Recent Obituaries
James Anthony Miller
Jan 5, 2024
James Anthony Miller, age 25, of Richmond, Kansas, passed away on Friday, January 5, 2024, at his home. James was born on May 24, 1998, in Lawrence, Kansas. At age two, James went to live with his nana Linda and papa Dave. On November 2, 2001, James and his younger brother William went to live with Andy and Georgia Miller....
Jack L. Blevins
Jan 5, 2024
Jack Blevins, age 76, of Greeley, Kansas passed away at his home on January 5, 2024, surrounded by his loved ones. Jackie Leon Blevins was born on November 29, 1947 at Yates Center, Kansas. He was the second of six children born to Ralph Vincent Blevins and Mary Lou (Guffey) Blevins. Jack grew up in Yates Center and Colony, Kansas,...
DeDe Lynn Hammer
Jan 2, 2024
DeDe Lynn Hammer, age 54, passed away on January 2, 2024, at her home in Colony, Kansas. DeDe was born on July 2, 1969, in Kansas City, Kansas. Her parents, Orville Lavon Hammer and Patricia Lynn (Cochran) Hammer brought her home to Iola, Kansas. DeDe attended school in the area and after graduating, attended Mary Grimes School of Nursing, where...
Donna Marie Carr
Jan 1, 2024
Donna Marie Carr, age 73, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Monday, January 1, 2024, at her home, surrounded by family. She was born on August 17, 1950, in Ottawa, Kansas, the daughter of Matthew J. and Irene B. (Pickert) Feuerborn. Donna attended school at Holy Angels and graduated from Garnett High School with the class of 1968. After high...
Peggy J. Carnahan
Jan 1, 2024
Peggy Joyce Carnahan, age 90, passed away on January 1, 2024 at her home in Gas, Kansas. Peggy was born on August 4, 1933, in Allen County, Kansas, to Fred Weeks and Bertha (Dunton) Weeks. She attended school in Iola, Kansas, where she graduated high school with the class of 1952. Peggy worked an assortment of different jobs, her primary...
Brandon Michael Hamilton
Dec 31, 2023
Brandon Michael Hamilton, age 27, passed away on December 31, 2023 at his home in Olathe, Kansas. Brandon was born on May 18, 1996, in Chanute, Kansas, to Ted W. Hamilton and Belinda (Spencer) Hamilton. In his early years, he attended the Community Christian School then went on to finish middle and high school in Iola, Kansas. With his job,...
Sally Pickert
Dec 31, 2023
Sally Pickert (nee Gilstrap), of Saint Charles, Missouri, passed away Sunday, December 31, 2023 at the age of 86. Beloved wife of the late Kenneth Pickert; cherished daughter of the late Albert and Ada Gilstrap; devoted mother of the late Michael (Rita) Pickert and Diane (the late Roger) Wellman; loving grandmother of Samuel (Kali) Wellman and Jessica (Mark) Zilienski; treasured...
Helen Cassity Miller
Dec 30, 2023
Helen Cassity Miller, age 85, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Saturday, December 30, 2023, at St. Luke's South Hospital, Overland Park, Kansas. Helen was born on May 22, 1938, in Garnett, KS. She was the sixth of seven children born to W.R. "Buck" Cassity and Esther (Burlingham) Cassity. She attended school in Garnett and graduated from Garnett High School...
Kenneth Wayne Woods
Dec 26, 2023
Kenneth W. Woods, 81, of Ottawa, Kansas passed away December 26, 2023 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. Kenneth Wayne Woods was born on May 7, 1942 at Lake Charles, Louisiana, to Harry Max and Dorothy (Ginbey) Woods. The family then moved to Garnett, Kansas, where Ken spent his school age years, graduating from Garnett High School. Ken received a teaching degree...
Joel Barentine
Dec 26, 2023
Joel Chester Barentine, age 97, of Pleasanton, Kansas, passed away December 26, 2023, at Olathe Medical Center, with his son by his side. Joel was born on November 14, 1926, to Charlie and Lessie (Vermillion) Barentine, of Beebe, Arkansas, the sixteenth youngest of seventeen children. Joel was united in marriage to Dorothy Arlene Bennett on January 19, 1948, in Little...
Eddie Johnson
Dec 24, 2023
Eddie Dean Johnson, age 69, passed away on December 24, 2023, at the Allen County Regional Hospital in Iola, Kansas. Eddie was born September 12, 1954, in Colony, Kansas to Raymond H. Johnson and Virginia Douglas. He attended school in Moran, Kansas, until his high school graduation, when he joined the Kansas National Guard. He made a career as a...
Candy Fletcher
Dec 23, 2023
Candice "Candy" Annice Fletcher, age 67, passed away on December 23, 2023, at the Allen County Regional Hospital in Iola, Kansas, surrounded by the staff that had become her companions. Candy was born on February 10, 1956, in Kansas City, Kansas, to John D. Mahan and Joan L. (Schowengerdt) Mahan. She grew up in the Kansas City area. After high...
Efren Palacios
Dec 22, 2023
Efren Palacios passed away at home with his family beside him on December 22, 2023. Efren (Eddie) Palacios was born in the Philippines to Lorenzo and Maria Palacios. He had 2 sisters and 5 brothers. Eddie shared so many stories of his life in the Philippines. As a child, he loved to lay on the back of water buffalo while...
Gail E. "Tub" Ratliff
Dec 21, 2023
Gail E. "Tub" Ratliff, age 85, of Westphalia, Kansas passed away on Thursday, December 21, 2023, at The Medicalodges Iola, Kansas. Gail Edward Ratliff was born on April 7, 1938 at home in the Iantha neighborhood near Harris Kansas. He was the third of six children born to Zenn T. Ratliff and Grace Lucille "Billie" (Chitwood) Ratliff. The family moved...
Velma Horde
Dec 19, 2023
Velma Mae Horde, age 104, passed away on December 19, 2023, at YC Health and Rehab, Yates Center, Kansas. She was born on February 15, 1919 in rural Allen County, Kansas to Ben Grieve and Alice (Hockett) Grieve. Velma attended school at Silver Leaf School in Allen County. She and Willard Horde were married on August 16, 1938, in Yates...
Christina L. Culbertson
Dec 19, 2023
Christina Lee Culbertson, age 75, of Topeka, Kansas, passed away on Tuesday, December 19, 2023, at Stormont Vail Health in Topeka, Kansas. Christina was born on March 3, 1948. She grew up in Presho, South Dakota, where she was raised by her Aunt Elsie Greenwood Mang and Uncle Gus Mang until she was 13 years old. In 1961, she then...
Leslie Lyle Morgan, Jr
Dec 18, 2023
Leslie Lyle "Pete" Morgan, Jr., age 68, of Iola, Kansas passed away at his home on Monday, December 18, 2023. Pete was born March 17, 1955 at Waynesville, Missouri to Leslie Lyle Morgan and Helen (Kessler) Morgan. Pete married Sherrie Bartholomew on September 29, 1974. They were blessed with two children, Christine and Brian. They later divorced. On January 26,...
Frank James Goudy, Jr
Dec 18, 2023
Frank "Frankie" James Goudy, Jr., age 60, passed away on December 18, 2023, at Saint Luke's Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri. Frankie was born on April 3, 1963, in Atchison, Kansas, to Frank J. Goudy, Sr. and Mathilda "Jean" (Geisen) Goudy. He was one of four children. Frankie graduated from Iola High School with the class of 1981. Frankie was...
Garland Haynes
Dec 17, 2023
Garland Haynes, age 85, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Sunday, December 17, 2023, at The Mapleton Assisted Living in Andover, Kansas. He was born on February 6, 1938, in Garnett, Kansas, the son of James Alfred and Vivian M. (Dart) Haynes. Garland attended school in Garnett and graduated with the class of 1956. After high school he went directly...
Vernon G. Settlemyer
Dec 17, 2023
Vernon Glenn Settlemyer, age 90, of Neosho Falls, Kansas, passed away December 17, 2023, at Iola Medicalodges. Vernon was born April 8, 1933, in rural Neosho Falls to Ivan Settlemyer and Virginia (Dickerson) Settlemyer. Vernon and Ruth Bolinger were married on December 11, 1966. Vernon was a farmer his entire life. Vernon loved to fish, garden, and he was proud...
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