Recent Obituaries

Doris Rosalee Heslop Nelson

May 30, 2025

Doris "Rosalee" Heslop Nelson, 86, of El Dorado, Kansas, passed away peacefully on May 31, 2025 in Parker, Colorado.

Doris Rosalee Clark was born on April 30, 1939, in Gas City, Kansas, to Harley and Charlene (Saling) Clark.

Rosalee spent her early childhood in Missouri before returning to Kansas, where she graduated from Iola High School. Throughout her...

Merle Honaker

May 30, 2025

Merle K. Honaker, age 83, of Dewey, Oklahoma, passed away on Friday, May 30, 2025, in Bartlesville, Oklahoma.

Merle Kenneth Honaker was born on August 14, 1941, in Earlton, Kansas. He was the fifth of seven children born to Kenneth L. Honaker and Opal Ruth (Gamble) Honaker. Merle graduated from Elsmore High School with the class of 1959. Following graduation,...

Brenda L. Williams

May 29, 2025

Brenda L. Williams, age 68, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away May 29, 2025, at Olathe Medical Center, Olathe, Kansas.

Brenda was born on December 14, 1956, to George Martz and bonus mom Emma (Sharp) Martz in Kansas City, Kansas. She graduated from Shawnee Mission West with the Class of 1975.

Shortly after graduation, Brenda married Steven Guernsey, and together they were blessed...

Richard Drain

May 28, 2025

Richard Ralph Drain, age 70, passed away at Saint Luke's on the Plaza in Kansas City, Missouri on May 28, 2025.

Richard was born on April 12, 1955 in Colony, Kansas, to Charles and Dorothy (Karr) Drain. He was in the last class of eighth graders that graduated from the elementary school in Piqua, Kansas. He then attended school at...

David Allan Marple

May 27, 2025

David Allan Marple, age 82, of Iola, Kansas, passed away May 27, 2025, at Heritage Health Care, Chanute, Kansas. David was born November 3, 1942, in Moran, Kansas, to Roy Marple and Violet (Armantrout) Marple.

David graduated in 1962 from Iola High School. He joined the United States Army and served his country in Vietnam.

David lived at Heritage Health Care since...

Cecelia M. Orcutt

May 24, 2025

Cecelia Maureen (Percival) Orcutt, age 79, of Iola, Kansas, passed away Saturday morning, May 24, 2025, at Heartland Meadows in Iola. She was born January 14, 1946, in the Salina, Kansas, area, a daughter of the late Daryl and Kathleen (Anderson) Percival.

Cecelia moved with her family to Mission, Kansas, in 1958, and in 1964, graduated from Shawnee Mission East...

Brownie Hermreck

May 23, 2025

Brownie Hermreck, age 91, of rural Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Friday, May 23, 2025 at The Meadows in Burlington, Kansas.

Brownie Guy Hermreck was born on January 18, 1934 at Richmond, Kansas to Lee and Clara (Brown) Hermreck. Brownie grew up on a farm west of Richmond and graduated from Richmond High School. Following school he served in...

Donnie Dale McDonald

May 22, 2025

Donnie Dale McDonald drew his last breath at 4:00 PM, Thursday May 22, 2025 at Stormont Vail Hospital in Topeka, Kansas, surrounded by his loved ones.

Donnie was born to Steve and Mary McDonald on March 11, 1976 in Iola Kansas. It was soon realized that Donnie was exceptional and had special needs. Donnie was forever young and spent...

Mary Lou O'Brien

May 21, 2025

Mary Lou O'Brien, age 93, of St. Paul, Kansas, passed away May 21, 2025, at home. Mary Lou was born July 30, 1931, in Elsmore, Kansas, to Harold A. Swanson and Hannah Elida (Lindstrom) Swanson.

Mary Lou graduated in 1949 from Elsmore High School. She married Robert Fronk and he passed in 1969. Mary Lou then married W.F. O'Brien, Jr....

Evelyn Lay

May 21, 2025

Evelyn Marie (Hoffman) Lay, longtime Iola resident, passed away May 21, 2025, in Iola, Kansas. She was born December 2, 1928, in Kanopolis, Kansas, at the home of her parents, Michael Joseph Hoffman and Talitha Jane "Jennie" (Clark) Hoffman.

After completing Kanopolis High School in 1946, she attended Brown-Mackie Business College in Salina, Kansas. She met her future husband, Calvin...

Bryant Wilson Uhlrich

May 16, 2025

Bryant Wilson Uhlrich, forever 15, of Moran, Kansas passed away on Friday, May 16, 2025.

Bryant was born on January 20, 2010 in Olathe, Kansas, to Daniel "Dan" Uhlrich and Jeanie (Arnold) Barrere. He attended Marmaton Valley High School and had just completed his freshman year. Bryant was a very active student, participating in football, basketball, track and field, Future...

Gary Chandler

May 16, 2025

Gary Chandler, age 70, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Friday, May 16, 2025, at Richmond Healthcare in Richmond, Kansas.

He was born on January 15, 1955, the eldest child, to Laurence Chandler and Coleen (Lickteig) Hurley in Ottawa, Kansas. Gary attended school in Garnett and graduated from Garnett High with the Class of 1973. He attended Kansas State University for...

Rebecca "Becky" Adair

May 11, 2025

Rebecca "Becky" Lynn Adair, age 40, passed away at Allen County Regional Hospital in Iola, Kansas, on May 11, 2025.

Becky was born on April 14, 1985, in Olathe, Kansas to Danny Rankin and Sharon Hall. When Becky was a teen, she met her now-sister, Kirsten Lynn McCubbin.

In her twenties, Becky married Robin Lee Adair, the father of their...

Terry Anderson

May 6, 2025

TERRY J. ANDERSON

On January 29, 1936, Terry Joe Anderson was born at Ottawa, Kansas to Clarence Hobert Anderson and Erma Alberta (Timberlake) Anderson. Being born on "Kansas Day" Terry considered himself a "True Kansan". Terry passed from this world on Tuesday, May 6, 2025.

Terry graduated from Garnett High School with the Class of 1954 and was President of...

Jacob Kale

May 3, 2025

Jacob "Jake" Nathaniel Kale, age 26, passed away in Mulberry, Kansas on May 3, 2025.

Jake was born on January 26, 1999 in Colorado Springs, Colorado, to Kenneth and Stacey Kale. In 2005, the family moved to Jake's great-grandparent's, Keith and Norene Hobart's, homeplace of Moran, Kansas. From the fourth grade on, Jake attended Marmaton Valley schools and graduated in...

Laura Davis

May 1, 2025

Laura M. Davis, age 88, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Thursday, May 1, 2025, at AdventHealth Shawnee Mission.

She was born on August 13, 1936, in Garnett, Kansas, the second of four children born to Frank and Clara (Mader) Sobba. Laura attended school at Spring Branch Elementary, graduating from Garnett High School with the Class of 1954.

Laura was united in...

Donald E. "Toby" Trowbridge

Apr 27, 2025

It is with the deepest sadness that I share the passing of my father Donald "Toby" Trowbridge, a longtime resident of Humboldt, Kansas. Dad left us on April 27, 2025, at the age of 91 years young.

He was born on August 8, 1933, in Delta, Colorado and grew up in Hotchkiss, Colorado. He was a Korean war veteran and...

Douglas "Doug" Ellison

Apr 26, 2025

Douglas "Doug" Wayne Ellison, age 67, passed away at his home in rural Allen County, Kansas on April 26, 2025.

Doug was born on October 8, 1957, in Chanute, Kansas to Don and Lorene (Mowry) Ellison. He grew up and attended school in Humboldt, Kansas, graduating with the class of 1975.

Shortly after graduating high school, Doug went to work...

Charles Keith Valentine

Apr 26, 2025

Charles Keith Valentine, age 80, passed away on April 26. 2025, at Allen County Regional Hospital. Keith was born second of seven children to Virgle and Onella (Gumfory) Valentine on July 12, 1944, in Iola, Kansas.

Keith graduated from Iola High School. He joined the Navy and served in Vietnam from 1961 to 1965.

Keith enjoyed camping, fishing, and hunting....

Leona Huettenmueller

Apr 23, 2025

It is with great sadness that the family of Leona Marie Huettenmueller, 86, announce her passing on April 23, 2025. She was born to the late Hubert and Agnes Lickteig, in Greeley, Kansas on August 26, 1938. She grew up on their farm in Greeley the fourth of six children: two brothers, Norman and Roy; and three sisters, Lorene (Giles),...