Recent Obituaries
Robert O. Warren
Dec 16, 2008
Robert O. Warren, age 81, of Lone Elm, Kansas, passed away on Tuesday, December 16, 2008 at the Allen County Hospital in Iola, Kansas. Robert was born on September 13, 1927, at Garnett, Kansas, the son of D.O. and Ethel M. (Britton) Warren. He graduated from Garnett High School in 1945. He married Joan Kulp on November 25, 1954, at...
Reinhard Krohn
Dec 13, 2008
Reinhard Hermann Krohn, 81, of Iola, died Saturday, December 13, 2008, at his home. Rein was born October 24, 1927, in Pinneberg, Germany, the son of Hans Ernst and Olga Berta (Sass) Krohn. He attended school in Germany and served in the German Army during WWII. He became a prisoner of war by the Russians. After being released he returned...
Frederick Apt
Dec 11, 2008
Frederick G. Apt, Jr., 79, of Iola, Kansas, died Thursday, December 11, 2008, at his home. Fred was born September 4, 1929, in Iola, Kansas, the son of Frederick B. and Ada P. (Norton) Apt. He graduated from Kemper Military Academy and then attended the University of Kansas. After graduating from K.U. with a degree in history, he married Denise...
Mildred Link
Dec 10, 2008
Mildred A. Link, 94, former Piqua resident, died Wednesday, December 10, 2008, at Atchison Senior Village in Atchison, Kansas. Mildred was born June 14, 1914, at Piqua, Kansas, to Frank and Frances (Sicka) Lampe. She attended Piqua Public School and St. Martin's Parish School. On September 26, 1934, she married Valentine "Vallie" Link and they lived and farmed southwest of...
Florine Stewart
Dec 10, 2008
Florine "Flossy" Stewart, age 80, of Bronson, Kansas died on December 10, 2008, at the Kansas Heart Center in Wichita, Kansas. Florine was born July 12, 1928 at Mound City, Kansas, the daughter of John David and Violet Genelle (Hartman) Wagner. She made her home North of Bronson since the early 1950's. She married Melvin "Mel" Stewart on December 20,...
Madilyn Nicole Berntsen
Dec 10, 2008
Madilyn Nicole Berntsen, infant daughter of Devin Joseph and Ashley Nicole (Wools) Berntsen of Iola, Kansas, passed away December 10, 2008 at the Neosho Memorial Regional Medical Center. She is survived by her fraternal grandparents, Rick and Rita Berntsen of Iola, Kansas and Deanna Chaney and Tim Egner of Chanute, Kansas; and her maternal grandparents Roy and Debra Wools of...
Frances Drybread
Dec 9, 2008
Frances L. "Francie" Drybread, 56, of Moore, Oklahoma, formerly of Iola, Kansas, died Tuesday, December 9, 2008, at the University of Oklahoma Medical Center in Oklahoma City. Francie was born May 7, 1952, in Iola, Kansas, to Francisco "Frank" and Doris L. (Tuttle) Ornelas. She grew up in Iola and attended Iola High School. On Sept. 20, 1969, she married...
Dean Masters
Dec 9, 2008
Dean Harvey Masters, age 84, of Moran, Kansas, died December 9, 2008 in Topeka. He was born August 2, 1924 at Herington, Kansas. He grew to manhood on the family farm southwest of Burlingame. He married Betty Barber of Eskridge, Kansas on October 15, 1945 at Emporia. They had just celebrated their 63rd anniversary. This union was blessed with eight...
Ivan Strickler
Dec 9, 2008
Ivan K. Strickler, 87, of Iola, Kansas, died Tuesday, December 9, 2008, at the Allen County Hospital in Iola,Kansas. Ivan was born Oct. 23, 1921, on the family farm north of Carlyle, Kansas, to Elmer E. and Edna Louise (James) Strickler. Ivan grew up in the Carlyle and Colony areas and graduated from Iola High School in 1939. He attended...
Marvin Roberts
Dec 7, 2008
Marvin William Roberts, 79, of Iola, Kansas, died Sunday, December 7, 2008, at the Allen County Hospital in Iola. Marvin was born Nov. 5, 1929, at rural Welda, Kansas, to Orson John and Alma May (Palmer) Roberts. A family visitation was held on Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2008, at the Waugh-Yokum & Friskel Chapel in Iola. Following cremation, inurnment will be...
Alice Jane Ward
Dec 4, 2008
Alice Jane Ward, age 94, of Colony, Kansas, died on Thursday, December 4, 2008, at Golden Heights Living Center in Garnett, Kansas. Alice was born on August 13, 1914, at Tyrone, Oklahoma, the daughter of Walter Kyle and Effie Belle (Freed) Clymer. She grew up in Satanta, Kansas, graduating from high school there. She taught school in country schools for...
Leonard A. Feuerborn
Dec 3, 2008
Leonard A. Feuerborn, age 84, of Paola, formerly of Garnett, Kansas, died on Wednesday, December 3, 2008, at the Olathe Medical Center in Olathe, Kansas. Leonard was born on April 14, 1924, in Garnett, Kansas, the son of Frank C. and Mary Elizabeth (Bowman) Feuerborn. He attended Centennial School. He served in the Marine Corps at the end of and...
Beatrice E. Bures
Dec 2, 2008
Beatrice E. Bures, age 96, of Richmond, Kansas, died on Tuesday, December 2, 2008, at Golden Heights Living Center in Garnett, Kansas. Beatrice was born on August 21, 1912, at Richmond, Kansas, the daughter of John and Mary (Benus) Gretencord. She grew up in Richmond, and attended West Scipio School. She was united in marriage to Matthew Luke Bures on...
Boward Flynn
Dec 1, 2008
Boward Basil Flynn, 88, of Moran, Kansas, died Monday, December 1, 2008, at the Allen County Hospital in Iola. Boward was born Oct. 27, 1920, at Drumright, Oklahoma, to Bert Bryan and Eva Belle (Brown) Flynn. He grew up in the Drumright area before the family moved to Bronson, KS, in 1937. Boward married Arlene Hopkins on Dec. 24, 1941,...
Christine Craig
Nov 29, 2008
Edith Christine Craig, 86, of Garnett, passed away November 29, 2008 in the Long Term Care facility at the Anderson County Hospital in Garnett. Christine was born October 6, 1922, on her grandparents' farm in Anderson County, the daughter of lnez Pearl Bishop and Raymond Emory Wooton. A sister, Nora Josephine Wooton McNabb and her parents preceded her in death....
Harold L. Evans
Nov 18, 2008
Harold L. Evans, age 76, of Garnett, Kansas, died Tuesday, November 18, 2008 at the Colmery O'Neil VAMC in Topeka, Kansas. He is survived by his mother, Loreda Evans; and three grandchildren, Brooke Hermreck, Jacob Hermreck, and Nickole Hermreck,; and one son-in-law, Neil Hermreck, all of Garnett, Kansas Graveside memorial services will be held on Friday, November 21, 2008 at...
Lenna N. Adams
Nov 16, 2008
Lenna Naomi Brooks Adams, age 99, formerly of Lone Elm, passed away on Sunday, November 16, 2008, at Garden Terrace Nursing Facility in Overland Park, Kansas. She was born January 12, 1909, the daughter of Frank and Clementine (Snyder) Brooks, on a farm near Centerville, Kansas, in Linn County. She attended school in the one room school of Coffeebean until...
Lawrence H. Gillham
Nov 16, 2008
Lawrence H. Gillham, age 88, of Moran, Kansas, passed away on Sunday, November 16, 2008 at Moran Manor in Moran, Kansas. He was born on September 14, 1920 on a farm east of Bayard, Kansas, the son of Charles Laurel and Irma Irita (Zornes) Gillham. He attended school at Bayard and Moran and spent his teen years with his Granddad...
Lela Morey
Nov 12, 2008
Lillian Lela Morey, age 87, of Garnett, Kansas, died Wednesday, November 12, 2008 at the Anderson County Hospital, Garnett. She was born December 6, 1920 in Richmond, Kansas, the daughter of Claude and May (Camp) Robinson. Lela grew up in Anderson County, except for a time when her family homesteaded in Canada, later returning to Anderson County where she lived...
Raymond Henry Kratzberg
Nov 6, 2008
Raymond H. Kratzberg, age 91, of Greeley, Kansas, died on Thursday, November 6, 2008, at Villa St. Francis Nursing Home in Olathe, Kansas. He was born on June 22, 1917, at Greeley, Kansas, the son of Frank A. and Mary M. (Hastert) Kratzberg. He served in the U. S. Army from February 28, 1941 to August 10, 1945. During WWII,...