Recent Obituaries
Cheryl Tedder
Oct 7, 2015
Cheryl Elaine Covey Tedder, 64, of Iola, Kansas, passed away Wednesday, October 7, 2015, at Iola Nursing Center. Cheryl was born July 13, 1951, in Nevada, Missouri, the daughter of John Isaac and Opal Geneva (Simmons) Covey. She graduated from high school in Independence, Kansas. On May 15, 1972, Cheryl married Michael Tedder. They later divorced. She moved to Iola...
Homer O. Pugsley
Oct 6, 2015
Homer O. Pugsley, age 100, of Prescott, Kansas, formerly of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Tuesday, October 6, 2015, at Prescott Country View Nursing Home in Prescott, Kansas. He was born on March 24, 1915, at Garnett, the son of Walter and Lochia (Hart) Pugsley. He graduated from Garnett High School in 1936. Homer was united in marriage to Beverly...
Joan Beck
Oct 5, 2015
Joan Beal Beck, 83, of Iola, Kansas, died Monday, October 5, 2015 at Windsor Place in Iola. She was born February 13, 1932, ½ mile west of the Diamond Methodist Church in Deer Creek Township in Allen County on the family farm to Albert Linn Beal and Grace Henrietta Hardin Beal. She was the 6th of 11 children and lifelong...
H. Dean Kittle
Oct 4, 2015
Harold Dean Kittle, age 93, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Sunday, October 4, 2015, at his home. He was born August 28, 1922, in Rush County, Kansas. Dean was the second of five children born to John and Olive (Buzzard) Kittle. Dean grew up in Alexander, Kansas, attending school there until the family moved to LaCrosse, Kansas where he...
Juanita Chriestenson
Oct 3, 2015
Juanita Maxine Chriestenson, 92, of Neosho Falls, Kansas, passed away Saturday, October 3, 2015, at Windsor Place in Iola. Juanita was born August 3, 1923, in Chanute, Kansas, the daughter of Henry and Iva (Tannahill) Bushman. She was raised on the family farm west of Neosho Falls. She eloped and married Charley S. Chriestenson on January 24, 1940 in Scranton,...
Vera Comstock
Oct 3, 2015
Vera Maxine (Bain) Comstock, age 99, of Colony, Kansas passed away on Saturday, October 3, 2015, at Countryview Nursing Home, Prescott, Kansas where she lived the last eight years. Vera was born to Floris and Edna (Brown) Bain on August 29, 1916 in Colony, Kansas. Vera grew up on what is known as the Bain Farm East of Colony, Kansas....
Verna Bruenger
Oct 3, 2015
Verna M. Bruenger, 89, of Humboldt, Kansas, passed away Saturday, October 3, 2015. Verna was born January 27, 1926, on the family farm east of Humboldt, the daughter of Melvin Jonas and Minnie Sophia (Binger) Baker. She grew up on the farm, attended Prairie View Grade School and graduated from Humboldt High School in 1943. She worked at Kent's Dry...
Margaret Webb
Oct 2, 2015
Margaret "Peg" Webb, age 100, died Friday, October 2, 2015, at Peterson's Healthcare in Osage City, Kansas She was born September 8, 1915 in Allen County, to Walter Joseph and Drusilla (Stewart) Crook. She graduated from Humboldt High School in 1933 and Allen County Community College in 1935. She married Herbert M. Webb, Jr. February 6, 1937 in Kansas City,...
Mary Martin
Oct 1, 2015
Mary L. Martin, 77, of Iola, Kansas, passed away Thursday, October 1, 2015, at her home. Mary was born February 11, 1938, in Parsons, Kansas, the daughter of James David and Dorothy Helen (Tomlinson) Murrow. She grew up in Iola and graduated from Iola High School in 1956. On August 31, 1957, Mary married Donald Lee Martin, Jr. in Humboldt....
Jean Barr
Sep 30, 2015
Jean Barr, age 97, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Wednesday, September 30, 2015, at Golden Heights, Garnett. She was born August 9, 1918, in Colony, Kansas, the daughter of Charles and Wilma (Wyatt) Woods. Jean graduated from Garnett High School. Jean married Harold Barr on August 31, 1941, this union was blessed with five children; Paul, Kay, Dean, Jane...
Gro Gifford
Sep 29, 2015
Gro Gifford, age 73, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Tuesday, September 29, 2015 at St. Luke's South, Overland Park, Kansas. She was born April 11, 1942, in Stavanger, Norway, the daughter of Kjell Schmidt and Ruth (Johannessen) Jansen. After graduating high school, she worked as a nursing aide in a Swiss hospital for people with physical disabilities. Gro also...
Doris Baker
Sep 27, 2015
Doris Loreen Baker, 83, of Humboldt, Kansas, passed away Sunday, September 27, 2015, at Windsor Place in Iola, Kansas. Doris was born March 30, 1932, in Humboldt, the daughter of Harvey Marion and Velma Alice (McIntyre) Orcutt. She grew up in Humboldt and graduated from Humboldt High School in 1950. On June 18, 1950, Doris married Melvin G. Baker at...
Betty Meadows
Sep 27, 2015
Betty Jean Johnson Meadows, 88, of Iola, Kansas, died Sunday, September 27, 2015, at St. Francis - Via Christi Hospital in Wichita, Kansas. Betty was born January 14, 1927, on a farm near Climax, Kansas, the youngest child of Lowell B. and Alma ( Nitsche ) Grundy. She attended schools in Elk and Greenwood Counties, graduating from Climax High School...
Dave Brock
Sep 26, 2015
Dave Brock, age 55, of Richmond, Kansas passed away Saturday, September 26, 2015 at the Olathe Hospice House, Olathe, Kansas. David Alan Brock was born March 3, 1960 at Ottawa, Kansas, the son of Eugene D. and Dorothy M. (Duke) Brock. Dave grew up in Richmond and attended school at Central Heights, graduating in 1978. Following school Dave worked for...
Jalaani James Finney
Sep 26, 2015
Jalaani James Finney, age 22, of Greeley, Kansas, passed away on Saturday, September 26, 2015, at his home. He was born, Jalaani McBride on December 29, 1992, in Ft. Balfour, Virginia to Kma McBride. James E. and Jackie (Rutherford) Finney began caring for him on February 22, 1995 and then adopted Jalaani in 1998. Jalaani was preceded in death by...
Myrna Faulhaber
Sep 26, 2015
Myrna Rose Faulhaber, 72, of Iola, Kansas, passed away Saturday, September 26, 2015, at the Allen County Regional Hospital. Myrna was born November 18, 1942, in Blue Mound, Kansas, the daughter of Russell and Beulah (Bowman) Krull. She grew up in the Blue Mound area. On December 24, 1959, Myrna married Gary F. Faulhaber in Harding, Kansas. They have made...
Garvin Daniel
Sep 25, 2015
Garvin Arthur Daniel, age 73, of Iola, KS, passed away peacefully in his sleep, Friday, September 25, 2015 on his farm, after a long illness. Garvin was born February 5, 1942 at Wasola, MO. He was the oldest of five children born to Arthur C. and Eula Daniel. He graduated from Ava (MO) High School in 1959. He was united...
John Reiter
Sep 22, 2015
John Robert Reiter, 93, of Colony, Kansas, died Tuesday, September 22, 2015, at Residential Living Center in Garnett, Kansas. John was born July 1, 1922, in Geneva, Kansas, the son of Scott and Pearl ( Crocker ) Reiter. On July 25, 1944, he married Imogene Patrick and they made their home on farms in Allen and Anderson counties before moving...
Bertha Marie Jefferis
Sep 20, 2015
Bertha Marie Jefferis, age 93, of Iola, Kansas, passed away on Sunday, September 20, 2015, at Windsor Place, Iola, Kansas. She was born April 19, 1922, the daughter of Everett and Cora (Schurer) Fults. Bertha married Leonard Earl Jefferis on April 19, 1941 in Iola, Kansas. They made their home for over 50 years, on a farm south of Moran,...
Richard Ellis
Sep 20, 2015
Richard Ellis, 71, former Iola resident died Sunday, September 20, 2015, at his home in Ste. Genevieve, Missouri. Richard was born March 6, 1944. He graduated from Iola High School in 1962 and served in the United States Army. Cremation has taken place. SERVICES: Memorial graveside services will be held 2:00 p.m. Friday September 25, 2015, in the LaHarpe Cemetery...
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