Recent Obituaries
Robert Taggart
Sep 4, 2014
Robert E. " Bob " Taggart, 82, of rural Iola, Kansas, died Thursday, September 4, 2014, at Freeman Hospital in Joplin, Missouri. Bob was born August 18, 1932, in Iola, Kansas, the son of Claude D. and Leatha G. ( Swinford ) Taggart. He served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War and worked most of his life as...
June L. Ohmes
Sep 4, 2014
June Lee Ohmes, age 77, of Greeley, Kansas, passed away on Thursday, September 4, 2014, at Golden Heights in Garnett, Kansas. June was born on June 3, 1937, at Coffeyville, Kansas, the daughter of Raymond and Edna Lorene (Hills) Fry. She grew up in Coffeyville and Beagle, Kansas. She attended elementary and junior high school in Coffeyville, before graduating from...
Randall Beeman
Sep 2, 2014
Randall Ray Beeman, 46, of Iola, Kansas, died Tuesday, September 2, 2014. Randall was born July 13, 1968 at Allen County Hospital in Iola to Keith and Linda (Sutton) Beeman. He attended Zillah School east of Humboldt, Humboldt Middle School and graduated from Humboldt High School in 1987. He liked to ride bulls, to do mud runs, and was involved...
Dixie Mader
Sep 1, 2014
"Nothing gold can stay", a quote from a Robert Frost poem is what comes to mind when thinking about the passing of Dixie Mader. She was, indeed, a gold person who touched many lives. Dixie Mader, age 73, passed away on September 1, 2014, at her home after succumbing to cancer, surrounded by her family, friends, and cat. It's hard...
Roland Spillman
Sep 1, 2014
Roland Mark Spillman was born October 14, 1920 on a farm west of Mapleton, Kansas. His parents were Charlie and Vida (Majors) Spillman. He grew up mainly on a farm near Mildred in Allen County, Kansas and graduated from Mildred High School in 1939 having lettered in Track and Basketball. He spent four years in the Army during WWII and...
Norma L. Coker
Sep 1, 2014
Norma L. Coker, age 81, of Tulsa, Oklahoma, formerly of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Monday, September 1, 2014, at her home in Tulsa. She was born on July 22, 1933, at Louisburg, Kansas, the daughter of Dale Henry and Lela M. "Marge" (Martin) Grimes. She grew up in Paola, and graduated from Paola High School in 1951. She worked...
William Robb
Aug 31, 2014
William Gordon Robb, 57, of Iola, Kansas, passed away August 31, 2014. He was born to Harry Gordon Robb and Mary Francis (Brown) Robb on April 4, 1957. He was employed by Nelson Quarries, dedicating many years of dedicated service. Gordon married Yvette Boyd Sept. 19, 1992. They made their home in rural Iola. Gordon is survived by: his wife,...
Peggy Benjamin
Aug 29, 2014
Peggy Benjamin of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Friday, August 29, 2014, at her home. She was born January 14, 1965, at Ft. Scott, Kansas, the daughter of Kenneth and Alice (Baker) Garner. Peggy moved to Garnett and attended Garnett Schools until 1979; she started a family and had three children. She worked at various businesses around the Garnett area,...
Kyle Swope
Aug 24, 2014
Kyle Christopher Swope, 23, of Iola, Kansas, died Sunday, August 24, 2014, at Allen County Regional Hospital in Iola, Kansas. He was born August 19, 1991, in Chanute, Kansas, the son of Kevin Conrad and Janna Lee ( Johnson ) Swope. He graduated from Iola High School in 2010. Kyle worked as a yardman for S.E.K. Stockyards in Gas along...
Dorrall Jarred
Aug 22, 2014
Dorrall Lee Jarred, 85, of rural Humboldt, Kansas, died Friday, August 22, 2014, at Windsor Place Nursing Center in Iola, Kansas. He was born June 10, 1929, at Altoona, Kansas, the son of Roy L. and Nina Mae ( Lawson ) Jarred. He graduated from Moran High School in 1946 and farmed all his life. On May 22, 1949, Dorrall...
Jean Capell
Aug 21, 2014
Marjorie Jean Capell, 89, of Iola, Kansas, died Thursday, August 21, 2014, at Windsor Place Nursing Center in Iola. She was born August 12, 1925, in Kansas City, Kansas, the daughter of John R. and Ollie O. ( Forward ) Capell,Sr. She graduated from Wyandotte High School and Kansas City Kansas Junior College. Jean received a bachelors degree from Ottawa...
Leonard Ford
Aug 20, 2014
Leonard S. Ford, 94, of Humboldt, Kansas, died Wednesday, August 20, 2014, at his home. He was born August 19, 1920, in Missouri the son of Bert and Zona ( Stewart ) Ford. He graduated from high school in Springfield, Missouri. On August 30, 1941, Leonard married Dorothy R. Moffitt. He joined the Signal Corp and served as a cryptographer...
Shirley Raye Payne
Aug 19, 2014
Shirley R. Payne, age 78, of Colony, Kansas, passed away on Tuesday, August 19, 2014, at the Allen County Hospital in Iola, Kansas. She was born on September 15, 1935, in the Northcott Community, rural Colony, Kansas, the daughter of Carl and Wilma (Gilliland) McGhee. As a young girl her family moved to the Bloomfield, Iowa area. She and her...
Harold Lindsey
Aug 19, 2014
Harold D. Lindsey, 81, of Humboldt, Kansas died Tuesday, August 19, 2014, at his home in Humboldt after a long struggle with Parkinsons Disease. He was born March 23, 1933, in Humboldt, Kansas, the son of Robert Maxwell and Ethel Eva ( King ) Lindsey. He grew up east of Humboldt and in 1951 enlisted in the U. S. Army...
Rosan Sommer
Aug 8, 2014
Rosan Jeanette Sommer, age 87, of Greeley, Kansas, passed away on Friday, August 8, 2014 at North Point Nursing Home in Paola, Kansas. She was born August 17, 1926, in Garnett, Kansas, the daughter of John and Rosa (Heisterkamp ) Schwarzkopf . Rosan graduated from Greeley High School. She worked at a bank in Garnett for a few years before...
Lawrence Mueller
Aug 6, 2014
Lawrence "Larry" Norman Mueller, 81, Iola, passed away on Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2014. He was born Jan. 9, 1933 in Tampa, the son of H.F.K. Mueller and Matilda (Bielefeld) Mueller. He graduated from Tampa High School in 1951. He served in the U.S. Army from 1954 to 1956, stationed in Japan. Upon returning from the service, he worked as a...
William O. Coats
Aug 5, 2014
William Orland Coats, age 87, of Welda, Kansas, passed away on Tuesday, August 5, 2014, at Golden Heights, Garnett. He was born April 20, 1927, at Warrensburg, Missouri, the son of Edward Orland and Anna Irene Coats. Bill attended school at Warrensburg, Missouri, until he entered and served a term in the United States Navy in April 1945. At the...
Ross Fite
Aug 3, 2014
"Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of his saints. " (Psalm 116:15) God in his infinite wisdom called our beloved husband, father, grandfather, friend, and faithful missionary, Ross David Fite, from labor to reward. Ross David Fite was born January 7, 1926, in Sparkman, Arkansas, in the home to Horace W. Fite and Ada Lemon Fite....
Robert D. Nickelson
Aug 2, 2014
Robert "Bob" Dean Nickelson, age 85, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Saturday, August 2, 2014, at Anderson County Hospital Long Term Care in Garnett. He was born on May 3, 1929, at Blue Mound, Kansas, the son of Charles and Cementha "Mattie" (Worthington) Nickelson. Bob grew up in the Blue Mound area and his family moved to Garnett in...
Richard Teter
Aug 1, 2014
Richard E. Teter, age 70, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Friday, August 1, 2014, at his home. He was the fifth of eleven children born to Flick M. and Verna Mae (Demoret) Teter. Richard was born on July 13, 1944 at Garnett, Kansas. He grew up in Garnett and graduated from Garnett High School in 1962. In 1964 he...


