Recent Obituaries
Barbara Ann Bell
Mar 19, 2014
Barbara A. Bell, age 76, of Kansas City, Kansas, passed away on Wednesday, March 19, 2014, at Richmond Healthcare and Rehab in Richmond, Kansas. She was born December 1, 1937, in Kansas City, Kansas, the daughter of Fred and Mary (Charlton) Clark. Barbara married Ulis E. Tucker Jr. on September 9, 1953 in Yuma, Arizona. This union was blessed with...
Sharon Weide
Mar 19, 2014
Sharon Kay Weide, 66, passed away Wednesday, March 19, 2014, at the Allen County Regional Hospital. Sharon was the youngest of seven children born to Shirden and Cassie (Shephard) Damron. She was born September 15, 1947 in Toronto, KS. She attended schools in Toronto, Colorado and Iola. She earned her GED from Allen County Community College in 1986. She was...
Marjorie Riebel
Mar 18, 2014
Marjorie Marie Riebel, 83, of LaHarpe, Kansas, died Tuesday, March 18, 2014, at Diversicare of Chanute. Marjorie was born November 27, 1930, in Piqua, Kansas, the daughter of John and Mary (Bruggeman) Weber. She grew up on the family farm northeast of Humboldt and attended Humboldt schools. On January 17, 1949, Marjorie married Earl J. Riebel at St. Joseph's Catholic...
James O. Broce
Mar 15, 2014
James O. Broce, age 78, of Greeley, Kansas passed away Saturday, March 15, 2014 at the Wellsville Retirement Village, Wellsville, Kansas. Jim was born February 15, 1936 at Wellington, Kansas. He was the second of three children born to Orvel Everett and Ruth (Underwood) Broce. He grew up in Geuda Springs, Kansas, attending school there and graduating from high school...
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
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