Recent Obituaries
Anna Johanna Ackmann
Apr 17, 2014
Anna J. Ackmann, age 95, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Thursday, April 17, 2014, at Anderson County Hospital Long Term Care in Garnett. She was born on September 14, 1918, at Pickrell, Nebraska, the daughter of Gottfried and Lina (Evers) Dieken. Anna was baptized on October 6, 1918 at the Zion Lutheran Church in Pickrell, Nebraska. She was confirmed...
Vernon A Bowman
Apr 13, 2014
Vernon A. Bowman, age 90, of Emporia, Kansas, formerly of Garnett, passed away on Sunday, April 13, 2014, at Stormont Vail, in Topeka, Kansas. He was born October 29, 1923, in Anderson County, the son of William and Bertha (Brummel) Bowman. Vernon was inducted into the United States Army on November 13, 1944 and discharged on August 23, 1946. He...
Chloe Ansell
Apr 13, 2014
Chloe Freeman Ansell, 88, died early Palm Sunday morning in Olathe from complications after surgery mid-week at Olathe Medical Center. She had been a resident of Vintage Park in Paola since 2011, moving there to be near her daughter, Jane Freeman, a resident of Lakemary Adult Care Home. Mrs. Ansell was born Dec. 12, 1925, in Strong City, Kan., to...
Rick Hudson
Apr 10, 2014
Richard Dean "Rick" Hudson, 50, of Humboldt, Kansas, died Thursday, April 10, 2014. Rick was born January 6, 1964, in Chanute, Kansas, the son of Richard "Norman" and Joyce Elaine (Goodall) Hudson. He grew up in Humboldt and graduated from Humboldt High School in 1982. On October 12, 1991, Rick married April Hudson at First Presbyterian Church in Iola. They...
Hazel Moorhead
Apr 10, 2014
Hazel Inez Moorhead, age 107, of Iola, Kansas, died Thursday, April 10, 2014 at her home. Hazel was born November 29, 1906 on a farm near Saffordville, Kansas which is located west of Emporia. She was the daughter of Clarence and Mabel (Gangloff) Beer. She was the second born of eight children and helped raise her siblings along with doing...
Alta Bernita Garrison
Apr 6, 2014
Alta Bernita Garrison passed from this life at the Anderson County Hospital Long Term Care, Garnett, Kansas, on Sunday, April 6, 2014, at the age of 100 years, 10 months, and 16 days. She was born on May 21, 1913, near Knob Noster, Missouri, the daughter of Ammi and Mollie (Wampler) Yost. She resided there with her parents and sister...
Dale Finkenbinder
Apr 3, 2014
Dale K. Finkenbinder, age 75, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Thursday, April 3, 2014, at Golden Heights in Garnett, Kansas. He was born on October 8, 1938, at Garnett, Kansas, the second of three children born to Keith and Marjorie (Rook) Finkenbinder. Dale grew up in the Bush City area. He graduated from Garnett High School in 1957. He...
Wilmer Clarke Starr
Apr 2, 2014
Wilmer Clarke Starr, age 89, of Bison, South Dakota, passed away on Wednesday, April 2, 2014, at his home in Gas, Kansas. He was born on January 2, 1925, at Welda, Kansas, the son of Karl S. and Lena R. (Wiley) Starr. He spent his early years on various farms in the Welda community where his grandfather Mervin Starr had...
Marjorie L Thomas
Apr 1, 2014
Marjorie L. Thomas, age 88, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Tuesday, April 1, 2014, at St. Luke's Hospice House, in Kansas City, Missouri. Marjorie was born September 1, 1925 at Hillsdale, Kansas. She was the youngest of three children born to Forrest Irving Officer and Josephine Emma (Eoff) Officer. Marjorie grew up in Hillsdale. Her family later moved to...
Frank Hawkinson
Mar 31, 2014
Frank Paul Hawkinson, 86, son of Charlie and Elsbeth Hawkinson, resident of rural Savonburg, Kansas, died March 31, 2014 at St. Francis Hospital, Wichita, KS. He was born September 6, 1927. In 1931, when he was 3 years old, he went with his mother and 2 sisters, Pauline and Francis to Sweden to see relatives. He completed eight years at...
Marjory Cantrell
Mar 31, 2014
Marjory Louise Turner Cantrell, 89, of Iola, Kansas, died Monday, March 31, 2014 at her home. Marjory was born March 12, 1925, in Wichita, Kansas, the daughter of of Glen and Faye (Jones) Feld. She grew up in the Iola and Neosho Falls area. On October 8, 1941, she married Orval L. Turner in Kansas City and they made their...
Lawrence Herrmann
Mar 31, 2014
Lawrence Herrmann, age 85, of Moran, Kansas, passed away on Monday, March 31, 2014, at his home. Lawrence was born, October 15, 1928 at Selma, Kansas. He was the fifth of seven children born to Leonard and Ruth (Smethers) Herrmann. He grew up in Selma, where he attended school at Salem Elementary and then Kincaid High School, graduating in 1946....
Kenneth Wade
Mar 30, 2014
Kenneth Ray Wade, 69, of Chanute, Kansas, died Sunday, March 30, 2014 at Diversicare of Chanute. Kenneth was born February 27, 1945, in Iola, and grew up in the LaHarpe and Bayard area and graduated from Moran High School. He worked for IBP in Emporia before residing in Chanute. He enjoyed spending time outdoors, especially fishing. Kenneth was married to...
Dwight Howard
Mar 25, 2014
Dwight M. Howard, 94, passed away on March 25, 2014 at his home surrounded by family. Dwight was born in rural Allen County, Kansas on August 25, 1919, the son of Roy and Ida Howard. He graduated from Colony High School in 1937. After high school Dwight graduated from Iola Junior College in 1939. To remain close to his brother,...
Alfred Link
Mar 23, 2014
Alfred E. Link, 83, of Iola, Kansas, died Sunday, March 23, 2014, at the Allen County Regional Hospital. Alfred was born July 21, 1930, in Yates Center, Kansas, the son of John J. and Frances V. (Denner) Link. He grew up on the family farm southeast of Yates Center and he attended Cherry Creek School District 14, graduated from Yates...
Lorene Scheer
Mar 22, 2014
Lorene Louise Scheer, 82 of Iola, Kansas, started to live Saturday, March 22, 2014, at the Allen County Regional Hospital. Lorene was born January 16, 1932, in Vian, Oklahoma, the daughter of Johnnie and Annie (Morris) Yocham. The family moved to rural Iola in 1947. In 1950, Lorene married Bob Scheer. She worked a short time for Miller Dress Factory...
Barbara Ann Bell
Mar 19, 2014
Barbara A. Bell, age 76, of Kansas City, Kansas, passed away on Wednesday, March 19, 2014, at Richmond Healthcare and Rehab in Richmond, Kansas. She was born December 1, 1937, in Kansas City, Kansas, the daughter of Fred and Mary (Charlton) Clark. Barbara married Ulis E. Tucker Jr. on September 9, 1953 in Yuma, Arizona. This union was blessed with...
Sharon Weide
Mar 19, 2014
Sharon Kay Weide, 66, passed away Wednesday, March 19, 2014, at the Allen County Regional Hospital. Sharon was the youngest of seven children born to Shirden and Cassie (Shephard) Damron. She was born September 15, 1947 in Toronto, KS. She attended schools in Toronto, Colorado and Iola. She earned her GED from Allen County Community College in 1986. She was...
Marjorie Riebel
Mar 18, 2014
Marjorie Marie Riebel, 83, of LaHarpe, Kansas, died Tuesday, March 18, 2014, at Diversicare of Chanute. Marjorie was born November 27, 1930, in Piqua, Kansas, the daughter of John and Mary (Bruggeman) Weber. She grew up on the family farm northeast of Humboldt and attended Humboldt schools. On January 17, 1949, Marjorie married Earl J. Riebel at St. Joseph's Catholic...
James O. Broce
Mar 15, 2014
James O. Broce, age 78, of Greeley, Kansas passed away Saturday, March 15, 2014 at the Wellsville Retirement Village, Wellsville, Kansas. Jim was born February 15, 1936 at Wellington, Kansas. He was the second of three children born to Orvel Everett and Ruth (Underwood) Broce. He grew up in Geuda Springs, Kansas, attending school there and graduating from high school...
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