Obituaries

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Mary "Lizzie" Elizabeth "Lizzie" Ray

Mary "Lizzie" Elizabeth "Lizzie" Ray

Jan 1, 2010

Mary Elizabeth "Lizzie" Ray, age 91, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Monday, September 27, 2010, at Anderson County Long Term Care in Garnett. She was born on December 14, 1918, at Creighton, Missouri, the daughter of Oscar and Myrtle (Fenner) Cornett. She was the next to the youngest of nine children. At the age of three Lizzie made the...

Dotette "Dot" S. Roberts

Dotette "Dot" S. Roberts

Jan 1, 2010

Dotette "Dot" Roberts, age 94, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Friday evening, May 7, 2010, at Golden Heights Living Center, Garnett, Kansas. She was born on January 3, 1916, at Welda, Kansas, the daughter of George S. and Edith Oretta (Vines) Fox. She graduated from Garnett High School. She held several jobs out of school. Dot married Westley "T.W."...

Daniel Jacob Bishop

Daniel Jacob Bishop

Dec 30, 2009

Daniel J. Bishop, age 70, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on December 30, 2009 at his home. Dan was born on May 25, 1939, near Centerville, Kansas, the son of Jacob Thomas and Erma (Giffen) Bishop. He grew up in the Blue Mound area, graduating from Blue Mound High School in 1957. He worked on his family's dairy farm while...

Fayma Vaughn

Fayma Vaughn

Dec 26, 2009

Fayma I. Vaughn, 86, of Iola, Kansas, died Saturday, December 26, 2009, at her home. Fayma was born January 20, 1923, in Mt. Vernon, Missouri, the daughter of Walter and Edna Creo (Hadlock) Garner. She lived in Mt. Vernon and was married to Henry Yancey who preceded her in death. She later married Tom C. Cornell and he also preceded...

Coletta Sprague

Coletta Sprague

Dec 25, 2009

Coletta Sprague, age 79, of Lone Elm, Kansas passed away December 25, 2009 at the Menorah Medical Center, Overland Park, Kansas. She was born June 25, 1930 at Wichita, Kansas, the daughter of Thomas E. and Anna E. (Haffey) O'Mara. Coletta grew up in Colony graduating from high school there in 1948. She then earned her teaching certificate from the...

Ralph L. Tilton

Ralph L. Tilton

Dec 22, 2009

Ralph L. Tilton, age 91, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Tuesday, December 22, 2009, at the Golden Heights Living Center in Garnett, Kansas. Ralph was born on August 23, 1918, at Mont Ida, Kansas, the son of Roy and Hazel (Hartman) Tilton. He graduated from Welda High School in 1937. He served in the U.S. Army from December 30,...

Glenn Heffernon

Glenn Heffernon

Dec 22, 2009

Glenn Lee Heffernon, 87, of Piqua, Kansas, died Tuesday, December 22, 2009, at Pinecrest Nursing Home in Humboldt, Kansas. Glenn was born July 14, 1922, at Neosho Falls, Kansas, the son of James A. and Anna (Cooper) Heffernon. He was the youngest of five children. The family moved to Iola when he was a child and he attended Iola High...

Kathryn Eckroat

Kathryn Eckroat

Dec 20, 2009

Kathryn F. Eckroat, 95, of Piqua, Kansas, passed away at 5:00 p.m., Sunday, December 20, 2009, at the Allen County Hospital in Iola, Kansas. Kathryn Frances Zawisza was born December 30, 1913, at Harrah, Oklahoma, the daughter of Mike and Frances Ann (Pauli) Zawisza. At the age of five, the family moved to Choctaw, Oklahoma, which is where she graduated...

Opal Chastain

Opal Chastain

Dec 19, 2009

Opal Ilean Chastain, 78, of Savonburg, Kansas, died Saturday, December 19, 2009, at her son's home near Mapleton, Kansas. Opal was born April 4, 1931, in Iola, Kansas, the daughter of Isaac N. and Effie Bell (Vanderslice) Conner. She grew up in the Iola, LaHarpe, Gas and Savonburg areas. When she was young, she worked at the honey factory in...

Katherine Hill

Katherine Hill

Dec 18, 2009

Katherine Louise Hill, 81, of Colony, Kansas, died Friday, December 18, 2009, at the Anderson County Hospital - Long Term Care Unit in Garnett, Kansas. Katherine was born March 15, 1928, at Warrensburg, Missouri, the daughter of Harry O. and Flossie Irene (Bradshaw) Hensley. She grew up in the Warrensburg area. On October 29, 1945, Katherine married James Riley Hill,...

Kellie Jo Sander

Kellie Jo Sander

Dec 15, 2009

Kellie Jo Sander, age 24, of Moran, Kansas, passed away on December 15, 2009. Kellie was born on November 12, 1985, at Chanute, Kansas, the daughter of Paul and Kathryn (Bolte) Sander. As a young girl she enjoyed horse back riding and barrel racing at local rodeos. Kellie graduated from Marmaton Valley High School in 2004. While in high school...

Virginia Gault Cunningham

Virginia Gault Cunningham

Dec 10, 2009

Virginia Gault Cunningham, age 91, of Richmond, Kansas, died on December 10, 2009, at the Lawrence Memorial Hospital in Lawrence, Kansas. She was born on September 28, 1918, at Hamilton, Ohio, the daughter of Robert S. and Elsie (Dietrich) Gault. Her family moved to Richmond when she was nine months old; making her the longest living resident of the Richmond...

Ruth Ward

Ruth Ward

Dec 8, 2009

Ruth Ward, 87, of Iola, Kansas, died Tuesday, December 8, 2009, at Windsor Place Nursing Center in Iola. Ruth was born January 24, 1922, on a farm in Graham County, Kansas. She grew up in Marysville, Kansas and was married to Charles Ward. They were later divorced. She lived in Marysville, Topeka, Wichita and Fall River before moving to Iola...

Sieglinde P. Kelly

Sieglinde P. Kelly

Dec 8, 2009

Sieglinde P. Kelly, age 72, of Blue Mound, Kansas, died on December 8, 2009, at the Anderson County Hospital in Garnett, Kansas. She was born on October 27, 1937, at Ulm, West Germany. She attended schools in West Germany. Sieglinde was united in marriage to William J. Kelly II on November 20, 1978 in Garnett, Kansas. She was a hard...

Dan P. Holm

Dan P. Holm

Dec 7, 2009

Dan P. Holm, age 78, of Topeka, Kansas, formerly of Garnett, Kansas, departed from this life on Monday, December 7, 2009, at his home in Topeka. He was born on March 1, 1931, in Irving, Kansas, the youngest of eight children born to Paul and Dora Holm. He served in the Air Force for four years. In January of 1955,...

M. Tyler

M. Tyler

Dec 6, 2009

Mary Catherine "Cathy" Tyler, 50, of Iola, Kansas, died Sunday, December 6, 2009, at the Allen County Hospital in Iola. Cathy was born October 17, 1959, in Iola, the daughter of Merl H. and Eva Mae (Smith) Pollman. She graduated from Iola High School in 1978. On August 3, 1979, Cathy married David A. Tyler and they made their home...

Jerry Hurlock

Jerry Hurlock

Dec 2, 2009

Jerry Leon Hurlock, 77, of Iola, Kansas, died Wednesday, December 2, 2009, at Windsor Place Nursing Center in Iola. Jerry was born February 9, 1932, in Iola, Kansas, the son of Harry and Alice (Blizzard) Hurlock. He grew up in Allen County and graduated from Moran High School where he played trumpet in the marching band and was an outstanding...

Mary Tate

Mary Tate

Dec 1, 2009

Mary J. Tate, 69, of Iola, Kansas, died Tuesday, December 1, 2009, at the Kansas Heart Hospital in Wichita, Kansas. Mary was born December 30, 1939, in Neosho Falls, Kansas, the daughter of John Ira and Ruth Mary (Smith) Vest. She moved to Iola. On November 7, 1955, Mary married Larry Tate. They made their home in Iola and he...

Patricia Heiman

Patricia Heiman

Nov 29, 2009

Patricia Lynn "Patty" Heiman, 53, of rural Iola, Kansas, died Sunday, November 29, 2009, at Via Christi St. Francis Regional Medical Center in Wichita, Kansas. Patricia was born November 26, 1956, at Denver, Colorado, the daughter of Conrad George and Rose Ellen (Cavanaugh) Heiman. The family moved from Denver to a farm west of Iola in 1971. Patricia attended Iola...

Robert Schmidt

Robert Schmidt

Nov 29, 2009

Robert Junior "Teach" Schmidt, 77, a resident of Pinecrest Nursing Home in Humboldt, Kansas, died Sunday, November 29, 2009, at the Allen County Hospital in Iola, Kansas. Robert was born May 9, 1932, in Burke, South Dakota the son of John and Katy (Schroeder) Schmidt. He graduated from Burke High School and then served in the United States Navy during...