Recent Obituaries
Raymond Howard Colvin
Oct 23, 2019
Raymond Howard Colvin, age 87, of Humboldt, Kansas, passed away Wednesday, October 23, 2019, at Neosho Memorial Regional Medical Center, Chanute, Kansas. Ray was born November 9, 1931, in Stark, Kansas to William and Bessie (James) Colvin. He was one of fourteen children. Ray graduated from Humboldt High School. Ray married Joan Fugitt on August 9, 1953, in Humboldt, Kansas....
Yvette Morrison
Oct 22, 2019
Yvette Deanne Morrison, age 69, of Iola, Kansas, went to her heavenly home on Tuesday, October 22, 2019. Yvette was the first of four children born to Harry Frank and Juanita Ethel (Knoblock) Holloway. She was born on April 11, 1950 in Iola, Kansas. Yvette graduated from high school with the class of 1968. On May 2, 1970 Yvette married...
James Roy Callaway
Oct 15, 2019
James “Jim” R. Callaway, age 93, of Iola, Kansas, passed away on Tuesday, October 15, 2019, at Windsor Place in Iola. Jim was born August 7, 1926, in Humboldt, Kansas, the son of Roy and Ola (Kinney) Callaway. Jim graduated from La Harpe high school in 1944. He served in the United States Navy for four years and was stationed...
Vivian Lorena Fink
Oct 15, 2019
Vivian Lorena Fink, age 99, of Garnett, Kansas passed away on Tuesday, October 15, 2019, at Parkview Heights, Garnett. She was born November 7, 1919 in Birch Tree, Missouri, the daughter of Joseph and Sophia Edna (Crays) Cowan. Vivian graduated from Hepler High School in Hepler, Kansas. She married Evert Elmer Edison "Ed" Fink on January 19, 1941 in Iola,...
Mrs. Sylven Hartzler
Oct 14, 2019
Sylven Hartzler, age 90, Yates Center, Kansas, passed away October 14, 2019, at the Life Care Center of Burlington, Burlington, Kansas. Sylven was born April 15, 1929, in Pawhuska, Oklahoma, to William Joseph Boulanger and Lillie Gertrude (Sharp) Boulanger. Sylven graduated in 1947 from Woodston High School, Woodston, Kansas. She attended Fort Hays State University, Hays, Kansas, where she earned...
Shirley Ann Elgin
Oct 13, 2019
Shirley Ann Elgin went to be with her Lord and Savior on Sunday, October 13, 2019 in her home at Parkview Heights, Garnett, Kansas surrounded by family and friends. She was born on April 23,1931 in Garnett to Anthony and Marie (Benus) Feuerborn. Shirley lived most of her life in the Kansas City, Missouri area. In 2017, she moved back...
Terrel J Nading
Oct 4, 2019
Terrel “TJ” Nading, age 47, of Iola, Kansas, passed away Friday, October 4, 2019, at his home in Iola, Kansas. TJ was born November 8, 1971, to Charles Nading and Janet Ryan in Coffeyville, Kansas. TJ got his GED at the age of sixteen in Topeka. He then worked for twenty years as a carpenter, before getting his CDL and...
Hazel Marie Andrew
Sep 30, 2019
Hazel Marie Andrew, age 107, of Garnett, Kansas passed away Monday, September 30, 2019 at the Residential Living Center, Garnett. Hazel was born on May 1, 1912 to James and Elnora (Neal) Snider in VanBuren, Missouri. Her family moved to Osawatomie, Kansas when she was six years old. Hazel graduated from high school in 1932. On July 2, 1936 she...
Catherine S. Robson
Sep 28, 2019
Catherine Sue “Cathy” Robson, age 60, of Yates Center, Kansas, passed away on Saturday, September 28, 2019 at her home. Cathy was the first of three children born to Dwight and Mildred (Kuhn) Burk. She was born on May 18, 1959 in LaCrosse, Kansas. Her family moved to Yates Center as a young girl. She made Yates Center her home...
Roy E Moorehouse
Sep 26, 2019
Roy Eugene Moorehouse, age 73, of Humboldt, Kansas, passed away Thursday, September 26, 2019, at Neosho Memorial Regional Medical Center in Chanute, Kansas. Roy was born November 11, 1945, to James and Irene (Owens) Moorehouse in Joplin, Missouri. Roy graduated from High School in Carthage Missouri. Roy married Barbara (Leake) Moorehouse on May 24, 1975, in Iola, Kansas. This union...
Beth Ann Page
Sep 25, 2019
Beth Page, age 57, of La Harpe, Kansas, passed away Wednesday, September 25, 2019, at Research Medical Facility in Kansas City, Missouri. Beth was born September 11, 1962, in Chanute, Kansas to Dean and Roxie (Stanley) Page. Beth graduated from Humboldt High School in 1980. She then got her Certified Nurse’s Aide license. She worked as a CNA for many...
Betty A Cox
Sep 23, 2019
Bertha (Betty) A. Boehm Cox of Ottawa, Kansas, passed away on Monday September 23, 2019, at Rock Creek of Ottawa at the age of 86. She was born July 24, 1933, in Lenexa, Kansas, the daughter of Oliver and Rosa (Bross) Boehm. Betty married Harvey Eugene Cox in1950 and this union was blessed with four sons. Betty was a beautician,...
Benny E. Bennett
Sep 23, 2019
Benny Edward Bennett, age 77, of Ottawa, Kansas, passed away at his home near Ottawa, on Monday, September 23, 2019. Ben was born on Tuesday, November 25, 1941, at Carter’s Hospital in Garnett (Anderson County), Kansas, the oldest of five children born to Ellsworth Harold Bennett and Emma Lucille (McLees) Bennett. He was raised on the family farm west of...
Darrell W.C. Joeckel
Sep 23, 2019
Darrell Joeckel, age 78, of Nixa, Missouri passed September 23, 2019 at Springfield, Missouri. He was born on August 29, 1941, at Purdy, Missouri. Darrell was the first of four sons born to Henry and Mary (Rupp) Joeckel. He grew up in Spring Hill, Kansas, graduating from high school there. Following high school Darrell worked briefly before going to work...
Lyle Brown
Sep 22, 2019
Howard Lyle Brown, age 71, of Richmond, Kansas, passed away on Sunday, September 22, 2019 at his home. He was born September 25, 1947, in Ottawa, Kansas, the son of Howard and Grace (Phillips) Brown. Lyle graduated from District 10 with the Class of 1965. He joined the United States Army in November 1966, serving until October 1968 during the...
Arthur W McAnulty
Sep 22, 2019
Arthur Wayne McAnulty, age 81, of Iola, passed away Sunday, September 22, 2019, at Medical Lodges in Frontenac, Kansas. Arthur was born July 7, 1938, to Harold and Fern (Smith) McAnulty in Allen County.Arthur attended Iola High School. Arthur retired from Gates Rubber Company as a Maintenance Technician. He worked nights at Gates and during the day time he worked...
William Charles Deckinger
Sep 19, 2019
William Charles "Bill" Deckinger, age 82, of Hartford, Kansas, passed away on Thursday, September 19, 2019, at The University of Kansas St. Francis Campus Hospital in Topeka, Kansas. Bill was the first of four children born to William J. and Helen (Iwig) Deckinger. He was born on September 3, 1937, in Kansas City, Missouri. He lived with his parents, including...
Dora Lou Clements
Sep 15, 2019
Dora Lou Clements, age 87, of Humboldt, passed away Sunday, September 15, 2019, at her home. Dora was born September 28, 1931, in Iola, Kansas to Frank V. and Helen I. (Demoret) Folkner. Dora graduated from Iola High School in 1948. Dora married William R. "Bill” Clements on May 29, 1948, in Iola, Kansas. To this union four sons were...
Leah W. Tomson
Sep 15, 2019
Leah Winona Tomson, age 87, of Iola, Kansas, passed away Sunday, September 15, 2019, at Allen County Regional Hospital, Iola. Leah was born May 5, 1932, in Iola, Kansas to Bithel and Mary (Kramer) Lorance. Leah attended and graduated from Iola High School in 1950. Leah married Gene Tomson on May 15, 1952, in Huntsville, Arkansas they then made their...
Iona Fern Olsen
Sep 12, 2019
Iona Fern Olsen, age 91, of Ottawa, Kansas, passed away on Thursday, September 12, 2019, at Olathe Medical Center in Olathe, Kansas. Fern was born on October 25, 1927, in Wright, Kansas, the fifth of ten children born to Jim and Elizabeth “Lizzie” (Camp) Reekie. She graduated from Williamsburg High School. She was united in marriage to Russell Thomas Walker...