Recent Obituaries
Helen I. Gadelman
Jun 1, 2012
Helen Gadelman, age 93, of Katy, Texas, passed away on June 1, 2012 at Memorial Herman Katy Nursing Facility in Katy, Texas. She was born on February 10, 1919, in Garnett, Kansas, the daughter of William and Celesta (Jones) Gadelman. She graduated from Garnett High School in 1937. After graduating, she worked in Tulsa, Oklahoma as a legal secretary. She...
De'Raun Walls
May 31, 2012
De'Raun Laine Walls, 3-month-old son of Derrick and Christy (Bartholomew) Walls of Iola, died Thursday, May 31, 2012, at Children's Mercy Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri. De'Raun was born March 6, 2012 in Iola, Kansas. SURVIVORS: His parents: Derrick & Christy Walls 3 Siblings: Myriah Renee Walls, age 8, Maliyah Lynn Walls, age 7, and Derrick Lamon Walls, Jr., 20...
Mary Kessler
May 30, 2012
Mary Lee Kessler, 76, of rural Colony, Kansas, died Wednesday, May 30, 2012, at the Allen County Hospital in Iola. Mary Lee was born April 18, 1936, in Iola, the daughter of Alva and Margaret (Shafer) Yoho. She grew up in Iola. On July 17, 1960, Mary Lee married Gene Kessler at the First Baptist Church in Iola. They made...
Mildred Higginbottom
May 29, 2012
Mildred Higginbottom, age 88, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Tuesday, May 29, 2012, at Anderson County Hospital Long Term Care in Garnett. She was born in Humboldt, Kansas, on October 29, 1923, to Levi F. and Agnes Mary (Gibbons) Showalter. She lived her entire life in Anderson County. She attended country schools before going to Garnett High School. She...
Geraldine Lacy
May 27, 2012
Geraldine Setterstrom Lacy, 94, of Iola, Kansas, died Sunday, May 27, 2012, at Iola Nursing Center. Geraldine was born July 26, 1917, at Elsmore, Kansas, the daughter of Wilbert and Stella (Nelson) Setterstrom. She graduated from Elsmore High School in 1936. She worked several years as a telephone operator for Southwestern Bell and later in life she worked in the...
Samuel Niemeyer
May 26, 2012
Samuel Niemeyer, 77, of Iola, Kansas, died Saturday, May 26, 2012, at Allen County Hospital in Iola. Sam was born on a farm southeast of Gas City, Kansas, on November 1, 1934. He attended Iola High School through his junior year and graduated from high school in Phoenix, Arizona. He served in the United States Army and later worked for...
Wanda M. Ensminger
May 25, 2012
Wanda M. Ensminger, age 97, of Moran, Kansas passed away on May 25, 2012 at Tara Gardens, Iola, Kansas. Wanda was born November 17, 1914 at Moran, Kansas the daughter of Ernest J. Baker and Clara (Manbeck) Baker. Wanda was born and raised in rural Moran. She attended a one-room schoolhouse in Moran and graduated in 1931. Moran was her...
Lyman Baldwin
May 24, 2012
Lyman D. Baldwin, 53, of Iola, Kansas, died Thursday, May 24, 2012, at the Allen County Hospital after several years of battling cancer. Lyman was born May 26, 1958, in Iola, the son of William J. and Shirlee E. (Flickinger) Baldwin. He graduated from Iola High School and was involved with Tri-Valley for several years. After working different jobs he...
Roberta Jean Borror
May 23, 2012
Roberta Jean Borror, age 62, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Wednesday, May 23, 2012, at Lawrence Memorial Hospital in Lawrence, Kansas. She was born on November 16, 1949, at Paola, Kansas, the daughter of George Arthur Bright, Sr. and Ester Fern (Latham) Bright. Roberta graduated from Wellsville High School in Wellsville, Kansas. Roberta married Franklin Lee Borror Sr. on...
Evelyn Roskob
May 21, 2012
Evelyn Irene Roskob, 61, of Iola, Kansas, died Monday, May 21, 2012, at Iola Nursing Center. Evelyn was born December 25, 1950, in Wichita, Kansas, the daughter of James and Clara Belle (McGinnis) Lewis. She grew up in Fredonia, Kansas, and lived a number of years in that area. She moved to Iola from Neosho Falls two years ago. SURVIVORS:...
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...
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