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Butch Vest
Dec 12, 2021
Butch Vest, age 74, passed away Sunday, December 12, 2021, at St. John's Medical Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Butch was born August 26,1947, to Stanton P. Vest Sr. and Lorene (Willet) Vest in Iola, Kansas. He attended school in both Gas and Iola, Kansas. He worked the majority of his career as a butcher. Butch married Tonie (Dix) Vest on...
Michael A. Wharry
Dec 11, 2021
Michael Alan Wharry, age 70, of Yates Center, Kansas, passed away December 11, 2021, at his residence. Mike was born March 9, 1951, in Yates Center, Kansas, to Richard Wharry and Barbara (Morrison) Kee. Mike graduated in 1969 from Yates Center High School. He attended Emporia State University, Emporia, Kansas. Mike and Peggy Fox were married August 4, 2015, in...
Michael Paul Scheckel
Dec 9, 2021
Michael Paul Scheckel, age 37, of Princeton, Kansas, passed away on Thursday, December 9, 2021, at Advent Health Shawnee Mission. He was born on May 23, 1984, in Garnett, Kansas, the son of Lynard Scheckel and Pamela (Olsen) Scheckel. Mike attended school in Garnett before graduating from Anderson County High School. Mike worked for Scheckel Farms for several years before...
Tammy Lou Egidy
Dec 7, 2021
Tammy Felter Egidy, age 57, of Greeley, Kansas, was born the last of four children to Earl Felter Jr. and Charlotte (Ambler) Felter in Eureka, Kansas on August 31, 1964. She passed away on Tuesday, December 7, 2021, at Stormont Vail in Topeka, Kansas with her family by her side. Tammy met the love of her life, Terry Ray Egidy...
Di Magner
Dec 6, 2021
Di Magner, age 52, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Monday, December 6, 2021, at Wesley Medical Center, Wichita, Kansas. She was born January 6, 1969, in Ulysses, Kansas, the daughter of Cloyce Vern and Madgelene (Bowling) Armstrong. Di graduated from Ulysses High School with the Class of 1987, and attended Southwest Community College in Liberal, Kansas. Di married Mark...
Edward Lee Marvin
Nov 30, 2021
Edward Lee Marvin, age 87, passed away Tuesday, November 30, 2021, at Menorah Medical Center in Overland Park, Kansas. Edward was born September 24, 1934, to John H. and Vera Juanita (Wilson) in Garnett, Kansas. After high school, he attended Allen County Community College for two years before enlisting in the United States Army in 1953. He served until 1956....
Regina Marie Miller
Nov 30, 2021
Regina Marie Romig Miller, age 52, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Tuesday, November 30, 2021, at her home. She was born January 14, 1969, in Kansas City, Kansas, the daughter of Ronald and Roberta (Hill) Romig. Regina married Randall A. Miller on November 8, 1997 in Garnett. This union was blessed with one daughter, Catherine M. Miller Noland and...
Glenda Lou Funk
Nov 29, 2021
Glenda Lou (Ahlvers) Funk, age 86, of Garnett, was born the fourth of six children November 15, 1935 to John A.P. Ahlvers and Lena M. (Dieckman) Ahlvers,South of Glen Elder, Kansas in Mitchell County. She transitioned to her heavenly home on November 29, 2021, at the Residential Living Center, Garnett, Kansas. Glenda was born at home on the farm where...
Gail R. (Dick) Foster
Nov 28, 2021
Gail Richard (Dick) Foster, age 86, of Humboldt, Kansas, passed away Sunday, November 28, 2021, at Overland Park Regional Medical Center, Overland Park, Kansas, from health complications after suffering a fall at home. Dick was born September 28, 1935, in Humboldt, Kansas. to Charles Foster and Holland (Summers) Foster. He was baptized on September 28, 1935, and was a life-long...
Mrs. Peggy J. McCormick
Nov 27, 2021
Mrs. Peggy J. McCormick, age 92, of Humboldt, Kansas, passed away peacefully on Saturday, November 27, 2021. Peggy was born May 16, 1929, to John H. and Frances (La Loge) Carter in Chanute, Kansas. She graduated with the class of 1948 from Chanute High School. On October 4, 1952, Peggy married Wilber C. McCormick in Chanute. Their union was blessed...
James "Tobe" Tilton
Nov 26, 2021
James "Tobe" Tilton, age 71, of Eudora, Kansas, formerly of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Friday, November 26, 2021, at his home. He was born April 25, 1950, in Coffeyville, Kansas, the son of N.P. and Odessa (Borror) Tilton. Tobe graduated from Garnett High School with the Class of 1968. He married Maureen O'Connor on May 8, 1976 in Garnett,...
Kenneth "Kenny" D. Platt
Nov 26, 2021
Kenneth "Kenny" D. Platt, age 77, of Ottawa, Kansas, passed away on Friday, November 26, 2021, at Advent Health, Shawnee Mission, Kansas. He was born May 22, 1944, in Garnett, Kansas, the son of Emmett and Helen (Tush) Platt. Kenny graduated from Garnett High School with the Class of 1962. He attended Emporia State University. Kenny married Linda Couture on...
Jim Nixon
Nov 25, 2021
James Frederick Nixon, age 82, of LaHarpe, Kansas, passed away November 25, 2021, at the Allen County Regional Hospital, Iola, Kansas. Jim was born September 17, 1939, in Kansas City, Missouri, to Ruth (Barr) Nixon. Jim earned a college degree and worked for many years in the banking industry and later for Diebolt Lumber in LaHarpe, Kansas. Jim enjoyed talking...
Jerrie Sue "Nana" Folk
Nov 24, 2021
Jerrie Sue "Nana" Folk, age 81, passed away Wednesday, November 24, 2021, at Moran Manor, in Moran, Kansas. Jerrie was born August 2, 1940 to Edward and Pauline (Bell) Cox in Neosho Falls, Kansas. She attended school in Neosho Falls as well. She married John R. "Tom" Folk on May 9, 1957 in Iola, Kansas, at the age of 17....
John Carl Johnson
Nov 23, 2021
John Carl Johnson, age 72, of Iola, Kansas, passed away November 23, 2021, at St. Luke's Hospital, Kansas City, Missouri. John was born March 8, 1949, in Onawa, Iowa, to Willard Johnson, Sr. and Esther (Jones) Johnson. John served his country in the United States Army. John worked as a home builder designer. He and Lynnette Wulf were married February...
John Witchley
Nov 21, 2021
Leon John Witchley, Jr., age 58, formerly of Colony, Kansas, passed away November 21, 2021, at Greystone Residential Care, Iola, Kansas. John was born March 18, 1963, in Newark, New Jersey, to Leon J. Witchley, Sr. and Deanna I. (Parks) Witchley. John worked as a computer technologist for many years. John loved Harley-Davidson motorcycles and he had many great memories...
Robert Eugene Trammell
Nov 18, 2021
Robert "Bob" E. Trammell, age 76, of Uniontown, Kansas, went to his heavenly home on Thursday, November 18, 2021. His devotion to his family and his firm belief in God supported him and ultimately gave him peace. Bob was born on May 7, 1945, to Roy and Margaret (Moore) Trammell in Iola, Kansas. He graduated from Humboldt High School in...
George "Gene" Covey
Nov 15, 2021
George "Gene" Covey, age 76, passed away Monday, November 15, 2021, at Allen County Regional Hospital in Iola, Kansas. Gene was born March 2, 1945, to George Junior and Betty Loyce (Reiswig) Covey in Wichita, Kansas. Gene became a lifelong farmer in Moran, Kansas, after attending Pittsburg State University for four years. Being a farmer also included assuming many other...
Bruce Lee Powell
Nov 15, 2021
"Bruce Lee Powell, "Skip", age 78, passed away on November 15th, 2021 in El Paso, Texas. Skip was born July 31, 1943, in Toronto, Kansas, to Orval and Erma Powell. Skip was an avid golfer, hunter, and gun collector. He loved going to gun shows with his son. One of his most enjoyed unique hobbies was panning for gold. He...
Pauline Sarver
Nov 14, 2021
Pauline (Polly) Evelyn Hodge (Potts) Sarver passed away Sunday, November 14, 2021, in Bartlesville, Oklahoma at the age of 98. She was born in Gardner, Kansas to Nolan Earl Hodge and Fannie Alberta Skelly Hodge on May 21, 1923. Polly was the youngest of eleven children and the last surviving child. Growing up during the Depression, her family relocated multiple...
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