Linda E. Hague
Aug 8, 2011
Linda E. Hague, 55, of Chanute, died unexpectedly at her home Monday, August 8, 2011. She was born December 7, 1955, in Medicine Lodge, Kansas to Jack and Betty (Harmon) Groendyke. Survivors include her husband, Lloyd Moore, of the home; and one daughter, Jennifer Wheeler of Chanute. The body has been cremated under the direction of the Forbes-Hoffman Funeral Home...
Joseph R. "Joe" Travis
Aug 6, 2011
Joseph R. "Joe" Travis, 63, died at 10:28 a.m., Saturday August 6, 2011 at his home. He had been in failing health. He was born January 24, 1948 in Liberty, New York to Raymond Ross Travis and Phyllis (Kissock) Travis. He lived in several cities while growing up. In 1968, he joined the United States Navy and served as a...
Dale L. Lavender
Aug 1, 2011
Dale L. Lavender, 73, of rural Altamont, died at 11:15 a.m., Monday, August 1, 2011, at his home, following a courageous battle with cancer. Dale was born August 13, 1937, in Parsons, Kansas, to Cecil Elisha and Tressie Sophona (Shira) Lavender. He grew up in the Altamont area where he attended school and was a 1955 graduate of Labette County...
Paul J. Bogner
Jul 26, 2011
Paul J. Bogner, 82, of rural Parsons, died at 6:30 p.m., Tuesday, July 26, 2011, at Prairie Mission Retirement Village in St. Paul. He was born October 8, 1928, in Mt. Hope, Kansas, to John and Rosalia (Grassl) Bogner. He grew up and attended school in the Andale area and was a 1946 graduate of Andale High School. He and...
Willie "Marie" Jackson
Jul 25, 2011
Willie "Marie" Jackson, 89, a longtime resident of Altamont, died at 3:21 a.m., Monday, July 25, 2011, at Freeman West Hospital in Joplin. She was born August 7, 1921, in Natchitoches, Louisiana, to William H. and Ora E. (Clements) Jones. She grew up in Louisiana and attended Louisiana Normal College in Natchitoches. During World War II, she worked at Boeing....
Evelyn T. Parks
Jul 22, 2011
Evelyn T. Parks, 96, of Chetopa, died at 11:05 a.m., Friday, July 22, 2011, at Chetopa Manor Nursing Home. She was born March 23, 1915, in Craig County, Oklahoma, to Nick and Martha (Uhl) Rohmiller. She was a graduate of Welch High School. Following high school, she taught in one-room schoolhouses, among them Fields school. She also worked as a...
Doris "Dody" Tidwell
Jul 19, 2011
Doris M. "Dody" Tidwell, 68, of Tyro, Kansas, died at 5:05 a.m., Tuesday, July 19, 2011 at the Windsor Place Nursing Home in Coffeyville. She had been in failing health. She was born July 24, 1942 at Oswego, Kansas to Clifford "Cap" Lawson and Hallie M. (Carlton) Lawson. She grew up and attended school in the Altamont area and graduated...
Barbara J. Hamilton
Jul 18, 2011
Barbara J. Hamilton, 78, of Erie, died at 6:12 p.m., Monday, July 18, 2011, at Labette Health in Parsons. She was born in Stark, Kansas, on July 21, 1932, to John and Emma (Vance) Marks. She grew up in St. Paul and attended school there, graduating from St. Paul High School. She married Robert Steimel on Nov. 25, 1950. They...
Donald E. Carter
Jul 17, 2011
Donald E. "Donnie" Carter, 71, of St. Paul, died at 11:25 a.m., Sunday, July 17, 2011, at Labette Health in Parsons, Kansas. He was born December 2, 1939, on the Big Island, in St. Paul, to Raymond A. and Agnes (Thielan) Carter. He was a 1957 graduate of St. Francis High School in St. Paul. He served in the United...
Letha L. Butts
Jul 17, 2011
Letha L. Butts, 94, of rural Cherryvale, died at 11:00 a.m., Sunday, July 17, 2011, at Elmhaven East Nursing Home in Parsons. She was born May 29, 1917, in rural Mound Valley, Kansas, in the Penfield area, to Albert and Eliza (Spoonamore) Nelson. She grew up in rural Mound Valley and was a 1934 graduate of Labette County Community High...
Rex J. Wooten
Jul 17, 2011
Rex J. Wooten, 67, of Chetopa, died at his home Sunday, July 17, 2011. He had been in his usual health and death was not expected. Complete obituary details will be announced by Bath-Forbes-Hoffman Funeral Home in Chetopa. Online condolences may be left at www.forbeshoffman.com.
Donald C. Lyons
Jul 15, 2011
Donald C. Lyons, 61, of Parsons, died at 5:50 p.m., Friday, July 15, 2011, at the Robert J. Dole VA Hospital in Wichita. He was born September 20, 1949, in Independence, Kansas to Edward Lyons, Sr. and Wilma Jean (McKnight) Lyons. He grew up and attended schools in Independence until moving with his family to Parsons where he attended Jr....
Harold J. Kiister
Jul 13, 2011
Harold J. Kiister, 76, of rural Oswego, died at 11:55 p.m., Wednesday, July 13, 2011, at Oswego Hospital. He was born September 5, 1934 in St. Paul, Kansas, to Otto and Susie (Brainard) Kiister. He grew up and attended school in St. Paul where he graduated from St. Paul High School and later earned an Associate degree from Neosho County...
David R. Holsinger
Jul 11, 2011
David R. Holsinger, 66, of Parsons, died at 1:45 p.m., Monday, July 11, 2011, at Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice Center at Via Christi St. Francis Campus in Wichita. He was born July 10, 1945, in Cortez, Colorado to Elmer and Dowanna (Ewing) Holsinger. As a young boy, he moved with his family where he graduated from Parsons High School and...
Steven Wayne "Hawk" Rooney
Jul 11, 2011
Steven Wayne "Hawk" Rooney, 52, of Festus, Missouri, formerly of Columbus, Kansas, died at 2:45 a.m., Monday, July 11, 2011, at his home. He was born April 27, 1959, in Oswego, Kansas, to Charles and Martha (Tomey) Rooney. As a young boy he moved to Columbus with his family where he attended school and graduated from Columbus High School in...
Floyd Donald "Don" Stammer
Jul 10, 2011
Floyd D. "Don" Stammer, 82, a longtime resident of Oswego, and his wife, Verona A. Stammer, died from injuries sustained in an automobile accident Sunday, July 10, 2011, near Dewey, Oklahoma. He was born May 29, 1929, in rural Osage County, Oklahoma, near the Butler Creek community, to Del and Edith (Chew) Stammer. He grew up and attended school in...
Verona A. Stammer
Jul 10, 2011
Verona A. Stammer, 80, a longtime resident of Oswego, and her husband, Floyd Donald "Don" Stammer, died from injuries sustained in an automobile accident Sunday, July 10, 2011, near Dewey, Oklahoma. She was born October 18, 1930, in Dewey, Oklahoma, to Harry Lee and Lela Mae (Bickford) Pryce. As a young girl, she grew up and attended school in Dewey...
Joy Lindeberg
Jul 8, 2011
Joy Y. Lindeberg, 63, a lifelong resident of Parsons, died at 1:33 p.m., Friday, July 8, 2011, at her home, following a courageous battle with cancer. She was born November 16, 1947, in Parsons, Kansas, to Obed B. and Reta M. (Van Houten) Cramer. She grew up and attended schools in Parsons where she was a 1965 graduate of Parsons...
Gary A. Stevenson
Jul 5, 2011
Gary Allen "Peanuts" Stevenson, 70, of rural Edna, died at 2:10 a.m., Tuesday, July 5, 2011, at Chetopa Manor Nursing Home. He was born June 14, 1941, in rural Altamont, Kansas, to Clarence and Irene (Patterson) Stevenson. He was a lifelong resident of the family farm and raised cattle. As a young man he pitched baseball. He enjoyed watching baseball...
Fay Longan
Jul 4, 2011
Fay Longan, 88, of Altamont, died at 5:30 p.m., Monday, July 4, 2011, at Elmhaven West Nursing Home in Parsons. She was born October 1, 1922, the first born of three children to George Lee West and Hilda Alice (Covington) West in Florence, Kansas. Fay's father, George, died from injuries sustained an automobile accident in 1929 leaving the young family....
