Recent Obituaries
Dale E. Peine
Mar 5, 2009
Dale E. Peine, age 65, of Welda, Kansas, died on Thursday, March 5, 2009, at Saint Luke's Hospital on the Plaza, Kansas City, Missouri. He was born on September 4, 1943, at Garnett, Kansas, the son of Aaron and Maxine (Peters) Peine. He grew up in the area, graduating from Garnett High School in 1962. Dale served in the United...
Archie W. Gregg
Mar 4, 2009
Xenia, Kansas - Archie W. Gregg, 74, passed away March 4, 2009 at his home. Archie William Gregg was born June 28, 1934 at Xenia, Kansas, the son of Archie and Alberta (Carter) Gregg. He attended Xenia Grade School before graduating from Bronson High School in 1952. Following high school he worked for the Bourbon County road crew before moving...
Lena Masenthin
Mar 4, 2009
Lena Headrick Masenthin, age 39, of Richmond, Kansas passed away Wednesday, March 4, 2009 at Richmond, Kansas. Lena was born July 5, 1969 at Cortez, Colorado, the daughter of Carl and Melvine (Lands) Headrick. She grew up in Westphalia, Kansas, living there until moving to Oklahoma in 1982. She moved to Garnett, Kansas in 1984. She married Norman DeVoe at...
Clyde Gerdsen
Mar 3, 2009
Clyde E. Gerdsen, 70, of Iola, Kansas, died Tuesday, March 3, 2009, at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Topeka, Kansas. Clyde was born March 30, 1938, on a farm north of LaHarpe, Kansas. He graduated from LaHarpe High School and then served in the U.S. Navy. On September 1, 1962, Clyde married Donna R. Johns and they made their home...
Evelyn Coltrane
Mar 2, 2009
Evelyn Dora Coltrane, 92, of rural Humboldt, Kansas, died Monday, March 2, 2009, at the Allen County Hospital in Iola, Kansas. Evelyn was born January 6, 1917, at Uniontown, Kansas, the daughter of Arnold William and Mary Emily (White) Wade. The family settled on a farm south of LaHarpe and she graduated from LaHarpe High School. On October 19, 1935,...
Nora Manners
Feb 28, 2009
Nora Manners, age 77, of Wichita, Kansas, formerly of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Saturday, February 28, 2009 at the Kansas Medical Center in Andover, Kansas. She was born on April 19, 1931 in Little Rock Arkansas, the daughter of Robert Robbins and Genevieve Robbins. She grew up in Arkansas and Oklahoma and graduated from Marquette High School in Tulsa,...
Cathy Hannum
Feb 24, 2009
Cathy Sue Hannum, 55, of Iola, Kansas, died Tuesday, February 24, 2009, at the University Of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City, Kansas. Cathy was born March 22, 1953, in Iola, Kansas, to Kenneth Frank and Mary Catherine (Alexander) Potter. She grew up at Iola and graduated from Iola High School in 1971. She was a member of St. Timothy's...
Lavon M. Elrod
Feb 22, 2009
Lavon M. Elrod, age 93, of Moran, Kansas, passed away on February 22, 2009 at the Heritage Health Center in Chanute, Kansas. She was born April 12, 1915, at Winslow, Arizona, the daughter of Arthur B. and Gertrude (Kimmel) McClimans. She was raised and educated in Texas and graduated from Marfa High School, Marfa, Texas in 1932. She married Jesse...
Raymond Elliott
Feb 22, 2009
Raymond Dennis Elliott, 47, of Iola, Kansas, died Sunday, February 22, 2009, at his home. Raymond was born October 26, 1961, at Long Island, New York, the son of Earl Edward and Alma Theresa (Jones) Elliott. He grew up on Long Island and later moved to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. He moved to Iola two years ago where he has...
David A. Leitch
Feb 20, 2009
David Alexander Leitch II, age 45, of Garnett, Kansas passed away Friday, February 20, 2009 at Garnett. He was born November 21, 1963 at Kansas City, Missouri, the son of Dr. David A. and Alice Mershon Leitch. David graduated from Garnett High School with the class of 1982. He worked as a carpenter and welder. He was an avid hunter...
Earl C. Conner
Feb 18, 2009
Earl C. Conner, age 86, of Bronson, Kansas, passed away on Wednesday, February 18, 2009, at Mercy Health Center in Fort Scott, Kansas. He was born on October 11, 1922 at LaHarpe, Kansas, the son of Isaac and Effie (Vanderslice) Conner. Earl married Dorothy Madgeline Lowe on November 22, 1941 at Nevada, Missouri. This union was blessed with three daughters....
Kevin Ray Brock
Feb 18, 2009
Kevin Ray Brock, age 32, of Richmond, Kansas, lost his ongoing battle with cancer on Wednesday, February 18, 2009. Kevin was born on May 13, 1976 in Garnett, Kansas, the son of Jerry and Marie (Peine) Brock. He graduated from Central Heights High School with the Class of 1994. Immediately following his graduation Kevin was a dedicated employee of Jarit...
Ada Hoffmeier
Feb 17, 2009
Ada M. Hoffmeier, 93, of Iola, Kansas, died Tuesday, February 17, 2009, at the Allen County Hospital in Iola. Ada was born September 15, 1915, in Paola, Kansas, the daughter of George and Rachel (Feltenberger) McAninch. She moved to Colony with her family and graduated from high school there. On July 9, 1934, Ada married Glen H. Hoffmeier and they...
Frank Ball
Feb 16, 2009
Frank L. Ball, 80, of Iola, Kansas, died Monday, February 16, 2009, at Wilson Medical Center in Neodesha, Kansas. Frank was born November 12, 1928, at Neodesha, Kansas, the son of George and Nellie (Johnson) Ball. He grew up at Neodesha and graduated from Neodesha High School. In June of 1948, Frank married Patricia L. Knuth and they made their...
Susan Erhart
Feb 15, 2009
Susan Jane Erhart, 61, of Iola, Kansas, died Sunday morning, February 15, 2009, as the result of a traffic accident seven miles east of Yates Center, Kansas. Susie was born November 17, 1947, in Iola, Kansas, the daughter of John L. and Stella F. (Leake) Folk. She grew up in Iola. Susie married Daniel Cox and they divorced. She then...
Loyd Albert Peters
Feb 14, 2009
Loyd Albert Peters, age 87, of Richmond, passed away on Saturday, February 14, 2009 at his home. He was born on December 29, 1921, in Anderson County, Kansas, the son of Maurice and Ida (Benjamin) Peters. Loyd graduated from the Garnett High School with the Class of 1940, enlisting in the U.S. Navy on May 6, 1941 serving for six...
Arthur Jockman
Feb 11, 2009
Arthur F. Jockman, age 91, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away Wednesday, February 11, 2009, at the Richmond Healthcare Facility in Richmond, Kansas. He was born on October 16, 1917, in rural Greeley, Kansas, the son of Joseph Jacques Jockmans, a Belgian immigrant, and Adelherti Ellen (Peine) Jockman. Art was united in marriage to Elizabeth A. Lickteig on January 5, 1937....
Ethel Lavanchee Poovey
Feb 10, 2009
Ethel Lavanchee Poovey, age 90, formerly of Westphalia, Kansas, died on Tuesday, February 10, 2009, at the Valley Vista Good Samaritan Home in Wamego, where she had been a resident since August of 2007. She was born on September 1, 1918 at 6:15 p.m. to Charles Orthello (Dick) Green and Bertha Matilda (Drollinger) Green, in their home at 503 Normal...
Michael Shirley
Feb 10, 2009
Michael Scott Shirley, age 42, of Iola, Kansas, died Tuesday, February 10, 2009, at his home. Scott was born March 26, 1966, in Garnett, Kansas, the son of William A. and Roberta J. (Morgan) Shirley. He graduated from Iola High School in 1984 and then joined the United States Air Force where he served for over twenty-two years retiring as...
Margaret Cole
Feb 9, 2009
Margaret A. Cole, 87, of Iola, Kansas, died Monday, February 9, 2009, at the Allen County Hospital in Iola. Margaret was born April 9, 1921, at Neosho Falls, Kansas, to Andrew and Minnie (Beardon) Fields. She moved to Iola with her family and attended school here. Margaret married Raymond L. Cole in Iola, and they made their home in Chanute...