Recent Obituaries
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...
Patricia Cole
Nov 17, 2013
Patricia Ann Cole, 62, formerly of Savonburg, passed away Sunday, November 17, 2013, at her home in Iola, Kansas. Patricia was born July 23, 1951, at home in Savonburg, the daughter of Samuel and Lucille (Baker) George. She was raised at Savonburg. On August 13, 1976, Patricia married Carl Lee Cole in LaHarpe. He preceded her in death September 7,...
Dottie Young
Nov 16, 2013
Dorothy B. "Dottie" Young, 94, of Iola, Kansas, passed away Saturday, November 16, 2013, at Tara Gardens in Iola. Dottie was born June 16, 1919, in Henry, Illinois, the daughter of Henry and Christina (Schlosser) Hank. She was baptized in the Catholic Church and was retired from Gates Rubber Company. SURVIVORS: 1 Daughter: Jan Scheibmeir & husband, Donald of Piqua,...
Robert Prasko
Nov 12, 2013
Robert Prasko, age 75, of Colony, Kansas, passed away on Tuesday, November 12, 2013, at Windsor Place in Iola, Kansas. The fifth of six children, Robert P. Prasko was born to John and Anna (Sudol) Prasko on December 2, 1937, in Sewickley, Pennsylvania. Robert spent his childhood in Ambridge, Pennsylvania. He then enlisted in the US Army in 1954. Following...
Barbara Creason
Nov 9, 2013
Barbara Joan Creason, 87, of Iola, Kansas, passed away Saturday, November 9, 2013, at Windsor Place in Iola. Joan was born March 12, 1926, at Harris, Kansas, the daughter of Emmett and Charlotte (Richardson) Reddington. She grew up at Harris and Garnett and graduated from Garnett High School. On January 12, 1944, Joan married Clifford L. Creason and they made...
Robert G. Hiestand
Nov 8, 2013
Robert G. Hiestand, age 88, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Friday, November 8, 2013, at Golden Heights in Garnett. He was born on October 19, 1925, in Milo, Missouri, the son of Daniel M. and Mildred L. (Parks) Hiestand. His family moved to Anderson County in a wagon when Bob was a young boy. They lived near Mont Ida...
Lorraine D. Manbeck
Nov 7, 2013
Lorraine D. Manbeck, age 90, of Moran, Kansas passed away Thursday, November 7, 2013 at the Allen County Hospital, Iola, Kansas. She was the first of two daughters born to Edward Clyde Canfield and Carrie Opal (Sinclair) Canfield. Lorraine was born February 20, 1923 at Chicago, Illinois. Her family moved to Mildred, Kansas when she was a young girl. She...
Sherry Baker
Nov 5, 2013
Sherry Lee Baker, 66, of Hartford, Kansas, formerly of Iola, passed away Tuesday, November 5, 2013, at her home. Sherry was born October 2, 1947, in Iola, the daughter of Guy T. and Betty Lou (English) Baker. She grew up in Iola. She has made her home in Topeka, Ottawa, Burlington and Hartford. She worked for Hetlinger's in Emporia. Sherry...
Ambrosia Weide
Nov 4, 2013
Ambrosia "Amber" Dawn Weide passed into the loving arms of our Heavenly Father on November 4, 2013. Amber was born on December 30, 1978 to Stephen L. and Jeannie M. Tippie Weide in Iola, Kansas. She made her home in Iola where she was born and raised. She owned and operated Amber Weide Daycare out of her home for 10...
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