Obituaries

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Beverly Ann Murrill

Beverly Ann Murrill

Sep 30, 2022

Beverly Ann Murrill, age 88, of Humboldt, Kansas, passed away September 30, 2022, at Country Place, Chanute, Kansas. Beverly was born June 30, 1934, in Girard, Kansas, to John C. Zeibert and Bernice (LaRue) Zeibert. Beverly graduated in 1952 from Arma High School, Arma, Kansas. She and Tom Murrill were married September 26, 1953, in Franklin, Kansas. Beverly and Tom...

Janice Jeane Heslop

Janice Jeane Heslop

Sep 26, 2022

Janice Jeane Heslop, age 79, formerly of Neosho Falls, Kansas, unexpectedly passed away September 26, 2022, at KUMC, Kansas City, Kansas. She was surrounded by her loving family. Jan was born August 2, 1943, in Beloit, Kansas, to Chester A. Johnson and Edna F. (Martin) DeVader. After her father died, Jan's mother married Francis DeVader, who cared for and helped...

Betty L. Zink

Betty L. Zink

Sep 24, 2022

Betty Lucille Zink, age 95, of Iola, Kansas, passed away September 24, 2022, at Heartland Meadows, Iola, Kansas. Betty was born January 24, 1927, in Iola, Kansas, to John W, Parker and Flora M. (Schuster) Parker. Betty graduated in 1944 from Iola High School. She and D. Duane Zink were married June 5, 1948. Duane passed on February 28, 2008....

Cheryl S. Riebel

Cheryl S. Riebel

Sep 24, 2022

Cheryl Sue Riebel, age 67, of LaHarpe, Kansas, passed away September 24, 2022, St. Luke's South, Overland Park, Kansas. Cheryl was born December 11, 1954, in Ellsworth, Kansas, to James Cooper and Patsy (Burris) Shears. Cheryl graduated in 1972 from Iola High School. She and Ron Riebel were married September 23, 1972, at St. John's Catholic Church in Iola, Kansas....

Ivan Dale "Bubba" Goins

Ivan Dale "Bubba" Goins

Sep 23, 2022

Ivan Dale "Bubba" Goins, age 63, of Colony, Kansas, passed away on Friday, September 23, 2022, at his home. Dale was born on September 1, 1959, in Garnett, Kansas. He was the second of three children born to Ivan L. and Yvonne (Cleaver) Goins. Dale entered the U.S. Navy in 1976, and earned his GED while in the service. He...

Billy Alan Doolittle

Billy Alan Doolittle

Sep 20, 2022

William (Billy) Alan Doolittle, age 47, of LaHarpe, Kansas, passed away September 20, 2022, at Salina Regional Heath, Salina, Kansas. Billy was born September 10, 1975, in Iola, Kansas, to Bill Doolittle and Patricia (Wright) Doolittle. Billy attended school in Iola, Kansas. Billy worked for SEKAN Asphalt and then for Bettis Asphalt, for Keith Keller in construction, D & E...

Marlene K. Stephens

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...