Recent Obituaries
Patricia K. Powell
May 9, 2010
Patricia Powell, age 68, of Colony, Kansas, passed away on Sunday, May 9, 2010, at Lawrence Memorial Hospital in Lawrence, Kansas. She was born on May 10, 1941, at Galva, Kansas, the daughter of William Eugene and Elizabeth (Johnson) Murray. She grew up in the Mankato area, graduating from high school there. Pat was working as a waitress when she...
Lorraine Lamb
May 6, 2010
Lorraine Lamb, age 89 of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Thursday, May 6, 2010, at St. Luke's South Hospital in Overland Park, Kansas. Lorraine was born on August 23, 1920 at Pittsburg, Kansas, the daughter of Reubin Earl and Frances Alma (Weir) Davis. She grew up in the area and graduated from high school in Pittsburg. She was united in...
Velma Kinney
May 4, 2010
Velma Nadine (Ard) Kinney, 78, of Iola, Kansas, died Tuesday, May 4, 2010, at the Iola Nursing Center. She was born February 15, 1932, on the family farm west of Elsmore, Kansas, the daughter of George and Lorene (Deer) Ard. She grew up at Elsmore and graduated from Elsmore High School. Velma Nadine was married to Walter L. Kinney and...
Elizabeth M. Shaw
May 3, 2010
Elizabeth Shaw, age 97, of Iola, Kansas, passed away on Monday, May 3, 2010, at her home in Iola. Elizabeth was born on January 16, 1913 at Lost Springs, Kansas, the daughter of Albert and Kate (Pickett) Drury. She grew up in the Selma area, graduating from Kincaid High School in 1932. She was united in marriage to Wallace Shaw...
Fern Marsh
Apr 29, 2010
Fern Marsh, long time educator, accomplished musician, and Iola civic contributor passed away Thursday, April 29, 2010, at Windsor Place Nursing Center in Iola, Kansas, after a year-long bout with cancer. Miss Marsh was born December 30, 1921, in a farm house just outside the city limits of Kincaid, Kansas, to George and Verle (Hummiston) Marsh. She is survived by...
Jerry Bland
Apr 25, 2010
Jerry Allen Bland, Jr., 17, of Pittsburg, Kansas, formerly of Iola, Kansas, died Sunday, April 25, 2010, at St. John's Regional Medical Center in Joplin, Missouri. Jerry was born December 8, 1992, in Iola, Kansas, the son of Jerry Allen Bland, Sr. and Natalie Elaine Fuller. SURVIVORS: His Parents: Jerry & Zolene Bland, Sr., of Iola, KS, and Natalie Fuller-Rose...
Edward J. Wilper
Apr 25, 2010
Edward J. Wilper, age 94, of Harris, Kansas, passed away peacefully Sunday, April 25, 2010 at his home surrounded by his wife, son and daughter. Edward was born February 17, 1916 at Harris, Kansas, the son of Joseph H. and Mary I. (Scully) Wilper. He grew up in the area, graduating from Garnett High School in 1934. Following school he...
Russell R. O'Neil
Apr 22, 2010
Russell R. O'Neil, age 83, of Norman, OK, formerly of Garnett, Kansas passed away April 22, 2010 at the Grace Living Center in Norman, Oklahoma. He was born on June 19, 1926 on the family farm in Black Jack outside of Wellsville, Kansas to Maurice and Iris O'Neil. Russ graduated from Wellsville High School in 1943 at the age of...
Leah Card
Apr 21, 2010
Leah Rae Card, 74, of Chanute, Kansas, formerly of Humboldt, died Wednesday, April 21, 2010, at Via Christi Medical Center St. Francis Campus in Wichita. Leah was born December 11, 1935, in Iola, Kansas, the daughter of Ray A. and Elora G. (Lehman) Card. She grew up in Humboldt where she graduated from high school. On April 11, 1956, Leah...
James Cole
Apr 19, 2010
James Lee "Jim" Cole, 50, of LaHarpe, Kansas, died Monday, April 19, 2010, at his home. Jim was born July 24, 1959, at Eureka, Kansas, the son of Edwin Lee and Annette (Sanderson) Cole. He grew up in Gas, Kansas where he attended elementary school. The family moved to LaHarpe when he was a teenager. On December 20, 1997, Jim...
Brian Pozzie
Apr 18, 2010
Brian Pozzie, age 50 of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Sunday, April 18, 2010, at the Anderson County Hospital in Garnett, Kansas. Brian was born on January 13, 1960 at Aurora, Illinois, the son of Jerry Louis Pozzie and Barbara (Reeser). He grew up in Aurora, and attended schools there. In 1977 Brian served in the U.S. Army. He was...
Wayne L. Penn
Apr 18, 2010
Wayne Lyman Penn, age 82, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Sunday, April 18, 2010, at Golden Heights in Garnett, Kansas. He was born on September 3, 1927 at Neodesha, Kansas, the son of Ira and Jessie (DeLong) Penn. Wayne grew up in the Neodesha area, attending Baumgardner Country School before graduating from Neodesha High School in 1945. In 1945...
Harold Shue
Apr 16, 2010
Harold Edwin "Hal" Shue, 69, of Gas, Kansas, died Friday, April 16, 2010, at his home. He was born September 21, 1940, in Fredonia, Kansas, the son of Harold Earl and Thelma (McGregor) Shue. He grew up in Fredonia and graduated from high school there. Harold served in the United States Navy from 1958 to 1961. Following his honorable discharge...
Dale S. Miller
Apr 15, 2010
Dale S. Miller, age 94, of Blue Mound, Kansas passed away Thursday, April 15, 2010 at Parsons, Kansas. Dale was born November 26, 1915 at Saffordville, Kansas, the son of Pete Searl and Floretta Alvena "Winnie" (Nurnburg) Miller. Dale grew up in western Lyon County, Kansas attending country schools before graduating from high school at Miller, Kansas. Following school Dale...
Wayne Gerdsen
Apr 13, 2010
Wayne Eugene Gerdsen, 78, of Los Fresnos, Texas, formerly of LaHarpe, Kansas, died Tuesday, April 13, 2010 at Valley Baptist Medical Center in Harlingen, Texas. Wayne was born October 28, 1931, at Moran, Kansas, the son of Robert and Lucy (Simpson) Gerdsen. He grew up on the family farm north of LaHarpe and graduated from LaHarpe High School. He served...
Gary Reeder
Apr 9, 2010
Gary Ray Reeder, 52, of Iola, Kansas, died Friday, April 9, 2010, at the Allen County Hospital in Iola. Gary was born April 22, 1957, in Iola, the son of Ralph James and Wilma Nadine (Boese) Reeder, Jr. He attended school in Iola and then served in the United States Marine Corp. He worked in the oil fields until moving...
Jerry E. Milligan
Apr 7, 2010
Jerry Milligan was born on July 25, 1950 in Seymour, Missouri, to Claude Reed Milligan and Eunice Loretta Miller Milligan, and departed this life on Wednesday, April 7, 2010, in Ottawa, Kansas at the age of 59. Jerry and his family moved to Ulysses, Kansas in 1957. He attended Red Rock Grade School and Ulysses High School Class of 1968....
Thomas Wood
Apr 7, 2010
Thomas Beverly Wood, referred to by family as Bev and by friends as Tom, died Wednesday, April 7, 2010, at the Allen County Hospital in Iola, Kansas at the age of 90. He was born on October 23, 1919, the son of Lawrence Vivian (LV) and Gladys (Hartman) Wood the fourth of seven children on a ranch south of Norwich,...
Krista Grogg
Apr 5, 2010
Krista Carie Bruner Grogg, 35, of Yates Center, Kansas, died Monday, April 5, 2010, from injuries she received in an automobile accident north of Yates Center. Krista was born November 10, 1974, in Iola, Kansas, the daughter of Michael L. and Linda Lea (Chriestenson) Bruner. She grew up at Neosho Falls and graduated from Yates Center High School in 1993....
Clifford Heisler
Apr 4, 2010
Clifford L. Heisler, 82, of Humboldt, Kansas, died Sunday, April 4, 2010, at his home. Clifford was born April 3, 1928 in Pawnee, Oklahoma, the son of Henry John and Minnie Elizabeth (Myers) Heisler. He grew up at Pawnee until the family moved to a farm west of Elsmore, Kansas in 1944. On April 10, 1951, Clifford married Irene Martin...