Recent Obituaries
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,...
Janet Mueller
Nov 24, 2013
Janet L. Mueller, 74, of Humboldt, Kansas, passed away Sunday, November 24, 2013, at her home. Janet was born August 21, 1939, in Iola, Kansas, the daughter of John M. and Lela B. (Banks) Gumfory. On October 28, 1966, Janet married Martin "Junior" Mueller and they made their home in Humboldt. They were married at St. Peter's Lutheran Church in...
Frances R. Babcock
Nov 24, 2013
Frances R. Babcock, age 85, of Colony, Kansas, passed away on Sunday, November 24, 2013, at the Anderson County Hospital in Garnett, Kansas. She was born on September 29, 1928, in Colony, Kansas, the daughter of Samuel D. and Edna V. (Newlon) Murphy. Frances graduated from Colony High School in 1946. She attended Kansas State University and then the University...
Ruth Richards
Nov 21, 2013
Ruth Marie Richards, age 100, of Iola, Kansas, passed away Thursday, November 21, 2013, at the Allen County Regional Hospital in Iola. Ruth was born August 2, 1913, in Nevada, Missouri, the daughter of Ralph John and Blanche Almira (Tiffany) Conwell. She grew up in the Iola, Gas, and LaHarpe areas and graduated from high school in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. She...
Buford Cullen Larson
Nov 20, 2013
Buford Cullen Larson, age 80, of Fort Scott, Kansas, formerly of Elsmore, Kansas, passed away at his home on Wednesday, November 20, 2013. Buford was the second of two children born to Vernon A. and Zodeen (Rumbeck) Larson. He was born on the family farm near Elsmore on August 28, 1933. Buford lived all but the last year of his...
Wanda Robb
Nov 18, 2013
Wanda Louise Robb, 72, passed away at her home in Iola, on the 18th of November, 2013 at 12:45 a.m. Wanda was born on July 7, 1941, the daughter of Ewalt and Laura Buchholz of Moran. Wanda grew up in Moran, Kansas and graduated from Moran High School where she played the clarinet in the school band. She later graduated...
Lenova J. Pickard
Nov 18, 2013
Lenova Jean Pickard, age 91, of Fort Worth, Texas, formerly of Scipio, Kansas, passed away on Monday, November 18, 2013 at Wedgewood Nursing Home in Fort Worth, Texas. She was born February 9, 1922 in Green Ridge, Pettis County, Missouri, the only child of Henry and Ida Belle (Craig) Marshall. Jean graduated from Westport High School with the class of...
Donald Buchholz
Nov 18, 2013
Donald Keith Buchholz, 80, of Moran, Kansas, passed away Monday, November 18, 2013, at Moran Manor. Donald was born March 3, 1933, in LaHarpe, Kansas, the son of Ewalt and Laura (Robb) Buchholz. He grew up at Moran. Donald enjoyed watching the KU Jayhawks and Kansas City Chiefs. Survivors include one brother, Larry Buchholz and wife, Judy of Tyro, Kansas,...
John Heard
Nov 17, 2013
John Heard, 91, of Iola, Kansas, died Sunday, November 17, 2013, at Windsor Place in Iola. John was born January 6, 1922, in Wheatland, Missouri, the son of Woodson and Ethel (Goodman) Heard. When he was 6 months old the family moved to Bronson, Kansas. He graduated from Bronson High School and on December 24, 1941, married Lucile Pool in...
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