Recent Obituaries
Darlene (Doll) Burton
Dec 16, 2023
Dannie Darlene Burton, age 84, of Humboldt, Kansas passed away peacefully on December 16, 2023, at her home. Darlene was born in La Harpe, Kansas, to George Wilson and Dannie J. (Gregg) Wilson on November 29, 1939, the very middle child of thirteen children. She attended Iola and Gas City schools throughout her childhood, finishing with her GED at Allen...
Rex Allen Wilper
Dec 13, 2023
Rex Allen Wilper, age 66, passed away on December 13, 2023, at Research Medical Center with family at his side. Rex was born on February 12, 1957, in Ottawa, Kansas to Charles and Rita Burroughs Wilper, the second of eight children. He attended grade school in Harris, Kansas, and graduated from Garnett High School in 1975. Immediately following graduation, he...
John Elmer
Dec 12, 2023
John Elmer, age 85, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Tuesday, December 12, 2023, at his home. John Edward Elmer was born on January 21, 1938, in Kansas City, Kansas. He was the eighth of twelve children born to Francis and Marjorie Dell (Phipps) Elmer. His family moved to Paola in 1944, John graduated from Paola High School. John began...
John B. Wolken
Dec 9, 2023
John B. Wolken, age 82, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Saturday, December 9, 2023, at Parkview Heights in Garnett. John was born on December 12, 1940, at Greeley, Kansas. He was the youngest of seven children born to August and Gertrude (Lanzrath) Wolken. John grew up near Greeley, attending St. John's school and then graduating from Greeley High School...
Kelly Reynold Rockers
Dec 8, 2023
Kelly Rockers, 39, of Scipio, Kansas, passed away unexpectedly from natural causes on Friday, December 8, 2023. He was born in Paola, Kansas on August 10, 1984 to Ben and Katie (Wiederholt) Rockers. As his parents drove to the hospital on the day Kelly was born, they noticed the road was lined with little blue Kansas wildflowers. His dad knew...
Charles Stanley
Dec 6, 2023
Charles Andrew "Chuck" Stanley, age 86, of Centerville, Kansas, passed away peacefully at his home on Wednesday, December 6, 2023. Chuck was born at home on April 19, 1937, in Garfield, Arkansas, the son of Byrdsell Andrew and Freda Alma (Reddick) Stanley. Chuck's family lived in Arkansas until moving to Exeter, Missouri when he was around 10 years old. In...
Charlotte Y. Roberts
Dec 5, 2023
Charlotte Roberts, age 88, of Greeley, Kansas, passed away on Tuesday, December 5, 2023, at Rock Creek Care Home in Ottawa, Kansas. She was born on March 14, 1935, to John "Jack" and Ethel (Smethers) Carr in Kincaid, Kansas. Charlotte was united in marriage to Earl G. Roberts on September 9, 1954, in Bush City, Kansas. This union was blessed...
Joanne McIntyre
Dec 5, 2023
Joanne McIntyre, age 92, of Iola, Kansas, passed away December 5, 2023, at Greystone Assisted Living, Iola, Kansas. Joanne was born December 30, 1930, in Streator, Illinois, to Frederick Grant Foster and Nellie May (Daniels) Foster. She was raised by her aunt, Mary Madeline (Foster) Harris. Joanne graduated in 1948 from Iola High School. She and Harold E. McIntyre were...
Jack F. Leake
Dec 1, 2023
Jack Franklin Leake, age 71, of Iola, Kansas, passed away December 1, 2023, at his residence. Jack was born October 15, 1952, in Colony, Kansas. Jack graduated in 1971 from Marmaton Valley High School, Moran, Kansas. He and Laurie Witchley were married February 21, 1980, in Iola, Kansas. Jack worked as a machine operator for Gates Rubber Company for 27...
Brenda Herrington
Nov 29, 2023
Brenda Darlene Herrington, age 73, of Humboldt, Kansas, passed away November 29, 2023, at Arrowood Lane Assisted Living, Humboldt, Kansas. Brenda was born March 2, 1950, in Butler, Missouri, to Herbert Dotson and Betty (Parker) Divonne. Brenda worked many years as a certified nurses' aid, retiring in 2004. Brenda enjoyed working with the elderly and caring for them. She loved...
Larry Carl Jennings
Nov 26, 2023
Larry Carl Jennings, age 72, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Sunday, November 26, 2023, at his home, under hospice care. Born on May 31, 1951, in Charleston, West Virginia, Larry was the third of three children born to Dimp Carl Jennings and Ernestine (Robinson) Jennings. Larry grew up in Elkview, West Virginia attending school there. Following school he relocated...
Don Wayne Miller
Nov 25, 2023
Don Wayne Miller of Livingston, Texas, died Saturday November 25, 2023, at his home. He was born on March 19, 1953, in Garnett Kansas, to Don Wayne Miller and Harrietta Dunlap. I knew a man named Don Miller. He stood at 5'8"; a man to still look up to. He was true-blue, tough, fiery, and gentle all at the same...
Michael L. Carpenter
Nov 24, 2023
Michael L. Carpenter, age 54, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away unexpectedly at his home on Friday, November 24, 2023. Michael was born to Harold and Karen (Lierz) Carpenter on June 22, 1969, in Kansas City, Kansas. During his youth years, his parents moved to Iola, Kansas, where he attended school and graduated from Iola High. After high school, he began...
Mary Finkenbinder
Nov 21, 2023
Mary Adams Finkenbinder, age 103, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away Tuesday, November 21, 2023. Mary Lucinda Patton was born on June 5, 1920 at Garnett, Kansas. She was the only child born to Joe and Kathryn (Blum) Patton. Mary grew up on a farm east of Garnett and graduated from Garnett High School. Following high school, Mary taught school in...
Bonnie Rook
Nov 17, 2023
Bonnie J. Rook, age 82, of Welda, Kansas passed away on Friday, November 17, 2023 at the Residential Living Center, Garnett, Kansas. Bonnie Jean Culler was born on November 9, 1941 at Ottawa, Kansas. She was the fourth of four children born to Robert and Clara (Murray) Culler. Bonnie and her twin sister, Bettie were fortunate to have the care...
Deloris Marie Hummel
Nov 16, 2023
Deloris "Dee" Hummel, age, 90, passed away peacefully at Medicalodges-Iola, in Iola, Kansas on November 16, 2023. Deloris Marie Wells was born to Henry and Edna (Creviston) Wells on May 5, 1933, in Basset, Kansas. Dee spent her youth life in LaHarpe and attended school there until moving to California in her early adult life. After a few years there...
Gerald (Jerry) Davis
Nov 14, 2023
Gerald Allen (Jerry) Davis, age 87, of Iola, Kansas, passed away November 14, 2023, at Moran Manor, Moran, Kansas. Gerald was born July 10, 1936, in rural Redfield, Kansas, to Albert (Bert) Davis and Wilma (Boone) Davis. Gerald graduated in 1954 from Uniontown High School, Uniontown, Kansas. He and Marilyn Stanley were married October 1, 1983, in Iola, Kansas. Gerald...
Deborah Ann Chriestenson
Nov 12, 2023
Deborah Ann Chriestenson, age 69, passed away peacefully in her sleep on November 12,2023, at her home in Neosho Falls, Kansas. Deborah was born on September 29, 1954 in Kansas City, Missouri, and was raised in Iola, Kansas by her grandparents, Frank and Marguerite Dennison. Following graduation from Iola High she joined the United States Army. She attended Mary Grimes...
Richard D. Doty
Nov 12, 2023
Richard D. Doty, 94, of Garnett, Kansas passed away on Sunday, November 12, 2023, at the Anderson County Hospital Residential Living Center in Garnett, Kansas. Richard Douglas Doty was born June 12, 1929, at the Salvation Army Hospital in Wichita, Kansas. He went to live with Harold and Erma (Bean) Doty on August 12, 1929, and his adoption was finalized...
Larry G. Foster
Nov 9, 2023
Larry Gene Foster, age 80, passed away November 9, 2023, at his home in rural Iola surrounded by family. He was born on Armistice Day, November 11, 1942 at St. John's Hospital, Iola, Kansas, the son of Benjamin Thurston and Grace Martha (Cornell) Foster. He attended rural schools in Allen County, Kansas, and later LaHarpe High School, LaHarpe, Kansas and...
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