Obituaries

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Jay Frazell

Jay Frazell

Mar 13, 2014

Jay Don Frazell of Iola died Thursday, March 13, 2014 at Via Christi Hospital in Wichita, Kansas. He was 49 years old. Jay Don was born October 3, 1964 in Iola, Kansas to Wendell W. Frazell and Georgia L. (Blohm) Frazell. He grew up in Iola and attended the Iola schools. On May 20, 1989 Jay Don married Tammi Sue...

Fred Henry Boeck

Fred Henry Boeck

Mar 4, 2014

Fred Henry Boeck, age 67, of Pittsburg, Missouri, passed away on Tuesday, March 4, 2014, at his home. He was born on January 26, 1947, at St. Louis, Missouri, the son of Walter J. and Rose B. (Mashall) Boeck. Fred grew up in Mount Olive, Illinois. Fred was united in marriage to Janice East. Two sons were born to this...

Zona Wiley

Zona Wiley

Mar 3, 2014

Zona Loy Wiley, age 76, of Colony, Kansas, passed away on Monday, March 3, 2014, at her home in Colony. She was born on January 15, 1938, in Lone Elm, Kansas, the daughter of Chester and Evelyn (Swanson) Wedeman. Zona grew up in Lone Elm and attended high school in Kincaid. Zona was united in marriage to Gayle Clair Wiley...

Cerea Reed

Cerea Reed

Mar 2, 2014

Cerea Ce'Nedra Reed, age 13, of Neosho, Missouri, died of injuries she received in an automobile accident near Neosho on Saturday, March 1, 2014. Cerea was born July 1, 2000, in Olathe, Kansas, the daughter of Herbert Leon Reed and Jennifer Joyce Lester. She grew up in Chanute until moving to Neosho two and a half years ago. She was...

Nila Truitt

Nila Truitt

Mar 2, 2014

Nila Marie Truitt, 91, of Iola, Kansas, died Sunday, March 2, 2014, at Iola Nursing Center. Nila was born May 14, 1922, in Poughkeepsie, Arkansas, the daughter of Houston and Margaret (Bearden) Russell. On March 17, 1945, Nila married J.H. Truitt and they made their home in Arkansas until moving to Kansas in 1952. In 1960, they moved to Iola....

Betty Wiedner

Betty Wiedner

Mar 2, 2014

Betty Wiedner, age 52, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Sunday, March 2, 2014, at her home. She was born on February 20, 1962, at Freemont, California, the daughter of Elmer "Tom" and Treva Jewel (Brown) Ulmer. Her family moved to Wyandotte County, Kansas when she was a baby, and she grew up in Kansas City, Kansas. Betty graduated from...

Jeanne Cook

Jeanne Cook

Feb 28, 2014

Jeanne passed away at Sharon Lane Health Services in Shawnee, KS on February 28, 2014. Jeanne was born in Iola, KS on June 27, 1939. Jeanne is survived by siblings Robert L. Cook (Diane) of Kansas City, MO, Nancy M. Martin of Shawnee, KS, and sister-in-law Ronda K. Cook of Manhattan, KS, nephews and nieces John R. Cook (Kellie) of...

Barbara Barnes

Barbara Barnes

Feb 26, 2014

Barbara Ann Barnes, 76, of Iola, Kansas, died Wednesday, February 26, 2014, at Allen County Regional Hospital in Iola. Barbara was born June 15, 1937, in Boise City, Oklahoma, the daughter of William Floyd and Vella Margaret (Yoho) Patterson. She graduated from Iola High School and attended Allen County Community College. Barbara married Ray Barnes and they later divorced. She...

Jack Stiffler

Jack Stiffler

Feb 24, 2014

Jack Edward Stiffler, Jr. passed away February 24, 2014 in Iola, KS at the Iola Nursing Center, at the age of 80. He was born February 22, 1934 to Jack E. and Mary E. Stiffler, in Oakwood, Kansas. In 1936 he moved with his parents to Pueblo, CO where he graduated from Centennial High School in 1952. He then attended...

George A. Helms

George A. Helms

Feb 23, 2014

George Augusta Helms, age 89, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Sunday, February 23, 2014, at the Anderson County Hospital in Garnett. He was born on August 4, 1924, in Nashville, Missouri, the son of William and Nena Mae (Hayden) Helms. George graduated from Nashville High School in 1942. He served in the U.S. Army Air Corps from 1943 to...

George Riebel

George Riebel

Feb 21, 2014

George Louis Riebel, 86, of rural Iola, Kansas, died Friday, February 21, 2014 at his home. George was born October 21, 1927, at Westphalia, Kansas, the son of Joseph and Flora (Decker) Riebel. He grew up in Westphalia and served in the U.S. Army. On July 15, 1947, George married Theresa Rosenia Weber at St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Humboldt...

Forrest Roy Baker

Forrest Roy Baker

Feb 21, 2014

Forrest Roy Baker, age 82, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Friday, February 21, 2014, at Ransom Memorial Hospital, Ottawa, Kansas. He was born on November 8, 1931, in Moberly, Missouri, the son of Roy Lee and Violet (Briggs) Baker. Roy graduated from Jasper High School with the Class of 1949 in Jasper, Missouri entering the United States Army soon...

Darrell R. Ard

Darrell R. Ard

Feb 20, 2014

Darrell R. Ard, age 74, of Stark, Kansas, passed away on Thursday evening, February 20, 2014, at Neosho Memorial Regional Medical Center. He was born February 1, 1940, in Porterville, Kansas, the son of Dewey C. and Nellie Lee (Bowen) Ard. He entered the United States Army at the age of 17. Upon returning home from the service, he married...

Dorothy Reed

Dorothy Reed

Feb 20, 2014

Dorothy W. Reed, 91, of Gas, Kansas, died Thursday, February 20, 2014, at Harry Hynes Hospice in Wichita. Dorothy was born March 9, 1922, on a farm northeast of Yates Center, Kansas, the daughter of Bert and Hattie (Culver) Ralston. She grew up in Yates Center. Dorothy married Jack Reed in 1938 in Yates Center and they made their home...

Elizabeth Gehlen

Elizabeth Gehlen

Feb 17, 2014

Elizabeth "Betty" Rose Gehlen, 84, of Moran, Kansas, died Monday, February 17, 2014, at her home. Betty was born April 25, 1929, in Goddard, Kansas, the daughter of Max and Elizabeth Rose (Degand) Leis. She grew up at Rose Hill. On September 21, 1950, Betty married Vincent Gehlen at Blessed Sacrament Church in Wichita. They made their home in Gordon,...

Chloralee "Billie" Burcham

Chloralee "Billie" Burcham

Feb 16, 2014

Chloralee "Billie" Burcham, age 94, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Sunday, February 16, 2014 at Golden Heights in Garnett, Kansas. Billie was born January 10, 1920, near Centerville, Kansas, the daughter of Thomas LeRoy and Josie Pearl (Ogg) Drake. She was the fifth of eight children. She grew up on a farm in the Keokuk neighborhood and at the...

Judy Zirjacks

Judy Zirjacks

Feb 16, 2014

Judy Jo Ann Zirjacks, 71, of Iola, Kansas, died Sunday, February 16, 2014, at the Allen County Regional Hospital in Iola. Judy was born December 15, 1942 in Ft. Worth, Texas. She was the daughter of Howard J. and Dorothy B. (Schwinck) Robinson. Judy was raised in Iola and graduated from Iola High School in 1960. On December 25, 1960,...

Sharon Denslow

Sharon Denslow

Feb 15, 2014

Sharon Lea Leckrone Denslow, age 69, of Savonburg, Kansas, passed away on Saturday, February 15, 2014, at her home. She was born on January 16, 1945, at South Bend, Indiana, the daughter of John M. and Helen L. (Polson) Denslow. Sharon grew up in South Bend, graduating from Riley High School there in 1964. Sharon was united in marriage to...

Capitola "Tola" Welch

Capitola "Tola" Welch

Feb 15, 2014

Capitola "Tola" Welch, age 101, of Overland Park, Kansas, passed away on Saturday, February 15, 2014, at Overland Park, Kansas. She was born on November 25, 1912, in Kansas City, Missouri, the daughter of Carl and Augusta (Klagus) Wilson. She grew up in the southeast Kansas town of Colony, Kansas. Her family split time between farming and being owners of...

Larry E. Ayers

Larry E. Ayers

Feb 11, 2014

Larry E. Ayers, age 73, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Tuesday, February 11, 2014, at Olathe Medical Center in Olathe, Kansas. He was born on October 14, 1940, at Selma, Kansas, the son of Paul and Juanita (Hale) Ayers. Larry lived in Oswego, New York and Welda, Kansas as a boy. He lived the rest of his in the...