Recent Obituaries
Richard Christy
Jan 2, 2009
Richard Christy, age 86, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away, Friday, January 2, 2009 at his home. He was born March 14, 1922, at Central City, Kansas, the son of Odie W. and Zelma (Coberly) Christy. He graduated from Garnett High School with the Class of 1939. Richard served in the Army during World War II. He married Edith Umbarger on...
Roy A. "Pete" Gordon
Jan 1, 2009
Roy A. "Pete" Gordon, age 82, of Garnett, Kansas, died on Monday, August 24, 2009, at the Ransom Memorial Hospital in Ottawa, Kansas following complications of diabetes and heart failure. Pete was born on March 18, 1927 in Coffey County, Kansas, the son of Perry and Mary (Studebaker) Gordon. Following the death of his mother when he was two, he...
Marcella "Markey" Helena "Markey" Serene
Jan 1, 2009
Marcella Helena "Markey" Serene, age 85, of Garnett, Kansas passed away Saturday, December 12, 2009 at the Overland Park Regional Medical Center. Markey was born February 13, 1924 at Scipio, Kansas the daughter of, Henry John and Gertrude Ida (Wolken) Kueser. Her family moved to Garnett when she was 7 years old. After attending Garnett schools she married Jack Serene...
Vera Montgomery
Dec 31, 2008
Vera E. Montgomery, 91, of Humboldt, Kansas, died Wednesday, December 31, 2008, at the Allen County Hospital in Iola. Vera was born March 1, 1917, at Oak Valley, Kansas, to John Riley and Hazel May (Wilson) Beck. She grew up in the Chanute and Erie areas. On Feb. 10, 1938, Vera married Lee H. Montgomery at Chanute. They made their...
Leslie Baker
Dec 30, 2008
George Leslie Baker, 88, long-time missionary to Haiti and former Iola, Kansas resident, died Tuesday, December 30, 2008, at Tampa, Florida. Leslie was born June 21, 1920, at Iola, Kansas, to William Warner and Ada Mae (Thurston) Baker. He grew up on the family farm northwest of Iola, in the Carpenter district. He attended the Bible Baptist College at Springfield,...
Doris Ann Ulses
Dec 27, 2008
Doris Ann Ulses, age 79, of Garnett, Kansas, died December 27, 2008 at her home. Doris was born on August 29, 1929, at Council Grove, Kansas, the youngest of four children, the daughter of George and Mary May (Craycraft) Wells. The family moved to Garnett when she was three months old. She has lived here ever since. Doris was united...
Juanita Holloway
Dec 27, 2008
Juanita Ethel Holloway, 80, of Gas, Kansas, went home to be with her Lord on Saturday, December 27, 2008, at the home of her son in Chanute, Kansas. Juanita was born August 25, 1928, at Topeka, Kansas, the daughter of George Luther and Ruby Ethel (Rice) Knoblock. She graduated from high school in LeRoy, Kansas. On May 15, 1947, Juanita...
Owen Francis Hunsperger
Dec 26, 2008
Kincaid, Kansas - Owen F. Hunsperger, 78, passed away Friday, December 26, 2008 at the Mercy Hospital in Fort Scott, Kansas. Owen was born October 22, 1930 at Osawatomie, Kansas, the son of Orville and Ethel (Hastings) Hunsperger. He grew up in the Osawatomie area attending school there until attending high school in Lane, Kansas. Following school he served in...
Mary Chambers
Dec 26, 2008
Mary "Millie" Chambers, 80, of Iola, Kansas, died Friday, December 26, 2008, at Windsor Place Nursing Center in Iola. Millie was born Nov. 21, 1928, at Kingman, Kansas, to Mose Alfred and Mary Marie (Harris) Prather. The family moved to LaHarpe in 1937. On March 27, 1949, she married Dean E. Chambers in Iola. They made their home in Iola,...
Kiyomi Gates
Dec 24, 2008
Kiyomi (Lisa) Gates, age 57, of Garnett, Kansas, died on Wednesday, December 24, 2008, in Garnett, Kansas. She was born on February 4, 1951, in Tokyo, Japan. She was a successful restaurant manager in Tokyo. She was united in marriage to Kenneth L. Gates, Sr., on August 16, 1983, in Tokyo, Japan. The couple moved to Holloman Air Force Base...
J. Edward Swanson
Dec 24, 2008
Elsmore, KS - J. Edward Swanson, 85, of Elsmore, Kansas passed away, December 24, 2008 at St. Luke's Hospital, Kansas City. He was born April 16, 1923 at Elsmore, Kansas, the son of Harold and Elida (Lindstrom) Swanson. He attended Elsmore schools, graduating from Elsmore High school in 1941. On June 26, 1945 J. Edward was united in marriage to...
Lois A. Miller
Dec 23, 2008
Lois Ann Miller, age 62, of Garnett, Kansas, died on Tuesday, December 23, 2008, at Golden Heights Living Center in Garnett, Kansas. Lois was born on January 1, 1946, in the Carter Building in Garnett, Kansas, the daughter of Matthew J. and Irene B. (Pickert) Feuerborn. She went to Holy Angels School, and graduated from Garnett High School in 1964....
Blanche Cleaver
Dec 22, 2008
Blanche A. Cleaver, 91, of Iola, Kansas, died Monday, December 22, 2008, at Labette Health in Parsons, Kansas. Blanche was born July 23, 1917, in Liberal, Missouri, the daughter of Ira and Dorothy (Hatter) Morgan. She graduated from high school in Liberal. In 1937, Blanche married Roger Phil Mollohan and they made their home in El Dorado, Kansas, before moving...
Freda L. Bowen
Dec 22, 2008
Freda Bowen, age 84, of Garnett, Kansas died on December 22, 2008 at Garnett, Kansas. Freda Lou Bowen was born on a farm near Blue Mound, Kansas on August 13, 1924, to Fred C. Mead and Bernice Murrow Mead. She went to Country School until she graduated from grade school. Then her parents moved to Selma, Kansas, where she attended...
Ruth Brigham
Dec 21, 2008
Ruth I. Brigham, 90, of Iola, Kansas, died Sunday, December 21, 2008, at her home. She was born June 30, 1918, in Crowley County, Colorado, the daughter of Bertwin Webster and Mary Elizabeth (Donald) Curtis. The family moved to LaHarpe, Kansas, and then to Iola. Ruth graduated from Iola High School and attended the University of Kansas. She worked a...
Darrol Hodge
Dec 20, 2008
Darrol Allen Hodge, 63, of Avondale, Missouri, died Saturday, December 20, 2008, at Iola, Kansas. He was born September 21, 1945, at rural Hill City, Kansas, to Willis and Doris L. (Custine) Hodge. Darrol grew up in the Hill City area and graduated from Morland High School at Morland, Kansas. He has made his home in various states in the...
Roxie Riley
Dec 20, 2008
Roxie Riley, age 80, of Richmond, Kansas passed away on Saturday, December 20, 2008 at St. Luke's Hospital, Kansas City, Missouri. She was born October 3, 1928 at Neosho, Missouri, the daughter of Roy and Susie (Boggs) Murphy. She graduated from Liberal, Missouri High School and from Pittsburg State Teachers College, Pittsburg, Kansas. Roxie married James Wayne Riley on May...
Phyllis Pearl Gordon
Dec 19, 2008
Phyllis Pearl Gordon, age 78, of Colony, Kansas, died December 19, 2008 at Olathe Medical Center, Olathe, Kansas. She was born on July 12, 1930, in Independence, Kansas, the daughter of Jess and Beulah (Sheffield) Owen. She graduated from Independence High School and attended Independence Junior College. She married Junior Kenneth Gordon on August 24, 1948 in Bentonville, Arkansas. This...
James Goddard
Dec 18, 2008
James Edward "Jim" Goddard, 52, of Iola, Kansas, died Thursday, Dec. 18, 2008, at the Allen County Hospital in Iola. He was born Sept. 2, 1956, at Nuremberg, Germany, to Frank B. and Frances V. (Downing) Goddard. He grew up at Iola from the age of 7. After he graduated from Iola High School, he completed the Licensed Practical Nursing...
Elizabeth Palmer
Dec 17, 2008
Elizabeth E. Palmer, 84, of Iola, Kansas, died Wednesday, December 17, 2008, at the Moran Manor at Moran, Kansas. Elizabeth was born January 23, 1924, in Iola, to William and Addie (Kunkleman) Palmer. She graduated from Iola High School. She was a member of the Methodist Church. There are no immediate survivors. Elizabeth was preceded in death by two brothers,...
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