Recent Obituaries
Richard Garner
Jul 5, 2013
Richard Loraine "Dick" Garner was born July 8, 1935, in Iola, Kansas, to the late Vernon "Bus" Garner and Gladys Williams Garner. He was the fourth born of five children. Richard grew up in Iola, Kansas and was a student in the Iola School District until he graduated in 1953. He went on to attend Allen County Junior College for...
Lula Mae Chilson
Jul 4, 2013
Lula Mae Chilson, age 73, of Ottawa, Kansas, passed away on Thursday, July 4, 2013 at Ottawa Retirement Village, Ottawa, Kansas. She was born on May 13, 1940, in Richter, Kansas, the daughter of Russell Henry and Erma Claudine (Doman) Sweet. Lula was preceded in death by her parents, Russell and Erma Sweet; son, Russell "Rusty" Chilson on May 18,...
Helen Ann Wuckowitsch
Jul 3, 2013
Helen Ann Wuckowitsch, age 95, of Overland Park, Kansas, passed away on Wednesday, July 3, 2013, at Garden Terrace, Overland Park, Kansas. She was born July 3, 1918 in Greeley, Kansas, the daughter of Frank and Sophia (Zormeier) Wuckowitsch. Helen grew up in Greeley, attending school there. She entered the Ursuline Academy in Paola, Kansas at the age of 17....
Norma L. Martin
Jul 1, 2013
Norma Lee Martin, age 84, of Babcock Place, Lawrence, Kansas, passed away on Monday, July 1, 2013, at Baldwin Healthcare and Rehab LLC. She was born on March 22, 1929, at Brewster, Kansas, the daughter of Bill and Pauline (Kammer) Schwerdt. Norma graduated from Brewster High School in 1947. Following high school she worked in Goodland, Kansas at a dry...
Earl J. Anderson
Jun 29, 2013
Earl James Anderson, age 90, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on June 29, 2013 at Good Samaritan, Olathe, Kansas. He was born September 21, 1922, in St. Louis, Missouri, the third child of Edward and Alvina (Kruger) Anderson. Earl left high school at the age of 16 to begin work on WPA construction projects to support himself during the post-depression...
Doris Lewis
Jun 29, 2013
Doris Ruth Lewis, 84, of Olathe, Kansas, formerly of Iola, passed away Saturday, June 29, 2013, at Shawnee Mission Medical Center in Merriam. Doris was born January 23, 1929, in Iola, Kansas, the daughter of Lloyd Sanford and Mamie Pearl (Gregg) Northcutt. She graduated from Iola High School. On October 20, 1948, Doris married Paul Adren Lewis. He became an...
Richard Drury
Jun 28, 2013
Richard Lee Drury, 79, Iola, died Friday June 28th 2013 at home. He was born in Moran, KS to Harold and Jo Ann Drury and moved to Chanute, KS as a young child. He graduated from Chanute High School and Neosho Community College. He served in the Korean Conflict. On September 21, 1958, Richard married Lois J. Traylor and they...
Robert Gericke
Jun 23, 2013
Robert Dale "Bob" Gericke, 83, of LaHarpe, Kansas, passed away peacefully in his sleep at his home on Sunday, June 23, 2013. Bob was born February 10, 1930 at Rural Shaw, Kansas, the son of William August and Jennie E. (Nourse) Gericke. He grew up in the Shaw and Earlton areas and served in the United States Army. He worked...
John Williams
Jun 22, 2013
John Drayton Williams, 43, of Iola, Kansas, drowned Saturday, June 22, 2013, while fishing at Neosho Falls, Kansas. John was born April 21, 1970, at Port Lavaca, Texas, the son of James Lee and Mary Lynn (Loveall) Williams. He grew up in the Independence, Missouri area and lived in Kincaid, Kansas before moving to Iola a couple of years ago....
Ruth Mansfield
Jun 19, 2013
Zona "Ruth" (Ross) Mansfield, 78, of Chanute, Kansas, passed away Wednesday, June 19, 2013, at Neosho Memorial Regional Medical Center in Chanute. Ruth was born May 22, 1935, in Iola, the daughter of Howard O. "Guss" and Zona Mae (Culbertson) Ross. She grew up in Iola and graduated from Iola High School. Ruth married Johnny E. Leroy, Jr. and they...
Eugene Burrows
Jun 18, 2013
Eugene Vern "Gene" Burrows, 92, of LaHarpe, Kansas, passed away Tuesday, June 18, 2013, at the Allen County Hospital. Gene was born December 3, 1920, in Bourbon County, Kansas, the son of Charlie and May (Hutchinson) Burrows. He grew up in this area until moving to California in 1945 where he worked as a radio and television engineer. On March...
David Burke
Jun 18, 2013
David J. Burke, 53, of Piqua, Kansas, died Tuesday, June 18, 2013 at his home. David was born December 9, 1959, in Iola, Kansas, the son of Lewis "Ben" and Wilma J. (Wille) Burke. He grew up in the Piqua area. In 1978 he joined the Kansas National Guard and served until the time of his death. He was deployed...
Franklin Keithly
Jun 16, 2013
Franklin Lee "Frankie" Keithly, Jr., 55, of Iola, Kansas, passed away Sunday, June 16, 2013, at Windsor Place. Frankie was born June 16, 1958, in Ulysses, Kansas, the son of Franklin Lee and Doris (Bell) Keithly, Sr. He grew up in Iola and graduated from Iola High School in 1976. On June 18, 1976, Frankie married Debra Kay Turner in...
Vernon Morrison
Jun 13, 2013
Vernon Leo Morrison, Jr., 56, of Belle Plaine, KS, died Thursday, June 13, 2013 at Via Christi St. Francis Medical Center in Wichita. He was born July 29, 1956, in Garnett, Kansas, the son of Vernon Leo Morrison, Sr. and Shirley Nadine Wilson. He grew up in Iola and Wichita before the family settled in Arkansas City. He worked for...
Randy Lee Kennard
Jun 12, 2013
Randy Lee Kennard, age 55, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Wednesday, June 12, 2013, at Anderson County Long Term Care in Garnett following a courageous battle with cancer. He was born January 27, 1958 at the Anderson County Hospital, Garnett, Kansas, the son of Melvin Raymond and Wilma Jean (Blankenbeker) Kennard. Randy graduated from Garnett High School in 1976....
Joan Sallee
Jun 11, 2013
Joan Sallee, 82, of Iola, Kansas passed away Tuesday, June 11, 2013, at the Allen County Hospital. Joan was born December 13, 1930, on a farm west of Humboldt, Kansas, the daughter of Fred L. and Mary Inez (Wamsley) Dice, Sr. She graduated from LaHarpe High School in 1948. On November 24, 1949, Joan married William "Gene" Sallee of LaHarpe...
Althea Buckle
Jun 10, 2013
Althea Marguerite Buckle, age 93, of Welda, Kansas, passed away on Monday, June 10, 2013, at the Allen County Hospital in Iola, Kansas. Althea was born on March 24, 1920 in Colony, Kansas, the daughter of Charles and Elizabeth (Serene) Turner. She grew up in the Colony/Welda area. She was united in marriage to Robert T. Buckle on November 15,...
Harold Leonard Boots
Jun 9, 2013
Harold L. Boots, Sr., age 91, an employee with Phillips Petroleum Company for 34 years before his retirement in 1985 and a resident of Bartlesville, Oklahoma, since 1955, died on June 9, 2013, in his home in Bartlesville. Funeral services for Mr. Boots will be held at 1:30 p.m. on Thursday, June 13, at the Feuerborn Family Funeral Service Chapel,...
The Bumstead REV
Jun 6, 2013
The Rev. Ronald Lorenzo Bumstead died on June 6, 2013, at Heritage Health Care in Chanute. Born Dec. 17, 1927, to Oliver Wellington Bumstead and Margaret Smith in Detroit, Mich., he spent the first 32 years in Michigan prior to his move to Kansas. He was in the Army National Guard as part of a mortar crew. He attended Eastern...
Bradley Esslinger
Jun 1, 2013
Bradley Lynn Esslinger, Jr., 27, of Iola, Kansas, died Saturday, June 1, 2013, at his home. Bradley was born December 14, 1985 in Iola, the son of Bradley Lynn Esslinger, Sr. and JoAnne Michele Shafer. He graduated from Iola High School and Allen County Community College. Bradley has made his home in Emporia and worked for Coast to Coast Transportation...
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