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Marcia Katherine Peine

Marcia Katherine Peine

Dec 22, 2012

Marcia Katherine Peine, age 59, of Greeley, Kansas, passed away suddenly on Saturday, December 22, 2012, at her home. She was born on October 23, 1953, in Garnett, Kansas, the daughter of Don and Nadine (Teter) Poss. Marcia graduated from Garnett High School in 1971, and she received a Bachelor's Degree in Nursing from Pittsburg State University in 1975. On...

Gale Beck

Gale Beck

Dec 22, 2012

Gale Dean Beck, 89, of Iola, Kansas, died Saturday, December 22, 2012 at Windsor Place. Born November 19, 1923 near Adams, Kansas on what was to become the family farm, to Russel Dewey Beck and Caroline Blumanhourst Beck. He was the oldest of 7 children and an active 4-H member. After graduating from Adams High School in 1941 he worked...

Rosie Collins

Rosie Collins

Dec 19, 2012

Rose Zetta "Rosie" Collins, 72, of Piqua, Kansas, died Wednesday, December 19, 2012, enroute from Kansas Heart Hospital in Wichita to Allen County Hospital. Rosie was born August 15, 1940, in Bloomfield, Indiana, the daughter of Clyde and Genevieve (Haywood) Lenning. She grew up in Scotland, Indiana. On December 19, 1959, Rosie married Robert E. "Ike" Collins in Spencer, Indiana,...

Dolores Wilson

Dolores Wilson

Dec 19, 2012

Dolores J. Wilson, 79, of Iola, Kansas, passed away Wednesday, December 19, 2012, at her home. Dolores was born October 14, 1933, on the family farm two and a half miles west of Piqua, Kansas, the daughter of Leo Henry and Tillie I. (Hasstedt) Smith. She grew up on the farm. On November 10, 1952, Dolores married Ralph O. Wilson...

Harry D. Withers

Harry D. Withers

Dec 19, 2012

Harry David Withers, age 69, of Allen, Texas, formerly of Altoona, Kansas, passed away on Wednesday, December 19, 2012 at Centennial Medical Center in Frisco, Texas. He was born February 27, 1943 in Gray County, Kansas, the son of Albert and Ethel (Meador) Withers. He attended the East Banner School in rural Gray County, Kansas and was raised around the...

Bobby Beer

Bobby Beer

Dec 14, 2012

Bobby Lee Beer, Jr., 48, of rural Piqua, Kansas, died Friday, December 14, 2012 in Iola, Kansas. Bobby was born November 3, 1964, at Ottawa, Kansas, the son of Bob L. and Georgia Ellen (Foulk) Beer, Sr. He has lived most of his life in the Lebo, Emporia, and Cottonwood Falls areas before moving to the Piqua area. Survivors include...

Mabel Ellis

Mabel Ellis

Dec 13, 2012

Mabel Irene Ellis of Denton, Texas passed away peacefully on December 13, 2012 at age 99. She was born September 24, 1913, in Carlyle, Kansas. She graduated from Humboldt High School in 1931 and attended both Wichita Business and Pittsburg Business College. She taught one year at Cherry Grove Country School. Mabel married Paul Herbert Ellis in 1938 and they...

Eugene C. Blakesley

Eugene C. Blakesley

Dec 13, 2012

Eugene Charles Blakesley, age 85, of Welda, Kansas, passed away peacefully on Thursday, December 13, 2012, at St. Luke's South Hospital in Overland Park, Kansas. He was born on December 29, 1926, in Ocean Park, California, the son of George William and Marie Rosetta (Bouquot) Blakesley. Gene grew up in Mooreland, Oklahoma. He served in in the US Navy from...

William Lee

William Lee

Dec 11, 2012

William R. "Bill" Lee, 71, of Iola, Kansas, passed away Tuesday, December 11, 2012, at St. Luke's Hospital in Kansas City. Bill was born November 29, 1941, in Tulsa, Oklahoma, the son of William and Mildred (Moon) Lee. He grew up in Oklahoma City. After graduating from Oklahoma State University he moved to Michigan where he worked for General Motors...

Teresa Cook

Teresa Cook

Dec 10, 2012

Teresa Kay Cook, 51, of Iola, Kansas, passed away Monday, December 10, 2012, at the Allen County Hospital. Teresa was born June 14, 1961, in Manhattan, Kansas, the daughter of Clayton Justin and Glenna (Waters) LeValley. She attended Seven Dolors Catholic School in Manhattan, graduated from Manhattan High School in 1979, attended Kansas State University and has continued her education...

Arlene Flynn

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...