Recent Obituaries
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
Joshua Smith
Apr 28, 2009
Joshua L. Smith, 20, of Piqua, Kansas, died Tuesday, April 28, 2009, near Quincy, Kansas, in eastern Greenwood County, after the vehicle he was a passenger in was swept off the road by high water. Joshua was born December 10, 1988, at Burlington, Kansas, the son of Robert L. & Denise M. (Karmann) Smith, Jr. He grew up on the...
Charles Turley
Apr 28, 2009
Charles W. Turley, 88, of Iola, Kansas, died Tuesday, April 28, 2009, at Neosho Memorial Regional Medical Center in Chanute, Kansas. Charles was born February 20, 1921, in LaHarpe, Kansas, the son of William Lawson and Linnie Ellen (Tate) Turley. After graduating from LaHarpe High School he served in the United States Marine Corps during WWII where he received two...
Ronald Smith
Apr 27, 2009
Ronald D. Smith, 55, of Chanute, Kansas, died Monday, April 27, 2009, at his home. He was born May 21, 1954, in Iola, Kansas, the son of Nathaniel W. and Mildred V. (Rogers) Smith. He grew up in Iola where he attended school and lived most of his life. Over the years he worked for Columbia Metals, Tramec, U.S.D. #257,...
Virginia Foster
Apr 26, 2009
Virginia Foster, 84, of Lone Elm, Kansas, died Sunday, April 26, 2009, at the Allen County Hospital in Iola, Kansas. Virginia was born July 12, 1924, on a farm south of LaHarpe, Kansas, the daughter of George B. and Pearl D. (Kennedy) Rose. She graduated from LaHarpe High School. On August 8, 1942, Virginia married Elvin Foster and they made...
Robert Yokum
Apr 23, 2009
Robert Neal Yokum, 88, of Humboldt, Kansas, died Thursday, April 23, 2009, at his home. He was born July 7, 1920, at Nowata, Oklahoma, the son of Eli A. Delbert & Nancy Jane (Capps) Yokum. He grew up in the Westphalia area. He served in the U.S. Army during WWII where he was stationed in New Guinea as a combat...
Lloyd Claunch
Apr 21, 2009
Lloyd O. Claunch, 58, of rural Colony, Kansas, died Tuesday, April 21, 2009, at his home. Lloyd was born December 4, 1950, in Kansas City, Missouri, the son of John and Helen (Snyder) Claunch. He graduated from William Chrisman High School. On April 12, 1968, Lloyd married Jeanette Caldwell and they made their home in Independence, Missouri. He continued his...
Ruth Ann Barnum
Apr 19, 2009
Ruth Ann Barnum, age 60, of Savonburg, Kansas passed away, Sunday, April 19, 2009 at the Allen County Hospital, Iola, Kansas. She was born September 11, 1948 at Joplin, Missouri, the daughter of Howard and Virgie Marie (Lees) Stinson. She grew up in Missouri, graduating from high school in Louisiana, Missouri. On July 10, 1966 she was united in marriage...
Dean Flack
Apr 18, 2009
Russell Dean Flack, 67, of Iola, Kansas, died Saturday, April 18, 2009, at the Allen County Hospital in Iola. Dean was born January 4, 1942, at Ft. Scott, Kansas, the son of Russell Robert and Virginia Lee (Twineham) Flack. He grew up at Moran and graduated from Moran Rural High School in 1960. He attended Washburn University for a semester...
Glenna Harclerode
Apr 18, 2009
Glenna Ann "Penny" Harclerode, 60, of Iola, Kansas, died Saturday, April 18, 2009, at her home. She was born July 14, 1948, at Iola, Kansas, the daughter of Roy and Pauline (Damron) Blevins. She grew up between Toronto and Iola. Penny was married to James Harclerode and they made their home in Florida. After his death, she moved to Missouri...
Bill Spears
Apr 18, 2009
Wilmont H. "Bill Spears, Jr., 85, of Iola, Kansas, died Saturday, April 18, 2009, at Tara Gardens in Iola, Kansas. Bill was born April 6, 1924 in Kansas City's Waldo area. He was the only child of Wilmont H. Spears, Sr., and Viola Alice Ross Spears. In 1930 the family moved from Warsaw, Missouri to Bucyrus, Kansas. Bill graduated from...
Faye M. Stephens
Apr 18, 2009
Faye Mildred Stephens, age 86, of Kincaid, Kansas, died Saturday, April 18, 2009, in Hutchinson, Kansas. Faye was born on March 1, 1923, at Udall, Kansas, the daughter of Howard and Lila (Adams) Stout. The family later moved to the Stout home place southwest of Udall until 1934, when they moved to the Douglass, Kansas community. Two years later they...
Leta L. Shinkle
Apr 17, 2009
Leta Lucille Shinkle, age 74, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on April 17, 2009 at the Golden Heights Living Center, Garnett, Kansas. She was born on May 2, 1934, in Scipio, Kansas, the daughter of Leo Ferdinand and Magdalina Mary (Mersman) Steinbacher. She grew up in the Scipio and Garnett area, graduating from Garnett High School in 1952. Leta was...
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