Recent Obituaries
Oren Dale Chambers
Jun 3, 2022
Oren Dale Chambers, age 83, of Overland Park, Kansas, passed away on, Friday, June 3, 2022, at Sharon Lane Health and Rehab of Shawnee, Kansas. He was born August 20, 1938 in Greenwood, Missouri, the son of James Oren and LuEllen (Harris) Chambers. He graduated from Lee's Summit High School and had some college. As an E-4 in the Army,...
Mike Casper
Jun 2, 2022
Mike Casper, age 76, passed away Thursday, June 2, 2022, at St. Francis Hospital in Wichita, Kansas. Mike was born June 18, 1945, in Chanute, Kansas, to Harold Albert and Willa Mae (Carter) Casper. He graduated from Chanute High School with the class of 1963. He married Marilyn Jones. Their union was blessed with three daughters. They later divorced. On...
Naomi G. Shearer
May 31, 2022
Naomi G. Shearer, age 85, of Merriam, Kansas, passed away on Tuesday, May 31, 2022, at Merriam Gardens, Merriam, Kansas. She was born on September 27, 1936 in Fall River, Kansas in the home of her grandparents. Naomi is the daughter of Frank N. and Elsie L. (Lyon) Shearer. She lived in Fall River and later moved to Princeton, Kansas...
Sam Hiestand
May 31, 2022
Sam Hiestand, age 91, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Tuesday, May 31, 2022, at Parkview Heights in Garnett. Danny "Sam" Hiestand was born on October 22, 1930, in Welda, Kansas. Sam was the fourth of six children born to Daniel M. and Mildred L. (Parks) Hiestand. As a young boy, Sam made the request to be Sam instead of...
Lois M. Shrum
May 29, 2022
Lois Murl Shrum was born March 18, 1930, at Glen Elder, Kansas to John August Phillip Ahlvers and Lena Mae (Dieckman) Ahlvers. She died May 29, 2022 at Residential Living Center in Garnett. She attended rural school, Glen Elder Schools, and finally Ionia High School where she graduated with the class of 1948. In 1950, she began work as a...
Donald Lester Badders
May 28, 2022
Donald Lester Badders, 85, passed into his eternal life May 28, 2022, at Parkview Heights in Garnett, Kansas. He was born December 9, 1936, near Lone Elm, Kansas, the son of Lester and Blanche Ilene (Howarter) Badders, and lived near his birthplace all his life. He went to country grade school on his pony along with others who rode or...
Dorothy M. Zornes
May 27, 2022
Dorothy M. Zornes, age 91, passed away Friday, May 27, 2022, at Webb City Health & Rehab in Webb City, Missouri. Dorothy was born on May 2, 1931, in Howard, Kansas, to Alva and Beatrice (Fudge) Cloyd. She attended school in Howard, Kansas. On August 8, 1959, Dorothy married Orval Dean Zornes. Their union was blessed with one child. Over...
Fred E. Boyles
May 27, 2022
Fred E. Boyles, age 84, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Friday, May 27, 2022, at North Pointe Skilled Nursing, Paola, Kansas. Frederick Eli Boyles Jr. was born April 10, 1938, in Garnett, Kansas, the son of Frederick Sr. and Anna Marie (Rice) Boyles. Fred graduated from Garnett High School with the class of 1955 . On June 14, 1958,...
Margaret J. "Peg" Beech
May 26, 2022
Margaret J. "Peg" Beech, age 84, passed away Thursday, May 26, 2022, at her home, in Iola, Kansas. Peg was born March 27, 1938, to Paul and Frances (Brazil) Diskin in Walnut, Kansas. She graduated with the class of 1956 from Walnut High School. Over the next decade, she was blessed with five children. She married Paul Beech in May...
Barry W. Walker
May 26, 2022
Barry Wilmoth Walker, age 78, of Colony, Kansas, passed away on Thursday, May 26, 2022, at St. Luke's Hospice House, Kansas City, Missouri. He was born May 25, 1944, in Garnett, Kansas, the son of Sim R. and Donna (Wilmoth) Walker. Barry graduated from Colony High School with the Class of 1964. He lived all of his life in the...
Charles Harley McVey, Jr.
May 25, 2022
Charles Harley McVey, Jr., age 91, passed away Wednesday, May 25, 2022, at Allen County Regional Hospital in Iola, Kansas. Charles was born on April 3, 1931, to Charles Harley and Grace May (Bartlett) McVey who farmed West of Moran, Kansas. He attended LaHarpe and Moran schools, graduating with the Moran Class of 1948. He married Phyllis Ann Ervin in...
Jack Knotts
May 25, 2022
John Joseph (Jack) Knotts, Jr., age 90, of Eureka, Kansas, passed away May 25, 2022, at Midland Hospice, Topeka, Kansas. Jack was born in Hollywood, California, on April 3, 1932, to John J. Knotts, Sr. and Esther (Dumond) Knotts. The family moved back to Yates Center, Kansas, when he was four months old. Jack attended country school in Woodson County,...
Barbara A. Foster Sherrill
May 25, 2022
Barbara A. Foster Sherrill, age 87, passed away Wednesday, May 25, 2022, at Allen County Regional Hospital in Iola, Kansas. Barbara was born August 3, 1934, to Loren and Maunita (Hines) Foster in Solomon, Kansas. In 1952, she graduated from Labette County High School. She began her college career at Labette County Community college in Parsons, Kansas. She received her...
Darryl "Joe" Hutchison
May 24, 2022
Darryl "Joe" Hutchison, age 60, passed away Tuesday, May 24, 2022, at his home in Gas, Kansas. Joe was born December 14, 1961. He worked various jobs over the years, but at the time of his passing was employed by the U.S.D. #257 School District in Iola, Kansas. He took great pride in his job and truly loved what he...
Gene Chambers
May 24, 2022
Lester Eugene (Gene) Chambers, age 93, of Iola, Kansas, passed away May 24, 2022, at the Allen County Regional Hospital, Iola, Kansas. Gene was born May 9, 1929, in Carlyle, Kansas, to Frank L. Chambers and Mildred C. (Higginbotham) Chambers. Gene graduated in 1947 from Iola High School. Gene and Naomi "Ruthie" Carpenter were married July 18, 1954, in California....
Roberta Jo Shirley
May 20, 2022
Roberta Jo Shirley, age 85, of Iola, Kansas, passed away May 20, 2022, at Country Place, Chanute, Kansas. Roberta was born November 18, 1936, in Kansas City, Missouri, to Robert Morgan and Josephine (Rues) Morgan. Roberta and Bill Shirley were married November 22, 1958, at Ft. Benning, Georgia. Roberta received her registered nursing degree from Central Texas College. She worked...
Bernita M. Berntsen
May 18, 2022
Bernita M. Berntsen, age 87, passed away Wednesday, May 18, 2022, at her home in LaHarpe, Kansas. Bernita was born on January 22, 1935, to Stephen Meiwes and Margaret (Rausch) Meiwes in Oklahoma. She married Joseph Berntsen on April 17, 1956. Their union was blessed with nine children. They made their home in rural LaHarpe, Kansas, after moving in 1965...
Ruth Mead
May 13, 2022
On Friday, May 13, 2022, Ruth Mead passed away at the age of 86 - with family and friends by her side. Ruth is survived by her four children: Mark, Dan, Kathy and John as well as close friend and partner, Daryl Utt. Ruth was born September 10, 1935, in Welda Kansas - the tenth child of twelve and last...
Glendina Young
May 13, 2022
Icel Glendina (Huss) Young (1933 - 2022) Icel Glendina Young, age 89, of Westphalia, Kansas, passed away on Friday, May 13, 2022 at Anderson County Hospital, Garnett. Born prematurely on January 15, 1933 in Goodrich, Kansas to Jake & Ruby (Dinsmore) Huss, Glendina's life began during challenging times of the depression. Three weeks before Glendina's birth, a house fire claimed...
Ashley Dawn King
May 11, 2022
Ashley Dawn King, age 34, passed away Wednesday, May 11, 2022, at her home in Iola, Kansas. Ashley was born May 15, 1987, to Kyle King and Dawn (Weseloh) Keener in Iola, Kansas. She graduated with the Iola High School Class of 2005. After graduating, Ashley furthered her education at Mary Grimes School of Nursing in Neosho County. She then...
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