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...
Marjorie Mary Jane Howard
December 24, 2009
Marjorie Mary Jane Howard, 95, of Erie, died at 9:50 p.m., Thursday, December 24, 2009, at her home. She was born March 22, 19l4, in Cherokee, Kansas, the third daughter of pioneer parents William Lewis and Nancy Pearl (Jones) Stough. She attended Cherokee schools and graduated with a Bachelor's degree in 1939 from Kansas State Teachers College of Pittsburg where...
Terry L. "O.G." Dunn
December 18, 2009
Terry L. "O.G." Dunn, 54, of Parsons, Kansas, died at 12:20 p.m., Friday, December 18, 2009, at St. Joseph Medical Center in Kansas City, Missouri. He was born February 20, 1955, in Parsons, to Jesse and Eleanor Louise (Williams) Dunn. He grew up and attended schools in Parsons where he lived and worked in construction most of his life. For...
Virgil Harlan Kruse
December 13, 2009
Virgil Harlan Kruse, 83, of rural Oswego, died at 10:27 a.m., Sunday, December 13, 2009, at Labette Health in Parsons. He was born June 9, 1926, on the family farm, near Bremen, Kansas, the youngest of nine children, to George A. and Wilhelmina (Brenneke) Kruse. He was baptized July 4, 1926, at Immanuel Lutheran Church (Hermansberg) Bremen, Kansas, by the...
Michael Paul "Mike" Eichhorn
December 12, 2009
Michael Paul "Mike" Eichhorn, 60, a longtime Altamont businessman, died on December 12, 2009, at his home in Altamont. He had been in failing health. He was born July 19, 1949, in Parsons, Kansas, to Paul and Betty (Imel) Eichhorn. He grew up in Altamont where he attended Altamont Grade School and graduated from Labette County High School in 1967....
Irene Mcquarie
December 10, 2009
Irene McQuarie, 91, of Parsons, formerly of Chanute, died at 8:30 a.m., Thursday, December 10, 2009, at her home. She was born September 1, 1918, in rural Cherryvale, Kansas, to Hiram Edward and Mahala Mae (Daniels) Coots. She grew up in Labette County where she attended schools and was a 1936 graduate of Labette County Community High School. For a...
Iona Jo Nading
December 7, 2009
Iona Jo Nading 66, of Altamont, died at 11:40 p.m., Monday, December 7, 2009, at Labette Health in Parsons. She was born June 22, 1943, in Yakima, Washington, to Charles D. "Charlie" and Iona "Elaine" (Christy) Nading. At the age of 1 ½, her family moved to Altamont where she attended schools and was a 1961 graduate of Labette County...
Delpha Mae Reed
December 1, 2009
Delpha Mae (Kennard) Reed, 88, of Altamont, died at 4:12 p.m., Tuesday, December 1, 2009, at Labette Health in Parsons. She was born July 11, 1921, at Golden City, Missouri, to William W. and Tirzah (Litle) Kennard. At the age of three, her family moved to Colorado where she grew up and attended schools and was a graduate of Granada...
Rev. Bobby G. Robison
December 1, 2009
Rev. Bobby G. "Bob" Robison, 77, of Parsons, died at his home at 10:55 p.m., Tuesday, December 1, 2009. He had been in failing health for several months. He was born October 6, 1932 at Omaha, Arkansas to Lee A. and Sarah M. (Besse) Robison. He grew up and attended schools there and graduated from High School at Omaha. He...
Misty K. Waun
November 30, 2009
Misty K. Waun, 30, of Parsons, died Monday evening, November 30, 2009, from injuries sustained in an automobile accident near McCune, Kansas. She was born April 10, 1979, in Parsons, Kansas, to Jerry E. "Gene" Waun, Jr. and Karen Sue "Susie" (Michael) Waun. As a young girl, she grew up and attended elementary schools in Parsons and Mound Valley. She...
Andrew R. Schibi
November 28, 2009
Andrew R. Schibi, 20, of Parsons, died early Saturday morning, November 28, 2009, from injuries sustained in an automobile accident in Neosho County. He was born January 20, 1989, in Parsons, Kansas, to Raymond W. and Brenda S. (Little) Schibi. He grew up in Parsons where he attended Parsons Catholic School through the third grade. He then attended schools in...
