Recent Obituaries
Dale Irvin Douglass
Sep 4, 2011
Dale Douglass, age 79, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on September 4, 2011, at St. Luke's Plaza, Kansas City, Missouri. Dale Irvin Douglass was born on June 30, 1932, in the Cola Hill Neighborhood of Coffey County, Kansas. He was the youngest of three sons born to John Irvin and Rovilla Ann (Hill) Douglass. Dale graduated from Burlington High School...
Frank Mittelmeier
Sep 2, 2011
Frank Ronald Mittelmeier, age 73, of Iola, Kansas, died Friday, September 2, 2011, at the Iola Nursing Center. He was born August 9, 1938, at Erie, Pennsylvania, the son of Frank A. Mittelmeier and Alyce (Cellini) Matthews. He grew up in the Erie, Pennsylvania area and served two years with the United States Army. On July 25, 1964, he married...
Terry Joseph Cole
Sep 1, 2011
Terry Joseph Cole, age 21, passed away on September 1, 2011, in Iola, Kansas. He was born July 13, 1990 in Iola, Kansas, the son of Terry Lee and Betty Lynn (Griffin) Cole. He lived in Iola, Kansas until he was 15 and moved to Louisiana, returning to Iola in 2010. Terry enjoyed fishing, skateboarding, and walking around town. He...
Christina J. Miller
Aug 28, 2011
Christina J. Miller, age 91, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Sunday, August 28, 2011 at the Kansas City Hospice House in Kansas City, Missouri. She was born October 17, 1919, at Scipio, Kansas, the daughter of August and Theresa (Lickteig) Rockers. Christina was born at the family home, where all twelve of her brothers and sisters were born. She...
Myrtle Brodmerkle
Aug 28, 2011
Myrtle Iris Brodmerkle, 93, of Iola, Kansas, died Sunday, August 28, 2011, at her home. Myrtle was born December 11, 1917, on a farm northwest of Yates Center, Kansas, the daughter of Archie and Mary (Mulsow) Wells. She grew up on the farm and worked at several jobs before she married Philip L. Brodmerkle on July 18, 1943. They made...
Jean Carr
Aug 27, 2011
Jean L. Carr, 88, long-time Welda, Kansas resident, died Saturday, August 27, 2011, at Windsor Place Nursing Center in Iola, Kansas. Jean was born January 23, 1923, in Cleveland, Ohio. In 1936, she and her mother, Faith (Marshall) Kattenhorn, moved back to the family farm northwest of Welda. She graduated from Welda High School in 1941 and attended Pittsburg State...
Marjorie Seibolt
Aug 24, 2011
Marjorie Ruth "Marge" Seibolt, of Iola, Kansas, died Wednesday, August 24, 2011, at her home at the age of 80. Marjorie was born March 11, 1931, at Ottawa, Kansas, the daughter of Gilbert and Cecil (Wells) Munson. She grew up in Garnett and graduated from Garnett High School. On June 20, 1953, Marjorie married Bernard P. Seibolt in Kansas City,...
Joe R. Chalker
Aug 23, 2011
Joe R. Chalker, age 77, of Moran, Kansas, passed away on Tuesday, August 23, 2011, at his home. He was born January 18, 1934, in Parsons, Kansas, the son of Joseph Daniel and Ruby Ingram (Hanna) Chalker. After graduation from Parsons High School, he attended Parsons Junior College, Iola Junior College, and graduated from Emporia State Teachers' College. He received...
Verna Turner
Aug 23, 2011
Verna L. Turner, 61, of LaHarpe, Kansas, died Tuesday, August 23, 2011, at her home. Verna was born February 13, 1950, in Iola, Kansas, the daughter of Vernon McCollam and Lois (McAtee) Blackburn. She grew up traveling with her mother and step-father who was in the service. On December 15, 1989, Verna married Jack L. Turner and they made their...
Vivian Henkle
Aug 20, 2011
Vivian Henkle, age 97, of Iola, Kansas, died Saturday, August 20, 2011, at the Allen County Hospital in Iola. Vivian Grace Flake Henkle, the daughter of Erven Leslie Flake, Sr. and Alta Jaly Gillespie Flake was born on a farm northwest of LeRoy on December 3, 1913. She grew up in the LeRoy area, graduated from LeRoy High School and...
Raymond J. Rockers
Aug 20, 2011
Raymond J. Rockers, age 83, of Greeley, Kansas, passed away on Saturday, August 20, 2011, at his home. He was born on January 6, 1928, at Greeley, Kansas, the son of Edward and Lena (Wolken) Rockers. He attended schools in the Richmond area, graduating from Richmond High School. Raymond served in the U.S. Army from October 1950 to October of...
Lucile Stratton
Aug 19, 2011
Lucile Stratton, 95, formerly of Iola, Kansas, died Friday, August 19, 2011, at John Knox Village in Lee's Summit, Missouri. Lucile was born June 23, 1916, in Iola, Kansas, the daughter of George S. and Susie (McCarty) Stratton. She graduated from Iola High School, Allen County Community College, the University of Kansas with a B.S. degree in Liberal Arts, and...
Kenneth Walls
Aug 16, 2011
Kenneth E. "Duke" Walls, Sr., 78, of Iola, Kansas, died Tuesday, August 16, 2011, at Tulsa Nursing Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Kenneth was born March 25, 1933, in Iola, Kansas, the son of Fon L. and Bessie J. (Hill) Walls. He grew up and attended school in Iola. He married Nancy J. Allison and has made his home in Iola...
Herman A. Nilges
Aug 15, 2011
Herman A. Nilges, age 85, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Monday, August 15, 2011, at St. Luke's South Hospital in Overland Park, Kansas. Herman was born on July 28, 1926, in Anderson County, Kansas, near Scipio, the son of Samuel and Mary (Peine) Nilges. He grew up and attended school in Anderson County, living all of his life except...
Donna Gerdsen
Aug 13, 2011
Donna Gerdsen, 69, of Iola, Kansas, died Saturday, August 13, 2011, at Victoria Falls in Andover, Kansas. Donna was born August 17, 1941, in Harrison County, Missouri, the daughter of Thomas G. and Edith Catherine (Carson) Johns. She grew up in Humboldt where she graduated from Humboldt High School in 1959. On September 1, 1962, Donna married Clyde E. Gerdsen...
Ethel Fern Wagoner
Aug 11, 2011
Ethel Fern (Boyd) Wagoner, age 99, Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Thursday, August 11, 2011, at the Anderson County Hospital Long Term Care Facility in Garnett. She was born on March 30, 1912, near Beatrice, Nebraska, the daughter of Ernest and Alice (Riffey) Boyd. Her family moved near Sawyer, Kansas when she was 4 years old, and she attended school...
Jerome Wille
Aug 10, 2011
Jerome Joseph "Jody" Wille, Jr., 71, of Iola, Kansas, died Wednesday, August 10, 2011, at the Allen County Hospital in Iola. Jody was born October 23, 1939, in Iola, Kansas, the son of Jerome J. "Jerry" and Virginia M. (Shaefer) Wille. He grew up in Iola and Yates Center and graduated from Yates Center High School. He has made his...
George Tinsley
Aug 6, 2011
George Tinsley, age 91, formerly of Welda, Kansas, passed away on Saturday, August 6, 2011 at his home in Checotah, Oklahoma. He was born January 11, 1920, in a farm north of Moran, Kansas, the son of John and Clara (Donaldson) Tinsley. He graduated from Welda High School with the Class of 1939. George entered the Army Air Corps in...
Heidi Betts
Aug 5, 2011
Heidi Betts, age 39, passed away on Friday, August 5, 2011, at the Anderson County Hospital in Garnett. She was born on January 28, 1972, in Salina, Kansas, the daughter of William Everett Betts and Mary Lou (Barber) Durr. She lived in Milwaukie, Oregon for ten years, attending grade school and high school there. Her family moved to Topeka in...


