Recent Obituaries
Elmer Nichols
Jul 8, 2015
Elmer Fredrick Nichols passed away peacefully on July 8, 2015 at Iola Rehabilitation and Health Care Center in Iola, Kansas. He was born at home in rural Carlyle on October 8, 1912 to William Harold and Libby Helen (Kettle) Nichols. He grew up in the Carlyle area and graduated from Iola High School in 1930. He married Fern Roney on...
Charles Sater
Jul 5, 2015
Charles Henry "Chuck" Sater, 65, of Iola, Kansas, died Sunday, July 5, 2015, at Allen County Regional Hospital in Iola, Kansas. Chuck was born December 5, 1949, in Kansas City, Kansas, the son of Charles Daniel and Anna Marie ( Gifford ) Sater. He served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Viet Nam War. In 1984, Chuck was married...
David Lemuel Hill Jr.
Jul 4, 2015
David L. Hill Jr., RET. SFC, of Garnett, Kansas who was a great patriot and lover of his country, passed away on the 4th of July, 2015 at the age 86 at Golden Heights, Garnett. David was born November 8, 1928 at Flint, Michigan, the son of David L. and Lillie Ozell (Massey) Hill. He grew up in Kennett, Missouri,...
Dalia Stoll
Jul 4, 2015
Dalia Renee Stoll, 20, of LaHarpe, Kansas, passed away Saturday, July 4, 2015, in Colorado Springs, Colorado while vacationing with her family. Dalia was born December 15, 1994 in Calcutta, India. She lived in Colorado until the age of 9 when the family moved to Kansas. She attended school at Marmaton Valley in Moran and graduated from Iola High School...
Helen Stewart
Jun 30, 2015
Helen Marie Dingus Stewart, 96, of Iola, Kansas, passed away Tuesday, June 30, 2015, at Windsor Place in Iola. Helen was born February 26, 1919, in Mound City, Kansas and moved to Blue Mound, Kansas while in grade school. She finished her remaining years of grade school in Blue Mound. Helen married Vernon Dean Stewart in 1935. They moved to...
Donald DVM
Jun 29, 2015
Dr. Donald Hunziger passed away at his home in Humboldt, KS on June 29, 2015. He and his wife had recently moved to Humboldt from Oregon, MO. Donald Howard Hunziger was born to John and Doris (Burrier) Hunziger on Jan. 7, 1942 at Oregon, MO. He graduated from the Oregon High School in 1960. He attended and graduated from the...
Mable Scoville
Jun 27, 2015
Mable Ellen Scoville, age 100, formerly of Iola, Kansas, passed away Saturday, June 27, 2015, at St. Mary's Manor in Blue Springs, Missouri. Mable was born September 11, 1914, in Detroit, Michigan, the daughter of Clarence J. and Mabel (Overman) Bricker. Her father died when she was two and she moved to a farm three miles south of Iola where...
John Carl O'Malley
Jun 27, 2015
John Carl O’Malley, age 56, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma passed away at his home on June 27, 2015. John was born on September 8, 1958 at Garnett, Kansas. John was the youngest son of John Emmett and Dorothy Helen (Borth) O’Malley. Named after his father, John, and maternal grandfather, Carl Borth, he was known as JC when he was little...
Dona Laymon
Jun 25, 2015
Dona Jean Byfield Laymon was born in Neosho Falls, Kansas on April 21, 1928 to Nellie Heslop Byfield and Wessie Byfield. She graduated from Neosho Falls High School with honors in 1946 and moved to Iola. She worked at Hallmark Cards in 1949, then Sears Office in 1950. Later she worked at Becker-Brigham Oil Company, as well as for Bushey...
Elaine Page
Jun 21, 2015
Elaine B. Page, age 97, passed away on Sunday, June 21, 2015, at the Moran Manor in Moran, Kansas. Elaine was born January 10, 1918, on a farm between Mildred & Bayard, Kansas, the daughter of Clarence and Dessie (Davis) Isaac. She graduated from Mildred High School. On August 18, 1937, Elaine married Willis Page and they made their home...
Gordon Ulrich
Jun 19, 2015
Gordon Leland Ulrich, 70, of Iola, Kansas, passed away Friday, June 19, 2015 at the University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City, Kansas. Gordon was born April 10, 1945, in Iola, the son of Leland Herschel and Genevieve Arlene (Fleischman) Ulrich. He grew up in Iola and graduated from Iola High School in 1963. While Gordon was attending Emporia...
Wilberta Morrison
Jun 17, 2015
Wilberta L. Morrison, 87, of Iola, Kansas, passed away Wednesday, June 17, 2015, at Allen County Regional Hospital. Wilberta was born March 30, 1928 in Elsmore, Kansas, the daughter of William Edward and Georgia (Swanson) Ludlum. She grew up on the family farm west of Elsmore and attended Skyrocket Rural School. She graduated from Elsmore High School in 1946, and...
Berneice L. Steele
Jun 16, 2015
Berneice Lucy Steele, a beautiful and gentle soul, completed 93 years of love and caring for others, with her passing on Tuesday, June 16, 2015 at Golden Heights in Garnett. Berneice was born on June 6, 1922, near Scipio, Kansas, the daughter of John C. and Elizabeth (Brummel) Pickert. She attended school through 8th grade at Highpoint School, close to...
Lewis Burke
Jun 15, 2015
Lewis "Ben" Burke, 80, of Iola, Kansas, died Monday, June 15, 2015, at his home. Ben was born February 3, 1935, in Piqua, Kansas, the son of John L. and Loretta M. Burke. On May 11, 1955, he married Wilma J. Wille and they made their home near Piqua. He worked for Arbuckle Motors, Wichman Ford, and then Consolidated Oil...
Elsa Horn
Jun 13, 2015
Elsa Katherina Thohoff Horn was born on March 25, 1907 in LaHarpe, Kansas. She was the 5th child of Claus and Emma Thohoff. She grew up on farms in the Iola, Kansas area, graduating from a country school and, after working several years, graduated from Iola High School. She taught country school for two years. Later she moved to St....
John Erhart
Jun 13, 2015
John William Erhart, age 74, of LaCygne, Kansas, passed away on Saturday, June 13, 2015, at Olathe Hospice House in Olathe, Kansas. He was born December 9, 1940, in Bush City, Kansas, the son of Monroe and Florence (Bennett) Erhart. He graduated from Garnett High School with the Class of 1958. John joined the United States Navy when he was...
Charles Shetlar
Jun 13, 2015
Charles M. Shetlar, 88, of Iola, Kansas, passed away Saturday, June 13, 2015, at Windsor Place in Iola. Charles was born April 29, 1927, in Iola, the son of John and Lola (Shoemaker) Shetlar. He grew up on the family farm a mile east of Bayard, Kansas. He attended Center Valley Grade School, Mildred High School and graduated from Moran...
Don Stegman
Jun 13, 2015
Donald M. "Don" Stegman, 82, of Iola, Kansas, died Saturday, June 13, 2015, at Via Christi St. Francis Hospital in Wichita. Don was born November 19, 1932, in Palmer, Kansas, the son of Shermann and Mary ( Cyre ) Stegman. He graduated from Erie High School. He was married to Virginia Wrestler and they made their home in Erie before...
Goldie E. Gull
Jun 12, 2015
Goldie Eleanor (Hale) Gull, age 92, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Friday, June 12, 2015 at Residential Living Center, Garnett, Kansas. She was born August 22, 1922, at Mapleton, Kansas, the daughter of Ray and Rosa (Hartman) Hale. On September 27, 1938, she married Joseph David Gull at Mound City, Kansas. This union was blessed with two sons, Wilbur...
Bonnie Coldwell
Jun 10, 2015
Alice Bonita "Bonnie" Coldwell, 82, of Humboldt, Kansas, passed away Wednesday, June 10, 2015, at Windsor Place in Iola. Bonnie was born June 18, 1932, at Stark, Kansas, the daughter of Mark and Wilma (Boler) Parrott. She grew up on the family farm southeast of Elsmore. She and her husband Bobby D. Coldwell just celebrated 68 years of marriage. They...
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