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Helen Marie Burns

Helen Marie Burns

Sep 18, 2010

Helen Marie Burns, age 71, of Wichita, passed away Saturday, September 18, 2010 at Wesley Hospital, Wichita. Helen was born December 7, 1938 at Kincaid, Kansas, the daughter of Norman and Ida (Worthington) Henry. She grew up in Garnett, graduating from the Garnett High School in 1958. Following high school she lived in Garnett, Ottawa, and Osawatomie before moving to...

Thelma Morrow

Thelma Morrow

Sep 18, 2010

Thelma G. Morrow, 78, of LaHarpe, Kansas, died Saturday, September 18, 2010 at her home after an extended illness. Thelma was born April 1, 1932 in rural Redfield, Kansas the daughter of Ernest Benton and Emma C. (Green) Brown. She grew up in LaHarpe and graduated from Elsmore High School where she attended her senior year. She married LG Garrison...

James Miller

James Miller

Sep 13, 2010

James Graham "Jim" Miller, 80, of rural Iola, Kansas, died Monday, September 13, 2010, at the Allen County Hospital in Iola. Jim was born February 3, 1930, in Iola, the son of Milow D. and Ethel (Graham) Miller. He grew up at Greenwood County near Virgil and Lamont where his father worked the oil fields. He graduated from Lamont High...

Richard Wayne Jones

Richard Wayne Jones

Sep 12, 2010

Richard Wayne "Ricky" Jones, age 20, of Iola, Kansas, passed away on Sunday, September 12, 2010, as the result of a truck accident. He was born on May 2, 1990, at the Anderson County Hospital in Garnett, Kansas, the son of Kenneth and Debbie (Kratzberg) Jones. Ricky grew up in Iola, living most of his life there. He attended Iola...

Mary Langton

Mary Langton

Sep 9, 2010

Mary Jean Langton, 53, of Moran, Kansas, died Thursday, September 9, 2010 at Neosho Memorial Regional Medical Center in Chanute, Kansas. Mary Jean was born July 8, 1957, at Yates Center, Kansas, the daughter of Tommy Kenneth "Buck" and Verle M. (Williams) Rhodes. She grew up and attended school at Cherryvale, Kansas where she participated in scouts, 4-H and played...

Lola Turley

Lola Turley

Sep 8, 2010

Lola Jean Turley, 82, of Kansas City, Kansas, formerly of Iola, died Wednesday, September 8, 2010, at the Kansas City Hospice House. Lola Jean was born March 12, 1928, at Colony, Kansas, the daughter of George and Ella Louise (Keyser) Cline. She graduated from Iola High School where she was the lettergirl "I" in the marching band. She worked for...

Lorieta Long

Lorieta Long

Sep 6, 2010

Lorieta H. Long, 80, of Humboldt, Kansas, died Monday, September 6, 2010, at Pinecrest Nursing Home in Humboldt. Lorieta was born March 10, 1930 on the family farm east of Humboldt the daughter of Arthur and Lucile Daisy (Bale) Elliott. She grew up on the farm. On October 4, 1947, Lorieta married Harvey Mueller in Iola, Kansas, and they made...

Woodrow W. Hardesty

Woodrow W. Hardesty

Sep 5, 2010

Woodrow Wilborn Hardesty, an American Patriot, entered the pages of history on the 5th of September 2010 at Anderson County Hospital, Long Term Care in Garnett, Kansas. Woody, as he was called his whole life, passed away peacefully of natural causes. Born May 29th, 1917 in Eldorado, Illinois, he was the son of the late Dr. John F. Hardesty and...

Edith Hetzel

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...