Recent Obituaries
Bernice R. Barnaby
Jul 8, 2008
Bernice R. Barnaby, age 84, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Tuesday, July 8, 2008, at her residence in Garnett, Kansas. Bernice was born on August 19, 1923 in Garnett, Kansas, the daughter of Herman and Cecelia (Feuerborn) Sobba. She grew up in Garnett, attending the Spring Branch School. She was united in marriage to William Barnaby on June 15,...
Ivone June Christy
Jul 3, 2008
Ivone J. Penny Christy, age 77, of Garnett, Kansas, formerly of Overland Park, passed away at Olathe Medical Center on Thursday, July 3, 2008. She was born June 7, 1931, in Kansas City, Kansas to Boyd Montgomery Woods and Nanny Maude (Radar) Woods. She grew up in Kansas City, Kansas. She was united in marriage to Howard C. Christy in...
Gordon Murray Ensley
Jun 29, 2008
Gordon Murray Ensley, age 88, of Colony, Kansas, died on Sunday, June 29, 2008, at the Anderson County Long Term Care Facility in Garnett, Kansas. Gordon was born on October 15, 1919, at Colony, Kansas, the son of William Joseph Ensley and Nellie (Murray) Ensley. He grew up in the Colony area, graduating from Colony High School in 1937. Gordon...
Stanley C. Bell
Jun 26, 2008
Stanley Carroll Bell, age 84, of Garnett, Kansas, died on Thursday, June 26, 2008, at Golden Heights Living Center in Garnett, Kansas. Stanley was born on May 9, 1924, in Garnett, Kansas, to Floyd and Thelma (Stanley) Bell. Stanley lived in Garnett until May of 1943 when he was drafted into the Navy to serve in World War II. He...
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...