Recent Obituaries
Jerome M. Katzer
Dec 1, 2020
Jerome M. Katzer, age 83, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Tuesday, December 1, 2020, at his home. He was born November 22, 1937, on a farm near Greeley, Kansas, the son of Tony and Anna (Egidy) Katzer. Jerry married Faye Croan on February 10, 1958, at St. John’s Catholic Church in Greeley, Kansas. This union was blessed with five...
Gladys Marie Crawford
Nov 30, 2020
Gladys Marie Crawford, age 96, passed away Monday, November 30, 2020 at Allen County Regional Hospital in Iola, Kansas.Marie was born November 7, 1924 to Silas Shelton and Lillie E. (Lowe) Morgan in Gas, Kansas. Marie was the youngest of 11 children. She attended school in LaHarpe, Kansas. She married Warren Murphey in 1940. Their union was blessed with three...
Edith Irene Correa
Nov 29, 2020
Edith I. Correa, age 78, of Kincaid, Kansas, passed away on November 29, 2020, at the Allen County Regional Hospital. Edith Irene Thompson was born July 16, 1942, at Moran, Kansas. She was the second of five children born to Wayne F. Thompson and Ida Jean (Hastings) Thompson. She grew up in Kincaid, graduating from Kincaid High School with the...
Carol J. Scheuerman
Nov 26, 2020
With her loving husband by her side, Carol June Scheuerman, age 70, passed away on November 26, 2020, at Stormont Vail Health Hospital in Topeka, Kansas, due to Covid-19 complications. Carol held a special place in so many hearts as she touched the lives of everyone she met. She will be missed by those that knew her and will be...
Wanda L. Shannon
Nov 26, 2020
Wanda L. Shannon, age 90, of Iola, Kansas passed away Thursday, November 26, 2020, at Stormont Vail Hospital, Topeka, Kansas. Wanda Lee Dockweiler was born September 7, 1930, at Nortonville, Kansas. She was the fifth of five children born to Frank Dockweiler and Anna Mae (Sebring) Dockweiler. She grew up in Atchison County, with her family living in Effingham and...
Leila Elaine Thompson
Nov 25, 2020
Leila Thompson, age 83, of Garnett, Kansas, formerly of Kincaid, Kansas, passed away on Wednesday, November 25, 2020, at Richmond Healthcare, Richmond, Kansas. She was born November 5, 1937, near Mont Ida, Kansas, the daughter of Edwin Olin and Marjorie (Steele) Welsh. Leila married Howard Thompson on May 29, 1955, at the Methodist Church in Selma, Kansas. To this union...
Vella Ann Lower
Nov 22, 2020
Vella Ann Lower, age 80, of Iola, Kansas, passed away on Sunday, November 22, 2020, at Lawrence Memorial Hospital in Lawrence, Kansas. She was born on December 18, 1939, in Garnett, Kansas, the daughter of D. Dale and Dema M. (Woods) Hobart. She met her future husband, Gary K. Lower, on a rural school bus when Vella started high school....
Steven Thomas Franklin
Nov 21, 2020
Steven Thomas Franklin, age 74, of Iola, Kansas, passed away on Saturday, November 21, 2020, at Moran Manor, Moran, Kansas. Steve was born May 6, 1946, in Junction City, Kansas, to Charles Franklin and Lillian (Stanford) Franklin. Steve graduated from the Iola High School. He and Carolyn (Wilson) Bamford Franklin were married in Iola, Kansas. Steve served his country in...
Stanley Heffernon
Nov 20, 2020
Stanley Lee "Killer" "Wolfie" Heffernon, age 79, passed away on November 20, 2020 at his home in Iola, Kansas.
Stanley was born on January 20, 1941 in Iola, Kansas to Ira S. and Mildred R. (Butler) Heffernon. He worked as a Journeyman Lineman for the majority of his career.
Stanley is preceded in death by his parents and brother.
Stanley...
Frank Johnson
Nov 20, 2020
Frank Nelson Johnson, Jr., age 89, of Yates Center, Kansas, passed away on Friday, November 20, 2020, at Yates Center Health & Rehab, Yates Center, Kansas. Frank was born October 7, 1931, in Yates Center, Kansas, to Frank N. Johnson, Sr. and Maude (Trueblood) Johnson. Frank graduated from Yates Center High School in 1950. He worked for J.C. Penney in...
Stanley Lee “Killer” “Wolfie” Heffernon
Nov 20, 2020
Stanley Lee “Killer” “Wolfie” Heffernon, age 79, passed away on November 20, 2020 at his home in Iola, Kansas. Stanley was born on January 20, 1941 in Iola, Kansas to Ira S. and Mildred R. (Butler) Heffernon. He worked as a Journeyman Lineman for the majority of his career. Stanley is preceded in death by his parents and brother. Stanley...
Johnny Lee Burns
Nov 19, 2020
Johnny Lee Burns, age 76, of Wichita, passed away on Thursday, November 19, 2020, in Wichita, Kansas. He was born September 1, 1944, in Garnett, Kansas, the son of Richard Lee and Dorothy (Sutton) Burns. Johnny joined the United States Navy in 1963, serving in the Vietnam War for four years. He married Helen Marie Henry on May 28, 1970...
Donna Lee Klauman
Nov 19, 2020
Donna Lee Klauman, age 71, of Columbus, Georgia passed away on Thursday, November 19, 2020. Donna was born on January 13, 1949, in Xenia, Kansas; the daughter of Ernest Ridge and Ruth Elizabeth Sutterby Ridge. She was raised in the greater southeastern Kansas area and received her GED from Humboldt High School in Humboldt, KS. Donna was married on July...
John William Perkins
Nov 18, 2020
John William Perkins, of Parsons, Kansas died Wednesday, November 18, 2020 at his home. He was 74 years old. He was born February 14, 1946 in Kansas City, Missouri to Dee and Claire Annice Perkins. He was born with severe cerebral palsy. He grew up on the family farm in Bronson, Kansas. John was treated like a “normal” person, engaging...
Stevie Ann Turner
Nov 15, 2020
Stevie Ann Turner, age 16, passed away on Sunday, November 15, 2020, at Stormont-Vail Hospital, Topeka, Kansas. She was born September 7, 2004, in Overland Park, Kansas, the daughter of Floyd Turner Jr. and Anna (Roberts) Turner. She was a sophomore at Seaman High School in Topeka, Kansas. Stevie was employed at Wendy’s Legacy Restaurant in Topeka, Kansas. She was...
Lois Lee Crist
Nov 14, 2020
Lois Crist, age 88, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away Saturday, November 14, 2020, at the Olathe Medical Center in Olathe, Kansas. Lois Lee Clinton was born on September 17, 1932, in Omaha, Nebraska. She was the second of three children born to William Edward Clinton and Fern Iris (Hoag) Clinton. In 1934 the family moved to Garnett to be near...
Patricia Ann Morin-Parrish
Nov 13, 2020
Patricia Ann Morin-Parrish, age 87, of Iola, Kansas, passed away November 13, 2020, at Moran Manor, Moran, Kansas. Pat was born September 4, 1933, in Altamont, Kansas, to Dewey Sailsbury and Katie (Haynes) Sailsbury. Pat graduated in 1951 from Altamont High School. Pat and Charles Morin were married December 5, 1954 in Parsons, Kansas. Charles preceded Pat in death on...
Phyllis LeVier (Jack) Warren
Nov 12, 2020
Phyllis LeVier (Jack) Warren, age 96, passed away peacefully Thursday, November 12, 2020, at Greystone Residential Care, in Iola, Kansas. Phyllis was born March 4, 1924 to Frank R. and Helen G. (LeVier) Jack in Garnett, Kansas. She attended Garnett Elementary School and graduated from Garnett High School in 1942. Phyllis furthered her education at Baker University earning her Master's...
Michael Alan Lowe
Nov 12, 2020
Mike Lowe, age 59, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Thursday, November 12, 2020, at the Olathe Medical Center in Olathe, Kansas. Michael Alan Lowe was born on January 27, 1961, in Topeka, Kansas. He was the third of four children born to James Ross and Doris Kay (Wilmore) Lowe. Mike grew up in Harveyville, Kansas where he graduated from...
Dustin Lee Dozier
Nov 12, 2020
Dustin Lee Dozier, age 33, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Thursday, November 12, 2020, at his home after battling cancer. He was born July 11, 1987, in Allen County, Kansas, the son of Mark Dozier and Shelly Springston. Dustin grew up with four younger brothers, and lived in Ottawa and Iola Kansas. He resided in Garnett, Kansas, with his...