Recent Obituaries
Betty Lou Nickels
Jun 3, 2018
Betty Lou Nickels, a longtime resident of Iola, KS, passed away peacefully in the early hours of June 3, 2018 at Windsor Place Nursing Home in Iola. She was 95 years old. Betty was born to Verne and Anna Wheeler Sweet of Garnett, KS on April 14, 1923. Her childhood was spent in Garnett, where she lived with her parents...
Maxine B. Smith
Jun 1, 2018
Maxine Blanche Smith, age 98, of Iola, Kansas, passed away on June 1, 2018, at Allen County Regional Hospital, Iola, Kansas. Maxine was born on February 26, 1920, in Neosho Falls, Kansas, to John Weiland and Grace Bigger Weiland. Maxine attended rural school at Punkin Kolege east of Neosho Falls and graduated from the Neosho Falls High School in 1938....
Rebecca Mendoza
Jun 1, 2018
Rebecca Mendoza, age 87, of Humboldt, Kansas passed away Friday, June 1, 2018 at Windsor Place in Iola following a brief illness. Rebecca was born November 10, 1930 at Chanute, Kansas. Rebecca was the fourth of six children born to Heriberto and Catalina (Gutierrez) Ysusi. She grew up in Chanute, attending school there. On April 3, 1948 Rebecca married Jesse...
Neil Duane Holloway
May 30, 2018
Neil Duane Holloway, age 57, of Eufaula, Oklahoma, passed away on Wednesday, May 30, 2018 in Pecos, Texas. He was born July 13, 1960 in Iola, Kansas, the son of Neil and Mary Jane (New) Holloway. Duane graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree at Pittsburg State University and a Masters at A&T State University in North Carolina. Duane was...
Donald E. Garrison
May 29, 2018
Donald E. Garrison, 87, passed away Tuesday, May 29, 2018, at his home in rural Moran, Kansas. Donald was born December 8, 1930, in Bayard, Kansas, to Guy Garrison and Lula M. (Gillham) Garrison, and grew up in the Kincaid and Moran areas. Donald was a lifelong farmer, farming in Allen and Anderson counties. He was an avid deer hunter...
Kenneth Ray Osler
May 29, 2018
Kenneth Osler, age 61, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Tuesday, May 29, 2018, at his home. He was born July 26, 1956, in Garnett, Kansas, the son of Ray and Rita (Hermreck) Osler. Kenny graduated from Garnett High School with the Class of 1974. He attended the University of Kansas, then spent his career at Scheff’s Steel in Ottawa,...
Edna Charlene Rogers
May 27, 2018
Edna Charlene Rogers, age 81 of Garnett, Kansas passed away on Sunday, May 27, 2018, at Madison, Kansas while attending an Esslinger family get-together at the very site where her father was born. Charlene was born February 14, 1937 in Quincy, Kansas, to Harry Esslinger and Edna Myrtle Cummins. Charlene attended grade school in Quincy. She graduated from high school...
Jimmy Dale Powell
May 26, 2018
Jimmy Dale Powell, Sr., Colony, Kansas, passed away at his residence on May 26, 2018, surrounded by his loving family. Jim was born on March 28, 1937, in Alta Vista, Kansas, to Harvey Edward Powell and Golda Anne Wooton Powell. Jim graduated from the Colony High School. Jim spent most of life driving trucks. He drove a truck for San-Ore,...
Michael Fudge
May 24, 2018
Michael Edward Fudge, age 75, of Moran, Kansas, passed away on May 24, 2018, at the Olathe Medical Center, Olathe, Kansas. Michael was born on October 19, 1942, in Iola, to Harry Francis Fudge and Obreta Blanche Vest Fudge. He attended school in Allen County, Kansas. Michael worked as a cook at L&M Truck Stop in Iola, then as a...
Angela "Angie" Maley
May 20, 2018
Angela Janette “Angie” Maley, age 47, of Iola, passed away peacefully at her home surrounded by her loving family on May 20, 2018, after she lost her courageous battle with cancer. Angie was born on January 13, 1971, in Iola, to Floyd “Mike” Leslie and Winona Malloy Leslie. Angie graduated from the Iola High School in 1989. She graduated from...
Dorothy Louise "Dotti" White
May 18, 2018
September 30, (“If I told you I’d have to kill you”) – May 18,2018 Dorothy Louise “Dotti” White passed away May 18, 2018 in Livermore, California. Born to Frank and Louise Wolkar on their farm in Beaulah, Kansas, Dotti was an accomplished woman who loved to learn, preferring reading to sports and piano practice to the outdoors. After graduating from...
Paul E. Thornbrugh
May 17, 2018
Paul E. Thornbrugh of Tulsa passed away at St. Johns Medical Center on May 17, 2018, at the age of 97. A Tulsa resident for more than 50 years, Paul moved with his family from Denver, Colorado, to Tulsa in 1966. A Kansas native, he was born in Olathe, Kansas, on April 15, 1921, and spent the next nine decades...
Norma Jean Rickerson
May 16, 2018
Norma Jean Rickerson, age 83, of Iola, Kansas, passed away on Wednesday, May 16, 2018, at Olathe Medical Center, Olathe, Kansas. She was born October 14, 1934 in Trenton, Missouri, the daughter of Otto E. and Eva J. (Boatman) Stewart. Norma attended grade school in rural Allen County and graduated from Chanute High School. Norma married James Lee Rickerson of...
Lillian Mae Miller
May 14, 2018
Lily (Lillian) Mae Miller, age 77, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away May 14, 2018, at her home in Garnett, surrounded by her loving family. Lillian was born August 3, 1940, in Columbus, Ohio, to James Roland Roach and Helena Farley Roach. Lillian married Delbert Hurlock in 1958 in Columbus, Ohio. Delbert preceded her in death in December, 1978. Lillian married...
Marissa Danielle Lansdown "WaWa"
May 13, 2018
Marissa Danielle Lansdown “WaWa”, age 14, of Colony, passed away on Sunday, May 13, 2018. She was born November 29, 2003, in Chanute, Kansas, the daughter of Billy and Crystal (Watts) Lyda and Dale and Wendy Lansdown. Marissa excelled at Crest Middle School where she succeeded in every event possible guided by the most amazing coaches. Her smile shines ever...
Tom Highberger
May 11, 2018
Tom Highberger, age 73, of Westphalia, Kansas, passed away on Friday, May 11, 2018 at his home. Tom was the only child born to Lawrence and Florence (Schlick) Highberger. He was born on February 3, 1945 in Iola, Kansas. Tom grew up in Westphalia, graduating from Westphalia High School with the class of 1963. He was a lifelong resident of...
Robert E Greve
May 9, 2018
Robert Eugene "Bob" Greve, age 93, of Chanute, Kansas, passed away on May 9, 2018, at Via Christi Hospital, Pittsburg, Kansas. Bob was born on December 15, 1924, in Chanute to Clarence Greve and Louise Friederich Greve. Bob and Velma "June" Byers Greve were married on June 22, 1948, in Chanute, Kansas. June preceded him in death on February 11,...
Norvell Joe Powell
May 8, 2018
Norvell Joe Powell, age 65, of Lawrence, passed away at his home in Lawrence, Kansas. Joe was born on March 12, 1953, in Iola, Kansas, to Elmer M. Powell and Louella M. Barnard Powell. Joe attended school in Iola. Joe was known for his artwork, his laughter, and his love of airplanes. Joe is survived by his two best friends,...
Iva J. Stotler
May 8, 2018
Iva J. Stotler, age 85, of rural Moran, Kansas, passed away on Tuesday, May 8, 2018, at her home. Iva was born to Otis A. and Eva M. (Jones) Zornes on May 7, 1933, in Mildred, Kansas. She grew up in the Mildred and Moran area, attending school at Moran. Iva married Walter J. Stotler on September 9, 1951 in...
John Lee Montgomery
May 7, 2018
John L. Montgomery, age 79, of Chanute, Kansas, passed away May 7, 2018, at the University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas. John was born on January 9, 1939, in Chanute, Kansas, to Lee Montgomery and Vera Beck Montgomery. John and Rosalynd Booth Montgomery were married in Chanute, Kansas, on May 10, 1959. Rosalynd preceded him in death on...
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