Recent Obituaries
Vera Rose Phillips
Jul 22, 2014
Vera Phillips, age 90, of McLouth, Kansas, formerly of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Tuesday, July 22, 2014, at her home. Vera was born June 8th, 1924 on a farm northwest of Richmond, Kansas, the daughter of Charles William and Viola Elsie (Souders) Demoret. She attended Richmond and Princeton schools graduating from Princeton High School in 1942. She was married...
Mary Potter
Jul 20, 2014
Mary Ellen Potter, 100, of Iola, Kansas, formerly of Chanute, passed away Sunday, July 20, 2014, at Windsor Place in Iola. Mary Ellen was born March 11, 1914, at Redfield, Kansas, the daughter of Clyde and Mabel (Gunsaullus) Comstock. She grew up at Redfield and graduated from Ft. Scott High School in 1932. She worked at Great Western Insurance Company...
Becky Elaine Ward
Jul 19, 2014
Becky Elaine Ward, age 49, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Saturday, July 19, 2014, at her home. She was born November 19, 1964, at Merriam, Kansas, the daughter of William and Minnie (Canida) Ward. Becky worked for ten years for Walmart Distribution Center in Ottawa, Kansas. She loved the outdoors, and especially spending time with her nieces and nephews....
Bill Dible
Jul 19, 2014
Bill Dible, 72, of Gas City, passed away Saturday, July 19, 2014. Bill was born August 20, 1941, in Iola, Kansas, to Wayne and Wilma Dible. He grew up in Neosho Falls and graduated from Neosho Falls High School in 1958. On December 10, 1971, Bill married Julie in Iola. They made their home in Iola and Neosho Falls, where...
Edith P. McMillan
Jul 18, 2014
Edith P. McMillan, age 85, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Friday, July 18, 2014, at Richmond Healthcare and Rehab, LLC, in Richmond, Kansas. She was born May 23, 1929, in Turkey Ford, Oklahoma, the daughter of Everett and Josephine (Waddell) Ewers. Edith met Roy A. Pine and married him in Mountain Home, Arkansas; this union was blessed with five...
H. Miller
Jul 18, 2014
H. Kenneth "Kenny" Miller, 92, of rural Welda, Kansas, died Friday, July 18, 2014, at Sunset Manor in Waverly. Kenny was born July 11, 1922, on a farm in Garfield County, Oklahoma, the son of August Herman and Clara Suzanna Hermina (Brandt) Miller. He grew up in Garfield County. On October 5, 1941, Kenny married Norma Fay Wyman in Douglass,...
Tina LaCrone
Jul 16, 2014
Tina Marie LaCrone,49, of Neosho Falls, Kansas died Wednesday July 16th, 2014 at Windsor Place Nursing Center in Iola, Kansas. She was born September 4, 1964 in Iola, Kansas the daughter of Donald L. and Rena E. ( Kratz ) LaCrone. She grew up in the Neosho Falls area. Tina worked as a nurses aide in several places including Windsor...
Mary Messenger
Jul 15, 2014
Mary Iona Marie Messenger, age 75, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Tuesday, July 15, 2014, at the Colmery-O'Neil VA Medical Center, Topeka. Mary was born on September 4, 1938, at Americus, Kansas, the daughter of Henry and Opal (Wolfe) Stuck. Mary grew up in Emporia, graduating from Emporia High School in 1957. Following high school Mary worked at Newman...
George Lofton
Jul 15, 2014
George Earl Lofton,70, of Neosho Falls, Kansas, died Tuesday July 15, 2014, at St. Francis Hospital in Wichita, Kansas. He was born May 16, 1944, in DeSoto, Kansas the son of LeRoy and Frances Lofton. He grew up in the Kansas City, Kansas, area. On May 8, 1965, he married Linda F. Sater and they made their home in Kansas...
Dwight Clum
Jul 15, 2014
Dwight R. Clum, 73, formerly of Hiawatha, passed away Tuesday, July 15, 2014, at Maple Wood Alzheimer Special Care Center in Springfield, Missouri. Dwight was born April 15, 1941, in Chanute, Kansas, the son of Walter D. and Velda Luella (Negley) Clum. He grew up in Humboldt and graduated from Humboldt High School in 1959. He received his Bachelor's and...
Donald Helman
Jul 12, 2014
Donald C. "The Judge" Helman, 76, of Iola, Kansas died Saturday July 12, 2014 at the Greenwood County Hospital in Eureka, Kansas. He was born January 13, 1938 in Piqua, Kansas the son of Harmon G. and Zelma V. ( Anderson ) Helman,Sr. After serving in the United States Marine Corp he married Judy Butler on January 13, 1962. They...
Deanna L. Fuhrman
Jul 11, 2014
Deanna L. Fuhrman, age 69, of Bronson, Kansas, passed away on Friday, July 11, 2014, at Olathe Medical Center in Olathe, Kansas. She was born on May 24, 1945, in Pleasanton, Kansas, the daughter of Edward and Katherine F. (Dunavan) Umphenour. Deanna graduated from Pleasanton High School in 1963, and attended Fort Scott Community College. Deanna was united in marriage...
Beth Franklin
Jul 11, 2014
Beth A. Franklin, 89, 9 Fairway Ave., Iola, KS, died on July 11, 2014 at 1:45 p.m. in Iola, Kansas. She was born Oct. 15, 1924 in Humboldt, KS, the daughter of Ruth Stewart Braucher and Hawley H. Braucher. She attended school in Humboldt and was graduated from Humboldt High School in 1942. She moved to Coffeyville and attended Coffeyville...
Lillie Collins
Jul 9, 2014
Lillie Mae Collins,93, of Iola,Kansas died Wednesday July 9,2014 at Allen County Regional Hospital. She was born April 25,1921 in a log cabin south of Fulton,Kansas the daughter of William Benjamin and Lillian Elizabeth (Hahn) Sheat. She grew up in Lamar,Missouri. Lillie married Harvey A. Collins on January 22,1938 and they made their home in the Lamar area until they...
Lloyd Kinzle
Jul 9, 2014
Lloyd M. Kinzle, 91, formerly of Iola, Kansas, died Wednesday, July 9, 2014, at his home in Solomon, Kansas. Lloyd was born April 2, 1923, in Florence, Kansas, the son of Michael J. and Mary Ann (Johnston) Kinzle. He grew up in the Garnett area. On January 1, 1946, Lloyd married Bonnie Lou Hallam at Garnett and they made their...
Paul Haen
Jul 9, 2014
Paul J. Haen, 66, of Iola, Kansas, died Wednesday, July 9, 2014, at the Overland Park Regional Medical Center. Paul was born October 27, 1947, in Iola, Kansas, the son of Ralph and Rose Mary (Heiman) Haen. He grew up in Piqua and joined the U.S. Navy serving in Vietnam. Paul retired from the military in 1984 with twenty years...
Rex Calahan
Jul 7, 2014
Ivan Rex Calahan, 92, of Iola, Kansas died Monday July 7, 2014 at the Moran Manor in Moran, Kansas. He was born on February 10, 1922 in Oberlin, Kansas the son of Arthur George and Pearl Mae ( King ) Calahan. Rex moved to the Colony area with his family at the age of thirteen. He worked in the Garnett...
Donald McCullough
Jul 7, 2014
Donald "Donnie" R. McCullough,52, of Neosho Falls, Kansas died July 7, 2014 at his home. He was born March 26, 1962 in Iola, Kansas the son of Alex and Barbara (Muninger) McCullough. Donnie graduated from Yates Center High School in 1980. He worked in the oil fields and had his own pulling unit. For the past five years he owned...
Orvetta Jean Smock
Jul 6, 2014
Orvetta Jean Smock, 85, of Independence, MO, passed away Sunday, July 6, 2014 at home with family. Visitation will be Saturday, July 12, 2014 from 10-11 am at the Mcgilley & Sheil Chapel with service beginning at 11 am. A second visitation will be that afternoon from 2:15-2:45 pm at the Feuerborn Funeral Home prior to burial at 3pm at...
Evelyn Calhoon
Jul 6, 2014
Evelyn R. Blake Calhoon, 93, of Iola, Kansas, died Sunday, July 6, 2014, at the Allen County Regional Hospital. Evelyn was born November 7, 1920,in Liberty, Missouri, the daughter of Sterling Orbie and Bertha May (Stockham) Britton. She grew up in the Mosby and Excelsior Springs, Missouri areas. On March 11, 1944, Evelyn married Rev. Harold L. Blake and they...
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