Recent Obituaries
Alma Herschberger
Feb 27, 2018
Alma Herschberger, 92, of Iola passed away Tuesday, February 27, 2018 at the home of her daughter in Ottawa. She was born September 15, 1925 in Weatherford, Oklahoma to Ezra Yoder, Sr. and Jemima (Mullet) Yoder. She married Noah Herschberger February 26, 1952 in Garnett. Together they made their home in Anderson County, and moved to Iola in the mid...
Roma June Fincher
Feb 26, 2018
June Fincher, age 82, of Sterling, Kansas, formerly of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Monday, February 26, 2018, at Sterling Presbyterian in Sterling, Kansas. Roma June Holt was born on March 17, 1935, at Satanta, Kansas, the daughter of LeRoy and Winifred (Black) Holt. She grew up on a farm near Lone Elm with her four brothers, graduating from Welda...
Alisha Lynn Finney
Feb 25, 2018
Alisha Lynn Finney, age 27, of Greeley, passed away on February 25, 2018, at her home. She was born on September 23, 1990 in Lawrence, Kansas, the daughter of James E. and Jackie (Irish) Finney. She graduated from Lakemary Center, Paola, Kansas in 2011. Alisha was one of thirteen foster children and the one of the four children that were...
Jonathan Stephen Gray
Feb 25, 2018
Jonathan Stephen Gray, age 44, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Sunday, February 25, 2018, at his home. He was born on April 6, 1973, in Lexington, Kentucky, the son of Melvin and Vickie (Allen) Gray. Jonathan graduated from Pittsburg State University in 1994 with a Bachelor of Science Degree. He was an electronics and software engineer in Emporia at...
Dennis E. McBride
Feb 20, 2018
Dennis E. "Denny" McBride, age 80, of Yates Center, Kansas, passed away Tuesday, February 20, 2018, at Windsor Place, Iola, Kansas. He was born in Yates Center, Kansas, on June 13, 1937, to William "Hap" McBride and Lucille Moore McBride. He graduated from the Yates Center High School. He and Nancy Shaffer were married in 1960 in Miami, Oklahoma. Denny...
Linda Carter
Feb 19, 2018
Linda L. Carter, age 73, of Olathe, Kansas, passed away on Monday, February 19, 2018, at her home. Linda Lou Kipper was born January 23, 1945, in Kansas City, Missouri. She was the only child of George and Marjorie (Kincheloe) Kipper. She grew up in Kansas City, Kansas Linda attended Maccochaque grade school in Kansas City, Kansas, graduating from Rosedale...
Charlotte Arvada Swift
Feb 18, 2018
Charlotte Arvada (Lammon) Swift, age 86, of Colony, Kansas, passed away Sunday, February 18, 2018, at Parkview Heights, Garnett, Kansas. She was born in Hartman, Colorado on January 29, 1932, to Jay Lammon and Ora Dill Lammon. She met the love of her life while still in high school, and married Robert Elmer "Bob" Swift on April 15, 1950, in...
Dan Barcus
Feb 17, 2018
Dan Stephen Barcus, age 62, passed away on Saturday, February 17, 2018, at Richmond Healthcare in Richmond, Kansas. Dan was born October 26, 1955, to Leo and Mary Barcus of Agency, Iowa. He graduated from Cardinal High School in Eldon, Iowa in 1973. After high school, Dan attended Ottumwa Heights Junior College in Ottumwa, Iowa. While there he met his...
Lucille Rockers
Feb 16, 2018
Lucille Rockers, age 77, of Garnett, Kansas passed away Friday, February 16, 2018 at her home in Garnett. Helen Lucille Volz was the tenth of thirteen children born to Paul and Teresa E. (Hastert) Volz. She was born on January 22, 1941 at Greeley, Kansas. She grew up at Greeley, graduating from Greeley High School with the class of 1959....
Lola F. Thornton
Feb 14, 2018
Lola F. Thornton, age 90, of Topeka, Kansas, formerly of Garnett, passed away on Wednesday, February 14, 2018, at Stormont-Vail Hospital, Topeka. She was born October 8, 1927, near Virgil, Kansas, the daughter of William R. and Mabel E. (Young) Phillips. Lola graduated from Madison High School with the Class of 1944. She continued her education at Kansas State Teacher's...
Jeffery S. Haen
Feb 13, 2018
Jeffery S. Haen, age 47, of Iola, Kansas, passed away on Tuesday, February 13, 2018 at his home. Jeff is the second of two children born to Nancey Haen. Jeff was born on June 25, 1970 at Allen County Hospital, Iola, Kansas. He grew up in Iola and Uniontown before they moved to Missouri, where he attended school at Patton....
Roberta West
Feb 11, 2018
Roberta Mariea West, 90, of Colony, Kansas, passed away in the presence of her family at St. Luke's Hospice House on February 11, 2018. Roberta was born May 18, 1927, in rural Kansas. The eldest child of Claude and Mary (O'Dell) McGhee, she grew up near rural Colony and graduated from LeRoy High School at age 17 in 1944. On...
Kip Coleman "Kippy" Betts
Feb 9, 2018
Kip C. Betts, 58, of Savonburg, Kansas, went home to his heavenly Father on Friday, February 9th, 2018. He was born January 24, 1960, in Piqua, Ohio, to William and Marcia (Walker) Betts. He leaves behind numerous siblings and extended family in Ohio and enjoyed visiting with them on social media. He dearly loved his sister Miriam Raymond and they...
Glen Michael "Mike" Rouland
Feb 6, 2018
Glen Michael “Mike” Rouland, age 64, of Topeka, Kansas, passed away on Tuesday, February 6, 2018, at Kansas Neurological Institute, Topeka. He was born January 16, 1954, in Garnett, Kansas, the son of Glen O. and Frances J. (Falls) Rouland. Mike was preceded in death by his parents, Glen and Frances Rouland; and infant brother, John P. Rouland. He is...
Ragenia M. Garber
Feb 6, 2018
Ragenia M. Garber, age 61, of Iola, Kansas passed away Tuesday, February 6, 2018 at her home in Iola. Ragenia was the oldest of six children born to Clarence Junior Garber and Irma (Wagner) Garber. She was born on October 29, 1956 at Lawrence, Kansas. She grew up at Welda and attended school there. Ragenia worked as a cook at...
Margo Elizabeth McNett-Kessler
Feb 5, 2018
Margo Elizabeth McNett-Kessler, age 59, of Colony, Kansas, passed away on Monday, February 5, 2018, at her home. Margo was born on December 11, 1958, at Iola. Kansas. She was the second of six children born to John Clayton "J.C." and Roberta Ann (Nichols) McNett. She attended school in Iola and Yates Center. Margo married Gary Dean Dearinger in 1975,...
Alice Jeanette Arnett
Jan 26, 2018
Jeanette Arnett, age 74, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Friday, January 26, 2018, at her home. Alice Jeanette was born on July 4, 1943, at Garnett, the daughter of Albert Keith and Gladys Margaret (Rook) Finkenbinder. Jeanette attended Bush City grade school, and graduated from Garnett High School with the Class of 1961. While she was young, Jeanette was...
Betty Darlene Masters
Jan 26, 2018
Betty Darlene Masters, age 87, of Chanute, Kansas passed away on Friday, January 26, 2018 at Heritage Health Care in Chanute. Betty Darlene (Barber) Masters was born April 23, 1930 to Julia (Hodgson) Barber and Glen Barber at Americus, Kansas. She loved growing up in the Flint Hills around Eskridge, Kansas where she spent most of her young life. She...
Maxine Schoonover
Jan 26, 2018
Maxine Schoonover, age 87, of Stark, Kansas, passed away on Friday, January 26, 2018 at her home. Maxine was born to Daniel Ira and Violet (Parret) Schneeberger on January 22, 1931 in Caldwell, Kansas. Her family moved several times when she was a young girl, finally settling near Stark, Kansas in 1944, where she attended the Stark High School. On...
Ruth "Marie" Martin Goodspeed
Jan 26, 2018
Marie Goodspeed, age 91, of rural Colony, Kansas, passed away on January 26, 2018. She was born on December 2, 1926 in rural Colony, Kansas, the daughter of Charles Rufus Martin and Mary Irene (Samples) Martin. In her professional career, Marie worked for Texaco, Thomas H. Bowlus at Allen County State Bank, and as a stewardess with TWA. Friends cherished...
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