Recent Obituaries

Shirley Ball

Apr 4, 2024

Shirley Ball, age 93, peacefully passed away on Thursday, April 4, 2024. She was surrounded by loved ones, at her home in El Dorado Kansas.

Shirley Mae Yocum was born in Moran, Kansas on March 14, 1931. She was the second of two daughters born to Chester "Chet" Leonard Yocum and Olive Faye (Shelton) Yocum. She lived in Moran...

Margaret J. Robb

Apr 4, 2024

Margaret Jane Robb, age 85, of Iola, Kansas, passed away on April 4, 2024 at Glen Carr House Memory Care in Derby, Kansas.

Margaret was born on February 28, 1939, to Philip Butler and Marjorie (Gilliland) Butler. At two years old, she was adopted by Lewis "Snipe" Thornton. She lived her whole life in Iola. In 1955, she married...

Rosalie Rommelfanger

Apr 3, 2024

Rosalie Rommelfanger, age 87, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Wednesday, April 3, 2024, at St. Luke's Hospice House in Kansas City, Missouri.

Rosalie Elizabeth Feuerborn was born on May 12, 1936, in Garnett, Kansas. She was the second of six children born to Matthew J. and Irene B. (Pickert) Feuerborn. Rosalie started school in the one-room Earnest Schoolhouse...

Gale Ritter

Apr 2, 2024

Leland "Gale" Ritter, age 92, of Iola, Kansas, passed away April 2, 2024, peacefully at home on the family farm. Gale was born September 16, 1931, in Dentonia, Kansas, to John F. Ritter and Mary (McCracken) Ritter.

Gale graduated in 1949 from Esbon High School, Esbon, Kansas. He served in the United States Army from 1951 to 1954...

Carolyn Wright

Mar 30, 2024

Carolyn Sue Wright 83, of Iola, Kansas, passed away peacefully at home on Saturday, March 30, 2024, surrounded by family.

Carolyn was born on May 9, 1940 in Stevenson, Washington to Howard and Maxine Collins. They lived in Roseburg, Oregon, where she spent the first several years. She always had fond memories of playing beneath the huge pine...

Donald Penson

Mar 30, 2024

Donald Lee Penson, age 85, of Ottawa, Kansas, passed away on Saturday, March 30, 2024.

He was born on April 2, 1938, in Kansas City, Missouri, the son of Charles Curtis and Mildred Lee (Killinger) Penson. He graduated from Shawnee Mission High School with the Class of 1957.

Don was united in marriage to Patricia Ann Lutz on...

Rita E. Baker

Mar 29, 2024

Rita Elnora Baker, age 75, of Humboldt passed away on March 29, 2024, at Overland Park Regional Medical Center. Rita was the first of six children born to Lawrence and A. Elnora (Mintz) Olson. She was born on July 19, 1948, at Iola, Kansas.

Rita grew up in Humboldt, Kansas, and graduated from Humboldt High School in 1966....

Barb Siefker

Mar 28, 2024

Barbara Jane Siefker, age 87, passed away peacefully on March 28, 2024, in Chanute, Kansas.

Barb was the youngest of four children born to Alpha Alden "A.A." and Gladys Ann (Storminger) Ensminger, on November 29, 1936, in Highland, New York. Her family returned to Moran, Kansas when she was six months old. Due to her mother's illness, Barb tagged...

Jacquelyn Gay

Mar 28, 2024

Jackie Gay, age 70, of LaHarpe, Kansas passed away at her home on Thursday, March 28, 2024.

Jacquelyn Carol Hagan was born on August 13, 1953 at Greeley, Colorado. She was the second of five children born to George Fredrick Hagan and Ethel A. (Bias) Hagan. Jackie attended high school in Leavenworth, Kansas. In August of 1972, a chance...

Warren Leon Smith

Mar 27, 2024

Warren Leon Smith passed away March 27, 2024, at Ascension St. John Medical Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Leon was born to Warren A. and Helen F. (Stevenson) Smith on September 21, 1952, at home in Osage City, Kansas.

He attended school at Waverly Grade and Talmage Grade and graduated from Chapman High School with the class...

Charles Wilson

Mar 22, 2024

Charles "Chuck" Lewis Wilson, age 66, passed away at St. Luke's Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri on March, 22, 2024.

Chuck was born on January 6, 1958 to Donald and Patty (Roath) Wilson. He grew up in and around Woodson County, Kansas. On September 22, 1978, he married Janeen Wilson in Iola, Kansas. Together they raised three children, Charles R., Alisha,...

Vicki Scheimann

Mar 19, 2024

Vicki Rae Scheimann, age 72, passed away at her home in Iola, Kansas on March 19, 2024.

Vicki was born in Lebanon, Pennsylvania, on October 24, 1951, to William and Katherine Neiswender. She grew up in Myerstown, Pennsylvania and graduated Eastern Lebanon County High School in 1969.

Vicki married Ronald Truax; they later divorced. She later married Frederick...

Ronald E. Phipps

Mar 19, 2024

Ronald Elton Phipps, age 81, of La Harpe, Kansas, passed away on March 19, 2024.

Ronald was born on May 11, 1942, to William and Violet Mae (Bash) Phipps in Des Moines, Iowa.

Ronald married Rose Ann Owens on March 31, 1962, in Alameda, California. Ronald made a career as a boilermaker while raising three children with Rose...

Maynard Cress

Mar 17, 2024

Johnnie Maynard Cress, 87, departed this life peacefully on March 17, 2024 at Credo Senior Living in Chanute, Kansas.

Maynard, as he was known to all, was born May 26, 1936, to Millard Baker and Fern Evelyn (Tomlinson) Cress at their home in rural Humboldt, Kansas. He lived his entire life in Allen County, graduating from Humboldt High...

Marilyn Ulery

Mar 16, 2024

Gloria Marilyn Ulery, age 70, of Gas, Kansas, passed away March 16, 2024, in Chanute, Kansas. Marilyn was born December 26, 1953, in Yates Center, Kansas, to Jack Reed and Dorothy (Ralston) Reed.

Marilyn and Charles W. Ulery were married January 11, 1973, in Erie, Kansas. They raised two daughters, Trena and Tammy, and helped raise two grandchildren, Charles...

Kathleen Ward

Mar 15, 2024

Kathleen Jon Ward, age 81, of Moran, Kansas, passed away March 15, 2024, at Homestead of Girard Assisted Living, Girard, Kansas. Kathleen was born February 11, 1943, in Falls City, Nebraska, to John Eitel and Rose (Kaiser) Eitel.

Kathleen married Gerald Ward on June 9, 1971, in Gas, Kansas. She helped Jerry with his Bumper business. Kathleen was a...

Jim Roush

Mar 14, 2024

Jimmie "Jim" Lee Roush, age 82, of Iola, Kansas, passed away at his home on March 14, 2024, surrounded by loving family.

Jim was born on October 31, 1941, in Fort Scott, Kansas, to Wilbur Clark and Ruth (Mott) Roush. He joined the Army National Guard in 1959 and served through 1961. Before he left the military, he married Virginia "Ginger"...

Mary Hart

Mar 13, 2024

Mary Kathryn (Kate) Hart passed away on March 13, 2024, at her home in Humboldt, Kansas. Kate was born on November 17, 1928, to Louis Sherman and Irene Fay (Armstrong) Montgomery. She was the youngest of two children. She grew up in Topeka, Kansas. She graduated from Topeka High School on a Saturday in 1946, and the next day married...

Kathleen Allen

Mar 10, 2024

Kathleen Louise Allen, age 77, of Humboldt, Kansas, passed away March 10, 2024, at Neosho Memorial Hospital in Chanute, Kansas. Kathy was born December 10, 1946, in Fontana, California, to Harry Jordan and Isabell (Strong) Jordan.

Kathy worked as an administrative assistant and retired from Americold Logistics. After she retired, Kathy found her true love in quilting, where she...

Terry Drybread

Mar 8, 2024

Terry Lee Drybread, age 77, passed away on March 8, 2024, at the Wesley Medical Center in Wichita, Kansas.

Terry was born on September 10, 1946, in Garnett, Kansas to Tommy and Ima Gene (Christenson) Drybread. He attended school in Moran, graduating from Moran High School. Growing up, he was quite ornery and liked to drag race, always carrying...