Geraldine Whitmire
May 4, 2010
Geraldine Audrey Whitmire, 72, of Joplin, Missouri, died at 6:03 a.m., Tuesday, May 4, 2010, at St. John's Regional Medical Center in Joplin. She was born October 16, 1937, in Chetopa, Kansas, to Edward Claude and Hollis (Caldwell) Whitmire. She grew up and attended schools in Chetopa and was a graduate of Chetopa High School. Through the years, she worked...
June Carolyn Brown
May 3, 2010
June Carolyn Brown, 73, of Chetopa, Kansas, died at 6:35 p.m., Monday, May 3, 2010, at Chetopa Manor. She was born March 5, 1937, in Little Rock, Arkansas, to June and Casey (Prichard) Bourne. She grew up and attended schools in Little Rock where she was a 1955 graduate of Little Rock Central High School. She and Alfred Earl Brown,...
Donald J. Martin
Apr 29, 2010
Donald J. Martin, 78, of Oswego, died at 9:10 p.m., Thursday, April 29, 2010 at the Oswego Nursing and Rehab Center. He was born August 19, 1931 at Columbus, Kansas, to Clovis and Pearl (Watkins) Martin. He grew up and attended school in Crestline, Kansas. He was employed at the Bartlett Co-op in Bartlett, Kansas. He was married to Donna...
Roy "Neil" Graver
Apr 28, 2010
Roy "Neil" Graver, 89, of Erie, died at 1:08 p.m., Wednesday, April 28, 2010, at Freeman West Hospital in Joplin. He was born October 12, 1920, in Las Animas, Colorado, to Bert Lee and Elizabeth A. (Kimball) Graver. At the age of six months, he moved with his family to Kansas where they lived nine miles northwest of McCune. He...
Fern M. Tedstrom
Apr 27, 2010
Fern M. Tedstrom, 91, of Parsons, passed away at 6:35 a.m., Tuesday, April 27, 2010, at the Presbyterian Manor in Parsons where she had resided since September, 2007. She was born May 14, 1918, near Dennis, Kansas, to Alva and Rose Anna (Cooper) Stevenson. She grew up and attended schools near Dennis including one year at Dennis High School. She...
Lawrence E. "Larry" Crow
Apr 26, 2010
Lawrence E. "Larry" Crow, 43, of Bartlett, died at 8:35 a.m., Monday, April 26, 2010, at his home following a courageous battle with lung cancer. He was born January 24, 1967, in Modesto, California, to Adrian Leon and Martha Louise (Earl) Crow. He grew up and attended schools in Modesto, California. He attended farrier school in Oklahoma City and truck...
Freda M. Mcmunn
Apr 25, 2010
Freda M. McMunn, 87, of Parsons, died at 5:50 p.m., Sunday, April 25, 2010, at Elmhaven East Nursing Home in Parsons. She had been in failing health. She was born April 17, 1923, in rural Parsons, Kansas, to Fred W. and Edna L. (Landreth) Palmer. She was a lifelong resident of Labette County where she attended Altamont schools and was...
Sheila Catherine Miller
Apr 24, 2010
Sheila Catherine Miller, 66, of Parsons, Kansas, died at 10:37 a.m., Saturday, April 24, 2010, at her home. She had suffered with Multiple Sclerosis for many years and death was anticipated. She was born to Gregory S. and Rita (Holmes) Hartlaub in Cincinnati, Ohio, on February 21, 1944. She grew to adulthood in Cincinnati. She attended St. William's Parochial School,...
Charles Hoskins
Apr 23, 2010
Charles R. Hoskins, 77, of Rockaway Beach, Missouri, died at 4:59 a.m., Friday, April 23, 2010, at the Kansas City VA Medical Center in Kansas City, Missouri. He was born January 11, 1933, in Ponca City, Oklahoma, to Arvil and Leona (Ray) Hoskins. He grew up and attended schools in Ponca City. In 1951, he entered the U.S. Army and,...
Ervin W. "Ernie" Wolfe
Apr 22, 2010
Ervin W. "Ernie" Wolfe, 69, of Chetopa, died at 10:40 p.m., Thursday, April 22, 2010, at Chetopa Manor Nursing Home. He was born May 25, 1940, in Welch, Oklahoma, to John and Alma (Sheffield) Wolfe. He was a lifelong area resident and 1958 graduate of Chetopa High School. Through the years, he and his father were engaged in farming. He...
Jane F. Van Leeuwen
Apr 16, 2010
Jane F. (Sicka) Van Leeuwen, 70, of St. Paul, died at 4:37 p.m., Friday, April 16, 2010, at Labette Health in Parsons. Her death was unexpected. She was born February 2, 1940, in Piqua, Kansas, to John and Emma (Westerman) Sicka. She lived in Piqua until she moved to Parsons in 1956 at the age of 16. She attended St....
Mary Catherine Boner
Apr 9, 2010
Mary Catherine Boner, 91, of Parsons, died at 10:25 a.m., Friday, April 9, 2010, at Elmhaven West Nursing Home in Parsons. She was born July 28, 1918, in Osage, Oklahoma, to Robert and Agnes (Bridgeman) Coons. On April 18, 1940, she and William J. "Bill" Boner were married in Parsons. She attended Labette Community College in Parsons and, at the...
Imogene I. Rankins
Apr 8, 2010
Imogene I. Rankins, 80, of Altamont, died at 3:35 a.m., Thursday, April 8, 2010, at Labette Health in Parsons. She was born June 12, 1929, in Altamont, to Hendrick "Alfred" and Margie (Warbington) Raymond. As a young girl, she grew up in Altamont where she attended schools and was a 1946 graduate of Labette County Community High School. She and...
William R. "Bill" Albertson
Apr 8, 2010
William R. "Bill" Albertson, 62, of McCune, died at 4:33 a.m., Thursday, April 8, 2010, in Montgomery County, Kansas. He had been in his usual health and death was not expected. He was born September 15, 1947, in Parsons, Kansas, to Carl Raymond and Wilma Allene (Murphy) Albertson. He grew up in Parsons where he attended schools and later earned...
C. "Ted" Noble
Apr 5, 2010
C. "Ted" Noble, 72, of rural Walnut, Kansas, died at 1:10 a.m., Monday, April 5, 2010, at his home. He was born December 5, 1937, in Springfield, Illinois, to Theodore Clyde and Elsie Marie (Hennerberger) Noble. As a young boy, he grew up in Pleasant Plains, Illinois, where he worked on the family farm and graduated high school. In 1973,...
Bessie A. (Tullis) Goldsmith Cary
Apr 4, 2010
Bessie A. (Tullis) Goldsmith Cary, 90, of Chetopa, died at 7:28 a.m., Sunday, April 4, 2010, at Chetopa Manor Nursing Home. She was born January 11, 1920, the fifth of ten children, to Robert Bruce and Mary Elizabeth (Wiley) Tullis. As a young girl, she grew up and worked with her family on their farm west of Bartlett. She attended...
Charles Dale Gribben
Mar 29, 2010
Charles Dale Gribben, 92, of Boise, ID died March 29, 2010 at his Valley View residence of natural causes. Dale was born on February 23, 1918 in Parsons, Kansas, the second of two sons, to Charles and Maude Foore Gribben. His father emigrated from Belfast, Ireland as a steam fitter and worked for the Union Pacific and Katy railroads before...
John H. Shearhart
Mar 24, 2010
John H. Shearhart, 78, of Oswego, formerly of Mound Valley, died at 11:40 a.m., Wednesday, March 24, 2010, at his home. He was born May 13, 1931, in Mound Valley, Kansas, to Herschel C. and Mary E. (Fields) Shearhart. He grew up and attended school in Mound Valley and, as a young adult, moved to California where he lived several...
Vera B. (Volmer) Diskin
Mar 23, 2010
Vera B. (Volmer) Diskin, 91, of St. Paul, died at 6:20 a.m., Tuesday, March 23, 2010, at Prairie Mission Retirement Village in St. Paul. She was born May 30, 1918, in St. Paul, Kansas, to George and Rose (Knott) Volmer. She grew up in St. Paul where she attended Odell country school and was a 1937 graduate of St. Francis...
Alice M. "Casey" Dunlay
Mar 21, 2010
Alice M. "Casey" Dunlay, 84, of Parsons, died at 3:00 p.m., Sunday, March 21, 2010, at her home surrounded by her family. She had been in her usual health until recently. She was born June 3, 1925, in Parsons, to George and Stella (Gouvion) Casey. She lived with her family in St. Paul as a child and moved to Parsons...
