Recent Obituaries
Norman Williamson
Jun 16, 2009
Norman Earl Williamson, 95, of Gas, Kansas, died Tuesday, June 16, 2009, at the Moran Manor. Norman was born July 28, 1913, at rural Toronto, Kansas, the son of Wallace B. and Myrtle J. (Daniel) Williamson. He grew up in the Toronto area and attended Toronto schools. On March 22, 1933, Norman married Martha Maxine Swilley. They made their home...
Les Mead
Jun 14, 2009
Les Mead, age 61, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Sunday, June 14, 2009 at St. Luke's Plaza Hospital, Kansas City, Missouri, with his daughter, Lisa at his side. Les was born on May 10, 1948, in Weleetka, Oklahoma, the son of Howard Mead and Wanema Owens Mead. He graduated from Ajo High School Ajo, Arizona. He joined the United...
Thelma Foster
Jun 14, 2009
Thelma F. Foster, 94, of Iola, Kansas, died Sunday, June 14, 2009, at Windsor Place Nursing Center in Iola. Thelma was born May 30, 1915, in Tarkio, Missouri, the daughter of John A. and Ethel (Plotner) Brown. At the age of three, she moved with her family to Morehead, Kansas. She graduated from Morehead High School and then moved to...
Charlie Bair
Jun 13, 2009
Charles Joe "Charlie" Bair, 59, of rural Iola, Kansas, died Saturday, June 13, 2009, at his home. Charlie was born February 25, 1950, in Iola, the son of Charles and Flora Joan (Nicholas) Bair. He grew up in Iola and on the farm south of town and graduated from Humboldt High School in 1968. He enlisted in the United States...
Munroe Ingroum
Jun 8, 2009
Riley Munroe Ingroum, age 83, of Iola, Kansas, died Monday, June 8, 2009, at the Iola Nursing Center. Munroe was born July 4, 1925, near Kensington, Kansas, the son of Ira Burl and Mae Matilda Caroline (Diercks) Ingroum. He grew up in Iola and graduated from Iola High School in 1943. He served as a radio operator in the United...
Thelma B. Moore
Jun 6, 2009
Thelma B. Moore, age 104, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away Saturday, June 6, 2009 at Golden Heights Living Center, Kansas. She was born February 6, 1905, on a farm west of Welda in Anderson County, Kansas, the daughter of Harry and Minnie (Carnes) Bloom, one of seven children. She attended Welda schools and graduated with the Class of 1925 from...
Norma Rose McDonald
Jun 5, 2009
Norma R. McDonald, age 93, of Garnett, Kansas passed away on Friday, June 5, 2009 at the Anderson County Long Term Care Facility, Garnett. She was born September 12, 1915 at Hiawatha, Kansas; the daughter of Frank E. and Eva (Bindel) Hill. She entered nurses training at St. Margaret's Hospital in Kansas City, Kansas, graduating in1937. She went to work...
Billy Stanford
Jun 5, 2009
Billy G. Stanford, 81, of Richmond, Kansas, died Friday, June 5, 2009, at the Colmery-O'Neil Veteran's Administration Medical Center in Topeka, Kansas. Billy was born October 29, 1927, at Concreto, Kansas, the son of William J. and Cleona B. (Adams) Stanford. He served in the U.S. Army. On May 15, 1954, Billy married Margie Sue Stone and they made their...
Virgil Page
Jun 5, 2009
Virgil D. Page, Sr., 71, of rural LaHarpe, Kansas, died Friday, June 5, 2009, at the Veteran's Administration Hospital in Wichita, Kansas. Virgil was born July 7, 1937, in Norwich, Kansas, the son of Robert H. and Frieda M. (Mayer) Page. He graduated from high school in Wichita and then served in the United States Marine Corps. On August 27,...
Octavia Stewart
Jun 5, 2009
Mary Octavia Stewart (Little), age 87, of Iola, Kansas, died Friday, June 5, 2009, at Windsor Place Nursing Center in Iola. Octavia was born September 30, 1921, at Moran, Kansas, the daughter of Euell J. and Ada O. (Rodenburg) Weast. She grew up at Moran and was a member of the first high school graduating class in the new school...
James E. North
Jun 1, 2009
James E. North, age 68, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away peacefully on June 1, 2009, at Golden Heights Living Center in Garnett, Kansas. James was born on October 2, 1940, in Carrol, Iowa, and was the sixth of ten children born to Sears Robert North and Olive Mae (Dowling) North. James was the oldest of the second set of twins....
Dale P. Baker
May 31, 2009
Dale P. Baker, age 52, of Colony, Kansas, died on Sunday, May 31, 2009, at the Wesley Medical Center in Wichita, Kansas. Dale was born on April 9, 1957, at Streator, Illinois, the son of Ray T. Baker and Ruby Elizabeth (O'Dell) Baker Stokowski. He was united in marriage to Margaret Watts on October 6, 1979, at Minonk, Illinois. This...
Myrna Akers
May 30, 2009
Myrna B. Akers, 74, of Iola, Kansas, died Saturday, May 30, 2009, at the home of her daughter in Iola from complications of Aplastic Anemia. Myrna was born December 20, 1934, on a farm southeast of Humboldt in Allen County to Jacob Lyle and Grace Philena (Ladd) Thompson. She grew up on the farm east of Humboldt where she graduated...
Nita Mae Bell
May 30, 2009
Nita Mae Bell, age 84, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away Saturday, May 30, 2009, at Golden Heights Living Center in Garnett, Kansas. She was born in Garnett, Kansas, on August 15, 1924, the daughter of Homer and Roxie (Brashear) Wells. Nita graduated from Garnett High School in 1942 and spent her entire life in Garnett, Kansas with the exception of...
Loyd Crabtree
May 22, 2009
Loyd E. Crabtree, 77, of Iola, Kansas, died Friday, May 22, 2009, at his home. Loyd was born December 12, 1931, at Cassoday, Kansas, the son of Marion L. and Bessie E. (Pittman) Crabtree. He grew up in the Hamilton, Kansas area and graduated from Hamilton High School in 1950. He was working for Phillips Petroleum before being drafted into...
Cleo Dorothy Couch
May 20, 2009
Cleo Dorothy Couch, age 85, of Garnett, Kansas, died on Wednesday, May 20, 2009, at the Anderson County Hospital in Garnett, Kansas. She was born on March 27, 1924, in Depew, Oklahoma, the daughter of John and Myrtle (Craft) Smith. She grew up in Oklahoma, later moving to California. Cleo married Bill Hines in 1940, and they later divorced. This...
Pat Summers
May 19, 2009
Patricia Ann Summers, age 58, of Parker, Kansas, died on Tuesday, May 19, 2009, at her home. Patricia was born on February 24, 1951, in Kansas City, Kansas, the daughter of Loman and Geraldine (Chisam) Whalen. She graduated from Parker High School in 1969. She was united in marriage to Jerry Summers on June 21, 1969, at the Parker United...
Russell Leon Chilson
May 18, 2009
Russell "Rusty" Leon Chilson, age 44, of Box Elder, South Dakota, formerly of Garnett, died on Monday, May 18, 2009, at Box Elder, South Dakota. Rusty was born on June 28, 1964, in Garnett, Kansas, the son of Paul and Lula (Sweet) Chilson. He graduated from Garnett High School in 1982. Following high school he entered the United States Air...
Margret Heloise Newton
May 17, 2009
Margret Heloise Newton, age 90, went to be with the Lord on Sunday, May 17, 2009. She was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma to Beulah Heloise Hedges Baker and Thomas Everett Baker of Oklahoma City on July 24, 1918. Margret was married to Donald B. Newton of St. Paul, Minnesota on December 20, 1941, in Mason City, Iowa. They made...
Jimmy Lloyd Harbin
May 16, 2009
Jimmy Lloyd Harbin, age 73, of Garnett, Kansas passed away May 16, 2009 at his home. He was born June 8, 1935 at Wheeling, West Virginia, the son of Lloyd Cleo and Margaret Susanna (Bauman) Harbin. Jim grew up in Detroit, Michigan, graduating from high school there. He began his career as a musician playing the guitar at the age...
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