Bessie A. (Tullis) Goldsmith Cary
April 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
March 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
March 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
March 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
March 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...
Pastor Merl J. Swayze, Sr.
March 20, 2010
Pastor Merl J. Swayze, Sr., 76, of rural Erie, died at 1:19 a.m., Saturday, March 20, 2010, at Freeman West Hospital in Joplin, Missouri. He was born May 20, 1933, in Parsons, to Everett W. and Lilly May (Beasley) Swayze. He grew up in Parsons, Toponas, Colorado, and Michigan. From 1953-1955, he served in the United States Army. Following his...
Carol J. Arie
March 17, 2010
Carol J. (Ackley) Arie, 72, of Wichita, formerly of Parsons, passed away quietly and peacefully with her family at her side at 5:45 p.m., Wednesday, March 17, 2010, at Via Christi-St. Francis Campus in Wichita. She had been in failing health. She was born July 28, 1937, in Kansas City, Kansas, to Clarence D. and Opal M. (Benjamin) Ackley. At...
Linda S. Gilliland
March 15, 2010
Linda S. Gilliland, 57, of Chetopa, died at 12:43 p.m., Monday, March 15, 2010, in the Emergency Room at Labette Health. She was born July 30, 1952, in Picher, Oklahoma to Forrest Russell Evans, Sr. and Juanita Mae (Watson) Evans. She attended Columbus schools, Coffeyville Community College, and graduated from the nursing program at Labette Community College in Parsons. Through...
Helene B. White
March 12, 2010
Helene B. White, 90, of Columbus, formerly of Parsons, died Friday, March 12, 2010, at Mercy Health in Columbus. She was born September 24, 1919, in Isabella, Oklahoma, to Herbert and Anna Bowmaker. She grew up and attended schools in Isabella, and later moved to Wichita where she worked at Boeing Aircraft during World War II. On April 22, 1946,...
Darrel D. Fultz
March 12, 2010
Darrel D. Fultz, 78, of Parsons, died at 11:20 a.m., Friday, March 12, 2010, at Elm Haven East Nursing Home in Parsons where he had resided the past month. He was born June 18, 1931, in Parsons, to Dwight Campbell and Margaret Louise (Denison) Fultz. He grew up and attended rural Labette County schools and was a 1949 graduate of...
Bradley E. "Brad" Oman
March 10, 2010
Bradley E. "Brad" Oman, 63, of Altamont, Kansas, passed away with his family by his side at 10:45 p.m., Wednesday, March 10, 2010, at his home after a short battle with cancer. He was born May 8, 1946, in Topeka, KS, to Vincent and Alice (Youngblom) Oman. In 1964, he graduated from Washburn Rural High School in Topeka, KS, and...
M. D. "Curly" Robinson
March 10, 2010
M. D. "Curly" Robinson, 79, of Parsons, died at 3:58 p.m., Wednesday, March 10, 2010, at Labette Health. He had been in his usual health and death was not expected. He was born October 12, 1930, in Columbus, Kansas, to James C. Robinson, Sr. and Iva Cleo (Farnsworth) Robinson. He attended grade school at Hallowell and was a high school...
Clovie I. Kepford
March 9, 2010
Clovie I. Kepford, 93, of Vincennes, Indiana, formerly of Chetopa, died at 7:35 p.m., Tuesday, March 9, 2010, at Good Samaritan Hospital in Vincennes. She was born August 2, 1916, on the family farm north of Melrose, Kansas, to Oscar and Nellie (Harrington) Smith. As a young girl, she grew up and attended Mt. Pisgah country school. She was a...
Margaret N. Cruse
March 8, 2010
Margaret N. Cruse, 74, of Parsons, died at 3:15 a.m., Monday, March 8, 2010, at Labette Health. She was born June 2, 1935, in Walnut, Kansas, to Ross Nyle and Henrietta Elwanda (Inman) Stephens. She grew up and attended school in Walnut. On July 5, 1952, she and Wayne A. Cruse were married in Eureka Springs, Arkansas. The couple lived...
Ella Mae Barrett
March 4, 2010
Ella Mae Barrett, 91, of Parsons, died at 4:16 p.m., Thursday, March 4, 2010, at the Good Samaritan Society in Parsons. She was born April 1, 1918, in Oakland, Kansas, to Fred E. and Bertha Belle (Markley) Hopkins. She was a graduate of Highland Park High School in Topeka. On March 19, 1938, she and Benjamin F. Barrett were married...
Michael N. Houston
March 1, 2010
Michael N. Houston, 52, of Republic, Missouri, formerly of Edna, Kansas, died unexpectedly at 5:00 p.m., Monday, March 1, 2010. He was born August 6, 1957, in Parsons, Kansas, to E. Dale and Roena (Ryman) Houston. He attended Edna Elementary School, Labette County High School in Altamont for two years, and was a graduate of Wichita West High School. Following...
Kenneth B. Kinne
February 23, 2010
Kenneth B. Kinne, 88, of rural Erie, died at 7:17 p.m., Tuesday, February 23, 2010, at his home. He had been in failing health. He was born February 22, 1922, in Erie, Kansas, to Orton A. and Flora (Burlingame) Kinne. He attended rural elementary school there and was a 1939 graduate of Erie High School. He was a farmer and...
Walter Warden Bryan
February 23, 2010
Walter Warden Bryan, 90, of Parsons, died at 2:50 a.m., Tuesday, February 23, 2010, at the Parsons Good Samaritan Society. He had been in failing health. He was born January 18, 1920, in Neodesha, Kansas, to Charles Elmer and Sarah Mahala (Dowty) Bryan. He grew up and attended school in Neodesha. He served in the U.S. Navy during World War...
Walter H. Fontelroy, Jr.
February 23, 2010
Walter H. Fontelroy, Jr., 59, of Parsons, died unexpectedly at 6:39 a.m., Tuesday, February 23, 2010, at Labette Health. He was born May 27, 1950, in Parsons, Kansas, to Walter Howard Fontelroy, Sr. and Claretha E. (Ponds) Fontelroy. As a young boy, he attended Douglass Elementary School in Parsons before moving to San Antonio, Texas, where he attended Smith Elementary...
Dorothy J. Lockwood
February 21, 2010
Dorothy J. Lockwood, 86, of Parsons, died at 1:02 p.m., Sunday, February 21, 2010, at Parsons Presbyterian Manor where she had resided the past year. She was born September 10, 1923, in Akins, Oklahoma, to Walter and Pink Annie (Emberton) Green. She grew up and attended school in Oklahoma. As a young woman, she moved to Kansas where she lived...
