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....
Marguarette G. Baunhofer-Davis
January 17, 2009
Marguarette G. Baunhofer-Davis, 91, of Chetopa, died at 3:45 p.m., Saturday, January 17, 2009, at the Chetopa Manor Nursing Home. She was born September 24, 1917, in Charleston, Oklahoma, to James Joseph and Silvia Esther (Warner) Dixon. As a young girl, she grew up and attended school there, and later moved with her family to a farm outside of Chetopa....
Wilma Phillips Welden
January 13, 2009
Wilma (Phillips) Welden, 88, of Wichita, and former southeast Kansas resident, passed away at 6:00 a.m., Tuesday, January 13, 2009, at the Catholic Care Center in Wichita. She was born February 6, 1920, in Monmouth, Illinois, to Homer Roscoe and Marchie Emeline (Payton) Phillips. She was a retired secretary for US Army personnel. SURVIVORS: Two Sons – Glen Welden and...
Tanja Drumm
January 12, 2009
Tanja Drumm, 55, of Dennis, Kansas, died at 12:30 a.m., Monday, January 12, 2009, at Labette Health. She had been in her usual health and death was not expected. She was born May 27, 1953, in Chatham, Ontario, Canada to Hans Karl and Jeannine (DeDobbelaere) Ernst. As a young girl, she grew up in Canada. At the age of 10,...
Allen E. Barragar
January 11, 2009
Allen E. Barragar, 48, a lifelong resident of rural Parsons, passed away at 6:05 a.m., Sunday, January 11, 2009, at the Kansas City Hospice House in Kansas City, Missouri, following a courageous battle, of 15 months, with glioblastoma stage IV brain cancer. He was born February 7, 1960, in Parsons, Kansas, to Everett Eugene and Marilyn Joan (Wheelen) Barragar. He...
Bonnie R. Boone-Hayden
January 8, 2009
Bonnie R. Boone-Hayden, 97, of Parsons, died at 6:00 p.m., Thursday, January 8, 2009, at Elmhaven West Nursing Home in Parsons. She was born December 27, 1911, in Alto, Texas, to Jessie R. and Sally (Gillman) Jones. As a young girl, she grew up in McAlester, Oklahoma. In the 1940's, she moved to southeast Kansas where she lived in Oswego...
Mary Jane Rorabough
January 7, 2009
Mary Jane Rorabough, 67, of Chetopa, died at 5:50 p.m., Wednesday, January 7, 2009, at Chetopa Manor Nursing Home. She was born May 26, 1941, in Columbus, Kansas, to Orie Alfred and Elizabeth (Hartzler) Rorabough. Having had cerebral palsy since birth, she had no formal schooling, and was taught by her mother at home. In 1977, she moved from the...
Excell Mcdaniel
January 7, 2009
Excell I. McDaniel, 85, of Parsons, died at 1:06 p.m., Wednesday, January 7, 2009, at Presbyterian Manor in Parsons. She was born September 2, 1923, in Hulbert, Oklahoma, to Willard Roosevelt and Hannah (Vann) Irons. She grew up in Parsons where she graduated from Parsons West High School and earned an Associate degree from Parsons Jr. College. Through the years,...
Ora E. Davis
January 7, 2009
Ora E. Davis, 92, of Chetopa, died at 9:50 a.m., Wednesday, January 7, 2009, at Chetopa Manor Nursing Home where she had resided the past two years. She was born August 12, 1916, in Seneca, Missouri, to John and Cora (Mitchell) McGuirk. She was a member of the Assembly of God Church in Smithville, Missouri, and an honorary member of...
Katherine A. Littlejohn
January 4, 2009
Katherine A. Littlejohn, 77, of Chetopa, died at 11:18 a.m., Sunday, January 4, 2009, at the Chetopa Manor Nursing Home. She was born November 16, 1931, in Parsons, Kansas, to Bert and Goldie (Reno) Martin. She grew up and attended schools in Parsons and was a graduate of Parsons High School. For a time, she worked as a teacher's aide...
Freda M. Allman
January 3, 2009
Freda M. Allman, 73, of Galesburg, died at 4:25 a.m., Saturday, January 3, 2009, at Prairie Mission Retirement Village in St. Paul. She was born March 22, 1935, in St. Paul, Kansas, to Frederick R. and Ella Mae (Ward) Lindsey. She grew up and attended schools in southeast Kansas. She and Omer Allman were married May 24, 1952, in Arkansas....
