Scott Mercy Health Center. He was born on October 30, 1948 at Great Bend, Kansas the son of Ernest Henry and Evelyn Wood Blazek. He married Carol Jeannie Kennedy on May 3, 1968. Paul was an Army Veteran serving...
Richard Pearman
Feb 5, 2016
Richard Andrew Pearman, 98, of Iola, KS, passed away Friday, Feb. 5, 2016, at his home. Richard was born March 21, 1917, at home in Wright County, Missouri, the son of Lee Ernest and Genevie Gertrude (Farmer) Pearman. He was preceded in death by his siblings, Everett, Edgar and Otis Pearman, Mary Pearman, Opal Pettit, Jewel McGie and Marie Robinson....
Richard Lee Rockers
Feb 5, 2016
Richard Lee Rockers, age 79, passed away on Friday, February 5, 2016 at his home near Greeley, Kansas. He was born April 2, 1936, in Greeley, Kansas, the son of Mark and Annetta (Miller) Rockers. He graduated from Richmond High School with the Class of 1954. He enjoyed playing baseball and basketball during his high school career. Dick married Elizabeth...
Paul Beech
Feb 5, 2016
Paul A. "Bud" Beech, 84, of Iola, Kansas, passed away Friday, Feb. 5, 2016, at Olathe Medical Center. Paul was born July 31, 1931, in St. Paul, Kansas, the son of George and Ruth (Smith) Beech. He grew up in the Walnut area and graduated from Walnut High School in 1948. Bud served in the U.S. Navy for four years....
Josephine Turley
Feb 4, 2016
Josephine B. "Jo" Turley, 90, of Iola, Kansas, passed away Thursday, Feb. 4, 2016, at her home. Jo was born November 19, 1925, in Iola, the daughter of Fredrick and Blanche (Shockey) Vogel. She grew up in Iola and graduated from Iola High School in 1943. She married Charles W. Turley and they later divorced. She enjoyed working the lunch...
Harold VanHouden
Feb 1, 2016
Harold Lee "Red" VanHouden, 78, of Iola, Kansas, died Monday, Feb. 1, 2016, at Olathe Medical Center. Harold was born January 8, 1938, in Fredonia, KS, the son of Lloyd and Thelma (Davis) VanHouden. He served in 4 branches of the U.S. military: Army, Air Force Navy and Coast Guard and received honorable discharges from all of them. He worked...
Bobbie A. Holcombe
Jan 31, 2016
Bobbie A. Holcombe, age 93, of Garnett, Kansas passed away on Sunday, January 31, 2016 at Golden Heights, Garnett, Kansas. Bobbie was born Grace Allan Whitacre on February 15, 1922 in Cardiff, Wales, the daughter of Herbert and Jessica (Allan) Whitacre. She grew up in Wales, England and Scotland. Her family lived in London during W.W.II. Bobbie immigrated to the...
Bill Draper
Jan 31, 2016
Lloyd William "Bill" Draper, 91, long-time Moran farmer, died Sunday, Jan. 31, 2016, at Mercy Hospital in Ft. Scott, Kansas. Bill was born Dec. 21, 1924, at rural Elsmore, KS, the son of Bert Walter and Flossie Ellen (Warren) Draper. He grew up in Allen County and graduated from Mildred High School. On Dec. 25, 1954, Bill married Mary Lou...
Shirley L. Lewis
Jan 29, 2016
Shirley L. Lewis, age 82, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Friday morning, January 29, 2016, at the Anderson County Hospital in Garnett, Kansas, with her two beloved sons, Tony and Terry, by her side. She was born on October 8, 1933, in Garnett, Kansas, the daughter of Joe and Margaret (Schlick) Baldridge. Shirley met her future husband, Fred M....
Thelma Bedenbender
Jan 28, 2016
Thelma Louise (Tidd) Bedenbender, 85, of Neosho Falls, Kansas, passed away on January 28, 2016. She was born near Aliceville, Kansas on June 2, 1930, and grew up on the family farm west of Neosho Falls. She graduated from the Neosho Falls high school. On November 28, 1949, she married William Neil Bedenbender. They lived and farmed in the Neosho...
Vivian Singer
Jan 27, 2016
Vivian Ruth (Babcock) Singer went to her heavenly home on Wednesday, January 27, 2016 at her home. She was born November 22, 1924 in Hominy, OK to Rolland and Elizabeth (Free) Babcock. She attended school in Oklahoma until her parents moved to Iola to run the Western Auto Store in 1936. She graduated from Iola High School in 1941, and...
Ida Luttrell
Jan 26, 2016
Ida Mae Luttrell, 77, of Iola, KS, passed away January 26, 2016 at Greenwood County Hospital. Ida was born July 23rd, 1938 in Corvallis, Oregon to Ted Prindel and Winifred Uhlman. Ida is proceeded in death by her parents. She is survived by her daughter Denise Waddle of Osawatomie, KS, sons David Luttrell and Maria of Birmingham, AL, Michael Luttrell...
Rosalee Larson
Jan 25, 2016
Rosalee Larson, 85, a lifelong resident of Humboldt, Kansas, passed away Monday, January 25, 2016, at Neosho Memorial Regional Medical Center surrounded by her family. Rosalee was born February 9, 1930, in Humboldt, the daughter of Walter and Ruby (Wilson) Headley. On June 15, 1947, Rosalee married Lawrence "Bud" Larson at her parent''s home in Humboldt. They always made their...
Linda L. Moody
Jan 23, 2016
Linda Moody, age 68, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Saturday, January 23, 2016. She was born August 6, 1947, in Garnett, the daughter of Raymond Claude "Tag" and Dora Lucille (Welborn) Lewis. She graduated from Garnett High School. Linda was a homemaker first and then started working at Farm Bureau until retirement. Linda was united in marriage to Henry...
Alice Tholen
Jan 21, 2016
Alice F. Tholen, 86, of rural Moran, Kansas, passed away Thursday, January 21, 2016, at her home. Alice was born February 22, 1929, at Olmitz, Kansas, the daughter of Joseph and Frances (Riedl) Bahr. She grew up in Olmitz and graduated from St. Anne''s High School there. On June 22, 1948, Alice married Paul H. Tholen at St. Anne''s Catholic...
Aleene M. Hill
Jan 19, 2016
Aleene M. Hill, age 93, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Tuesday, January 19, 2016, at Residential Living Center in Garnett, Kansas. She was born November 30, 1922, in Iola, Kansas, the daughter of John and Ruby Hazel (Anderson) Gearhart. When Aleene was four, she begged to go to school with her big brother. Since the country school teacher had...
Fern Manspeaker
Jan 19, 2016
Ferna Fae Manspeaker, age 94, of Garnett, Kansas passed away on Tuesday, January 19, 2016, at Golden Heights in Garnett, Kansas. Fern was born December 8, 1921 east of Bush City, Kansas, the only child of Aratus "James" and Nancy (Griffith) Kibbe. Fern grew up just west of Garnett and went to grade school at the Fairground school house. She...
J.N. Franklin
Jan 16, 2016
John Nelson "J.N." Franklin, 91, of Iola, Kansas, died Saturday, January 16, 2016, at Vintage Park in Eureka, Kansas. J.N. was born April 12, 1924, at Humboldt, Kansas, the son of John R. and Hazel Marie (Green) Franklin. He grew up in Humboldt. On May 7, 1950, he married Virginia M. Hunt and they made their home and farmed the...
James Aggers
Jan 15, 2016
James C. Aggers, Jr., 78, of Humboldt, Kansas, died Friday, January 15, 2016, at Freeman Health West in Joplin, Missouri. Cremation has taken place and the family plans a memorial service later. Waugh-Yokum and Friskel Memorial Chapel of Iola, assisted the family. To leave a condolence, go to www.iolafuneral.com .
Neva Turner
Jan 15, 2016
Neva Sharlene Turner, 76, of LaHarpe, Kansas, died Friday, January 15, 2016, at Windsor Place in Iola. Neva was born April 16, 1939, in Howard, Kansas, the daughter of Harold Robert and Sharlene Elizabeth (Glen) Batemon. She grew up in the Iola area and worked cleaning house and babysitting for Betty Womack. On June 13, 1955, Neva married Lloyd Wayne...
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