Sara E. Grosdidier
February 23, 2009
Sara E. Grosdidier, 77, of rural St. Paul, passed away at 8:25 p.m., Monday, February 23, 2009, at her home. She had been in failing health. She was born July 31, 1931, in Parsons, Kansas, to Charles Henry and Sara Ellen (Brown) Steinbacher. She grew up and attended schools in the South Mound and St. Paul areas, and was a...
Lois Darlene Leahy
February 16, 2009
Lois Darlene Leahy, 85, passed away on Monday, February 16, 2009, in McAllen, Texas. She was born in Hugoton, Kansas, on March 22, 1923, to Claude and Ethel (Brown) Stoker. Lois graduated from Coffeyville High School. Following World War II, she and her husband, Emory Leahy, returned to Coffeyville where they worked for Continental Can. SURVIVORS: One Sister – Phyllis...
Ruth I. Mcguire
February 16, 2009
Ruth I. McGuire, 79, of Parsons, formerly of Cherryvale, died at 3:40 a.m., Monday, February 16, 2009, at Labette Health. She had been in failing health. She was born June 22, 1929, in Thayer, Kansas, to John and Pearl Mae (Bundy) Plotner. She grew up and attended school in Thayer. In the mid 1950's, she moved to the Cherryvale area...
Debra K. "Debbie" Marks
February 14, 2009
Debra K. "Debbie" Marks, 54, of Parsons, went home to be with her Lord, at 2:00 a.m., Saturday, February 14, 2009, at her home. She had been in failing health the past year. She was born November 22, 1954, in Parsons, Kansas, to Cecil R. and Pearl J. (McKnight) Overall. As a young girl, she moved with her family to...
Charles V. "Chuck" Shaw
February 13, 2009
Charles V. "Chuck" Shaw, 92, of Carmichael, California, formerly of Galesburg, Kansas, died at 11:55 a.m., Friday, February 13, 2009, at Aegis of Carmichael Assisted Living Facility in Carmichael, California. He was born January 21, 1917, in Galesburg, Kansas, to Homer Ivan and Maud (Trowbridge) Shaw. During World War II, he was stationed at Fort Ord, California, while serving in...
Vernon Charles White
February 12, 2009
Vernon Charles "Mike" White, 63, of McCune, died at 6:05 p.m., Thursday, February 12, 2009, at his home. He was born June 8, 1945, in Parsons, Kansas, to Earl and Dollie (Smith). Through the years, he worked as a construction laborer. On December 11, 2008, he and Emily J. Meek were married. She survives of the home. Additional survivors include:...
Katherine P. "Kay" Taylor
February 11, 2009
Katherine P. "Kay" Taylor, 90, of Parsons, a loving mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister, and friend to many, passed away at 2:45 a.m., Wednesday, February 11, 2009, at Family Health and Rehabilitation Center in Wichita. She was born, the oldest of seven children, to Thomas and Pearl (Schultz) Lyons on April 19, 1918, in Denver, Colorado, where she grew up and...
Pauline Schneickert
February 8, 2009
Pauline M. Schneickert, 90, of Parsons, died at 3:00 p.m., Sunday, February 8, 2009, at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita, Kansas. She was born September 21, 1918, to Henry E. and Cecelia (Richard) Sevart, in St. Paul, Kansas, where she grew up and attended school. She was a member of St. Patrick's Catholic Church and its Altar Society, the Carpenter's...
Eddie A. Gartner
February 8, 2009
Eddie A. Gartner, 88, of Parsons, died at 6:44 p.m., Sunday, February 8, 2009, at Labette Health. He had been in failing health. He was born May 17, 1920, to Jacob and Louise (Siminec) Gartner in Franklin, Kansas, where he grew up, attended school, and learned to work at a young age. He worked at several jobs in the Franklin-Pittsburg...
Jimmie E. Johnston
February 5, 2009
Jimmie E. Johnston, 80, of rural Edna, died at 12:10 p.m., Thursday, February 5, 2009, at his home, following a short battle with acute leukemia. He was born August 9, 1928, near Bartlett, Kansas, to Vernon and Myrtle (Layton) Johnston. As a young boy, he grew up in the Bartlett-Edna area. He attended Ellis Grade School, and was a 1946...
Harold L. Axtell
February 5, 2009
Harold L. Axtell, 81, of Climax Springs, Missouri, formerly of Altamont, Kansas, died at 7:25 a.m., Thursday, February 5, 2009, at Lake Regional Hospital in Osage Beach, Missouri. He was born July 7, 1927 at Altamont, Kansas to Lee and Golda (Brown) Axtell. He grew up in Altamont and graduated from the Labette County Community High School there in 1945....
Donna L. Heady
February 4, 2009
Donna Heady, 74, of rural Parsons, died at 5:20 p.m., Wednesday, February 4, 2009, at her home. She had been in failing health. She was born December 30, 1934, in Dennis, Kansas, to Titus and Leona (Good) Schneider. As a young girl, she attended elementary school in Dennis. She later attended Parsons Jr. High School, was a graduate of Labette...
Ivan W. Myers
February 1, 2009
Ivan W. Myers, 83, of rural Oswego, died at 12:28 p.m., Sunday, February 1, 2009, at his home. He was born January 21, 1926, near Dennis, Kansas, to William Henry and Edna Naomi (Cortner) Myers. As a young boy, his family moved to the Altamont area where he grew up and attended school. He and Wanda J. Pearce were married...
Ula B. Schneider
January 31, 2009
Ula B. Schneider, 70, of Parsons, died at 9:20 p.m., Saturday, January 31, 2009, at the Good Samaritan Society in Parsons. She was born December 6, 1938, in Dennis, Kansas, to Titus and Leona (Good) Schneider. She grew up and attended elementary school in rural Labette County and later attended Labette County Community High School in Altamont. During her adult...
Louise Burke
January 28, 2009
Louise Burke, 91, of Chetopa, died at 5:05 a.m., Wednesday, January 28, 2009, at the Chetopa Manor Nursing Home where she had resided since December 2007. She was born June 15, 1917, in Craig County, Oklahoma, to John M. and Ethel M. (McCormick) Yost. As a young girl, she grew up and attended Goldenrod Country School there and was a...
Rose N. Carpenter
January 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
January 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
January 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
January 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
January 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....
