Recent Obituaries
Edith Hetzel
Sep 2, 2010
COLONY - Edith Louise (Ten Eyck) Hetzel, 94, died Thursday, September 2, 2010 in Wichita, Kansas. Mrs. Hetzel was a high school English, speech and drama teacher, and a school librarian. She is remembered for her fine speech and drama programs. She retired from Crest High School, Colony, in 1981. She was born March 22, 1916 in Marseilles, IL, the...
Loyd C. Burcham
Sep 2, 2010
Lt. Col. Loyd C. Burcham, age 89, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Thursday, September 2, 2010, at Golden Heights in Garnett, Kansas. Loyd was born on February 15, 1921, at Hamilton, Missouri, the son of Byrd C. and Julia O. (Mayes) Burcham. He was the third of seven children. He grew up on farms in Linn County, Kansas, and...
Stanley Tawney
Aug 28, 2010
Stanley Dean Tawney, 57, of Iola, Kansas, died Saturday, August 28, 2010, at Manor Care in Overland Park, Kansas. Stanley was born October 13, 1952 in Iola, Kansas the son of Murry A. and Betty Jo (Robb) Tawney. He grew up at LaHarpe and Iola and graduated from Iola High School in 1971. He has worked for Haldex in Iola...
Larry Korte
Aug 27, 2010
Larry Edward Korte, 59, of rural Iola, Kansas, died Friday, August 27, 2010, following a farm accident. Larry was born March 5, 1951, at Emporia, Kansas, the son of John Henry and Margaret Rose (Burenheide) Korte. He grew up on the family farm northeast of Humboldt. He attended Zillah Grade School and graduated from Humboldt High School in 1969. On...
Juanita Crouthers
Aug 27, 2010
Juanita V. Crouthers, 81, of Iola, Kansas, died Friday, August 27, 2010, at the Allen County Hospital. Juanita was born September 28, 1928, in Allen County, Kansas, the daughter of Rudolph Fred and Ellen Florence (Smoot) Scheer. She attended school in Gas City. On June 20, 1952, Juanita married Paul E. Crouthers and they made their home in Iola. She...
Dorothy Fern Holloman
Aug 26, 2010
Dorothy F. Holloman, age 81, of Centerville, Kansas, passed away on Thursday, August 26, 2010, at the Olathe Medical Center in Olathe, Kansas. Dorothy was born on April 16, 1929, at Cadmus, Kansas, the daughter of Robert and Addie (Carpenter) Barkley. She graduated from Parker High School in 1947. She was united in marriage to Roy Holloman on December 26,...
Helen Parks
Aug 21, 2010
Helen Bernice Parks, 72, of Humboldt, Kansas, died Saturday, August 21, 2010, at the Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice located at St. Francis Hospital in Wichita, Kansas. Helen was born April 14, 1938 in Iola, Kansas, the daughter of Gilbert J. and Bernice O. (Nelson) DeMeritt. She attended the Prairie Rose Country School until the seventh grade. She then enrolled in...
Bernadene Reed
Aug 20, 2010
Bernadene Reed, age 93, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Friday, August 20, 2010, at her home in Garnett. Bernadene A. Young was born on December 12, 1916, at Osawatomie, Kansas, the daughter of Ida Mae Moore and Charles W. Young. She and her parents moved to Eastland, Texas when she was a child. The family later returned to live...
Wilma Mardick
Aug 19, 2010
Wilma E. Mardick, 98, of Iola, Kansas, passed away on Thursday, August 19, 2010 at Fountain Villa in Iola. Wilma was born October 6, 1911 at Westphalia, Kansas, the daughter of William and Lavina (Satler) O'Banion. She attended public schools in Westphalia and graduated from Westphalia High School. On October 6, 1931, Wilma married Laurence L. Mardick at Garnett, Kansas....
Clyde Moore
Aug 17, 2010
Clyde Lincoln Moore, age 84, of Garnett, Kansas, died on August 17, 2010 at Golden Heights Living Center, Garnett. He was born on October 19, 1925 in Glenwood, Missouri, the son of Charles Herbert and Opal (Kerby) Moore. As a young man, he received his formal education at Glenwood, Missouri. Clyde went to work for Western Union Telegraph Company at...
Kenneth Q. Webb
Aug 16, 2010
Kenneth Q. Webb, age 86, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Monday, August 16, 2010 at the Richmond Healthcare and Rehab facility in Richmond, Kansas. He was born June 15, 1924, in Alden, Kansas, the son of Jerry Delorma and Maude (Burroughs) Webb. Kenneth farmed with his father. He also worked for neighbors in the local community and on Wednesday...
Donald Jackson Perkins
Aug 15, 2010
Donald Jackson Perkins, age 67, of Garnett passed away Sunday, August 15, 2010 at the St. Luke's Hospital, Kansas City, Missouri. Donald was born on December 11, 1942, the son of Donald Eugene and Julia Mae (Fisher) Perkins. He grew up in Garnett, graduating from the Garnett High School. Following school he lived in Topeka for a few years before...
Charles Ulery
Aug 14, 2010
Charles W. "Chuck" Ulery, Jr., 61, of Gas, Kansas died Saturday, August 14, 2010 at St. Francis Hospital in Wichita, Kansas. Chuck was born July 28, 1949 in Pittsburg, Kansas, the son of Charles W. and Patricia AnnRita (O'Donnell) Ulery, Sr. He graduated from Iola High School in 1968 and then served two years with the United States Army in...
Margaret E. Myers
Aug 13, 2010
Margaret Ellen Myers, age 89, of Rose Hill, Kansas, formerly of Elsmore, Kansas, passed away Friday, August 13, 2010 at her home in Rose Hill. Margaret was born July 13, 1921 near Humboldt, Kansas, the daughter of Leslie and Fern (Dewey) Baker. She was a graduate of Elsmore High School. During WWII she worked at the Kansas Army Ammunition Plant...
Eleanor Williams
Aug 13, 2010
Eleanor Imbusch Williams, age 89, passed away Friday, August 13, 2010 at the Mercy Hospital, Fort Scott, Kansas. Eleanor was born August 28, 1920 at the family farm at Brazilton, Kansas, the daughter of Martin and Nora (Boettjer) Imbusch. She grew up in Brazilton, attending the Lutheran grade school. She graduated from high school at Girard. Following high school she...
Marsha Smoot
Aug 8, 2010
Marsha Kay Smoot, 31, of Chanute, Kansas, died Sunday, August 8, 2010 at her home. Marsha was born August 19, 1978, in Iola, Kansas the daughter of Melvin D. and Melinda L. (Robb) Smoot. She graduated from Iola High School in 1997 and while in high school worked for Bonnie's Corner Cafe at Gas. She worked as a certified nurse's...
William Johnson
Aug 7, 2010
William "Orin" Johnson, 85, of Iola, Kansas, died Saturday, August 7, 2010, at the Allen County Hospital in Iola. Orin was born August 29, 1924 in Iola, Kansas, to Coleman and Celia (Hankins) Johnson. He attended McKinley grade school and graduated from Iola High School with the class of 1942. He enlisted in the United States Navy June 25, 1943....
Glenda Coons
Aug 1, 2010
Glenda Coons, age 55, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Sunday, August 1, 2010, at her home in Garnett. Glenda was born on July 1, 1955, at Alliance, Nebraska, the daughter of Bob and Merna (Brooks) Nichols. She grew up in the Bridgeport, Nebraska area, graduating from high school there in 1975. She earned her Associates Degree from Trinity Bible...
Jim Bell
Jul 31, 2010
James T. "Jim" Bell, 62, of Iola, Kansas, died Saturday, July 31, 2010, at the Colmery-O'Neil VA Medical Center in Topeka, Kansas. Jim was born September 10, 1947, at Neosho Falls, Kansas, the son of H.W. and Hellen L. (Blohm) Bell. The family moved to Iola when he was three years old. He graduated from Iola High School in 1965...
Alma R. Gray
Jul 31, 2010
Alma R. Gray, age 93, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Saturday, July 31, 2010, at the Golden Heights Living Center in Garnett, Kansas. Alma Ruth Griffith was born on June 5, 1917, at Osceola, Missouri, the daughter of Sherman H. and May (Schoonover) Griffith. She was given the middle name of Ruth after Dr. Ruth Seavers who attended her...
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