Recent Obituaries
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
Mamie M. Pedrow
Jan 6, 2021
Mamie Maxine Pedrow, age 95, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Wednesday, January 6, 2021, at Residential Living Center in Garnett, Kansas. She was born on September 7, 1925, at Wynona, Oklahoma, the daughter of Everett and Laura (Tindle) Pitts. Her family moved to the Lone Elm area, where she attended grade school at Waiter and Highland grade schools, and...
Evelyn L. Wedeman
Jan 2, 2021
Evelyn L. Wedeman, age 104, of Parkview Estates in Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Saturday, January 2, 2021 in Garnett, Kansas. She was born on July 11, 1916, in Braddock, North Dakota, the daughter of Johon and Marie (Popp) Swanson. Evelyn was the 7th of 8 children, having 3 brothers and 4 sisters. In the Fall of 1930, she met...
Ken Miller
Jan 2, 2021
Ken Miller, age 54, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Saturday, January 2, 2021, at his home. He was born May 25, 1966, in Olathe, Kansas, the son of Everett and Betty (Cook) Miller. Ken joined the U.S. Navy serving from 1985 to 1998, during Desert Storm and the Cold War. Ken married Michelle Rentmeester on October 19, 1990 in...
Velma Marie Pretzer
Jan 2, 2021
Velma Marie (Martin) Pretzer entered into the earthly world on June 7, 1929 into the arms of her parents Wilson and Nannie (Brubaker) Martin. She departed to her eternal life on January 2, 2021. Her early years were spent on a farm near Welda, Kansas where she was the 4th of 12 children. Soon after her graduation from Welda High...
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