Recent Obituaries
Yvonne Kettle
Apr 4, 2020
Yvonne Georgia Kettle, age 93, passed away on April 4, 2020, at her daughter’s home in Iola, Kansas. Yvonne was born in Iola, Kansas, on November 17, 1926. Her parents were George and Ruby (Cota) Trowbridge. She attended schools in Iola, Kansas (grades 1-2), Dodge City, Kansas (3-4), Fort Dodge, Kansas (5-8), Hollywood, Florida (9-10), and Pryor, Oklahoma (grade 11)...
Betty J. Madill
Apr 1, 2020
Betty J. Madill, age 89, formerly of Iola, Kansas, passed away on Wednesday, April 1, 2020, in Edmond, Oklahoma. Betty was born on March 12, 1931 to Charles S. and Lula Bernice (Cooper) Bair, on a farm east of Iola, Kansas. She grew up in Iola and attended country school. She married Ralph J. Madill on April 21, 1957 in...
Paula Mae Peterson
Mar 30, 2020
Paula Mae Peterson, age 76, passed away Monday, March 30, 2020 at Neosho Memorial Regional Medical Center in Chanute, Kansas. Paula was born March 3, 1944 to Paul and Dorothy (Lee) Keele in Iola, Kansas. Paula attended school in Iola, Kansas where she graduated from Iola High School in 1963. She married Charles Peterson in 1965. Their union was blessed...
Ona Mae Hunt
Mar 30, 2020
Ona Mae Hunt, age 90, of Garnett Kansas, passed away peacefully on Monday March 30, 2020, at Pioneer Ridge Nursing Home in Lawrence, Kansas. She was born on May 5, 1929, in Liberty, Kansas, the daughter of Dr. Reinhard Rorig M.D. originally of Bad Wildugen, Germany and Elizabeth Josephine Stemmer of Liberty, Kansas. She graduated from high school and attended...
Mr. Kenneth E. Sprague
Mar 29, 2020
Kenneth Sprague, beloved Father and Brother, was called to his eternal resting place on March 29, 2020, ninety years and eight days after his birth date of March 21, 1930, in Lone Elm, Kansas. Born to Arzy and Hazel (Beal) Sprague. He is preceded in death by his parents, wife of forty-one years, Nancy (Stokes) Sprague, sisters, Lorene Camp-Webster, Vera...
Joyce Stokes
Mar 29, 2020
Belva “Joyce” Stokes, age 76, of Humboldt, Kansas passed away at her home on Sunday, March 29, 2020. Joyce was born on July 19, 1943 to Ernest and Chloe (Toadman) Appling in Iola, Kansas. She attended high school at LaHarpe High School, LaHarpe, Kansas. She married Charles Stokes on September 27, 1962 in Iola. Their union was blessed with four...
Carl L Webb
Mar 26, 2020
Carl L. Webb, age 94, of Iola, Kansas, went home to be with the Lord on Thursday, March 26, 2020. Carl was born to Ernest and Bertha (Larkey) Webb on December 31, 1926, in Iola, Kansas. He graduated from Iola High School and joined the U.S. Navy, December 1944. Carl returned to Iola from the Navy in August 1946. After...
Lewis B. Simpson
Mar 25, 2020
Lewis B. Simpson, age 66, passed away Tuesday, March 25, 2020 at Research Medical Center in Kansas City, Missouri. Lewis was born May 13, 1954 to William L. Simpson and Melba (Burris) Shields in Iola, Kansas. He attended school in Parsons, Kansas. After school, Lewis joined the army. From 1972 to 1976, he was stationed in Germany and Ft. Hood,...
Vesta L. Danielson
Mar 24, 2020
Vesta Lynn (Hoseney) Danielson, age 82, of Iola, KS passed away Tuesday, March 24, 2020 at Heartland Meadows in Iola. Vesta was born February 11, 1938 to Russell and Velma (Riggs) Hoseney in Coffeyville, KS. Vesta graduated from Field McKinley High School (Coffeyville, KS) in 1955. She earned her RN in 1958 from Mission Baptist Hospital School in St. Louis,...
Earl J. Riebel
Mar 23, 2020
Earl J. Riebel, age 91, of LaHarpe, Kansas, passed away on March 23, 2020, at Heritage Health Care in Chanute, Kansas. Earl was born on March 23, 1929, in Westphalia, Kansas to Joseph and Flora (Decker) Riebel. He grew up in the Westphalia area, attending school there. Earl grew up playing baseball and later transitioned to fast pitch softball. He...
Ervin Buller
Mar 21, 2020
Ervin Buller, age 81, of Moran, Kansas, victoriously entered Heaven on Saturday, March 21, 2020, at Moran Nursing Home in Moran, Kansas. Ervin was born on November 2, 1938, on the family farm near Montezuma, Kansas. Ervin was the fourth of eight children born to Henry and Eva (Schmidt) Buller. He attended school in Montezuma. Ervin came to know Jesus...
Velva Wilson
Mar 20, 2020
UPDATE: Memorial services for Richard and Velva Wilson will be held at 10:30 AM on Monday, December 28, 2020, at the First Christian Church in Garnett, Kansas. Velva LaRee Wilson, age 90 of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Friday, March 20, 2020, at Richmond Healthcare and Rehab, Richmond, Kansas. She was born on October 5, 1930, in Moreland, Kansas, the...
Gracie B. Blakesley
Mar 18, 2020
Gracie B. Blakesley, age 92, a resident of Welda, Kansas, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, March 18, 2020, at Olathe Hospice House in Olathe, Kansas. She was born on October 27, 1927, in Clapham, New Mexico, the daughter of John Arthur and Frances (Harrison) Allen. Gracie’s family then moved to Fargo, Oklahoma, where she grew up on the family farm....
Richard "Dick" Wilson
Mar 17, 2020
Richard “Dick” Wilson, age 91, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Tuesday, March 17, 2020, at Richmond Healthcare and Rehab, Richmond, Kansas. He was born on March 3, 1929, in Protection, Kansas, the son of Charles Beacon and Alice Faith (Cook) Wilson. He joined the United States Navy in 1945 and served for 3 and ½ years. Dick married Velva...
Lyle Wayne Bartholomew
Mar 16, 2020
Lyle Wayne Bartholomew, age 65, of Iola, Kansas, passed away on March 16, 2020, at KU Medical Center in Kansas City, Kansas. Lyle was born February 1, 1955, in Iola, Kansas, to John Bartholomew and Eddie LaVonne (Sisson) Bartholomew. Lyle graduated in 1973 from Uniontown High School, Uniontown, Kansas. Lyle and Linda Sutton Beeman were married April 7, 1984, in...
LaFaun "Mom" Cranor
Mar 15, 2020
LaFaun “Mom” Cranor, age 91, of Iola, Kansas, passed away Sunday, March 15, 2020, at Windsor Place of Iola, in Iola, Kansas. LaFaun was born November 23, 1928, to John and Zona Yehle in Hutchinson, Kansas. She graduated from high school in Hutchinson, Kansas. After high school, she began working at Western Maid making pickles, peanut butter, and apple butter....
Robert "Sonny" A. Gregg
Mar 13, 2020
Robert A. “Sonny” Gregg, age 90, of Princeton, Kansas, passed away on Friday, March 13, 2020, at Richmond Healthcare in Richmond, Kansas. He was born September 12, 1929, in Bush City, Kansas, the son of Emmitt and Eva (Ashburn) Gregg. Sonny attended Garnett High School and began serving in the United States Air Force for four years. Robert married Naomi...
Carol Jean Rhodus
Mar 10, 2020
Carol Jean Rhodus, age 76, of Iola, Kansas, passed away March 10, 2020, at Windsor Place in Iola. Carol was born January 27, 1944, in Wichita, Kansas, to Martin Lueker, Jr. and Emma Weiss Lueker. Carol attended Lutheran Grade School in Wichita, Kansas. She graduated from Iola High School in 1962. She graduated Pittsburg State College in Pittsburg, Kansas, with...
Cecelia Rose Malloy
Mar 10, 2020
Cecelia Rose (King) Malloy, age 62, passed away Tuesday, March 10, 2020 at her home. Cecelia was born July 26, 1957, to Edward and Elizabeth “Bessie” (Prescher) King. She attended school in Yates Center, Kansas, and graduated in 1975 from Yates Center High School. She went on to further her education at Allen Community College in Iola, Kansas. Cecelia was...
Greg E. Mader
Mar 9, 2020
Gregory Eugene Mader, age 56, of Richmond, Kansas, died Monday, March 9, 2020, on the farm. He was born on December 15, 1963, the ninth child of Joe and Juliana (Lickteig) Mader. Greg was a lifelong resident of Anderson County. Greg graduated from Garnett High School in 1982, he was a quiet, gentle man. He was a lifelong farmer and...
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