Recent Obituaries
Dean Head
Feb 1, 2022
Dean Head, age 75, passed away Tuesday, February 1, 2022, at St. Luke's Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri. Dean was born January 30, 1947, to Thomas Andrew Head and Blanche Marie (Charlie) Head in Iola, Kansas. Dean attended school in Iola, Kansas and graduated with the class of 1966. Dean married Linda (Roush) Head on December 21, 1968 in Iola,...
Ralph Beachy
Jan 29, 2022
Ralph Beachy, age 61, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Saturday, January 29, 2022, at Richmond Healthcare and Rehab Center, Richmond, Kansas. He was born April 15, 1960, at Garnett, Kansas, the son of Alvin J. and Dora (Helmuth) Beachy. Ralph attended Mt. Ida School and worked as a farm hand for GV Cattle Company for many years. He had...
Neal Edward Brown
Jan 29, 2022
Neal Edward Brown, age 82, of Chanute, Kansas, passed away January 29, 2022, at Neosho Memorial Regional Hospital, Chanute, Kansas. Neal was born December 2, 1939, in Humboldt, Kansas, to David E. Brown and Lucille E. (Ludlum) Brown. Neal graduated from Humboldt High School, Humboldt, Kansas; he then attended and graduated from Emporia State University, Emporia, Kansas. He served six...
Wendy Rachelle "Shelly" McMurray
Jan 28, 2022
Wendy Rachelle "Shelly" McMurray, age 61, passed away Friday, January 28, 2022, at Salina Regional Hospital in Salina, Kansas. Shelly was born August 22, 1960, in Iola, Kansas, to Ralph James and Wilma Nadine (Boese) Reeder, Jr. Shelly graduated from Iola High School and attended Allen County Community College receiving a degree in psychology. She worked at Haldex Brake in...
Jim "Skip" Williams
Jan 27, 2022
Jimmie Dean "Skip" Williams, age 70, of Iola, Kansas, passed away peacefully on January 27, 2022, after a long battle with cancer at his home in rural Allen County. Skip was the oldest of two children. He was born in Joplin, Missouri on July 2, 1951. Skip graduated from Shawnee Mission North, class of 1969. He kept in touch with...
Robert "Butch" Lytle
Jan 25, 2022
Robert L. "Butch" Lytle, age 76, of Colony, passed away on Tuesday, January 25, 2022, at home, while in the care of his loving family and Good Shepherd Hospice. He was born April 1, 1945, in Garnett, Kansas, the son of Robert "Bud" and Betty (Schumaker) Lytle. Butch graduated from Garnett High School with the Class of 1963. Butch married...
Betty Vaughan
Jan 25, 2022
Betty Vaughan, age 78, of Kincaid, Kansas, passed away on Tuesday, January 25, 2022, at St. Luke's South Hospital in Overland Park, Kansas. She was born March 3, 1943, at Batavia, Arkansas, the daughter of Virgil and Alice (Siemiller) Hilton. Betty graduated from Turner High School in Kansas City, Kansas with the Class of 1961. Betty married Clifford J. Vaughan...
Lillian N. Wilcox
Jan 24, 2022
Lillian N. Wilcox, age 88, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Monday, January 24, 2022, at Residential Living Center, Garnett. She was born June 6, 1933, in Kincaid, Kansas, the daughter of Virgil and Kathryn (Henderson) Tucker. She graduated from Kincaid High School and attended Pittsburg State University. Lillian married Walter Allen Wilcox on May 31, 1954, in Garnett, Kansas....
Henry Charles Kipp
Jan 23, 2022
Henry Charles (Hank) Kipp, age 91, of Piqua, Kansas, passed away January 23, 2022, at his residence. Hank was born April 28, 1930, in Piqua, Kansas, to Henry John Kipp and Johanna (Wille) Kipp. Hank wrote his own obituary as follows: I was born in Piqua, Kansas. The youngest of eight children. I attended the Catholic grade school in Piqua,...
Vona Parker
Jan 23, 2022
Vona Joy Parker, age 65, passed away Sunday, January 23, 2022, at St. Luke's Hospital in Overland Park, Kansas. Vona was born July 20, 1956, to Kenneth and Pauline (Holstein) Ozbun in Wichita, Kansas. Vona attended Haysville Campus High and graduated with the class of 1974. She earned her Associate Degree from Allen County Community College before receiving both her...
Joe (Okie Joe) Elmenhorst
Jan 23, 2022
Joseph Henry (Okie Joe) Elmenhorst, age 91, Moran, Kansas, passed away January 23, 2022, at his residence. Joe was born December 2, 1930, in El Reno, Oklahoma, to Anton Elmenhorst and Mary Irene (Kappus) Elmenhorst. Joe attended school in Oklahoma and graduated in 1949 from Sacred Heart Catholic High School in El Reno, Oklahoma. Joe and Edna Wittrock were married...
Jim Tarter
Jan 21, 2022
Jim Tarter, age 74 of Iola, Kansas, went to be with the Lord on Friday, Jan. 21, 2022, at St. Luke's Hospital on the Plaza in Kansas City, Missouri. Jim was the oldest of six children, born in Fredonia, Kansas, on May 29, 1947. Jim graduated from Yates Center High School in 1966. He was stationed in Germany for three...
Elsie Pearl Bell
Jan 21, 2022
Elsie Pearl (Nagunst) Bell departed her earthly body on Friday, January 21, 2022, at the Life Care Center of Seneca, Kansas. She was born July 12, 1929, in Humboldt, Nebraska, to Otto C. Nagunst and Eva (Bowen) Nagunst. Later the family moved to Sabetha, Kansas. Elsie attended high school at the Colorado Bible School in Colorado Springs, Colorado. She graduated...
Emma Jean Wooten
Jan 19, 2022
Jean Wooten, age 94, formerly of Elsmore, Kansas and Pismo Beach, California passed away on January 19, 2022 at the Moran Manor. Emma Jean Bergman entered this world on July 24, 1927 in Medoc, Missouri. Over the following 94 years Jean managed to live her life to the fullest. Jean was the second of four children born to Gilbert and...
Becky Jo Walker
Jan 19, 2022
Becky Jo Walker, age 66, passed away Wednesday, January 19, 2022, at St. Luke's Hospice House in Kansas City, Missouri. Becky was born January 2, 1956, to Harold V. and Florine A. (Smith) Lundine in Iola, Kansas. She attended school at Iola High School and graduated with the class of 1974. She went on to further her education and earned...
Edward John Danford
Jan 18, 2022
Edward J. "Eddie" Danford, age 59, passed away Tuesday, January 18, 2022, near Spring Hill, Kansas in Miami County. Eddie was born September 25, 1962, to James and Shirley (Richards) Danford in Iola, Kansas. He graduated from Iola High School with the class of 1981. He enlisted in the United States Army and served for three years. Eddie worked for...
Pam Alexander
Jan 18, 2022
Pam Alexander, age 60, of Oskaloosa, Iowa, formerly of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Tuesday, January 18, 2022, at Mercy One Medical Center, in Des Moines, Iowa. She was born on May 31, 1961, in Garnett, Kansas, the daughter of Paul and Nadine (McCain) Skillman. Pam was a member of the Garnett High School Class of 1979. She married Karl...
Richard G. Callihan
Jan 18, 2022
Richard G. Callihan, age 75, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Tuesday, January 18, 2022, at his home. He was born July 6, 1946, in Green Castle, Missouri, the son of Gail and Cleo (Hamilton) Callihan. Richard graduated from Westport High School in 1967 and attended the National College graduating with a degree in A.S. in Business Administration in 1980....
William "Bill" Boyd Croghan
Jan 18, 2022
January 18, 2022, at 4:45 A.M. William "Bill" Boyd Croghan went to be with the Lord. Bill was born January 13, 1936, in Amsterdam, Missouri. He was the second of four children born to Lee and Lucy Croghan. He accepted Jesus as his Savior and was baptized at First Baptist Church in LaHarpe, Kansas. Bill graduated from LaHarpe High School,...
Joe Dustin Bland
Jan 17, 2022
Joe Dustin Bland, age 50, passed away Monday, January 17, 2022, at St. Luke's Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri. Joe was the second of three children born to Orva and Virgina (Reed) Bland on January 11, 1972. He attended school in Iola, Kansas. Joe worked in several different factories in the Southeast Kansas area before becoming a truck driver. He...