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...
Gertrude Peterson
April 1, 2009
Gertrude Peterson, 99, of San Juan, Texas, formerly of Rosemead, California, died at 5:05 a.m., April 1, 2009, at the San Juan Nursing Home in San Juan, Texas. She had lived in Rosemead, California, most of her life before moving to San Juan, Texas, in May 2007, to be near her niece, Joyce Patrick and her husband, John, of Alamo,...
William Hall
March 18, 2009
William Hall, 85, of Chetopa, died at 4:23 a.m., Wednesday, March 18, 2009, at Labette Health in Parsons. He was born December 20, 1923, in Durant, Oklahoma, to William and Ollie Mae (Whitting) Hall. He attended Clearfield School in Oklahoma, and later served 12 years in the U.S. Army Infantry during World War II and the Korean Conflict. From 1953-1973,...
Mary D. Ashcraft
March 17, 2009
Mary D. Ashcraft, 79, of Parsons, died at 5:45 p.m., Tuesday, March 17, 2009, at Labette Health. She was born September 29, 1929, in Florida, to Guy Buford and Pearl Marian Snyder. As a young girl she moved with her family to Kansas City where she grew up and attended school. In the 1940's, she moved to Parsons where she...
Mary Alice Shears
March 16, 2009
Mary Alice Shears, 79, of Parsons, died at 4:13 a.m., Monday, March 16, 2009, at her home. She had been in failing health. She was born April 18, 1929, in St. Paul, Kansas, to Harry and Katy (Wilson) Moses. As a young girl, she grew up and attended school in St. Paul. She and Lester L. Shears were married July...
Ralph Dean Olinger
March 14, 2009
Dean Olinger, 70, of Parsons, died at 12:00 noon, Saturday, March 14, 2009, at Freeman Heart Institute in Joplin, Missouri. He was born March 31, 1938, in Chanute, Kansas, to Harry Lorraine and Dorothy Anna (Carter) Olinger. As a young boy, he grew up in Thayer where he attended school and was a 1956 graduate of Thayer High School. He...
George L. "Sonny" Fager
March 10, 2009
George L. "Sonny" Fager, 84, of St. Paul, and lifelong resident of Neosho County, died at 2:15 p.m., Tuesday, March 10, 2009, at Prairie Mission Retirement Village. He had been in failing health. He was born October 28, 1924, in Walnut, Kansas, to Henry and Genevieve (Crager) Fager. He grew up and attended schools in Walnut and St. Paul. He...
Ruth Marie Hinman
March 7, 2009
Ruth Marie Hinman, 81, of Parsons, died at 3:35 p.m., Saturday, March 7, 2009, at her home. She was born January 10, 1928, in Galena, Kansas, to William and Ruby (Gandy) Sturgis. As a young girl, she grew up and attended schools in Galena. On June 25, 1956, she and William "Marvin" Hinman were married in Miami, Oklahoma. Following marriage,...
Betty Jo Ewers
March 1, 2009
Betty Jo Ewers, 81, of Chetopa, formerly of Wichita, died at 1:00 p.m., Sunday, March 1, 2009, at the Oswego Community Hospital. She was born February 19, 1928, in Selman, Oklahoma, to James Joseph and Sylvia Ester (Warner) Dixon. She was a graduate of Labette County Community High School in Altamont. She and Robert W. Ewers were married May 3,...
Andrea D. Taylor
February 27, 2009
Andrea D. Taylor, 56, of Parsons, died at 6:00 a.m., Friday, February 27, 2009, at her home. She had been in her usual health and death was not expected. She was born January 3, 1953, in Smithville, Texas, to William Ronald and Carolyn Yvonne (Kavanagh) Taylor. She enjoyed playing board games, antique shopping, and spending time with her dogs. SURVIVORS:...
Glen R. Bozman
February 25, 2009
Glen R. Bozman, 67, of Center, Colorado, formerly of Edna, Kansas, died at 3:00 a.m., Wednesday, February 25, 2009, at St. John Medical Center, in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He was born March 31, 1941, in Edna, Kansas, to Sumner O. and Dorothy E. (Brown) Bozman. He grew up and attended schools in Edna, and was a 1959 graduate of Edna High...
