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Brent A. Bevins

Brent A. Bevins

March 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

Rick J. Hinman

March 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

Elizabeth L. "Betty" Hare

March 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

Edith L. (Riley) Rosenstiel

March 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

Penny Lynn Stone

March 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

John Edgar Daley

March 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...

Dr. Howard L. Carnahan

Dr. Howard L. Carnahan

March 6, 2011

Howard L. Carnahan, Ph.D., passed peacefully on March 6, 2011, at the age of 90 in Chico, California. Carnahan was born March 25, 1920, near Parsons, Kansas, to Lee and Olive (Houghton) Carnahan. He graduated with a B.S. at Kansas State University, and later, with an M.S. and Ph.D. in Agronomy & Plant Genetics, University of Minnesota. Howard's graduate schooling...

Ellis V. Ferguson

Ellis V. Ferguson

March 5, 2011

Ellis V. Ferguson, 85, of Altamont, went to be with his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, at 12:25 a.m., Saturday, March 5, 2011, at Elmhaven East Nursing Home in Parsons. He was born June 17, 1925, in rural Cherokee County, Kansas, to Chesley and Maude (Davolt) Ferguson. He and Norma Lee Foss were married May 27, 1946, at the Faulkner...

Kelly R. Garrett

Kelly R. Garrett

February 24, 2011

Kelly R. Garrett, 44, of Parsons, died at 5:05 a.m., Thursday, February 24, 2011, at Freeman West Hospital in Joplin, Missouri. She was born May 4, 1966, in Parsons, Kansas, to Clay W. and Betty L. (Thomas) Hopkins. She grew up and attended schools in Parsons where she lived the majority of her life. She and George W. Garrett, Sr....

Beverly A. Kimrey

Beverly A. Kimrey

February 21, 2011

Beverly A. Kimrey, 75, of Edna, died Monday, February 21, 2011, from injuries sustained in an automobile accident near Edna. She was born July 18, 1935, in Edna, Kansas, to Arthur Leslie and Effie Arlene (Storm) Stine. She grew up and attended schools in Edna and was a graduate of Edna High School. On December 21, 1952, she married Charles...

Alvera C. Erskin

Alvera C. Erskin

February 14, 2011

Alvera C. Erskin, 71, of Parsons, died at 3:25 p.m., Monday, February 14, 2011, at her home. She had been in failing health. She was born October 28, 1939, in Chanute, Kansas, to Ira Raymond and Evaline Amanda (Maloney) Crater. As a young girl she grew up in southeast Kansas and later attended Labette County Community High School in Altamont....

Mark A. Carter, Iii

Mark A. Carter, Iii

February 7, 2011

Mark Allen Carter, III, 17, of Oswego, died at his home, Monday evening, February 7, 2011. He had been in his usual health and death was not expected. He was born September 9, 1993, in Parsons, Kansas, to Mark Allen Carter, Jr. and Heather Dawn Armstrong. He had attended Oswego schools since pre-school and was presently a junior at Oswego...

Glen E. "Fuzz" Heady

Glen E. "Fuzz" Heady

February 7, 2011

Glen E. "Fuzz" Heady, 75, of rural Parsons, died at 11:16 p.m., Monday, February 7, 2011, at Freeman West Hospital in Joplin, Missouri. He had been in failing health but death was unexpected. He was born July 11, 1935, in rural Erie, Kansas, to Marvin and Zola Frances (Paul) Heady. He grew up and attended grade school at the former...

Marilyn Claire (Canfield) Walton

Marilyn Claire (Canfield) Walton

February 6, 2011

Marilyn Claire (Canfield) Walton died peacefully at Golden Living Center in Edwardsville, Kansas, on February 6, 2011, at age 86. She was born in Columbus, Kansas, on September 18, 1924, the second of three children born to Marvin and Frances (Jones) Canfield. She grew up in Pittsburg, Kansas, where in high school she was a champion tumbler, swimmer and tennis...

Lyntha C. Henderson

Lyntha C. Henderson

February 5, 2011

Lyntha L. (Craig) Henderson, 58, of Parsons, died at 12:50 a.m., Saturday, February 5, 2011, at Labette Health. She was born May 25, 1952, in Hutchinson, Kansas, to Frederick and Carolyn (King) Craig. She worked as a juvenile advocate for the Juvenile Justice System in El Dorado fifteen years, as a waitress in various restaurants, and in the deli at...

Fred S. Rinne

Fred S. Rinne

January 30, 2011

Fred S. Rinne, 86, of Sycamore, Kansas, died at 5:30 p.m., Sunday, January 30, 2011, at his home following a brief illness. He was born June 2, 1924, in Kinsley, Kansas, to Theodore Henry and Dora Lucille (Stapleton) Rinne. As a young boy, he grew up and attended school in Kinsley and was a 1942 graduate of Kinsley High School....

Lisa Renea Davis

Lisa Renea Davis

January 28, 2011

Lisa R. Davis, 43, of Coffeyville, died Friday, January 28, 2011, at her home. She had been in her usual health and death was not expected. She was born September 8, 1967, in Coffeyville, Kansas, to Roger and Donna (Merrick) Banning. She grew up and attended schools in Neodesha. For several years, she had worked in nursing homes as a...

Evelyn L. Cranor

Evelyn L. Cranor

January 28, 2011

Evelyn L. Cranor, 84, of Chetopa, died at 6:12 p.m., Friday, January 28, 2011, at Labette Health in Parsons. She was born August 29, 1926, in Baldwin City, Kansas, to Ralph and Phyllis (Griffith) Kline. She grew up and attended schools in Baldwin City where she graduated high school. On January 11, 1946, she married Elmer Cranor in Salisbury, Maryland,...

Patty L. Thomas

Patty L. Thomas

January 22, 2011

Patty L. Thomas, 72, of Parsons, died at 4:20 a.m., Saturday, January 22, 2011, at Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice Center at Via Christi – St. Francis in Wichita. She was born February 18, 1938, in Melford, Missouri, to Lloyd J. and Bertha Mae (Faubion) Zinn. As a young girl, she grew up in Melford before moving to Lamar, Missouri, and...

Eric S. "Rick" Briggs

Eric S. "Rick" Briggs

January 14, 2011

Eric S. "Rick" Briggs, 50, of rural Erie, died Friday, January 14, 2011, at his home. He had been in his usual health and death was not expected. He was born April 28, 1960, in Tucson, Arizona, to Milburn Leroy "Ike" and Margaret Agnes "Peggy" (LeSage) Briggs. As a young boy, he moved with his family to Kansas where he...