Recent Obituaries
Ron Rutledge
Jun 27, 2023
Ronald Dean Rutledge, age 75, of Iola, Kansas, passed away June 27, 2023, at Allen County Regional Hospital, Iola, Kansas. Ron was born August 12, 1947, along with his identical twin brother, Donald, in Beaver, Oklahoma, to William Wesley Rutledge and Merle I. (Dean) Rutledge. The family moved to Iola, Kansas, when Ron and Don were in second grade. Ron...
Terry J. Feuerborn
Jun 26, 2023
Terry J. Feuerborn, age 74, of Richmond, Kansas, passed away on Monday, June 26, 2023, at the Anderson County Hospital in Garnett, Kansas. Terry Joe Feuerborn was born on October 17, 1948, at Garnett Kansas Poor Farm, where the Anderson County Shop sits now. He smiled at life within the first three seconds. The only stranger he knew was the...
Ronald Joseph Murcko
Jun 26, 2023
Ronald Joseph Murcko passed away Monday, June 26, 2023, at Ascension Via Christi-St. Francis Hospital in Wichita, Kansas. Ronald Joseph Murcko was born on May 24, 1940, to Joseph and Elsie (Tucker) Murcko in Flint, Michigan. He joined the United States Air Force in 1958. After training he was stationed in Iwo Jima and Japan. Returning to the United States...
Barbara I. Scott
Jun 24, 2023
Barbara Irene (Bobby) Scott, age 85, of Humboldt, Kansas, passed away June 24, 2023, at Washington Regional Hospital, Fayetteville, Arkansas. Bobby was born October 28, 1937, in Iola, Kansas. Bobby and Jack Scott were married February 12, 1956, in Iola, Kansas. She worked as a food service director for the Humboldt schools. Bobby was an excellent baker! She loved to...
John William Taggart
Jun 23, 2023
John William Taggart passed away on Friday, June 23, 2023, in Sebring, Florida, at the age of 77. The son of Claude and Leatha (Swinford) Taggart. He was born on July 14, 1945, in Iola, Kansas. John worked as a director of maintenance in the automobile transport industry, was of Lutheran faith, and has been a resident of Sebring since...
Ray Charles Hultz
Jun 22, 2023
Ray Charles Hultz, age 95, of Ottawa, Kansas, passed away on Thursday, June 22, 2023, at Olathe Hospice House, Olathe, Kansas. Ray was born on May 12, 1928, on the family farm near Bush City, Kansas. He and his twin brother, Richard, were the third and fourth children born to Leo Arthur and Ida Iva (Lowman) Hultz. As infants, the...
Charlene Helen Tripp
Jun 19, 2023
Charlene Helen Lasater Tripp, age 85, went home to her heavenly Father on June 19, 2023, at LaVerna Senior Living in Savannah, Missouri. Charlene was born on June 18, 1938, to Kenneth and Helen Lasater, in Chanute, Kansas. Charlene was married to John Henry Tripp, Jr. on November 1, 1959, in Pittsburg, Kansas. This union was blessed with three children....
Nelda K. Cuppy
Jun 17, 2023
Nelda Katherine Cuppy, age 81, of Moran, Kansas, passed away June 17, 2023, at her residence. Nelda was born July 26, 1941, in Bronson, Kansas, to William F. (Fred) Rudisill and Osa Vera (Doane) Rudisill. Nelda graduated in 1959 from Bronson High School, Bronson, Kansas. While attending school there, she was a cheerleader, editor of the school newspaper, and homecoming...
Kenneth Joseph White
Jun 16, 2023
Kenneth Joseph "Kenny Joe" White, age 81, passed away at Richmond Healthcare and Rehab in Richmond, Kansas on June 16, 2023. Kenneth was born on November 8, 1941 in Lebanon, Missouri. He was the oldest of four children born to George Kenneth and Glennis Marie (Edwards) White. Kenneth grew up on a farm outside of Lebanon, Missouri. Following high school...
Jay Charles Waltermire
Jun 15, 2023
Jay Waltermire, age 78, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Thursday, June 15, 2023, at St. Luke's Hospital of Kansas City. Jay was born April 19, 1945, on the family farm near Stark, Kansas. He was the fourth of four children born to Worth W. and Jessie (Johnson) Waltermire. Growing up on a farm between Erie and Chanute, Jay attended...
Gary M. McAuley
Jun 11, 2023
Gary McAuley, age 63, passed away at home in rural Garnett, Kansas on June 11, 2023. Gary was born on August 13, 1959 in Peoria, Illinois. He was the third of four children born to Ronald and Delores (Keller) McAuley. Gary grew up in Peoria, Illinois and Catoosa, Oklahoma and graduated from Catoosa High School. On October 4, 1997, Gary...
David Wayne Comstock
Jun 8, 2023
David Wayne Comstock, age 80, passed away on June 8, 2023 at the Residential Living Center in Garnett, after he battled cancer since his diagnosis in the fall of 2022. David was born in Garnett, Kansas on October 21, 1942. He was the second of three sons born to Orval and Vera (Bain) Comstock. David married his high school sweetheart,...
Murl D. (Dee) Munger
Jun 7, 2023
Colonel Murl D. "Dee" Munger, age 92, of Carlisle, Pennsylvania, died Wednesday, June 7, 2023, at his residence. Colonel Munger and his wife, Joan, spent several years in Iola, Kansas, while he was commander of the local Kansas National Guard. Born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, son of the late Murl Don and Vica (Eastwood) Munger Young and husband of 69 years...
Beverly J. Hawk
Jun 5, 2023
Beverly Jeanine Hawk, age 87, of Iola, Kansas, passed away June 5, 2023, at her residence. Beverly was born May 15, 1936, in El Dorado, Kansas, to Maynard Morgan and Lena (Day) Morgan. Beverly graduated in 1954 from Iola High School. Beverly and Gary Hawk were married August 29, 1954, in Iola, Kansas. The Hawks lived in Bayonne, New Jersey,...
Diana Lynn Fulton
Jun 4, 2023
Diana L. Stanford Fulton, age 63, passed away June 4, 2023, at her home in Melvern, Kansas, with family at her side. She was the only girl of five children born on November 5, 1959, to Billy and Margie (Stone) Stanford in Chanute, Kansas. Diana married Ronald Fulton on February 13, 2004. Diana was the life of the party and...
Nancy Joan Willis
May 26, 2023
Nancy Joan Willis, passed May 26, 2023, in Iola, Kansas. She was born May 9, 1934 in Iola to Eugene Carl Burgess and Clara (Wilson) Burgess. She was a 1951 graduate of Iola High School and attended business school in Wichita. She met Max Willis while working at a local theater. They married June 6, 1954 after he was discharged...
Jacquelyn Cox McFadden
May 24, 2023
Jacquelyn Irene McFadden, age 96, of Iola, Kansas, passed away May 24, 2023, at Medicalodges of Iola, Iola, Kansas. Jackie was born February 7, 1927, in Moran, Kansas, to Roy W. Cox and Irene E. (Swanson) Cox, and she was the youngest of five children. Jackie graduated in 1945 from Iola High School. In 1949 she received a bachelor of...
Patricia "Pat" Irene McGhee
May 24, 2023
Patricia Irene McGhee, age 87, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away at Parkview Heights in Garnett, Kansas on Wednesday, May 24, 2023. Patricia Irene Crotts was born on a cold winter night on February 3, 1936 at home in Virgil, Kansas. She was the second born twin. The twins were quickly wrapped in blankets and the Doctor announced them as being...
Larry McNabb
May 24, 2023
Larry McNabb, age 72, of Centerville, Kansas, passed away on Wednesday, May 24, 2023, at his home. He was born on July 28, 1950, the son of Hugh F. McNabb and Nora Josephine (Wooton) McNabb. Larry grew up on the farm near Goodrich, attending school at Parker, Kansas. He graduated with the class of 1969. Larry worked at the Garnett...
Susan Marie Ingels
May 22, 2023
Susan Marie Ingels, age 53, of Chanute, Kansas, passed away May 22, 2023, at Menorah Medical Center, Overland Park, Kansas. Susan was born January 27, 1970, in Iola, Kansas, to Clifford L. Muntzert and Barbara Ann (Robinson) Muntzert. Susan graduated in 1988 from Iola High School. Susan and Mark Ingels were married October 17, 1998, in Eureka Springs, Arkansas. Susan...