Rose N. Carpenter
Jan 25, 2009
Rose N. Carpenter, 77, of Parsons, formerly of Walnut, Kansas, died at 12:30 p.m., Sunday, January 25, 2009, at the Elm Haven West Nursing Home in Parsons. She was born February 6, 1931, in rural Walnut, to Joe and Mary May (Crow) Clagg. She grew up and attended schools in Walnut and was a 1950 graduate of Walnut High School....
Kimberly Sue Jeffries
Jan 21, 2009
Kimberly Sue Jeffries, 47, of Chetopa, died at 12:59 p.m., Wednesday, January 21, 2009, at her home. She was born August 31, 1961, in Oswego, Kansas, to Basil and Sue (Corns) Jeffries. As a young girl, she grew up and attended schools in Chetopa. Kimberly had lived in Newton, Kansas, before returning to her hometown, of Chetopa, one year ago....
Mary Sue Riddle
Jan 21, 2009
Mary Sue Riddle, 74, of Chetopa, died at 4:45 p.m., Wednesday, January 21, 2009, at the Chetopa Manor Nursing Home. She was born May 3, 1934, in Neosho, Missouri, to Charles and Mae E. (Patterson) Perky. As a young girl, she grew up and attended schools in the Neosho area. Prior to marriage, she worked at the Connors Hotel in...
Raymond M. Worthington
Jan 19, 2009
Raymond M. "Ray" Worthington, 81, of St. Paul, formerly of Stark, Kansas, died at 6:00 p.m., Monday, January 19, 2009, at Prairie Mission Retirement Village in St. Paul. He was born January 6, 1928, in Xenia, Kansas, to Lester and Zula (Walker) Worthington. He attended schools in Moran and was a graduate of Moran High School. Ray farmed, for a...
Eileen M. Vargyas
Jan 19, 2009
Eileen M. Vargyas, 64, of Joplin, Missouri, died at 12:40 p.m., Monday, January 19, 2009, at the Via Christi Regional Medical Center St. Francis Campus in Wichita. She was born July 2, 1944, in Washington, DC, to Herbert and Maxine (Haines) Tarpley. As a young girl, she grew up in Chevy Chase, Maryland, and moved to Pittsburg, Kansas, in 1980....
Marguarette G. Baunhofer-Davis
Jan 17, 2009
Marguarette G. Baunhofer-Davis, 91, of Chetopa, died at 3:45 p.m., Saturday, January 17, 2009, at the Chetopa Manor Nursing Home. She was born September 24, 1917, in Charleston, Oklahoma, to James Joseph and Silvia Esther (Warner) Dixon. As a young girl, she grew up and attended school there, and later moved with her family to a farm outside of Chetopa....
Wilma Phillips Welden
Jan 13, 2009
Wilma (Phillips) Welden, 88, of Wichita, and former southeast Kansas resident, passed away at 6:00 a.m., Tuesday, January 13, 2009, at the Catholic Care Center in Wichita. She was born February 6, 1920, in Monmouth, Illinois, to Homer Roscoe and Marchie Emeline (Payton) Phillips. She was a retired secretary for US Army personnel. SURVIVORS: Two Sons – Glen Welden and...
Tanja Drumm
Jan 12, 2009
Tanja Drumm, 55, of Dennis, Kansas, died at 12:30 a.m., Monday, January 12, 2009, at Labette Health. She had been in her usual health and death was not expected. She was born May 27, 1953, in Chatham, Ontario, Canada to Hans Karl and Jeannine (DeDobbelaere) Ernst. As a young girl, she grew up in Canada. At the age of 10,...
Allen E. Barragar
Jan 11, 2009
Allen E. Barragar, 48, a lifelong resident of rural Parsons, passed away at 6:05 a.m., Sunday, January 11, 2009, at the Kansas City Hospice House in Kansas City, Missouri, following a courageous battle, of 15 months, with glioblastoma stage IV brain cancer. He was born February 7, 1960, in Parsons, Kansas, to Everett Eugene and Marilyn Joan (Wheelen) Barragar. He...
Bonnie R. Boone-Hayden
Jan 8, 2009
Bonnie R. Boone-Hayden, 97, of Parsons, died at 6:00 p.m., Thursday, January 8, 2009, at Elmhaven West Nursing Home in Parsons. She was born December 27, 1911, in Alto, Texas, to Jessie R. and Sally (Gillman) Jones. As a young girl, she grew up in McAlester, Oklahoma. In the 1940's, she moved to southeast Kansas where she lived in Oswego...
Mary Jane Rorabough
Jan 7, 2009
Mary Jane Rorabough, 67, of Chetopa, died at 5:50 p.m., Wednesday, January 7, 2009, at Chetopa Manor Nursing Home. She was born May 26, 1941, in Columbus, Kansas, to Orie Alfred and Elizabeth (Hartzler) Rorabough. Having had cerebral palsy since birth, she had no formal schooling, and was taught by her mother at home. In 1977, she moved from the...
Excell Mcdaniel
Jan 7, 2009
Excell I. McDaniel, 85, of Parsons, died at 1:06 p.m., Wednesday, January 7, 2009, at Presbyterian Manor in Parsons. She was born September 2, 1923, in Hulbert, Oklahoma, to Willard Roosevelt and Hannah (Vann) Irons. She grew up in Parsons where she graduated from Parsons West High School and earned an Associate degree from Parsons Jr. College. Through the years,...
Ora E. Davis
Jan 7, 2009
Ora E. Davis, 92, of Chetopa, died at 9:50 a.m., Wednesday, January 7, 2009, at Chetopa Manor Nursing Home where she had resided the past two years. She was born August 12, 1916, in Seneca, Missouri, to John and Cora (Mitchell) McGuirk. She was a member of the Assembly of God Church in Smithville, Missouri, and an honorary member of...
Katherine A. Littlejohn
Jan 4, 2009
Katherine A. Littlejohn, 77, of Chetopa, died at 11:18 a.m., Sunday, January 4, 2009, at the Chetopa Manor Nursing Home. She was born November 16, 1931, in Parsons, Kansas, to Bert and Goldie (Reno) Martin. She grew up and attended schools in Parsons and was a graduate of Parsons High School. For a time, she worked as a teacher's aide...
Freda M. Allman
Jan 3, 2009
Freda M. Allman, 73, of Galesburg, died at 4:25 a.m., Saturday, January 3, 2009, at Prairie Mission Retirement Village in St. Paul. She was born March 22, 1935, in St. Paul, Kansas, to Frederick R. and Ella Mae (Ward) Lindsey. She grew up and attended schools in southeast Kansas. She and Omer Allman were married May 24, 1952, in Arkansas....
Andrew E Smith
Jan 1, 2009
Andrew E. Smith, 62, of Parsons, died at 2:15 p.m., Thursday, January 1, 2009, at Labette Health. He was born September 16, 1946, in East St. Louis, Illinois. He lived in the Kansas City area thirty years before moving to Parsons eight years ago. While in Kansas City, he was employed as a chef at Three Friends restaurant. He also...
Mellody A. Negrete
Jan 1, 2009
Mellody A. Negrete, 49, of Parsons, died at her home at 9:15 p.m., Thursday, January 1, 2009. She was born July 4, 1959, in Quenemo, Kansas, to "Buck" and JoAnn E. (Wilks) Green. She moved to Parsons as a teenager where she attended Parsons Schools. Through the years, she worked as an emergency medical technician until becoming disabled. She attended...
Kent E. Riggs
Dec 29, 2008
Kent Riggs, 53, of Parsons, died at 10:15 a.m., Monday, December 29, 2008, at the home of his sister, Sheryl Werner, in Parsons. He was born September 15, 1955, in Parsons, to Cecil E. and Theora (Timson) Riggs. He grew up and attended schools in Parsons, and was a graduate of Parsons High School. He was an employee of Dayton...
Winona Jean Dixon
Dec 27, 2008
Winona Jean Dixon, 76, of Owasso, Oklahoma, formerly of Wichita, died at 5:55 a.m., Saturday, December 27, 2008, at Sequoyah Pointe Living Center in Owasso, Oklahoma. She was born November 12, 1932, in McCune, Kansas, to Glenn W. and Verda (Varyle) Jones. She grew up and attended schools in southeast Kansas, graduating from Labette County Community High School in Altamont,...
Christopher L. Ahrens
Dec 24, 2008
Christopher L. "Chris" Ahrens, 23, of Vinita, Oklahoma, died from injuries sustained in an auto accident Wednesday, December 24, 2008 outside of Vinita.     He was born October 29, 1985 in Bartlesville, Oklahoma to Lawrence P. and Rose Mary (LaCaria) Ahrens. He grew up and attended schools in Chetopa. He had worked for General Mills and was currently employed at Allied...
