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Sylvia O. Sutton
Jun 22, 2008
Sylvia O. Sutton, age 88, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away June 22, 2008 in Stockton, Missouri. She was born June 13, 1920 near Selma, Kansas, the daughter of Willie and Mary (Bump) Olson. She attended one year at Anticot School and the family moved to the Pleasant Ridge neighborhood near Lone Elm and finished school. She worked as a housekeeper...
Peggy Sumner
Jun 19, 2008
Margaret (Peggy) Sumner, age 63, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Thursday, June 19, 2008, at the Anderson County Hospital in Garnett, Kansas. She was born on November 25, 1944, in Axtell, Kansas, the daughter of Ted and Margaret (Meier) Studer. Peggy grew up and attended schools in Beattie, Kansas. She graduated from Emporia State University. Peggy was united in...
Rose L. Covey
Jun 18, 2008
My wife, our mother, our daughter, our sister, our friend has gone to join Our Father in Heaven. Rose Lee (Hartman) Covey, age 53, of Moran, Kansas passed away at the Kansas City Hospice House in Kansas City, MO, June 18, 2008 following a lengthy battle with cancer. Rose was born August 11, 1954 in Iola, Kansas to Kenneth and...
Myrna C. Boyles
Jun 15, 2008
Myrna C. Boyles, age 68, of Garnett, Kansas, died Sunday, June 15, 2008, at the Saint Joseph Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri, after a long battle with lung cancer first diagnosed in 1996. She was born September 15, 1939, in Westphalia, Kansas, the daughter of Wendell J. and Hazel Schulte. She grew up and lived her entire life in Garnett,...
William R. Henderson
Jun 11, 2008
William R. Bill Henderson, age 61, of Osawatomie, Kansas, formerly of Colony, Kansas, died Wednesday, June 11, 2008 at the Life Care Center at Osawatomie, Kansas. He was born on December 9, 1946, at Iola, the son of Glen and Verna (Laymon) Henderson. He graduated from Colony High School and Emporia State University. Bill worked for many years as a...
Harold L. Johnson
Jun 9, 2008
Harold L. Johnson, age 81, of Savonburg, Kansas, died on Monday, June 9, 2008, at his home. He was born June 7, 1927, at Savonburg, Kansas, the son of Wendell Harold Theodore Johnson and Lenore (Collins) Johnson. Harold attended schools in the area, graduating from Elsmore High School in 1945. He served in the U.S. Navy in 1945 and 1946....
Jerry Kent
Jun 8, 2008
M. Jerry Kent, age 79 of Garnett, Kansas, died Sunday, June 8, 2008 at Golden Heights Living Center, Garnett, Kansas. He was born July 5, 1928 at Garnett, Kansas, the son of Curtis Homer and Ruby Visalia (Wilson) Kent. He was a lifetime resident of Garnett, graduating from Garnett High School with the Class of 1946. Jerry married Rosa Lee...
Ira J. Yoder
Jun 5, 2008
Ira J. Yoder, age 80, of Garnett, Kansas, died on Thursday, June 5, 2008, at his home. Ira was born on June 23, 1927, at Weatherford, Oklahoma, the son of Jerry and Amanda (Mullet) Yoder. He married Ida Miller on July 1, 1951, at McMinnville, Oregon, eleven children were born to this union. Ira was a member of the Old...
Bonnie Jean Rusk
Jun 2, 2008
Bonnie J. Rusk, age 77, of Welda, Kansas, died Monday, June 2, 2008, at the Allen County Hospital in Iola, Kansas. She was born on June 19, 1930, at Kansas City, Kansas, the daughter of Lloy E. Hawes and Dorothy Virginia (Tuttle) Hawes. Bonnie graduated from Argentine High School. Bonnie was united in marriage to William Gene Rusk on October...
Roberta Mae Badders
May 29, 2008
Roberta Mae Badders, age 89, of Ottawa, Kansas passed away May 29, 2008 at the Olathe Medical Center, Olathe, Kansas. She was born on April 9, 1919, at Bush City, Kansas, the daughter of Joseph Floyd McGinnis and Calla Beatrice (Harding) McGinnis. Roberta grew up and attended school in Bush City. In March of 1934, she married Darwin Dee Badders....
John V. Ramsour
May 24, 2008
John V. Ramsour, age 70, of Garnett, Kansas passed away May 24, 2008 at the Olathe Medical Center, Olathe, Kansas. He was born October 24, 1937 at Junction City, Kansas, the son of Homer and Frieda (Keller) Ramsour. He grew up in the Junction City area, where he attended Geary County District 8, Brookside School, before he entered the Junction...
Junior K. Gordon
May 24, 2008
Junior Kenneth Gordon, age 82, of Colony, Kansas, died May 24, 2008 at Golden Heights Living Center, Garnett, Kansas. He was born January 3, 1926 in Dewey, Oklahoma, the son of Edward Devere and Lola Maude (Houser) Gordon. He graduated from Independence High School in Independence, Kansas and joined the Air Force during WWII. He was a tailgunner and radio...
Marion D. Houk
May 21, 2008
Marion D. Houk, age 74, of Olathe, formerly of Moran, Kansas passed away Wednesday, May 21, 2008 at Olathe, Kansas. Marion was born on October 20, 1933, at Moran, Kansas, the son of Clarence A. and Mary Ann (Reade) Houk. He grew up and attended schools in Moran, graduating from Moran High School in 1951. He also attended Iola and...
Laura M. Nilges
May 20, 2008
Laura M. Nilges, age 87, of Richmond, Kansas, died on Tuesday, May 20, 2008, at Richmond Healthcare Center in Richmond, Kansas. Laura was born September 1, 1920, in Chanute, Kansas, the daughter of Ralph and Nancy May (Bickel) Waldrip. She graduated from Chanute High School in 1938. She attended Chanute Junior College before graduating from Kansas State Teachers College at...
Ruth Ann Whitcomb
May 14, 2008
Ruth Ann Whitcomb, age 89, of Kincaid, Kansas, died Wednesday, May 14, 2008 at the Allen County Hospital, Iola, Kansas. Ruth Ann was born on March 7, 1919, in Mound City, Kansas, the daughter of Fred and Ida (Merriman) Demott. She attended school at Blue Mound, Kansas. She was united in marriage to John Wesley Whitcomb on September 6, 1940,...
Marjorie Katherine West
May 14, 2008
Marjorie Katherine West, age 70, of Colony, Kansas, died on Wednesday, May 14, 2008, at her home in Colony, Kansas. She was born on August 13, 1937, in Hennessey, Oklahoma, the daughter of George William and Marjorie Helen (Bash) Hawk. Kathy grew up in LaHarpe, Kansas, where she graduated from high school. She attended Cosmetology School in Iola. In 1960,...
Howard Chandler Christy
May 14, 2008
Howard Chandler Christy, age 80, of Garnett, Kansas, formerly of Overland Park, passed away at the Olathe Medical Center on Wednesday, May 14, 2008, following a bout of pneumonia and related heart complications. He was born January 28, 1928, in Central City, KS, to Odie M. and Zelma Faye (Coberly) Christy. Howard served in the U.S. Army during the Korean...
Billy G. McGie
May 9, 2008
Billy G. McGie, age 75, of Wittmann, Arizona, died May 9, 2008 at Peoria, Arizona. He was born on December 27, 1932, at Iola, Kansas, the son of William W. and Jewell A. (Pearman) McGie. He graduated from the Iola High School with the Class of 1950. He worked for Haliburton in oil fields around Iola. He later worked for...
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