Recent Obituaries
Lou Arnett
Jan 1, 2016
Lou Arnett, 80, of LaHarpe, Kansas, passed away Friday, January 1, 2016, at the Moran Manor. Lou was born August 20, 1935, in rural Girard, Kansas, the daughter of William August and Jennie E. (Nourse) Gericke. She grew up in the Shaw and Chanute areas. On January 26, 1952, Lou married Robert D. Arnett. They made their home in Chanute...
Grace F. "Billie" Parsons
Jan 1, 2016
Grace Fern “Billie” Parsons, age 97, of Iola, Kansas, passed away on Wednesday, November 30, 2016, at Windsor Place in Iola. She was born on October 18, 1919, near Uncas, Oklahoma. Grace was the second of four children born to William J. and Ida (Cafferty) Anderson. Grace grew up in Newkirk, Oklahoma, attending school there. Following school the family moved...
William "Bill" Craig
Jan 1, 2016
William Harris "Bill" Craig, age 81, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Saturday, November 5, 2016 at his home. He was born on December 3, 1934, along with his twin brother, Jim, in Garnett, Kansas, the son of Francis Thomas "Hi" and Alvina Dorothy (Feuerborn) Craig. He was a graduate of Garnett High School's Class of 1952, and attended Kansas...
Mary Ann "Pat" Emmendorfer
Jan 1, 2016
Mary Ann "Pat" Emmendorfer, age 86 of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Thursday, July 7, 2016, at Golden Heights in Garnett. Pat was born on October 26, 1929, in St. Louis, Missouri. She was the youngest of eight children born to Joseph and Mary (Schaefer) Potzmann. She grew up in St. Louis, graduating from Rosati-Kain Girls High School in 1948....
Roland "Scob" Dean Scobee
Jan 1, 2016
Roland "Scob" Dean Scobee, age 80, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on February 23, 2016 at Residential Living Center, Garnett. He was born September 25, 1935 in Mound City, Kansas, the son of Joseph "Jack" and Vera (Ward) Scobee. Scob graduated from Welda High School with the Class of 1954. He entered the National Guard right out of high school...
Robert "Bob" Hiner
Jan 1, 2016
Robert O. "Bob" Hiner, age 72, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Sunday, February 28, 2016. Bob was born on February 10, 1944, in Kansas City, Kansas. He was the fourth of six children born to Lewis and Arlene (Dreibelbis) Hiner. Bob grew up on the family farm southeast of Garnett, and attended Greeley High School; he was a member...
Thomas "Tom" Huston
Jan 1, 2016
Thomas "Tom" C. Huston, age 92, of Kincaid, Kansas, passed away on Monday, October 17, 2016 at his home. He was born July 20, 1924, in Monticello, Kansas, the son of Harry and Florence (Dugan) Huston. He graduated from Shawnee Mission High School. Tom worked for the State of Kansas Road Department, while he was farming. Tom was a farmer...
Harold "Bud" Katzer
Jan 1, 2016
Harold Edward “Bud” Katzer, age 78, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Monday, November 14, 2016, at The Heritage of Overland Park in Overland Park, Kansas. Bud was the fourth of six children born to August and Marie (Wuckowitsch) Katzer. He was born on April 12, 1938, at home on the family farm, near Greeley, Kansas. He grew up on...
Lois "Jeannine" Glidewell
Jan 1, 2016
Lois Jeannine Glidewell, age 68, of Garnett, passed away on Monday, November 7, 2016, at Anderson County Hospital, Garnett. She was born November 12, 1947, in Haywood, California, the daughter of John E. and Billie L. (Barnes) Pivonka. Jeannine graduated from Wichita Heights High School in Wichita, Kansas, and attended Wichita State University. Jeannine met James C. Glidewell in middle...
Walter "Walt" Allen Wilcox
Jan 1, 2016
Walter Allen Wilcox, age 88, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Sunday, December 11, 2016 at Guest Home Estates, Garnett. He was born April 16, 1928, in Farlinville, Kansas, the son of Ellis and Ethel (Dingus) Wilcox. He graduated from Kincaid High School in Kincaid, Kansas. Walt joined the U.S. Army earning a Dental Technician License at Fort Sam Houston...
Richard Bardsley
Dec 31, 2015
Richard Bardsley, age 93, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on December 31, 2015, at Northpoint Skilled Nursing Center, Paola, Kansas. Dick was the youngest of five children born to Walter and Louisa (Whittle) Bardsley. He was born on October 18, 1922 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Dick grew up in Philadelphia, and graduated from Simon Gratz High School with the class of...
Loy West
Dec 27, 2015
Loy West, 87, of Piqua, Kansas, died Sunday, December 27, 2015, at Yates Center Health and Rehab Center. Loy was born on May 30, 1928 at Neosho Falls, Kansas, the son of John and Esther (Hammond) West. He grew up and attended Neosho Falls schools until he enlisted in the U.S. Navy at the age of 17. He loved to...
Mary Beth Tucker
Dec 25, 2015
Mary Elizabeth Tucker, age 96, passed away on Friday, December 25, 2015, at the Anderson County Hospital Residential Living Center in Garnett, Kansas. Mary Beth was born on October 10, 1919, in Garnett, Kansas, the first child of Ralph Charles Fraker and Jessie Blanche Garris. Mary Beth lived her entire life in Garnett, graduating from Garnett High School in 1938....
Benny Jack Holt
Dec 21, 2015
Benny "Jack" Holt, age 86, of Lone Elm, Kansas, passed away on Monday, December 21, 2015, at his home. Jack was born on November 18, 1929, in Liberal, Kansas, the middle child of five born to LeRoy and Winifred Hazel (Black) Holt. He grew up near Liberal, Kansas, and was a survivor of the dust bowls of the "dirty thirties"....
Charlie Heffern
Dec 20, 2015
Charles A. "Charlie" Heffern, 84, of rural Iola, Kansas, passed away Sunday, December 20, 2015, at the Allen County Regional Hospital in Iola. Charlie was one of 12 children born to James and Theresa (Koenig) Heffern on August 29, 1931 at Piqua, Kansas. He grew up in Piqua and served in the Kansas Army National Guard. On April 22, 1963,...
Elsie M. Dingus
Dec 18, 2015
Elsie M. Dingus, age 97, of Spring Hill, Kansas, formerly of Kincaid, Kansas passed away Friday, December 18, 2015 at her home. Elsie was the eldest of six children born to Eric Jacob "Jake" and Margaret "Maggie" Patrick Cornog. She was born on July 14, 1918 at Spokane, Missouri. Elsie grew up in Spokane and attended school there. She married...
John Trester
Dec 17, 2015
John William Trester, 86, of rural Iola, Kansas, died Thursday, December 17, 2015 at 4:00pm, at Windsor Place assisted living care. He was born May 2, 1929 on the family farm in Allen County, Kansas to Charles Burton and Lottie Vanetta (Scott) Trester. John, one of 12 children, grew up in rural Allen and Anderson counties attending rural schools in...
Clyde Manbeck
Dec 12, 2015
Clyde L. Manbeck, 80, of Iola, Kansas, passed away Saturday, December 12, 2015, at the Allen County Regional Hospital. Clyde was born February 15, 1935, on the family farm west of Moran, Kansas, the oldest of ten children born to Everett and Thelma (Cloyd) Manbeck. He grew up on the farm, attended Golden Prairie Rural School and graduated from LaHarpe...
Ellen Marie Miller
Dec 11, 2015
Ellen Marie Miller, age 93, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Friday, December 11, 2015, at Guest Home Estates in Garnett. She was born on May 14, 1922, in Anderson County, Kansas, the daughter of Jacob and Emma (Plunkett) Wagoner. Ellen was united in marriage to Ownal Wesley Miller on August 2, 1941, and they accepted Christ as their Savior...
Katherine Ann Perkins
Dec 11, 2015
Katherine Ann Perkins, age 98, of Owens Cross Roads, Alabama, formerly of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Friday, December 11, 2015 in Owens Cross Roads, Alabama. Katherine was born in rural Garnett, Kansas, to Dana and Margaret (Hamilton) Decker, and lived in Garnett until moving to Milwaukee with her husband in 1943. She was united in marriage to William Roy...
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