Obituaries

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Kasondra Berry

Kasondra Berry

Nov 17, 2011

Kasondra Diane Berry, age 37, of Iola, Kansas, died Thursday, November 17, 2011, at her home. Kasondra was born April 12, 1974, in Iola, Kansas, the daughter of Ralph L. and Deloris L. (Walters) Atzbach. She married Joe Riley in 1991 and they were later divorced. She graduated from Iola High School in 1992. From 1995 until 2006 she worked...

Johanna Elizabeth "Aunt Pete" Robinson

Johanna Elizabeth "Aunt Pete" Robinson

Nov 15, 2011

Johanna Elizabeth "Aunt Pete" Robinson, age 95, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Tuesday, November 15, 2011 at the Anderson County Hospital, Garnett, Kansas. She was born November 9, 1916, the daughter of John H. and Katie A. (Strunk) Landwehr. She married Willie H. Robinson on November 11, 1941 at Burlington, Kansas. Johanna worked as a housekeeper for many years...

Tom Fudge

Tom Fudge

Nov 15, 2011

Tom Fudge, Sr., age 72, of LaHarpe, Kansas, died Tuesday, November 15, 2011, at his home. Tom was born May 16, 1939, in Iola, Kansas, the son of Harry and Obreta (Vest) Fudge. On May 3, 1957, Tom married Karren J. Batemon in Carlyle, Kansas. Tom worked for M & M Packing along with working pipeline construction in different parts...

Janet Hermreck

Janet Hermreck

Nov 15, 2011

Janet Hermreck, age 73, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Tuesday, November 15, 2011, at the Life Care Center of Kansas City in Kansas City, Kansas. Janet was born on August 10, 1938, at Harris, Kansas, the daughter of Warren M. and Ruth (Rudisill) Whiteford. Janet graduated from Garnett High School in 1957. She then attended Pittsburg Teacher's College. In...

Don Ensminger

Don Ensminger

Nov 14, 2011

Don Ensminger, age 85, of rural Moran, Kansas, died Monday, November 14, 2011, at the Overland Park Regional Medical Center in Overland Park, Kansas. Don was born October 17, 1926, on the family homeplace northwest of Moran, the son of Charles and Margaret (Larkey) Ensminger. He grew up on the farm and graduated from Moran High School. Don served in...

Carl Cook

Carl Cook

Nov 11, 2011

Carl Aaron Cook, age 79, of Iola, Kansas, died of pneumonia at Allen County Hospital on November 11, 2011. Carl was born September 23, 1932, in Forum, Arkansas, to Philander Cook and Millie (Moppin) Cook. He grew up in Arkansas, California, and the Kansas City area. He married Bonnie McDaniel in May of 1953 and they had three children. They...

E.E. Sloan

E.E. Sloan

Nov 7, 2011

E.E. "Gene" Sloan, 91, of Humboldt, Kansas, died Monday, November 7, 2011, at his home. Gene was born July 16, 1920, at Vincentville, Kansas in Allen County the son of James Austin and Nora Ellen (Rhodes) Sloan. On February 16, 1941, Gene married Grace I. Carroll in Iola and they made their home on a dairy farm just southeast of...

Bonnie Maxine Bird

Bonnie Maxine Bird

Nov 7, 2011

Bonnie Maxine Bird, age 91, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Monday, November 7, 2011, at Golden Heights in Garnett. Maxine was born on November 22, 1919, at Garnett, Kansas, the daughter of Wilbur M. and Effie (Earl) Mace. She attended local schools and graduated from Garnett High School in 1937. She was united in marriage to Oliver J. Bird...

Essie M. McNutt

Essie M. McNutt

Nov 6, 2011

Essie Mae McNutt, age 76, of Colony, Kansas passed away on Sunday, November 6, 2011, at the Olathe Medical Center in Olathe, Kansas. She was born on January 14, 1935, at Cherry Valley, Arkansas, the daughter of Robert Lee and Mary (Stark) Shannon. On November 8, 1950 Essie was united in marriage to Floyd McNutt at Burr Oak, Arkansas. This...

Lois Flippin

Lois Flippin

Nov 6, 2011

Lois E. Flippin, 92, of Iola, Kansas, died Sunday, November 6, 2011, at the Allen County Hospital in Iola. He was born September 22, 1919, in Iola, Kansas, the son of Newton and Estella (Stewart) Flippin. Lois worked several years at Bud White Motors and then in the maintenance department at Allen County Community College before retiring. Lois married Edna...

Virginia Wille

Virginia Wille

Nov 6, 2011

Virginia Mae Wille, 94, of Iola, Kansas, died Sunday, November 6, 2011, at the Allen County Hospital in Iola. Virginia was born January 20, 1917, at Yates Center, Kansas, the daughter of Everett and Amy (Rockwell) Shaefer. She grew up in Yates Center and graduated from Yates Center High School. Virginia attended business college in Topeka before she married Jerome...

Virginia Lee Larson

Virginia Lee Larson

Nov 5, 2011

Virginia Lee Larson, age 84, of Elsmore, Kansas, passed away on Saturday, November 5, 2011, at Mercy Hospital, Independence, Kansas. She was born September 30, 1927, the daughter of Roscoe and Lilly (Shelton) Tice. She graduated in 1944 from Moran High School, then received a teaching certificate after attending training in Pittsburg, Kansas. She was united in marriage to Bernard...

Ruth Alberta Whitcomb

Ruth Alberta Whitcomb

Nov 3, 2011

Ruth Whitcomb, age 94, of Kincaid, Kansas, went to be with the Lord on Thursday, November 3, 2011, at the Anderson County Hospital Long Term Care Facility, Garnett. She was born on March 31, 1917, in Kincaid, Kansas, the daughter of James and Lena (McCabe) Main. Ruth graduated from Lone Elm High School in 1934. Ruth was united in marriage...

Gary Nordt

Gary Nordt

Nov 2, 2011

Gary L. Nordt, age 75, of Humboldt, Kansas, died Wednesday, November 2, 2011, at his home. Gary was born February 21, 1936, on a farm east of Humboldt, the son of Henry Carl and Edna Charlotta (Groennert) Nordt. The family moved to Humboldt when he was 10 and he graduated from Humboldt High School in 1954. On July 27, 1956,...

Beverly King

Beverly King

Nov 2, 2011

Beverly King, age 70, of Moran, Kansas, passed away on Wednesday, November 2, 2011 at Stormont Vail Hospital in Topeka, Kansas. She was born on October 20, 1941, at Garnett, Kansas, the daughter of George Franklin and Mae Amanda (Cass) Croan. She grew up in the Garnett area. In 1973 Beverly was united in marriage to Leo A. King. She...

Brandon Griswold

Brandon Griswold

Nov 2, 2011

Brandon Matthew Griswold, age 37, of Kennesaw, Georgia, grandson of Doris Hill of Iola, died Wednesday, November 2, 2011, at the Wellstar Kennestone Hospital in Marietta, Georgia. Brandon was born February 19, 1974, in Kansas City, Missouri, the son of Danny Gene and Vickie Lyn (Hill) Griswold. Brandon has spent most of his life in the Atlanta, Georgia area and...

Velma Scantlin

Velma Scantlin

Oct 31, 2011

Velma Cleo Scantlin, 85, of Humboldt, Kansas, died Monday, October 31, 2011, at Arrowood Lane Residential Care Facility in Humboldt. Velma was born May 25, 1926, in Deerfield, Missouri, the daughter of Raymond and Velma (Roth) Ashley. She was married to Don Scantlin January 29, 1943. They were married for 60 years until his death on July 13, 2003. Velma...

James Shinn

James Shinn

Oct 30, 2011

James O. "Jim" Shinn, 86, of Iola, Kansas, died Sunday, October 30, 2011, at Iola Nursing Center. Jim was born August 5, 1925, at Bronson, Kansas, the son of Orval Lawrence and Myrtle Nora (Nash) Shinn. He graduated from Bronson High School and served in the United States Navy during World War II serving as a motor machinist's mate second...

Kent Lawrence

Kent Lawrence

Oct 30, 2011

Curtis Kent Lawrence, age 68, of Iola, Kansas, died Sunday, October 30, 2011, in a car accident just south of Olathe on Highway 169. Kent was born November 11th, 1942 (and was looking forward to his "special" birthday this year on 11-11-11) in Smith Center, Kansas. He and his parents, John M. and Winnifred L. Lawrence, and younger brother L....

Delbert Smith

Delbert Smith

Oct 28, 2011

Delbert L. Smith, age 96, of rural Neosho Falls, Kansas, died Friday, October 28, 2011, at Windsor Place Nursing Center in Iola, Kansas. Delbert was born January 24, 1915, at Mapleton, Kansas, the son of Willard L. and Bertha Mae (Delzell) Smith. He grew up in the Allen and Bourbon County areas. On December 24, 1938, Delbert married Bernice Peck...