Recent Obituaries
Paul Goodspeed
Sep 27, 2011
Paul Martin Goodspeed, age 49, of rural Colony, Kansas, passed away at Olathe Medical Center on Tuesday, September 27, 2011. Paul was born January 9, 1962 in Munich, Germany, the son of William Hunter and Ruth Marie (Martin) Goodspeed, while his father was stationed there with the United States Army. Paul grew up in southern California and joined the United...
Harold Deemer
Sep 25, 2011
Harold F. Deemer, age 75, of Olathe, Kansas, passed away on Sunday, September 25, 2011 at his home. He was born on October 11, 1935, in Ravenna, Ohio, the son of Alva H. and Sarah L. (Kellar) Deemer. Harold married the love of his life, Barbara Griffith, on December 16, 1955 in Orange, Texas. Their devotion to one another was...
Kevin Murry
Sep 25, 2011
Darold Kevin Murry, 52, of Gas/Iola, Kansas, died Sunday, September 25, 2011, at St. Luke's Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri. Kevin was born September 1, 1959, in Joplin, Missouri, the son of Darold and June (Herron) Murry. He grew up in the Iola and Gas areas and graduated from Iola High School in 1977. He had one child, Dustin, born...
Ann Vest
Sep 22, 2011
Ann Vest, 71, of LaHarpe, Kansas, died Thursday, September 22, 2011, at the home of her daughter in Iola. Ann was born April 9, 1940, in LaHarpe, Kansas, the daughter of John and Lynn (Conner) Mapes. She grew up in the Moran area. On November 7, 1956, Ann married George L. Vest, Sr. and they lived on several Allen County...
Duane McGhee
Sep 19, 2011
Duane O'Dell McGhee, 78, of Iola, Kansas, passed away peacefully at his home on Monday, September 19, 2011. Duane was born January 9, 1933, on a farm at rural Colony, Kansas, the son of Claude Robert and Mary Jane (O'Dell) McGhee. He grew up at rural Colony and attended rural Anderson County schools. He was baptized at the Northcott Church...
Ron Daniels
Sep 18, 2011
Ronald E. "Ron" Daniels, 68, of Iola, Kansas, died Sunday, September 18, 2011, at his home. Ron was born October 25, 1942, in Ft. Scott, Kansas, the only child of Chester E. and Fern V. (Anderson) Daniels. He grew up in the Savonburg and Elsmore areas. After high school, he received his bachelor's degree in business from Emporia State University...
Wayne McVey
Sep 18, 2011
Wayne Lee McVey, 86, of Wichita, Kansas, died Sunday, September 18, 2011, at his home. Wayne was born July 20, 1925, in Allen County, Kansas, the son of Clarence and Pauline (Davis) McVey. He grew up in the LaHarpe area. On July 9, 1944, Wayne married Verna Belle Crone. After farming for several years in the Bronson, Colony and LaHarpe...
Richard Apt
Sep 16, 2011
Richard Coleman Apt, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, died September 16th, of liver cancer. He is survived by his mother, Denise C. Apt; two siblings, Barbara & Dan Bukaty, Overland Park, KS and Janet and Fred G. Apt III, Iola; a niece, Aleaka & Carlton Morgan, Shawnee, KS and four nephews, Derick & Callie Apt, Park City, UT, Jeremy Apt, Mission, KS, Preston...
Eleanor Ware
Sep 12, 2011
Eleanor M. Ware, 76, of Iola, Kansas, died Monday, September 12, 2011, at Windsor Place in Iola. Eleanor was born June 26, 1935, in Claflin, Kansas, the daughter of Harry Lee and Sarah Ann (Maes) Ware. The family lived in several communities before moving to Iola in 1945. She was married to Donald Marler and he preceded her in death...
Clarence Owens
Sep 12, 2011
Clarence John Owens, 91, of Iola, Kansas, formerly of rural Humboldt, died Monday, September 12, 2011, at the Allen County Hospital in Iola. Clarence was born February 18, 1920, at Pershing, Oklahoma, the son of Loren John and Cordia Florence (Varner) Owens. He grew up on the family farm north of Altoona. On July 4, 1940, Clarence married Ruby L....
Janeen Wilson
Sep 8, 2011
Janeen Renee Wilson, 49, of Iola, Kansas, died Thursday, September 8, 2011, at the Allen County Hospital in Iola. Janeen was born December 12, 1961, in Iola, Kansas, the daughter of John R. "Tom" and Jerrie Sue Folk. On September 22, 1979, Janeen married Charles L. "Chuck" Wilson and they made their home in Iola. They were later divorced. She...
Sarah Jane Rankin
Sep 7, 2011
Sarah Jane Rankin, age 99, of Moran, Kansas, passed away on Wednesday, September 7, 2011 at Moran Manor in Moran, Kansas. Jane was born May 21, 1912 at Anthony, Kansas. She was the second of nine children of George W. and Elsie T. (Fasanight) Wolfe. She grew up in Anthony, living there until her family moved to Aurora, Missouri in...
Jimmy Runer
Sep 7, 2011
Jimmy Tharp Runer, 76, of Gas, Kansas, died Wednesday, September 7, 2011, at his home. Jimmy was born November 20, 1934, in Iola, Kansas, the son of Rufus Arley and Mosline E. (Tharp) Runer. He grew up in Iola and attended Iola schools. He joined the United States Marine Corps and served 21 years before he retired from the military...
L. Maxine Smith
Sep 5, 2011
L. Maxine Smith, 80, of Iola, Kansas, died Monday, September 5, 2011, at Ambassador Manor in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Maxine was born July 28, 1931, in Rippee, Missouri, the daughter of James Franklin "Frank" and Sylvia Daisy (Gregg) Prock. She moved to Gas City with her family. She married Robert E. Smith and they made their home in the Gas City...
John Bass
Sep 5, 2011
John Elliott Bass of Iola died Monday, September 5, 2011, peacefully at home. John was born in Iola on February 26, 1924, the oldest of two sons born to John Samuel and Edithe Elliott Bass. He attended Iola schools before joining the United States Army after the attack on Pearl Harbor. Following training at Fort Riley, Kansas, and Camp Lockett...
Maxine Rei
Sep 4, 2011
Maxine Ione Rei, 91, of Iola, Kansas, died Sunday, September 4, 2011, at Windsor Place Nursing Center in Iola. Maxine was born June 19, 1920, at Mildred, Kansas, the daughter of Ross Charles and Emma Mae (Brown) Taylor. She was raised by her grandfather, J.R. Taylor, at Walkertown, Kansas near Ft. Scott. Maxine married George Junior Rei and they had...
Dale Irvin Douglass
Sep 4, 2011
Dale Douglass, age 79, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on September 4, 2011, at St. Luke's Plaza, Kansas City, Missouri. Dale Irvin Douglass was born on June 30, 1932, in the Cola Hill Neighborhood of Coffey County, Kansas. He was the youngest of three sons born to John Irvin and Rovilla Ann (Hill) Douglass. Dale graduated from Burlington High School...
Frank Mittelmeier
Sep 2, 2011
Frank Ronald Mittelmeier, age 73, of Iola, Kansas, died Friday, September 2, 2011, at the Iola Nursing Center. He was born August 9, 1938, at Erie, Pennsylvania, the son of Frank A. Mittelmeier and Alyce (Cellini) Matthews. He grew up in the Erie, Pennsylvania area and served two years with the United States Army. On July 25, 1964, he married...
Terry Joseph Cole
Sep 1, 2011
Terry Joseph Cole, age 21, passed away on September 1, 2011, in Iola, Kansas. He was born July 13, 1990 in Iola, Kansas, the son of Terry Lee and Betty Lynn (Griffin) Cole. He lived in Iola, Kansas until he was 15 and moved to Louisiana, returning to Iola in 2010. Terry enjoyed fishing, skateboarding, and walking around town. He...
Christina J. Miller
Aug 28, 2011
Christina J. Miller, age 91, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Sunday, August 28, 2011 at the Kansas City Hospice House in Kansas City, Missouri. She was born October 17, 1919, at Scipio, Kansas, the daughter of August and Theresa (Lickteig) Rockers. Christina was born at the family home, where all twelve of her brothers and sisters were born. She...
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