Hazel L. Mayfield
September 13, 2011
Hazel L. Mayfield, 92, of Chetopa, died at 3:45 a.m., Tuesday, September 13, 2011, at Chetopa Manor Nursing Home, surrounded by her loving family and friends. She was born April 30, 1919, in Bentonville, Arkansas, to Charles W. and Mary M. (Holcomb) Breshears. Hazel grew up, attended school, and lived in various communities within the Four-States. Throughout her many working...
Robert Bailey "Bob" Smith
September 13, 2011
Robert Bailey "Bob" Smith, 89, a lifelong farmer and stockman of rural Erie, died at 1:28 a.m., Tuesday, September 13, 2011, at Prairie Mission Retirement Village in St. Paul. He was born December 15, 1921 on a farm west of St. Paul, Kansas to Harry E. and Emma Jane (Bailey) Smith. He attended Mentor Grade School, was a graduate of...
Randy Raymond Littlejohn
September 11, 2011
Randy Raymond Littlejohn, 56, of Chetopa, died at 1:40 a.m., Sunday, September 11, 2011, at Labette Health in Parsons. He was born July 25, 1955, in Oswego, Kansas to Richard and Verda (Molitor) Littlejohn. He was a lifetime resident of the Chetopa area and was a 1973 graduate of Chetopa High School. He enjoyed fishing, hunting and woodworking. He especially...
Ronal Harry "Ron" Tridle
September 8, 2011
Ronal Harry "Ron" Tridle, 74, of McCune, died at 4:43 a.m., Thursday, September 8, 2011, at his home. He had been in failing health the past year. He was born February 15, 1937 to Harry David and Naomi Ruth (Grandle) Tridle in McCune, Kansas. He grew up and attended school in McCune and was a 1954 graduate of McCune High...
Timothy J. "T.J." Jacobs
September 7, 2011
Timothy J. "T.J." Jacobs, 64, of Erie, died Wednesday evening, September 7, 2011, at his home. He was born April 21, 1947 in Baltimore, Maryland to William Hamlen and Ethel Delores (Imhoff) Jacobs. He grew up and attended school in Glen Burnie, Maryland. Following high school, he lived and worked in Maryland several years. He and Robin M. Klenklen were...
Cecilia D. "Diane" Chapman
September 7, 2011
Cecilia D. "Diane" Chapman, 50, of Parsons, died at 9:51 p.m., Wednesday, September 7, 2011, at Labette Health. She had been in failing health. She was born October 15, 1960 in Parsons, Kansas to David A. and Yvonne D. (McKnight) Mead. She grew up and attended schools in Parsons and was a 1979 graduate of Parsons High School. She and...
Bette J. Baldwin
September 7, 2011
Bette J. Baldwin, 85, of Parsons, died at 10:23 p.m., Wednesday, September 7, 2011, at Labette Health. She had been in failing health. She was born October 15, 1925, in Olathe, Kansas to C. W. and Lula (Laughlin) Thurston. She grew up and attended school in the Johnson County area and was a graduate of Stanley High School. She married...
Shirley (Simmons) Aiken
August 30, 2011
Shirley (Simmons) Aiken, 72, of Shoreview, Minnesota, died at 2:30 a.m., Tuesday, August 30, 2011 at the home of her daughter in Lino Lakes, Minnesota, following a brief illness. Survivors include: One Daughter – Sheri Fairbanks Lino Lakes, MN Two Grandchildren – Jenny and Joe Fairbanks One Brother – John Simmons and his wife, Pat rural Parsons, KS Three Sisters...
Earl Leon Simmons
August 29, 2011
Earl Leon Simmons, 63, of Galesburg, died Monday, August 29, 2011 near Chanute, Kansas. He had been in ill health but death was unexpected. He was born November 3, 1947 to Thomas and Dorothy (Hopeman) Simmons near Kimball, Kansas. He moved with his family to a farm near Galesburg in December 1947. He attended schools in Galesburg and was a...
John R. Foister
August 18, 2011
John R. Foister, 75, of Edna, died at 10:15 p.m., Thursday, August 18, 2011, at Jane Phillips Medical Center in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. He was born January 25, 1936, in rural Edna, Kansas, to Jesse and Alta (Hayes) Foister. As a young boy, he grew up in rural Edna where he attended Parkville School and was a 1954 graduate of Edna...
Joshua W. "Josh" Traxson
August 14, 2011
Joshua W. "Josh" Traxson, 29, of Altamont, died early Sunday morning, August 14, 2011. He was born February 15, 1982, in Joplin, Missouri to Charles "Scott" and Cindy K. (Davidson) Traxson. He grew up and attended schools in Altamont and was a graduate of Labette County High School. He had attended the United Methodist Church in Altamont. Josh was an...
Alice A. "Ally Ann" Markiewicz
August 12, 2011
Alice A. "Ally Ann" Markiewicz, 74, of Altamont, died at 3:38 p.m., Friday, August 12, 2011 at her home. She had been in failing health. She was born August 12, 1937, in Liberty, Kansas, to George Franklin and Gladys Irene (Dickerson) Lee. She grew up and attended schools in rural Labette County and was a 1956 graduate of Labette County...
Hiawatha M. Hollins
August 8, 2011
Hiawatha M. Hollins, 67, of Parsons, died at 2:40 a.m., Monday, August 8, 2011 at Labette Health in Parsons. She was born August 30, 1943 at Paris, Texas to Henry and Dorothy May (Cooper-Bills) Hollins. She was raised by her grandmother, Junnie Bills and her stepfather, Earnest Council. She grew up and attended school there She worked for a time...
Linda E. Hague
August 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
August 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
August 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
July 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
July 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
July 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
July 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...
