Evelyn C. Sweat
July 22, 2009
Evelyn C. Sweat, 86, of Parsons, died at 8:02 p.m., Wednesday, July 22, 2009, at Labette Health. She was born February 28, 1923, in Birmingham, Alabama, to Arthur Otis and Mamie W. (Coop) Luck. As a young girl, she grew up in Birmingham where she attended schools and graduated high school. She and William Edward Sweat were married June 22,...
Edna Louise Blundell
July 18, 2009
Edna Louise Blundell, 89, of Chetopa, died at 9:15 a.m., Saturday, July 18, 2009, at Chetopa Manor, where she had resided the past two months. She was born August 18, 1919, in Oswego, Kansas, to Burl and Mollie (Fields) McGee. Louise lived in the Welch and Chetopa areas all of her life and was proud of her Indian heritage. During...
Verdenia "Pauline" Brown
July 14, 2009
Verdenia "Pauline" Brown, 87, of Melrose, died at 2:40 p.m., Tuesday, July 14, 2009, at her home. She had been in failing health. She was born August 28, 1921, in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, to Charles and Addie (Billington) Leonard. As a young girl, she attended schools in Chetopa. On January 16, 1939, she and Gilbert A. Brown were married in Joplin,...
Louis P. "Louie" Gartner
July 10, 2009
Louis P. "Louie" Gartner, 94, a longtime barber of Altamont, died at 11:13 a.m., Friday, July 10, 2009, at the Parsons Good Samaritan Society where he had resided the past two weeks. He was born June 15, 1915, in Franklin, Kansas, to Jacob and Louise (Semmernig) Gartner. He grew up and attended elementary school in Franklin. During World War II,...
Orlyn E. Bennett
July 8, 2009
Orlyn E. Bennett, 82, of Lakeville, Indiana, passed away at 7:00 a.m. Wednesday, July 8, 2009, at Hubbard Hill Estates in Elkhart, Indiana. He was born August 28, 1926, in Altamont, Kansas, to Clayton and Mabel (Houck) Bennett. Mr. Bennett graduated from Labette County Community High School in Altamont. He was a self-employed farmer and carpenter and drove a school...
Mary Catherine "Kitty" Daley
July 8, 2009
Mary Catherine "Kitty" Daley, 89, of Olathe, Kansas, formerly of Parsons, Kansas, died at 5:25 a.m., July 8, 2009, at Villa St. Francis Care Facility, in Olathe, where she had resided since June 2006. She was born December 19, 1919, to Henry and Esther (Stapleton) Altepeter in Parsons, Kansas. Through the years, she worked at several banks, and during WWII,...
Marjorie A. Orr
July 7, 2009
Marjorie Orr, 69, of Monett, Missouri, formerly of Kansas City, Missouri, died at 1:44 p.m., Tuesday, July 7, 2009, at Cox Medical Center in Monett, Missouri. She was born June 22, 1940, in Winchester, Kansas, to Boyd H. and Viola K. (Davis) Orr. She grew up in Parsons where she graduated from Parsons High School in 1958, and earned an...
Joe Raymond Judd
July 3, 2009
Joe Raymond Judd, 81, of Pryor, Oklahoma, died at 3:39 a.m., Friday, July 3, 2009, at his home. He had been in failing health. He was born October 2, 1927, in Treece, Kansas, to John Raymond and Emma Lorraine (Balay) Judd. He was a graduate of Commerce High School in Commerce, Oklahoma. Mr. Judd served 25 years in the United...
Donald R. "Pops" Vining
July 2, 2009
Donald R. "Pops" Vining, 72, of Thayer, died at 10:43 a.m., Thursday, July 2, 2009, at his home. He had been in failing health. He was born September 30, 1936, in Thayer, Kansas, to Franklin Irwin and Gladys Opal (Carter) Vining. As a young boy, he grew up in Thayer, and later moved with his family to Washington. He served...
Robert William "Bob" Winslow
July 1, 2009
Robert William "Bob" Winslow, 83, of Parsons, passed away at 7:30 a.m., Wednesday, July 1, 2009, at Labette Health following a courageous battle with heart disease. He was born December 22, 1925, in Cherryvale, Kansas, the second of six children, to Harry and Elsie (Hucke) Winslow. Bob spent his early years in Cherryvale and Neodesha before moving to Parsons with...
Donna M. Handshy
June 28, 2009
Donna M. Handshy, 76, of rural Oswego, died at 5:16 p.m., Sunday, June 28, 2009, at Labette Health. She had been in her usual health and death was not expected. She was born September 7, 1932, on the family farm in Montana, Kansas, to Emmet Lee and Edith Della (Sawtell) Sprague. She grew up in the Montana area and was...
Raymond E. "Ed" Dixon, Jr.
June 17, 2009
Raymond E. "Ed" Dixon, Jr., 66, of rural Parsons, died at 8:45 p.m., Wednesday, June 17, 2009, at his home following a brief illness. He was born April 25, 1943, in Parsons, to Raymond E. Dixon, Sr. and Ruth M. (Tunget) Dixon. As a young boy, he grew up in the Edna, Bartlett and Parsons areas where he attended elementary...
Daryl J. Lorenz
June 15, 2009
Daryl J. Lorenz, 83, formerly of Altamont, died at 4:15 a.m., Monday, June 15, 2009, at Parsons Presbyterian Manor where he had resided since December 2007. He was born November 2, 1925, in Okeene, Oklahoma, to Harry and Freda (Weber) Lorenz. After graduating from Loyal High School in Loyal, Oklahoma, he served in the United States Navy from 1944 to...
Morris L. Martin
June 7, 2009
Morris L. Martin, 78, of Parsons, died at 8:15 p.m., Sunday, June 7, 2009, at his home. He was born March 8, 1931, in Galion, Ohio, to Marion and Dorothy (Buck) Martin. He grew up in Galion, Ohio, where he attended schools. He later served in the U.S. Army. He worked in education throughout his adult life. He loved photography,...
James W. "Jim" Costin, Jr.
June 7, 2009
James W. "Jim" Costin, Jr., 82, of rural Altamont, died at 11:35 a.m., Sunday, June 7, 2009, at Labette Health in Parsons. He was born September 22, 1926, in Derby, Kansas, to James Walter Costin, Sr. and Georgia Katherine (Rueter) Costin. He grew up and attended schools in Derby, Kansas, and was a graduate of Derby High School. In 1944,...
Frank Ryan
May 30, 2009
Frank Ryan, 58, of Parsons, died at 5:55 a.m., Saturday, May 30, 2009, at the family home of Debbie Ryan in Parsons, following a brief illness. The son of Jim and Peggy Titus, he was born April 14, 1951, at Mercy Hospital in Parsons, Kansas. He grew up and attended schools in Parsons where he graduated from St. Patrick's High...
Ronald J. "R.J." Wilson
May 29, 2009
Ronald James "R.J./Bubba" Wilson, 2-years old, died Friday evening, May 29, 2009, as a result of smoke inhalation from a fire at his family home in Parsons. He was born February 12, 2007, in Parsons, Kansas, to Ronald and Amanda (Whitson) Wilson. He loved to play ball and watch his favorite movie, "Barney". He especially enjoyed spending time with his...
Lawrence Melvin Riggs
May 27, 2009
Lawrence Melvin Riggs, 84, of Wyandotte, Oklahoma, formerly of Chetopa, Kansas, died at 6:51 a.m., Wednesday, May 27, 2009, at his home. He was born December 24, 1924, in Webb City, Oklahoma, to Charles G. and Grace (McKnight) Riggs. As a young boy, he moved with his family to Grove, Oklahoma, and Coffeyville, Kansas. At the age of 17, he...
Geneva J. Grimmett
May 21, 2009
Geneva J. Grimmett, 66, of Parsons, died at 8:00 a.m., Thursday, May 21, 2009, at the home of her daughter and son-in-law, Tonya and Darrin Hamilton, in Parsons. She had been in failing health. She was born December 14, 1942, in Parsons, Kansas, to John Richard and Dorothy Ellen (Green) Ball. As a young girl, she grew up and attended...
Sylvia M. Mcgowan
May 16, 2009
Sylvia M. McGowan, 69, of Parsons, formerly of Chanute, died at 6:35 p.m., Saturday, May 16, 2009, at Parsons Presbyterian Manor. She had been in failing health. She was born October 22, 1939, in San Angelo, Texas, to Alvin Perry and Virginia May (Farmer) McGowan. She had lived in various locations throughout her adult life, and most recently, moved to...
