Nadine E. Barr
November 22, 2008
Nadine E. Barr, 93, a lifelong resident of the Chetopa area, died at 1:30 a.m., Saturday, November 22, 2008, at the Oswego Community Hospital. She had been in failing health. She was born March 27, 1915, northwest of Chetopa, to Luther and Eva (Thompson) Wiley. She grew up and attended schools in the Chetopa area, and was a graduate of...
Sharon A. Smith
November 21, 2008
Sharon A. Smith, 64, of Parsons, died at 7:12 a.m., Friday, November 21, 2008, at Freeman West Hospital in Joplin. She was born September 18, 1944, in Long Beach, California, to Oren and Fayrene (Kenworthy) Dickens. As a young girl, she grew up in Neodesha, Kansas, where she attended schools and graduated from Neodesha High School. She and Eugene "Gene"...
Kathryn K. "Kay" Allison
November 18, 2008
Kathryn K. "Kay" Allison, 69, of Oswego, died at 2:15 p.m., Tuesday, November 18, 2008, at her home. She was born on November 12, 1939, to Joseph Ditzler "Joe" and Helen Frances (Ruttgen) Columbia, at the farm home of her late grandparents, Leo C. and Myrtle V. Ruttgen, located between Chetopa and Oswego. During her Junior and Senior years in...
Jaslyn Angel Markham-Dodd
November 17, 2008
Jaslyn Angel Markham-Dodd, daughter of Jason Dodd and Sonja "Sonie" Markham, both of Parsons, was stillborn Monday, November 17, 2008, at Labette Health in Parsons. In addition to her parents, survivors include: Two Sisters - Deja Dodd Joplin, MO Nakia Dodd Joplin, MO Maternal Grandmother – Deloris Opare Parsons, KS Paternal Grandmother – Delores Dodd Parsons, KS Paternal Grandfather –...
Clarence Ray "Joe" Farran
November 15, 2008
Clarence R. "Joe" Farran, 80, of Parsons, died at 4:00 p.m., Saturday, November 15, 2008 at Labette Health. He was born August 9, 1928 in Conway, Missouri to John W. and Edna May (Malone) Farran. As a child, he moved with his family first to Cherryvale then to Parsons. He attended Parsons schools. He joined the United States Army and...
Donna Jean Moses
November 12, 2008
Donna Jean Moses, 79, of Chetopa, died at 12:20 p.m., Wednesday, November 12, 2008, at Oswego Community Hospital in Oswego, Kansas. She was born January 25, 1929, in St. Paul, Kansas, to Edward and Jessie (Bond) Holding. As a young girl, she grew up and attended schools in St. Paul, and at the age of 60, earned her GED. Through...
Donna Rose Snowden
November 8, 2008
Donna Rose Snowden, 68, of Altamont, passed away at her home, early Saturday morning, November 8, 2008. Her death was unexpected. She was born February 14, 1940 at Yates Center, Kansas to Philip and Maxine (Hartwell) McCrary. She grew up and attended school in Altamont and graduated from the Labette County High School there. In the 1980s, she moved to...
Daphne Mae Cave
November 8, 2008
Daphne Mae Cave, 70, of Parsons, died at 2:30 a.m., Saturday, November 8, 2008, at her home. She had been in her usual health, and death was not expected. She was born November 16, 1937, at Mercy Hospital in Parsons, Kansas, to Lloyd and Hope (Newell) Bennett. As a young girl, she grew up in the rural Altamont area where...
Deauthor Pierce
November 8, 2008
DeAuthor Pierce, 69, of Parsons, died at 8:35 p.m., Saturday, November 8, 2008, at Labette Health. He was born March 13, 1939, in Humphrey, Arkansas, to Freddie Pierce, Sr. and Georgia (Thompson) Pierce. As a young boy, he grew up in Arkansas and attended school there. Through most of his adult life, he worked in construction. He enjoyed hunting, fishing,...
Joseph Gerald "Jody" Beachner
November 7, 2008
Joseph G. "Jody" Beachner, 31, of St. Paul, died unexpectedly Friday morning, November 7, 2008, at his home. He was born April 8, 1977, at Ft. Scott, Kansas, to Jerry and Janey (Bradshaw) Beachner. He grew up and attended schools in St. Paul. While in high school he was active in sports and was class president for four years. He...
Marie Emerick
November 6, 2008
Marie Emerick, 85, of Parsons, died at 5:07 p.m., Thursday, November 6, 2008, at Elmhaven East Nursing Home in Parsons. She was born January 9, 1923, in Lenapah, Oklahoma, to Jim and Lucy Marie (Payton) Bartlett. As a young girl, she moved with her family to Mound Valley where she grew up and attended school. She and Elmer Gwartney were...
Opalee Bush
November 6, 2008
Opalee Bush, 78, of Parsons, died at 12:15 a.m., Thursday, November 6, 2008, at her home. She had been in failing health. She was born September 11, 1930, in Menlo Park, California, to James Martin and Mildred Amelia (McRae) Mason. As a young girl, she grew up and attended school in California. In the early 1940's, she moved, with her...
Lawrence Harold Gray
November 6, 2008
Lawrence "Harold" Gray, 88, of Altamont, died at 2:10 p.m., Thursday, November 6, 2008, at the Parsons Presbyterian Manor. He was born January 20, 1920, to L. E. and Josie (McGuire) Gray on a farm east of Altamont. He attended schools in Labette County, graduating from Labette County Community High School in 1938, and attended Parsons Junior College for two...
Kristy Lynn Casteel
November 3, 2008
Kristy Lynn Casteel, 25, of Parsons, died Monday, November 3, 2008, at the University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City, Kansas, following a courageous battle with cystic fibrosis. She was born November 2, 1983, in Texarkana, Texas, to Gary Casteel and Karla Cox. She grew up and attended elementary school in Flower Mound, Texas, was a 2002 graduate of...
Matthew "Matt" Mccann
October 25, 2008
Matthew "Matt" McCann, 45, of Parsons, formerly of Ft. Scott, died at 8:15 a.m., Saturday, October 25, 2008, at his home. He had been in failing health. He was born September 27, 1963, in Ft. Scott, Kansas, to Patrick E. and Wanda Mae (Hall) McCann. He grew up and attended schools in Ft. Scott and was a graduate of Ft....
Harry E. Beebe
October 21, 2008
Harry E. Beebe, 77, of Parsons, died at 6:00 p.m., Tuesday, October 21, 2008, at the home of his brother, Lee Beebe, in Parsons. He had been in failing health. He was born August 4, 1931, in Coldwater, Kansas, to George Andrew and Lillian Rebecca (Prince) Beebe. He grew up and attended schools in Coldwater where he graduated high school....
Randy Dale Mckinnis
October 19, 2008
Randy D. McKinnis, 47, of rural Erie, died at 11:10 p.m., Sunday, October 19, 2008, at Labette Health. He had been in failing health but death was not expected. He was born August 21, 1961, in Pittsburg, Kansas, to David Monroe and Virginia Lois (Higgins) McKinnis. As a young boy, he grew up and attended schools in Galesburg and Parsons,...
Sara R. (Ramirez) Munoz
October 16, 2008
Sara R. (Ramirez) Muñoz, 94, of Parsons, died at 1:50 a.m., Thursday, October 16, 2008, at Elmhaven West Nursing Home. She was born May 21, 1914, in Tarimoro Gto, Mexico, to Rafael and Victoria (Tapia) Ramirez. As a young girl, she grew up in Mexico, and at the age of 13, moved with her family to Parsons, where she had...
Barbara J. Pace
October 10, 2008
Barbara J. Pace, 69, of Iola, formerly of Parsons, died at 3:25 p.m., Friday, October 10, 2008, at her home. She had been in failing health. She was born August 24, 1939, in Iola, Kansas, to Paul and Ada (Thornhill) Lewis. She grew up and attended schools in Iola graduating from Iola High School in 1957. In the late 1960's,...
Goldie "Maxine" Blundell
October 5, 2008
Maxine Blundell, 79, of Wichita, formerly of Chetopa, died at 4:30 a.m., Sunday, October 5, 2008, at the home of her son, Christopher Blundell, in Wichita, where she had resided since 2004 due to failing health. She was born November 19, 1928, in Chetopa, Kansas, to John Wesley and Lydia Jane (Hill) Baker. As a young girl, she grew up...
