Andrew E Smith
January 1, 2009
Andrew E. Smith, 62, of Parsons, died at 2:15 p.m., Thursday, January 1, 2009, at Labette Health. He was born September 16, 1946, in East St. Louis, Illinois. He lived in the Kansas City area thirty years before moving to Parsons eight years ago. While in Kansas City, he was employed as a chef at Three Friends restaurant. He also...
Mellody A. Negrete
January 1, 2009
Mellody A. Negrete, 49, of Parsons, died at her home at 9:15 p.m., Thursday, January 1, 2009. She was born July 4, 1959, in Quenemo, Kansas, to "Buck" and JoAnn E. (Wilks) Green. She moved to Parsons as a teenager where she attended Parsons Schools. Through the years, she worked as an emergency medical technician until becoming disabled. She attended...
Kent E. Riggs
December 29, 2008
Kent Riggs, 53, of Parsons, died at 10:15 a.m., Monday, December 29, 2008, at the home of his sister, Sheryl Werner, in Parsons. He was born September 15, 1955, in Parsons, to Cecil E. and Theora (Timson) Riggs. He grew up and attended schools in Parsons, and was a graduate of Parsons High School. He was an employee of Dayton...
Winona Jean Dixon
December 27, 2008
Winona Jean Dixon, 76, of Owasso, Oklahoma, formerly of Wichita, died at 5:55 a.m., Saturday, December 27, 2008, at Sequoyah Pointe Living Center in Owasso, Oklahoma. She was born November 12, 1932, in McCune, Kansas, to Glenn W. and Verda (Varyle) Jones. She grew up and attended schools in southeast Kansas, graduating from Labette County Community High School in Altamont,...
Christopher L. Ahrens
December 24, 2008
Christopher L. "Chris" Ahrens, 23, of Vinita, Oklahoma, died from injuries sustained in an auto accident Wednesday, December 24, 2008 outside of Vinita. He was born October 29, 1985 in Bartlesville, Oklahoma to Lawrence P. and Rose Mary (LaCaria) Ahrens. He grew up and attended schools in Chetopa. He had worked for General Mills and was currently employed at Allied...
Mary Lee Triebel
December 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
December 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
December 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
December 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
December 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
December 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
December 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
December 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
December 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
December 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
December 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.
December 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
December 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
December 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
December 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...
