Recent Obituaries
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....
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...
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