Recent Obituaries
Alvina Peters
Feb 8, 2009
Alvina Frances Peters, 89, of Iola, Kansas, died Sunday, February 8, 2009, at the Allen County Hospital in Iola. Alvina was born October 25, 1919, at Ost, Kansas, to Arthur William and Madeline Mary (Evertz) Orth. On August 10, 1944, Alvina married Francis Fredrick "Pete" Peters at Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church in Wichita. They made their home in Wichita until...
Rhoda Mae Raymond
Feb 6, 2009
Rhoda Mae Raymond, age 90, of Garnett, Kansas, died Friday, February 6, 2009 at Guest Home Estates in Garnett, Kansas. She was born on January 1, 1919, at the family home in rural Anderson County, Kansas, the daughter of John Merton Raymond and Iva May (Tyler) Raymond. Rhoda Mae lived most of her life in the Garnett area, with exception...
Edward Carlson
Feb 5, 2009
Edward Frank Carlson, 86, formerly of Elsmore, Kansas, died Thursday, February 5, 2009, at the Allen County Hospital in Iola, Kansas. Edward was born August 26, 1922, on the family farm west of Elsmore, Kansas, to Oscar Frank and Signild Marie (Nielson) Carlson. He attended Old Elsmore and Skyrocket Grade Schools. Edward married Virginia Lee Lipsett and they made their...
Dr. Robert L. Stevens
Feb 5, 2009
Robert Louis Stevens, M.D. was born in Oskaloosa, Kansas, on January 14, 1923, the son of Dr. Delos Meeker Stevens M.D., and Blanche Estelle (Combs) Stevens. He attended grade and high school in Oskaloosa where he was valedictorian of his high school class. He attended the University of Kansas where he earned a B.A. in 1944 and an M.D. in...
Edith C. Miller
Feb 1, 2009
Edith C. Miller, age 86, of Richmond, Kansas, died on Sunday, February 1, 2009, at the Golden Heights Living Center in Garnett, Kansas. She was born on October 30, 1922, at Garnett, Kansas, the daughter of Arthur B. Rockers and Hilda Katherine (Feuerborn) Rockers. She grew up in the Garnett area and attended the Junction School. Edith worked as a...
Jeanie Insley
Jan 31, 2009
Jeanie Toedman Insley, 64, former Iola resident, passed away peacefully at her home in Pocatello, Idaho on Saturday, January 31, 2009. Jeanie was born February 2, 1944, in Iola, Kansas, the younger of two children to Clifford Joseph and Gladys Lucille (Walker) Toedman. She grew up in Iola and graduated from Iola High School in 1962. She worked as a...
H.W. Pannell
Jan 25, 2009
Harold Wesley "Hal" Pannell, 84, of Iola, Kansas, died Sunday, January 25, 2009, at his home. Hal was born April 30, 1924, at Joplin, Missouri, to John Benson and Nellie (Goodrich) Pannell. He grew up in the Joplin area, attended MU and completed his master's degree at Pittsburg State. He served in the U.S. Army Air Corp during WWII, where...
Ruby A. Demoret
Jan 22, 2009
Ruby A. Demoret, age 64, of Garnett, KS, died Thursday, January 22, 2009 at Anderson County Hospital, Garnett, KS. She was born April 9, 1944 in Garnett, Kansas, the daughter of Lester C. and Alma Fern (Hart) Demoret. She attended a country school near Lone Elm before attending the Welda Grade School. Ruby graduated from Welda High School with the...
Margaret Mewhinney
Jan 22, 2009
Margaret Katherine Mewhinney, 84, of Gas, Kansas, died Thursday, January 22, 2009, at the Allen County Hospital in Iola, Kansas. Margaret was born September 7, 1924, at LaHarpe, Kansas, to Asa and Marie Ellen (Lundy) Skeen. She grew up at LaHarpe and attended school there. On May 4, 1940, Margaret married W.P. "Bill" Mewhinney in Iola. They made their home...
Mary Jane Holloway
Jan 22, 2009
Mary Jane Holloway, age 75, of Lone Elm, Kansas, died Thursday, January 22, 2009 at the Moran Manor, Moran, Kansas. She was born March 30, 1933 at Iola, Kansas, the daughter of Oscar and Irene (Maddox) New. Mary Jane graduated from the Colony High School and graduated with her nursing degree as a Registered Nurse in 1952 from Mercy Nursing...
Evelyn Wilkins
Jan 22, 2009
Evelyn L. Wilkins, 87, former area resident, died Thursday, January 22, 2009, at Royal Terrace Care Center in Olathe, Kansas. Evelyn was born May 18, 1921, on a farm south of LaHarpe, Kansas, the daughter of Laurence F. and Iva J. (Richmond) Kalm. She grew up in Iola and graduated from Iola High School in 1940. In 1942, Evelyn married...
Lloyd Swanson
Jan 20, 2009
Lloyd Swanson, 89, of Overland Park, Kansas, formerly of Iola, Kansas, died Tuesday, January 20, 2009, at Manor Care in Overland Park. Lloyd was born January 21, 1919, in Savonburg, Kansas, to Ernest and Agnes Swanson of Savonburg, Kansas. He was the beloved husband of Lorraine S. Swanson; loving father of Tom Swanson & wife, Bobbi of Coffeyville, KS and...
Connie B. Hermreck
Jan 19, 2009
Connie B. Hermreck, age 77, of Garnett, died on Monday, January 19, 2009, at her home in Garnett, Kansas. Connie was born on October 28, 1931 in Richmond, Kansas, the daughter of M.C. "Bud" and Irene (Brown) Holloran. She grew up in the Garnett area, graduating from Garnett High School in 1949. She graduated from the Mt. Carmel School of...
Marjorie Norman
Jan 17, 2009
Marjorie "Marge" R. Norman, 88, of Iola, Kansas, died Saturday, January 17, 2009, at Windsor Place Nursing Center in Iola. Marge was born October 7, 1920, in Iola, Kansas, the daughter of Frank W. and Forrest (Wiggins) Anderson. She graduated from Iola High School and Iola Junior College and then received her bachelors and masters degrees from Emporia State University....
Pamala Cecil
Jan 17, 2009
Pamala Ann (Wells) Cecil, age 53, of Warsaw, Missouri, passed away on Saturday, January 17, 2009 at Capital Region Medical Center, Jefferson City, Missouri. She was born July 18, 1955 at Forbes Air Force Base at Topeka, Kansas, the daughter of Clifford Henry Wells and Dorothy Marie (McGill) Wells. Pam attended school at several places as her father was a...
James C. Swogar
Jan 16, 2009
James C. Swogar, age 76, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on January 16, 2009 at the Colmery O'Neil VAMC, Topeka, Kansas. He was born April 17, 1932, in Drexel, Missouri, the son of Melvin Swogar and Florence (Castor) Swogar. He grew up around Paola and Iola area before moving to Texas. He married JoAnne Brownlee on May 17, 1954 in...
Thelma Brown
Jan 16, 2009
Thelma May Brown, 93, of Yates Center, Kansas, died Friday, January 16, 2009, at the Allen County Hospital in Iola, Kansas. Thelma was born December 22, 1915, at Gridley, Kansas, to George Benjamin and Anna May (McAllister) Haas. She grew up north of Yates Center and graduated from Pleasant Hill country school and from Yates Center High School in 1934....
Donald Glen Lankard
Jan 14, 2009
Donald G. Lankard, age 76, of Garnett, Kansas, died on Wednesday, January 14, 2009, at his home in Garnett. He was born on March 18, 1932, at Garnett, Kansas, the son of Jasper and Minnie (Milliman) Lankard. He attended Garnett High School for 3 years. He later earned his GED in 1973. After high school he worked on pipelines in...
Allen Passman
Jan 12, 2009
Allen Wayne Passman, 49, of Iola, Kansas, died Monday, January 12, 2009, at the Iola Nursing Center. Allen was born September 16, 1959, in Houston, Texas, the son of Travis A. and Helen (Senti) Passman. He grew up in California and lived in New Orleans before moving to Kansas in 2004. SURVIVORS: 1 Daughter: Sarah 1 Sister: Sherrie Locicero of...
Charles A. Warbritton
Jan 12, 2009
Charles Alfred Warbritton, age 95, of Garnett, Kansas, died on Monday, January 12, 2009, at the Golden Heights Living Center in Garnett, Kansas. Charles was born on March 22, 1913, in Garnett, Kansas, the son of Elmer Ellworth and Lula Rebecca (Adams) Warbritton. He graduated from Garnett High School with the Class of 1931 and was employed at the Kansas...
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