Kathleen A. "Kak" Mcgowen
November 5, 2009
Kathleen A. "Kak" McGowen, 90 of Erie, died at 5:24 p.m., Thursday, November 5, 2009 at the Guest Home Estates in Erie. She was born April 7, 1919 in Conception Junction, Missouri, to John M. Schoenhofer and Catherine M. (Thomas) Schoenhofer. As a child, she moved with her family to St. Paul where she grew up and attended schools. She...
Judith K. "Judi" Bray
November 3, 2009
Judith K. "Judi" Bray, 66, of Pearland, Texas, died November 3, 2009. She was born January 18, 1943, in St. Paul, Minnesota, to Charles and Margaret (Burggren) Corrigan. She grew up in Sauk Centre, Minnesota, where she attended schools and was a 1961 high school graduate. She then attended the University of Arizona in Tucson for three years. Prior to...
Ron Shields
November 2, 2009
Ron Shields, 65, of Athens, Texas, formerly of Parsons, died November 2, 2009, at his home. He was born in Parsons, Kansas, on October 3, 1944, to W. L. and Maxine (Sailsbury) Shields. He was a true and faithful husband, father, grandfather, friend, police officer and educator. He attended Calvary Temple Church in Athens. Ron graduated in 1962 from Labette...
Gary L. Snider
October 31, 2009
Gary L. Snider, 66, of rural McCune, formerly of Parsons, died at 1:15 a.m., Saturday, October 31, 2009, at Via Christi St. Francis Hospice Unit in Wichita. He was born July 25, 1943, in Parsons, Kansas, to Marvin and Wanda (Garrett) Snider. He grew up in Parsons and South Mound where he attended elementary schools, and was a 1961 graduate...
Randall L. "Randy" Dickens
October 29, 2009
Randall L. "Randy" Dickens, 48, of Neodesha, Kansas, formerly of Parsons, died Thursday, October 29, 2009, at his home. He had been in failing health. He was born May 18, 1961, in Parsons, Kansas, to Richard L. "Tiny" and Margaret Laverne (Osburn) Dickens. He grew up in Parsons where he attended schools. For a time, he lived in Texas before...
Shirley J. Hizey
October 15, 2009
Shirley J. Hizey, 67, of Galesburg, died at 2:41 a.m., Thursday, October 15, 2009, at Labette Health in Parsons. She was born February 15, 1942, in Parsons, Kansas, to Tom and Lucille (Shue) Crawshaw. As a young girl, she moved with her family to Galesburg where she attended schools. On December 29, 1958, she and Tom Hizey were married in...
Ramona J. Gwartney
October 14, 2009
Ramona J. (Strickland) Gwartney, 71, of Chetopa, died at 11:00 a.m., Wednesday, October 14, 2009, at her home. She was born December 9, 1937, in Oswego, Kansas, to Walter and Minnie Belle (Needham) Strickland. She grew up and attended schools in Chetopa where she participated in basketball and was a 1955 graduate of Chetopa High School. She later attended and...
Ivan Lewis Good
October 11, 2009
Ivan Lewis Good, 85, of Parsons, passed away at 5:10 p.m., Sunday, October 11, 2009, at Elmhaven West Nursing Home in Parsons. He was born September 24, 1924, in Anderson County, to Carl Charles and Alice M. (Walsh) Good. In 1975, Mr. Good moved from Anderson County to rural Parsons where he was a farmer and rancher in both Labette...
Viola Werner Johnson
October 1, 2009
Viola Werner Johnson, 83, of Parsons, died at 10:00 p.m., Thursday, October 1, 2009, at Labette Health. She was born July 9, 1926, in Morris, Manitoba, Canada, to Charles and Katherina (Remple) Werner. As a young girl, she grew up in Morris before moving to Winnipeg where she also worked for a time. She then relocated to Vancouver where she...
Eugenia B. "Jeanie" Laforge
September 28, 2009
Eugenia B. "Jeanie" LaForge, 83, of Parsons, died at 5:00 p.m., Monday, September 28, 2009, at Freeman West Hospital in Joplin, Missouri. She was born April 18, 1926, in St. Paul, Kansas, to Jacob Francis and Bertha Mae (Jennings) VanLeeuwen. As a young girl, she grew up in St. Paul where she attended Lone Elm Country School and was a...
Robert E. Donaldson
September 27, 2009
Robert E. "Bob" Donaldson, 84, of Parsons, died at 10:30 a.m., Sunday, September 27, 2009, at his home in Parsons. He had been in failing health. He was born October 25, 1924, in Silverdale, Kansas, to Harry and Alma (Bowman) Donaldson. As a young boy, he grew up in Branson, Missouri, where he attended schools and graduated from high school....
Evalena Tedstrom Newell
September 17, 2009
Evalena Tedstrom Newell, 95, of Bartlesville, Oklahoma, formerly of Mound Valley and Parsons, Kansas, died at 10:50 p.m., Thursday, September 17, 2009, at Jane Phillips Medical Center in Bartlesville. She was born December 15, 1913, in Severy, Kansas, to Harley Isaac and Jennie Olive (Welch) Munday. At the age of 12, she moved with her family to Mound Valley where...
Samuel "Sam" Jorgenson
September 13, 2009
Samuel "Sam" Jorgenson, 93, of Welch, Oklahoma, passed away at 1:45 p.m., Sunday, September 13, 2009, at Medicalodge in Columbus, Kansas. He was born December 27,1915, in Salem, South Dakota, to Sam and Sophia Jorgenson. On June 24, 1940, he and Edith Mae Stevens were married in Pipestone, Minnesota. The couple owned, operated and managed businesses in Winfred, South Dakota;...
Dennis L. Lundgren
September 13, 2009
Dennis L. Lundgren, 64, of Parsons, died at 7:00 a.m., Sunday, September 13, 2009, at Via Christi St. Francis Hospital in Wichita. He was born on April 1, 1945, to Ralph and Velna (Picking) Lundgren in Long Beach, California. At the age of 8, Dennis received his first camera, a Brownie box camera, and has loved photography with a passion...
Katherine F. Russell
September 13, 2009
Katherine F. Russell, 94, of Edna, died at 3:44 p.m., Sunday, September 13, 2009, at her home. She had been in ill health several months. She was born at rural Edna on January 12, 1915, to Lea Ira and Alta Mae (McElroy) Stine. She grew up and attended Rose Hill Grade School there and graduated from Edna High School in...
Corporal Daniel L. Cox
September 12, 2009
Corporal Daniel L. Cox, 23, of Parsons, was killed in action on Saturday, September 12, 2009, while serving the United States of America in Wardak province, Afghanistan. He was born July 19, 1986, in Winfield, Kansas, to Kim B. and Sharon J. (West) Cox. He grew up and attended school in Winfield, and at the age of 12, moved with...
Doris L. King
September 8, 2009
Doris L. King, 79, of Chetopa, died at 8:50 a.m., Tuesday, September 8, 2009, at Chetopa Manor. Private family services have been held with burial in Oak Hill Cemetery in Chetopa. The Bath-Forbes-Hoffman Funeral Home in Chetopa was in charge of arrangements.
Doris E. Cook
September 7, 2009
Doris E. Cook, 90, formerly of Mound Valley, died at 9:45 a.m., Monday, September 7, 2009, at Elmhaven East Nursing Home in Parsons. She had been in failing health. She was born December 10, 1918, in Mound Valley, Kansas, to Harry B. and Grace A. (Kaufman) Mayginnes. She grew up in Mound Valley where she attended school at Elmwood Elementary...
Jacinta Marie Schibi
September 6, 2009
Jacinta Marie Schibi, six-day-old daughter of Patrick H. and Brooke E. (Volmer) Schibi, died Sunday, September 6, 2009, at Children's Mercy Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri. She was born August 31, 2009, at Labette Health in Parsons, Kansas. SURVIVORS: Parents – Patrick & Brooke Schibi of the home, Parsons, KS One Brother – Drew Schibi of the home Two Sisters...
Jerry L. Schnoebelen
September 5, 2009
Jerry L. Schnoebelen, 71, of Parsons died at 8:26 a.m., Saturday, September 5, 2009 at the Presbyterian Manor in Parsons. He was born October 18, 1937, in Lamar, Missouri, to Zeno and Ora (Lowe) Schnoebelen. He grew up and attended schools there before joining the United States Marines. Following his discharge, he moved to Wichita, Kansas where he worked for...
