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Fern Miller

Fern Miller

Sep 26, 2023

Fern Marie Miller, the first born daughter of Osie Lee Hirt and Amy Alice (Riffey) Hirt, was born January 19, 1926 at home near Westphalia, Kansas. Fern passed away on Tuesday, September, 26, 2023 at Guest Home Estates in Garnett, Kansas at the age of 97 years, eight months and seven days. She lived her entire life in Kansas. In...

Myrtle Violet Caudell

Myrtle Violet Caudell

Sep 25, 2023

Myrtle Violet Caudell, age 90, of Iola, Kansas, passed away September 25, 2023, at Moran Manor, Moran, Kansas. Myrtle was born March 9, 1933, in Yates Center, Kansas, Aaron E. Hamilton and Rebecca Myrtle (Park) Hamilton. Myrtle attended school in Yates Center. She and Billy B. Caudell, Sr. were married December 23, 1951, in Buffalo, Kansas. Myrtle was a homemaker....

Betty Louise Parker

Betty Louise Parker

Sep 22, 2023

Betty L. Parker age 94, passed away on September 22, 2023, at Moran Manor in Moran, Kansas. She was born November 22, 1928, in rural Humboldt, Kansas, to Cecil and Georgia (Brooks) Kirby. She married L.R. Parker on June 2, 1978, and they made their home in Gas, Kansas. She was a member of St. Timothy's Episcopal Church in Iola...

Mary M. Schornick

Mary M. Schornick

Sep 21, 2023

Mary Margaret Branson Schornick, age 79, of Yates Center, Kansas, passed away September 21, 2023, at Yates Center Health & Rehab. Mary was born January 14, 1944, to John and Margaret (Allan) Branson in Eureka, Kansas. She attended school in Eureka and graduated from Eureka High School in 1962. In 1966, she graduated from Kansas State Teachers College, Emporia, Kansas,...

Cloyce Eugene Anderson

Cloyce Eugene Anderson

Sep 19, 2023

Cloyce Eugene Anderson, age 91, of Colony, Kansas, passed away on Tuesday, September 19, 2023, at Menorah Medical Center in Overland Park, Kansas. Cloyce Eugene Anderson was born on August 5, 1932, in Belton, Missouri, the son of Cloyce Landon and Clara Edith (Averill) Anderson. The family moved to Colony when Gene was 11 years old. Gene graduated Colony High...

Russell F. Gardner

Russell F. Gardner

Sep 19, 2023

Russell Flynn Gardner, 89 of Jefferson, Maryland, passed Tuesday, September 19, 2023 peacefully at home with his wife after a long and courageous battle with cancer. He was born November 25, 1933 in Baltimore, Maryland, the son of Russell H. Gardner and Ida Virginia (McAfee) Gardner. He is a veteran of the U.S. Air Force serving from 1955 to 1963,...

Doris L. Rogers

Doris L. Rogers

Sep 18, 2023

Doris Lee Rogers, age 87, of Iola, Kansas, passed away September 18, 2023, at Moran Manor, Moran, Kansas. Doris was born August 12, 1936, in Richmond, Kansas, to Robert Crick and Gladys (West) Crick. Doris and Dale Weien were married in 1951 and had two sons. They later divorced. She married Elvin Holtz and they had a son and a...

Betty L. Sumner

Betty L. Sumner

Sep 13, 2023

Betty L. Sumner, age 98, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Wednesday, September 13, 2023, at the Anderson County Hospital. She was born on January 30, 1925, in Ottawa, Kansas, the daughter of William J. and Mabel Glasser Marks, the tenth of eleven children. Betty was united in marriage to J.H. "Pete" Sumner on June 23, 1943, in Ottawa, Kansas....

Phyllis O. Adams

Phyllis O. Adams

Sep 13, 2023

Phyllis Opal Adams, age 74, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on September 13, 2023, at her home surrounded by family and loved ones. She was born on November 21, 1948, in Garnett, Kansas, the youngest child of Benjamin Franklin and Opal Lucille (Long) Parks. Phyllis attended grade school in Mont Ida, attended her freshman year at Westphalia, and completed her...

Roland "Jerry" Rowe

Roland "Jerry" Rowe

Sep 12, 2023

Roland Jerome "Jerry" Rowe, age 95, of Iola, Kansas, passed away September 12, 2023, at Heritage Health Center, Chanute, Kansas. Jerry was born at home on January 18, 1928, in Bazine, Kansas. He was the oldest of four children born to Roland Vernon Rowe and Millie (Mounce) Rowe. Jerry attended school in Bazine and Garnett, Kansas. He graduated in 1946...

Kathryn Elizabeth Wilmoth

Kathryn Elizabeth Wilmoth

Sep 10, 2023

Kathryn Elizabeth Wilmoth, age 87, of Iola, Kansas, passed away September 10, 2023, at Heartland Meadows, Iola, Kansas. Kathryn was born August 1, 1936, on a farm southeast of Yates Center in Owl Creek Township to Francis R. (Frank) O'Brien and Mary B. (Totman) O'Brien. Kathryn attended country schools at Cherry Creek and New York Valley near the O'Brien family...

Brian Scott Carlson

Brian Scott Carlson

Sep 8, 2023

Brian Carlson, age 52, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Friday, September 8, 2023, at his home. Brian Scott Carlson was born on September 21, 1970, in Park Ridge, Illinois. He was the third of four sons born to Richard Carlson and Jane (Garza) Carlson. Brian graduated from Wheeling High School with the class of 1989. Brian was a lifelong...

Frances Hunt Scearce

Frances Hunt Scearce

Sep 6, 2023

Frances Irene Scearce, age 75, of Iola, Kansas, passed away September 6, 2023, at St. Francis Via Christi, Wichita, Kansas. Frances was born December 19, 1947, in Iola, Kansas, to Lewis A. Hunt and Vera (Thompson) Hunt, but was lovingly raised from birth to young adulthood by grandparents, James and Alice Gregg. Frances graduated 1965 from Iola High School. She...

Carroll L. Peterson

Carroll L. Peterson

Sep 5, 2023

Carroll Lars Peterson, age 95, of Greeley, Kansas, passed away Tuesday, September 5, 2023, at the Anderson County Hospital in Garnett, Kansas. He was known to many as "Pete". Carroll was born October 19, 1927, at home, rural Parker, Kansas. He was the third of three children born to Lars and Mary (Carlile) Peterson. Carroll attended country schools before graduating...

Vernon Sprague

Vernon Sprague

Sep 4, 2023

Vernon Sprague, age 95, of Kincaid, Kansas, passed away on Monday, September 4, 2023, at his home. Vernon Fred Sprague was born on October 9, 1927, at Lone Elm, Kansas. He was the sixth of eight children born to Arzy and Hazel (Beal) Sprague. Vernon attended the Walnut Grove (aka 2x4) country school. Vernon started high school in Lone Elm...

Adelina Berlinda Holloway

Adelina Berlinda Holloway

Sep 3, 2023

On Sunday, September 3, 2023, Adelina (Nannie) Berlinda Holloway passed away peacefully at home with her family surrounding her with love, ascending to heaven. She fought a great fight against cancer and never lost hope throughout the journey. Adelina was born on September 9, 1943, at the Catholic Hospital in Iola, Kansas to the late Frederico and Florentina Perez. Adelina...

Gary Ray Reeder II

Gary Ray Reeder II

Aug 30, 2023

Gary Ray Reeder II, age 39, passed away on August 30, 2023, at his home in Iola, Kansas. Gary was born in Wichita, Kansas, to Gary Ray Reeder, and Christina Frazier Reeder. Gary loved theater and performing in plays. He loved gaming, collecting magic cards and playing D&D with his friend Tim and his family. Gary's family, related or not,...

Eileen M. Robertson

Eileen M. Robertson

Aug 29, 2023

Eileen Wulf Robertson passed away at Heritage Healthcare, Chanute, Kansas on August 29, 2023, cremation has taken place. A Memorial Service will be held at St. Peter's Lutheran Church, Humboldt, Kansas, September 9th at 10:30 A.M. A private inurnment will take place at a later time. Eileen was preceded in death by her parents, Walter H. Wulf and May L....

Kathryn M. Barnes

Kathryn M. Barnes

Aug 28, 2023

Kathryn Mae Barnes, age 83, of Savonburg, Kansas, passed away August 28, 2023, at her home. Kathryn was born September 8, 1939, in Savonburg, Kansas, to Hans Peterson and Faye (Hufferd) Peterson. Kathryn and William Perry "Babe" Barnes were married March 16, 1961, in Iola, Kansas. Kathryn worked as a waitress in Wichita, Kansas. Kathryn liked butterflies and the color...

Charlene Sue German

Charlene Sue German

Aug 28, 2023

Charlene Sue German, age 77, of Neosho Falls, Kansas, passed away August 28, 2023, at the Kansas Heart Hospital, Wichita, Kansas. Charlene was born December 20, 1945, five miles west of Neosho Falls on the Big Hill, to Charley S. Chriestenson and Juanita M. (Bushman) Chriestenson. Charlene graduated in 1964 from LeRoy High School, LeRoy, Kansas. She and Wayne German...

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