Recent Obituaries
Wilma Joan Colvin
Oct 20, 2023
Wilma Joan Colvin, age 89, formerly of Humboldt, Kansas, passed away Friday, October 20, 2023, at Credo Senior Living, Chanute, Kansas. Joan was born May 26,1934, in Humboldt, Kansas to David "Pat" Arland Fugitt and Velma Pauline (Bowen) Fugitt. Joan graduated from Humboldt High School in 1952. Joan married Ray Colvin on August 9, 1953, in Humboldt, Kansas. This union...
James William Wilson
Oct 19, 2023
James William Wilson, age 68, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Thursday, October 19, 2023, at the Anderson County Hospital in Garnett. Jim was born on July 31, 1955, in Garnett, Kansas, the son of Loran and Lucille (Swope) Wilson. Jim was a lifelong Garnett resident. He attended grade school at Irving and then graduated from Garnett High School with...
Marcella Anne Trostle
Oct 17, 2023
Marcella Anne Trostle passed away October 17, 2023, in Iola, Kansas. She was 88 years old. Marcella was born on January 25, 1935, to William and Edna (Bonner) Houston in LeRoy, Kansas. She had 4 sisters, Patsy, Barbara, Judith and Billie Rae. Marcella graduated from LeRoy High School in 1952. In 1953, Marcella was married to Robert Varvel. This union...
Joseph "Butch" Cline, Jr.
Oct 15, 2023
Joseph "Butch" Cline Jr., age 74, passed away on October 15, 2023 at St. Luke's Hospital on the Plaza, in Kansas City, Missouri, surrounded by his family. He was born on January 16, 1949 in Iola, Kansas to Joseph Cline Sr. and Thelma "Jean" Stockebrand Cline, the second of four children. Butch attended school and graduated from Wichita East with...
Kenneth (Kenny) Goodner
Oct 15, 2023
Kenneth Fay Goodner, age 63, of Chanute, Kansas, passed away October 15, 2023, at the Kansas Heart Hospital, Wichita, Kansas. Kenny was born October 20, 1959, in Iola, Kansas, to Howard Goodner and Ernestine (Barnes) Goodner. Kenny attended school in Iola. He and Debbie Underwood were married November 23, 1977, in Yates Center, Kansas. Kenny was a foreman for Consolidated...
Robert Paul Hartman
Oct 13, 2023
Robert Paul Hartman, age 92, of Colony, Kansas, passed away on Friday, October 13, 2023, at his home. Robert was born on April 13, 1931, in Kincaid, Kansas. He was the second of three children born to Walter and Clara (Petzell) Hartman. Robert graduated from Welda High School. Robert served in the U.S. Army from 1951 to 1953. Following his...
Kenny Arbuckle
Oct 12, 2023
Kenneth Ray Arbuckle, age 60, of Iola, Kansas, passed away October 12, 2023, in Hillsboro, Oregon. Kenny was born June 3, 1963, in Gardena, California, to Daniel M. Arbuckle and Wanda Jo (Skinner) Arbuckle. Kenny graduated in 1981 from Marmaton Valley High School, Moran, Kansas. Kenny and Sandra Kay George were married October 25, 2001, in Eureka Springs, Arkansas. Kenny...
Audra Carol Stine
Oct 9, 2023
Audra Carol Stine, age 86, of Iola, Kansas, passed away October 9, 2023, at Wesley Hospital, Wichita, Kansas. Audra was born February 27, 1937, in Bronson, Kansas, to Paul Swisher and Georgia Mae (Goodno) Swisher. Audra graduated in 1955 from Uniontown High School, Uniontown, Kansas. Audra and Norman Grant Stine were married March 5, 1955, in Fort Scott, Kansas. Audra...
Mason Kwan Stanford
Oct 7, 2023
Mason Stanford, age 8, of Louisburg, Kansas, passed away on Saturday, October 7, 2023, at Children's Mercy Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri. Mason Kwan Stanford was born on January 7, 2015, in Olathe, Kansas, the son of Susan Marie Stanford. Mason attended school at Central Heights before moving to Louisburg, where he was in the third grade. Mason loved attending...
Susan Stanford
Oct 6, 2023
Susan Stanford, age 41, of Louisburg, Kansas, passed away on Friday, October 6, 2023 at her home. Susan Marie Stanford was born on December 8, 1981, in Seoul, Korea, the daughter of Billy Gene Stanford, Jr. and Sun Ok (Nam) Stanford. She grew up in Richmond, Kansas and attended Central Heights School, graduating with the class of 1999. Susan enjoyed...
Bob Welch
Oct 5, 2023
John Robert "Bob" Welch, of Moran, died October 5, 2023, at Medicalodge of Iola, Kansas. He was 78 years old. The son of Lloyd L. "Tock" and Ruth V. (Adams) Welch, he was born October 21, 1944, in Ft. Scott, Kansas. He grew up on the family farm just south of Moran and at 10 years old he started helping...
Don Snavely
Oct 5, 2023
Donald Ray Snavely, age 65, of Iola, Kansas, passed away October 5, 2023, in Chanute, Kansas. Don was born June 19, 1958, in Iola, Kansas, to Merle Snavely and Jeanette (Stranghoner) Snavely. Don graduated in 1976 from Iola High School. He attended Allen County Community College in Iola. Don and Vickie Stanley were married on August 30, 1986. They had...
Sandra Kay Nolan
Oct 4, 2023
Sandra Kay Nolan age 69, passed away on October 4, 2023, at St. Francis- Via Christi Hospital in Wichita, Kansas. Sandra was born on July 30, 1954, in Eldorado, Kansas, the only daughter to Bill "Buck" and Martha (Lewis) Ballagh. She attended school in Blue Mound and graduated from Marmaton Valley with the class of 1973. Sandra, "G-MA Turtle," loved...
Sharon Blomquist
Oct 3, 2023
Sharon E. Blomquist, age 74, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Tuesday, October 3, 2023, at the Anderson County Hospital in Garnett. Sharon was born on April 6, 1949, the daughter of James and Helen (Ramsour) Cubit. She first attended a one room schoolhouse, Washington School, before graduating from Garnett High School in 1967. Sharon was very active in 4-H,...
Gary W. Farrar
Oct 2, 2023
Gary W. Farrar, age 76, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Monday, October 2, 2023 at home in Garnett, surrounded by loved ones. Gary Wayne Farrar was born on October 8, 1946, in Garnett, Kansas. He was the first of three children born to Hubert Ryland and Juanita Helen (Cunningham) Farrar. Gary graduated from Garnett High School in 1964. He...
Doris Church
Oct 1, 2023
Doris Church, age 98, of Lone Elm, Kansas passed away on Sunday, October 1, 2023 in Iola, Kansas with her family by her side. Doris Arlene Garver was born January 5, 1925 at Lone Elm, Kansas. She was the third of four children born to Ray and Nora Grace (Hamilton) Garver. She grew up in the Lone Elm community where...
Margaret Rose Morgan
Sep 29, 2023
Margaret Rose Morgan, lifelong member of the Greeley community, peacefully departed this world on September 29, 2023, at the age of 87. Born on October 31, 1935, in Greeley, Kansas, Margie was a cherished daughter, sister, wife, mother, and grandmother. Margie was the tenth of ten children born to Louis and Theresa (Schraml) Sommer and grew up on the farm...
Ralph Eugene Dowell II
Sep 28, 2023
Ralph Eugene Dowell II, passed away September 28, 2023, at his home in Wichita, Kansas. Ralph was born on January 21, 1958 to Ralph Eugene Dowell Sr. and Francis Violet (Reiter) Decker, the fifth of eight children. Ralph attended school in Iola and graduated from Iola High with the class of 1976. Ralph retired from Precision Pattern, Inc. of Wichita,...
Elizabeth King
Sep 27, 2023
Elizabeth Agnes "Bessie" King, age 91, passed away September 27, 2023, surrounded by family, at the Quail Creek Skilled Nursing in Springfield, Missouri. Elizabeth was born on July 2nd, 1932, in Scotland, Texas, to Alphonse and Caroline (Haberman) Prescher. On September 18, 1950, she married Edward Joseph "Ed" King in Scotland, Texas. They made their home at Piqua, Kansas and...
Mary Virginia (Ginny) Reaves
Sep 26, 2023
Mary Virginia (Ginny) Reaves, age 100, of Humboldt, Kansas, went to be with her Lord and Savior on September 26, 2023. Ginny was born March 24, 1923, in Florence, Kansas, to Otto A. Powers and Cora M. (Stroup) Powers. Ginny graduated in 1941 from Iola High School. She and Donald E. Reaves were married October 4, 1941, in Yates Center,...
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