Recent Obituaries
Mary Jane Holloway
Jan 22, 2009
Mary Jane Holloway, age 75, of Lone Elm, Kansas, died Thursday, January 22, 2009 at the Moran Manor, Moran, Kansas. She was born March 30, 1933 at Iola, Kansas, the daughter of Oscar and Irene (Maddox) New. Mary Jane graduated from the Colony High School and graduated with her nursing degree as a Registered Nurse in 1952 from Mercy Nursing...
Evelyn Wilkins
Jan 22, 2009
Evelyn L. Wilkins, 87, former area resident, died Thursday, January 22, 2009, at Royal Terrace Care Center in Olathe, Kansas. Evelyn was born May 18, 1921, on a farm south of LaHarpe, Kansas, the daughter of Laurence F. and Iva J. (Richmond) Kalm. She grew up in Iola and graduated from Iola High School in 1940. In 1942, Evelyn married...
Lloyd Swanson
Jan 20, 2009
Lloyd Swanson, 89, of Overland Park, Kansas, formerly of Iola, Kansas, died Tuesday, January 20, 2009, at Manor Care in Overland Park. Lloyd was born January 21, 1919, in Savonburg, Kansas, to Ernest and Agnes Swanson of Savonburg, Kansas. He was the beloved husband of Lorraine S. Swanson; loving father of Tom Swanson & wife, Bobbi of Coffeyville, KS and...
Connie B. Hermreck
Jan 19, 2009
Connie B. Hermreck, age 77, of Garnett, died on Monday, January 19, 2009, at her home in Garnett, Kansas. Connie was born on October 28, 1931 in Richmond, Kansas, the daughter of M.C. "Bud" and Irene (Brown) Holloran. She grew up in the Garnett area, graduating from Garnett High School in 1949. She graduated from the Mt. Carmel School of...
Pamala Cecil
Jan 17, 2009
Pamala Ann (Wells) Cecil, age 53, of Warsaw, Missouri, passed away on Saturday, January 17, 2009 at Capital Region Medical Center, Jefferson City, Missouri. She was born July 18, 1955 at Forbes Air Force Base at Topeka, Kansas, the daughter of Clifford Henry Wells and Dorothy Marie (McGill) Wells. Pam attended school at several places as her father was a...
Marjorie Norman
Jan 17, 2009
Marjorie "Marge" R. Norman, 88, of Iola, Kansas, died Saturday, January 17, 2009, at Windsor Place Nursing Center in Iola. Marge was born October 7, 1920, in Iola, Kansas, the daughter of Frank W. and Forrest (Wiggins) Anderson. She graduated from Iola High School and Iola Junior College and then received her bachelors and masters degrees from Emporia State University....
James C. Swogar
Jan 16, 2009
James C. Swogar, age 76, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on January 16, 2009 at the Colmery O'Neil VAMC, Topeka, Kansas. He was born April 17, 1932, in Drexel, Missouri, the son of Melvin Swogar and Florence (Castor) Swogar. He grew up around Paola and Iola area before moving to Texas. He married JoAnne Brownlee on May 17, 1954 in...
Thelma Brown
Jan 16, 2009
Thelma May Brown, 93, of Yates Center, Kansas, died Friday, January 16, 2009, at the Allen County Hospital in Iola, Kansas. Thelma was born December 22, 1915, at Gridley, Kansas, to George Benjamin and Anna May (McAllister) Haas. She grew up north of Yates Center and graduated from Pleasant Hill country school and from Yates Center High School in 1934....
Donald Glen Lankard
Jan 14, 2009
Donald G. Lankard, age 76, of Garnett, Kansas, died on Wednesday, January 14, 2009, at his home in Garnett. He was born on March 18, 1932, at Garnett, Kansas, the son of Jasper and Minnie (Milliman) Lankard. He attended Garnett High School for 3 years. He later earned his GED in 1973. After high school he worked on pipelines in...
Charles A. Warbritton
Jan 12, 2009
Charles Alfred Warbritton, age 95, of Garnett, Kansas, died on Monday, January 12, 2009, at the Golden Heights Living Center in Garnett, Kansas. Charles was born on March 22, 1913, in Garnett, Kansas, the son of Elmer Ellworth and Lula Rebecca (Adams) Warbritton. He graduated from Garnett High School with the Class of 1931 and was employed at the Kansas...
Allen Passman
Jan 12, 2009
Allen Wayne Passman, 49, of Iola, Kansas, died Monday, January 12, 2009, at the Iola Nursing Center. Allen was born September 16, 1959, in Houston, Texas, the son of Travis A. and Helen (Senti) Passman. He grew up in California and lived in New Orleans before moving to Kansas in 2004. SURVIVORS: 1 Daughter: Sarah 1 Sister: Sherrie Locicero of...
Lenora Stanford
Jan 11, 2009
Lenora Kathleen Stanford, 61, of Iola, died Sunday, January 11, 2009, at Golden Living Center in Neodesha, Kansas. Lenora was born January 9, 1948, at Springfield, Minnesota, to Frederick Pierce and Anna Sara "Lucille" (Bingham) Cramer. She grew up on the family farm south of Gas City and attended Gas City School. On Oct. 11, 1969, Lenora married Mike Stanford...
Edward Donnelly
Jan 9, 2009
Edward John Donnelly, 72, of Humboldt, Kansas, died Friday, January 9, 2009, at Windsor Place Nursing Center in Iola, Kansas. Ed was born March 17, 1936, at Washington D.C. to Frank and Marie (Chatham) Donnelly. He grew up in Washington D.C. He joined the United States Air Force after graduation from high school and served four years. On June 22,...
Maurice Riley
Jan 8, 2009
Maurice "Moe" William Riley, 78, of Iola, Kansas, died Thursday, January 8, 2009, at his home. He was born March 31, 1930, at Piqua, Kansas, to William J. and Frances (Nieman) Riley. He received his elementary schooling in Piqua, attended Rockhurst High School in Kansas City and then transferred and graduated from Maur Hill High School in Atchison in 1948....
Walter D. Dysart
Jan 8, 2009
Walter Dale Dysart, age 87, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Thursday, January 8, 2009 at the Golden Heights Living Center, Garnett, KS. He was born June 22, 1921 on his family's farm west of Parker, Kansas, the son of Morris Granville Dysart and Elsa Jeanette (Peterson) Dysart. Walter attended Goodrich Grade School before graduating from Parker Rural High School...
Betty L. Hoke
Jan 7, 2009
Betty L. Hoke, age 81, of Garnett, Kansas, died on Wednesday, January 7, 2009, at the Anderson County Hospital in Garnett, Kansas. She was born on October 5, 1927, at Garnett, Kansas, the daughter of Albert John and Annabelle (Fisher) Cherry. Betty was united in marriage to Gerald L. Hoke on November 5, 1943, at Camp Rucker, Alabama. She was...
Earl Clemans
Jan 7, 2009
Earl Raymond Clemans,Jr., 89, of Colony, Kansas, died Wednesday, January 7, 2009, at the Allen County Hospital in Iola. Earl was born June 12, 1919, in Erie, Kansas, to Leona Mathis and Earl Clemans, Sr. He grew up at Odense, Kansas. He graduated from Erie High School in 1937. Earl attended Chanute trade school from 1937 to 1939. He graduated...
Larry Clarke
Jan 6, 2009
Larry B. Clarke, 64, of Yates Center, Kansas, died Tuesday, January 6, 2009, at his home. Larry was born March 23, 1944, at Rose Hill, Kansas, to Glenn W. and Vona "Babe" (Mott) Clarke. He grew up near Rose in Woodson County where he attended Perry School and graduated from Yates Center High School in 1962. He worked on the...
Ione Viola Anderson
Jan 5, 2009
Ione Viola Anderson of Colony, Kansas, passed away on Monday, January 5, 2009. She was born on April 12, 1919 in Colony, Kansas, the last daughter of Albert and Mary Susana (Stephen) Payne, and spent early life at Colony and the surrounding areas of Mildred and Iola. She married Harold Anderson of Iola on March 18, 1936, and later moved...
Helen F. Smith
Jan 4, 2009
Helen F. Smith, age 82, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on January 4, 2009 at her home. She was born August 18, 1926 in Franklin County, Kansas, the daughter of Floyd Dinsmore Stevenson and Dorothy Gladys (Spencer) Stevenson. Helen grew up in the Richmond, Greeley and Garnett area and married Warren Alvin Smith on January 3, 1948 in Greeley, Kansas....
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