Euelia Lee Weidert Decow
May 11, 2009
Euelia Lee Weidert-DeCow, 82, of Galesburg, went to be with the Lord at 1:10 a.m., Monday, May 11, 2009, at Parsons Presbyterian Manor. She was born May 4, 1927, in Parsons, Kansas, to Lester and Belva (Taylor) Dickerson. She grew up in Parsons where she graduated from Parsons High School and also attended Parsons Jr. College for one year. On...
Maynard W. Cook
May 10, 2009
Maynard W. Cook, 91, of Parsons, died at 8:30 a.m., Sunday, May 10, 2009, at his home. He had been in failing health. He was born October 12, 1917, in Lanesville, Kansas to Judd W. and Anna (Kramer) Cook. As a young boy, he grew up near Montana, Kansas, and later attended Labette County High School in Altamont. Through the...
Gertrude M. Wilkinson
May 10, 2009
Gertrude M. (Crooks) Wilkinson, 87, of Parsons, died at 10:55 p.m., Sunday, May 10, 2009, at Elm Haven East Nursing Home in Parsons. She had been in failing health the past four years. Born to Leonidas Morton and Deborah Mary (Fesmire) Crooks in rural Neosho County on the family farm Aug. 1, 1921, Gertrude was the last of nine brothers...
Chad E. Phillips
May 9, 2009
Chad E. Phillips, 38, of Parsons, died Saturday, May 9, 2009, at the home of his brother in Parsons. He had been in his usual health and death was not expected. He was born September 12, 1970, in Parsons, Kansas, to James and Sharyl (Swofford) Phillips. He grew up and attended schools in Parsons, and later joined the Job Corps...
Vera Marie Groner
May 8, 2009
Vera Marie Groner, 96, of St. Paul, died at 9:50 p.m., Friday, May 8, 2009, at Prairie Mission Retirement Village in St. Paul. She was born July 1, 1912, in St. Paul, Kansas, to Edward A. and Agnes E. (Long) George. She grew up and attended schools in St. Paul where she graduated from St. Francis High School in 1929....
Walter C. Vitt
May 4, 2009
Walter C. Vitt, 79, a lifelong resident of St. Paul, died at 4:25 a.m., Monday, May 4, 2009, at Prairie Mission Retirement Village in St. Paul. He had been in failing health. He was born August 16, 1929, in St. Paul, Kansas, to George H. and Helen C. "Nellie" (Judge) Vitt. He grew up and attended schools in St. Paul...
Sharon L. Peterson
May 3, 2009
Sharon L. Peterson, 69, of Altamont, died at 4:10 a.m., Sunday, May 3, 2009, at Labette Health following a courageous 12 year battle with cancer. She was born March 13, 1940, at Mercy Hospital in Fort Scott, Kansas, to Roy L. and Neva (Ramsey) Vanlandingham. As a child, she moved with her family to Parsons where she attended schools and...
Marjorie D. "Marge" Johnston
May 1, 2009
Marjorie D. "Marge" Johnston, 84, of Parsons, died at midnight, Friday, May 1, 2009, at her home. She had been in failing health. She was born February 14, 1925, in Joplin, Missouri, to William and Pearl (Gray) Swiney. She grew up and attended schools in Joplin where she graduated from Joplin High School and Joplin Business College. She worked as...
Cecilia M. Baugher
April 25, 2009
Cecilia M. Baugher, 58, of rural Parsons, died at 7:58 p.m., Saturday, April 25, 2009, at her home, following a courageous three year battle with cancer. She was born March 16, 1951, in Kansas City, Missouri, to James and Mary Margaret (Switlik) Dreiling. As a young girl, she moved with her family to Parsons where she attended St. Mary's Catholic...
Chris M. Cornell
April 20, 2009
Chris Michael Cornell, 18, of Parsons, died at noon, Monday, April 20, 2009, from injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident. He was born July 4, 1990, in Parsons, Kansas, to Michael L. and Belinda T. (Sullivan) Cornell. He grew up in Parsons where he attended Washington and Guthridge Elementary Schools, Parsons Middle School, was currently a senior at Parsons High...
Chad D. Stangle
April 18, 2009
Chad D. Stangle, 32, of Thayer, died at 10:32 a.m., Saturday, April 18, 2009, in the Emergency Room at Labette Health. He had been in his usual health and death was not expected. He was born April 29, 1976, in Parsons, Kansas, to Gary Lee and Sharon Mae (Moore) Stangle. He attended schools in Altamont and was a 1994 graduate...
Betty Ann Wilson
April 13, 2009
Betty Ann Wilson, 78, of Chetopa, died at 8:45 a.m., Monday, April 13, 2009, at her home. She had been in failing health. She was born November 26, 1930, in Butler, Missouri, to Alton and Nadine (Hammers) Chambers. As a young girl, she attended Butler schools before moving to Chetopa during her 6th grade year, graduating from Chetopa High School...
Dovie Christine Turner
April 13, 2009
Dovie Christine (Cargile) Turner, 85, of Wichita, died at 1:00 p.m., Monday, April 13, 2009, at the home of her daughter and son-in-law, Della Jo and Albert Schaper, in Parsons. Born October 6, 1923, in Hockerville, Oklahoma, to Otis B. and Georgia Elizabeth (Kee) Cargile, she was the second of eight children. She grew up and attended schools in southwest...
Robert C. Kellogg
April 12, 2009
Robert C. Kellogg, 60, of Parsons, died at 7:11 p.m., Sunday, April 12, 2009, at the Landmark Hospital in Joplin, Missouri. He had been in failing health. He was born January 10, 1949, in Lewiston, Idaho, to Harold David and Opal Maxine (Philebaum) Kellogg. As a young boy, he moved to Kansas with his family where he grew up and...
Eleuterio "Lou" Carrillo
April 10, 2009
Eleuterio "Lou" Carrillo, 83, of Parsons, died at 5:07 p.m., Friday, April 10, 2009, at his home. He had been in failing health. His wish was to die at home and was receiving hospice services from Southern Care. He was born February 20, 1926, in Fort Scott, Kansas, to Vicente and Refugio (Fuentez) Carrillo. At the age of 3, his...
Richard L. "Dick" Barnett
April 10, 2009
Richard L. "Dick" Barnett, 80, of Parsons, formerly of Altamont, died at 4:41 a.m., Friday, April 10, 2009, at Labette Health. He had been in failing health. He was born November 5, 1928, in Altamont, Kansas, to William Green and Mary Madeline (Johnson) Barnett. As a young boy, he grew up and attended schools in Altamont and was a graduate...
Vera Violet Yardley Tolles
April 9, 2009
Vera Violet Yardley Tolles, 91, of Dennis, Kansas, died at 6:45 p.m., Thursday, April 9, 2009, at the Good Samaritan Society in Parsons where she had resided the past year. She was born June 17, 1917, in Kasak Pai, in the Province of Tashkent, in Western Siberia, to Thomas Theodore Yardley, an Englishman, who helped to manage a copper mine...
Marie Ernestine "Ernie" Kinsch
April 7, 2009
Marie Ernestine "Ernie" Kinsch, 85, of Parsons, died at 2:35 a.m., Tuesday, April 7, 2009, at Elmhaven East Nursing Home in Parsons. She was born October 14, 1923, in Claremore, Oklahoma, to Ernest Andrew and Grace Marie (Cheatham) Durbin. She grew up and attended schools in Claremore and Osage, Oklahoma. Through the years, she worked at the Parsons State Hospital...
James D. "Perch" Ackley
April 4, 2009
James D. "Perch" Ackley, 57, of Parsons, died at 2:33 p.m., Saturday, April 4, 2009, at Freeman West Hospital in Joplin, Missouri, following a brief illness. He was born July 16, 1951, in Sioux City, Iowa, to Clarence D. and Frances R. (Thronebury) Ackley. As a child, he moved with his family to Parsons where he grew up and attended...
Lillie P. "Lil" Smith
April 3, 2009
Lillie P. "Lil" Smith, 94, of Chetopa, Kansas, died at 7:25 p.m., Friday, April 3, 2009, at St. John's Regional Medical Center in Joplin, Missouri. She was born August 27, 1914, in Beloit, Kansas, to William and Nancy (Thompson) Karrle. In 1915, the family moved to a farm southeast of Chetopa. Lillie attended grade school at Piety Hill, south of...
