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Shawn Dale Johnston

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

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

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

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

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

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...

Don Sigg

Don Sigg

Jan 31, 2011

Donald Eugene Sigg, 76, of Iola, Kansas, died Monday, January 31, 2011, at Eureka Nursing Center in Eureka, Kansas. Don was born October 24, 1934, on a farm northwest of Iola, Kansas, the son of Victor H. and Nellie M. (Allen) Sigg. He was the oldest of 14 children. Don graduated from Iola High School in 1953 and on May...

Alice Price

Alice Price

Jan 29, 2011

Alice B. Price, 83, of Iola, Kansas, died Saturday, January 29, 2011, at the Moran Manor. Alice was born January 16, 1928, in Topeka, Kansas, the daughter of Howard and Jennie (Mullins) Whitney. The family moved to Iola and then to St. Louis, Missouri, when she was eleven. Alice married Herman Kirkpatrick in 1943 and he preceded her in death...

Frank H. Wuckowitsch

Frank H. Wuckowitsch

Jan 28, 2011

Frank H. Wuckowitsch, age 90, of Greeley, Kansas passed away Friday, January 28, 2011 at the Anderson County Long Term Care Facility, Garnett. Frank was born March 16, 1920, at Garnett, the son of Frank and Sophia (Zormeier) Wuckowitsch. He grew up in Greeley and graduated from Greeley High School. Following school he joined the United States Army, serving in...

Barbara K. Tucker

Barbara K. Tucker

Jan 28, 2011

Barbara Tucker, age 56, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Friday, January 28, 2011 at the Kansas City Hospice House in Kansas City, Missouri. She was born on November 23, 1954, in Downey, California, the daughter of Donald and Virginia (King) Herman. She graduated from Garnett High School and from Clark Business School. She worked for the Garnett Greenhouse after...

Clifford Vaughan

Clifford Vaughan

Jan 27, 2011

Clifford J. Vaughan, age 70, of Kincaid, Kansas, passed away on Thursday, January 27, 2011, at his home. Clifford was born February 18, 1940 at Kansas City, Kansas, the son of Ralph and Dorothy (Moore) Vaughan. He grew up in the Kansas City, Kansas area attending Turner High School before entering the United States Navy in 1957. This service took...

Ronald J. Benus

Ronald J. Benus

Jan 27, 2011

Ronald Joseph Benus, age 63, of Ottawa, Kansas, passed away on Thursday, January 27, 2011, at the Olathe Medical Center in Olathe, Kansas. Ron was born on July 22, 1947, at Garnett, Kansas, the son of Ivan and Vera (Hermreck) Benus. He grew up in the area, graduating from Garnett High School in 1965. Ron married Sherry Bingamon in 1969;...

Perry Dillow

Perry Dillow

Jan 25, 2011

Perry A. Dillow, 92, of Iola, Kansas, died Tuesday, January 25, 2011, at Guest Home Estates in Iola. Perry was born April 22, 1918, on a farm near Millcreek, Illinois, the son of George and Clara (Combs) Dillow. He grew up in Illinois and graduated from Dongola High School. On May 31, 1936, Perry married Mildred Dillow at Cairo, Illinois....

Leslie B. Yoder

Leslie B. Yoder

Jan 25, 2011

Leslie Yoder, age 43, of Garnett, Kansas passed away on Tuesday, January 25, 2011, at his home. He was born at Garnett, on January 5, 1968, the son of Benedict and Elizabeth (Miller) Yoder. Leslie was married to Eileen L. Yoder, daughter of Lester T. and Edna Yoder, on May 2, 1997. This union was blessed with three sons and...

Ruth Colgin

Ruth Colgin

Jan 24, 2011

Ruth Feeback Colgin, 92, of rural Colony, Kansas, passed away Monday, January 24, 2011, at the Allen County Hospital. Ruth was born April 19, 1918, in Allen County, Kansas, to Roy H. and Hattie (Etherton) Feeback. She graduated from Iola High School and Iola Junior College and received her teacher's certificate. She taught school for two years in Allen County...

Edith E. Bolinger

Edith E. Bolinger

Jan 24, 2011

Edith E. Bolinger, age 99, went to be with the Lord and walk with her husband, Lawrence and daughter, Irene Clements on Monday, January 24, 2011 at Galichia Heart Hospital in Wichita, Kansas. We have shared her joy and laughter for 100 years. She is the first of 8 children, the daughter of Harvey H. and Emma E. (Olson) Ludlum,...

Betty Karr

Betty Karr

Jan 24, 2011

Betty J. Karr, 84, of LaHarpe, Kansas, died Monday, January 24, 2011, at the Moran Manor. Betty was born September 12, 1926, in Colony, Kansas, the daughter of Lynn C. and Helen M. (Wilcott) Hambrick. On February 20, 1946, Betty married Ray Karr at the courthouse in Iola. They made their home in the Iola and LaHarpe areas. Ray preceded...

Ezra Davison

Ezra Davison

Jan 20, 2011

William Ezra Davison, son of John Arthur and Mary Elizabeth (Crist) Davison was born on July 15, 1920 near Virginia, Nebraska, and departed this life at the Richmond Healthcare Center on January 20, 2011, at the age of 90 years, 6 months and 5 days. He lived with his parents in Nebraska until he was 6 years old. In 1926...

Marion Roeder

Marion Roeder

Jan 19, 2011

Marion Lee Roeder, 73, of rural Colony, Kansas, died Wednesday, January 19, 2011, at the Allen County Hospital in Iola. Marion was born April 20, 1937, in Wichita, Kansas, the son of Charles and Elizabeth Roeder. At the age of 7, he made his home with Kenneth and Anna Heinz who lived northwest of Iola. After living in several communities,...

Donald Misenhelter

Donald Misenhelter

Jan 18, 2011

Donald Wayne Misenhelter, 70, of Iola, Kansas, died Tuesday, January 18, 2011, at his home. Don was born November 1, 1940, in Joplin, Missouri, the son of Albert and Mable (York) Misenhelter. He grew up in the Joplin area and joined the United States Navy in 1957 where he served as a plane captain on the aircraft carrier USS Bon...