Don Wilson
February 19, 2010
Don Wilson, 72, of Derby, Kansas, died at 6:00 p.m., Friday, February 19, 2010, at Via Christi St. Francis Hospice Unit in Wichita. He was born December 4, 1937, in Casa Grande, Arizona, to Bob and Elsie (Johnson) Wilson. He lived most of his life in Gatesville, Texas. Following high school graduation, he served in the U.S. Army where he...
Rex J Sumpter
February 14, 2010
Rex J Sumpter, 68, of Humboldt, Kansas, died at 12:01 a.m., Sunday, February 14, 2010, at Heritage Health Care Center in Chanute. He had been in failing health. He was born April 26, 1941, in Parsons, Kansas, to Jack Allen and Marie Katherine (Dowdy) Sumpter. As a young boy, he grew up in Parsons where he attended schools. Through the...
José "Joe" Hernandez
February 8, 2010
José "Joe" Hernandez, 85, of Parsons, died at 4:25 p.m., Monday, February 8, 2010, at his home. He had been in failing health. He was born August 29, 1924, in Parsons, Kansas, to Espedito and Clotilde (Martinez) Hernandez. He grew up in Parsons where he attended schools. He then served in the U.S. Army from 1944 – 1946 in Europe...
Nellie Mae (Mcnamara) Journot
February 7, 2010
Nellie Mae (McNamara) Journot, 94, of Parsons, died at 12:21 a.m., Sunday, February 7, 2010, at Elmhaven West Nursing Home in Parsons. She was born January 17, 1916, in Bloomington, Illinois, to William E. and Susie (Duvall) McNamara. At the age of two, she moved with her family to Parsons where she attended schools. She was a 1933 graduate of...
Robert L. "Smokey" Stover
February 6, 2010
Robert L. "Smokey" Stover, 68, of Parsons, died at 3:40 p.m., Saturday, February 6, 2010, at his home. He had been in failing health. He was born February 6, 1942, at Mercy Hospital in Parsons, Kansas, to Loraine Short. He was raised by his grandmother, Goldie Short until graduating from Labette County Community High School in 1960. Following high school...
Burris D. Milliron
January 25, 2010
Burris D. Milliron, 86, of Parsons, died at 4:20 a.m., Monday, January 25, 2010, at his home. He had been in failing health. He was born October 20, 1923, in Buffalo, Kansas, to Orville and Ura Leone (Landrith) Milliron. He grew up and attended schools in Buffalo and was a 1941 graduate of Buffalo High School. In 1943, he began...
Kathleen Mcmurray-Bingham
January 22, 2010
Kathleen McMurray-Bingham, 78, a former resident of Savonburg and Erie, died at 10:55 p.m., Friday, January 22, 2010, at the St. Francis Medical Center in Wichita. She was diagnosed with cancer in September of 2009. She was born November 2, 1931, in Mason County, West Virginia, to David Ellis and Iva May (Parsons) Donohue. As a young girl, she attended...
Lynwood A. "Lynn" Manues
January 19, 2010
Lynwood A. "Lynn" Manues, 76, of Parsons, died at his home at 10:41 a.m., Tuesday, January 19, 2010. His death was on his 76th birthday. He was born at Dewitt, Arkansas to John F. and Pearl A. (Owens) Manues. He grew up and attended school there until moving to Arizona in 1950. In 1980, they moved to Parsons where he...
Elizabeth "Mae" Lessley
January 18, 2010
Elizabeth "Mae" Lessley, 88, of Chetopa, died at 2:20 p.m., Monday, January 18, 2010, at Chetopa Manor Nursing Home. She was born May 13, 1921, in Chetopa, Kansas, to Charlie and Hattie (Hurd) Miles. She grew up and attended schools in Chetopa and was a graduate of Chetopa High School. She and Miles W. Lessley were married April 19, 1941....
Frances Colleen Hess
January 18, 2010
Frances Colleen (Mourning) Hess, 94, of Altamont, Kansas, passed away peacefully with family by her side at 10:25 p.m., Monday, January 18, 2010, at Parsons Presbyterian Manor. She was born May 21, 1915, in Altamont, an only child, to Hezekiah and Mina Mae (Browning) Mourning. She graduated from Labette County Community High School in Altamont, received her BSED from Pittsburg...
Henry W. Stephenson
January 11, 2010
Henry W. Stephenson, 85, of Parsons, died at 5:04 p.m., Monday, January 11, 2010, in the Emergency Room at Labette Health. He was born March 29, 1924, in Okay, Oklahoma, to John Abraham and Susie Anna (Marsh) Stephenson. He grew up in Oklahoma and was a 1942 graduate of Lincoln High School in Wagoner, Oklahoma. He then moved to Parsons...
Billy Joe "Bill" Hentzen
January 11, 2010
Billy Joe "Bill" Hentzen, 77, of Parsons, died at 12:31 p.m., Monday, January 11, 2010, in the Emergency Room at Labette Health. He had been in his usual health and death was not expected. He was born February 16, 1932, in Parsons, Kansas, to Joe and Zella (Brown) Hentzen, and as a young boy, attended country schools in Labette and...
Nellie "Pearl" Wilson
January 9, 2010
Nellie "Pearl" Wilson, 83, of Chetopa, died at 2:48 a.m., Saturday, January 9, 2010, at Chetopa Manor Nursing Home following a courageous battle with cancer. She was born September 7, 1926, in Little Caney, Kansas, to Atron and Grace (Barnhart) Fuller. She grew up in Peru, Kansas, and graduated high school from there. Following high school graduation, she taught for...
Celia E. Thomas
January 7, 2010
Celia E. Thomas, 96, of Oswego, Kansas, died at 6:45 p.m., Thursday, January 7, 2010, at Oswego Nursing and Rehab Center. She was born September 17, 1913, in Evergreen, Texas, to Rubin and Celia L.E. (Mullinax) Martin. As a young girl, she attended schools in both Evergreen and Baytown, Texas. She and her husband, John E. Thomas, lived in Texas...
Othelia M. Wester
January 4, 2010
Othelia M. Wester, 87, of rural Parsons, died at 5:30 a.m., Monday, January 4, 2010, at Labette Health. She was born January 22, 1922, to Walter Scott and Dorsie Ruby (Fahler) Harden in rural Edna, Kansas. On December 2, 1941, she and T. E. Wester were married in the Panama Canal Zone. He preceded her in death March 4, 2000....
Sabrina D. Burnett
January 3, 2010
Sabrina D. Burnett, 31, of Parsons, died at 11:55 p.m., Sunday, January 3, 2010, at Freeman West Hospital in Joplin, Missouri, following a courageous two-year battle with cancer. She was born June 21, 1978, in Garnett, Kansas, to Garry R. and Roberta N. (Lockwood) Kirkland. She grew up and attended schools in Garnett and was a 1996 graduate of Garnett...
Jerald L. "Jerry" Larery
December 30, 2009
Jerald L. "Jerry" Larery, 56, of Parsons, died Wednesday, December 30, 2009 at the place of his employment, Power Flame. He had been in his usual health and death was unexpected. He was born, August 1, 1953 at Parsons, to Paul W. and Barbara A. (Williams) Larery. He grew up and attended school in Parsons and graduated from Parsons High...
Barbara E. Austin
December 30, 2009
Barbara Eloise (Pyle) Austin, 88 died at 2:30 a.m., Wednesday, December 30, 2009, at the Good Samaritan Society of Parsons. Her home was 410 Parkway Drive in Parsons until June 2006 when she became a resident of the Parsons Good Samaritan Society. She was born October 25, 1921, on the Pyle family farm northwest of Emporia, Kansas, to Lester and...
Patricia Ann Dwyer
December 28, 2009
Patricia Ann Dwyer, 70, of Parsons, died at her home, Monday, December 28, 2009. Pat was born October 20, 1939, in Garnett, Kansas, to Dwight and Lucille A. (Heckart) Livingston. A longtime Parsonian, she was a 1958 graduate of Parsons High School. In 1959, she and Larry R. Dwyer were married at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Parsons and divorced...
Lori A. Rice
December 27, 2009
Lori A. Rice, 42, of Columbus, Kansas, died at 12:42 a.m., Sunday, December 27, 2009, at Freeman West Hospital in Joplin, Missouri. She was born January 4, 1967, in Columbus, to Norman and Linda (Newberry) George. As a child, she moved with her family to Porum, Oklahoma, and later to Columbus. She also lived in Vinita, Oklahoma, five years, before...
