Recent Obituaries
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...
Charles Ballenger
Aug 14, 2009
Charles H. Ballenger, 88, of Iola, Kansas, died Friday, August 14, 2009, at the Allen County Hospital. Charles was born August 18, 1920 in Neosho County, Kansas, the son of George Lee and Elsie Ellen (Bowlby) Ballenger. He grew up on farms west of Iola. Charles married Aileen F. Wood and they made their home in Humboldt. He was a...
Esta Hodgeman
Aug 13, 2009
Esta Lee Hodgeman, 85, of Iola, Kansas, died Thursday, August 13, 2009, at Windsor Place Nursing Center in Iola. Esta Lee was born July 10, 1924, at Rookins, Missouri the daughter of Otis Robert and Mary Effie (Clayton) Sheeks. She grew up in Missouri. She married Charles Soverns and he died April 15, 1945 in World War II. In 1950...
Florence M. Pelletier
Aug 11, 2009
Florence M. Pelletier, age 85, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on August 11, 2009, at Golden Heights Living Center, Garnett, Kansas. She was born on March 22, 1924, in Brooklyn, New York, the daughter of Phillip and Margaret (Hill) Pelletier. She lived most of her life in Brooklyn moving to Garnett in June of 2008. She was a member of...
Douglas E. Collins
Aug 10, 2009
Douglas E. Collins, age 54, of Olathe, Kansas, died on Monday, August 10, 2009, at the Olathe Medical Center in Olathe, Kansas. Doug was born on February 2, 1955, at Lawrence, Kansas, the son of Henry and Carolee (Easdale) Collins. He grew up in the area, and graduated from Baldwin High School. On September 22, 1984, he married Susan Cleveland...
Myka Renee Herr
Aug 6, 2009
Myka Renee Herr, infant daughter of Jamison and Brianna (Partida) Herr of Garnett, Kansas, died on Thursday, August 6, 2009, at the Shawnee Mission Medical Center in Shawnee Mission, Kansas. Myka is survived by her parents and brother, Eli Herr, of the home; paternal grandparents, Annette and Gary Birk of Burlington, Kansas; maternal grandparents, Freddy and Rebecca Partida of Garnett,...
Taylor Hamilton
Aug 3, 2009
Taylor Hayes Hamilton, age 9, of Iola, Kansas, son of Ted and Belinda Hamilton, passed away Monday, August 3, 2009, at Children's Mercy Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri, after a sudden illness. Taylor was born March 18, 2000 in Iola to Ted and Belinda Hamilton. SURVIVORS: Parents: Ted & Belinda Hamilton of Iola, KS His Brother: Brandon M. Hamilton of...
Michael Terry Ginn
Jul 30, 2009
Michael Terry Ginn, age 60, of Moran, Kansas, passed away on July 30, 2009 at the Allen County Hospital, Iola, Kansas. He was born on February 11, 1949 at Lynwood, California, the son of William Thomas Ginn and Ruth Madeline O'Rielly. He graduated from Downey High School, Downey, California. He married Chryll Gillham on November 4, 1989 in Nevada. Mike...
Denis A. Wolken
Jul 26, 2009
Denis A. Wolken, age 86, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Sunday, July 26, 2009, at Golden Heights Living Center in Garnett, Kansas. He was born on April 20, 1923, at Scipio, Kansas, the son of Charles and Josephine (List) Wolken. He grew up in the area, attending East Scipio School. Denis served in the U.S. Navy. Denis worked in...
Donna Talkington
Jul 25, 2009
Donna Talkington, a cheerleader for everything Iola, died Saturday morning, July 25, 2009, after several years of illness. Donna, age 77, was the wife of former Kansas Senate President Robert V. Talkington. Donna was involved in many local, regional and state boards and organizations. She was a ham on stage, stealing the show as Miss Hannigan in "Annie" and as...
Clara Louise Whaley
Jul 24, 2009
Clara Louise Whaley, 78, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away July 24, 2009 at the KU Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas. Clara was born September 20, 1930 at Garden City, Kansas, the daughter of Alfred and Opal Mae (Short) VanVleet. She grew up in the Littleton, Colorado area. Clara was working as a waitress in Wichita, Kansas when she met her...
Paul Swanson
Jul 23, 2009
Paul Swanson, age 67, of Kincaid, Kansas, died on Thursday, July 23, 2009, at St. Luke's South in Overland Park, Kansas. He was born on August 10, 1941, in Boston, Massachusetts, the son of Edwin and Anne Swanson. Paul served in the U.S. Army. He grew up in Farmington, Massachusetts then moving to California where he met Sandra, they later...
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