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Cecelia Reiling

Cecelia Reiling

Mar 4, 2010

Cecelia Reiling, age 84 of Garnett, passed away on Thursday, March 4, 2010, at Villa St. Francis, Olathe, Kansas. She was born on March 7, 1925, at Harris, Kansas, the daughter of Joseph and Mary (Scully) Wilper. She grew up in the Harris area, graduating from Garnett High School. Following high school she attended Pittsburg State Teacher's College where she...

Bob Arrowood

Bob Arrowood

Mar 1, 2010

Bob Leon Arrowood, 80, of Iola, Kansas, passed away at Allen County Hospital on Monday, March 1, 2010. Bob was born July 8, 1929, in DePew, Oklahoma to Raymond and Leta (Rogers) Arrowood. The family moved to southern California when Bob was a small child. He served in the United States Air Force as a teletype operator from 1950 to...

Mary Piazza

Mary Piazza

Mar 1, 2010

Mary L. Piazza, 82, of Iola, Kansas, died Monday, March 1, 2010, at the Pinecrest Nursing Home in Humboldt, Kansas. Mary was born on January 15, 1928 in Lincoln, Nebraska, the daughter of William Henry and Ruby (Robinson) Pease. She married Augustine J. Piazza in September, 1946. They had three children and were subsequently divorced. Mary became a Licensed Practical...

Delorse Zornes

Delorse Zornes

Mar 1, 2010

Delorse F. Zornes, 76, of Moran, Kansas, died Monday, March 1, 2010, at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita, Kansas. Delorse was born August 3, 1933, at rural Elsmore, Kansas the daughter of George E. and Lillian Lorene (Deer) Ard. She graduated from Elsmore High School. On June 3, 1951, Delorse married Ronald Zornes in Bronson, Kansas. They made their home...

Richard Zastrow

Richard Zastrow

Feb 27, 2010

Richard Emery Zastrow of Garnett, Kansas departed this life on February 27, 2010, at the KC Hospice House , in Kansas City, Missouri. Richard was the youngest son of Emery (E.L.) and Irene (Randall) Zastrow of Garnett. Richard graduated from Garnett High School in 1960 and worked for Dietz Radio and TV Service in Garnett and Radio Station KOFO in...

Jack McGrew

Jack McGrew

Feb 26, 2010

Jack L. McGrew, 84, of Iola, Kansas, died Friday, February 26, 2010, at Windsor Place Nursing Center in Iola. Jack was born July 19, 1925, at Gas, Kansas, the son of O.C. and Frankie L. (Forrester) McGrew. He graduated from Iola High School in 1943 and from KC Drafting School. Jack served in the United States Army Air Corp from...

Eva Gregg

Eva Gregg

Feb 25, 2010

Martha "Eva" Gregg, age 100, of Garnett, Kansas, entered into rest on Thursday, February 25, 2010. Eva was born on November 16, 1909, at Garnett, the daughter of Charles and Grace (Gorrell) Ashburn. She was united in marriage to Emmett Arven Gregg on June 2, 1927 at Garnett, Kansas. Eva worked at Grennen's Produce and the Sewing Factory in Garnett....

Lester Oswald

Lester Oswald

Feb 25, 2010

Lester L. Oswald, 70, of Shawnee, Kansas, died Thursday, February 25, 2010, at his home. Lester was born August 6, 1939, in Reading, Pennsylvania, the son of John Jack and Beulah (Burkert) Oswald. He grew up at Redding and joined the United States Air Force where he served for four years. On December 27, 1958, Lester married Shirley A. Shreck...

Delma Nickelson

Delma Nickelson

Feb 24, 2010

Delma Nickelson, age 74, of Ottawa, Kansas, passed away on Wednesday, February 24, 2010, at the Olathe Medical Center in Olathe, Kansas. She was born September 10, 1935, in Ottawa, Kansas, the daughter of C.D. Hood and Julia (Elder) Hood. She married John Lee Nickelson on October 14, 1956 at Ottawa, Kansas. This union was blessed with four children. She...

James Evans

James Evans

Feb 23, 2010

James Fredrick "Jim" Evans, 48, of Iola, Kansas, died Tuesday, February 23, 2010, at Kindred Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri. Jim was born September 11, 1961, at Independence, Kansas, the son of Solomon A. and Barbara E. (George) Evans. He grew up in Iola where he attended school. Jim traveled working construction. He enjoyed music, motorcycles and outdoor activities. SURVIVORS:...

Mary Jackson

Mary Jackson

Feb 23, 2010

Mary Kathryn Jackson, 87, former Iola, Kansas resident and presently of Augusta, Kansas, died Tuesday, February 23, 2010 at Lake Point Nursing Home in Augusta. Kay was born March 31, 1922 in Gladbrook, Iowa the daughter of J. Andrew and Zella "Pudge" (Horton) Sebbert. The family moved to Humboldt, Kansas and she graduated from high school there. She was a...

Donna M. Hale

Donna M. Hale

Feb 22, 2010

Donna M. Hale, age 86, of Garnett, passed away on Monday, February 22, 2010. Donna was born on October 2, 1923, in Anderson County, Kansas, the oldest daughter of Gus and Fern (Borror) Weiss. She grew up in the area, graduating from Garnett High School in 1941. She married Jesse James "Bus" Hale on November 24, 1945, in Anderson County,...

Robert Hester

Robert Hester

Feb 22, 2010

Robert Earl Hester, 85, of LaHarpe, Kansas, died Monday, February 22, 2010 at the Allen County Hospital in Iola, Kansas. Bob was born October 15, 1924 in Bowling Green, Kentucky the son of Virgil E. and Maude (Butler) Hester. He grew up in Kentucky and then served with the U.S. Army during WWII. He married Aberta Strong and they made...

Opal Holt

Opal Holt

Feb 21, 2010

Opal Lucille Holt, 85, of LaHarpe, Kansas, died Sunday, February 21, 2010, at Windsor Place Nursing Center in Iola. Opal was born April 4, 1924 at Paola, Kansas the daughter of Roley and Marguarite (Stalker) Parrish. She lived and attended school in Yates Center until the age of sixteen. She then moved to Missouri where she finished high school and...

Elvis Gregory

Elvis Gregory

Feb 21, 2010

Elvis "Ray" Gregory, 48, of Iola, Kansas, died Sunday, February 21, 2010, at his home. He was born January 3, 1962, at Iola, Kansas, the son of George Robert "Bob" and Vena Faye (Cuppy) Gregory, Jr. He grew up in LaHarpe until his mother's death. He graduated from Linwood High School and served in the United States Army from 1980...

Nicole Sigg

Nicole Sigg

Feb 19, 2010

Nicole Kaylee Sigg, 25, of Iola, Kansas, died Friday, February 19, 2010, at the University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City, Kansas. Nicole was born November 19, 1984 at Ft. Scott, Kansas and grew up in Iola where she attended school. She had completed the certified nurse's aide program at Neosho County Community College in Chanute. SURVIVORS: Her 3...

Mary Boyd

Mary Boyd

Feb 18, 2010

Mary Elizabeth Boyd, 93, of Iola, Kansas, died Thursday, February 18, 2010 at the Allen County Hospital. Mary was born June 17, 1916 on a farm near Neosho, Missouri the daughter of Adelbert and Gladys (Barlow) Weston. She graduated from Neosho High School and attended Missouri Valley College in Marshall, Missouri and then the University of Arkansas. On September 20,...

Pauline M. Ulses

Pauline M. Ulses

Feb 17, 2010

Pauline Mary Ulses, age 95, of Westphalia, Kansas, passed away on Wednesday, February 17, 2010, at Golden Heights in Garnett, Kansas. She was born on November 27, 1914 at Colony, Kansas, the daughter of Kilian and Frances (Fritz) Ulses. She graduated from Colony High School in 1932. Pauline lived and worked in Wichita, Kansas most of her adult life. During...

Shirley Grewing

Shirley Grewing

Feb 12, 2010

Shirley A. Grewing, 81, of Iola, Kansas, died Friday, February 12, 2010, at the Allen County Hospital in Iola. She had Parkinson's disease. Born December 20, 1928 at Colony, she was the daughter of Leon and Laura (Smith) Persinger. She graduated from Kincaid High School and worked in Kansas City for a year before returning to marry Edwin F. Grewing...

Don Byron Newton Sr.

Don Byron Newton Sr.

Feb 11, 2010

Donald Byron Newton Sr., age 94, died February 11, 2010. He was born on November 21, 1915, in Saint Paul, Minnesota, the son of George Russell Newton and Aurelia Charlotte (Krejci) Newton. He was married to Margret Heloise Baker, of Minneapolis, Minnesota, on December 20, 1941 in Mason City, Iowa. They made their home in the Minneapolis area and Southern...