Recent Obituaries
Loretta Y. Slyter
Jan 21, 2023
Loretta Y. Hancock Slyter, age 60, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away Saturday, January 21, 2023, peacefully in her home with her husband and family by her side. Loretta was born on October 22, 1962, in Tampa, Florida. She was the youngest of four children born to Rufus Leamon "RL" Hancock and Mary Lou (Coffey) Hancock. Loretta served as the Greeley...
Delores A. Strickler
Jan 19, 2023
Delores Ann (Smith) Strickler, age 88, of Colony, Kansas, passed away on January 19, 2023, in Garnett, Kansas. Delores was born on May 30, 1934, in Chanute, Kansas, to Lloyd and Goldie (Sparkman) Smith. In May of 1952 Delores graduated from Iola High School and married Wallace E. Strickler with whom she celebrated 70 years of marriage prior to his...
Larry E. Kress
Jan 18, 2023
Larry Eugene Kress, age 74, of LaHarpe, Kansas, passed away January 18, 2023, at Medicalodges of Fort Scott, in Fort Scott, Kansas. Larry was born July 22, 1948, in Yates Center, Kansas, to Lawrence H. Kress and Rose (Sicka) Kress. Larry graduated in 1966 from Iola High School. He attended college. Larry was a heavy equipment operator for Allen County...
JR Lewis
Jan 16, 2023
James Russell (JR) Lewis, age 78, of Iola, Kansas, passed away January 16, 2023, at Moran Manor, Moran, Kansas. JR was born December 6, 1944, in Kansas City, Missouri, to Howard Lewis and Pearl (Lohman) Lewis. JR graduated in 1962 from North Kansas City High School and then he earned a bachelor's degree from Northwest Missouri State, Maryville, Missouri. JR...
Michael Roger Kennedy
Jan 16, 2023
Michael Roger Kennedy, age 63, of Garnett, Kansas passed away on January 16, 2023 at home. Mike was born on June 3, 1959, at Chanute, Kansas. He was the first of two children born to Howard and Maurine (Ashcraft) Kennedy. Mike graduated from Erie High School. Following High School, Mike worked on the family dairy farm as well as at...
Sandee Feuerborn
Jan 16, 2023
Sandra "Sandee" Ann Feuerborn, 65, of Lawrence, KS passed away on January 16, 2023. Sandee was born in Garnett, KS to Myron and Mary Feuerborn on December 23, 1957. Sandee marched to the beat of her own drum. As a child, she was sensitive yet carefree. The Feuerborn family moved from Lawrence to Wabaunsee County in the early '70s to...
Sandra Jane Howell
Jan 15, 2023
Sandra Jane Howell, age 69, of Gas, Kansas, passed away January 15, 2023, at her residence. Sandra was born December 4, 1953, in Fort Worth, Texas, to Ruby J. (Knox) Dixon. Sandra graduated in 1968 from Arlington High School, Arlington, Texas. She earned an associate's degree in nursing in 1994 with her oldest daughter, Michelle, from Mary Grimes School of...
Velma Lucille Canada
Jan 14, 2023
Velma Lucille Canada passed away peacefully in the arms of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on January 14, 2023. Velma Lucille Vandergriff was born December 26, 1932 in Knox County, Tennessee. Velma Lucille Vandergriff was married on December 11, 1940 to Herman Ray Canada. Lucille was preceded in death by her husband Herman Ray Canada and her eldest daughter...
Keith F. Evans, Jr.
Jan 12, 2023
Keith F Evans Jr passed away on January 12, 2023 at Greystone Residential Home in Iola, Kansas. Keith was born on October 16, 1923, in Iola, Kansas, the son of Keith F. Evans Sr. and Frances Emma (Lugenbeel) Evans. He attended one room schoolhouses in Anderson County, Sugar Valley and Oak Grove, graduating in June 1937. He graduated from Garnett...
Edith L. Christy
Jan 12, 2023
Edith L. Christy, age 89, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Thursday, January 12, 2023, at Richmond Healthcare and Rehab in Richmond, Kansas. Edith Lucille Umbarger was born on August 20, 1933, in Casey, Illinois. She was the third of ten children born to William T. and Mildred Ruby (Swisher) Umbarger. She graduated from Garnett High School in 1952. She...
Dutch Onnen
Jan 10, 2023
Gerhard Eilers (Dutch) Onnen, Jr., age 88, of Humboldt, Kansas, passed away January 10, 2023, at Saint Luke's South, Overland Park, Kansas. Dutch was born September 11, 1934, in Hebron, Nebraska, to Gerhard E. Onnen, Sr. and Rexta (Free) Onnen. Dutch graduated in 1951 from Hebron High School, Hebron, Nebraska. Dutch served in the United States Navy. He worked for...
Harold Eugene Zwiener
Jan 10, 2023
Harold Eugene Zwiener, age 94, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Tuesday, January 10, 2023, at Guest Home Estates in Garnett, Kansas. Harold was born on December 24, 1928, in Garnett, Kansas. He was the third of three children born to Fredrick Herman Zwiener and Grace Mae (Hand) Zwiener. Harold was born one quarter of a mile west of where...
Jeanette Rhea Hess
Jan 9, 2023
Jeanette Rhea Hess (Deater), age 85, of Iola, Kansas, passed away Monday, January 9, 2023, peacefully at her home. She was born October 24, 1937, to Glen Deater and Gertrude Oliver Deater, in Iola, Kansas, the eldest of three children. She attended school in Iola, graduated from Iola High School and took some college courses in sign language. Jeanette married...
Margaret Della Thompson
Jan 9, 2023
Della "Dollie" Thompson, age 97, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Monday, January 9, 2023. Margaret Della Canady, was born on October 12, 1925, at Selma, Kansas. Dollie was the seventh of seven children born to Lloyd Hugh Canady and Margaret (Yelton) Canady. Dollie began her life in Selma, Kansas, and remained in Kansas most of her life. She graduated...
Steve "Otie" Weeks
Jan 8, 2023
Steve "Otie" Weeks, age 61, passed away on January 8, 2023, at Olathe Hospice House, Olathe, Kansas. Steve was born in Iola, Kansas, to Jim and Joyce (Baker) Weeks. Steve was a bricklayer by trade. At the time of his passing, he worked at Russell Stover. Steve enjoyed fishing, his friends, and his best fur-buddy Ruby Rose. He was preceded...
Preston Elliott Beasley
Jan 7, 2023
Preston Elliott Beasley passed peacefully, surrounded by his family, on Saturday, January 7, 2023. Preston was born to Pierce and Zoey Beasley on December 28, 2022, at Neosho Memorial Regional Medical Center in Chanute, Kansas. For his 11 days on this Earth, he has only known warmth and love given by his family. Preston's caregivers at Children's Mercy Hospital became...
Bonnie L. Vincent
Jan 7, 2023
Bonnie L. Vincent, age 81, of Colony, Kansas, passed away on Saturday, January 7, 2023 at the Yates Center Health and Rehab. Bonnie Lea Henegar was born, October 31, 1941 at Iola, Kansas. She was the third of five children born to Ted and Lula (Centlivre) Henegar. Bonnie grew up in rural Allen County on the farm where her parents...
Donna Lee Williams
Jan 6, 2023
Donna Lee Williams, age 76, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Friday, January 6, 2023, at Richmond Healthcare and Rehab in Richmond, Kansas. Donna was born on August 25, 1946, at Hawthorne, California. She was the first of three children born to Herman Webber and Emma Blanche (Mahurien) Webber. In 1969 Donna's family moved to Cadmus, Kansas from California. They...
Jane Freeman
Jan 6, 2023
Jane Ellen Freeman, who was born and lived much of her life in Iola, died Jan. 6, 2023, at the Olathe Hospice House from complications of the respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). She had been a resident of Lakemary Adult Care Home for the past 12 years; she worked alongside friends at the affiliated sheltered workshop. She was 70 years old,...
Beverly Ann Roeckers
Jan 5, 2023
Beverly Ann Roeckers, age 74, of Reedsburg, Wisconsin passed peacefully away on January 5, 2023, at home surrounded by her family. She was born on April 1, 1948, in Tulsa, Oklahoma, the daughter of Robert and Kathleen (Lanzrath) Guilfoyle. Beverly was a 1966 graduate of St. Francis Academy, Nevada, Missouri. On December 26, 1966, Beverly was united in marriage to...
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