Obituaries

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John Clayton "JC" McNett

John Clayton "JC" McNett

Aug 18, 2018

John Clayton "Jay" McNett, age 82, Yates Center, Kansas, passed away at his residence on August 18, 2018. Jay was born on July 21, 1936, to John Wesley and Mary M. "Madge" Collins McNett. Jay graduated from the Yates Center High School in 1954. He enlisted in the United States Army and served his country from 1955 to 1963. Jay...

Betty A. Robinson

Betty A. Robinson

Aug 17, 2018

Betty A. Robinson, age 66, of Neosho Falls, Kansas passed away Friday, August 17, 2018 at her home. Betty was the first of four children born to Richard and Opal (Chriestenson) Tidd. She was born April 30, 1952 at Iola, Kansas. Betty grew up in Neosho Falls, attending school there before graduating from Yates Center High School with the class...

Michael Fredrick Herbel

Michael Fredrick Herbel

Aug 17, 2018

Michael Herbel, born on June 1, 1939 in Hutchinson, KS, passed away on August 17, 2018.   He is survived by his wife, Arlona, and his children: Dane Michael Herbel (spouse – Susie Herbel), Leawood, Kansas; Dene Mitchell Herbel (spouse – DeAnn Herbel), Millsap, TX; Dedra Herbel Standish (spouse - Walter Kevin Standish, passed in 2007; spouse – Bill Conn), Lago...

Bonnie Fay Conaway

Bonnie Fay Conaway

Aug 15, 2018

Bonnie Fay Conaway, age 78, Iola, Kansas, passed away Wednesday, August 15, 2018, at Windsor Place in Iola. Bonnie was born October 9, 1939, in Neil's Creek, Missouri, near Bixby, Missouri, to Quincy and Rosie Parks Sumpter.   Bonnie graduated from the Viburnum High School, Viburnum, Missouri. She and Raney P. (Buck) Conaway, Jr. were married April 21, 1958, in St....

David Ray Morris

David Ray Morris

Aug 15, 2018

David R. Morris, age 71, of Iola, Kansas, passed away on August 15, 2018, at his home. David was born June 13, 1947, in Gas, Kansas, to John and Vivian Serl Morris.   David graduated high school and served in the United States Navy. He and Vicki Bockover Sicka were married July 2, 1998, in Miami, Oklahoma. David worked for the...

Brittany Kathryn Wales

Brittany Kathryn Wales

Aug 12, 2018

Brittany Kathryn Wales, age 28, of Augusta, Georgia, entered into rest on Sunday, August 12, 2018.   Brittany was a 2008 graduate of Greenbrier High School. She attended Augusta State University. Family members include her soulmate of 11 years Joshua Patton; her father, Laurence Walter Wales of Palos Heights, Illinois; mother, Kathryn Elizabeth Harvey and stepfather James Carter Harvey of Richmond...

Joel Mersmann

Joel Mersmann

Aug 9, 2018

Joel Christopher Mersmann – Died August 9, 2018, at the age of 52. He died peacefully, in his sleep at his home in Denver, Colorado. Joel was loved and will be missed terribly by his family and literally hundreds of friends from St. Louis to Denver, and across the country. Joel was born in Kansas City, Missouri, July 14, 1966....

Emma Ella Rayburn

Emma Ella Rayburn

Aug 5, 2018

Emma Ella Rayburn, age 4, LaHarpe, Kansas, passed away on August 5, 2018, at the Allen County Regional Hospital, Iola, Kansas. Emma was born prematurely at two pounds, ten ounces, with a rare genetic syndrome on November 9, 2013, in Iola, Kansas, to Kyle and Cassidy Cole Rayburn. Emma will be remembered for her beautiful smile and her sweet giggle....

Margery M. Hunt

Margery M. Hunt

Jul 31, 2018

Margery Hunt, age 88, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Tuesday, July 31, 2018, at Parkview Heights in Garnett, Kansas.   Margery May (Ewbank) Hunt was born June 3, 1930, in Baldwin City, Kansas, the eldest of eight children born to Oliver Freeman and Leone (Barner) Ewbank. Margery's school began at Cherry Mound School finishing 1st grade at Cedar Point rural...

Barbara Setter

Barbara Setter

Jul 27, 2018

Barbara Jan Setter of Belton, Missouri (formerly of Kansas City, Missouri and Scipio, Kansas) passed away peacefully surrounded by family on July 27, 2018 after a courageous battle against breast cancer.  Barbara was born March 26, 1941 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.  Barbara was preceded in death by her parents Richard and Lorene Strobel.  She is survived by her husband of...

Mary Lou Strunk

Mary Lou Strunk

Jul 25, 2018

Mary Lou Strunk, age 91, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, July 25, 2018, in Iola, Kansas.  She was born January 17, 1927, in Hamilton, Kansas, to George and Ethel (Hughes) Noble.   She attended school at Leon, Kansas.  Mary Lou was united in marriage to Dillon Strunk on October 27, 1945, in Iola.  She resided in Iola with her husband, Dillon,...

Melvin Dean Smoot

Melvin Dean Smoot

Jul 25, 2018

Melvin Dean Smoot, age 61, of Iola, Kansas, passed away July 25, 2018, at the Neosho Memorial Regional Medical Center Emergency Room in Chanute, Kansas. Melvin was born August 5, 1956, in Iola, Kansas, to Malvin Albert Smoot and Mary Ulrich Smoot LaCrone. Melvin graduated from the Iola High School in 1974. He and Melinda Robb were married on February...

Sheldon Lee Jones

Sheldon Lee Jones

Jul 24, 2018

Sheldon Lee Jones, age 57, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Tuesday, July 24, 2018. He was born on December 15, 1960, in Garnett, Kansas. Sheldon was the second of four children born to Roscoe Jones and Beverley (Teter) Nobles. Sheldon attended/survived school, starting at Greeley then Irving Elementary and Garnett High School. He was known to be a frequent...

Ruby M Foster

Ruby M Foster

Jul 23, 2018

Ruby M. Foster, age 77, Humboldt, Kansas, passed away July 23, 2018, at the Kansas Heart Hospital in Wichita, Kansas, surrounded by her loving family. Ruby was born July 29, 1940, in Iola, Kansas, to Floyd Culbertson and Pearl Creason Culbertson. She and Gail R. "Dick" Foster were married on August 7, 1958, at St. Peter's Lutheran Church in Humboldt,...

Elizabeth Ann "Betty" Thornhill

Elizabeth Ann "Betty" Thornhill

Jul 22, 2018

Elizabeth Ann "Betty" Thornhill, age 78, of Iola, Kansas, passed at her home on July 22, 2018. Betty was born on May 21, 1940, in Ogdensburg, New York, to Hilton Wylie and Dorothy (Steele) Wylie.   Betty graduated high school in Buffalo, New York. She and Carl Thornhill were married on April 21, 1966, in Iola, Kansas. Betty worked at H....

Richard Eugene Abbe

Richard Eugene Abbe

Jul 15, 2018

Richard Eugene Abbe, age 71, Chanute, Kansas, passed away July 15, 2018, at Diversicare of Chanute. Richard was born June 20, 1947, in Iola, Kansas, to Clarence Abbe and Ellen Vanderslice Abbe. Richard attended school in Iola.   Richard and Mary Chapman were married on March 1, 1979, in Iola. Richard was in the Kansas Army National Guard, serving from 1974...

Jewell Francis Springston

Jewell Francis Springston

Jul 14, 2018

Jewell Francis Springston, age 91, Iola, Kansas, passed away at her home on July 14, 2018. She was born October 2, 1926, in Mountain Grove, Arkansas, to Noah W. Adams and Eller Blanche Sanders Adams. Jewell married Kenneth H. Springston on September 24, 1945, in Iola, Kansas. He passed away on July 15, 1987. Jewell graduated from the Iola High...

Mable Othick

Mable Othick

Jul 12, 2018

Mable Othick, age 93, of Lawrence, Kansas, formerly of Colony, Kansas, passed away on Thursday, July 12, 2018, at The Windsor of Lawrence in Lawrence, Kansas.   She was born October 10, 1924 in Anderson County, Kansas the daughter of Sam and Cynthia (Pittsenbarger) Stauffer. She spent her early years in Anderson and Allen Counties. She attended rural schools until 6th...

Oleata Hope Hiser

Oleata Hope Hiser

Jul 11, 2018

Oleata Hope Hiser, age 88, passed away July 11, 2018, at Greystone Assisted Living, Iola, Kansas. Oleata was born March 5, 1930, in Joplin, Missouri, to Joshua Roberts and Ollie May Rice Roberts.   Oleata graduated in 1948 from the Altoona High School, Altoona, Kansas. She worked a few years as a telephone operator. Oleata and Wayne Hiser were married on...

Kenneth A Ling

Kenneth A Ling

Jul 9, 2018

Kenneth Alto Ling, age 91, passed away at the Kansas Heart Hospital in Wichita, Kansas. Kenny was born August 29, 1926, southwest of Iola, Kansas, to Alto Amos Ling and Retha Butterfield Ling. He grew up on a farm north of Piqua, Kansas, and attended Star School, a one-room country school. Kenny graduated from the Neosho Falls High School in...