Recent Obituaries
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...
Carolyn Morris
May 30, 2013
Carolyn Lucille (Cramer) Morris passed away May 30, 2013 at her home surrounded by her loving family. She was born April 30, 1942 in Esterville, Iowa to Fred and Lucille (Bingham) Cramer. As a young child she moved back to Kansas to a farm east of Gas City with her family. She graduated from Iola High School in 1961. On...
Mary Elizabeth Anderson
May 29, 2013
Mary Elizabeth Schwab Anderson passed away in her daughter's home, on May 29, 2013 in St. Joseph, MO. Mary Elizabeth was born on April 1, 1920 in Cherokee, KS to Ethel Turkington and Lewis Samuel Schwab. She spent her childhood in Cherokee, KS attending the public schools and the First Presbyterian Church. Mary received a B.S. in Home Economics Education...
Ivor Davis
May 29, 2013
Ivor N. Davis, Jr. "Dave", of Humboldt, Kansas, passed away May 29, 2013 after a battle with ALS, he was 81. Dave was born April 25, 1932 in Canton, Mississippi to I.N. Davis Sr. and Tennie Harvey. He joined the U.S. Air Force in 1952 and was a career man of 20 years. He had been stationed throughout the world,...
Neil Westervelt
May 28, 2013
On May 28, 2013, God welcomed a godly, faithful man of integrity and honesty into his heavenly kingdom. Neil Wayne Westervelt was born in Columbus, KS on February 23, 1947 to parents, Harold and Edith Wilcox Westervelt. Neil married Joy Ring of Liberal, MO on September 11, 1971 and they moved to Iola, KS in 1976 where she still resides....
Jessie Charles Wycoff
May 28, 2013
Jessie Charles Wycoff, age 84, of Garnett, passed away on Tuesday, May 28, 2013, at the Allen County Hospital in Iola, Kansas. He was born on June 19, 1928, at Garnett, Kansas, the son of Fletcher and Grace (Dixon) Wycoff. He attended Welda High School and graduated in 1946. Jessie served in the U.S. Army and was stationed in Korea....
Wayne L. Johnston
May 28, 2013
Wayne Lee Johnston, age 70, of Garnett, Kansas passed away on Tuesday, May 28, 2013, at Kindred Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri. He was born on September 25, 1942, at Los Angeles, California, the son of Robert and Janet (Larsen) Johnston. Wayne was united in marriage to Cynthia Diane Skaggs on November 21, 1966. This union was blessed with four...
Max W. Parks
May 24, 2013
Max W. Parks, age 63 of El Dorado, Kansas passed away May 24, 2013 at the Susan B. Allen Hospital, El Dorado, Kansas. Max was born March 1, 1950 at Garnett, Kansas the son of Ross Eldon and Pansy (Ellis) Parks. He suffered from a high fever as an infant that left him mentally incapacitated. He lived in the state...
L.R. Parker
May 23, 2013
Lewis R. "L.R." Parker, 81, of Gas, Kansas, passed away Thursday, May 23, 2013, at his home. L.R. was born May 7, 1932, in Joplin, Missouri, the son of Edgar and Janie (Foster) Parker. He attended schools in Joplin and graduated from Joplin High School in 1950. He worked for Sears in Joplin and Tulsa before moving to Iola in...
Lyle Leo Miller
May 23, 2013
Lyle Leo Miller, age 94, of Richmond, Kansas, passed away on Thursday, May 23, 2013, at Golden Heights in Garnett, Kansas. He was born on May 18, 1919, at Lane, Kansas, the son of John and Elizabeth (Liell) Miller. Lyle entered the United States Army on March 2, 1942 at Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas and served through October of 1945. He...
William E. Betts, Jr.
May 17, 2013
William E. Betts, Jr., age 44, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Friday, May 17, 2013, at the Anderson County Hospital in Garnett. He was born on November 30, 1968, at Emporia, Kansas, the son of William E. Betts, Sr. and Mary Barber. Bill graduated from Topeka West High School in 1987. While in high school he was a member...
Ira Johnson
May 13, 2013
Ira F. Johnson, 75, of LeRoy, Kansas, died Monday, May 13, 2013, at his home. Ira was born October 15, 1937, on the family farm southeast of LeRoy, the son of Milton and Hattie (Fowler) Johnson. He grew up at LeRoy. On July 13, 1957, Ira married Melda M. Ward at Wesley United Methodist Church in Iola. They made their...
Jeri Ornelas-Jones
May 10, 2013
Jeri (Handshy) Ornelas-Jones, 56, of Iola, Kansas, passed away from her earthly home on this day of May 10, 2013, surrounded by her family and friends. Jeri was born December 27, 1956, in Parsons, Kansas to Joy Mae Handshy and Farris Thomas. She graduated from Pittsburg High School and Pittsburg State University with a Bachelor's degree in social work. She...
Charles Adams
May 8, 2013
Charles Adams, 84, former long-time Wichita resident, died Wednesday, May 8, 2013, at Iola Nursing Center. Charles was born October 8, 1928, in Bordentown, New Jersey, the son of Charles E. and Jessie May (Brady) Adams. He grew up in the New Jersey area and served in the United States Navy. On July 8, 1959, Charles married Margaret Bently in...
Bill Haas
May 7, 2013
Billy Dean "Bill" Haas, 85, formerly of rural LaHarpe, Kansas, died peacefully at home with family in Yates Center, Kansas, on Tuesday, May 7, 2013. He was born June 28, 1927, in Lawrence, Kansas, the son of Charles Woodward and Flora Catherine (Launer) Haas. As a young man he attended Manhattan Christian Bible College in Manhattan, Kansas. On August 24,...
Clarence Pollet
May 5, 2013
Clarence Claude Pollet, 91, of rural LaHarpe, Kansas, died Sunday, May 5, 2013, at Windsor Place in Iola. He was born September 18, 1921, in Coffeyville, Kansas, the son of Clarence Chester and Minnie M. (Parkhurst) Pollet. He graduated from LaHarpe High School and served in the U.S. Army during World War II. While in the Army he worked as...
Ruby I. Knapp
Apr 28, 2013
Ruby I. Knapp, age 88, of Moran, Kansas, passed away on Sunday, April 28, 2013, at Moran Manor, Moran, Kansas. She was born May 4, 1924, in Moran, Kansas, the daughter of LaMoyne and Bessie (Smith) Knapp. She graduated from Moran High School. Ruby left Moran right out of high school to build airplanes at Boeing in Wichita, Kansas. She...
Shelda Sapp
Apr 26, 2013
God looked around heaven and said what this place needs is a hairdresser and called upon Shelda. Shelda Sapp, age 84, of Garnett, Kansas passed away April 26, 2013 at Bickford of Overland Park. She was born on June 9, 1928 at Blue Mound, Kansas, the daughter of Fred and Bernice (Murrow) Mead. She was a member of the First...
Arlene E. Ecclefield
Apr 26, 2013
Arlene Erma Ecclefield, age 81, of Garnett, Kansas passed from this life on April 26, 2013 and is resting in God's most glorious joy and peace. Arlene was born to Arthur and Esther (Macklin) Hosier on June 16, 1931 at Sugar Valley, Kansas. She grew up in Sugar Valley, attending grade school there. She graduated from Garnett High School. On...
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