Recent Obituaries
Arthur Junior Kyser
Apr 13, 2015
Arthur Junior Kyser of Elsmore, Kansas, passed away on Monday, April 13, 2015 at Prairie Mission Retirement Home in St. Paul, Kansas. He was born April 25, 1928, at Savonburg, Kansas to Arthur E. and Florence (Hawkins) Kyser. He graduated from Hepler Rural High School in 1946. Arthur married Anna Nadine Tippie on September 18, 1949, in Elsmore, Kansas. They...
Ross W. Atkinson
Apr 12, 2015
Ross W. Atkinson, age 72, was born in rural southern Missouri on May 16, 1942. After retiring from the Kansas Gas Service in Overland Park, Kansas in 1999, he and his wife settled in rural Allen County, Kansas. He continued to raise cattle and the last few years they were all pets and he named each one of them. Ross...
Burma Gonzalez
Apr 12, 2015
Burma June "B.J." Gonzalez, age 76, of Moran, passed away April 12, 2015 at Olathe Medical Center. She was born in Carneiro, Kansas, on May 17, 1938 to Wayne and Thelma (Brady) McCall. She was later joined by two brothers, Dan and Randy McCall. Her family lived in several places before settling on a farm outside of Moran. She graduated...
Cora O'Rourke
Apr 12, 2015
Cora L. O'Rourke, 67, of Iola, Kansas, passed into eternal life Sunday, April 12, 2015, at Windsor Place in Iola. Cora was born Feb. 8, 1948 in Concordia, Kansas, the daughter of August and Nellie (Rogers) Tubach. She graduated from Glasco High School and received her Bachelors and Master (MLS) degrees from Emporia State University. Cora taught 36 years -...
Robert Arden Culler
Apr 12, 2015
Robert Arden Culler, age 87, of Colony, Kansas, passed away on Sunday, April 12, 2015, at the Overland Park Regional Medical Center, Overland Park, Kansas. He was born June 25, 1927, in rural Colony, Kansas, the son of Robert Parker and Clara (Murray) Culler. Robert attended school in Colony before he was drafted to the U.S. Navy during WWII. Robert...
Clarine Steward
Apr 10, 2015
Clarine Steward, 87, of Overland Park, Kansas, formerly of Iola, died Friday, April 10, 2015, at Delmar Gardens of Overland Park. Clarine was born June 25, 1927, in Iola, the daughter of Clarence Lee and Zelma Maurine (Grasty) Warford. She graduated from Iola High School and worked as a telephone operator. On November 8, 1946, Clarine married Wendell Steward in...
Jay Leedy
Apr 7, 2015
Jay E. Leedy, 77, of Neosho Falls, Kansas, died Tuesday, April 7, 2015, at Mission Health in Yates Center, Kansas. Jay was born July 20, 1937, on the family farm west of Neosho Falls, the son of Eugene Newport and Gladys Gertrude (Lynn) Leedy. He graduated from Neosho Falls High School in 1955 and served four years in the U.S....
Carl Bryson
Apr 6, 2015
Carl Lee Bryson, 85, of Iola, Kansas, died Monday, April 6, 2015, at Greystone Residential Care in Iola. Carl was born April 3, 1930, in Neodesha, Kansas, the son of Frank and Remo (Anderson) Bryson. He graduated from Thayer High School and served in the U.S. Army. He farmed between Thayer and Neodesha for a number of years. On October...
Mary Agnes Rockers
Apr 5, 2015
Mary Agnes Rockers, age 82, of Greeley, Kansas, passed away on Sunday, April 5, 2015, at Golden Heights in Garnett, Kansas. She was born Mary Agnes Volz, on October 25, 1932, the daughter of Paul and Teresa (Hastert) Volz on the family farm near Greeley. She grew up on the farm and attended school in Greeley. Mary was united in...
Irene Paula Hawley
Apr 3, 2015
Irene Paula Hawley, age 64, passed away on Friday April 3, 2015. Irene was born on July 16th, 1950 in Atchison, KS to Eugene S. and Thea L. Berry before moving to Wellsville, KS and later to Shawnee, KS where she graduated in 1968 from Shawnee Mission West High School. It was during her high school days she met, fell...
Wayne Bratcher
Apr 1, 2015
Raymond "Wayne" Bratcher, 79, of Iola, Kansas, died Wednesday, April 1, 2015, at his home surrounded by his family. Wayne was born October 10, 1935, in Southland, Texas, the son of George Marion and Mattie Lee (Whittington) Bratcher. He grew up at Thackerville, Oklahoma and served in the U.S. Army. Wayne was a contractor and worked construction in different parts...
Herbert Wilson
Mar 31, 2015
Herbert L. "Herb" Wilson, 78, of Iola, died March 31, 2015. Herb was born west of the Neosho River to Nathan G. Wilson, and Nellie R. Clites Wilson, on July 23, 1936. He graduated from Iola High School in 1954. He attended Salem Methodist Church. Herb worked as a police officer, salesman and was a member of the National Guard...
Aliyah Nicholas
Mar 30, 2015
Aliyah Nicholas, age 2, of Kincaid, Kansas, gained her angel wings at home on Monday, March 30, 2015 after battling Walker Warburg Syndrome. She was born June 26, 2012, at Shawnee Mission Medical Center in Overland Park, KS, the daughter of Quinnton and Tara Nicholas. Aliyah was preceded in death by Grandpa Jeffrey Askins; Great Grandpa Dean Spillman; Great Grandpa...
Gregory & Nancy Brown
Mar 29, 2015
Gregory Irvin Brown, age 72, passed away Wednesday, November 07, 2018, at Yates Center Health and Rehabilitation, Yates Center, Kansas. Greg was born September 29, 1946, in Emporia, Kansas, to Irvin Brown and Thelma Haas Brown. Greg and Nancy Mansfield were married August 27, 1982, in Yates Center, Kansas. Greg and Nancy had one son, Garrett Brown, who was born...
Ronald Caler
Mar 29, 2015
Ronald Clay Caler, 56, of Iola, Kansas, died Sunday, March 29, 2015, at Windsor Place Nursing Center in Iola. He was born November 4, 1958, in Iola, Kansas, the son of Dale J. and Phyllis N. ( Durkin ) Caler. He graduated from Iola High School, Allen County Community College, and Pittsburg State University. Ronald made his home in Iola...
John Scheibmeir
Mar 29, 2015
John David Scheibmeir, 65, of Bernice, Oklahoma, died Sunday, March 29, 2015, at Freeman Hospital in Joplin. John was born June 28, 1949, in Iola, Kansas, the son of Lloyd F. and Pearl M. ( Henry ) Scheibmeir. He grew up in Piqua and then served in the U.S. Navy during the Vietnam War. He was stationed aboard the USS...
Roberta Gregory
Mar 29, 2015
Roberta Jo "Bert" Gregory, 59, of Iola, Kansas, died Sunday, March 29, 2015, at Via-Christi - St. Francis Select Specialty Hospital in Wichita, Kansas. Bert was born August 21, 1955, in Iola, Kansas, the daughter of Glen A. and Marguerite M. (Creason) Carter. She graduated from Iola High School. Bert married Efren Gregory and they lived in Iola and Moran....
Dorothy Robinson
Mar 26, 2015
Dorothy Dean Robinson, 96, of Iola, Kansas, died Thursday, March 26, 2015, at Windsor Place in Iola. Dorothy was born November 3, 1918, in Iola, the daughter of Frederick and Blanche (Shockey) Vogel. She lived her entire life in Iola. She was employed at the Allen County Hospital for over 20 years and worked for several Iola doctors. She was...
Joe Sinclair
Mar 24, 2015
Joe Lee Sinclair, 74, of Iola, Kansas, died Tuesday, March 24, 2015, at Via Christi St. Francis Medical Center in Wichita. Joe Lee was born August 7, 1940, in Iola, the son of Jodie E. and V. Irene (Malloy) Sinclair. He grew up in Iola and served in the U.S. Navy. On November 29, 1958, Joe married Berneta Chaney. They...
Eric Glukowsky
Mar 24, 2015
Eric Leon Glukowsky, 34, died March 24, 2015, in Fort Collins, Colorado. Eric was born July 29, 1980, in Columbia, Missouri, the son of John Christopher and Rebecca Rose ( Brown ) Glukowsky. He graduated from Green Castle High School in Putman County, Indiana. Eric served in the U. S. Air Force for four years and then in the U....