Recent Obituaries
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
Joe Church
Oct 26, 2011
Joe Church, age 88, of Colony, Kansas, passed away at his home on Wednesday, October 26, 2011. Joe was born two miles north of Lone Elm, Kansas on March 15, 1923, the youngest child of Arthur and Ruth (Marshall) Church. As a boy living near Deer Creek north of Lone Elm, Joe loved his horses, fishing and hunting. Joe began...
Howard Campbell
Oct 23, 2011
Howard Wayne Campbell, III, age 51, of Chanute, Kansas, formerly of Iola, died Sunday, October 23, 2011, at Neosho Memorial Regional Medical Center in Chanute. Howard was born February 26, 1960, at Ft. Campbell, Kentucky, the son of Bert and Elizabeth "Betty" (Shoemaker) Campbell. He grew up in Arkansas and graduated from high school at Rogers, Arkansas. He moved to...
Perry L. McGhee
Oct 21, 2011
Perry Leroy McGhee, Jr., age 79, of Warsaw, Missouri, passed away on Friday, October 21, 2011 at the Kansas City Hospice House, Kansas City, Missouri. He was born on March 6, 1932 in Mont Ida, Kansas, the son of Perry and Mae (Marsengill) McGhee Sr. Perry went to school at Westphalia, Kansas, then was drafted into the military soon after....
Penni Jo Miller
Oct 20, 2011
Penni Jo Miller, age 53, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Thursday, October 20, 2011, at Olathe Medical Center in Olathe, Kansas. She was born on July 12, 1958, in Genesse County, Michigan, the daughter of Duane Frederick and Joan Lee (Holbin) Warner. Penni grew up in the Midland, Michigan area. She attended Central and Meridian schools. Penni was united...
Agnes Wilper
Oct 19, 2011
Agnes Wilper, age 86, of Harris, Kansas, passed away on Wednesday, October 19, 2011, at Villa St. Francis Nursing Home in Olathe, Kansas. She was born on May 18, 1925, in Emporia, Kansas, the daughter of Robert H. and Louisa (Koetting) Korte. Agnes graduated from Emporia High School, Emporia, Kansas, working for Hallmark in Emporia for a number of years....
June Sexton
Oct 19, 2011
June E. Sexton, 35, of Iola, Kansas, died Wednesday, October 19, 2011, at Overland Park Regional Medical Center. June was born October 29, 1975, in Stella, Missouri. She is the daughter of David and Sheri Clarenson Julich. She grew up in Humboldt and attended schools there. June married Gary Hendry and they had two children before they divorced. On May...
Pauline Dunlap
Oct 19, 2011
Pauline E. "Polly" Dunlap, 92, of Lansing, Kansas, formerly of rural Iola, died Wednesday, October 19, 2011, at Golden Living Center in Lansing, Kansas. Pauline was born January 9, 1919, on a farm near Colony, Kansas, the daughter of John A. and Lucetta (Lankard) Hoffmeier. She graduated from Colony High School. On September 8, 1940, Pauline married Harry C. Dunlap...
Joy Gibson
Oct 15, 2011
Joy Rain Gibson, 53, of Westphalia, Kansas, died Saturday, October 15, 2011, at Coffey County Hospital in Burlington, Kansas. Joy was born June 14, 1958, in Garden City, Kansas, the daughter of James Albert and Shirley Sue (Culver) Young. On May 9, 1974, Joy married Larry Gibson and they made their home in Arkansas for 20 years before moving to...
Virgil Grizzle
Oct 14, 2011
Virgil L. Grizzle, 82, of Chanute, Kansas, died Friday, October 14, 2011, at Neosho Memorial Regional Medical Center in Chanute, Kansas. Virgil was born September 19, 1929, in Iola, Kansas, the son of George F. and Minnie M. (Jones) Grizzle. He graduated from LaHarpe High School. On November 13, 1949, Virgil married Wanda Lee Larkey and they made their home...
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