Recent Obituaries
Arlene Flynn
Dec 9, 2012
Arlene Flynn, 89, of Moran, Kansas, passed away Sunday, December 9, 2012, at Tara Gardens in Iola. Arlene was born October 3, 1923, the only child of Arlo Brown and Mabel Marie (Reeves) Hopkins on the family farm northwest of Moran. She grew up on the farm and graduated from Rising Star Rural School and then Mildred High School. On...
Dorothy Montague
Dec 8, 2012
Dorothy B. Montague, 79, of Garnett, Kansas, formerly of Iola, passed away Saturday, December 8, 2012, at the home of her daughter in Ottawa, Kansas. Dorothy was born May 19, 1933, at Rose, Kansas, the sixth of twelve children born to Lee Roy and Sylvia Myrtle (Jones) Wright. She grew up on the family farm near Buffalo, Kansas. She was...
Joan Louise Warren
Dec 7, 2012
Joan Louise Warren, age 80, of Lone Elm, Kansas, passed away on Friday, December 7, 2012, at Windsor Place in Iola, Kansas. Joan was born on November 4, 1932, at Lone Elm, the daughter of Carl and Bernice (Jones) Kulp. She was a lifetime resident of Anderson County, living most of her life in the Lone Elm area. In 1951...
Walter Sponseller
Dec 5, 2012
Walter Neal Sponseller, 73, of Iola, Kansas, passed away Wednesday, December 5, 2012, at the Allen County Hospital. Walter was born April 26, 1939, in Iola, the son of Harvey Neal and Anna Elizabeth (Myer) Sponseller. He grew up and made his home in Iola where he worked as a painter for Layles and later on his own. He is...
Blake Christy
Dec 5, 2012
Blake Andrew Christy, 31, of Lawrence, Kansas, passed away Wednesday, December 5, 2012, at the Lawrence Memorial Hospital. Blake was born April 8, 1981, in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, the son of Marty J. and Cindy A. (Glidden) Christy. He graduated from Iola High School and made his home in Iola until moving to Lawrence in 2009. SURVIVORS: Wife: Amanda Garcia of...
Nadine S. Pergeson
Dec 4, 2012
Nadine Pergeson, age 65, of Elsmore, Kansas, passed away on Tuesday, December 4, 2012, at Neosho Memorial Regional Medical Center, Chanute, Kansas. She was born June 16, 1947, at Phoenix, Arizona, the daughter of Theodore and Ethel Allen. She married Kennith Pergeson on October 20, 1979 in Iola, Kansas. Her greatest joy was her grandchildren. Nadine was preceded in death...
Joshua Michael Gillaspie
Dec 3, 2012
Joshua Michael Gillaspie, age 30, of Tecumseh, Kansas, passed away on Monday, December 3, 2012. Josh was born on September 1, 1982, in Topeka, Kansas, the son of Dennis and Mary Jo (Hiestand) Gillaspie. Josh attended school at Shawnee Heights, graduating with the class of 2001. He was currently attending the Washburn Technical School for computer repair. He leaves behind...
Dale Bradford
Dec 1, 2012
Dale Bradford, 57, of Iola, Kansas, died unexpectedly Saturday, December 1, 2012. Dale was born January 29, 1955, in Iola, the son of Richard and Doris (Crawford) Bradford. He grew up on farms south of Iola and graduated from Humboldt High School in 1974. On August 25, 1975, Dale married Kim L. Watson and they made their home in Iola,...
Phil Woodward
Dec 1, 2012
Richard Phillip Woodward, 98, of Iola, Kansas, passed away Saturday, December 1, 2012, at the Allen County Hospital. Phil was born February 12, 1914. On April 1, 1942, he married Nola Shannon Smith and they made their home in Iola. He farmed before going to work in the oil fields. He worked for Boyer Oil Company for over forty years....
Pamela Jenkins
Dec 1, 2012
Pamela Lynn Jenkins, 53, of Iola, Kansas, passed away Saturday, December 1, 2012, at the Allen County Hospital. Pamela was born June 16, 1959, in Fairbanks, Alaska, a twin daughter of Billy C. and Karen Kay (Wheeler) Beck. She grew up in the Cherryvale, Kansas area and later received her Associate of Arts degree in business from Allen County Community...
Buford Peck
Nov 30, 2012
Ira Buford Peck, 84, passed away on November 30, 2012. He was born on September 4, 1928, to Ira and Velma (Slack) Peck in Iola. He spent his early childhood in Iola before the family moved to Pleasanton, where he graduated. After graduation he returned to the Iola area where he remained. In 1949 Buford married Doris Crowl. They had...
Esther Maloney
Nov 27, 2012
Esther Elizabeth Maloney, 88, of Humboldt, Kansas, passed away Tuesday, November 27, 2012, at Neosho Memorial Regional Medical Center in Chanute. Esther was born November 3, 1924, at Winterset, Iowa, the daughter of Archie and Lottie (Johnson) Rockwell. She came to Kansas with her family in a covered wagon. On May 20, 1942, she married William R. "Russ" Maloney and...
Larry J. Knox
Nov 27, 2012
Larry J. Knox, age 55, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on November 27, 2012, at KU Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas. He was born March 14, 1957, in Yakima, Washington, the son of Joseph Frank and Clarice Ruth (Enright) Knox. He graduated from Wapato High School, in Wapato, Washington. Larry played many sports in high school. He was a talented...
Charlene Hirt
Nov 27, 2012
Charlene Hirt, age 85, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Tuesday, November 27, 2012 at Golden Heights in Garnett. She was born March 1, 1927, at Scipio, Kansas, the daughter of Joseph and Gertrude (Setter) Pickert. She grew up in the Scipio area, attending country schools before graduating from Garnett High School in 1945. Following school Charlene worked in Kansas...
Rev. Bernard Lickteig, O. Carm.
Nov 26, 2012
Reverend Bernard (Fabian Phillip) Lickteig, O.Carm., died at the age of 91 on November 26, 2012, in Olathe, Kansas. Fabian was born to (the late) Francis Joseph Lickteig and (the late) Elizabeth (Wolken) Lickteig on January 7, 1921, in Greeley, Kansas. His given name at baptism was Fabian Phillip Lickteig. He is pre-deceased by his sisters; Beatrice (Lickteig) Gilner, Agatha,(Lickteig)...
Allen Stokes
Nov 25, 2012
Allen R. Stokes, 86, of Iola, Kansas, passed away Sunday, November 25, 2012, at his home. He was born February 6, 1926 on a farm outside of Latham, Kansas to Bertlum L. and Lois M. (Ryan) Stokes. He was the third born in a large family of fourteen children, eleven boys and three girls. Allen grew up on several different...
Mary Lambright
Nov 22, 2012
Mary Elizabeth Lambright, 80, of Humboldt, Kansas, passed away Thursday, November 22, 2012. Mary was born July 13, 1932, in Neodesha, Kansas, the daughter of Milo and Opal (Chapman) Veley. She graduated from Humboldt High School and married Oswald "Oz" Bryant Lambright in 1950. They made their home in Humboldt where she worked as a CNA, administrator and activity director...
Helen Gilpin
Nov 21, 2012
Helen Elizabeth (Moore) Gilpin, 96, of Iola, Kansas, died Wednesday, November 21, 2012, at Windsor Place, Iola, Kansas where she was in hospice care after a recent fall at her home. Born August 8, 1916 in Topeka to Roy R. and Birdie (Greenough) Moore, she was the youngest of three children. After graduating from KU and working for two years...
Betty Gilpin
Nov 17, 2012
Betty J. Gilpin, age 59, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on November 17, 2012, at the Coffey County Hospital, Burlington, Kansas. She was born March 20, 1953 at Colony, Kansas, the daughter of Junior Lee and Imogene (Sutton) Gilpin. Betty graduated from Garnett High School. Betty's jobs expressed her personality as a caregiver, helping any way she could. She was...
Charles Hiestand
Nov 12, 2012
Charles Hiestand, age 95 of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Monday, November 12, 2012, at the Anderson County Long Term Care Facility in Garnett, Kansas. He was born on March 31, 1917, at Walker, Vernon County, Missouri, the son of Gideon Elmer and Lillie Myrtle (Ball) Hiestand. He grew up west of Montevallo, Missouri where he attended Science Hill School...
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