Obituaries

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Mary Woods

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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...