Recent Obituaries
Steven B. Doering
Feb 11, 2013
Steven B. Doering, age 62, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on February 11, 2013, at St. Luke's Plaza Hospital, Kansas City, Missouri. He was born February 1, 1951 in Salina, Kansas, the son of Henry H. and Berniece (Stroup) Doering. Steve graduated from Garnett High School with the class of 1969. He received his B.S. in mechanical engineering from Kansas...
Florence I. Justice
Feb 11, 2013
Florence Irene Justice, age 83, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Monday, February 11, 2013 at Golden Heights in Garnett, Kansas. She was born September 24, 1929, in Greeley, Kansas, the daughter of Paul A. and Teresa E. (Hastert) Volz. Florence married Carl "Stub" Mader on October 5, 1949 in Greeley, Kansas. This union was blessed with six children. They...
Julia Mae Kipper
Feb 10, 2013
Julia Mae Kipper, age 92, of Garnett, Kansas passed away on Sunday, February 10, 2013, at Olathe Medical Center, Olathe, Kansas. She was born August 29, 1920, in Garnett, Kansas, the daughter of Virgil and Viola Belle (Huff) Fisher. Her parents were of Irish descent, both born and raised in Mountain Grove, Missouri. Julia went to school at Irving Grade...
Bradford Medcalf
Feb 9, 2013
Bradford L. "Brad" Medcalf, 61, of Osawatomie, Kansas, died Saturday, February 9, 2013, at Girard Medical Center. Brad was born April 9, 1951, in Iola, Kansas, the son of Thomas and Mary Ellen (Bartlett) Medcalf. He graduated from Osawatomie High School in 1969. He lived in Ottawa a number of years before just recently moving to Osawatomie. He was involved...
David Garver
Feb 9, 2013
David Aaron Garver, 32, of Iola, Kansas, passed away Saturday, February 9, 2013. David was born April 7, 1980, in Iola, the son of Steven L. and Sandra Kay (Hiser) Garver. He grew up in Iola and graduated from Iola High School in 1998, during his high school years he was avidly involved in Forensics and Drama. David enjoyed all...
Patrick J. Rues
Feb 8, 2013
Patrick J. Rues, age 60, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Friday, February 8, 2013, at St. Luke's Plaza Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri. He was born April 26, 1952 in Garnett, Kansas, the son of Clarence A. and Rita (Bowman) Rues. He graduated from Greeley High School with the class of 1970. Pat joined the United States Army in...
James Kelley
Feb 7, 2013
James K. Kelley, 79, of LaHarpe, Kansas, died Thursday, February 7, 2013, at Neosho Memorial Regional Medical Center in Chanute, Kansas. Jim was born January 2, 1934, in Marshall, Arkansas, the son of Coy Duncan and Okla Hester (Jackson) Kelley. He grew up at Marshall, Arkansas and later in Shawnee, Oklahoma. He enlisted in the U.S. Army for two years...
Sylvia Wools
Feb 5, 2013
Sylvia Faye Wools, age 94, of Colony, Kansas, passed away on February 5, 2013 at Windsor Place in Iola, Kansas. She was born on May 24, 1918 in Bronson, Kansas, the daughter of Anthony Wayne and Jessie (Rose) Thompson. Sylvia attended Welda High School before she married Wayne William Wools on August 16, 1934 in Garnett, Kansas. This union was...
Jimmie Higginbotham
Feb 4, 2013
Jimmie Higginbotham, 82, of Fort Scott, Kansas, passed away Monday, February 4, 2013, at Mercy Hospital. Jimmie was born February 26, 1930, at Iola, Kansas, the son of Floyd B. and Myrtle (Adams) Higginbotham. He grew up in the Carlyle area and graduated from Iola High School in 1948. He served in the United States Navy from 1948 until 1951,...
John M. Keim
Feb 4, 2013
John M. Keim, age 38, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Monday, February 4, 2013, at St. Joseph Hospital and Medical Center in Phoenix, Arizona. He was born November 5, 1974 in Wooster, Ohio, the son of Marvin and Iva (Troyer) Keim. John grew up in Apple Creek, Ohio. John lived and explored an adventurous life. At the time of...
Elizabeth Lucille Gellhaus
Feb 1, 2013
Elizabeth L. "Betty" Gellhaus, age 87, of Paola, Kansas, formerly of Greeley, Kansas, passed away February 1, 2013 at St. Luke's Hospital, Kansas City, Missouri. Betty was born January 31, 1926 at Greeley, Kansas, the daughter of Frank and Elizabeth (Wolken) Lickteig. Betty grew up in Greeley, attending grade school at St. John's School. She attended high school at the...
Marvin L. Sander
Jan 30, 2013
Marvin LeRoy Sander, age 84, of Elsmore, Kansas was born April 3, 1928 to Paul Bernhard Sander and Rosa Maude (Aten) Sander in El Reno, Oklahoma. His Heavenly Father gathered him into His loving arms on January 30, 2013 following an illness of pneumonia. Marvin was baptized into God's family on June 3, 1928 and was confirmed into the Lutheran...
Kathleen Percival
Jan 29, 2013
Kathleen Percival, 87 of Overland Park, mother of Cecelia Orcutt of Iola, passed away Tuesday, January 29th, 2013. She had battled Alzheimer's for nearly ten years. Katie was preceded in death by her parents, her brother Keith and beloved husband Daryl. She is survived by her two daughters and son-in-laws, Cecelia and Steven Orcutt of Iola and Julie and Jim...
Vincent Culbertson
Jan 27, 2013
Vincent E. Culbertson, 97, left this world and went home to Jesus on January 27th, 2013 at Chanute Health Care Center in Chanute, KS. Vincent was born to George W. Culbertson and Ida E. (Geddes) Culbertson on December 15, 1915. Vincent had three siblings. One sister, Velma, two brothers, G. Kenneth and Eugene. All have preceded him in death. On...
Audrey Clifton
Jan 27, 2013
Audrey Irene (Plumlee) Clifton, 101, of Humboldt, Kansas, former longtime Rocky Comfort, Missouri resident, passed away Sunday, January 27, 2013, at Chanute HealthCare Center. Audrey was born January 16, 1912, in Rocky Comfort, the only child of Oscar Esmond and Bessie (Link) Plumlee. She grew up in Rocky Comfort and graduated from high school there. On February 20, 1930, Audrey...
Anna Laymon
Jan 24, 2013
Anna Faye Laymon, 91, longtime Neosho Falls resident, passed away Thursday, January 24, 2013, at the Allen County Hospital. Anna Faye was born April 16, 1921, at Garnett, Kansas, the daughter of Fred and Alta (Drybread) Allen. The family moved to Neosho Falls in 1931. In 1938, Anna Faye married Wayne W. Laymon and they always made their home in...
James Fincher
Jan 24, 2013
James H. Fincher, age 78, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Thursday, January 24, 2013, at Olathe Medical Center in Olathe, Kansas. Jim was born on May 30, 1934, in Lafayette County, Arkansas, the son of James Joseph and Dora Viola (Spence) Fincher. He was a member of the U.S. Air Force. After his time in the Air Force, he...
Twila M. Hermreck
Jan 23, 2013
Twila Mae Hermreck, age 91, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Wednesday, January 23, 2013, at Anderson County Long Term Care in Garnett, Kansas. She was born on July 29, 1921, in Garnett, Kansas, the daughter of Jose I. and Mabel E. (Kennard) Flores. She grew up in Garnett, attending Irving Primary School. She worked at Grennan's Produce, in Garnett...
Dean Dudley "Tutt" Richards Jr.
Jan 22, 2013
Dean Dudley "Tutt" Richards, Jr., 90, of Baldwin City, KS died peacefully on Jan. 22, 2013 at the Baldwin Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center in the arms of family. Dean was born at Paola, KS on Jan. 18, 1923, to Dean Dudley Richards, Sr. and Verda Jane (Polkinghorn) Richards. When Dean was nine months old, he and his older brother, Frank...
Betty J. Stewart
Jan 20, 2013
Betty Jean "BJ" Stewart died on Sunday, January 20, 2013 at Golden Heights in Garnett, Kansas. She was the younger child of M.E. "Roy" and Lucille Stewart, born on September 29, 1927, in Greeley, Kansas. She was a great-granddaughter of Valentin Gerth, one of the first Greeley settlers. Betty and her family moved to Garnett when she was about 10...
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