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J. Edward Swanson
Dec 24, 2008
Elsmore, KS - J. Edward Swanson, 85, of Elsmore, Kansas passed away, December 24, 2008 at St. Luke's Hospital, Kansas City. He was born April 16, 1923 at Elsmore, Kansas, the son of Harold and Elida (Lindstrom) Swanson. He attended Elsmore schools, graduating from Elsmore High school in 1941. On June 26, 1945 J. Edward was united in marriage to...
Lois A. Miller
Dec 23, 2008
Lois Ann Miller, age 62, of Garnett, Kansas, died on Tuesday, December 23, 2008, at Golden Heights Living Center in Garnett, Kansas. Lois was born on January 1, 1946, in the Carter Building in Garnett, Kansas, the daughter of Matthew J. and Irene B. (Pickert) Feuerborn. She went to Holy Angels School, and graduated from Garnett High School in 1964....
Blanche Cleaver
Dec 22, 2008
Blanche A. Cleaver, 91, of Iola, Kansas, died Monday, December 22, 2008, at Labette Health in Parsons, Kansas. Blanche was born July 23, 1917, in Liberal, Missouri, the daughter of Ira and Dorothy (Hatter) Morgan. She graduated from high school in Liberal. In 1937, Blanche married Roger Phil Mollohan and they made their home in El Dorado, Kansas, before moving...
Freda L. Bowen
Dec 22, 2008
Freda Bowen, age 84, of Garnett, Kansas died on December 22, 2008 at Garnett, Kansas. Freda Lou Bowen was born on a farm near Blue Mound, Kansas on August 13, 1924, to Fred C. Mead and Bernice Murrow Mead. She went to Country School until she graduated from grade school. Then her parents moved to Selma, Kansas, where she attended...
Ruth Brigham
Dec 21, 2008
Ruth I. Brigham, 90, of Iola, Kansas, died Sunday, December 21, 2008, at her home. She was born June 30, 1918, in Crowley County, Colorado, the daughter of Bertwin Webster and Mary Elizabeth (Donald) Curtis. The family moved to LaHarpe, Kansas, and then to Iola. Ruth graduated from Iola High School and attended the University of Kansas. She worked a...
Darrol Hodge
Dec 20, 2008
Darrol Allen Hodge, 63, of Avondale, Missouri, died Saturday, December 20, 2008, at Iola, Kansas. He was born September 21, 1945, at rural Hill City, Kansas, to Willis and Doris L. (Custine) Hodge. Darrol grew up in the Hill City area and graduated from Morland High School at Morland, Kansas. He has made his home in various states in the...
Roxie Riley
Dec 20, 2008
Roxie Riley, age 80, of Richmond, Kansas passed away on Saturday, December 20, 2008 at St. Luke's Hospital, Kansas City, Missouri. She was born October 3, 1928 at Neosho, Missouri, the daughter of Roy and Susie (Boggs) Murphy. She graduated from Liberal, Missouri High School and from Pittsburg State Teachers College, Pittsburg, Kansas. Roxie married James Wayne Riley on May...
Phyllis Pearl Gordon
Dec 19, 2008
Phyllis Pearl Gordon, age 78, of Colony, Kansas, died December 19, 2008 at Olathe Medical Center, Olathe, Kansas. She was born on July 12, 1930, in Independence, Kansas, the daughter of Jess and Beulah (Sheffield) Owen. She graduated from Independence High School and attended Independence Junior College. She married Junior Kenneth Gordon on August 24, 1948 in Bentonville, Arkansas. This...
James Goddard
Dec 18, 2008
James Edward "Jim" Goddard, 52, of Iola, Kansas, died Thursday, Dec. 18, 2008, at the Allen County Hospital in Iola. He was born Sept. 2, 1956, at Nuremberg, Germany, to Frank B. and Frances V. (Downing) Goddard. He grew up at Iola from the age of 7. After he graduated from Iola High School, he completed the Licensed Practical Nursing...
Elizabeth Palmer
Dec 17, 2008
Elizabeth E. Palmer, 84, of Iola, Kansas, died Wednesday, December 17, 2008, at the Moran Manor at Moran, Kansas. Elizabeth was born January 23, 1924, in Iola, to William and Addie (Kunkleman) Palmer. She graduated from Iola High School. She was a member of the Methodist Church. There are no immediate survivors. Elizabeth was preceded in death by two brothers,...
Robert O. Warren
Dec 16, 2008
Robert O. Warren, age 81, of Lone Elm, Kansas, passed away on Tuesday, December 16, 2008 at the Allen County Hospital in Iola, Kansas. Robert was born on September 13, 1927, at Garnett, Kansas, the son of D.O. and Ethel M. (Britton) Warren. He graduated from Garnett High School in 1945. He married Joan Kulp on November 25, 1954, at...
Reinhard Krohn
Dec 13, 2008
Reinhard Hermann Krohn, 81, of Iola, died Saturday, December 13, 2008, at his home. Rein was born October 24, 1927, in Pinneberg, Germany, the son of Hans Ernst and Olga Berta (Sass) Krohn. He attended school in Germany and served in the German Army during WWII. He became a prisoner of war by the Russians. After being released he returned...
Frederick Apt
Dec 11, 2008
Frederick G. Apt, Jr., 79, of Iola, Kansas, died Thursday, December 11, 2008, at his home. Fred was born September 4, 1929, in Iola, Kansas, the son of Frederick B. and Ada P. (Norton) Apt. He graduated from Kemper Military Academy and then attended the University of Kansas. After graduating from K.U. with a degree in history, he married Denise...
Florine Stewart
Dec 10, 2008
Florine "Flossy" Stewart, age 80, of Bronson, Kansas died on December 10, 2008, at the Kansas Heart Center in Wichita, Kansas. Florine was born July 12, 1928 at Mound City, Kansas, the daughter of John David and Violet Genelle (Hartman) Wagner. She made her home North of Bronson since the early 1950's. She married Melvin "Mel" Stewart on December 20,...
Mildred Link
Dec 10, 2008
Mildred A. Link, 94, former Piqua resident, died Wednesday, December 10, 2008, at Atchison Senior Village in Atchison, Kansas. Mildred was born June 14, 1914, at Piqua, Kansas, to Frank and Frances (Sicka) Lampe. She attended Piqua Public School and St. Martin's Parish School. On September 26, 1934, she married Valentine "Vallie" Link and they lived and farmed southwest of...
Madilyn Nicole Berntsen
Dec 10, 2008
Madilyn Nicole Berntsen, infant daughter of Devin Joseph and Ashley Nicole (Wools) Berntsen of Iola, Kansas, passed away December 10, 2008 at the Neosho Memorial Regional Medical Center. She is survived by her fraternal grandparents, Rick and Rita Berntsen of Iola, Kansas and Deanna Chaney and Tim Egner of Chanute, Kansas; and her maternal grandparents Roy and Debra Wools of...
Ivan Strickler
Dec 9, 2008
Ivan K. Strickler, 87, of Iola, Kansas, died Tuesday, December 9, 2008, at the Allen County Hospital in Iola,Kansas. Ivan was born Oct. 23, 1921, on the family farm north of Carlyle, Kansas, to Elmer E. and Edna Louise (James) Strickler. Ivan grew up in the Carlyle and Colony areas and graduated from Iola High School in 1939. He attended...
Dean Masters
Dec 9, 2008
Dean Harvey Masters, age 84, of Moran, Kansas, died December 9, 2008 in Topeka. He was born August 2, 1924 at Herington, Kansas. He grew to manhood on the family farm southwest of Burlingame. He married Betty Barber of Eskridge, Kansas on October 15, 1945 at Emporia. They had just celebrated their 63rd anniversary. This union was blessed with eight...
Frances Drybread
Dec 9, 2008
Frances L. "Francie" Drybread, 56, of Moore, Oklahoma, formerly of Iola, Kansas, died Tuesday, December 9, 2008, at the University of Oklahoma Medical Center in Oklahoma City. Francie was born May 7, 1952, in Iola, Kansas, to Francisco "Frank" and Doris L. (Tuttle) Ornelas. She grew up in Iola and attended Iola High School. On Sept. 20, 1969, she married...
Marvin Roberts
Dec 7, 2008
Marvin William Roberts, 79, of Iola, Kansas, died Sunday, December 7, 2008, at the Allen County Hospital in Iola. Marvin was born Nov. 5, 1929, at rural Welda, Kansas, to Orson John and Alma May (Palmer) Roberts. A family visitation was held on Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2008, at the Waugh-Yokum & Friskel Chapel in Iola. Following cremation, inurnment will be...
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