Recent Obituaries
Ralph O. Jones
Nov 26, 2019
Ralph O. Jones, age 70, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Tuesday, November 26, 2019, at his home. He was born May 5, 1949, in Ottawa, Kansas, the son of Odaus and Frances Jean (Manlove) Jones. Ralph graduated from Garnett High School. He joined the United States Army in March of 1968 and served in the Vietnam War. A first...
Wayne A. French
Nov 24, 2019
Thunderation! It’s been a good ride, but Wayne French is now riding to his final home; passing away on November 24, 2019 at the age of 84. Born on August 5, 1935, at Lawrence, Kansas, Wayne was the third of four children born to Joel and Roena (Wagaman) French. Wayne grew up knowing hard times as his family moved from...
Tony Hibbs
Nov 23, 2019
Tony Hibbs, age 66, of Gas, Kansas passed away Saturday, November 23, 2019, at his home following his battle with cancer. Tony was the third of four children born to Russell William Hibbs and Velda (Clay) Hibbs. He was born on January 28, 1953 at Salinas, California. Tony’s family moved to Kansas when he was a young boy. Tony grew...
Herschel Perry
Nov 23, 2019
Herschel Perry, age 86, passed away on November 23, 2019. Herschel was born in Colbert, Oklahoma to Henry and Viola Perry on November 15, 1933. He graduated from high school in Ivanhoe, Texas. In 1952 Herschel moved to Iola from Ivanhoe, Texas. He served in the US Army from 1955 to 1957. On June 5, 1954, Herschel married Barbara Perry...
Dale R Donovan, Sr.
Nov 21, 2019
Dale Ray Donovan Sr., age 73, of Iola, Kansas, passed away Thursday, November 21, 2019, at Allen County Regional Hospital in Iola. Dale was born August 13, 1946, to Robert and Thelma (Hubbard) Donovan in Adrian, Missouri. Dale graduated from Drexel High school in 1964. In March of 1966, Dale joined the United States Air Force, and served until his...
Bob Coldwell
Nov 18, 2019
Bob Coldwell, age 92, of Humboldt, Kansas, passed away Monday, November 18, 2019, at Ascension Via Christi Hospital St. Francis in Wichita, Kansas. Bob was born on December 18, 1926, at Independence, Missouri. He was the second of five children born to Richard F. and Gladys Irene (Rodgers) Coldwell. Bob's family moved to Mildred, Kansas when he was a young...
Betty Strain
Nov 18, 2019
Betty Strain, age 86, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Monday, November 18, 2019, at St. Luke’s South, Overland Park, Kansas. Betty Elizabeth (Honn) Strain, the loving mother of Diann (Cox) Hough of Paola, Leann (Strain) Woleslagel of Hutchinson, and Daryl Strain of Olathe, gained her wings surrounded by her family in St. Luke's ICU after a short illness. A...
Kenneth E Ogle
Nov 16, 2019
Kenneth Eugene Ogle, age 78, of Iola, Kansas, passed away on Saturday, November 16, 2019, at Allen County Regional Hospital in Iola, Kansas. Kenny was the first of of six children born to Kenneth Gene and Nina May (Typer) Ogle. He was born on January 16, 1941, in Chanute, Kansas. Kenny grew up in Chanute, graduating from Chanute High School...
Michael D Bromley
Nov 15, 2019
Michael David Bromley (Mike), 68, died the 15th of November 2019, in Garnett, Kansas. Mike was born on August 3, 1951, in Dayton, Ohio, to Elmer and Stella Bromley. He graduated from Dayton High School, Dayton, Kentucky, in 1970. He spent many years working for Montgomery Ward in sales. For the remainder of his life he worked as an auto...
Francis McDonald
Nov 14, 2019
Francis G. McDonald, age 73, of Ottawa, Kansas, formerly of rural Williamsburg, Kansas, passed away peacefully with his family by his side on Thursday, November 14, 2019, at Advent Health Hospital in Overland Park, Kansas. Francis was born March 12, 1946, in Ottawa, Kansas, the son of Harold and Dorothy (Mulcahey) McDonald. He was a 1964 graduate of Waverly High...
Bobby Lee Reed
Nov 13, 2019
Bobby Lee Reed, age 78, of Humboldt, Kansas, passed away, Wednesday, November 13, 2019, at his daughter’s home in Topeka, Kansas. Bobby was born March 18, 1941, in Erie, Kansas to Leo A. Reed and Olive M. (Newton) Reed. Bobby grew up in the Erie and Chanute, Kansas area. Bobby married Phyllis E. Krone on October 18, 1968, at Chanute....
Robert Henderson
Nov 12, 2019
Robert “Bob” Lee Henderson, age 77, of Moran, Kansas, passed away on Tuesday, November 12, 2019, at his home. Bob was born on December 8, 1941, in Glencoe, Oklahoma, to Martin and Juanita (Hesser) Henderson. Bob graduated from Moran High School in 1959. On August 1, 1963, in Moran, Kansas, Bob married Malinda Hockett and this union was blessed with...
Delores Jean Showalter
Nov 11, 2019
Delores Jean Showalter, age 83 passed away on Monday, November 11, 2019 in El Paso, Texas while surrounded by her family. Delores Jean McGhee was born on January 7, 1936, in Colony, Kansas to Clem Everett and Yvonne Helen (Bain) McGhee. She grew up in Colony, Kansas and graduated from Colony High school. Delores married Glenn Westley Showalter on June...
Birdie Leone Zentner
Nov 10, 2019
Birdie Zentner, age 83, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Sunday, November 10, 2019, at Parkview Heights, Garnett. She was born January 3, 1936, at Garnett, Kansas, the daughter of Ralph and Ida Pearl (Mitchell) Beasley. Birdie graduated from Garnett High School with the Class of 1953. Birdie married John Robert “Bob” Zentner on October 18, 1953. This union was...
John F Trembly
Nov 9, 2019
John F. Trembly, 68, of Iola, Kansas passed peacefully on November 9, 2019, while comforted by family, to be with his lord and savior after a yearlong illness. He was born on January 26, 1951, to Ralph C. Trembly and Beverly J. (Wells) Ewing in Iola, Kansas. John served in the US Navy for two years during the Vietnam Era....
Gary W Kelley
Nov 8, 2019
Gary Wayne Kelley, age 69, of Iola, Kansas, passed away Friday, November 8, 2019. Gary was born March 16, 1950, to Norman and Margie (Jones) Kelley in Iola, Kansas. Gary attended high school in Wichita, Kansas. Gary had his own carpentry business for many years, the Gary Kelley Home Improvement business. Gary and Karen Stansbury met in 1992, and in...
Betty Tilton
Nov 8, 2019
Betty Tilton, age 97, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Friday, November 8, 2019, at Parkview Heights Living Center in Garnett. Alice Betty Caldwell was born on February 6, 1922 at Garnett. She was the third of four children born to Gilmon Clinton and Ella Catherine (Gray) Caldwell. Betty was a lifelong resident of Garnett. On November 10, 1939, Betty...
Thomas R. Herynk
Nov 7, 2019
Thomas R. Herynk, age 95, of Kincaid, Kansas, passed away on Thursday, November 7, 2019, at Parkview Heights, Garnett, Kansas. He was born September 16, 1924, in Iola, Kansas, the son of Francis Michael and Christina (Pacha) Herynk. Tom attended Lone Elm Grade School and graduated from Kincaid High School. He married Frances Mae Neil on February 28, 1946, in...
Jean Ann Prothe
Nov 4, 2019
Jean Ann (See) Prothe, age 93, passed away Monday, November 4, 2019, at Greystone Residential Care in Iola, Kansas. She was born October 20, 1926, in Osceola, Iowa, to Ross Emerson and Lena Flavilla (Warrington) See. Jean attended Osceola public schools graduating in 1945. She worked as a telephone operator for Bell Telephone. She married Willard (Bill) H. Prothe on...
Warren G. Patton
Nov 2, 2019
Warren Garland Patton, age 85, of Greeley, Kansas, passed away on Saturday, November 2, 2019, at his home. Warren was born on January 18, 1934 at Somerset, Kansas. He was the first born of twin boys to George Albert "Burt" Patton and Nellie (Albertson) Patton. Warren grew up in the Paola area, attending school there. As a boy, he had...
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