Barbara K. Wolke
September 9, 2012
Barbara K. Wolke, 64, of Parsons, died at 12:46 p.m., Sunday, September 9, 2012, at Labette Health. She had been in her usual health and death was not expected. She was born May 26, 1948, in Wichita, Kansas, to Jesse L. and Lois F. (Eckhardt) Rose. She grew up in Wichita where she attended schools. On December 23, 1966, she...
David E. Finley
September 9, 2012
David E. Finley, 44, of Parsons, died at 10:23 a.m., Sunday, September 9, 2012, at the University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City, Kansas. He was born June 20, 1968, in Alhambra, California, to Holger Duane and Sharon Lee (Call) Finley. He was a graduate of Casa Roble High School in Orangevale, California, and also attended college while living...
Robert Dean Evans
September 8, 2012
Robert Dean Evans, 65, of rural Chetopa, died at 10:35 p.m., Saturday, September 8, 2012, in the Emergency Room at Freeman West Hospital in Joplin. He was born October 28, 1946, in Columbus, Kansas, to Robert and Barbara (Hale) Evans. He was a graduate of Columbus High School and later earned an Associate degree from Labette Community College in Parsons....
Allen N. Mariott
September 8, 2012
Allen N. Mariott, 90, of Chetopa, Kansas died at 3:15 p.m., Saturday, September 8, 2012 at the Chetopa Manor Nursing Home. He was born January 12, 1922 at Omaha, Arkansas to John and Stella (Hoffman) Mariott. Following his father's death, he was raised by his mother and stepfather, Alfred Garringer. He grew up and attended schools in Alba, Missouri and...
Fern J. Kirk
September 8, 2012
Fern J. Kirk, 60, of Chetopa, died at 2:15 p.m., Saturday, September 8, 2012, at Freeman Hospital in Joplin, Missouri. She was born December 31, 1951, in Miami, Oklahoma, to Arnold Glendon and Lela Irene (Reed) Kirk. She grew up and attended school in Mound Valley. For a time, she worked as a personal care attendant while caring for people...
Grant Easton
September 8, 2012
Grant V. Easton of Altamont, Kansas died early Saturday, September 8, 2012 at his home. His death was unexpected. He was born December 9, 1961 at Scottsbluff, Nebraska to James and Shirley (Winkle) Easton. He lived at Lymon, Nebraska until the age of 5 when he moved with his family to Lincoln, Nebraska where he grew up and attended schools....
Donald J. "Don" Dhooghe
September 5, 2012
Donald J. "Don" Dhooghe, 54, of Parsons, died at 12:32 p.m., Wednesday, September 5, 2012, at Freeman West Hospital in Joplin, Missouri, following a brief illness. He was born March 19, 1958, in Parsons, Kansas to Aloysius A. "Bud" and Elouise P. (Keyte) Dhooghe. He grew up in Parsons where he attended St. Patrick Catholic School through eighth grade and...
Morgan T. Davis
September 2, 2012
Morgan T. Davis, 46, of rural Chetopa, died at 2:10 a.m., Sunday, September 2, 2012, at Oswego Community Hospital. He was born March 26, 1966, in Coffeyville, Kansas, to M. Gene and Alice (Jones) Davis. He grew up in Labette County on the family farm southwest of Oswego and was a 1984 graduate of Labette County High School in Altamont....
Ruby Abbott
August 30, 2012
Ruby Abbott, 88, of Erie, died at 5:12 p.m., Thursday, August 30, 2012, in the Emergency Room at Labette Health. She had been in failing health. She was born February 14, 1924, in Burrton, Kansas to Abe W. and Sara (Heidbrecht) Riffel. In 1939, her family moved to Erie. As a young girl she attended Don Dodds Country School and...
Lorene Ann Kellogg
August 30, 2012
Lorene Ann Kellogg, 44, of Afton, Oklahoma, formerly of Parsons, Kansas, died at 2:38 p.m., Thursday, August 30, 2012, at her home. She had been in failing health. She was born July 29, 1968, in Parsons, Kansas, to Robert Clair and Audrey Louise (Curnutte) Kellogg. She attended Parsons schools. In earlier years she worked at Grandview Products in Parsons and...
Syretta T. Conger
August 25, 2012
Syretta T. Conger, 34, a lifelong resident of Parsons, died at 9:48 p.m., Saturday, August 25, 2012, at Via Christi Hospital on the St. Francis Campus in Wichita. She was born November 1, 1977, in Parsons, Kansas, to Vernell Eugene and Cleo Melinda (Conger) Golston. She grew up and attended schools in Parsons. She was a member of Watson Memorial...
Fern M. Monroe
August 21, 2012
Fern M. Monroe, 94, formerly of rural Altamont, died at 3:48 p.m., Tuesday, August 21, 2012, at the Parsons Good Samaritan Society where she had resided since October of 2010. The first of six daughters, she was born September 18, 1917, to Talmadge DeWitt "Bill" Marshall and Dorothy (DeVaney) Marshall on a farm southwest of McCune, Kansas. In 1928, the...
Gilbert S. "Jiggs" Crooks
August 21, 2012
Gilbert S. "Jiggs" Crooks, 91, a longtime Parsons businessman, died at 1:20 p.m., Tuesday, August 21, 2012, at Elm Haven East Nursing Home in Parsons. He was born August 1, 1921, near Lake McKinley, in Parsons, Kansas, to Leonidas M. and Deborah M. (Fesmire) Crooks. As a young boy he attended country schools near Parsons, elementary schools in Parsons, was...
Evelyn J. Stine
August 18, 2012
Evelyn J. Stine, 88, of Edna, died at 2:54 a.m., Thursday, August 16, 2012 at the Coffeyville Regional Medical Center in Coffeyville, Kansas. She was born in Coffeyville, Kansas to George A. Hill and Jennie (Martin) Hill. She grew up in the southwest Labette County area and graduated from Labette County High School. She and Forrest Stine were married on...
Keith E. Bohrer
August 15, 2012
Keith E. Bohrer, 95, of Arlington, Texas, died at 8:00 a.m., Wednesday, August 15, 2012, at Matlock Place Health and Rehab in Arlington, Texas. Keith was born April 11, 1917, in Erie, Kansas to George Bohrer and Katie (Otto) Bohrer. He grew up there and graduated from Erie High School in 1935. During World War II, he served in the...
Claudia C. King
August 14, 2012
Claudia Corrine King, 77, of rural Oswego, Kansas, died at 7:37 p.m., Tuesday, August 14, 2012 at the home of her son in rural Parsons. She had been in failing health. She was born August 25, 1934, in Idabel, Oklahoma to Claude and Dora (Williams) Williams. As a young girl, she grew up in Idabel where she attended schools. Through...
Ava Janelle Phillips
August 10, 2012
Ava Janelle Phillips was stillborn at 1:43 p.m., Friday, August 10, 2012 at St. Luke's Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri. She was the daughter of Michael and April Phillips of St. Paul, Kansas. Additional survivors include: Maternal Grandparents: Rachael and Ed Butler – St. Paul, KS Scott Harding and His Companion, Karen Jones – Parsons, KS Paternal Grandparents: Roger and...
Eunice Irene Ventle Whetstone
August 6, 2012
Eunice Irene Ventle Whetstone, 85, of Chetopa, died at 8:05 a.m., Monday, August 6, 2012, at Chetopa Manor Nursing Home. She was born September 22, 1926, in Oswego, Kansas, to Joseph E. and O'Ava Opal (Woods) Johnston. She grew up in Oswego and was a graduate of Oswego High School. Through the years she was employed by Frank Farris Insurance...
Michael J. "Mike" Holsinger
August 4, 2012
Michael J. "Mike" Holsinger, 59, of Parsons, died at 3:10 a.m., Saturday, August 4, 2012 at Freeman West hospital in Joplin, Missouri. He was born April 24, 1953, in Parsons, Kansas, to Elmer J. and Dowana D. (Ewing) Holsinger. Mike grew up in Parsons where he attended schools and was a 1971 graduate of Parsons High School. Following high school,...
James L. "Jim" Ross
August 3, 2012
James L. "Jim" Ross, 68, of rural Parsons, died at 8:25 p.m., Friday, August 3, 2012, at his home. He had been in failing health. He was born October 17, 1943, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, to James Carl and Opal Marie (Pinkston) Ross. As a child, he moved with his family to Southeast Kansas and was a graduate of Labette...
