Recent Obituaries
Joy L. Klimek
Jul 18, 2012
Joy L. Klimek, age 50, of Gardner, Kansas, passed away on Wednesday, July 18, 2012 at the Barnes Jewish Hospital, St. Louis, Missouri. She was born on December 1, 1961, in Iola, Kansas, the daughter of Lawrence "Blackie" and Doris L. (Burt) Klimek. She attended Marmaton Valley schools in Moran, and Allen County Community College in Iola. Joy worked for...
Dora Lucille Lewis
Jul 17, 2012
Dora Lucille Lewis, age 93, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Tuesday, July 17, 2012, at the Anderson County Hospital, Garnett. She was born December 4, 1918, the daughter of Thomas and Dora (Bristow) Welborn, one of eleven children. Dora married Claude Raymond Lewis in 1938 at Iola, Kansas, enjoying 44 years together. He preceded her in death in 1981....
Mark Ard
Jul 16, 2012
Mark Christopher Ard, age 39, of Iola, Kansas passed away July 16, 2012 at the Ard family farm, rural Elsmore, Kansas. He was born March 17, 1973 at Iola, Kansas, the son of Robert Dean Ard and Deborah Ruth (Smith) Ard. Mark attended school in Moran and graduated from Marmaton Valley high School in 1993. He grew up working on...
Michael Abernathy
Jul 15, 2012
Michael McGuire Abernathy, 66, of Orlando, Florida, died Sunday, July 15, 2012, at Orlando. Mike was born August 29, 1945, at Fort Myers, Florida, and was the eldest of the three children of Arthur Briggs Abernathy, Jr. and Louise C. McGuire Abernathy. Mike's dad was serving in the military and a few months after Mike's birth, the family relocated to...
Mabel Centlivre
Jul 13, 2012
Mabel Marie Kelsey Centlivre, 96, of Iola, Kansas, died Friday, July 13, 2012, at Windsor Place in Iola. Mabel was born June 25, 1916, at Kimball, Kansas in Neosho County, the daughter of Samuel Ferdinand and Sarah Daisy (Spohr) Kelsey. She graduated in 1934 from Grant Township Rural High School at Stark, Kansas. On October 4, 1941, Mabel married Peter...
Larry L. Williams
Jul 13, 2012
Larry Lyman Williams, age 43, of Garnett, Kansas passed away July 13, 2012 at Garnett, Kansas. He was born at Garnett, Kansas on June 24, 1969, the son of Howard E. Williams, Sr. and Donna R. (Horn) Williams. Larry lived most of his life in Garnett and the surrounding area. Larry was a welder and had worked at Haven Steel...
Roy Stroud
Jul 13, 2012
Cleo Roy Stroud, 72, of Iola, Kansas, died Friday, July 13, 2012, at the Allen County Hospital in Iola. Roy was born May 22, 1940, in English, Indiana, the son of Kenneth E. and Virginia C. (Brown) Stroud. He worked as a roofer for home and business repair. Roy married Judy K. Cooper April 16, 1979 in Iola. Survivors include...
Don C. Hewitt
Jul 11, 2012
Don C. Hewitt, age 79, of Cherokee, Kansas formerly of Cottonwood Falls, passed away Wednesday, July 11, 2012 at the Salina Regional Health Center, Salina, Kansas. He was born on August 12, 1932, in Parsons, Kansas, the son of Tom C. and Marie G. (Nichols) Hewitt. Don grew up in Grand Junction, Colorado and Erie, Kansas, graduating from Erie High...
Howard Hanson
Jul 11, 2012
Howard Lee Hanson, Sr., 70, of Iola, Kansas, died Wednesday, July 11, 2012, at Windsor Place Nursing Center in Iola. Howard was born June 25, 1942, in Wichita, Kansas. In 1944 he was adopted by Henry and Anna (Riggs) Hanson and grew up in Iola. In 1962 he married Marcelene "Micky" Berglund and they made their home in Iola. They...
Jesse "Bus" Hale
Jul 10, 2012
Jesse James "Bus" Hale, age 88, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Tuesday, July 10, 2012, at his home. He was born on June 28, 1924, in Mapleton, Kansas, the son of Ray "Casey" and Rosa (Hartman) Hale. He grew up in southeast Anderson County, attending Red Star School. Bus was united in marriage to Donna M. Weiss on November...
Michael Dillow
Jul 7, 2012
Michael Lance Dillow, 33, of Iola, Kansas, died Saturday, July 7, 2012. Michael was born May 29, 1979, in Joliet, Illinois, the son of Howard A. and Cheryl L. (Johnson) Dillow. The family moved to Iola in 1985 from Joliet. Michael graduated from Iola High School in 1997 and attended Allen County Community College. Michael worked for eight years as...
Kim Bradford
Jul 6, 2012
Kim L. Bradford, 54, of Iola, Kansas, died Friday, July 6, 2012, at the Allen County Hospital. Kim was born July 24, 1957, in Hoisington, Kansas, the daughter of Robert and Barbara Jean (Ryder) Watson. The family moved to Iola in 1959 and Kim attended Iola schools except for a short time when the family moved to Hoisington then Moundridge....
Billie Holden
Jul 6, 2012
Billie Lee Holden, 71, of Kansas City, Missouri, died Friday, July 6, 2012, at NorthCare Hospice House in North Kansas City, Missouri. She was born March 2, 1941, at Kincaid, Kansas, the daughter of Arthur "Bill" and Eunice M. (Corwin) Mott, Jr. She grew up in Iola and moved to Spokane, Washington where she married William M. Holden on March...
Donna M. Osler
Jul 5, 2012
Donna Osler, age 48, of Princeton, Kansas, passed away on Thursday, July 5, 2012, at her home. She was born on October 5, 1963, in Anderson County, Kansas, the daughter of Harold W. and Sylvia O. (Olson) Sutton. Donna worked as a dietician at the former Oakhaven Nursing Home in Richmond, Kansas, and later she was a homemaker. She enjoyed...
Barbara Cole
Jul 2, 2012
Barbara May Cole, 78, of Gas, Kansas, died Monday, July 2, 2012, at the Allen County Hospital in Iola. Cremation has taken place. Online condolences for the family may be left on this website, www.iolafuneral.com .
John Ornelas
Jul 2, 2012
John Ornelas, 85, of Chanute, Kansas, died Monday, July 2, 2012, at his home. John was born June 16, 1927, at Bassett, Kansas the son of Joe and Juanita (Medina) Ornelas. He grew up in the Bassett and Iola area, attended Iola schools and served in the United States Army during the Korean Conflict. He operated a Mobil station at...
Gertrude Mae Mechnig
Jul 1, 2012
Gertrude Mae Rawlings Mechnig died Sunday morning, July 1, 2012, at the tender age of 101, in Garnett, Kansas, at the Anderson County Hospital, only a few hours after being admitted for pneumonia. Gertrude was born on March 20, 1911, in Moran, Kansas, where she remained most of her life. On May 2, 1931, she married Bill Mechnig of the...
Jean K. Mersman
Jun 29, 2012
Jean K. Mersman, age 70, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Friday, June 29, 2012, at Golden Heights in Garnett, Kansas. She was born March 23, 1942, rural Greeley, Kansas, the daughter of Rex Francis and Mildred Margaret (Miller) Adkinson. Jean grew up in the Greeley area, attending school there until graduating from Greeley High School in 1960. Following school...
Mary E. Morgan
Jun 28, 2012
Mary E. Morgan, age 83, of Greeley, Kansas, passed away on Thursday, June 28, 2012, at Golden Heights in Garnett, Kansas. Mary Elizabeth Young was born on June 30, 1928, in Chillicothe, Missouri, the daughter of Joseph V. and Mary Jane (Swain) Young. She graduated from St. Joseph Academy in Chillicothe on May 19, 1946. Mary graduated from The College...
Scot Schuster
Jun 27, 2012
John Scot Schuster, age 38, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Wednesday, June 27, 2012. He was born on January 8, 1974, in Garnett, Kansas, the son of John L. Schuster and Carolyn (Brittingham) Schuster. Scot was a lifetime resident of Anderson County, living in Garnett, Greeley and the Bush City areas. He attended grade school at Garnett, and Junior...
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