Oda Mary Dawson
June 26, 2010
Oda Mary Dawson, 89, of St. Paul, and former longtime Erie resident, died at 12:15 p.m., Saturday, June 26, 2010, at Prairie Mission Retirement Village in St. Paul. She was born December 6, 1920, in Harrison, Arkansas, to Lewis M. and Nancy Elizabeth (Jones) Newberry. As a young girl, she grew up and attended school in Harrison, and at the...
Geraldine Warren
June 25, 2010
Geraldine Warren, 61, of Parsons, died at 9:48 p.m., Friday, June 25, 2010, at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita. She was born July 13, 1948, in Parsons, Kansas, to DeVore and Minor (Johnson) Holland. She grew up in Parsons where she attended Douglass and McKinley Elementary Schools, was a 1966 graduate of Parsons High School, and earned an Associate degree...
Janet K. Lyons
June 20, 2010
Janet Kathleen Lyons, 46, of Parsons, died at her home at 7:20 p.m., Sunday, June 20, 2010. She had been in failing health. She was born October 18, 1963 at Fredonia, Kansas to Jerry and Geraldine Lyons and had lived at the Parsons State Hospital and other group homes for many years. She has no surviving relatives. Following cremation a...
J. Maxine Barton
June 19, 2010
J. Maxine Barton, 92, of Parsons and a longtime Pittsburg resident, died at 6:40 p.m., Saturday, June 19, 2010 at Labette Health in Parsons. She was born July 25, 1917 at Edna, Kansas to George W. and Clara M. (Rexwinkle) McRae. She grew up and attended school there and graduated from the Labette County High School in 1934. She was...
Elizabeth Ann Veenstra
June 16, 2010
Elizabeth "Ann" Veenstra, 51, of Mound Valley, died from injuries sustained in an automobile accident Wednesday evening, June 16, 2010, in Mound Valley. She was born October 27, 1958, in Norton, Virginia, to Douglas Fred and Carolyn Jean (Williams) Day. As a young girl, she grew up in Virginia and later Florida where she graduated from high school. She and...
Fern P. (Harrington) Smith
June 15, 2010
Fern P. (Harrington) Smith, 95, of Parsons, died at 4:40 a.m., Tuesday, June 15, 2010, at Labette Health. She was born June 30, 1914, near Seneca, Missouri, to Albert W. and Emma Lou (Stasell) Harrington. At the age of nine months, she came to Kansas in a covered wagon. She grew up and attended schools in Columbus where she graduated...
Edward Eugene "Pete" Overman
June 15, 2010
Edward Eugene "Pete" Overman, 85, of Chetopa, died Tuesday, June 15, 2010, at his home. He was born September 11, 1924, in Columbus, Kansas, to Roscoe Clifford and Settie Mae (Jackson) Overman. He grew up and attended schools in Columbus where he graduated from high school. From 1946-1949 he served in the United States Air Force. He and Retha L....
Adam Lee Beery
June 10, 2010
Adam Lee Beery, 28, of Parsons, died at 3:00 p.m., Thursday, June 10, 2010, at Via Christi Regional Medical Center – St. Francis Campus in Wichita. He was born December 10, 1981, in Parsons, Kansas, to Ronnie L. and Linda (Cuddy) Beery. He grew up in Parsons where he attended Lincoln Elementary and Parsons High School. He also attended Labette...
Velma L. Hollon
June 10, 2010
Velma L. Hollon, 87, of Columbus, formerly of Oswego, died at 6:40 p.m., Thursday, June 10, 2010, at Medicalodge of Columbus where she had resided the past two years. She was born January 3, 1923, in Oswego, Kansas, to Elmer Dale and Maggie Mae (Stice) Richardson. She was a lifelong resident of southeast Kansas where she grew up and attended...
William A. "Bill" Burnett, Jr.
June 10, 2010
William A. "Bill" Burnett, Jr., 82, of St. Paul, died at 12:45 a.m., Thursday, June 10, 2010, at Prairie Mission Retirement Village in St. Paul. He was born September 7, 1927, in rural St. Paul, Kansas, to William A. Burnett, Sr. and Ethel Ida (Schornick) Burnett. As a young boy, he grew up in rural St. Paul where he attended...
Alice Virginia Williams
June 7, 2010
Alice Virginia Williams, 84, of Parsons, died at 10:59 p.m., Monday, June 7, 2010, at Elm Haven East Nursing Home. She was born February 28, 1926, in Columbus, Kansas, to James Monroe and Lydia (Young) Lewis. She grew up and attended schools in Columbus and also Riverton High School. In 1943, she and James Wallace McGuire were married in Nashville,...
Charles Cervantes
June 2, 2010
Charles "Charlie" Cervantes, 91, of Parsons, died at 6:50 p.m., Wednesday, June 2, 2010, at Labette Health in Parsons. He was born April 6, 1919, in Parsons, Kansas, to Simon S. and Maria (Paramo) Cervantes. He grew up in Parsons where he attended McKinley Elementary School and graduated from Parsons High School. He served during World War II in the...
William Lee "Bill" Knedgen
June 2, 2010
William Lee "Bill" Knedgen, 85, a lifelong resident of Parsons, died at 8:00 a.m., Wednesday, June 2, 2010, at Elmhaven West Nursing Home in Parsons. He was born July 19, 1924, in Parsons, Kansas, to Frank Blaise and Clara Theresa (Young) Knedgen. He grew up in Parsons where he graduated from Parsons High School and attended Labette Community College two...
Naomi I. Rhodes
May 31, 2010
Naomi I. Rhodes, 82, of Blue Mound, Kansas, died at 2:34 p.m., Monday, May 31, 2010, while residing at the home of her daughter, Nancy Hodges, in Parsons. She was born February 29, 1928, at the family home in Faulkner, Kansas, to LeRoy and Ella (Bascue) Best. Since Naomi was a leap year baby, she always declared March 1st as...
Mae A. Henry
May 29, 2010
Mae A. Henry, 102, went to be with the Lord at 2:55 p.m., Saturday, May 29, 2010. She was residing at the home of her daughter in Edna at the time of her death. She was born March 27, 1908, in Chetopa, Kansas, to Fred A. and Margaret Ellen (Chips) Ewers. She attended school in rural Chetopa. As a young...
Christian Lee Cramer
May 29, 2010
Christian Lee Cramer, infant son of Jerrod L. and Lisa Pugh Cramer of Mound Valley, Kansas, was stillborn May 29, 2010, at UAMS Medical Center in Little Rock, Arkansas. His death was the result of complications of Triscomy 18, a rare, non-hereditary, chromosomal defect. In addition to his parents, Christian is survived by a half- brother Jared Pugh, of Smackover,...
James M. Wilson
May 26, 2010
James M. "Jim" Wilson, 94, of rural Chetopa, died early Wednesday, May 26, 2010, at his home. He was born April 21, 1916, on the family farm south of Bartlett, Kansas, to Chester L. and Alma (Mayfield) Wilson. At the age of 11, his mother died. As a young boy, he attended rural Oklahoma grade schools. At the age of...
Amari Ladorian Franklin Wyatt
May 25, 2010
Amari Ladorian Franklin Wyatt, infant twin son of Joseph Lee Wyatt and Shamequa Lane Franklin, was stillborn at 6:25 p.m., Tuesday, May 25, 2010, at Labette Health in Parsons. Complete obituary details and funeral arrangements will be announced by Forbes-Hoffman Funeral Home in Parsons. Online condolences may be left at www.forbeshoffman.com.
Karen M. Rogers
May 25, 2010
Karen M. Rogers, 57, of Chetopa, died at 2:25 a.m., Tuesday, May 25, 2010, at her home. She had been in failing health. She was born October 19, 1952, in Kansas City, Missouri, to Theodore October and Minnie May (McCalister) Gulley. As a child, she was raised in a military family and lived in various locations throughout the United States....
Demetria "Dani" D. Dixon
May 23, 2010
Demetria "Dani" Dixon, 41, of Parsons, died at 9:55 p.m., Sunday, May 23, 2010, at Freeman West Hospital in Joplin, Missouri, following a courageous battle with breast cancer. She was born March 1, 1969, in Oakland, California, to Nate Pratt and Janice Beard. As an infant, she moved with her family to Parsons where she grew up and attended schools....
