Fred Warford
May 17, 2010
Fred W. Warford, 47, of Erie, died early Monday, May 17, 2010, at his residence. He had been in failing health, but death was not expected. He was born October 7, 1962, in Pittsburg, Kansas, to Carl Cleaton and Patsy Louise (Chaney) Warford. He grew up and attended schools in Pittsburg and was a 1982 graduate of Pittsburg High School....
James P. "Red" Breslin
May 11, 2010
James P. "Red" Breslin, 56, of Altamont, died at 4:30 p.m., Tuesday, May 11, 2010, at the Cancer Treatment Center of America in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He was born June 29, 1953, in Los Angeles, California, to Francis and Ellen (Bailey) Breslin. He grew up and attended schools in Trona, California. He served in the U.S. Army two years. Following his...
Ruby M. Donald
May 7, 2010
Ruby M. Donald, 90, of Oswego, died at 3:49 p.m., Friday, May 7, 2010, at the Oswego Home Place. She was born November 5, 1919, in Cabool, Missouri, to John and Etta (Hunter) Kelley. She grew up and attended school in southern Missouri and was a graduate of Humansville High School. On June 27,1942, she and Walter Donald were married...
Ray Francis Turner
May 5, 2010
Ray Francis Turner, 86, of Independence, Kansas, went to Heaven at 11:35 p.m., Wednesday, May 5, 2010. Ray and twin, Roy, were born at home in Stark City, Missouri, June 15, 1923, to John Riley and Sarah Francis (Bowman) Turner. He worked on his parents' farm through the depression years. Ray married Janie Odessa Cargile on August 18, 1945, in...
Marie Kennett
May 4, 2010
Marie Kennett, 93, of Pittsburg, died at 5:25 p.m., Tuesday, May 4, 2010, at Via Christi Hospital in Pittsburg. She was born September 10, 1916, in Pittsburg, Kansas, to Walter and Ethel (Jones) Thomas. She grew up and attended school in Pittsburg. She and Earl Kennett were married July 8, 1935, in Pittsburg. Following marriage, they lived in Pittsburg where...
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
April 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
April 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
April 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
April 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
April 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
April 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
April 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
April 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
April 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
April 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
April 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
April 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
April 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,...
