Recent Obituaries
Darlene Gumfory
Sep 1, 2009
Darlene M. Gumfory, 71, of Iola, Kansas, died Tuesday, September 1, 2009, at the Allen County Hospital in Iola. Darlene was born April 24, 1938 in Hood River, Oregon the daughter of Raymond F. and Lena P. (Lowe) Whitworth. At a young age, she moved with her family to Neosho County, Kansas, where she grew up and graduated from Stark...
Louie Mumma
Sep 1, 2009
Louie Mumma, age 83, of Garnett, Kansas, died on Tuesday, September 1, 2009, at his home. He was born on April 2, 1926 at Garnett, Kansas, the son of Louie Preston Mumma and Marguerite H. (Fitsch) Mumma. He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II, for 6 years. He went from one war ship to another, serving on...
Darlene Sandra Helser
Aug 29, 2009
Darlene Sandra Helser, age 69, of Moran, Kansas, passed away on Saturday, August 29, 2009 at the Wesley Medical Center in Wichita, Kansas. She was born on October 20, 1939, in Kansas City, Missouri, the daughter of Ralph C. and Aleta (Akers) Enlow. She grew up in Kansas City, Missouri. As a child she spent time around her parent's store,...
Hazel Yetzbacher
Aug 29, 2009
Hazel E. Yetzbacher, 86, of Iola, Kansas, died Saturday, August 29, 2009 at the Allen County Hospital in Iola. Hazel was born February 24, 1923 in Dawson, Nebraska the daughter of Charles A. and Martha E. (Harbour) Peres. At the age of five, she moved to Iola with her parents. She attended Iola schools and graduated from Iola High School...
Nancy Flewharty
Aug 28, 2009
Nancy Powell Flewharty, 82, of Iola, Kansas, died Friday, August 28, 2009, at the Moran Manor. Nancy was born February 22, 1927, in Iola, Kansas, the daughter of J.M. and Ina (Melton) Powell. She graduated from Iola High School and the University of Texas at Austin. On June 29, 1948, Nancy married Thomas W. Flewharty in Iola. They made their...
James Daniel Mulcahey
Aug 28, 2009
Jim Daniel Mulcahey, age 81, of Garnett, Kansas passed away on August 28, 2009 at the Kansas City Hospice House, Kansas City, Missouri. He was born on May 13, 1928, at Amiot, Kansas, the son of Michael Joseph Mulcahey and Rose Ella Minnehan. Jim was born, raised and resided in the family homestead. He farmed and raised cattle all of...
Irene Jantz
Aug 26, 2009
Irene Jantz, 88, of LaHarpe, Kansas, died Wednesday, August 26, 2009, at her home. Irene was born May 12, 1921 in Moundridge, Kansas the daughter of Jacob T. and Katie (Wedel) Schmidt. She grew up in Western Kansas. On July 28, 1941, Irene married Floyd R. Jantz. They lived and farmed near Syracuse, Kansas until moving to a farm south...
Donald Michael
Aug 26, 2009
Donald G. Michael, 83, of Iola, Kansas, died Wednesday, August 26, 2009, at Iola Nursing Center. Don was born June 7, 1926, in Garnett, Kansas, the son of Arnold B. and Pearl Edith (Tempel) Michael. He lived all of his life in Iola and worked a number of years for Forestine's Sandwich Inn. He also helped maintain the appearance of...
Frances Tweedy
Aug 25, 2009
Frances E. Tweedy, 83, of Iola, Kansas, died Tuesday, August 25, 2009, at St. Luke's Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri. Frances was born March 22, 1926, at Humboldt, Kansas, the daughter of Robert Maxwell and Ethel Eva (King) Lindsey. She grew up at Humboldt and graduated from Humboldt High School. She married Evan Dean Tweedy and they made their home...
Lucile Burke
Aug 22, 2009
Lucile I. Burke, 86, of Iola, Kansas, died Saturday, August 22, 2009, at the Allen County Hospital in Iola. Lucile was born December 16, 1922, at Macon, Georgia, the daughter of Randolph Elton and Lillian Myrtle (Gray) Thompson. She grew up in the Macon area. On November 1, 1941, Lucile married Robert E. Burke in Alabama. After World War II,...
Phyllis Gumfory
Aug 21, 2009
Phyllis Doreen Gumfory, 64, of Iola, Kansas, died Friday, August 21, 2009, at the Allen County Hospital in Iola. Phyllis was born December 28, 1944, at Erie, Kansas, the daughter of Clarence Edward and Vida Emil (Riley) Gambill. She grew up on farms in the Colony area. On September 5, 1961, Phyllis married Duane S. Gumfory at Iola, Kansas. They...
Ramona Driskel
Aug 19, 2009
Ramona Ann Driskel, 36, of Iola, Kansas, died Wednesday, August 19, 2009 at a residence south of Gas, Kansas. Ramona was born April 15, 1973 in Wellington, Kansas, the daughter of Virgil Dean and Marilyn (Dietrich) Page, Sr. She lived her early years in Conway Springs. The family moved to Colony and then to a farm north of LaHarpe. She...
Dormand Melte
Aug 17, 2009
Dormand Eugene "Gene" Melte, 73, of Moran, Kansas, died Monday, August 17, 2009, at his home. He was born July 21, 1936, in Brookfield, Missouri, the son of Charles and Mildred (Bennett) Melte. He grew up in the Kansas City area. Gene made his home in Blue Mound before moving to Iola. He moved to Moran two years ago after...
Ernest Eggers
Aug 16, 2009
Ernest M. Eggers, 92, of Humboldt, Kansas, died Sunday, August 16, 2009, at Pinecrest Nursing Home in Humboldt. Ernest was born November 8, 1916, at Blackwell, Oklahoma, the son of Henry Louis and Alice M. (Sewell) Eggers. He grew up in Oklahoma and graduated from Blackwell High School in 1934. He served in the United States Army during World War...
Violet Marie Askins
Aug 14, 2009
Violet Askins, age 89, of Garnett, Kansas, died on Friday, August 14, 2009, at the Anderson County Long Term Care Facility. Violet was born on June 6, 1920, at Richmond, Kansas, the daughter of Herman and Ella Etta (Gibbons) Goins. She was married to Maynard Askins; he preceded her in death on January 23, 1970. Violet was preceded in death...
Johnny Stoneking
Aug 14, 2009
Johnny Doyle Stoneking, Sr., 69, of Valley Center, Kansas, formerly of Iola, Kansas, died Friday, August 14, 2009. John was born August 26, 1939 at Macomb, Illinois, the son of Bennie and Ila (Young) Stoneking. He grew up at Epworth, Iowa. On February 6, 1958, Johnny married Sandra Beyer in Dubuque, Iowa. They celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary last year...
Robert August Katzer
Aug 14, 2009
Robert August Katzer, age 68, of Greeley, Kansas, died on Friday, August 14, 2009, at his home. Bob was born on August 1, 1941, at Greeley, Kansas, the son of Francis and Josephine (Egidy) Katzer. He grew up in the Greeley area. He was united in marriage to Rose Mary Cullison on October 1, 1966 at Greeley, Kansas. This union...
Eugene Westerman
Aug 14, 2009
Eugene E. "Gene" Westerman, 79, of Piqua, Kansas, died Friday, August 14, 2009, at Coffey County Hospital in Burlington, Kansas. Gene was born June 6, 1930 to Bernard G. and Anna E. (Link) Westerman in rural Piqua, Kansas. He attended Plum Creek School for four years and then Piqua Catholic School. He graduated from Iola High School. After high school...
Robert Monroe
Aug 14, 2009
Robert A. Monroe, 52, of Iola, Kansas, died Friday, August 14, 2009, at Neosho Memorial Regional Medical Center in Chanute, Kansas. He was born January 12, 1957 in Brooklyn, New York, the son of Robert A. and Amelia (Heins) Monroe, Jr. He grew up in New York and had lived in Colony, Kansas, before moving to Iola. He worked as...
Lorene Mann
Aug 14, 2009
Lola Lorene Mann, 89, of Moran, Kansas, died Friday, August 14, 2009, at Heritage Health Care in Chanute, Kansas. Lorene was born May 6, 1920, at Moran, the daughter of Arthur Glen and Martha Esther (Reynolds) Jackson. She grew up in the Mildred area and graduated from Mildred High School. She worked in the aviation plants in Wichita during World...