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Marilyn May

Marilyn May

Jan 18, 2021

Marilyn Helen May, age 87, of Moran, Kansas, passed away January 18, 2021, at Moran Manor, Moran, Kansas. Marilyn was born October 1, 1933, in Iola, Kansas, to Earl Houk and Opal (Sullivan) Houk. Marilyn grew-up in the farming community northwest of Moran. She graduated in 1951 from Moran Rural High School. Marilyn and Billie D. May were married January...

Susan M. Young

Susan M. Young

Jan 18, 2021

Susan M. Young, age 70, passed away Monday, January 18, 2021 at St. Luke’s Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri. Susan was born May 4, 1950 to Max P. and Wilberta L. (Ludlum) Morrison in Iola, Kansas. She graduated from Marmaton Valley High School with the class of 1968. She then furthered her education at Allen County Community College. Susan had...

Alberta L. Searcy

Alberta L. Searcy

Jan 16, 2021

Alberta L (Bert) Searcy, age 95, was born on April 7, 1925 in Chanute Kansas, and peacefully went to our Lord on January 16, 2021, at Fresno Guest Homes in Fresno, California, the daughter of John and Hazel (Wilson) Beck. Alberta married Glen Searcy on October 22, 1944, and had a son J.R. During those years she was a farm...

Patricia Lou Spencer

Patricia Lou Spencer

Jan 15, 2021

Patty Spencer, age 68, of Westphalia, Kansas passed away on Friday, January 15, 2021 after a long hard fought battle with cancer. Patricia Lou Hiestand was born on February 2, 1952 at the Anderson County Hospital in Garnett, Kansas. Patty was the third of four children born to Charles Jasper Hiestand and Georgia Mabel (Adams) Hiestand. Patty grew up on...

Violet Brownrigg

Violet Brownrigg

Jan 15, 2021

Violet (Bruce) Brownrigg passed away in peace late Friday night, January 15, 2021. Violet was born September 22, 1941, the daughter of Lyle and Aline (Stong) Bruce. She was born and grew up in Elk City, Kansas. In her teen age years, she got a job working at a local diner. This is where she met and fell in love...

John A. Fursman Jr.

John A. Fursman Jr.

Jan 14, 2021

John Anton Fursman, Jr., age 99, of Colony, died Thursday, January 14, 2021, at Garnett, Kansas. Mr. Fursman was born at the home of his grandparents Erastus Dayton Himes and Emily Thomas Himes on Pasadena Street in the Clinton Subdivision in Iola, Kansas, to John Anton Fursman, Sr. and Pearl Lillian Himes Fursman on September 13, 1921. He was the...

Donald Kieth Luedke

Donald Kieth Luedke

Jan 13, 2021

It is with deep sorrow and undying love that we announce the death of Donald Kieth Luedke on January 13, 2021, at the age of 67.  After a courageous battle with cancer, he passed at home, surrounded by his family who will continue to honor his legacy by living their lives to the fullest. Don was preceded in death by...

Carolyn Y. Powers

Carolyn Y. Powers

Jan 13, 2021

Carolyn Y. Powers, age 80, passed away Wednesday, January 13, 2021 at St. Luke’s Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri. Carolyn was born October 6, 1940 to Riley and Evelyn Eytcheson in Independence, Kansas. Carolyn married Kenneth Powers on October 5, 1974. She brought with her one daughter, Tammy. Ken had four children, Greg, Debbie, Donna, and Deanna. Ken was a...

Joseph C. Donohue

Joseph C. Donohue

Jan 13, 2021

Joe Donohue, age 81, of Greeley, Kansas, passed away on Wednesday, January 13, 2021, at Vintage Park, Osawatomie, Kansas. Joseph C. Donohue was born on August 8, 1939, on the family farm south of Greeley. Joe was the fifth of six children born to John Donohue and Anna (Landwehr) Donohue. He grew up in Greeley, graduating from Greeley High School...

Wanda Sue Edwards

Wanda Sue Edwards

Jan 13, 2021

Wanda “Sue” Edwards, age 81, passed away Wednesday, January 13, 2021 at her home in Neosho Falls, Kansas. Sue was born September 22, 1939 to Lawrence C. and Audrey A. (Baker) Horn in Iola, Kansas. Sue graduated from Iola High School with the class of 1957. She married Charles Edwards on October 6, 1957 in Iola. Their union was blessed...

Jeremy Francis

Jeremy Francis

Jan 12, 2021

Jeremy Robert Francis, age 33, of Iola, Kansas, passed away on January 12, 2021, at the Allen County Regional Hospital, Iola, Kansas. Jeremy was born July 22, 1987, in Bryan, Ohio, to Robert Francis and Theresa (Snyder) Francis. Jeremy graduated in 2006 from Bryan High School, Bryan, Ohio. He attended and graduated with an associate’s degree from Allen Community College,...

William D. Holloway

William D. Holloway

Jan 12, 2021

William (Bill) Holloway, 92, passed away Tuesday, January 12, 2021, at Guest Home Estates, in Garnett, Kansas. He was born May 14, 1928 in Washington, Kansas, the son of Milton and Elta (McCulley) Holloway. He married Betty Garrison and had two daughters, Denise and Gail. During those years, he dairied, farmed, had limousin cattle, and later worked as a surge...

Jay Daniels

Jay Daniels

Jan 12, 2021

George “Jay” Daniels, age 86, of Elsmore, Kansas, passed away on January 12, 2021, at the Kansas Heart Hospital, Wichita, Kansas. Jay was born March 23, 1934, in Neodesha, Kansas, to George F. Daniels and Olive (McCoy) Daniels. Jay graduated in 1951 from Elsmore High School. He then served in the United States Army and was stationed in El Paso,...

Ralph Adams

Ralph Adams

Jan 11, 2021

Ralph R. Adams, age 70, of Welda, Kansas, passed away on Monday, January 11, 2021, at Olathe Medical Center, Olathe, Kansas. He was born May 27, 1950, in Garnett, Kansas, the son of Homer and Helen (Fagg) Adams. Ralph graduated from Garnett High School with the Class of 1968. Ralph was an iron worker at Wolf Creek Nuclear Power Plant...

Donald Ray Welsh

Donald Ray Welsh

Jan 11, 2021

Donald R. Welsh, age 60, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Monday, January 11, 2021, at the University of Kansas Hospital. Don was born on May 9, 1960, in Garnett, Kansas. Don was the third of six children born to Gerald and LaNelle (DePoe) Welsh. He grew up on the family farm near Selma and graduated from Crest High School....

William "Bill" H. Newman

William "Bill" H. Newman

Jan 11, 2021

William (Bill) Harry Newman of Iola, Kansas transitioned to his eternal home on Monday, January 11, 2021 at St Francis Hospital, Wichita, KS. He was 83 years old. Bill was born December 1, 1937 in Iola, Kansas to the late William H. Newman and Estella Faye (Coker) Newman. He grew up in Iola and graduated from Iola High school. William...

Craig L. Holcomb

Craig L. Holcomb

Jan 10, 2021

Craig L. Holcomb, age 63, of Chanute, Kansas, formerly from Yates Center, Kansas, passed away on January 10, 2021, at Heritage Health Care, Chanute, Kansas, after a battle with Covid. In January, 2007, Craig was diagnosed with a brain tumor that required brain surgery. The brain tumor returned and he had a second brain surgery in 2010. Because of the...

Shelia Kay Sigg

Shelia Kay Sigg

Jan 8, 2021

Shelia Kay Sigg, age 66, passed away Friday, January 8, 2021, at her home in Chanute, Kansas, surrounded by her loved ones. Shelia was born January 4, 1955 in Iola, Kansas to Virgil and Katheleen (Watson) Huffered. She graduated from Marmaton Valley High school in 1973. She started her career in healthcare while still in high school. After she graduated,...

Sam Bolton

Sam Bolton

Jan 8, 2021

Samuel Bolton, age 31, of Lawrence, Kansas, passed away on Friday, January 8, 2021. Sam was born June 22, 1989 in Wichita, Kansas, but grew up in St. Libory, Nebraska. He was raised on his family’s farm, where he loved spending time with his menagerie of animals, including dogs, cats, ducks, and cows. He had a lot of interests, but...

Margaret L Dugger

Margaret L Dugger

Jan 8, 2021

Margie L. Dugger, age 97, of Garnett, Kansas passed away on Friday, January 8, 2021, at the Anderson County Hospital, Garnett. She was born August 17, 1923, in Linn County, Kansas, the daughter of William Morton and Rosalie (Burk) Jackson. Margie was the youngest in a family of 15 with 13 living to adulthood. Margie graduated from Parker High School...