Recent Obituaries
Gail Long
Mar 4, 2013
Gail A. Long, 74, passed away at his home in Garnett on March 4, 2013 after a valiant fight with cancer. Gail was born on January 22, 1939 at Garnett, Kansas, the son of William F. and Lucille T. (Huettenmueller) Long. He grew up in Westphalia, Kansas, graduating from Westphalia High School in 1957. Following high school, he moved to...
Robert Hodges
Mar 3, 2013
Robert D. "Bob" Hodges, 76, of rural Buffalo, Kansas, died Sunday, March 3, 2013, at his home. Bob was born November 17, 1936, in Jefferson County, Colorado, the son of Elmo and Opal (Bolijack) Hodges. He grew up in Colorado and graduated from Arvada High School. He was a sergeant in the United States Marines. He worked as a foreman...
Lovanda Preston
Mar 3, 2013
Lovanda Isabell Fisher Preston, 84, passed away on Sunday, March 3, 2013. She was born Nov. 7, 1928, in Iola, the daughter of Claude Dean and Mildred Sarah Cummings Fisher. She had two sisters, Betty Hill and Patricia Doyle and two half-brothers, Leroy Moore and Marvin Moore, all of whom have preceded her in death. She is survived by a...
Sherrie S. Hursey
Mar 3, 2013
Sherrie S. Hursey, age 65, of Iola, Kansas, formerly of Lenexa, Kansas, passed away on Sunday, March 3, 2013, at Windsor Place in Iola, Kansas. She was born on June 26, 1947, in Des Moines, Iowa, the daughter of Glen and Velma (Pickering) Vaughn. She attended schools in Corydon, Iowa, where she graduated from high school in 1965. Sherrie was...
Jerry Dean Webb
Mar 1, 2013
Jerry D. Webb, age 47, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away at home on Friday, March 1, 2013, following his battle with cancer. Jerry was born October 23, 1965 at Minneola, Kansas, the son of Kenneth Webb and Virginia Lee (Dean) Webb. The family lived in Engelwood, Kansas until moving to Burlingame, Kansas in 1966. In 1978 they moved to Garnett,...
Steve Anderson
Feb 28, 2013
Stephen Ben Anderson, 63, passed away suddenly on February 28, 2013 in Wichita, surrounded by family. He was born August 16, 1949 in Iola, the son of Glen and Ruth McBrayer Anderson. Steve spent thirty-six years advocating for children and families as a social worker with Kansas Social Rehabilitation Services, retiring in 2010. He waited a very long time to...
June Toland
Feb 27, 2013
June Elizabeth (Thompson) Toland, 98, died February 27, 2013, at Iola. She was born in Iola on June 19, 1914, the eldest child of Clyde E. and Lucy (Wilson) Thompson. She was the great-granddaughter of Allen County pioneers Samuel and Permelia Hubbard who settled near Cofachique in 1857. Mrs. Toland was educated in the Iola schools and graduated as valedictorian...
Dean Ludlum
Feb 27, 2013
Donald Dean Ludlum, 78, of Iola, Kansas, passed away Wednesday, February 27, 2013, at the Allen County Hospital. Dean was born June 12, 1934, on the family farm west of Elsmore, Kansas, the son of William Russell and Meryl (Alderman) Ludlum. He grew up on the farm and attended school in Elsmore. He drove the school bus as a high...
Harley Norman
Feb 26, 2013
Harley Gene Norman, 77, of Iola, Kansas, passed away Tuesday, February 26, 2013, at the Allen County Hospital. He was born January 12, 1936, at Moran, Kansas, the son of Charley and Lovicia (Green) Norman. He grew up in Moran and graduated from Moran High School in 1955. On September 1, 1956, Harley Gene married Faun A. Runer and they...
Raymond Bauer
Feb 24, 2013
Raymond E. Bauer, 94, of Gas, Kansas, died Sunday, February 24, 2013, at Neosho Memorial Regional Medical Center in Chanute surrounded by his loving family. Raymond was born August 1, 1918, in Ransom, KS, the son of Conrad and Katherine (Kraft) Bauer. During his youth he worked cattledrives, worked on the railroad and joined the CCC Corps fighting fires and...
Herschel Kincheloe
Feb 22, 2013
Herschel L. Kincheloe, 86, of Iola, Kansas, died Friday, February 22, 2013, at the Allen County Hospital. Herschel was born May 25, 1926 at Centerville, Kansas, the son of Clair and Bernice (Malson) Kincheloe. His mother died when he was two and his father married Opal Peterson. The family made their home in Iola where he grew up and graduated...
Patsy McGowan
Feb 22, 2013
Patsy Ruth Sigg McGowan, 78, of Iola, Kansas, passed away Friday, February 22, 2013, at Iola Nursing Center. Patsy was born September 11, 1934, in Iola, Kansas, the daughter of James Frederick and Bertha Madlyn (Dunton) Weeks. She graduated from Iola High School. On May 30, 1955, Patsy married Don Sigg and they made their home in Iola. They later...
Philip Butler
Feb 20, 2013
Philip C. Butler, 96, of Iola, Kansas, passed away Wednesday, February 20, 2013, at the Allen County Hospital. Phil was born August 26, 1916, in Iola, the son of Levi Franklin and Anna Jane (Bowers) Butler. He started school in Yates Center before the family moved to Iola by covered wagon. He served in the United States Army during World...
Jessie Brown
Feb 18, 2013
Jessie (Hay) Brown, 92, of Iola passed away Monday, February 18, 2013 at Tara Gardens. She was born August 11, 1920 in Chanute, Kansas, the daughter of Harry and Bessie (Brownrigg) Hay. The family grew up in Neosho and Woodson counties. She attended Owl Creek Country School in Woodson County and was a graduate of Humboldt High School in 1938....
Jacob George
Feb 17, 2013
Jacob George, age 89, of Colony, Kansas, passed away on Sunday, February 17, 2013, at the Allen County Hospital in Iola, Kansas. He was born on May 21, 1923, on the farm two miles southwest of Neosho Falls, Kansas, the son of J.B. and Bessie (Kimler) George. He graduated from Neosho Falls High School in 1940. In 1942, Jacob moved...
Loren Howerton
Feb 15, 2013
Loren Millard Howerton, 77, of rural Iola, Kansas, passed away Friday, February 15, 2013, at Kansas Heart Hospital in Wichita, Kansas. Loren was born April 24, 1935 at Savonburg, Kansas, the son of Olaf M. "Bill" and Lillian (Austin) Howerton. He was united in marriage to Patricia Ann Baker on December 21, 1965 in Miami, Oklahoma. He drove a truck...
Dorothy Hemphill
Feb 14, 2013
Dorothy Jane (Robb) Hemphill, 86, formerly of Humboldt, passed on to be with her heavenly family on Thursday, February 14, 2013, at Clare Bridge Senior Living in Wichita, KS. She was born July 4, 1926, on the family farm south of Moran to Harley and Mary Etta (Harclerode) Robb. She grew up on farms in the Moran and LaHarpe area...
Helen Forsythe
Feb 13, 2013
Helen Marian Forsythe, of Wichita, Kansas, passed away peacefully on February 13, 2013, three months short of her 100th birthday. Helen was born May 8, 1913, to Charles W. and Trella C. Thompson in Garnett, KS. She had three sisters, Margaret, Donna and Claire, and one brother, Charles (Bud), all of whom are deceased. Helen graduated from Westphalia High School...
Dale Hawk
Feb 12, 2013
Dale R. Hawk was born July 6, 1931 at Hennessey, Oklahoma to Nina (Witt) and Orville Hawk. He died at Windsor Place in Iola on Tuesday, February 12, 2013. He and his family moved to a farm east of Carlyle in 1939. He attended a country school, then went on to graduate from Iola High School in 1949. After attending...
Lois Heinrich
Feb 11, 2013
Lois Heinrich, 96, of Iola, Kansas, died Monday, February 11, 2013, at Tara Gardens in Iola. Lois was born November 22, 1916, in Iola, the daughter of Frank and Sylvia (Cox) Heinrich. She grew up on a farm northeast of Carlyle. In 1942 she began working for the Greyhound Bus Line in Independence, KS. She worked there for seven years...
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