Recent Obituaries
Aretta Nowlin
Dec 9, 2011
Aretta Patricia Nowlin, 79, of Iola, Kansas, died Friday, December 9, 2011, at the Allen County Hospital in Iola. Aretta was born January 24, 1932, at Dodge City, Kansas, the daughter of Thomas and Anna (Haffey) O'Mara. She moved with her family to a farm near Colony, Kansas. She became a registered nurse. On June 30, 1953, Aretta married Gilbert...
J.H. Truitt
Dec 8, 2011
J.H. Truitt, Jr., 87, of Iola, Kansas, died Thursday, December 8, 2011, at Iola Nursing Center. J.H. was born February 21, 1924, at Tuckerman, Arkansas, the son of Hubert and Ida (Goins) Truitt, Sr. He served in the United States Navy during World War II. On March 17, 1945, J.H. married Nila Russell and they made their home in Arkansas...
Louise Cowan
Dec 6, 2011
Elizabeth Louise Cowan, age 91, of Garnett, Kansas passed away on Tuesday, December 6, 2011 at the Golden Heights Living Center in Garnett. Louise was born on January 11, 1920, northwest of Erie, Kansas, the daughter of Homer and Elsie Mae (Pugh) Romine. She graduated from Erie High School in 1938. She was united in marriage to Merle I. Raney...
Hugh Pollman
Dec 5, 2011
Hugh William Pollman, 103 yrs, 10 months and 11 days, died December 5, 2011, at Olathe, Kansas. He was a longtime Humboldt resident. He was born February 24, 1908, in Leon, Kansas, the oldest son of Mary Susanna and Charles Pollman. The Pollmans moved 10 miles west of Humboldt in 1926. They farmed near Owl Creek. He worked on the...
Benny R. Hardman
Dec 4, 2011
Benny Ray "Ben" Hardman, age 63, of Bronson, Kansas, passed away on Sunday, December 4, 2011 at his home in Bronson. He was born December 8, 1947, at Hastings, Nebraska, the son of Calvin and Mildred (Adkins) Hardman. He graduated from Las Lomas High School in Walnut Creek, California. Following school Ben began working at E.T. Mags in Benicia, California....
Wilma Haen
Dec 4, 2011
Wilma J. Haen, 84, of Iola, Kansas, died Sunday, December 4, 2011, at the home of her daughter, Diane Oswalt, in Iola, Kansas. Wilma was born November 5, 1927 to Kenneth and Lena (Hasstedt) Ellis on a farm southeast of Neosho Falls, Kansas. She attended Clay Bank Rural School, graduated from Neosho Falls High School, and attended KSJC Teachers College...
Myron Roy Harsch
Dec 3, 2011
Myron Roy Harsch, age 69, of Garnett, Kansas passed away surrounded by love and God's grace at Kansas City Missouri Hospice House on December 3, 2011. Myron was born April 17, 1942 at Claremore, Oklahoma the identical twin of Martin Ray Harsch. He graduated from the Osage City High School, Osage City, Kansas with the Class of 1960. He joined...
Ray E. Smitheran
Dec 1, 2011
Ray E. Smitheran, age 94, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Thursday, December 1, 2011, at Anderson County Long Term Care in Garnett. Ray was born on September 10, 1917, at Centerville, Kansas, the son of Frank F. and Dena (Hill) Smitheran. He attended Parker Rural High School, graduating in 1936. Ray served in the US Army for 4 years...
Donna J. Bell
Nov 30, 2011
Donna J. Bell, age 78, of Mulvane, Kansas, formerly of Garnett, Kansas, went from her home to be with her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ on Wednesday, November 30, 2011. She was born October 31, 1933, in Augusta, Kansas, the daughter of Doan and Neda (Wilson) Maness. Donna graduated from Augusta High School. She pursued a career in telecommunications that...
Claude Garber
Nov 30, 2011
Claude W. Garber, 49, of Iola, Kansas, died Wednesday, November 30, 2011 at his home. Claude was born October 6, 1962, at Ottawa, Kansas, the son of Clarence Junior and Irma Jean (Wagner) Garber. He has lived in this area all of his life. Claude married Stephanie D. Stanturf on June 15, 2010. SURVIVORS: His wife: Stephanie Garber of the...
Gladys Kisner
Nov 29, 2011
Gladys M. Kisner, 86, formerly of Carlyle, Kansas, died Tuesday, November 29, 2011, at Willard Care Center in Willard Missouri. Gladys was born September 14, 1925 at rural Carlyle, Kansas, the daughter of Roy and Clara (Morris) Harling. She graduated from Iola High School in 1943. On February 20, 1943, Gladys married James T. Kisner at Chanute. They made their...
Mary Woods
Nov 29, 2011
Mary Patricia "Pat" Woods, 86, of Humboldt, Kansas, died Tuesday, November 29, 2011, at Chanute HealthCare. Mary Pat was born April 23, 1925, at St. Paul, Kansas, the daughter of James Roland and Eva Gertrude (Lynch) Phelan. She grew up at St. Paul where she attended St. Francis Catholic School. On May 26, 1946, Mary Pat married Clyde V. Woods...
Patricia Patterson
Nov 28, 2011
Patricia "Patty" Patterson, 48, of rural Iola, Kansas, died Monday, November 28, 2011, at the Allen County Hospital in Iola. Patty was born January 14, 1963, at Corpus Christi, Texas, the daughter of Steve and Adelina (Perez) Holloway. She grew up at Gas, Kansas and graduated from Iola High School in 1981. On March 18, 1988, Patty married Ben Patterson...
Billy Caudell
Nov 27, 2011
Billy B. Caudell, Sr., 81, of Iola, Kansas, died Sunday, November 27, 2011, at his home. Billy was born June 27, 1930, on a farm 2 miles west of Buffalo, Kansas, the son of Tom and Bessie (Madison) Caudell. He grew up on the family farm and served in the United States Air Force. On December 23, 1951, Billy married...
Ethyl Briggs
Nov 26, 2011
Ethyl Lorraine (Hall) Briggs, 88, of Kincaid, died on November 26, 2011 at Moran Manor. She was born August 11, 1923 on a farm five miles north of Garfield, Kansas, the middle of five daughters of Beverly Allen Hall and Bessie (Sprague) Hall. She graduated in 1940 from Garfield High School, and shortly thereafter the Hall family moved to Lone...
Donald D. Prather
Nov 24, 2011
Donald Dean Prather, age 66, of Richmond, Kansas, passed away on Thursday, November 24, 2011, at the Osage Nursing Center in Osage City, Kansas. Don was born on August 11, 1945, in Sigourney, Iowa, the son of Raymond and Evelyn (Goeldner) Prather. The family moved to Kansas in 1950, and Don attended school in Richmond, graduating in 1963. Don's class...
Ina Ransom
Nov 21, 2011
Ina Mae Ransom, 85, of Iola, Kansas, died Monday, November 21, 2011, at Via Christi Regional Medical Center St. Francis Campus in Wichita. Ina Mae was born August 28, 1926, at Colony, Kansas, the daughter of Clarence Otto and Verda Delores (Nickels) Belvoir. She grew up in the Colony area. On August 27, 1944, Ina Mae married James Harlen Atkins,...
Ruby Evelyn Croan
Nov 21, 2011
Ruby Croan, age 90, of Osawatomie, Kansas, passed away on Monday, November 21, 2011, at the Wellsville Retirement Community in Wellsville, Kansas. She was born on October 16, 1921, in Parker, Kansas, the daughter of John Marshall and Nora Jane (Grady) McGraw. She grew up in the Parker and Bush City areas where she attended school. On November 11, 1937,...
Shanna Bruner
Nov 19, 2011
Shanna L. (Stahl) Bruner, age 44, of Neosho Falls, Kansas, died Saturday, November 19, 2011, at Hospice House in Hutchinson, Kansas. Shanna was born April 21, 1967 at Fort Yates, North Dakota. In the fall of 1969, she came to live with her sister Lisa and parents William Joseph and Mikell Diane (McGhee) Stahl. The family made their home west...
Robert Colborn
Nov 18, 2011
Robert L. "Bob" Colborn, age 86, of LaHarpe, Kansas, died Friday, November 18, 2011, at the Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice at St. Francis Hospital in Wichita, Kansas. Bob was born July 26, 1925, on a farm north of Kiowa, Kansas, the son of Frank and Grace (VanHuss) Colborn. He graduated from Medicine Lodge High School and served in the United...
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