Recent Obituaries
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
DaVon'te Brockington
Dec 1, 2019
DaVon'te Brockington, age 25, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Sunday, December 1, 2019, at the Anderson County Hospital, Garnett. He was born June 17, 1994, in Wyandotte County, Kansas, the son of Kevin and Tammy (Hermreck) Matney. Davonte attended LakeMary Center in Paola, Kansas and graduated from Trojan Special Education Center in Osawatomie, Kansas. DaVon'te was preceded in death...
Lynn Brown
Dec 1, 2019
Lynn D. Brown, age 65, of Moran, Kansas passed away on Sunday, December 1, 2019, at her home in Moran. Lynn was born to Tom and Betty (Hankins) Brownlow on May 26, 1954, in Rushville, Nebraska. Lynn attended school in Deadwood, South Dakota, where she graduated in 1972. She had one son, George Dustin Anderson. They enjoyed watching old movies...
Darrell Chester
Dec 1, 2019
Darrell Lynn Chester, age 56, of Iola, Kansas, passed away Sunday, December 1, 2019, in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Darrell was born February 16, 1963, in Carlsbad, New Mexico to Gerald Chester and Onetta (Burgess) Flynn. Darrell graduated from Iola High School in 1981. He then attended Allen Community College. Darrell worked as a supervisor for Midland Brake, then Haldex...
Lilia Church
Nov 30, 2019
Lilia Sosa Church, age 94, of Colony, Kansas died on Saturday, November 30,2019, at The Moran Manor, Moran, Kansas. She was born on December 15, 1924 in Douglas, Arizona, the daughter of Alonzo and Matilde Campas Sosa. Upon graduating from Douglas High School, Lilia began working at J.C. Penney, where she met a U.S. Army soldier from Kansas, Dale Church....