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Jon Marc Covault

Jon Marc Covault

Mar 18, 2011

Jon Covault, age 53, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Friday, March 18, 2011, at his home in Garnett. Jon was born on October 13, 1957, at Humboldt, Nebraska, the son of Delmar and Jeannette (Howarth) Covault. He grew up on a dairy farm near Pawnee City, Nebraska. Jon attended school at Table Rock, graduating high school there, 1976. He...

Robert Dale Hunsperger

Robert Dale Hunsperger

Mar 17, 2011

Robert Dale Hunsperger, age 72, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Thursday, March 17, 2011 at Richmond Healthcare in Richmond, Kansas. Robert was born on April 28, 1938, at Osawatomie, Kansas, the son of Orville and Ethel (Hastings) Hunsperger. He grew up in the Osawatomie area, graduating from Osawatomie High School. He was united in marriage to Virginia (Geiger) Robertson...

Beulah Heller

Beulah Heller

Mar 17, 2011

Beulah Mae Heller, 95, of Humboldt, Kansas, died Thursday, March 17, 2011, at Pinecrest Nursing Home in Humboldt. Beulah was born June 24, 1915, in Independence, Kansas, the daughter of George Myron and Nona Iola (Freiermuth) Burtnett. She grew up in Iola and graduated from Iola High School in 1933. On August 12, 1935, Beulah married Frank P. Heller in...

Tammy Sue Hughes

Tammy Sue Hughes

Mar 17, 2011

Tammy Sue Hughes, age 45, of Elsmore, Kansas passed away, Thursday, March 17, 2011 as the result of a car accident near Humboldt, Kansas. Tammy was born January 2, 1966 at Bremen, Indiana the daughter of Charles and Sharon (Denslow) Leckrone. She spent her early years in Simi Valley, California. In 1974 her family moved to Savonburg, Kansas. She graduated...

Marjorie Frances Ahring

Marjorie Frances Ahring

Mar 12, 2011

Marjorie Ahring, age 90, passed away on Saturday, March 12, 2011 at Golden Heights Living Center, Garnett. Marjorie Frances Bartlett was born on June 23, 1920, at Richmond, Kansas, the daughter of Benjamin Riley and Florence Grace (Taylor) Bartlett. She attended Richmond Grade School and High School. Marjorie became a member of the Richmond Methodist Church as a young girl....

Larry Calahan

Larry Calahan

Mar 12, 2011

Larry A. Calahan, 63, of Iola, Kansas, died Saturday, March 12, 2011, at his home. Larry was born March 9, 1948, on a farm near Colony, Kansas, the son of Rex and Tena (Runnells) Calahan. He graduated from Kincaid High School in 1966 and served in the United States Air Force during the Vietnam War. Larry worked as an area...

Becky Stanley

Becky Stanley

Mar 11, 2011

Becky Stanley, 48, of Iola, Kansas, died Friday, March 11, 2011, at her home. Becky was born November 9, 1962, in Kansas City, Missouri, the daughter of Robert and Vesta (Hoseney) Stanley. She grew up at Coffeyville and Chanute. She graduated from Chanute High School and received her bachelor's degree in social work from Pittsburg State University in 1995. Becky...

Mary Clounch

Mary Clounch

Mar 11, 2011

Marylee Constance Clounch was born on January 22, 1929 to Clarence and Stella Cheney in Humboldt, Kansas, and she was the youngest child born to this union. Her mother, father, seven brothers, three sisters, a great grandson and her devoted husband preceded her in death. Mary departed this life on March 11, 2011 at Kansas University Medical Center in Kansas...

Glen Searcy

Glen Searcy

Mar 11, 2011

Glen H. Searcy, 87, of Iola, Kansas, died Friday, March 11, 2011, at Windsor Place Nursing Center in Iola. Glen was born March 10, 1924, in Iola, Kansas, the son of Roy and Grace (Harmon) Searcy. He attended Deer Creek and Rock Creek country schools, Iola High School and Allen County Junior College. On October 22, 1944, Glen married Alberta...

Phyllis Hodgson

Phyllis Hodgson

Mar 10, 2011

Phyllis Ann Hodgson, the first-born child of Albert Henderson Pettyjohn and Alzada Gertrude (Glaze) Pettyjohn, was born October 29, 1925, in Chanute, Kansas. She died Thursday, March 10, 2011, at the University Of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City, Kansas. She had two brothers, who survive: Philip K. Pettyjohn and wife, Ruth of Houston, Texas and James D. Pettyjohn and...

Larry L. Waddell

Larry L. Waddell

Mar 10, 2011

Larry L. Waddell, age 68, of Savonburg, Kansas, passed away on Thursday, March 10, 2011. He was born on December 26, 1942, at Humansville, Missouri, the son of George and Leota Mae (Adams) Waddell. He attended schools in Kincaid, Kansas. Following school Larry entered the Army. In 1961 Larry was united in marriage to Nancy Ramsey, this union was blessed...

Shirley Craft

Shirley Craft

Mar 10, 2011

Shirley Rose Craft, 47, of Iola, Kansas, died Thursday, March 10, 2011, at Via Christi St. Francis Campus in Wichita, Kansas. Shirley was born May 18, 1963, at New Port Beach, California, the daughter of Gardner Robert and Beverly Rose (Davis) Wells, Jr. She moved to southeast Kansas with her parents at an early age. She grew up mainly in...

Sandra Chapman

Sandra Chapman

Mar 9, 2011

Sandra Jo Chapman, 51, of Chanute, Kansas, formerly of Iola, Kansas, died Wednesday, March 9, 2011, at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita, Kansas. Sandra was born December 17, 1959, in Topeka, Kansas, the daughter of Leslie James and Norma Jean (Wilson) Chapman, Sr. She attended Iola schools. On June 3, 1978, Sandra married Larry Ewy and they made their home...

Clarence Turner

Clarence Turner

Mar 9, 2011

Clarence C. Turner, 85, of Iola, Kansas, died Wednesday, March 9, 2011, at Neosho Memorial Regional Medical Center in Chanute, Kansas. Clarence was born March 30, 1925, at Union Star, Missouri, the son of John H. and Opal Ellen (Shores) Turner. The family moved from Union Star to Enid, Oklahoma when he was six. He lived in Enid until he...

LaJune Bodenhamer

LaJune Bodenhamer

Mar 8, 2011

LaJune Bodenhamer, age 77, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Tuesday, March 8, 2011, at the Anderson County Hospital in Garnett. Shirley LaJune Shaw was born on October 4, 1933, at Kincaid, Kansas, the daughter of Orville and Forestine (Powell) Shaw. She grew up in the Kincaid area, attending school there also. LaJune was united in marriage to Glen B....

Margarette Henkle

Margarette Henkle

Mar 4, 2011

Margarette Henkle, 91, of Iola, Kansas, died Friday, March 4, 2011, at Windsor Place Nursing Center in Iola. Margarette was born May 17, 1919, near DesMoines, Iowa, the daughter of Loyd Leslie and Itah Gladys (McGhee) Walters. She grew up west of Colony, Kansas, and attended Sunnyside Rural School. On June 30, 1937, Margarette married Oliver Henkle in Iola. They...

Dale Prather

Dale Prather

Mar 3, 2011

Raleigh Dale Prather, 75, former LaHarpe, Kansas, resident, died Thursday, March 3, 2011, at Homestead of Auburn Assisted Living in Auburn, Kansas. Dale was born January 11, 1936, at Sulphur Springs, Arkansas, the son of Mose Alfred and Mary Marie (Harris) Prather. He moved to LaHarpe with his family where he grew up. He married Patricia Swanson and they divorced...

Pearl M. Howerton

Pearl M. Howerton

Mar 1, 2011

Pearl M. Howerton, age 95, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Tuesday, March 1, 2011 at Golden Heights Living Center in Garnett. Pearl was born August 9, 1915, on a farm near Blue Mound in Linn County, Kansas, the daughter of Fred and Ethel (Allen) Gerstenberger. She attended Blue Mound schools and graduated with the Class of 1933 from Blue...

Tina Hodo

Tina Hodo

Feb 27, 2011

Tina Marie Hodo, 46, of LaHarpe, Kansas, died Sunday, February 27, 2011, at her home in LaHarpe. Tina was born May 27, 1964, in Kansas City, Missouri, the daughter of Ben and Paula (Beyer) Greenlee, Sr. She grew up in Kansas City and worked several years for the Internal Revenue Service. On February 4, 1994, Tina married Andrew J. Hodo...

Pamela Hutton

Pamela Hutton

Feb 26, 2011

Pamela Mae "Pam" Hutton, 26, of Gas, Kansas, passed away on Saturday, February 26, 2011. Pam was born October 17, 1984, in Iola, Kansas, the daughter of Keith Ray and Gloria Jeanette (Budd) Beeman. She grew up on the family farm southeast of Humboldt. She graduated from Humboldt High School in 2003 where she participated in flag corp, FCCLA and...