Recent Obituaries
Linda Walter
Dec 22, 2013
Linda Kay Walter, 66, of Iola, Kansas, passed away Sunday, December 22, 2013, at her home. Linda was born July 30, 1947, in St. Joseph, Missouri, the daughter of Robert Patrick and Patricia Lea (Adams) Shields and was the oldest of eight children. She moved to Kansas City, Missouri where she graduated from St. Teresa Academy. In 1966 she married...
Louella Womelsdorf
Dec 22, 2013
Louella Womelsdorf, 70, of Iola, Kansas, passed away Sunday, December 22, 2013, at her home. Louella was born September 14, 1943, in Devon, Kansas, the daughter of Jesse and Vera (Davis) Crane. She was raised by Jeff and Lillian Mayfield. On November 1, 1959, Louella married Ronald D. Womelsdorf in Denver, Colorado and they moved to Iola in the late...
Georgia Ellen Curran
Dec 20, 2013
Georgia Ellen Curran, age 85, of Mildred, Kansas, passed away on Friday, December 20, 2013, at Lawrence Memorial Hospital, Lawrence, Kansas. She was born on December 26, 1927 in Kansas City, Kansas, the daughter of Owen Morris and Pearl L. (Lewis) Welburn. Georgia married Robert Keith Curran on November 20, 1953 in Kansas City, Kansas. She was preceded in death...
Vivian M. Barnett
Dec 18, 2013
Vivian M. Barnett, age 82, of Colony, Kansas, passed away on Wednesday, December 18, 2013, in Colony, Kansas. She was born on July 11, 1931, the seventh of eight children born to James Earnest and Leva Lee (Ball) Fletcher. As a child, she lived in Iola, then Ottawa, where she attended grade school and high school. Following school Vivian worked...
Charles Troxel
Dec 18, 2013
Charles B. Troxel, 91, of Iola, passed away Wednesday, December 18, 2013 at the Allen County Regional Hospital. He was born September 28, 1922, in Moran, KS, the son of Harry Earl and Eunice Jeannette (Ransom) Troxel. He grew up in the Moran, Elsmore and LaHarpe areas. He married Norma Lee Hobert on January 8, 1944. They were married for...
Stacey Tate
Dec 17, 2013
Stacey LeAnn Tate, 49, of Moran, Kansas, passed away Tuesday, December 17, 2013, at her home. Stacey was born March 11, 1964, in Iola, Kansas, the daughter of Howard L. "Larry" and Lolita (Walls) Johnson. She grew up in Iola and graduated from Iola High School in 1982. Stacey worked as a tax preparer for H&R Block in Ft. Scott...
Norma Yancey
Dec 15, 2013
Norma L. Yancey, 70, of Iola, Kansas, passed away Sunday, December 15, 2013, at the Kansas Heart Hospital in Wichita. Norma was born August 8, 1943 in Mt. Vernon, Missouri, the daughter of Henry and Fayma (Garner) Yancey. She moved with her family to Iola in 1955. She worked as a waitress, in nursing homes and did home care for...
Grace Sloan
Dec 14, 2013
Grace I. Sloan, 89, of Iola, Kansas, passed away Saturday, December 14, 2013, at Windsor Place in Iola. Grace was born January 25, 1924, in Neosho County, Kansas, the daughter of Roy Theador Carroll and Grace Mae (Morris) Carroll McClain. She grew up at Erie and graduated from Erie High School. On February 16, 1941, Grace married E.E. "Gene" Sloan...
Diane Gowdy
Dec 13, 2013
Diane Gowdy, 64, of Iola, Kansas, passed away Friday, December 13, 2013, at her home. Diane was born May 16, 1949 in Newton, Kansas, the daughter of Melvin and Margaret Elizabeth (Olson) Dietrich, Jr. She grew up in Emporia and graduated from high school there. On August 30, 1969, she married Charley Gowdy and they made their home in Great...
Ruth Boyer
Dec 12, 2013
Ruth M. Boyer, 93, passed away in Iola, Kansas at her home on December 12, 2013 surrounded by her loving family and caregivers. She had been in declining health since a stroke in November 2010. Ruth was born March 22, 1920 in Iola, Kansas, the first child of Martin O. Haney and Tillie G. (Robins) Haney. She grew up in...
Louise G. Wolken
Dec 12, 2013
Louise G. Wolken, age 86, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Thursday, December 12, 2013, at Golden Heights in Garnett. She was born November 8, 1927, at Westphalia, Kansas, the daughter of John and Gertrude Mary (Troll) Pfannes. Louise was united in marriage to Arthur G. Wolken on June 21, 1947 at Wea, Kansas. This union was blessed with four...
John Edwin Marmon
Dec 11, 2013
John E. Marmon, age 83, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on December 11, 2013, at Richmond Healthcare and Rehabilitation in Richmond, Kansas. He was born on October 30, 1930, in Garnett, Kansas, the son of Arthur Ray and Goldie Pearl (Sutherland) Marmon. John graduated from Garnett High School. After graduating high school, he worked in the caf business in Garnett...
Cecil Daniel Passman
Dec 10, 2013
Cecil D. Passman, age 82, of Colony, Kansas, passed away on Tuesday, December 10, 2013, at his home. Cecil was the fourth of five children born to Thomas Gideon Passman and Lottie (Jenkins) Passman. He was born on January 24, 1931, in Amite, Louisiana. He grew up in Amite, and as a boy he helped local farmers. Following school he...
Elton Francis
Dec 6, 2013
Elton Francis, age 92, of Iola, Kansas, formerly of Colony, passed away Friday, December 6, 2013 at the Allen County Hospital, Iola. Everett Elton Francis was the first born child of Ira and Pearl (Scott) Francis on October 22, 1921 at LaHarpe, Kansas. He grew up on the family farm east of LeRoy, Kansas, attending country schools, and then graduated...
Dorothy Sallee
Dec 5, 2013
Dorothy Ann Sallee, 79, formerly of LaHarpe, Kansas, passed away Thursday, December 5, 2013, at Golden Living Center in Pittsburg, Kansas. Dorothy was born November 6, 1934, in Hepler, Kansas, the daughter of Albert L. and Easter Lily (Hutton) Brown. She grew up in LaHarpe most of her life and was a graduate of LaHarpe High School. On July 21,...
Marjorie Lee Weast
Dec 4, 2013
Marjorie Lee Weast, age 89, of Moran, Kansas, passed away on Wednesday, December 4, 2013, at Mercy Hospital in Fort Scott, Kansas. She was the only child born to Alfred Joe and Thelma Lee (Thorp) Bauer. Lee was born on July 5, 1924, in Jefferson City, Missouri. Her family moved to the Moran area while Lee was still in school,...
Sharon Hansen
Dec 3, 2013
Sharon Kay Hansen, 51, of Iola, Kansas, passed away Tuesday, December 3, 2013. Sharon was born May 25, 1962, in North Platte, Nebraska, the daughter of James G. and Rosa A. (Cramer) Hansen. She grew up in North Platte. Sharon married Randall W. Fischer and they made their home in McCook, Nebraska until moving to Kansas in 1997. They had...
Ella Jo Douglass
Dec 3, 2013
Ella Jo Douglass, age 5, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, December 3, 2013, at her home, surrounded by her family and in her mother's arms releasing her from her battle with Rett Syndrome. She was born on December 14, 2007, in Olathe, Kansas, the daughter of Cass Douglass II and Kylie Kanatzar. Ella is survived by her...
Zetta Anne Johnson
Dec 3, 2013
Zetta Anne Johnson, age 84 of Parker, passed away on December 3, 2013, at her home. She was born March 17, 1929, at Pittsburg, Kansas, the oldest daughter of Earl and Hazel (Hickman) Green. Anne graduated from Mound City High School, Mound City, Kansas in 1948. She worked at the grocery store in Mound City following high school; this is...
Marjorie J. Jones
Nov 25, 2013
Marjorie Ellington Jones, age 83, of Iola, Kansas, passed away on Monday, November 25, 2013, at Iola Nursing Center in Iola, Kansas. She and her twin brother were the youngest of four children born to Amer L. and Jeanetta (Stahl) McCullough. Marjorie was born on May 18, 1930, in Burlington, Kansas. She grew up in and attended schools in Burlington,...
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