Recent Obituaries
Marlene K. Stephens
Sep 18, 2022
Marlene Kathryn Stephens, age 84, our much loved mother, wife, sister and friend, passed into heaven to be with Our Lord Jesus Christ on September 18, 2022. Marlene thrived almost 40 years in the communities of Selma and Kincaid as a farm wife, school bus driver, avid cook, gardener, and Anderson County's premier home canning activist. We loved her dill...
William Earl (Bill) Beasley
Sep 15, 2022
William Earl (Bill) Beasley, age 71, of LaHarpe, Kansas, passed away September 15, 2022, at St. Luke's Hospice House, Kansas City, Missouri. Bill was born September 25, 1950, in San Francisco, California, to Perry Milton (Jack) Beasley and Alice E. (Nigus) Beasley. Bill enlisted in the United States Army at the age of seventeen. He served his country in Virginia,...
Eldon Ackerly Pontious
Sep 14, 2022
Eldon Pontious, age 96, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Wednesday, September 14, 2022, at Parkview Heights in Garnett. Eldon Ackerly Pontious was born on January 13, 1926, in rural Miami County Kansas. Eldon was the first of two children born to Bernal and Margaret "Maggie" (Ackerly) Pontious. He graduated from Osawatomie High School, and then served in the U.S....
Marty Meadows
Sep 14, 2022
Marty L. Meadows, age 73, of Iola, Kansas, passed away September 14, 2022, at Medicalodges, Iola, Kansas. Marty was born November 22, 1948, in Chanute, Kansas, to Albert Piatt and Virginia (Miller) Piatt. Marty graduated in 1966 from Arkansas City High School. She was a controller for Walmart, Iola, Kansas, for 16 years, retiring in 2006. Marty and David R....
Michael James Mulcahey
Sep 12, 2022
Michael James "Jim" Mulcahey, age 79, of Bonner Springs, Kansas, passed away on Monday, September 12, 2022, at Providence Medical Center in Kansas City, Kansas. Jim was born on September 27, 1942, in Ottawa, Kansas. He was the first of three children born to Orliff Michael Mulcahey and Charlene (Guber) Mulcahey. Jim grew up in Ottawa, graduating from Ottawa High...
Wallace E. Strickler
Sep 11, 2022
Wallace E. Strickler, 92, of Colony, Kansas, passed away on September 11, 2022, in Iola, Kansas. Wallace was born on May 15, 1930, to Ora D. and Virgie H. (Matthews) Strickler. Wallace was raised on the family farm and graduated from Colony High School in 1947. Following graduation, he worked on an oil drilling rig and continued to help on...
Maude Ilene Burns
Sep 8, 2022
Maude Ilene Burns, age 90, of Iola, Kansas, passed away September 8, 2022, at Heartland Meadows, Iola, Kansas. Maude was born September 10, 1931, in Hepler, Kansas, to William D. (Dale) Stringer and Angie J. (Jewell) (Bruce) Stringer. Maude graduated in 1949 from Hepler High School, Hepler, Kansas. Maude married Vere R. (Bob) Burns on May 28, 1949, in Hepler,...
Tracy Lee Blazek
Sep 6, 2022
Tracy Lee Blazek, age 50, of Iola, Kansas, passed away September 6, 2022, in Iola, Kansas. Tracy was born December 23, 1971, in Great Bend, Kansas, to Ernest P. Blazek and Carol J. (Kennedy) Blazek. Tracy attended school in Dodge City, Kansas. Tracy worked for National Beef Packing House in Dodge City, then he worked for Chaparral Manufacturing as a...
Roger Austin Howerton
Aug 27, 2022
Roger Austin Howerton, age 82, of Alamogordo, New Mexico, passed away August 27, 2022. Roger was born October 23, 1939, in Savonburg, Kansas, to Olaf Millard (Bill) Howerton and Lillian Estelle (Austin) Howerton. Roger served in the United States Air Force and then went to college in Champaign, Illinois, earning a master's degree in physics. He was a teacher and...
Catherine Harris
Aug 26, 2022
Dr. Catherine May (Neighbor) Harris, born October 22, 1928 in Kansas City, Missouri to Josephine (Duncan) and Charles Henry Neighbor, passed into the light on Friday, August 26, 2022 at the age of 93. She was at home in Placitas, New Mexico in the loving arms of her daughters, Catherine Anne Harris and Norah Elizabeth Harris. Catherine May grew up...
Naomi Clounch
Aug 25, 2022
Naomi Doris Marie Clounch, age 89, of Iola, Kansas, passed away August 25, 2022, in Iola, Kansas. Naomi was born July 14, 1933, in Omaha, Nebraska, to George W. Johnson, Sr. and Naomi Susie Mae (Anderson) Johnson. Naomi graduated Missouri Valley High School, Missouri Valley, Iowa, and she continued her education, receiving a dietician's certificate. Naomi was a dietary supervisor...
Michael Allen Giesbrecht
Aug 21, 2022
Michael Allen Giesbrecht, age 20, of Lane, Kansas, formerly of Pleasant Hill, Missouri, passed away on Sunday, August 21, 2022, at Olathe Medical Center in Olathe, Kansas. He was born on April 11, 2002, in Lawrence, Kansas, the son of Lance Giesbrecht and Juli Carriger. He graduated from Pleasant Hill High School, Class of 2020. In his short life, Michael...
Virginia Lee Schrant
Aug 20, 2022
Virginia Lee Schrant, age 87, of Osawatomie, Kansas, formerly of Richmond, Kansas, passed away on Saturday, August 20, 2022, at her home. On October 10, 1934, at Walker, Kansas, Virginia was the seventh of seven children born to Henry and Catherine (Etzel) Schrant. Virginia grew up in Richmond, later to moving to Garnett. Since 1992, Virginia has lived in the...
Mary E. Bowman
Aug 19, 2022
Mary Ellen Bowman, age 86, of Enid, Oklahoma, formerly of Emporia, Kansas, passed away on Friday, August 19, 2022, in Enid, Oklahoma. Mary was born on July 6, 1936, at Bronson, Kansas. She was the fifth of six children born to Charles Birtty Nickelson and Cementha (Worthington) Nickelson. Mary grew up in Moran and Garnett, attending high at Garnett. Following...
Linda K. Maloney
Aug 19, 2022
Linda K. Maloney, age 75, passed away Friday, August 19, 2022, at Arrowood Lane Assisted Living in Humboldt, Kansas. Linda was born September 21, 1946, to Lewis and Dorthea (Woodcock) Varvel. She graduated with the Class of 1964 from LeRoy High School in LeRoy, Kansas. Linda married William E. Maloney on September 20, 1964. Their union was blessed with two...
Cynthia "Cindy" Diane Strickler
Aug 18, 2022
On August 18, 2022 God welcomed home one of His most beloved, Cynthia (Cindy) Diane Strickler. She was surrounded by so many who loved her as she passed (in fact, the hospital had to keep scolding us because there were too many of us in her room at a time). But that was Cindy; if you knew her, you couldn't...
Mildred "Millie" Trester
Aug 16, 2022
Mildred "Millie" Lucille Trester of Iola, Kansas, passed away on August 16, 2022, with family at her bedside. Millie was born in January 1949 to parents Perry and Leta Thornton-Masten in Kansas City, Missouri. Millie was preceded in death by her parents, her unborn child at birth, husband John Trester, step-son Stewart Trester, siblings, brother Harry "Butch" Thornton, sister Cheri...
Frankie Tidd
Aug 15, 2022
Franklin "Frankie" Delano Tidd, age 87, passed away Monday, August 15, 2022, at KU Medical Center in Kansas City, Kansas. Frankie was born March 9, 1935, to Frank and Elizabeth (Diebolt) Tidd at their home in Neosho Falls, Kansas. He made his home in the Neosho Falls Community where he farmed and worked all of his life. Frankie and Ina...
Shaun M. Dwyer
Aug 9, 2022
Shaun Michael Dwyer, age 55, of Wichita, Kansas, passed away August 9, 2022, at Moran Manor, Moran, Kansas. Shaun was born December 28, 1966, in Wichita, Kansas, to Clarence B. Dwyer, Jr. and Shirley (Mann) Dwyer. Shaun graduated from Derby High School, Derby, Kansas. He continued his education at Wichita State University, graduating with a bachelor's degree in psychology. Shaun...
Faron L. Wilson
Aug 7, 2022
Faron Lee Wilson, age 66, of Iola, Kansas, passed away August 7, 2022, at St. Luke's Hospital, Kansas City, Missouri. Faron was born February 21, 1956, in Iola, Kansas, to Earnest Wilson and Marcella (Tindel) Wilson. Faron graduated in 1974 from Iola High School. He worked as a farm equipment painter for Hay and Forage, Hesston, Kansas, before he retired...
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