Recent Obituaries
James McGowan
Apr 3, 2010
James S. McGowan, Sr., 75, of Iola, Kansas, died Saturday, April 3, 2010, at the Allen County Hospital in Iola. He was born May 20, 1934, in Iola, Kansas, the son of Raymond P. and Jane Helen (Atkins) McGowan. He grew up in Iola. After serving a year with the Kansas National Guard he enlisted in the United States Air...
Floyd Hangen
Apr 3, 2010
Floyd E. Hangen, 79, of Iola, Kansas, died Saturday, April 3, 2010, at his home. Floyd was born October 13, 1930, at Dayton, Ohio, the son of Cleo John and Glenna Myrle (Welsh) Hangen. He grew up in Ohio and graduated from Butler Township High School in Vandalia, Ohio. He joined the United States Navy and served four years during...
Nancy Gampper
Apr 1, 2010
Nancy Jean Anderson Gampper died Thursday, April 1, 2010. SURVIVORS: Long-time companion: Ken Rowe of Iola 2 Daughters: Laura Mathis & her husband, Josh and Krista Gampper of Iola, KS Her parents: Gene & Claudette Anderson of Colony, KS 1 Sister: Leanne Trabuc & her husband, Butch of Colony, KS Niece & Nephew: Derek Trabuc of Iola, and Nicole Wainwright...
Toby D. Yoder
Mar 30, 2010
Toby Yoder, age 96, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Tuesday, March 30, 2010 at the Anderson County Long Term Care Facility, in Garnett. He was born on April 17, 1913, at Thomas, Oklahoma, the son of David J. Yoder and Eliza Yoder. Toby was a member of the Old Order Amish Church. Toby married Barbara Beachy on October 8,...
Mike Farris
Mar 26, 2010
Mike Farris, age 63, of Iola, Kansas, passed away on Friday, March 26, 2010, in Joplin, Missouri. Mike was born on January 11, 1947 at Iola, Kansas, the son of Eugene and Flora (Fowler) Farris. He grew up in the Colony area, graduating from Colony High School. He attended Allen County Community College, Emporia State University, and Pittsburg State University....
Barbara Yoder
Mar 26, 2010
Barbara (Beachy) Yoder, age 94, of Garnett, Kansas, died March 26, 2010 at the Anderson County Long Term Care Facility, Garnett, Kansas. She was born on January 30, 1916, at Garnett, Kansas, the daughter of Jonas and Lizzie (Overholt) Beachy. Barbara married Toby D. Yoder on October 8, 1936 at Garnett, Kansas. They lived in matrimony for 73 years. She...
Charley Gowdy
Mar 25, 2010
Charley Joe Gowdy, 74, of rural Iola, Kansas, died Thursday, March 25, 2010, at the Allen County Hospital in Iola. Charley was born June 16, 1935, on a ranch near Bristow, Oklahoma, the son of Vernon Leroy and Virgie (Frazier) Gowdy. He graduated from Bristow High School and Coffeyville Junior College. He received his Bachelor Of Science degree and Master's...
Kelly Preston Peery
Mar 23, 2010
Kelly Preston Peery, age 47, passed away on Tuesday, March 23, 2010, at the Olathe Medical Center in Olathe, Kansas. He was born on June 30, 1962, in Iola, Kansas, the son of Marvin and Judy (Blagg) Peery. He grew up around the Lone Elm, Kincaid, and Bush City areas. Kelly attended school in Fort Scott, Lone Elm, Kincaid, and...
Florence Guess
Mar 22, 2010
Florence Rose Guess, 90, of Iola, Kansas, died Monday, March 22, 2010, at the Allen County Hospital in Iola. Florence was born May 7, 1919, at Baker, Montana, the daughter of Nick and Margaret (Petcoff) Madler. She grew up in Montana and moved to California at age 18. She spent most of her life in California before moving to Iola...
Bernice Heiman
Mar 21, 2010
Bernice E. Heiman, 82, of Piqua, Kansas, died Sunday, March 21, 2010, at the Allen County Hospital in Iola, Kansas. Bernice was born October 20, 1927, on a farm two miles west of Piqua, Kansas, the daughter of John A. and Edith M. (Trout) Scheibmeir. She attended elementary school at Piqua and went to two years of high school at...
Leonard Dean Brocklesby
Mar 20, 2010
Leonard D. Brocklesby, age 74, of Garnett, Kansas passed away March 20, 2010 at the Olathe Medical Center, Olathe, Kansas. Leonard was born May 2, 1935 at Garnett the son of Rolla and Marie (Rand) Brocklesby. He attended elementary school in Garnett. His family moved to Wichita, Kansas at the time he was entering high school. Leonard attended Wichita East...
C. Hayes
Mar 16, 2010
C. Opal Hayes, age 107, of Iola, Kansas, died Tuesday, March 16, 2010, at Windsor Place Nursing Center in Iola. Opal was born January 19, 1903, on Peck Hill west of Iola, the daughter of Charles and Eleanor (Beahm) Peck. On March 26, 1924, Opal married Raymond F. Hayes and they made their home on a farm west of Iola....
Jean Livingston
Mar 16, 2010
Jean (Regina Katzer) Livingston, age 86, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, March 16, 2010 at Golden Heights Living Center, Garnett, Kansas. Jean was born to Adolph and Kathrine Katzer on June 7, 1923. She grew up on a farm outside of Greeley, KS, and was the youngest of 9 children. Her brothers and sisters were: Mary, Frank,...
Barbara Tibbs
Mar 15, 2010
Barbara Gail Tibbs, 58, of Iola, Kansas, died Monday, March 15, 2010, at the Allen County Hospital in Iola. Barbara was born September 6, 1951, in Detroit, Michigan, the daughter of Edward Wayne and Lucille Charlotte (Osier) Berglund. She was raised by her grandmother, Alice J. Wilson in Iola. She graduated from Udall High School and made her home in...
Frank Dennison
Mar 11, 2010
Frank Thomas "Tom" Dennison, Jr., 66, of Iola, Kansas, died Thursday, March 11, 2010, at the Moran Manor Nursing Center in Moran, Kansas. He was born November 18, 1943, at Pasco, Washington, the son of Frank Thomas and Marguerite E. (Taylor) Dennison, Sr. He grew up in the Kansas City area. After serving in the United States Navy, he made...
Fred Fillmore
Mar 9, 2010
Fred A. Fillmore, Jr., 84, of rural Colony, Kansas died Tuesday, March 9, 2010 at the Allen County Hospital in Iola, Kansas. Fred was born August 17, 1925 on a farm south of Osage City, Kansas the son of Fred A. and Ethel (Roakey) Fillmore, Sr. He grew up in the Osage City area. On January 21, 1950, Fred married...
John Quincy Adams Jr.
Mar 8, 2010
John Quincy Adams, Jr., age 92 of Mannford, Oklahoma, formerly of Kincaid, Kansas, passed away on Monday, March 8, 2010. He was born on February 15, 1918, to his parents, John Quincy Adams, Sr. and Ada (Rogers) Adams at their home near Kincaid, Kansas. J.Q., as he was referred to by most people, went to elementary school at Bellview District...
Verna Mae Burkholder
Mar 8, 2010
Verna Mae Burkholder, 62, Goshen, Indiana died on March 8, 2010 at her home. She had been ill almost three weeks. She was born on May 13, 1947 in Newton County, Indiana to the late Calvin C. and Fannie (Mast) Yoder. On June 26, 1969, she married LaVern D. Burkholder, Sr. in Nappanee, Indiana. Her husband LaVern Burkholder survives along...
Richard Keele
Mar 4, 2010
Richard E. Keele, 70, of LaHarpe, Kansas, died Thursday, March 4, 2010, at the Allen County Hospital. Richard was born March 14, 1939, in Iola, the son of Paul Edward and Dorothy Mae (Lee) Keele. He grew up at Gas and served in the United States Navy. Richard married Sandra Thompson. They had two daughters and a son who died...
Loreda M. Evans
Mar 4, 2010
Loreda M. Evans, age 96 of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Thursday, March 4, 2010, at Anderson County Long Term Care in Garnett, Kansas. Loreda was born on May 30, 1913, at Gas City, Kansas, the daughter of Walter and Stella (Leake) Adams. She grew up in Gas, later moving to Yates Center, and LeRoy before her family settled northwest...
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