Recent Obituaries
Noah Herschberger
Nov 3, 2010
Noah Herschberger, 81, of rural Iola, Kansas, died Wednesday, November 3, 2010, at the Allen County Hospital in Iola. Noah was born November 9, 1928, at Kokomo, Indiana, the youngest of 8 children born to Albert and Mary (Mast) Herschberger. He grew up in Kokomo and served in the United States Army during the Korean conflict. On February 26, 1953,...
Sharon L Hardman
Nov 3, 2010
Sharon L. "Rosie" Hardman, age 71, of Bronson, Kansas, passed away on Wednesday, November 3, 2010 at Via Christy Hospital in Pittsburg, Kansas. She was born November 7, 1938, at Indianapolis, Indiana, the daughter of Leo and Freeda (McNatt) Bracken. She graduated from John Swett High School in Rodeo, California. Rosie worked as a bookkeeper for most of her life...
Leonard Benjamin
Oct 30, 2010
Leonard Benjamin, age 82, of Garnett, Kansas, died on October 30, 2010, at his home. He was born April 6, 1928, in Garnett, Kansas, the son of Homer and Alice (Hartman) Benjamin. Leonard graduated from Garnett High School with the class of 1946; he then attended college at Pittsburg State University for one year. He married Norma Boots on July...
Brett Heslop
Oct 29, 2010
Brett Joseph Heslop, 18, of Iola, Kansas, died Friday, October 29, 2010 at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita, Kansas. Brett was born February 3, 1992, in Lafayette, Louisiana. He was adopted by Steven M. Heslop in 2004. Brett graduated from Humboldt High School in 2010, and was attending Neosho County Community College in Chanute, Kansas studying aviation. His hobbies include...
Harlan Cress
Oct 28, 2010
Harlan H. Cress, 86, of Humboldt, Kansas, died Thursday, October 28, 2010, at the Neosho Memorial Regional Medical Center in Chanute, Kansas. Harlan was born February 20, 1924, on the family farm west of Humboldt, Kansas, the son of Johnnie Ahiga and Della Mae (Baker) Cress. He attended DeWitt Rural School and graduated from Humboldt High School in 1942. On...
Myrl C. Lingo
Oct 27, 2010
Myrl C. Lingo, age 89, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Wednesday, October 27, 2010, at the Kansas City VA Medical Center in Kansas City, Missouri. Myrl was born on August 17, 1921, in Anderson County, Kansas, the son of Leo Milby Lingo and Alta Ruthana (Gordon) Lingo. He attended the Lingo Grade School and then attended the Garnett High...
Howard Immel
Oct 27, 2010
State legislator, past president of the University of Kansas Alumni Association, a leader in the Kansas Bar, past president of the Kansas Chamber of Commerce, holder of the Distinguished Alumnus Award from the University of Kansas School of Law, dedicated Republican leader - these outstanding accomplishments don't begin to take the measure of Howard "Tony" Immel, who died Wednesday morning...
Walter B. O'Malley
Oct 26, 2010
Walter B. O'Malley, age 88, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Tuesday, October 26, 2010, at the Anderson County Hospital in Garnett. Walt was born on August 27, 1922, in Kingman County, Kansas, the son of Daniel and Magdalena (Miller) O'Malley. He lived in Kingman County until age 15, when his family moved to Waverly, Kansas. Walt then attended Waverly...
Donna Holinsworth
Oct 26, 2010
Donna Carole Holinsworth, 59, of Humboldt, Kansas, died Tuesday, October 26, 2010. Donna was born March 11, 1951, at Fort Scott, Kansas, the daughter of Harlan B. and Bessie Revona (Odam) Stokes. She grew up in the LaHarpe area. On March 25, 1995, Donna married H.E. Holinsworth in Humboldt where they made their home. She has worked at Everbrite Electronics...
Dorothy E. Dalton
Oct 25, 2010
Dorothy E. Dalton, age 90, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Monday, October 25, 2010, at Golden Heights in Garnett, Kansas. Dorothy was born on July 8, 1920, in Garnett, Kansas, the daughter of Ralph and Mable (Harrison) Murphy. She graduated from Garnett High School with the Class of 1938. She graduated from Halstead Hospital School of Nursing in Halstead,...
Kenneth W. Knight
Oct 22, 2010
Kenneth Wayne Knight, age 82, of Centerville, Kansas, died on October 22, 2010 at the Anderson County Long Term Care Facility in Garnett, Kansas. He was born June 1, 1928, in Centerville, Kansas, the son of Harry Austin Knight and Minnie Belle (Kline) Knight. Kenneth graduated from Parker High School and worked part-time for the railroad. He went to Idaho...
Grace M. Macklin
Oct 21, 2010
Grace Mae Macklin, age 95, of Greeley, Kansas, passed away on Thursday, October 21, 2010, at Golden Heights in Garnett, Kansas. Grace was born on August 27, 1915, in Greeley, Kansas, the daughter of Orn and Margaret Leah (Nolte) Fox. She graduated from Parker Rural High School in 1933. She was united in marriage to Ralph T. Macklin on May...
Gordon Larson
Oct 21, 2010
Gordon Vaughn "Sam" Larson, 87, of Humboldt, Kansas, died Thursday, October 21, 2010, at Pinecrest Nursing Home in Humboldt. Gordon was born September 13, 1923, in Chanute, Kansas, the son of Harold and Ina (Vaughn) Larson. He grew up in the Petrolia and Iola areas and graduated from Iola High School in 1942. He served as a Merchant Marine during...
Carl William Leim
Oct 18, 2010
Carl William Leim, age 95, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Monday, October 18, 2010, at the Girard Medical Center in Girard, Kansas. Carl was born in 1915, in New York, New York, the son of Carl William Leim Sr. and Gertrude (Heck) Leim. He grew up and went to school in Upper New York and served in the U.S....
Rex Shisler
Oct 17, 2010
Rex Shisler, 88, of Gas, Kansas, died Sunday, October 17, 2010, at his home. Rex was cremated and his memorial services will be 3:30 p.m. on November 6 at the Iola, Kansas Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses. Rex was born Feb. 9, 1922, in Stanberry, Missouri, the son of Paul Morris Shisler and Ila Christina Kenyon McGhay. His father died...
Joseph Eric White
Oct 9, 2010
Joe White, age 33, of Roeland Park, Kansas, formerly of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Saturday, October 9, 2010. Joe was born on March 21, 1977, at Topeka, Kansas, the son of Eric White and Betty Gilpin. He grew up in Garnett, and graduated from Anderson County High School in 1995. Joe was a member of Anderson County Wrestling for...
Edwin Nord
Oct 8, 2010
Edwin J. "Ed" Nord, 90, of Iola, Kansas, died Friday, October 8, 2010 at his home. Ed was born June 3, 1920 at Milan, Missouri the son of Joseph Martin and Neville Sperry (McNeiley) Nord. He grew up in Utah until age 11 when the family returned to Milan. He attended Oak Grove Rural School and graduated from Milan High...
Maurice Samson
Oct 6, 2010
Maurice Albert "Al" Samson, Jr., 68, of Colony, Kansas, died Wednesday, October 6, 2010 at his home. Al was born February 14, 1942, at St. Albans, Vermont the son of Maurice Albert and Lucille (Benoit) Samson, Sr. He grew up at St. Albans where he graduated from Holy Angels Catholic High School. He served in the United States Air Force...
Richard Tomlinson
Oct 6, 2010
Dick Tomlinson, 81, of Iola, Kansas, died Wednesday, October 6, 2010 at the Allen County Hospital in Iola. He was born July 5, 1929 in Atchison, Kansas the son of Roy N. and Sylvia F. (Jackson) Tomlinson. Dick graduated from high school in Rushville, Missouri and then received an associate degree from Highland Junior College in Kansas. He taught school...
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