George L. "Sonny" Fager
Mar 10, 2009
George L. "Sonny" Fager, 84, of St. Paul, and lifelong resident of Neosho County, died at 2:15 p.m., Tuesday, March 10, 2009, at Prairie Mission Retirement Village. He had been in failing health. He was born October 28, 1924, in Walnut, Kansas, to Henry and Genevieve (Crager) Fager. He grew up and attended schools in Walnut and St. Paul. He...
Ruth Marie Hinman
Mar 7, 2009
Ruth Marie Hinman, 81, of Parsons, died at 3:35 p.m., Saturday, March 7, 2009, at her home. She was born January 10, 1928, in Galena, Kansas, to William and Ruby (Gandy) Sturgis. As a young girl, she grew up and attended schools in Galena. On June 25, 1956, she and William "Marvin" Hinman were married in Miami, Oklahoma. Following marriage,...
Betty Jo Ewers
Mar 1, 2009
Betty Jo Ewers, 81, of Chetopa, formerly of Wichita, died at 1:00 p.m., Sunday, March 1, 2009, at the Oswego Community Hospital. She was born February 19, 1928, in Selman, Oklahoma, to James Joseph and Sylvia Ester (Warner) Dixon. She was a graduate of Labette County Community High School in Altamont. She and Robert W. Ewers were married May 3,...
Andrea D. Taylor
Feb 27, 2009
Andrea D. Taylor, 56, of Parsons, died at 6:00 a.m., Friday, February 27, 2009, at her home. She had been in her usual health and death was not expected. She was born January 3, 1953, in Smithville, Texas, to William Ronald and Carolyn Yvonne (Kavanagh) Taylor. She enjoyed playing board games, antique shopping, and spending time with her dogs. SURVIVORS:...
Glen R. Bozman
Feb 25, 2009
Glen R. Bozman, 67, of Center, Colorado, formerly of Edna, Kansas, died at 3:00 a.m., Wednesday, February 25, 2009, at St. John Medical Center, in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He was born March 31, 1941, in Edna, Kansas, to Sumner O. and Dorothy E. (Brown) Bozman. He grew up and attended schools in Edna, and was a 1959 graduate of Edna High...
Sara E. Grosdidier
Feb 23, 2009
Sara E. Grosdidier, 77, of rural St. Paul, passed away at 8:25 p.m., Monday, February 23, 2009, at her home. She had been in failing health. She was born July 31, 1931, in Parsons, Kansas, to Charles Henry and Sara Ellen (Brown) Steinbacher. She grew up and attended schools in the South Mound and St. Paul areas, and was a...
Lois Darlene Leahy
Feb 16, 2009
Lois Darlene Leahy, 85, passed away on Monday, February 16, 2009, in McAllen, Texas. She was born in Hugoton, Kansas, on March 22, 1923, to Claude and Ethel (Brown) Stoker. Lois graduated from Coffeyville High School. Following World War II, she and her husband, Emory Leahy, returned to Coffeyville where they worked for Continental Can. SURVIVORS: One Sister – Phyllis...
Ruth I. Mcguire
Feb 16, 2009
Ruth I. McGuire, 79, of Parsons, formerly of Cherryvale, died at 3:40 a.m., Monday, February 16, 2009, at Labette Health. She had been in failing health. She was born June 22, 1929, in Thayer, Kansas, to John and Pearl Mae (Bundy) Plotner. She grew up and attended school in Thayer. In the mid 1950's, she moved to the Cherryvale area...
Debra K. "Debbie" Marks
Feb 14, 2009
Debra K. "Debbie" Marks, 54, of Parsons, went home to be with her Lord, at 2:00 a.m., Saturday, February 14, 2009, at her home. She had been in failing health the past year. She was born November 22, 1954, in Parsons, Kansas, to Cecil R. and Pearl J. (McKnight) Overall. As a young girl, she moved with her family to...
Charles V. "Chuck" Shaw
Feb 13, 2009
Charles V. "Chuck" Shaw, 92, of Carmichael, California, formerly of Galesburg, Kansas, died at 11:55 a.m., Friday, February 13, 2009, at Aegis of Carmichael Assisted Living Facility in Carmichael, California. He was born January 21, 1917, in Galesburg, Kansas, to Homer Ivan and Maud (Trowbridge) Shaw. During World War II, he was stationed at Fort Ord, California, while serving in...
Vernon Charles White
Feb 12, 2009
Vernon Charles "Mike" White, 63, of McCune, died at 6:05 p.m., Thursday, February 12, 2009, at his home. He was born June 8, 1945, in Parsons, Kansas, to Earl and Dollie (Smith). Through the years, he worked as a construction laborer. On December 11, 2008, he and Emily J. Meek were married. She survives of the home. Additional survivors include:...
Katherine P. "Kay" Taylor
Feb 11, 2009
Katherine P. "Kay" Taylor, 90, of Parsons, a loving mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister, and friend to many, passed away at 2:45 a.m., Wednesday, February 11, 2009, at Family Health and Rehabilitation Center in Wichita. She was born, the oldest of seven children, to Thomas and Pearl (Schultz) Lyons on April 19, 1918, in Denver, Colorado, where she grew up and...
Pauline Schneickert
Feb 8, 2009
Pauline M. Schneickert, 90, of Parsons, died at 3:00 p.m., Sunday, February 8, 2009, at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita, Kansas. She was born September 21, 1918, to Henry E. and Cecelia (Richard) Sevart, in St. Paul, Kansas, where she grew up and attended school. She was a member of St. Patrick's Catholic Church and its Altar Society, the Carpenter's...
Eddie A. Gartner
Feb 8, 2009
Eddie A. Gartner, 88, of Parsons, died at 6:44 p.m., Sunday, February 8, 2009, at Labette Health. He had been in failing health. He was born May 17, 1920, to Jacob and Louise (Siminec) Gartner in Franklin, Kansas, where he grew up, attended school, and learned to work at a young age. He worked at several jobs in the Franklin-Pittsburg...
Jimmie E. Johnston
Feb 5, 2009
Jimmie E. Johnston, 80, of rural Edna, died at 12:10 p.m., Thursday, February 5, 2009, at his home, following a short battle with acute leukemia. He was born August 9, 1928, near Bartlett, Kansas, to Vernon and Myrtle (Layton) Johnston. As a young boy, he grew up in the Bartlett-Edna area. He attended Ellis Grade School, and was a 1946...
Harold L. Axtell
Feb 5, 2009
Harold L. Axtell, 81, of Climax Springs, Missouri, formerly of Altamont, Kansas, died at 7:25 a.m., Thursday, February 5, 2009, at Lake Regional Hospital in Osage Beach, Missouri. He was born July 7, 1927 at Altamont, Kansas to Lee and Golda (Brown) Axtell. He grew up in Altamont and graduated from the Labette County Community High School there in 1945....
Donna L. Heady
Feb 4, 2009
Donna Heady, 74, of rural Parsons, died at 5:20 p.m., Wednesday, February 4, 2009, at her home. She had been in failing health. She was born December 30, 1934, in Dennis, Kansas, to Titus and Leona (Good) Schneider. As a young girl, she attended elementary school in Dennis. She later attended Parsons Jr. High School, was a graduate of Labette...
Ivan W. Myers
Feb 1, 2009
Ivan W. Myers, 83, of rural Oswego, died at 12:28 p.m., Sunday, February 1, 2009, at his home. He was born January 21, 1926, near Dennis, Kansas, to William Henry and Edna Naomi (Cortner) Myers. As a young boy, his family moved to the Altamont area where he grew up and attended school. He and Wanda J. Pearce were married...
Ula B. Schneider
Jan 31, 2009
Ula B. Schneider, 70, of Parsons, died at 9:20 p.m., Saturday, January 31, 2009, at the Good Samaritan Society in Parsons. She was born December 6, 1938, in Dennis, Kansas, to Titus and Leona (Good) Schneider. She grew up and attended elementary school in rural Labette County and later attended Labette County Community High School in Altamont. During her adult...
Louise Burke
Jan 28, 2009
Louise Burke, 91, of Chetopa, died at 5:05 a.m., Wednesday, January 28, 2009, at the Chetopa Manor Nursing Home where she had resided since December 2007. She was born June 15, 1917, in Craig County, Oklahoma, to John M. and Ethel M. (McCormick) Yost. As a young girl, she grew up and attended Goldenrod Country School there and was a...
