Recent Obituaries
Clifford Henry Wells
Dec 20, 2017
Clifford H. Wells, age 87, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Wednesday, December 20, 2017, at Guest Home Estates in Garnett. He was born June 4, 1930, in Garnett, Kansas to Edna Kueser and Lester Holman. He was later adopted by Charles L. Wells when he and Edna were married. Clifford attended school in Garnett with exception of two years...
David Hermreck
Dec 19, 2017
David John Hermreck, age 61, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away at his home on Tuesday, December 19, 2017. He was born July 2, 1956 in Garnett, Kansas, the oldest child of Floyd and Louann (Landwehr) Hermreck. Dave attended school at St. John's in Greeley where he received strict instructions on how to lector from Sister Christina. He graduated from Garnett...
Jolienne "Jo" Spillman
Dec 19, 2017
Jolienne "Jo" Spillman, 94, of Fort Scott, Kansas passed away Tuesday, December 19, 2017 at Medicalodges of Fort Scott. Evelyn Jolienne Hatcher was born December 14, 1923 in the country near Linden, Texas. Her parents were Oscar and Bessie (Corbett) Hatcher. Their other children were Rheble, Barney, Lawrence and Carl, all of whom preceded her in death. Jo grew up...
Marguerite Ryman
Dec 18, 2017
Marguerite Morris Ryman, age 86, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Monday, December 18, 2017, at her home in Garnett. Marguerite was born at White City, Kansas, on January 16, 1931, the third child of Robert O. and Pearl (Keeble) Morris. She attended school in White City, graduating in 1949. Marguerite became a member of the White City First Christian...
Charles Edward Uitts
Dec 16, 2017
Charles Edward Uitts, 86, of Chanute passed away Saturday, December 16, 2017 at Heritage Health Care in Chanute. He was born April 1, 1931 to William and Lena (Madison) Uitts. He grew up in Iola and attended school there as a child. He worked on a farm near Welda while attending high school there. He served in the U.S. Air...
Ralph Bunnel
Dec 15, 2017
Ralph Edwin Bunnel, age 95, of Colony, Kansas, went to be with the Lord on Friday, December 15, 2017. He was born on March 2, 1922, to G.H. and Clara (Robbins) Bunnel in Colony, and is proud to have lived his entire life in Anderson County. He began farming as a young man and was also the custodian at Crest...
Raymond K. "Pete" Ericson
Dec 13, 2017
Raymond K. "Pete" Ericson, age 87, of Elsmore, Kansas, passed away on Wednesday, December 13, 2017 at Guest Home Estates in Erie, Kansas. Pete was the third of three children born to Earl and Agnes (Applequist) Ericson. He was born on December 15, 1929 in Elsmore, Kansas. He attended school in Elsmore, graduating from Elsmore High School with the class...
Vera Pauline Singer
Dec 11, 2017
Vera Pauline Singer, age 87, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Monday, December 11, 2017, at Residential Living Center in Garnett, Kansas. She was born on February 15, 1930, in Elsmore, Kansas. She was the third of three children born to Paul C. and Allula Mae (Spurgeon) Ard. Vera grew up in the Elsmore area, and graduated from Elsmore High...
Barbara Laura Velvick
Dec 10, 2017
Barbara Laura Velvick, age 57, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Sunday, December 10, 2017, at KU Medical Center in Kansas City, Kansas. Barbi was the tenth of ten children born to Richard Arnold and Bernice Marie (Hekelnkaemper) Dempster. She was born on April 27, 1960, in Atchison, Kansas, where she grew up, graduating from Atchison County Community High School...
Elaine Lila Green
Dec 8, 2017
Elaine Lila Green, 74, of Moran, Kansas passed away Friday, December 8, 2017 at Allen County Regional Hospital in Iola, Kansas. Elaine was born in Kingman Memorial Hospital, Kingman, KS on September 20, 1943. The delivery was complicated. She was a twin (of brother, Dwayne) and became entangled in the umbilical cord and as a result suffered profound birth defects,...
Thomas Eugene "Tom" Cellers
Dec 6, 2017
Thomas E. "Tom" Cellers, Sr., 94, of Iola passed away Wednesday, December 6, 2017 in Iola following a brief illness. Tom was born April 23, 1923 in Lebo, Kansas to Everett and Nola (Doherty) Cellers. He married Ethel Castle on November 14, 1942 in Burlington, Kansas. They made their home in Burlington, Kansas for several years before moving to Iola...
Lezlie Claudyne Gean
Dec 6, 2017
Lezlie Claudyne (Tomlinson) Gean, 42, of Humboldt died December 6,2017 at KU Medical Center surrounded by family. She was born to Vaughn and Linda (Lindsay) Tomlinson October 4, 1975. Vaughn passed away in May of 1977. Linda and Joseph Michael were married April 9, 1983 and made their home east of Humboldt, where they raised Lezlie and her two younger...
Ella May Norman
Dec 5, 2017
Ella May Norman, 91, of Moran passed away Tuesday, December 5, 2017 at her home. She was born December 1, 1926 to John Orval and Ellen Gertrude (Graham) Whitson on the family farm near Farlinville, a small town north of Mound City, Kansas. She attended a country grade school where she completed the 8th grade. Her family then moved to...
Eula Eileen Eggers
Dec 3, 2017
Eula Eileen Eggers, 91, of Chanute, Kansas passed away Sunday, December 3, 2017 at Guest Home Estates in Chanute. She was born August 21, 1926 in Capron, Oklahoma to Earl Elmer and Mamie Daisy (Mitchell) Gray. She was raised at Capron on the farm northeast of town. She graduated from Capron High School in 1945. She married Bethel Adams in...
Mildred May Adams
Dec 2, 2017
Mildred May Adams, age 77, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Saturday, December 2, 2017, at Residential Living Center, Garnett. She was born April 11, 1940 at Welda, Kansas, the daughter of Homer and Helen (Fagg) Adams. She graduated from Welda High School with the Class of 1958. Mildred married Larry Reyes Jr., this union was blessed with three daughters,...
James Wallace Potter
Nov 29, 2017
James W. Potter, 91, of Iola, passed away November 29, 2017 at Allen County Regional Hospital at Iola. He was born March 29, 1926 in Iola to George and Edna (Drake) Potter. After high school, he served in the U.S. Navy. Following his service, he spent the majority of his life in Allen County. He worked for Southwestern Bell Telephone...
Sandra K Garver
Nov 29, 2017
Sandra K. Garver, age 67, of Iola, Kansas, passed away on Wednesday, November 29, 2017 at her home after losing her battle with cancer. Sandra was the first of three children born to Wayne E. and Oleata (Roberts) Hiser. She was born on May 1, 1950 in Iola, Kansas. Growing up Sandy worked as a bookkeeper at the family business,...
Shirley A. Reeves
Nov 27, 2017
Shirley Anne Reeves, age 78, passed away on Monday, November 27, 2017, at the Anderson County Hospital, Garnett, Kansas. She was born September 21, 1939 in Garnett, Kansas, the daughter of Rollie and Shirley (Lane) Merscham. She graduated from Richmond High School, Richmond, Kansas. She married Thomas Walters and traveled many places while he was in the U.S. Navy. This...
Jack L Ensminger
Nov 26, 2017
Jack L. Ensminger, age 93, of Moran, Kansas, passed away on Sunday, November 26, 2017 at the Allen County Regional Hospital, Iola, Kansas. Jack was the first of two sons born to Charles and Margaret (Larkey) Ensminger. He was born on March 13, 1924 at Moran, Kansas. Jack lived his entire life on the family farm northwest of Moran. He...
Dale E. Lynes
Nov 22, 2017
Dale E. Lynes, age 70, of Moran, Kansas passed away Wednesday, November 22, 2017 at the Moran Manor. Dale was the third of four children born to Cleo and Royalyn (Dale) Lynes. Dale was born on May 17, 1947 at Garden City, Kansas while his family was travelling through on their way home to Jericho Springs, Missouri. He grew up...
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