Obituaries

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Ronald W. Mersman

Ronald W. Mersman

Dec 31, 2019

Ronald W. Mersman, age 76, of Scipio, Kansas, passed away on Tuesday, December 31, 2019, at Parkview Heights in Garnett, Kansas. Ron was born on April 1, 1943, at Garnett, Kansas. He was the first of four children born to Ralph and Florence (Wolken) Mersman. Ron grew up on the family farm near Scipio, Kansas and graduated from Garnett High...

Edna M Peck

Edna M Peck

Dec 30, 2019

Edna Peck, age 94, passed away on Monday, December 30, 2019, surrounded by her family. Edna Marie Morris was born on December 16, 1925, in rural Galesburg, Kansas. She was the first of nine children born to James Oliver and Josephine (Dawson) Morris. Edna grew up in the Stark and Porterville area, attending country schools. In 1943 Edna married Kenneth...

Aimee Sue Billingsley

Aimee Sue Billingsley

Dec 28, 2019

Aimee Sue Billingsley, age 72, of Iola, Kansas, died Saturday, December 28, 2019 at Allen County Regional Hospital, Iola, Kansas. Aimee was born on October 6, 1947 in Moran, Kansas to Harry and Prudence (Lower) Fronk. Aimee graduated from Iola High School in 1968. After graduating, she attended Pittsburg State University. She worked for many years as an addiction therapist....

Edna Ruth Boots

Edna Ruth Boots

Dec 27, 2019

Edna Ruth Mitchell Boots passed away Friday, December 27, 2019, at The Parke Assisted Living in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Edna was born in Westphalia, Kansas on March 30, 1924, the oldest of three children born to Edwin and Pearl (Lankard) Mitchell. After high school in Westphalia, Kansas, Edna taught school at Glenwood School in Coffey County, Kansas for two years. During...

Bill Owens

Bill Owens

Dec 27, 2019

Bill Owens, 84, of rural Humboldt, Kansas, died Friday, December 27, 2019, at Windsor Place of Iola. William E. Owens was born December 14, 1935, in Gas City, Kansas. Bill was the first of four children born to Clyde and Martha (Bulk) Owens. He grew up in Humboldt, graduating from Humboldt High School. Following school, Bill entered the US Army...

Marlene Setter

Marlene Setter

Dec 26, 2019

Marlene Marie (Carr) Setter, age 83, of Lawrence, Kansas, passed away on December 26, 2019, at her home. Marlene was born on September 30, 1936, in Garnett, Kansas. Marlene was one of four children born to Clyde and Esther Carr. She remained close to her siblings Joan, James, and Richard throughout her lifetime. Marlene grew up in Garnett, graduating from...

Alice I Hood

Alice I Hood

Dec 23, 2019

Alice Irene Hood, age 94, of Iola, Kansas, passed away on Monday, December 23, 2019 at Allen County Regional hospital, Iola. She was born January 11, 1925, on her grandparents’ farm in Milford, Iowa, the daughter of Chester and Valborg (Nelson) Blunt. Alice graduated from Terrill High School, in Terrill, Iowa, then attended the American Institute of Business before finishing...

Madeleine R. Klein

Madeleine R. Klein

Dec 22, 2019

Madeleine Klein, age 78, of Garnett, Kansas passed away peacefully, surrounded by her family on Sunday, December 22, 2019, at the St. Luke’s Hospice House, Kansas City, Missouri. Madeleine Rose Glenn was born on August 30, 1941, in Kansas City, Kansas. Madeleine was the second of three daughters born to Eugene and Margaret (Martinac) Glenn. She grew up in the...

Jay Dean Bodenhamer

Jay Dean Bodenhamer

Dec 18, 2019

Jay D. Bodenhamer, age 85, of Greeley, Kansas, passed away on Wednesday, December 18, 2019, at the Anderson County Hospital in Garnett, Kansas. Jay Dean Bodenhamer was born on August 15, 1934, in Greeley, Kansas. Jay was the fourth of six children born to Hylas Luther and Leona (Reed) Bodenhamer. Jay grew up in Greeley and graduated from Greeley High...

Bob Burns

Bob Burns

Dec 18, 2019

PLEASE NOTE CHANGE TO LOCATION: ***A Memorial Service with Military Honors will be held at 2:00 PM on Saturday, December 28, 2019, at the Hepler Community Center, 105 N. Prairie Ave. Hepler, KS 66746.*** Bob Burns, age 92, of Iola, Kansas, passed away on Wednesday, December 18, 2019, at Allen County Regional Hospital, Iola. Bob was the second of two...

Mary Rose Adams

Mary Rose Adams

Dec 18, 2019

Mary Rose Katzer Adams, age 87, of Overland Park, Kansas, peacefully passed away in her sleep on Wednesday, December 18, 2019 at Glenwood Village of Overland Park, Kansas. Mary was born July 24, 1932, to Rudolph and Rose Katzer in Greeley, Kansas. She married Alvin Michael (Mike) Adams on April 14, 1956, in Kansas City, Missouri. This union was blessed...

Ron Hargiss

Ron Hargiss

Dec 17, 2019

Ronnie Lee Hargiss, age 66, of Moran, Kansas, passed away Tuesday, December 17, 2019, at his home. Ron was born November 29, 1953, in St. Louis, Missouri to Dortha Hargiss. Ron graduated from Marmaton Valley High School. He worked as a machine operator at Klein Tools for 25 years. He then worked at B&W running the lasers and the press...

Sally Gulick

Sally Gulick

Dec 12, 2019

Sally Gulick, age 75, of Moran, Kansas, passed away, Thursday, December 12, 2019, at Olathe Medical Center, Olathe, Kansas. Sally was born February 5, 1944, to Virgil and Doris (Little) Stever in Eureka, Kansas. She married Greg Gulick on August 27, 1960, in McPherson, Kansas. This union was blessed with two children. For most of Sally’s career she worked in...

Terry Tush

Terry Tush

Dec 11, 2019

Terry Tush, age 59, of Spokane Valley, Washington passed away Wednesday, December 11, 2019, at his home concluding his battle with cancer. Terry was the second of four boys born to George and Jacquelyn (Sutton) Tush. He was born on August 5, 1960, at Garnett, Kansas. Terry attended Irving Grade School through the 5th grade, 6th grade in Welda, Kansas,...

Glendene L Kelly

Glendene L Kelly

Dec 11, 2019

Glendene Lee Kelly, age 85, passed away Wednesday, December 11, 2019, at Allen County Regional Hospital, Iola, Kansas. Glendene was the only surviving child of Glen and Pearl (Overmeyer) Hillman. She was born on March 11, 1934, in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Glendene was raised in Iola by Pearl and her husband, Max “Mick” McClay. She graduated from Mt. Carmel Academy in...

Gary Wayne Ecclefield

Gary Wayne Ecclefield

Dec 10, 2019

Gary Wayne Ecclefield, age 67, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Tuesday, December 10, 2019 at the Coffey County Hospital in Burlington, Kansas. His final moments were spent doing one of the things he loved the most, flying his Cessna 172 airplane. He passed away shortly after his final flight. He was born March 15, 1952, in Garnett, Kansas, the...

Charlie Stephens

Charlie Stephens

Dec 7, 2019

Charles William “Charlie” Stephens, age 74, passed away on Saturday, December 7, 2019, at Allen County Regional Hospital, Iola, Kansas. Charlie was one of four children born to Lloyd and Jewel (Shannon) Stephens. He was born on April 18, 1945, in Wynne, Arkansas. He grew up in Dawes, West Virginia and graduated from East Bank High School in 1963. He...

Debra Brooks

Debra Brooks

Dec 6, 2019

Debra Lee Brooks, age 65, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Friday, December 6, 2019, at the Anderson County Hospital, Garnett. She was born November 18, 1954, in Colony, Kansas, the daughter of Donald and Frances (Miller) Nickelson. Debra married Bob Brooks on April 22, 1994, in Wichita, Kansas. Debra grew up in Ottawa, Kansas, graduating from Ottawa High School...

Gary Beauchamp

Gary Beauchamp

Dec 4, 2019

Gary Beauchamp, age 82, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Wednesday, December 4, 2019, at the Anderson County Hospital, Garnett, Kansas. Gary was born on September 14, 1937, at Garnett, Kansas. He was the only child of Champ Claron Beauchamp and Grace Evelyna (Eames) Beauchamp. Gary grew up in Garnett, graduating from Garnett High School with the class of 1955....

Mildred C. Hyde

Mildred C. Hyde

Dec 2, 2019

Mildred Hyde, age 85, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Monday, December 2, 2019, at Residential Living Center, Garnett. She was born January 3, 1934, in McKinney, Texas, the youngest of eleven children, born to Andrew Carl and Emma Elizabeth (Wardlow) Pair. Mildred married Kenneth Hyde September 1, 1954 in Denton, Texas. Mildred loved to attend church, praise God and...