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Nita Mae Bell

Nita Mae Bell

May 30, 2009

Nita Mae Bell, age 84, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away Saturday, May 30, 2009, at Golden Heights Living Center in Garnett, Kansas. She was born in Garnett, Kansas, on August 15, 1924, the daughter of Homer and Roxie (Brashear) Wells. Nita graduated from Garnett High School in 1942 and spent her entire life in Garnett, Kansas with the exception of...

Loyd Crabtree

Loyd Crabtree

May 22, 2009

Loyd E. Crabtree, 77, of Iola, Kansas, died Friday, May 22, 2009, at his home. Loyd was born December 12, 1931, at Cassoday, Kansas, the son of Marion L. and Bessie E. (Pittman) Crabtree. He grew up in the Hamilton, Kansas area and graduated from Hamilton High School in 1950. He was working for Phillips Petroleum before being drafted into...

Cleo Dorothy Couch

Cleo Dorothy Couch

May 20, 2009

Cleo Dorothy Couch, age 85, of Garnett, Kansas, died on Wednesday, May 20, 2009, at the Anderson County Hospital in Garnett, Kansas. She was born on March 27, 1924, in Depew, Oklahoma, the daughter of John and Myrtle (Craft) Smith. She grew up in Oklahoma, later moving to California. Cleo married Bill Hines in 1940, and they later divorced. This...

Pat Summers

Pat Summers

May 19, 2009

Patricia Ann Summers, age 58, of Parker, Kansas, died on Tuesday, May 19, 2009, at her home. Patricia was born on February 24, 1951, in Kansas City, Kansas, the daughter of Loman and Geraldine (Chisam) Whalen. She graduated from Parker High School in 1969. She was united in marriage to Jerry Summers on June 21, 1969, at the Parker United...

Russell Leon Chilson

Russell Leon Chilson

May 18, 2009

Russell "Rusty" Leon Chilson, age 44, of Box Elder, South Dakota, formerly of Garnett, died on Monday, May 18, 2009, at Box Elder, South Dakota. Rusty was born on June 28, 1964, in Garnett, Kansas, the son of Paul and Lula (Sweet) Chilson. He graduated from Garnett High School in 1982. Following high school he entered the United States Air...

Margret Heloise Newton

Margret Heloise Newton

May 17, 2009

Margret Heloise Newton, age 90, went to be with the Lord on Sunday, May 17, 2009. She was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma to Beulah Heloise Hedges Baker and Thomas Everett Baker of Oklahoma City on July 24, 1918. Margret was married to Donald B. Newton of St. Paul, Minnesota on December 20, 1941, in Mason City, Iowa. They made...

Jimmy Lloyd Harbin

Jimmy Lloyd Harbin

May 16, 2009

Jimmy Lloyd Harbin, age 73, of Garnett, Kansas passed away May 16, 2009 at his home. He was born June 8, 1935 at Wheeling, West Virginia, the son of Lloyd Cleo and Margaret Susanna (Bauman) Harbin. Jim grew up in Detroit, Michigan, graduating from high school there. He began his career as a musician playing the guitar at the age...

Clara Juanita Turner

Clara Juanita Turner

May 16, 2009

Clara Juanita Turner, age 89, of Welda, Kansas, passed away May 16, 2009, at Saint Luke's Hospital, Kansas City, Missouri. Juanita was born January 19, 1920 at Mapleton, Kansas, the daughter of Ray and Rosa (Hartman) Hale. Juanita was the oldest of seven children. She grew up in the Mapleton area. On May 10, 1947 she married Lawrence Turner at...

Terry Lathrom

Terry Lathrom

May 16, 2009

Terry L. Lathrom, 42, of Iola, Kansas, died Saturday, May 16, 2009, at the Allen County Hospital in Iola. Terry was born March 16, 1967, in Vallejo, California, the son of Gail Morris and Judith Elaine (Crone) Lathrom. He grew up in the Iola, Kansas, area. He graduated from the Ft. Scott Community College Truck Driving program and worked most...

Leon Benjamin

Leon Benjamin

May 15, 2009

Douglas Leon Benjamin, age 81, of Garnett, Kansas, died on Friday, May 15, 2009, at St. Luke's South Hospital in Overland Park, Kansas. Leon was born, April 6, 1928 at Garnett, Kansas, the son of, Homer and Alice (Hartman) Benjamin. Leon grew up on a farm south of Garnett. He graduated from Garnett High School in 1946. On June 1,...

Donna Dietrich

Donna Dietrich

May 11, 2009

Donna L. Dietrich, 75, of Iola, Kansas, died Monday, May 11, 2009, at the Allen County Hospital in Iola. Donna was born November 6, 1933, at Wichita, Kansas, the daughter of Robert H. and Frieda M. (Mayer) Page. She grew up in the Wichita area where she attended school. On June 28, 1950, Donna married Charles T. Dietrich and they...

Billie Morton

Billie Morton

May 10, 2009

Billie Marie (Lahman) Morton, age 79, of Iola, Kansas, died Sunday, May 10, 2009, at her son's home in Humboldt, Kansas. Cremation has taken place. Waugh-Yokum & Friskel Memorial Chapel of Iola, is in charge of arrangements. Online condolences for the family may be left on this website, www.iolafuneral.com .

Edna Means

Edna Means

May 8, 2009

Edna L. Means, 98, of Iola, Kansas, died Friday May 8, 2009, at the Iola Nursing Center in Iola, Kansas. Edna was born September 26, 1910, on a farm near Erie, Kansas, the daughter of Charles and Abigail (McGinnis) Simmons. She graduated from Erie High School in 1928. She attended Pittsburg State Teachers College where she obtained a teaching certificate....

Frank W. Stifter

Frank W. Stifter

May 7, 2009

2009-044 Frank W. Stifter, age 94, longtime resident of Greeley, Kansas, passed away May 7, 2009 at the Golden Heights Living Center in Garnett, Kansas. Frank William Stifter was born July 16, 1914 in Kansas City, Missouri, the son of Frank and Catherine (Sokel) Stifter. At the age of 6 months his parents moved to a farm east of Greeley....

Robert J. Luedke

Robert J. Luedke

May 6, 2009

Robert Justin Luedke, age 91, of Colony, Kansas, passed away on Wednesday, May 6, 2009, at the Allen County Hospital of a sudden illness. He was born in Scott City, Kansas, on May 28, 1917, the son of Charles and Estella (Niswonger) Luedke. Robert lived in Scott City until his family moved to Amsterdam, Missouri while he was in grade...

Alice Othella Redman

Alice Othella Redman

May 6, 2009

Alice Othella Redman, age 57, of Welda, Kansas, died on Wednesday, May 6, 2009, at her home. Alice was born on April 12, 1952, in Pueblo, Colorado, the daughter of Jim and Paulina (June) Gatlin. On December 24, 1970, she was united in marriage to Timothy L. Redman. She was preceded in death by her parents, and her husband, Timothy...

Barbara A. Katzer

Barbara A. Katzer

May 5, 2009

Barbara A. Katzer, age 73, of Greeley, Kansas, died on Tuesday, May 5, 2009, at the Olathe Medical Center in Olathe, Kansas. Barbara Ann Aggerholm Whalen was born on June 27, 1935, at St. Joseph, Missouri. She was the daughter of Francis and Kathleen (Sheridan) Whalen. She graduated from Lillis High School in Kansas City, Missouri in 1952. On October...

Lonnie Oscar Kindred

Lonnie Oscar Kindred

May 2, 2009

Garnett, KS - Lonnie O. Kindred, age 92, of Garnett passed away May 2, 2009 at the Anderson County Hospital Long Term Care Facility. Lonnie was born February 28, 1917 at Berea in Madison County, Kentucky the son of John Harvey and Ella Margaret (VanWinkle) Kindred. Lonnie grew up in Berea, southeastern Indiana, and Lebanon, Ohio. In 1939 he married...

Leo Eugene "Bud" Laird

Leo Eugene "Bud" Laird

Apr 29, 2009

Leo Eugene "Bud" Laird, age 75, of Richmond, Kansas, went fishing with the Lord on Wednesday, April 29, 2009. Bud was born on January 26, 1934 in Pittsburg, Kansas, the son of Leo E. and Ruby Morgan Laird. Bud's father worked in the coal mines at a very early age and then worked for the railroad starting on the track...

Leslie Wayne Watts

Leslie Wayne Watts

Apr 29, 2009

Leslie Wayne Watts, the son of Jake Watts and Ashley Croan was born and departed this life on April 29, 2009 at Mercy Hospital in Fort Scott, Kansas. He is survived by his parents, Jake Watts and Ashley Croan of Kincaid, Kansas; maternal grandparents, Terry and Verna Frye of Kincaid, Kansas; paternal grandmother, Cindy Dowghty of Kincaid, Kansas; great grandparents...