Recent Obituaries
Gene Forsberg
Sep 13, 2015
Gene L. Forsberg, 78, of Iola, Kansas, died Sunday, September 13, 2015, at Via Christi St. Francis Medical Center in Wichita. Gene was born Aug. 12, 1937, in Manhattan, Kansas, the son of Elmer and Verna (Linton)Forsberg. He grew up at Hepler and moved to Iola at the age of 17. He served in the U.S. Army Gene worked at...
Louann Snodgrass
Sep 12, 2015
Louann Jeanette (Stoddard) Snodgrass, 91, died September 12, 2015, at St. Luke's Hospice House in Kansas City, Missouri. Louann was born February 22, 1924, daughter of Taylor and Lola (Jarrett) Stoddard, and the family lived in Iola until she graduated from Iola High School, when they moved to Wichita, Kansas. While living in Wichita, Louann worked for Beechcraft, during the...
Marcelle Simmons
Sep 11, 2015
Marcelle Lavera Simmons, 95, of Iola, Kansas, died Friday, September 11, 2015, at Windsor Place in Iola. Marcelle was born June 11, 1920, in Iola, the daughter of Alva L. "Jack" and Gladys M. (Burgess) Stark. When she was a child, the family moved to Ottawa where she lived until 1996 when she returned to Iola and has resided at...
Bill Qualls
Sep 10, 2015
Bill (Billy) T. Qualls, 88, of Iola, Kansas, passed away Thursday, September 10, 2015, at Allen County Regional Hospital in Iola. Bill was born in Peno, Oklahoma to John Thomas and Carrie (Ritchie) Qualls on August 23, 1927. He attended elementary school in LeFlore County, Oklahoma and graduated from Poteau High School. He earned his Bachelors of Science degree from...
Elwin Dick
Sep 9, 2015
Elwin K. Dick, 94, of rural LaHarpe, Kansas, died Wednesday, September 9, 2015, at the Kansas Heart Hospital in Wichita, Kansas. Elwin was born March 5, 1921, on the family farm south of LaHarpe, Kansas, the son of Arthur C. and Altie A. ( Wordell ) Dick. He graduated from high school at Enterprise, Kansas, and then attended Union College...
Archie Specht
Sep 8, 2015
Archie Edward Specht, 86, of Piqua, Kansas, died Tuesday, September 8, 2015 at Neosho Memorial Regional Medical Center, Chanute. Archie was born in Piqua, Kansas, February 27, 1929, the fourth of six children to Carl and Mary Specht. He graduated from Iola High School in 1947. He was drafted into the U.S. Army and served his country in Korea from...
Earl Willis
Sep 8, 2015
Earl David Willis, Jr., 76, of Iola, Kansas, died Tuesday, September 8, 2015, at Iola Nursing Center. Earl was born January 28, 1939, in Okmulgee, Oklahoma, the son of Earl David and Mary (Ballard) Willis, Sr. He grew up in Okmulgee. He served in the U.S. Army from 1956 to 1961, then served in the U.S. Air Force from 1961...
Michael Haley
Sep 2, 2015
Michael Madison Haley, 58, formerly of Iola, Kansas, died Wednesday, September 2, 2015, at Golden Living Center in Pittsburg, Kansas. Michael was born March 5, 1957, in Sacramento, California, the son of Donald Allen and Josephine Monica (Bloodsoe) Haley. He served in the U.S. Marine Corps. Survivors include a sister, Donna Lee Haley of Iola. Services are pending.
Wayne Hunt
Aug 28, 2015
Wayne Hunt, age 78, of Forum, Arkansas, a born again, saved by grace Christian and U. S. veteran died August 28, 2015 at Freeman Hospital in Joplin, Missouri. He was born September 21, 1936 in a three room home on a one hundred acre sandy land peanut farm near Rucker, Texas to Thomas Rae and Marie Louise Wehlamann Hunt. He...
Ruby Owens
Aug 27, 2015
Ruby Lavohn (Jarred) Owens, 93, of Iola, Kansas, formerly of rural Humboldt, passed away Thursday, August 27, 2015, at Greystone Residential Care in Iola. Ruby was born October 13, 1921, on a farm north of Altoona, Kansas, the daughter of Roy and Nina (Lawson) Jarred. She grew up on the family farm and graduated from Altoona High School. On July...
Charles Austin Bruce
Aug 25, 2015
Charles Austin Bruce, age 79, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Tuesday, August 25, 2015, at his home. He was born September 7, 1935 in Kansas City, Missouri, the son of Lloyd V. and Mary Charlene (Walker) Bruce. He graduated from Freeman High School in Freeman, Missouri and joined the United States Marine Corps from 1954 through 1957. He was...
Margaret Evelyn Harris
Aug 25, 2015
Margaret Evelyn Harris, age 90, of Kincaid, Kansas, passed away on Tuesday, August 25, 2015, at Allen County Hospital in Iola, Kansas. She was born on December 18, 1924, in Iola, Kansas, the daughter of William H. and Mary Ann (Boone) Trine. Evelyn was proud to be a granddaughter of Daniel and Nathan Boone. Evelyn grew up in Iola, and...
Marjorie Kramer
Aug 22, 2015
Marjorie Marie Kramer, 92, of rural Iola, Kansas, died Saturday, August 22, 2015, at Allen County Regional Hospital in Iola. Marjorie was born March 1, 1923, in Denoya, Oklahoma. She graduated from Yates Center High School and received her registered nurses training at the Fort Scott Mercy Hospital school of nursing. Marjorie worked at Allen County Hospital for 25 years,...
Don Northcutt
Aug 19, 2015
Donald Lloyd "Don" Northcutt, 77, of Gas, Kansas, passed away Wednesday, August 19, 2015, at his home. Don was born March 2, 1938, in Iola, Kansas, the son of Lloyd Sanford and Mamie Pearl (Gregg) Northcutt. He grew up in Iola, graduated from Iola High School and served in the U.S. Navy. On March 7, 1991, Don married Andrea L....
Kevin Swepston
Aug 19, 2015
Kevin Duane Swepston, 55, of Iola, Kansas, passed away Wednesday, August 19, 2015 at his home. Kevin was born January 6, 1960 in Muskogee, Oklahoma, the son of Harold Eugene and Bertie (Vanderpool) Swepston. He grew up in the Hutchinson area, moving to Iola in February 2006. He worked as the pressman for Iola Register Printing. Kevin was active in...
Stephen Edward Brown
Aug 18, 2015
Stephen Edward Brown, age 63, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Tuesday, August 18, 2015, at St. Luke's Hospital on the Plaza. He was born August 9, 1952, at Garnett, Kansas, the son of Nolan Edward and Doris Jean (Clinkenbeard) Brown. He graduated from Garnett High School in 1970 and from Emporia State University with a Bachelor in General Studies....
Dorothy Strickland
Aug 18, 2015
Dorothy Jean Strickland, 70, died Tuesday, August 18, 2015, at the Moran Manor in Moran, Kansas. Dorothy was born August 22, 1944, in Fort Scott, Kansas, the daughter of Harold Ray and Jean Alice ( Conrad ) Elder. The family lived in Iola before moving to Coffeyville where she graduated from high school. Dorothy attended Bible Baptist College in Springfield,...
Russell Zornes
Aug 17, 2015
Russell R. Zornes, 88, of Iola, Kansas, passed away Monday, August 17, 2015, at Windsor Place in Iola, surrounded by his family. Russell Roy Zornes was born on October 20, 1926 to William and Emma (Hess) Zornes on the family farm north of Moran, KS. He was the fifth of six children. He was preceded in death by brothers, William...
Harley Gibson
Aug 17, 2015
Harley Gibson Jr., age 91, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Monday, August 17, 2015, at the Residential Living Center, Anderson County Hospital, Garnett. He was born on February 20, 1924, in Garnett, Kansas, the son of Harley and Margaret (Roeckers) Gibson. Harley graduated from Garnett High School in 1942. He entered the US Army in May of 1943. During...
Cheyenne Reno
Aug 10, 2015
Cheyenne Nicole Reno, 5½-year-old daughter of Justin and Chelsea (Johnson) Reno of rural Piqua, Kansas, passed away Monday, August 10, 2015, at her home following a two year battle with cancer. Cheyenne was born October 19, 2009, in Burlington, Kansas. She lived on the family farm where she enjoyed the family livestock, haying, farming and loud trucks. Her favorite color...
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