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Patricia J. Draves

Patricia J. Draves

Apr 29, 2012

Patricia "Patty" Draves, age 74, passed away on Sunday, April 29, 2012, at Golden Heights, with her family by her side in Garnett, Kansas. She was born September 13, 1937, in Kansas City, Kansas, the daughter of Herman and Edna Fay (Harbison) Simpson. Pat's mother later married Wilbur A. Gartin who loved and raised Patty as his own daughter. As...

Patricia Brewington

Patricia Brewington

Apr 28, 2012

Patricia Ann Brewington, 61, of Iola, Kansas, died Saturday, April 28, 2012, at her home. Patricia was born February 1, 1951, in New Jersey, the daughter of Allen and Maxine Brewington. Her father was in the service, so the family moved following his military career. She has resided in Iola for the past 25 years where she has worked as...

Mary Pearl Mullins

Mary Pearl Mullins

Apr 28, 2012

Mary Pearl Mullins, age 103, of rural Westphalia, Kansas passed away April 28, 2012 at her home. Pearl was born on December 9, 1908 near Portland, Oregon, the daughter of Herman Alexander Mace and Nora Mae (Sutton) Mace. Her family moved to the Westphalia area when she was a young girl, and she lived the rest of her life in...

Myrtle Johnson

Myrtle Johnson

Apr 25, 2012

Myrtle Grace Johnson, 87, formerly of Moran, Kansas, went to meet the Lord April 25, 2012, at Barone Alzheimer's Care Center in Nevada, Missouri. Myrtle was born January 27, 1925, to William A. and Hazel F. (Powell) Tharp in El Dorado Springs, Missouri. She was married October 6, 1945 to Warren M. Johnson who preceded her in death March 13,...

Nancy E. Malone

Nancy E. Malone

Apr 25, 2012

Nancy E. Malone, age 58, of Osawatomie, Kansas, passed away on Wednesday, April 25, 2012, at KC Hospice House in Kansas City, Missouri. She was born on July 21, 1953, at Kansas City, Missouri, the daughter of Ernest and Hazel (Beck) Schade. Nancy grew up in Shawnee and graduated from Shawnee Mission Northwest High School. Following school she lived in...

Telline Booth

Telline Booth

Apr 21, 2012

Alice Telline Booth, age 95, of Lee's Summit, Missouri, formerly of Iola, Kansas, died Saturday, April 21, 2012, at Truman Medical Center Lakewood Long Term Care. Telline was born July 24, 1916, at Lone Elm, Kansas, the daughter of Walter and Maude (Hoffmeier) Hester. She graduated from Lone Elm High School in 1934. On September 8, 1936, Telline married Wilbur...

Dale Marney

Dale Marney

Apr 21, 2012

Dale C. Marney, 79, of Humboldt, Kansas, died Saturday, April 21, 2012, at the Neosho Memorial Regional Medical Center in Chanute. Dale was born November 19, 1932, at Rocky Comfort, Missouri, the son of Champ Clark and Kate Frances (McNeill) Marney. He grew up in Rocky Comfort where he graduated from high school in 1950. On March 16, 1952, Dale...

LaVonne Atteberry

LaVonne Atteberry

Apr 20, 2012

LaVonne Marie Atteberry, 96, of Elsmore, Kansas, died Friday, April 20, 2012 at Moran Manor in Moran, Kansas. LaVonne was born February 17, 1916, at Savonburg, Kansas to Eric Leonard and Julia Evalina (Swanson) Carlson. The Carlson family later moved to the Elsmore area where she attended East Liberty Grade School. She graduated from Elsmore High School in 1934 and...

Wallace Peine

Wallace Peine

Apr 20, 2012

Wallace Lee Peine, 80, of rural Piqua, Kansas, died Friday, April 20, 2012, at his home. Wallace was born August 30, 1931, at Greeley, Kansas, the son of Curtis John and Genevieve Emma (Kress) Peine. He graduated from Sacred Heart High School in Cedar Falls, Iowa and served in the U.S. Navy. On November 17, 1950, Wallace married Phyllis Callies...

Scott Powelson

Scott Powelson

Apr 19, 2012

Scott Powelson, age 68, of Richmond, Kansas passed away on Thursday, April 19, 2012, at the Ransom Memorial Hospital, Ottawa, Kansas following an eight year battle with cancer. Scott was born on May 2, 1943, in Kansas City, Missouri, the son of Calvin Scott Powelson Sr. and Edna Johanna (Brown) Powelson. He graduated from Garnett High School in 1961. Following...

Rosemarie Stifter

Rosemarie Stifter

Apr 16, 2012

Rosemarie Stifter, age 91, longtime resident of Greeley, Kansas, passed away on Monday, April 16, 2012, at Anderson County Hospital Long Term Care in Garnett. She was born on September 1, 1920, at home in Greeley, Kansas, the daughter of Joseph and Mary (Huss) Hastert. She attended eight grades at St. John's Catholic School and four years at Greeley High...

Mildred Ansell

Mildred Ansell

Apr 15, 2012

Mildred C. "Midge" Ansell, 82, of Iola, Kansas, died Sunday, April 15, 2012, at her home. Midge was born November 5, 1929, at Medoc, Missouri, the daughter of Hosea and Jessie (Berry) Seeber. She lived in Missouri until moving to Iola in 1946. On March 26, 1946, Midge married Earl Croley and they made their home in Iola. She worked...

Melvern Judd

Melvern Judd

Apr 14, 2012

Melvern "Mel" K. Judd, age 87, of Centerville, Kansas, passed away on April 14, 2012 at the Mercy Hospital, Fort Scott, Kansas. He was born November 11, 1924, at Melvern, Kansas, the son of Fred and Blanche (Snyder) Judd. Mel attended school in Ottawa, Kansas, until entering the US Army in June of 1943. He was wounded in action in...

Clara Shetlar

Clara Shetlar

Apr 13, 2012

Clara L. (Shelton) Shetlar, 91, passed away on April 13, 2012 in Houston, Texas after suffering a stroke the Friday before. She was born in Watova, OK on August 29, 1920 to Mary Rose-Shelton and Harry Shelton. She grew up in the Mildred-Moran, KS area where her parents operated a family farm. She married Marvin Roy Shetlar of Bayard, KS...

Margaret Karr

Margaret Karr

Apr 11, 2012

Margaret F. Karr, 81, of rural Iola, Kansas, died Wednesday, April 11, 2012, at the Moran Manor. Margaret was born November 27, 1930, on the family farm at Piqua, Kansas, the daughter of John C. and Mary (Bruggeman) Weber. The family moved from Piqua to a farm northeast of Humboldt where she attended school. On November 29, 1952, Margaret married...

Viola M. Sommer

Viola M. Sommer

Apr 11, 2012

Viola M. Sommer, age 88, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Wednesday, April 11, 2012, at Golden Heights in Garnett, Kansas. She was born on June 3, 1923, in Anderson County, Kansas, the daughter of Albert and Theresa (Mersman) Kipper. She grew up in Scipio and attended school there. Viola worked in Kansas City as a housekeeper following school. Viola...

Jane McCoy

Jane McCoy

Apr 9, 2012

Jane McCoy, of Garnett, Kansas, formerly a longtime resident of Manhattan, Illinois, passed peacefully on Easter Sunday night. She is survived by her daughter Sheila McCoy and her favorite son-in-law Dennis Hachenberg of Garnett, Kansas, one sister Rita McQueen of Wilton Center. Numerous nieces, nephews and lifelong friends also survive. Jane was preceded in death by her parents, her loving...

Roannah McDonald

Roannah McDonald

Apr 8, 2012

Roannah McDonald, age 93, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Easter Sunday, April 8, 2012, at Anderson County Long Term Care in Garnett. She was born on June 7, 1918, in Moran, Kansas, the second child of eleven born to Homer Curtis and Ruby Visalia (Wilson) Kent. Roannah was united in marriage to Merritt William McDonald on May 23, 1936,...

Tracy Vail

Tracy Vail

Apr 5, 2012

Tracy M. Vail, age 76, of Belton, Missouri, passed away on Friday, April 5, 2012, at St. Joseph Medical Center in Kansas City, Missouri. He was born on September 12, 1935, at Hamburg, Arkansas, the son of Jesse Lee and Anna Lois (Roberts) Vail. He grew up in Hamburg, living there until he joined the Army in 1958. While in...

Ruth Hoffmeier

Ruth Hoffmeier

Apr 4, 2012

Ruth Hoffmeier, age 89, of Welda, Kansas, passed away on Wednesday, April 4, 2012, at Anderson County Hospital Long Term Care in Garnett, Kansas. She was born on August 29, 1922, in Welda, Kansas, the daughter of Dave and Julia (Prohaska) Brecheisen. Ruth graduated from Welda High School in 1941. Ruth worked at Cessna in Wichita, Kansas and the Army...