Recent Obituaries
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...
Ronald Dale Mayberry
May 22, 2023
Ronald Dale Mayberry, 77 of Iola, Kansas passed away on May 22, 2023, at 11:20 am. Ron was born on June 17, 1945, in Elgin, Illinois. He was the fourth child of six children born to Ulis Benton and Opal Virginia (Farris) Mayberry. He graduated from Norris City High school, Class of 1963, in Norris City, Illinois. He went on...
Donald L. Lile
May 20, 2023
Donald L. Lile, age 73, of Garnett, Kansas, journeyed peacefully to his Heavenly home in the early morning of May 20, 2023, surrounded by beloved friends and family at AdventHealth, Ottawa, Kansas. Donald Lee Lile was born on August 16, 1949, in the elevator going up to the delivery room, at the Ft. Lewis Army Post, Tacoma, Washington. He was...
Barbara A. Wardwell
May 19, 2023
It is with a sad heart that we announce the death of Barbara Anne Wardwell who passed away on May 19th, 2023 at the age of 85 after a long battle with Alzheimers. Barb was born September 24, 1937 in Ottawa, Kansas to Helen Ruth Harrison and Howard Thompson Harrison. She grew up in Welda KS on a ten acre...
Henry Ackmann
May 16, 2023
Henry Ackmann, age 79, passed away at Olathe Hospice House in Olathe, Kansas on Tuesday, May 16, 2023. He was born on February 27, 1944 in Garnett, Kansas, the son of Wilhelm "Bill" Ackmann and Anna (Dieken) Ackmann. He attended Garnett schools and graduated from Garnett High School in 1962. Henry was a pipefitter by trade until he retired from...
Robert "Bob" E. Cramer
May 16, 2023
Robert Eugene "Bob" Cramer, 89, beloved Husband, Father, Grandfather, was called to his eternal resting place on May 16, 2023. He entered this world on February 24, 1934 in Garnett, KS, born to Stanley and Lena Cramer. Bob grew up in Garnett and graduated high school in 1952. He served in the Air Force from 1953 - 1957. He then...
Charlie Hughes
May 16, 2023
Charles A. "Charlie" Hughes passed away peacefully at his home in Olathe on Tuesday, May 16. Charlie fought prostate cancer for over 20 years. Charlie was born on August 1, 1951 in Kansas City, Missouri to Arthur "Chub" and Nada Hughes. Story goes that Nada was visiting her sister in Kansas City when the river waters rose and she was...
John Raymond Hoover
May 15, 2023
John Raymond Hoover, age 62, passed away on May 15, 2023, at Allen County Hospital in Iola, Kansas. John was born to Edward Raymond and Patty Jean (Tate) Hoover on March 8, 1961, in France. John grew up a military brat with his brother Joe and sister Carolyn, moving to many different cities and states. John never had a hard...
Thomas B. Threewitt Sr.
May 15, 2023
Thomas (Tom) Buntin Threewitt, Sr., 79, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away peacefully with family by his side on Monday, May 15, 2023. He was born in West Frankfort, Illinois on April 5, 1944, to William Edward and Loa (Buntin) Threewitt where he grew up on a crop and livestock farm in Aiken, Illinois and developed a love for agriculture. In...
B. Ellen Smith
May 14, 2023
Barbara Ellen Smith, age 84, of Iola, Kansas, passed away May 14, 2023, at St. Luke's North Hospital, Kansas City, Missouri. B. Ellen was born October 25, 1938, in Hugo, North Carolina, to Howard Holt and Martha (Turnage) Holt. B. Ellen graduated in 1956 from Contentnea High School, Kinston, North Carolina. She continued her education at Allen County Community College,...
Anita A. Barnett
May 14, 2023
Anita Ann Barnett, age 94, of Humboldt, Kansas, passed away May 14, 2023, at her residence. Anita was born June 7, 1928, in Arkansas City, Kansas, to Warren Alexander Bunch and Mary Minerva (Taylor) Bunch. In 1940, her family moved to a farm outside Paola, Kansas. She went to grade school and three years of high school in Fontana, Kansas,...
Glenn Richard Bratsch
May 13, 2023
Glenn R. Bratsch, age 85, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Saturday, May 13, 2023 at his home. He was born on January 31, 1938, to Gene and Marjorie Bratsch in Illinois. A true independent from the beginning, he left home at the age of thirteen and made his own way in life. When Glenn was almost old enough, he...
J. R. Michael
May 13, 2023
Jesse Ray Michael, age 83, of Joplin, Missouri, passed away on Saturday, May 13, 2023, at Webb City Health and Rehab Center in Webb City, Missouri. Jesse was born in Anderson, Missouri, on March 4, 1940, to Furlin and Armeta Michael. J.R. was extremely proud to be a veteran of the United States Air Force. He was retired and was...
Renée Grace Matheson
May 11, 2023
Renée Grace Cooper Matheson was born May 19, 1939, to Genevieve Cooper in Los Angeles, California. She graduated from South Gate High School in 1957. Renée married Donald Horton, and later divorced. She married Barney Matheson on May 20, 1972. Renée loved to dance, read, sew, and make greeting cards. Her greatest blessings were her husband Barney, her family, her...
Melvin Louis Bruenger
May 7, 2023
Melvin L. Bruenger joined his parents and siblings in heaven on May 7, 2023. Melvin was born on August 29, 1936, to Louis F. and Agnes Margaret (Mueller) Bruenger in Chanute, Kansas. He attended and graduated from Center Grove Country School, Humboldt High School, Neosho County Junior College in Chanute, Kansas and Kansas State University in Manhattan, Kansas. He lived...