Recent Obituaries
Gerald "Gary" L. Wolken
Jan 1, 2015
Gerald L. “Gary” Wolken, age 55, of Greeley, Kansas, passed away on Wednesday, January 14, 2015. Gary was born on February 4, 1959, in Garnett, Kansas. He was the youngest of five children born to Bernard and Anna Marie (Sommer) Wolken. He graduated from Garnett High School in 1977. He was united in marriage to the love of his life,...
Emil "Butch" Ludolph
Jan 1, 2015
Emil "Butch" Ludolph, age 70, of Westphalia, Kansas, passed away on Wednesday, April 29, 2015, at his home. Butch was born on May 2, 1944, in Ottawa, Kansas, the youngest of four children born to Emil and Gertrude (Bouse) Ludolph. Butch was a lifelong resident of Westphalia, graduating from Westphalia High School in 1962. He was united in marriage to...
Gerald "Jerry" L Connet
Jan 1, 2015
Gerald L. "Jerry" Connet, age 79 of Olathe, Kansas, passed away on Friday, August 21, 2015 at Olathe Medical Center. He was born July 17, 1936 at Manhattan, Kansas, the son of Harold John Connet and Margaret Mertina (Murphy) Connet. He graduated from Abilene High School. Jerry served in the United States Navy and became an Air Traffic Controller in...
Frances "Betty" Boyd Seitz
Jan 1, 2015
Frances "Betty" Boyd Seitz, age 89, of Parker, Kansas, passed away on Tuesday, March 31, 2015, at her home. She was born on November 26, 1925, in Bowling Green, Kentucky, the daughter of Boyd B. and Emma E. (Hazen) Logan. Frances was known as "Betty" to her family and friends. She moved from Kentucky to Kansas as a child, and...
Ann Partlow
Dec 31, 2014
Ann Marie Partlow, 82, of Colony, Kansas, died Wednesday, December 31, 2014, at the Allen County Regional Hospital. Cremation has taken place. MEMORIAL SERVICE: The family will conduct memorial services 2:00 p.m., Sunday, Jan. 4, 2015, at Colony Community Church. MEMORIAL: Memorials to The Ann Marie Partlow Memorial Fund may be left with the Waugh-Yokum & Friskel Memorial Chapel of...
Julianna Zahn
Dec 31, 2014
Julianna Erbert Zahn, 62, passed away on Dec. 31, 2014 in Phoenix, Arizona at the Hospice of the Valley at Mayo Clinic after a five and a half year battle with Lymphoma. Julie was born on March 28, 1952 in Burlington, Colorado, the daughter of Harold and Dona Erbert. Julie is survived by her husband Richard, Mollie Elizabeth her daughter...
Daniel Christy
Dec 26, 2014
Daniel D. Christy, 91, of Iola, Kansas, passed away Friday, December 26, 2014, at Windsor Place Nursing Center in Iola. Daniel Decatur Christy, the son of Daniel Phillip and Fay (Lingenfelter) Christy, was born October 16, 1923 on the family farm in rural Coffey County. He graduated from LeRoy High School and worked for Doc Meats several years farming. He...
Paul Friskel
Dec 26, 2014
Paul Anthony Friskel, 83, of Iola, Kansas, died Friday, December 26, 2014, at his home. Paul was born July 19, 1931, at Frontenac, Kansas, the son of John C. and Marie (Schultz) Friskel. He grew up in Frontenac attending Sacred Heart grade school then high school at St. Joseph Military Academy at Hays, Kansas. After high school he attended Iola...
Jean Elaine Brecheisen
Dec 23, 2014
Jean Elaine Brecheisen, age 92, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Tuesday, December 23, 2014, at Olathe Hospice House in Olathe, Kansas. She was born on September 18, 1922, in Topeka, Kansas, the daughter of George C. and Lucille (Kyle) Estep. The family lived in Topeka, Abilene, Salina, and LaCross, Kansas, before settling in Garden City, Kansas. Jean graduated from...
Cathy Nelson
Dec 21, 2014
Cathy Darlene Nelson, 64, Iola, passed away December 21, 2014 while under Hospice care at Windsor Place Care Home in Iola, Kansas. Cathy was born October 30, 1950 in Killeen, Texas to Clay and Mary (Hester) Gill. Cathy was the oldest of seven children. Her father was a career Army soldier and Cathy lived in Texas, Germany, California, and Georgia...
John Lust
Dec 20, 2014
John W. Lust, 91, died on Sat., Dec. 20, 2014, in Iola, Kansas. Mr. Lust was born near LaHarpe, KS, on Nov. 23, 1923. He grew up on the farm his grandfather homesteaded in the 1800's. John graduated from LaHarpe High School and Iola Junior College. He joined the Army in 1942 and served with the 87th Infantry Division and...
Rose Marie Wright
Dec 18, 2014
Rose Marie Wright, age 84, passed away on Thursday, December 18, 2014, at Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice, Wichita, Kansas. She was born August 6, 1930 in Arma, Kansas, the daughter of Jules and Rosalie (Spinato) Mouton. Rose graduated from Pittsburg High School. Rose worked at Cromwell's Pharmacy in Pittsburg. She met Eugene Wright at the roller rink in Pittsburg, and...
David Montague
Dec 17, 2014
David LaRue Montague, 57, of Elsmore, Kansas, died Wednesday, December 17, 2014, at the Allen County Regional Hospital. David was born October 16, 1957, in Iola, the son of Robert Lee and Dorothy Beatrice (Wright) Montague. He was a welder and has lived in the Elsmore area 20 years. SURVIVORS: 4 Children: Amy Montague of Humboldt, Audrey Montague, Jessica Marvin...
Lloyd R. Cramer
Dec 15, 2014
Lloyd R. Cramer, age 78, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Monday, December 15, 2014, at his home. He was born August 14, 1936, in Garnett, Kansas, the son of Creighton P. and Anna (Zwiener) Cramer. He joined the United States Marines and served two years as a MP. Lloyd married Frances Helen Smith in 1972 in California. They made...
R. Rice
Dec 12, 2014
R. Harold Rice, 90, of Iola, Kansas, died Friday, December 12, 2014, at Allen County Regional Hospital in Iola, Kansas. Robert Harold Rice was born November 11, 1924, in Wichita Falls, Texas, the son of Doctor Reuben and Jimmie Ethel ( Myers ) Rice. He graduated from Talala High School in Oklahoma and spent most of his life raising cattle....
Julia Shores
Dec 12, 2014
Julia (Stout) Shores, 83, of Iola, Kansas, died Friday, December 12, 2014, at Windsor Place in Iola. Julia was born June 15, 1931, at rural Erie, Kansas, the daughter of John and Martha (Smith) Elliott. She married Orville Stout Feb. 16, 1960 and he preceded her in death Dec. 31, 1994. Julia and Keith Shores were married April 2, 2014....
Orville Rogers
Dec 12, 2014
Orville Wesley "Bud" Rogers, 92, of Iola, Kansas, died Friday, December 12, 2014, at Allen County Regional Hospital in Iola, Kansas. Orville was born June 27, 1922, in Ericson, Nebraska, the son of Thomas Orville and Lillie Leota ( Platt ) Rogers. In 1927 he moved with his parents to a farm halfway between Blue Mound and Kincaid, Kansas. Bud...
Marion Stoll
Dec 11, 2014
Marion Lee Stoll, 91, of Humboldt, passed away peacefully on Dec. 11, 2014, in Hospice at Windsor Place Care Home in Iola. Marion was born Oct. 17, 1923, in St. Clair County, Missouri, to John Frederick and Eunice Edith (Prier) Stoll. His father died when Marion was young, and he became the caregiver for his mother, eventually moving her and...
Diana Ada Ross
Dec 8, 2014
Diana Ada Ross, age 82, of Moran, Kansas, passed away on Monday, December 8, 2014, at the Kansas Heart Hospital, Wichita, Kansas. She was born July 13, 1932, in Bury St, Edmunds, England, the daughter of Reginald and Lois Ellen (Wright) Fordham. Diana worked in "Hilton's" Shoe Store in England. She met Virgil Glenn Knight while he was serving in...
Clarann Catherine O'Malley
Dec 8, 2014
Clarann Catherine O'Malley, age 89, of Westphalia, Kansas, passed away on Monday, December 8, 2014, at Anderson County Hospital Long Term Care in Garnett, Kansas. She was born on November 15, 1925, in Parker, Kansas, the daughter of Joseph and Anna (Foltz) Miller. Clarann grew up in rural Anderson County, attending one room schools. She attended Garnett High School, graduating...
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