Recent Obituaries
Wanda Close
Nov 3, 2013
Wanda J. Close, 86, of Iola, Kansas, passed away Sunday, November 3, 2013, at the Moran Manor. Wanda was born August 7, 1927, in Fredonia, Kansas, the daughter of Archie and Lura (Mozingo) Owen. She grew up at Parsons and graduated from Parsons High School in 1945. She worked as a switchboard operator for Southwestern Bell Telephone. On August 21,...
Leo Thummel
Nov 2, 2013
Leo A. Thummel, 86, of Iola, Kansas, passed away Saturday, November 2, 2013, at Windsor Place in Iola. Leo was born August 20, 1927, at Tipton, Kansas, the son of Joe and Anna (Simeon) Thummel. The family moved to a farm 2 miles north and 1 mile west of Piqua when he was 14. He did construction work. On June...
Deloris Krokstrom
Nov 1, 2013
Deloris "Pauline" Krokstrom, 93, of Elsmore, Kansas, passed away Friday, November 1, 2013, at Moran Manor. Pauline was born February 10, 1920, at rural LaHarpe, Kansas, the daughter of Frank and Lela (Laver) Brooks. On September 3, 1941, she married Orville B. Krokstrom in Iola. They made their home at Elsmore after he was discharged from the service following WWII....
Ella Maye Johns
Oct 31, 2013
Ella Maye Johns, age 88, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Thursday, October 31, 2013, at Kansas City Hospice House, In Kansas City, Missouri. She was born January 19, 1925 in Montgomery County, Iowa, the daughter of George Gunnar and Lillie Amanda (Larson) Westerlund. She attended school in Grant, Iowa, graduating in 1942. She worked in Norfolk, Virginia during WWII,...
Thelma Louise Monroe
Oct 30, 2013
Thelma Louise Monroe, age 86, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Wednesday, October 30, 2013, at her home after an eight month battle with cancer. She was born on August 9, 1927, the youngest child of Walter Irvin and Allie Rae (West) Farrar. She graduated from Garnett High School in 1945. On August 19, 1946, she married Charles (Sam) Borovicka....
Gayle Clair Wiley
Oct 30, 2013
Gayle Clair Wiley, age 76, of Colony, Kansas, passed away on Wednesday, October 30, 2013, at the Allen County Hospital in Iola, Kansas. He was born on December 30, 1936, in Iola, Kansas, the son of George and Pearl (Starr) Wiley. He graduated from Colony High School, and attended Kansas State University for one year. Clair was united in marriage...
G. Leadstrom
Oct 28, 2013
G. Leonard Leadstrom, Jr., 69, of Kincaid, Kansas, passed away Monday, October 28, 2013, at St. Luke's Hospital in Kansas City. Leonard was born August 31, 1944, at Chanute, Kansas, the son of George Leonard and Rose Marie (Hanson) Leadstrom, Sr. He graduated from elementary school at Savonburg, Stark High School, Allen County Community College and Pittsburg State University. He...
Dorothy Wray
Oct 27, 2013
Dorothy Ellen Wray, 90, formerly of Iola, Kansas, passed away Sunday, October 27, 2013, at Emeritus at Spicewood Springs in Austin, Texas. Dorothy was born May 19, 1923 in Iola to Henry R. and Ruth Strong Hess. She attended Iola schools and is a graduate of Iola High School and Iola Junior College. Following graduation in 1943, she taught a...
Mildred E. Davison
Oct 25, 2013
Mildred E. Davison, daughter of Jacob and Emma (Plunket) Wagoner was born December 1, 1916 near Westphalia, Kansas. She lived her entire life in Anderson County. Mildred and her future husband, Marvin L. Davison chose to give their lives to the Lord and were baptized on January 31, 1935, one week before their wedding. Their faith was shown in their...
Sherry Bradfield
Oct 24, 2013
Sharlyn Denise "Sherry" Keele Bradfield, 53, of LaHarpe, Kansas, died Thursday, October 24, 2013. Sherry was born November 17, 1959, in Portsmouth, Virginia, the daughter of Richard E. and Sandra C. (Thompson) Keele. She grew up in Colony and graduated from Crest High School. She has made her home in the Iola area most of her adult life and was...
Clem Jude Gellhaus
Oct 19, 2013
Clem Jude Gellhaus, age 56, of Mayetta, Kansas, passed away on Saturday, October 19, 2013, at St. Francis Health Center in Topeka, Kansas. Clem was born on October 6, 1957, in Garnett, Kansas. He was born the smallest of the nine children born to Bernard and Elizabeth L. "Betty" (Lickteig) Gellhaus. He quickly overcame the slow start in life and...
Harold D. Thexton
Oct 19, 2013
Harold D. Thexton, 61, Colony, passed away Saturday, October 19, 2013 at Kansas City Hospice House in Kansas City, Missouri. Harold was born July 18, 1952, in Garnett, Kansas, the son of Tom and LaRee (Newland) Thexton of Welda, Ks. He grew up on a farm near Welda and graduated from Crest High School in 1970. On June 11, 1972,...
Dennis J. Shepard
Oct 17, 2013
Dennis J. Shepard, age 62, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Thursday, October 17, 2013 at Richmond Healthcare in Richmond, Kansas. He was born on February 1, 1951, at Elmira, New York, the son of Elwin and Blanche (Harker) Shepard. Dennis graduated from high school in Spencer, New York. Dennis was an over the road truck driver for 29 years....
Mary Gladys Fewins
Oct 17, 2013
Mary Gladys Fewins passed away peacefully at her home Thursday, October 17, 2013. Gladys was born November 22, 1916, on a farm near Elsmore, Kansas, to William Otto and Alice Gertrude Shoup Boler. After her mother's death, she was raised by her father, older sister Wilma, and her Grandma Shoup. After her sister married and her grandmother died, she was...
Patricia Doolittle
Oct 17, 2013
Patricia Sue Doolittle, 68, of LaHarpe, Kansas, died Thursday, October 17, 2013 at Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice in Wichita. Patricia was born November 21, 1944, in Rose, Kansas, the daughter of Lee Roy and Sylvia (Jones) Wright. She grew up on a farm northwest of Iola. On August 28, 1964, Patricia married Willard "Bill" Doolittle and they made their home...
Jesse Mendoza
Oct 15, 2013
Jesse Mendoza, 84, of Humboldt, Kansas, passed away Tuesday, October 15, 2013, at his home surrounded by his family. Jesse was born October 29, 1928, in Chanute, Kansas, the son of Bernie and Evarista (Gutierrez) Mendoza. He grew up in Chanute. On April 3, 1948, Jesse married Rebecca Ysusi at St. Patrick Catholic Church in Chanute. They made their home...
Mike Moran
Oct 12, 2013
Michael R. "Mike" Moran, 53, of Iola, Kansas, passed away Saturday, October 12, 2013. Mike was born December 3, 1959, in Chanute, Kansas, the son of Richard and Marjorie (Fewins) Moran. He graduated from Chanute High School in 1977. On June 9, 1984, Mike married Lori Baker at St. Peter's Lutheran Church in Humboldt. Mike's faith grew through membership at...
Marjorie Smith
Oct 11, 2013
Marjorie E. Smith, 88, of LaHarpe, Kansas, passed away Friday, October 11, 2013, at her home surrounded by her family. Marjorie was born April 19, 1925, on a farm north of LaHarpe, the daughter of Harold Floyd and Ruth Elizabeth (Williams) Robb. She attended school in LaHarpe. On July 16, 1941, Marjorie married Archie R. Smith and they made their...
Vivian M. Haynes
Oct 7, 2013
Vivian M. Haynes, age 95, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Monday, October 7, 2013, at the Anderson County Hospital in Garnett. She was born March 9, 1918, in Garnett, Kansas, the daughter of Ebenezer Slocum and Lu Dell (Swisher) Dart. Vivian was the eleventh child of thirteen children. Vivian started work at age 16 at Grennen Poultry where she...
Orel Wilson
Oct 6, 2013
Orel Lloyd Wilson, 95, of Gas, Kansas, passed away Sunday, October 6, 2013 at Iola Nursing Center. Orel was born May 14, 1918, on a farm eight miles east of Colony, Kansas, the son of A. Lloyd and Flossie V. (Babcock) Wilson. He graduated from Lone Elm High School in 1937 and farmed until serving in the U.S. Army Air...
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