Recent Obituaries
Audra Carol Stine
Oct 9, 2023
Audra Carol Stine, age 86, of Iola, Kansas, passed away October 9, 2023, at Wesley Hospital, Wichita, Kansas. Audra was born February 27, 1937, in Bronson, Kansas, to Paul Swisher and Georgia Mae (Goodno) Swisher. Audra graduated in 1955 from Uniontown High School, Uniontown, Kansas. Audra and Norman Grant Stine were married March 5, 1955, in Fort Scott, Kansas. Audra...
Mason Kwan Stanford
Oct 7, 2023
Mason Stanford, age 8, of Louisburg, Kansas, passed away on Saturday, October 7, 2023, at Children's Mercy Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri. Mason Kwan Stanford was born on January 7, 2015, in Olathe, Kansas, the son of Susan Marie Stanford. Mason attended school at Central Heights before moving to Louisburg, where he was in the third grade. Mason loved attending...
Susan Stanford
Oct 6, 2023
Susan Stanford, age 41, of Louisburg, Kansas, passed away on Friday, October 6, 2023 at her home. Susan Marie Stanford was born on December 8, 1981, in Seoul, Korea, the daughter of Billy Gene Stanford, Jr. and Sun Ok (Nam) Stanford. She grew up in Richmond, Kansas and attended Central Heights School, graduating with the class of 1999. Susan enjoyed...
Bob Welch
Oct 5, 2023
John Robert "Bob" Welch, of Moran, died October 5, 2023, at Medicalodge of Iola, Kansas. He was 78 years old. The son of Lloyd L. "Tock" and Ruth V. (Adams) Welch, he was born October 21, 1944, in Ft. Scott, Kansas. He grew up on the family farm just south of Moran and at 10 years old he started helping...
Don Snavely
Oct 5, 2023
Donald Ray Snavely, age 65, of Iola, Kansas, passed away October 5, 2023, in Chanute, Kansas. Don was born June 19, 1958, in Iola, Kansas, to Merle Snavely and Jeanette (Stranghoner) Snavely. Don graduated in 1976 from Iola High School. He attended Allen County Community College in Iola. Don and Vickie Stanley were married on August 30, 1986. They had...
Sandra Kay Nolan
Oct 4, 2023
Sandra Kay Nolan age 69, passed away on October 4, 2023, at St. Francis- Via Christi Hospital in Wichita, Kansas. Sandra was born on July 30, 1954, in Eldorado, Kansas, the only daughter to Bill "Buck" and Martha (Lewis) Ballagh. She attended school in Blue Mound and graduated from Marmaton Valley with the class of 1973. Sandra, "G-MA Turtle," loved...
Sharon Blomquist
Oct 3, 2023
Sharon E. Blomquist, age 74, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Tuesday, October 3, 2023, at the Anderson County Hospital in Garnett. Sharon was born on April 6, 1949, the daughter of James and Helen (Ramsour) Cubit. She first attended a one room schoolhouse, Washington School, before graduating from Garnett High School in 1967. Sharon was very active in 4-H,...
Gary W. Farrar
Oct 2, 2023
Gary W. Farrar, age 76, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Monday, October 2, 2023 at home in Garnett, surrounded by loved ones. Gary Wayne Farrar was born on October 8, 1946, in Garnett, Kansas. He was the first of three children born to Hubert Ryland and Juanita Helen (Cunningham) Farrar. Gary graduated from Garnett High School in 1964. He...
Doris Church
Oct 1, 2023
Doris Church, age 98, of Lone Elm, Kansas passed away on Sunday, October 1, 2023 in Iola, Kansas with her family by her side. Doris Arlene Garver was born January 5, 1925 at Lone Elm, Kansas. She was the third of four children born to Ray and Nora Grace (Hamilton) Garver. She grew up in the Lone Elm community where...
Margaret Rose Morgan
Sep 29, 2023
Margaret Rose Morgan, lifelong member of the Greeley community, peacefully departed this world on September 29, 2023, at the age of 87. Born on October 31, 1935, in Greeley, Kansas, Margie was a cherished daughter, sister, wife, mother, and grandmother. Margie was the tenth of ten children born to Louis and Theresa (Schraml) Sommer and grew up on the farm...
Ralph Eugene Dowell II
Sep 28, 2023
Ralph Eugene Dowell II, passed away September 28, 2023, at his home in Wichita, Kansas. Ralph was born on January 21, 1958 to Ralph Eugene Dowell Sr. and Francis Violet (Reiter) Decker, the fifth of eight children. Ralph attended school in Iola and graduated from Iola High with the class of 1976. Ralph retired from Precision Pattern, Inc. of Wichita,...
Elizabeth King
Sep 27, 2023
Elizabeth Agnes "Bessie" King, age 91, passed away September 27, 2023, surrounded by family, at the Quail Creek Skilled Nursing in Springfield, Missouri. Elizabeth was born on July 2nd, 1932, in Scotland, Texas, to Alphonse and Caroline (Haberman) Prescher. On September 18, 1950, she married Edward Joseph "Ed" King in Scotland, Texas. They made their home at Piqua, Kansas and...
Fern Miller
Sep 26, 2023
Fern Marie Miller, the first born daughter of Osie Lee Hirt and Amy Alice (Riffey) Hirt, was born January 19, 1926 at home near Westphalia, Kansas. Fern passed away on Tuesday, September, 26, 2023 at Guest Home Estates in Garnett, Kansas at the age of 97 years, eight months and seven days. She lived her entire life in Kansas. In...
Mary Virginia (Ginny) Reaves
Sep 26, 2023
Mary Virginia (Ginny) Reaves, age 100, of Humboldt, Kansas, went to be with her Lord and Savior on September 26, 2023. Ginny was born March 24, 1923, in Florence, Kansas, to Otto A. Powers and Cora M. (Stroup) Powers. Ginny graduated in 1941 from Iola High School. She and Donald E. Reaves were married October 4, 1941, in Yates Center,...
Myrtle Violet Caudell
Sep 25, 2023
Myrtle Violet Caudell, age 90, of Iola, Kansas, passed away September 25, 2023, at Moran Manor, Moran, Kansas. Myrtle was born March 9, 1933, in Yates Center, Kansas, Aaron E. Hamilton and Rebecca Myrtle (Park) Hamilton. Myrtle attended school in Yates Center. She and Billy B. Caudell, Sr. were married December 23, 1951, in Buffalo, Kansas. Myrtle was a homemaker....
Betty Louise Parker
Sep 22, 2023
Betty L. Parker age 94, passed away on September 22, 2023, at Moran Manor in Moran, Kansas. She was born November 22, 1928, in rural Humboldt, Kansas, to Cecil and Georgia (Brooks) Kirby. She married L.R. Parker on June 2, 1978, and they made their home in Gas, Kansas. She was a member of St. Timothy's Episcopal Church in Iola...
Mary M. Schornick
Sep 21, 2023
Mary Margaret Branson Schornick, age 79, of Yates Center, Kansas, passed away September 21, 2023, at Yates Center Health & Rehab. Mary was born January 14, 1944, to John and Margaret (Allan) Branson in Eureka, Kansas. She attended school in Eureka and graduated from Eureka High School in 1962. In 1966, she graduated from Kansas State Teachers College, Emporia, Kansas,...
Cloyce Eugene Anderson
Sep 19, 2023
Cloyce Eugene Anderson, age 91, of Colony, Kansas, passed away on Tuesday, September 19, 2023, at Menorah Medical Center in Overland Park, Kansas. Cloyce Eugene Anderson was born on August 5, 1932, in Belton, Missouri, the son of Cloyce Landon and Clara Edith (Averill) Anderson. The family moved to Colony when Gene was 11 years old. Gene graduated Colony High...
Russell F. Gardner
Sep 19, 2023
Russell Flynn Gardner, 89 of Jefferson, Maryland, passed Tuesday, September 19, 2023 peacefully at home with his wife after a long and courageous battle with cancer. He was born November 25, 1933 in Baltimore, Maryland, the son of Russell H. Gardner and Ida Virginia (McAfee) Gardner. He is a veteran of the U.S. Air Force serving from 1955 to 1963,...
Doris L. Rogers
Sep 18, 2023
Doris Lee Rogers, age 87, of Iola, Kansas, passed away September 18, 2023, at Moran Manor, Moran, Kansas. Doris was born August 12, 1936, in Richmond, Kansas, to Robert Crick and Gladys (West) Crick. Doris and Dale Weien were married in 1951 and had two sons. They later divorced. She married Elvin Holtz and they had a son and a...
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