Recent Obituaries
Dona Erbert
Sep 19, 2015
Donamae Catherine Erbert, 84, of Iola, Kansas, died Saturday, September 19, 2015, at the Olathe Medical Center in Olathe, Kansas. Dona was born September 1, 1931, in a sod house north of Stratton, Colorado, the daughter of Frank and Catherine ( Colgan ) Huppert. She graduated from high school in Kirk, Colorado, and on August 2, 1949, married Harold Erbert...
Charles R Kesinger
Sep 18, 2015
Charles R. Kesinger, age 71, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Friday, September 18, 2015, at North Point Skilled Nursing, Paola, Kansas. He was born on June 25, 1944, at Leavenworth, Kansas, the son of Eugene Kesinger and Marian (Landon) Norton. As a teenager, he was active in a local Topeka DeMolay Chapter. He graduated from Topeka High School with...
Mark Hirschberg
Sep 18, 2015
Mark Alan Hirschberg, 50, of Iola, Kansas, died Friday, September 18, 2015, at Menorah Medical Center in Overland Park, Kansas. Mark was born November 27, 1964, in Kansas City, Kansas, the son of Willis Harold and Nina June (Lull) Hirschberg. He grew up in Shawnee and later moved to Kansas City, Kansas. He has made his home in Allen County...
Nancy Saving
Sep 17, 2015
Nancy Lee "Tex" Saving, 68, of Chanute, Kansas, passed away Thursday, September 17, 2015, at the University of Kansas Medical Center. Nancy was born June 4, 1947, in Salina, Kansas, the daughter of Richard Lee "Dick" and Charlene Loree (Limes) Boman. She grew up in Sunray, Texas until she was 11 and the family moved to Iola. She graduated from...
Milo Milton Kesner II
Sep 17, 2015
Milo M. Kesner, age 81, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Thursday, September 17, 2015, at his home. He was born September 6, 1934 in LeRoy, Kansas, the son of Milo M. and Frances (Ringle) Kesner. He graduated from LeRoy High School entering the United States Navy shortly after. He went to work for an appliance store in Iola and...
Keith Robson
Sep 17, 2015
Alonzo Keith Robson peacefully passed away on September 17, 2015 at his home. He was 75 years old. He was born on December 9, 1939 in Yellville, Arkansas the son of Adam Alonzo and Ila Marie (Helms) Robson. The family moved to Yates Center, Kansas when Keith was 4 years old. He attended school at Yates Center and graduated from...
Robert E. Boots
Sep 16, 2015
Bob Boots went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, September 16, 2015, after a brief illness. He had celebrated his 94th birthday just one month ago, and we are all very grateful for his long life and for his many years of service to God, his family, and to our country. Bob was born on August 19, 1921, in...
Annette C. Logan
Sep 14, 2015
Annette Coleen Croan (Powelson) Logan age 55 returned home to her heavenly father on September 14, 2015 in Garnett after a valiant battle of a long disease. She was devoted to her family, grandchildren and friends, who she loved and cared for with all her heart. If she was cooking and you were at her house you were made to...
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...