Recent Obituaries
Richard Drury
Jun 28, 2013
Richard Lee Drury, 79, Iola, died Friday June 28th 2013 at home. He was born in Moran, KS to Harold and Jo Ann Drury and moved to Chanute, KS as a young child. He graduated from Chanute High School and Neosho Community College. He served in the Korean Conflict. On September 21, 1958, Richard married Lois J. Traylor and they...
Robert Gericke
Jun 23, 2013
Robert Dale "Bob" Gericke, 83, of LaHarpe, Kansas, passed away peacefully in his sleep at his home on Sunday, June 23, 2013. Bob was born February 10, 1930 at Rural Shaw, Kansas, the son of William August and Jennie E. (Nourse) Gericke. He grew up in the Shaw and Earlton areas and served in the United States Army. He worked...
John Williams
Jun 22, 2013
John Drayton Williams, 43, of Iola, Kansas, drowned Saturday, June 22, 2013, while fishing at Neosho Falls, Kansas. John was born April 21, 1970, at Port Lavaca, Texas, the son of James Lee and Mary Lynn (Loveall) Williams. He grew up in the Independence, Missouri area and lived in Kincaid, Kansas before moving to Iola a couple of years ago....
Ruth Mansfield
Jun 19, 2013
Zona "Ruth" (Ross) Mansfield, 78, of Chanute, Kansas, passed away Wednesday, June 19, 2013, at Neosho Memorial Regional Medical Center in Chanute. Ruth was born May 22, 1935, in Iola, the daughter of Howard O. "Guss" and Zona Mae (Culbertson) Ross. She grew up in Iola and graduated from Iola High School. Ruth married Johnny E. Leroy, Jr. and they...
Eugene Burrows
Jun 18, 2013
Eugene Vern "Gene" Burrows, 92, of LaHarpe, Kansas, passed away Tuesday, June 18, 2013, at the Allen County Hospital. Gene was born December 3, 1920, in Bourbon County, Kansas, the son of Charlie and May (Hutchinson) Burrows. He grew up in this area until moving to California in 1945 where he worked as a radio and television engineer. On March...
David Burke
Jun 18, 2013
David J. Burke, 53, of Piqua, Kansas, died Tuesday, June 18, 2013 at his home. David was born December 9, 1959, in Iola, Kansas, the son of Lewis "Ben" and Wilma J. (Wille) Burke. He grew up in the Piqua area. In 1978 he joined the Kansas National Guard and served until the time of his death. He was deployed...
Franklin Keithly
Jun 16, 2013
Franklin Lee "Frankie" Keithly, Jr., 55, of Iola, Kansas, passed away Sunday, June 16, 2013, at Windsor Place. Frankie was born June 16, 1958, in Ulysses, Kansas, the son of Franklin Lee and Doris (Bell) Keithly, Sr. He grew up in Iola and graduated from Iola High School in 1976. On June 18, 1976, Frankie married Debra Kay Turner in...
Vernon Morrison
Jun 13, 2013
Vernon Leo Morrison, Jr., 56, of Belle Plaine, KS, died Thursday, June 13, 2013 at Via Christi St. Francis Medical Center in Wichita. He was born July 29, 1956, in Garnett, Kansas, the son of Vernon Leo Morrison, Sr. and Shirley Nadine Wilson. He grew up in Iola and Wichita before the family settled in Arkansas City. He worked for...
Randy Lee Kennard
Jun 12, 2013
Randy Lee Kennard, age 55, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Wednesday, June 12, 2013, at Anderson County Long Term Care in Garnett following a courageous battle with cancer. He was born January 27, 1958 at the Anderson County Hospital, Garnett, Kansas, the son of Melvin Raymond and Wilma Jean (Blankenbeker) Kennard. Randy graduated from Garnett High School in 1976....
Joan Sallee
Jun 11, 2013
Joan Sallee, 82, of Iola, Kansas passed away Tuesday, June 11, 2013, at the Allen County Hospital. Joan was born December 13, 1930, on a farm west of Humboldt, Kansas, the daughter of Fred L. and Mary Inez (Wamsley) Dice, Sr. She graduated from LaHarpe High School in 1948. On November 24, 1949, Joan married William "Gene" Sallee of LaHarpe...
Althea Buckle
Jun 10, 2013
Althea Marguerite Buckle, age 93, of Welda, Kansas, passed away on Monday, June 10, 2013, at the Allen County Hospital in Iola, Kansas. Althea was born on March 24, 1920 in Colony, Kansas, the daughter of Charles and Elizabeth (Serene) Turner. She grew up in the Colony/Welda area. She was united in marriage to Robert T. Buckle on November 15,...
Harold Leonard Boots
Jun 9, 2013
Harold L. Boots, Sr., age 91, an employee with Phillips Petroleum Company for 34 years before his retirement in 1985 and a resident of Bartlesville, Oklahoma, since 1955, died on June 9, 2013, in his home in Bartlesville. Funeral services for Mr. Boots will be held at 1:30 p.m. on Thursday, June 13, at the Feuerborn Family Funeral Service Chapel,...
The Bumstead REV
Jun 6, 2013
The Rev. Ronald Lorenzo Bumstead died on June 6, 2013, at Heritage Health Care in Chanute. Born Dec. 17, 1927, to Oliver Wellington Bumstead and Margaret Smith in Detroit, Mich., he spent the first 32 years in Michigan prior to his move to Kansas. He was in the Army National Guard as part of a mortar crew. He attended Eastern...
Bradley Esslinger
Jun 1, 2013
Bradley Lynn Esslinger, Jr., 27, of Iola, Kansas, died Saturday, June 1, 2013, at his home. Bradley was born December 14, 1985 in Iola, the son of Bradley Lynn Esslinger, Sr. and JoAnne Michele Shafer. He graduated from Iola High School and Allen County Community College. Bradley has made his home in Emporia and worked for Coast to Coast Transportation...
Carolyn Morris
May 30, 2013
Carolyn Lucille (Cramer) Morris passed away May 30, 2013 at her home surrounded by her loving family. She was born April 30, 1942 in Esterville, Iowa to Fred and Lucille (Bingham) Cramer. As a young child she moved back to Kansas to a farm east of Gas City with her family. She graduated from Iola High School in 1961. On...
Mary Elizabeth Anderson
May 29, 2013
Mary Elizabeth Schwab Anderson passed away in her daughter's home, on May 29, 2013 in St. Joseph, MO. Mary Elizabeth was born on April 1, 1920 in Cherokee, KS to Ethel Turkington and Lewis Samuel Schwab. She spent her childhood in Cherokee, KS attending the public schools and the First Presbyterian Church. Mary received a B.S. in Home Economics Education...
Ivor Davis
May 29, 2013
Ivor N. Davis, Jr. "Dave", of Humboldt, Kansas, passed away May 29, 2013 after a battle with ALS, he was 81. Dave was born April 25, 1932 in Canton, Mississippi to I.N. Davis Sr. and Tennie Harvey. He joined the U.S. Air Force in 1952 and was a career man of 20 years. He had been stationed throughout the world,...
Neil Westervelt
May 28, 2013
On May 28, 2013, God welcomed a godly, faithful man of integrity and honesty into his heavenly kingdom. Neil Wayne Westervelt was born in Columbus, KS on February 23, 1947 to parents, Harold and Edith Wilcox Westervelt. Neil married Joy Ring of Liberal, MO on September 11, 1971 and they moved to Iola, KS in 1976 where she still resides....
Jessie Charles Wycoff
May 28, 2013
Jessie Charles Wycoff, age 84, of Garnett, passed away on Tuesday, May 28, 2013, at the Allen County Hospital in Iola, Kansas. He was born on June 19, 1928, at Garnett, Kansas, the son of Fletcher and Grace (Dixon) Wycoff. He attended Welda High School and graduated in 1946. Jessie served in the U.S. Army and was stationed in Korea....
Wayne L. Johnston
May 28, 2013
Wayne Lee Johnston, age 70, of Garnett, Kansas passed away on Tuesday, May 28, 2013, at Kindred Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri. He was born on September 25, 1942, at Los Angeles, California, the son of Robert and Janet (Larsen) Johnston. Wayne was united in marriage to Cynthia Diane Skaggs on November 21, 1966. This union was blessed with four...
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