Recent Obituaries
E. Meadows
Dec 21, 2011
E. Dwayne Meadows, 84, of Iola, Kansas, died Wednesday, December 21, 2011, at the Allen County Hospital. Dwayne was born December 5, 1927, at Peru, Kansas, the son of Ernest Ralph and Verna Naomia (Brown) Meadows. He attended school in Peru and graduated from Sedan High School, then took business courses at Independence Community College. He did public accounting for...
Mary Heinz
Dec 21, 2011
Mary K. Heinz, 94, of Iola, Kansas, left to be with the Lord she served for over 60 years, on Wednesday, December 21, 2011, at the Allen County Hospital in Iola. Mary was born March 15, 1917, at Galesburg, Illinois, the daughter of Earl and Margaret (Emery) Nelson. She grew up at Galesburg where she graduated from high school. The...
Rev. Tony E. Blaufuss
Dec 21, 2011
Rev. Tony E. Blaufuss, age 78, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Wednesday, December 21, 2011, at Golden Heights in Garnett. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, December 27, 2011, at the Holy Angels Catholic Church in Garnett. Burial will follow in the St. Teresa Catholic Cemetery in Westphalia, Kansas.
Ronald Beasley
Dec 21, 2011
Ronald M. "Ron" Beasley, Sr., 63, of LaHarpe, Kansas, died Wednesday, December 21, 2011, at the Kansas Heart Hospital in Wichita. Ron was born March 21, 1948, in San Francisco, California, the son of Perry Milton and Alice E. (Nigus) Beasley. He lived in California until the age of twelve when the family moved to Iola. He lived here several...
Robert Lang
Dec 20, 2011
Robert F. "Bob" Lang, 81, of Iola, Kansas, died Tuesday, December 20, 2011, at the Allen County Hospital. Bob was born March 2, 1930, at Pilot Grove, Missouri, the son of Walter and Francis (Horst) Lang. He graduated from Pilot Grove High School and served in the United States Army military police during the Korean Conflict. Following his honorable discharge...
Charlotte Ryan
Dec 20, 2011
Charlotte Louise Ryan, 74, former Shawnee, Kansas resident, went home to be with the Lord Tuesday, December 20, 2011, at Windsor Place Nursing Center in Iola. Charlotte was born November 16, 1937, at Wichita, Kansas, the daughter of William M. and Juanita (Bordenkircher) Cates. She grew up in Wichita and eventually made her home in Shawnee, Kansas and worked a...
Gwendolyn B. Vogt
Dec 19, 2011
Gwendolyn B. "Mom" Vogt, age 55, of Garnett, Kansas passed away December 19, 2011 at the St. Luke's South Hospital, Overland Park, Kansas. Gwen was born in Wichita, Kansas on December 12, 1956 the daughter of Charlie and Katie Mae (Hampton) Fishback. She grew up in Wichita, attending school there. She lived in Iola, Kansas in the early 1980's, in...
Kenneth Keller
Dec 19, 2011
Kenneth A. Keller, age 92, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Monday, December 19, 2011, at Golden Heights in Garnett. Kenny was born on May 26, 1919, in Weston, Missouri, the son of Fred Keller and Ruby (Osborne) Keller. He grew up in Weston, moving to Olathe during his teenage years. He was a World War II veteran serving in...
Donald Harold Nickelson
Dec 19, 2011
Donald Harold Nickelson, age 80, of Ottawa, Kansas, passed away on Monday, December 19, 2011, at Research Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri. Donald was born on May 26, 1931, in Mound City, Kansas, the son of Charles B. Nickelson and Mattie Hunsaker Nickelson. He was a member of the U.S. Army, serving in the Korean Conflict. He was married to...
Jo Lushbough
Dec 18, 2011
Josephine "Jo" Annette Lushbough, 58, of Iola, Kansas, died Sunday, December 18, 2011, at Iola Nursing Center of cancer. She was born November 15, 1953, at Toronto, Kansas, the daughter of Boyd Wilmer and Dorothy Lorraine (Beck) Hobbs. She graduated from Eureka High School in 1971. She married Terry Lushbough in 1976 and they made their home in Wichita and...
Betty Smith
Dec 17, 2011
Betty Gayle Smith, 85, of Moran, Kansas, died Saturday, December 17, 2011, at the Moran Manor. Betty was born July 10, 1926, at Deerfield, Kansas, the daughter of Clarence H. and Louise Lorene (Lehnus) Shepherd. She grew up in the Odense, Stark and Chanute areas, graduating from Chanute High School in 1944. On November 23, 1944, Betty married William V....
Ralph Sheern
Dec 17, 2011
Ralph Harold Sheern, Jr., age 88, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Saturday, December 17, 2011, at his home in Garnett. He was born on October 7, 1923, in Garnett, Kansas, the son of Ralph Harold Sheern Sr. and Rose (Clauser) Sheern. He graduated from Garnett High School. Ralph then attended Kansas University, graduating in 1948. He served in the...
Catherine O'Mara
Dec 16, 2011
Catherine Elaine "Kay" O'Mara, 63, of Iola, Kansas, died Friday, December 16, 2011, at her home. Kay was born August 27, 1948, in Independence, Missouri, the daughter of Charles William and Patricia AnnRita (O'Donnell) Ulery, Sr. The family moved to Iola and she attended Iola schools. On July 3, 1965, Kay married John O'Mara and they made their home in...
Rebecca Fetters
Dec 15, 2011
Rebecca Ann Fetters, 54, of Moran, Kansas, died Thursday, December 15, 2011, at her home. Rebecca was born December 12, 1957, at Denver, Colorado, the daughter of Eugene and Lucille (Marshal) Southworth. She grew up in Nebraska. She became a Licensed Practical Nurse and worked in geriatrics in the Grand Island, Nebraska area. She moved to Moran in 2003 to...
Arvid Ralph Edes
Dec 15, 2011
Arvid Ralph Edes, age 75, of Williamsburg, Kansas, passed away on Thursday, December 15, 2011, at Sunset Manor Nursing Home, Waverly, Kansas. He was born September 23, 1936, in Bertha, Minnesota, the son of William and Alta (Beman) Edes. As a boy, he grew up on a farm and he remembers doing chores a lot with his dad, especially milking...
Margaret Walters
Dec 14, 2011
Margaret Louisa Tippie Walters, 61, of rural Savonburg, Kansas, died Wednesday, December 14, 2011, at Neosho Memorial Regional Medical Center in Chanute. Margaret was born August 2, 1950, in Moran, Kansas, the daughter of Earnest Albert and Dorothy Maxine (Hallam) Tippie. She married Darrell L. Walters on January 31, 1972. She remarried in 1992. Margaret earned her master's degree in...
James Edward Stone
Dec 12, 2011
James E. Stone, age 65, of Princeton, Kansas, passed away on Monday, December 12, 2011, at his home with his wife, step-daughter, and niece by his side. James was born on September 30, 1946, in Kansas City, Missouri, the son of Marshall and Vivian (Farris) Stone. He served in the U.S. Navy from 1964 to 1967. James worked for All-Star...
Leland Gumfory
Dec 11, 2011
Leland "Bon" Gumfory, 80, of Iola, Kansas, died Sunday, December 11, 2011, at his home. He was born July 28, 1931, in Iola, Kansas, the son of John M. and Lela B. (Banks) Gumfory. He grew up in Iola and served in the United States Army. Bon worked for M&M Packing Company before owning and operating the Zero Locker Plant....
Howard D. Cox
Dec 11, 2011
Howard D. Cox, age 77, of Richmond, Kansas, passed away Sunday, December 11, 2011 at the Olathe Medical Center, Olathe, Kansas. Howard was born January 5, 1934 at Colony, Kansas the son of Wesley Guy Cox and Rachel Marie (Othic) Cox. He grew up in the Colony area attending school there. On October 22, 1955 Howard married Mary Sue Richardson...
Rosalynd Montgomery
Dec 10, 2011
Rosalynd "Roz" (Booth) Montgomery, 72, of Chanute, Kansas, died Saturday, December 10, 2011, at her home. Roz was born March 17, 1939, in Chanute, Kansas, the daughter of Art and Inez (Clark) Booth. She grew up in Chanute and graduated from Chanute High School in 1957 where she was a member of the National Honor Society. On May 10, 1959,...
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