Frances E. Reust
Apr 27, 2011
Frances E. Reust, 84, of Kansas City, Missouri, formerly of Parsons, Kansas, died at 5:18 p.m., Wednesday, April 27, 2011, at Garden Valley Manor in Kansas City, Missouri. She had been in failing health. She was born June 30, 1926, in Chaska, Minnesota, to Henry and Marie (Leikam) Wiederkehr. As a child, her family moved to Silver Lake, Kansas, where...
Richard H. "Dick" Maxwell
Apr 27, 2011
Richard H. "Dick" Maxwell, 72, of Oswego, died at 7:00 a.m., Wednesday, April 27, 2011, at his home. He had been in failing health.  He was born February 10, 1939, in Faulkner, Kansas to John and Carol (Imel) Chapman. At the age of 3, his father passed away and his mother married Ralph Maxwell who adopted Richard.  As a young...
Elva Ohdean Meadows
Apr 24, 2011
Elva OhDean Meadows, 87, of Chetopa, died at 10:10 p.m., Sunday, April 24, 2011, at Chetopa Manor. She had been in failing health. She was born December 22, 1923, near Mulberry, Arkansas, to Henry Clay and Estella Josephine (Root) McGaugh. As a young child, her family lived in Western Kansas and later moved to Coyville, Kansas where she graduated from...
Hazel Curran
Apr 22, 2011
Orpha Hazel Curran, 99, of Altamont, died at 8:30 p.m., Friday, April 22, 2011 at the Presbyterian Manor in Parsons. She was born on August 10, 1911 south of Blue Mound, Kansas, the youngest of twelve children, born to Charles Franklin and Cloa Maude (Ellithorpe) Murrow. She attended Elementary school at the Unity elementary school in the area, and attended...
Gabriel L. Bernal, Sr.
Apr 19, 2011
Gabriel L. Bernal, Sr., 68, of Parsons, died at 9:57 p.m., Tuesday, April 19, 2011, at his home. He had been in failing health. He was born February 27, 1943, in Cherryvale, Kansas, to Rafael and Herminia (Leon) Bernal. As an infant, he moved with his family to Parsons where he attended St. Patrick's Elementary School and was a 1961...
Virginia L. Spriggs
Apr 10, 2011
Virginia L. Spriggs, 80, of Parsons, died at 9:39 a.m., Sunday, April 10, 2011, at Labette Health. She had been in her usual health and death was not expected. She was born June 13, 1930, in Dennis, Kansas, to Edgar Samuel and Laura Mae (Clendenen) Miller. She grew up and attended school at Dennis and was a graduate of Dennis...
Nadine Russell
Apr 8, 2011
Nadine Ruth (Raetz) Russell, 78, of Oswego, Kansas, passed away Friday, April 8, 2011, at her home, following a nine-month battle with cancer. Nadine was born October 30, 1932. On December 5, 1949, she and Jesse Lee Russell were married in Oswego. The couple was engaged in farming 59 years. She was employed by USD 506 as a bus driver...
Harold E. England
Apr 6, 2011
Harold E. England, 83, longtime educator and coach of Altamont, died at 7:15 a.m., Wednesday, April 6, 2011, at Labette Health in Parsons. He was born September 9, 1927, in Halstead, Kansas, to Jesse Erie and Edna Lillian (Arnold) England. He grew up and attended schools in Halstead where he was a 1945 graduate of Halstead High School. During World...
Lucille Heath
Apr 5, 2011
Lucille Heath, 86, of Mound Valley, died at 11:30 p.m., Tuesday, April 5, 2011, at the Life Care Center in Wichita. She was born February 28, 1925, in rural Mound Valley, Kansas, to Benjamin and Marie (Bitsco) Tallman. She grew up and attended school in the Dennis area and was a graduate of Dennis High School. As a young woman,...
Margaret M. Grillot
Apr 5, 2011
Margaret M. Grillot, 84, of St. Paul, died at 8:15 p.m., Tuesday, April 5, 2011, at Prairie Mission Retirement Village in St. Paul. She was born March 1, 1927, in Parsons, Kansas, to James Patrick and Mary M. (O'Connor) O'Hara. She grew up and attended schools in Parsons and was a graduate of St. Patrick's High School. Prior to marriage,...
William M. "Bill" Munding
Apr 5, 2011
William M. "Bill" Munding, 85, of rural Parsons, died at 1:59 p.m., Tuesday, April 5, 2011, at St. John's Regional Medical Center in Joplin. He had been in his usual health and death was not expected. He was born March 19, 1926, in Parsons, Kansas, to Norbert Martin and Gertrude (Seiler) Munding. He grew up in Parsons where he attended...
Brian K. Burger
Apr 4, 2011
Brian K. Burger, 49, of Parsons, died at 4:15 p.m., Monday, April 4, 2011, at his home. His death was unexpected. He was born August 31, 1961 in Oswego, Kansas, to Richard S. and Karen L. (Phillips) Burger. He grew up and attended schools near Altamont and was a 1979 graduate of Labette County High School. He later attended college...
Ridgway Westin "Ridge" Blackburn
Apr 3, 2011
Ridgway Westin "Ridge" Blackburn, was born into the arms of angels at 2:30 a.m., Sunday, April 3, 2011, at Labette Health. Survivors include: Parents – Jeremy and Amanda (Foss) Blackburn of the home, rural Parsons, KS One Brother – Rilan Blackburn of the home Paternal Grandparents - Kent Blackburn Dennis, KS Karen Cripe Oelwein, IA Maternal Grandparents – Craig and...
Norma L. Hines
Mar 28, 2011
Norma L. Hines, 76, of Mound Valley, died at 4:30 p.m., Monday, March 28, 2011, at her home. She had been in failing health. She was born April 23, 1934, in Mound Valley, Kansas, to Kenneth Leroy and Anna Mary (Goodnight) Beeson. As a young girl, she grew up and attended school near Mound Valley. For 20 years, she lived...
Brent A. Bevins
Mar 15, 2011
Brent A. Bevins, 54, of Parsons, died at 12:30 a.m., Tuesday, March 15, 2011, in the Emergency Room at Labette Health. He had been in his usual health and death was not expected. He was born March 13, 1957, in Parsons, Kansas, to Charles and Helen (Watts) Bevins. He grew up and attended schools in Parsons and was a 1975...
Rick J. Hinman
Mar 13, 2011
Rick J. Hinman, 55, of Parsons, died at 8:00 a.m., Sunday, March 13, 2011, at Freeman West Hospital in Joplin. He was born December 12, 1955, in Parsons, Kansas, to Ernest Wilson and Elnora Catherine (Stover) Hinman. He grew up and attended schools in Parsons and was a graduate of Parsons High School. Through the years, he worked in construction...
Elizabeth L. "Betty" Hare
Mar 13, 2011
Elizabeth L. "Betty" Hare, 76, of Parsons, Kansas, died at 6:02 p.m., Sunday, March 13, 2011, at Labette Health. She was born October 2, 1934, in Miami, Oklahoma, to Austin and Aurora (Hirsch) Lish. She grew up and attended schools in Miami and was valedictorian of her graduating class at Miami High School. She then continued her education by earning...
Edith L. (Riley) Rosenstiel
Mar 10, 2011
Edith L. (Riley) Rosenstiel, 72, of Parsons, died at 2:34 p.m., Thursday, March 10, 2011, at her home. She had been in failing health. She was born November 3, 1938, on the "Big Island" in rural St. Paul, Kansas to Pearl and Goldie Hazel (Beery) Riley. She grew up and attended elementary school near St. Paul and later attended McCune...
Penny Lynn Stone
Mar 9, 2011
Penny Lynn Stone, 52, of Erie, formerly of Parsons, died at 8:45 a.m., Wednesday, March 9, 2011, at Labette Health following a brief illness. She was born March 28, 1958, in Arkansas City, Kansas, to Marvin Leon and Roma Joan (Hubbard) Stone. She grew up in Arkansas City until moving to Parsons in 1969 where she resided at the Parsons...
John Edgar Daley
Mar 7, 2011
John Edgar Daley, 91, of Overland Park, Kansas, formerly of Parsons, Kansas, passed away at 3:19 p.m., Monday, March 7, 2011, at Villa St. Francis Care Facility in Olathe, Kansas. He was born August 14, 1919, in Parsons, Kansas, to John Sylvester and Mary (Steils) Daley. During World War II, he served in the United States Army and, upon his...
