Recent Obituaries
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...
Kalli Virginia Welch
Jul 21, 2009
Kalli Virginia Welch was born July 16, 2009 at the Wesley Medical Center in Wichita, Kansas, the daughter of Scott and Amy (Dawson) Welch of Moran, Kansas. She passed away on Tuesday, July 21, 2009, at the Wesley Medical Center in Wichita, Kansas. Kalli is survived by her parents, paternal grandparents, Bob and Cheryl Welch of Moran; maternal grandparents, Debbie...
Roy Harris
Jul 17, 2009
Roy Lester Harris, age 95, of Iola, Kansas, died Friday, July 17, 2009, at the Allen County Hospital in Iola. Roy was born December 18, 1913, on a farm west of Iola in the West Liberty community, the son of Charles F. and Nettie I. (Bauman) Harris. He attended the Liberty Common School, graduated from Iola High School in 1932,...
Roy Holman
Jul 16, 2009
Roy Lee Holman, age 56, of LaHarpe, Kansas, formerly of Yates Center, Kansas, died Thursday, July 16, 2009, at Via Christi Regional Medical Center St. Francis Campus in Wichita. Roy was born August 16, 1952, at Independence, Kansas, the son of Elza and Doris (Robison) Holman. He grew up in the Neodesha and Yates Center areas, moving to LaHarpe two...
Freedia May Fisher Parker
Jul 14, 2009
Freedia May Fisher, age 85, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Tuesday, July 14, 2009 at the Anderson County Long Term Care Facility in Garnett. She was born on September 23, 1923 in Harris, in Anderson County, Kansas, the daughter of Guy and Edith (Downs) Young. She graduated from Garnett High School. She worked part time at Franklins Drug Store....
Seena Ashby
Jul 14, 2009
Seena E. Kannarr Thomas Copas Ashby, age 92, of Wichita, Kansas, died Tuesday, July 14, 2009, at Parkwest Plaza in Wichita. She was born January 17, 1917, on a farm west of Neosho Falls, Kansas, the daughter of Charlie C. and Seena A. (Storms) Kannarr. In April of 1936, Seena married Ralph Richard Thomas and they had a daughter, Phyllis....
Joyce Howell
Jul 12, 2009
Joyce Arline Stotler Howell, age 49, of Humboldt, Kansas, died Sunday, July 12, 2009, at her home. Joyce was born January 25, 1960, in Iola, the daughter of Walter J. and Iva J. (Zornes) Stotler. She grew up in the Colony area and recently moved to Humboldt to be near her daughter. She was a member of the Restoration Fellowship...
Audrey Christine Hill
Jul 11, 2009
Elsmore, KS - Audrey Christine Hill, age 95, of Elsmore, Kansas passed away July 11, 2009 at the Allen County Hospital, Iola, Kansas. Audrey was born February 21, 1914 at Stark, Kansas, the daughter of James Orel and Inez (Bennett) Acton. She grew up in the Stark and Kimball area. Audrey was united in marriage to John W. Hill on...
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