Recent Obituaries
Orva Bland
Feb 25, 2011
Orva M. Bland, Sr., 82, of Iola, Kansas, died Friday, February 25, 2011, at the Allen County Hospital in Iola. Orva was born April 16, 1928, in Topeka, Kansas, the son of William M. and Gladys (Richmond) Bland. When he was still a baby the family moved to LeRoy, Kansas where he grew up. He served with the United States...
Mary Jayna' Crawford
Feb 24, 2011
Mary Jayna Crawford, age 53, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Thursday, February 24, 2011. She was born on May 15, 1957 at Concordia, Kansas, the daughter of Henry and Virgie (Reid) Baldwin. She graduated from Clyde High School. Mary attended Friends University and Cloud County Community College, receiving an Associate's Degree. Mary was united in marriage to Ron Crawford...
Kenneth L. Hyde
Feb 21, 2011
Kenneth Hyde, age 80, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Monday, February 21, 2011, at St. Luke's South in Overland Park, Kansas. He was born on May 18, 1930, in Newark Valley, New York, the son of Homer Lee and Claire Alberta (Snyder) Hyde. Kenneth graduated from Candor High School, entering into the United States Air Force serving for four...
Joseph Robert
Feb 20, 2011
Joseph Alfred "Red" Robert, 69, of Iola, Kansas, died Sunday, February 20, 2011, at his home. Red was born January 12, 1942, at North Adams, Massachusetts, the son of Roland J. and Rose A. (Fournier) Robert. He grew up in Ramona, California, where he graduated from Ramona High School in 1959. He joined the United States Air Force that same...
Leonard South
Feb 20, 2011
Leonard E. South, 78, of rural Iola, Kansas, died Sunday, February 20, 2011, at his home. Leonard was born March 20, 1932, at Goodland, Kansas, the son of Freeman Earl and Gladys Myrtle (Brumit) South. The family moved from Goodland to LaJunta, Colorado when Leonard was 3. He attended LaJunta schools and helped his father with his trucking business. On...
Harry Reed
Feb 19, 2011
Harry Norman Reed, 101 years and 8 months, passed away, Saturday, February 19, 2011 at his daughter, Mary's, home in Centerville, Kansas. Harry was born May 22, 1909 near Eureka, Kansas, the son of Alonzo and Kate (Spivey) Reed. He grew up in Greenwood County. At the age of 17 he worked on the first Phillips oil refinery in Texas....
Laura Coltrane
Feb 18, 2011
Laura Kaye Coltrane, 25, of rural Humboldt, Kansas, died Friday, February 18, 2011, at Olathe, Kansas. Laura was born August 19, 1985, in Iola, Kansas, the daughter of Douglas Arthur and Cheryl Ann (South) Coltrane. She grew up on the family farm northeast of Humboldt. In 2003, Laura graduated from Humboldt High School with a 4.0 grade average. She continued...
Ennis Seigel
Feb 14, 2011
Ennis (Blohm) Seigel, 80, of Iola, Kansas, died Monday, February 14, 2011, at the Allen County Hospital in Iola. Ennis was born November 7, 1930, at Humboldt, Kansas, the daughter of James Coy and Ellen Ollie (Moody) Aggers. She grew up in the Humboldt and Neosho Falls areas. In 1947, Ennis married Ray Blohm and they made their home in...
Patty Karr
Feb 12, 2011
Patty Sue Karr, 44, of LaHarpe, Kansas, died Saturday, February 12, 2011, at her home. Patty was born May 16, 1966, in Iola, Kansas, the daughter of James Lee and Sally Sue (Dillman) Smith. She grew up in the Gas and Iola areas. On April 26, 1985, Patty married Kenneth Lee Karr and they made their home in LaHarpe. Patty...
Hazel Fundis
Feb 10, 2011
Hazel Marie Fundis, 95, of Iola, Kansas, died Thursday, February 10, 2011, at Iola Nursing Center. Hazel was born August 7, 1915, at LeRoy, Kansas, the daughter of Omer and Laura May (Sims) Gwinn. She graduated from LeRoy High School and was attending nursing school in Manhattan, Kansas, when an emergency appendectomy sent her home. On March 28, 1935, Hazel...
Johnny Womack
Feb 10, 2011
John W. "Johnny" Womack, Jr., 58, of Iola, Kansas, died Thursday, February 10, 2011, in the emergency room at the Allen County Hospital in Iola. Johnny was born April 21, 1952, in San Diego, California, the son of John Walter Womack, Sr. and Elizabeth Ann "Betty Ann" (Sanden) Womack. He grew up in Iola where he graduated from Iola High...
Georgia Mabel Hiestand
Feb 10, 2011
Georgia Hiestand, age 93 of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Thursday, February 10, 2011, at the Anderson County Long Term Care Facility in Garnett, Kansas. She was born on May 5, 1917, at Cherryvale, Kansas, the daughter of Clarence LaVene and Lucinda Virginia (Darrow) Adams. Her family moved to a farm southwest of Garnett when she was nine months old....
Walter Carter
Feb 6, 2011
Walter Carter, age 65, of Olathe, Kansas, passed away on Sunday, February 6, 2011 at his home following a two year battle with melanoma. He was born on July 22, 1945, in Kansas City, Kansas, the son of Lester (Sam) and Martha (Moudy) Carter. Walter attended Maccochaque grade school in Kansas City, Kansas, graduating from Rosedale Junior-Senior High School in...
Margery Elizabeth Spillman
Feb 5, 2011
Margery E. Spillman, of Moran, Kansas passed away Saturday, February 5, 2011 at Mercy Hospital, Fort Scott, Kansas. She was born July 1, 1920 in Anderson County, Kansas west of Colony on her grandfather's farm. She was the daughter of Joe M. Adams and Eurith (Matter) Adams. The family moved to Lone Elm, Kansas where she attended the first &...
Shawn Dale Johnston
Feb 5, 2011
Shawn Dale Johnston, age 37, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Saturday, February 5, 2011, at his home. He was born on February 11, 1973, in Los Angeles, California, the son of Wayne Lee Johnston, Sr. and Cynthia Diane Nicholas. His family moved to Garnett in 1974. Shawn attended school in Greeley and Garnett. He worked as a cook at...
Doris Payne
Feb 4, 2011
Doris Wilma Payne, 86, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away Friday, February 4, 2011 at St. Francis Medical Center in Topeka. She was born March 23, 1924 in Hanna, Oklahoma, the daughter of Roy Melville Payne and Leona Blanche McMichael. The family moved from Hanna to Cadmus, Kansas in January 1929. Doris attended elementary school in Cadmus and high school at...
Jerry Richards
Feb 3, 2011
Jerry Allen Richards, 59, of Iola, Kansas, died Thursday, February 3, 2011, at St. Luke's Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri. Jerry was born September 10, 1951, in Iola, Kansas, the son of Kenneth L. and Evelyn L. (Ludlum) Richards. He grew up in Iola and graduated from Iola High School. Jerry joined the United States Navy and retired after serving...
Ethel Mulkey
Feb 2, 2011
***Service rescheduled: 1:00 p.m., Monday, Feb. 14, 2011, at Waugh-Yokum & Friskel Chapel in Iola, KS. Burial will follow in Mt. Hope Cemetery in Humboldt, KS Visitation will be 4:00-6:00 p.m., Sunday, Feb. 13, 2011, at the Waugh-Yokum & Friskel Chapel. Ethel (Barr) Mulkey, 78, of LaHarpe, Kansas, passed away on Wednesday, February 2, 2011 in Iola. Born September 5,...
Donald Welch
Feb 2, 2011
Donald L. Welch, 72, of rural Moran, Kansas, passed away Wednesday, February 2, 2011, at his home. Don was born July 23, 1938, at St. John's Hospital in Iola, Kansas, the son of Lloyd L. "Tock" and Ruth V. (Adams) Welch. He grew up on the family farm south of Moran, and graduated from Moran Rural High School in 1956....
Verna Devine
Feb 1, 2011
Verna Mae Devine, 84, of Iola, Kansas, died Tuesday, February 1, 2011, at Windsor Place Nursing Center in Iola. Verna was born October 16, 1926, in Humboldt, Kansas, the daughter of William Fred and Mary Estes (Collison) Moore. SURVIVORS: One Sister: Phyllis Stroud & husband, Gary of Topeka, KS One Sister-In-Law: Norma Jewell Moore of Iola, KS 1 Nephew: Fred...
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