Mary Lee Triebel
Dec 21, 2008
Mary Lee Triebel, 86, of Edna, died at 4:20 p.m., Sunday, December 21, 2008, at the Oswego Community Hospital. She was born September 5, 1922, in Edna, Kansas, to J. I. and Nettie Velma (Storm) Wester. She grew up and attended school in Edna, graduating from Edna High School in 1940. She and Elmer H. "Buck" Triebel were married June...
Ferne Brady
Dec 20, 2008
Ferne Brady, 87, of Parsons, passed away at 4:05 a.m., Saturday, December 20, 2008 at the Elmhaven West Nursing Home in Parsons. She was born February 12, 1921 at Cora, Missouri to James R. and Virginia A. (Bundridge) Spencer. She grew up and attended schools in Cora and Milan, Missouri. She also lived in Kirksville, Missouri for a few years...
Philip C. Godfrey
Dec 20, 2008
Philip C. Godfrey, 64, of Parsons, died unexpectedly, at 5:00 a.m., Saturday, December 20, 2008, at Freeman West Hospital in Joplin, Missouri. He was born March 21, 1944, in Parsons, Kansas, to Clyde Dewey and Frances Christine (Peterson) Godfrey. As a boy, he grew up and attended schools in rural Labette County. He was a 1962 graduate of Labette County...
Thomas R. "Tom" Strasser
Dec 19, 2008
Tom Strasser, 77, of rural Parsons, died at 4:39 a.m., Friday, December 19, 2008, at Labette Health. He was born February 16, 1931, in St. Paul, Kansas, to John Theodore "Theo" and Catherine Cecilia "Kate" (Lancaster) Strasser. He grew up and attended schools in St. Paul, graduating from high school there in 1949. For 25 years, he worked as a...
Eula Jean Coffman
Dec 19, 2008
Eula Jean Coffman, 66, of Parsons, died at 6:40 a.m., Friday, December 19, 2008, at her home. She was born October 8, 1942, in Forgan, Oklahoma, to Jack and Thelma Marie (Davis) Coffman. As a young girl, she grew up and attended schools in Liberal, Kansas. She had lived in Parsons since 1998. She was an avid Denver Broncos fan...
Caleb Wayne Mcholland
Dec 16, 2008
Caleb Wayne McHolland, four days old, died at 2:53 a.m., Tuesday, December 16, 2008, at Children's Mercy Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri. He was born December 12, 2008, in Parsons, Kansas, to Mary Victoria Coker and Jackie Wayne McHolland. They survive of the home. In addition to his parents, he is survived by: One Brother - James McHolland of the...
Margaret L. "Peggy" Titus
Dec 14, 2008
Margaret L. "Peggy" Titus, 76, of Parsons, died at 9:55 a.m., Sunday, December 14, 2008, at her home. She was born August 26, 1932, in St. Paul, Kansas, to George A. and Adeline (Bradshaw) Burkhart. As a young girl, she grew up in St. Paul and graduated from St. Francis High School. She then attended Beauty College in Pittsburg before...
Lee H. Jenkins
Dec 12, 2008
Lee H. Jenkins, 92, formerly of rural McCune, died at 5:15 p.m., Friday, December 12, 2008, at Elmhaven East Nursing Home in Parsons where he had resided the past two years. He was born November 29, 1916, in Lincoln, Nebraska, to Lyman E. and Maggie P. (Baker) Jenkins. In 1929, as a young boy, he moved with his family to...
Charles, Jr. Rickman
Dec 12, 2008
Charles, Jr. "Skeeter" Rickman, 48, of Chesapeake, Virginia, passed away December 12, 2008, at the home of his aunt in Coffeyville, Kansas, following a lengthy battle with cancer. He was born July 11, 1960, in Miami, Oklahoma, to Charles Eugene and Blanche Mae (Davis) Rickman. He grew up in rural Welch, Oklahoma, and graduated from Welch High School in 1978....
Robert L. Shearhart
Dec 10, 2008
Robert L. "Bob" Shearhart, 81, a lifelong resident of Mound Valley, died at 9:15 a.m., Wednesday, December 10, 2008, at his home. He was born July 5, 1927, in Mound Valley, Kansas, to Herschel and Mary (Fields) Shearhart. As a teenager, he moved to California, with his parents, where he was a graduate of Huntington Park-Bell High School. After enlisting...
Gerald E. Fouts
Dec 9, 2008
Gerald Eldon Fouts, 85, of Mound Valley, died at 7:15 a.m., Tuesday, December 9, 2008, at Elmhaven East Nursing Home in Parsons. He had been in failing health the past five years. He was born April 20, 1923, in rural Mound Valley, to Elmer H. and Mildred (Ealy) Fouts. He was a lifelong resident of Labette County and graduated from...
Joaquin Ramirez, Sr.
Dec 9, 2008
Joaquin "Ramrod" Ramirez, Sr., 80, of Parsons, died 8:32 a.m., Tuesday, December 9, 2008, at Labette Health. He was born October 3, 1928, in Parsons, Kansas, to Rafael and Victoria (Tapia) Ramirez. At the age of 5, he moved with his family to Mexico, and returned to Parsons at the age of 17. Through the years he worked as a...
C. C. "Chet" Mathis
Dec 7, 2008
C. C. "Chet" Mathis, 92, a longtime resident of Parsons, died at 3:10 p.m., Sunday, December 7, 2008, at the home of his daughter and son-in-law, Mary Etta and Dwain Watson, in Parsons, where he had lived for the past four years. He had been in failing health. He was born August 2, 1916, on the family farm near DeLeon,...
Joseph "J.E." Reynolds
Dec 6, 2008
Joseph "J.E." Reynolds, 68, of Edna, died at 5:10 p.m., Saturday, December 6, 2008, at St. John Medical Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He was born October 7, 1940, in Columbia, North Carolina, to William Thomas and Vedia Mae (Swain) Reynolds. He grew up and attended schools in Columbia, North Carolina, and in later years, earned a Bachelors degree from Ozark...
Mae Greer
Dec 6, 2008
Mae Greer, 101, formerly of rural Altamont, died at 2:55 a.m., Saturday, December 6, 2008, at Providence Place Nursing and Rehab Facility in Kansas City, Kansas. She was born October 31, 1907, in Hurdland, Missouri, to Scott and Belva (Shirkey) Golden. She moved to the Zion Hill neighborhood in her teen years and graduated with the Class of 1926 from...
Nadine E. Barr
Nov 22, 2008
Nadine E. Barr, 93, a lifelong resident of the Chetopa area, died at 1:30 a.m., Saturday, November 22, 2008, at the Oswego Community Hospital. She had been in failing health. She was born March 27, 1915, northwest of Chetopa, to Luther and Eva (Thompson) Wiley. She grew up and attended schools in the Chetopa area, and was a graduate of...
Sharon A. Smith
Nov 21, 2008
Sharon A. Smith, 64, of Parsons, died at 7:12 a.m., Friday, November 21, 2008, at Freeman West Hospital in Joplin. She was born September 18, 1944, in Long Beach, California, to Oren and Fayrene (Kenworthy) Dickens. As a young girl, she grew up in Neodesha, Kansas, where she attended schools and graduated from Neodesha High School. She and Eugene "Gene"...
Kathryn K. "Kay" Allison
Nov 18, 2008
Kathryn K. "Kay" Allison, 69, of Oswego, died at 2:15 p.m., Tuesday, November 18, 2008, at her home. She was born on November 12, 1939, to Joseph Ditzler "Joe" and Helen Frances (Ruttgen) Columbia, at the farm home of her late grandparents, Leo C. and Myrtle V. Ruttgen, located between Chetopa and Oswego. During her Junior and Senior years in...
Jaslyn Angel Markham-Dodd
Nov 17, 2008
Jaslyn Angel Markham-Dodd, daughter of Jason Dodd and Sonja "Sonie" Markham, both of Parsons, was stillborn Monday, November 17, 2008, at Labette Health in Parsons. In addition to her parents, survivors include: Two Sisters - Deja Dodd Joplin, MO Nakia Dodd Joplin, MO Maternal Grandmother – Deloris Opare Parsons, KS Paternal Grandmother – Delores Dodd Parsons, KS Paternal Grandfather –...
Clarence Ray "Joe" Farran
Nov 15, 2008
Clarence R. "Joe" Farran, 80, of Parsons, died at 4:00 p.m., Saturday, November 15, 2008 at Labette Health. He was born August 9, 1928 in Conway, Missouri to John W. and Edna May (Malone) Farran. As a child, he moved with his family first to Cherryvale then to Parsons. He attended Parsons schools. He joined the United States Army and...
