Recent Obituaries
Cathy Cox
May 21, 2012
Cathy Nelson Cox, 82, long-time resident of the Walnut, Kansas area, now residing at the Moran Manor, died Monday, May 21, 2012. She was born March 27, 1930, in Catawba, Wisconsin, the daughter of John and Christine (Raab) Herber. She grew up on the family dairy farm and graduated from high school at Catawba. She moved to Rockford, Illinois where...
Cecil Weems
May 20, 2012
Cecil Leon Weems, age 88, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Sunday, May 20, 2012 at his home. He was born August 2, 1923 at Eureka Springs, Arkansas, the son of George Walter and Louella Belle (Pinkley) Weems. Cecil served in the United States Army during World War II. He married Dorothy Annabelle Smith and this union was blessed with...
Harold Barr
May 20, 2012
Harold G. Barr, age 91, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Sunday, May 20, 2012, at Golden Heights, Garnett, Kansas. He was born on August 24, 1920, in Ottawa, Kansas, the son of Ray and Ethel (Pumphrey) Barr. Harold graduated from Garnett High School and attended Ottawa University. Harold married Jean Woods on August 30, 1941 in Miami, Oklahoma. This...
Grace Myers
May 19, 2012
Grace Myers,100, of Iola, Kansas, died Saturday, May 19, 2012. She was born October 6, 1911, to Joseph Benjamin Fulks and Nora Nolen Fulks in Wetumka, Oklahoma. She was graduated from Oklahoma State University in 1933 with a degree in music science. She was a member of Phi Kappa Phi, an honorary society that recognizes academic excellence. Grace taught public...
James Burton
May 18, 2012
James L. "Jim" Burton, 75, of Gas, Kansas, died Friday, May 18, 2012, at his home. Jim was born May 12, 1937, at Caney, Kansas, the son of Robert McHenry and Evelyn Rose (Holeman) Burton. He grew up in Humboldt, Kansas. On May 28, 1957, Jim married Dannie Darlene Wilson and they made their home in Gas for eight years...
James A. Bailey
May 18, 2012
James Adelbert Bailey Jr., age 87, of Garnett, Kansas passed away Friday, May 18, 2012 at the St. Francis Hospital in Topeka, Kansas. James was born at Garnett, Kansas on June 27, 1924, the son of James Adelbert Bailey and Eva Mae (Keeney) Bailey. James was a lifelong resident of Garnett, graduating from Garnett High School in 1943. He entered...
John White
May 16, 2012
John White, 81, of Iola, Kansas, passed away May 16, 2012 at the Allen County Hospital in Iola. John was born August 10, 1930, the son of John William and Nettie Mae (Fleer) White in Caldwell, Kansas. He grew up near Renfrow and Deer Creek, Oklahoma. After he graduated from high school, his folks moved their family farm near LaHarpe,...
Jesse Holman
May 16, 2012
Jesse Lee Holman, age 18, passed away on Wednesday, May 16, 2012, at the Allen County Hospital, Iola, Kansas. He was born on April 8, 1994, in Ft. Scott, Kansas, the son of Mike and Lori (Nelson) Holman. He attended the Marmaton Valley High School in Moran, Kansas. Jesse loved drawing, listening to music, and playing his trap set. He...
Julie Tidd
May 13, 2012
Julie Dawn (Tarum) Tidd, 50, of Iola, Kansas, died Sunday, May 13, 2012 at her home. Julie was born June 16, 1961 in McPherson, Kansas, the daughter of Melvin I. and Eunice E. (Bentson) Tarum. She was active in her growing up years with church activities where she sang in the junior choir, 4-H where she studied sewing, foods and...
Doris Gorden
May 12, 2012
Doris Elizabeth Gorden, 89, of rural Iola, Kansas, died Saturday, May 12, 2012, at Coffey County Hospital in Burlington, Kansas. Doris was born August 27, 1922, at Yates Center, Kansas, the daughter of Albert and Emma (Opperman) Weide. She graduated from Yates Center High School and Iola Junior College where she received her teaching certificate. She taught at Toronto and...
Earnie Meadows
May 12, 2012
Iolan Earnie Meadows, 86, died Saturday, May 12, 2012, of heart failure. He was born Aug. 24, 1925, in Woodlawn, Illinois, the son of Thomas J. and Florence (Piercy) Meadows. He married Erma (Peggy) Folk on Sept. 2, 1944, in Salem, Illinois. They were married 66 years when Peggy passed away. He became a permanent resident of Iola after a...
Philip Weide
May 12, 2012
Philip L. Weide, 68, of Linn Creek, Missouri, formerly of Iola, died Saturday, May 12, 2012, at Ozark Rehabilitation & Heath Center in Osage Beach, Missouri. Phil was born July 15, 1943, in Iola, Kansas, the son of Harvey and Florence (Jackson) Weide. He grew up in Iola. On August 6, 1960, Phil married Patricia "Pat" Hall in Miami, Oklahoma....
Cecil McClure
May 9, 2012
Cecil Ray McClure, 73, of LaHarpe, Kansas, died Wednesday, May 9, 2012, at the Kansas Heart Hospital in Wichita. Cecil was born July 9, 1938, at Bassett, Kansas, the son of Leslie K. and Louise (Michael) McClure. He grew up in Iola and lived in this area all of his life. On April 21, 1963, Cecil married Jeanne W. Oshel...
Florence Helen Shields
May 9, 2012
Florence Helen Shields, age 90, of Garnett, Kansas passed away on Wednesday, May 9, 2012, at her home. She was born on March 6, 1922, at Ellsworth, Kansas, the daughter of Christopher and Catherine (Pickert) Hermreck. Her family moved to the Scipio, Kansas area when she was a young girl. She attended country school at Scipio. Florence moved to Elgin,...
MaryRose McGowan
May 9, 2012
MaryRose McGowan, 86, of Iola, Kansas, died Wednesday, May 9, 2012, at Windsor Place in Iola. MaryRose was born March 10, 1926, at Hooven, Ohio, the daughter of John William and Margaret T. (Craig) Taylor. She grew up in Ohio, Indianapolis, Indiana and then Argo, Illinois where she met her future husband. On August 30, 1941, MaryRose married Robert J....
Rocky Lee Alford
May 8, 2012
Rocky Lee Alford, age 58, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on May 8, 2012 at K.U. Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas. He was born on January 18, 1954, in Sedan, Kansas, the son of Kenneth and Mary (Dye) Alford. Rocky completed his high school education after enlisting in the United States Army. Most of his time in the Army was...
Ivan Delbert Howarter
May 7, 2012
Ivan Howarter, age 95, of Escondido, California, passed away on May 7, 2012 in La Mesa, California. Ivan was born on January 26, 1917, in Kincaid, Kansas, the son of Glenn and Eunice (Taylor) Howarter. He graduated from Kincaid High School. He served in the Army - Air Force from July 24, 1945 to January 8, 1947, during World War...
Emma Sanderson
May 5, 2012
Emma Catherine Sanderson, 89, of Humboldt, Kansas, went home to be with her Lord on Saturday, May 5, 2012, at Arrowood Lane in Humboldt. She was one of nine children born to Paul Otto and Flossie Blanche (Penwell) Joy on April 29, 1923 at Fredonia, Kansas. On May 5, 1942, Emma married Lawrence Morris Sanderson in Newton, Kansas. They made...
Melvin Kennard
Apr 30, 2012
Melvin Raymond Kennard, age 75, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Monday, April 30, 2012, at his home. Melvin was born on March 31, 1937, in Garnett, Kansas, the son of William Elmer Kennard and Stella Alta (Sutton) Kennard. He was a lifetime resident of Garnett. Melvin graduated from Garnett High School in 1954. He was united in marriage to...
Agnes Setter
Apr 29, 2012
Agnes Setter, age 97, of Greeley, Kansas, passed away on Sunday, April 29, 2012, at the Allen County Hospital in Iola, Kansas She was born on January 2, 1915 at Scipio, Kansas, the daughter of Peter and Mary (Roecker) Setter. Agnes worked as a housekeeper for Priests in the Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas for many years. She retired...