Merv Giltner
August 21, 2008
Merv Giltner, 66, of Merriam, Kansas, formerly of Parsons, died Thursday, August 21, 2008, at Shawnee Mission Medical Center in Shawnee Mission, Kansas. He was born March 16, 1942, in Parsons, to Arthur and Velma (Thomas) Giltner. He grew up and attended schools in Parsons and was a 1960 graduate of Parsons High School. Through the years, he worked as...
Maurice Ray Conway
August 18, 2008
Maurice Ray Conway, 92, of Parsons, Kansas, formerly of Fairfield, Illinois, died at 4:40 a.m., Monday, August 18, 2008, at Elmhaven West Nursing Home in Parsons. He was born May 9, 1916, in Rat, Missouri, to William and Eunice (Hudspeth) Conway. As a young boy, he grew up in Missouri and later moved to Fairfield, Illinois, where he graduated high...
Mildred J. Brown
August 16, 2008
Mildred J. Brown, 78, of Chetopa, died at 4:20 p.m., Saturday, August 16, 2008, at the University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City, Kansas. She was born November 24, 1929, in Phoenix, Arizona, to Eldo Jess and Ruby (Allison) Coons. She lived in Pomona, California, 23 years before moving to Chino, California, where she lived ten years. She then...
Eldon W. Huffman
August 13, 2008
Eldon Wesley Huffman, 76, of rural Altamont, died August 13, 2008, at Elmhaven West Nursing Home in Parsons. Betty, his wife of 53 years was by his side. He was born in Pittsburg, Kansas on December 22, 1931 to Claude Irvil Huffman and Florence Mildred (Smith) Huffman. He was married to Betty Jac Reece on July 29, 1955 at the...
Richard "Dale" Hoppock
August 12, 2008
Richard "Dale" Hoppock, 81, of rural Bartlett, died at 12:55 a.m., Tuesday, August 12, 2008, at Oswego Community Hospital. He was born August 16, 1926, in Mound Valley, to Elmer and Mary (Eastabrook) Hoppock. He grew up there and was a 1944 graduate of Labette County Community High School in Altamont. He and his father farmed together for a number...
Deborah Lynn Schultz
August 8, 2008
Deborah Lynn Schultz, 49, of Chetopa, formerly of Coffeyville, died at 6:40 a.m., Friday, August 8, 2008, at the Owego Community Hospital. She was born June 27, 1959, in Amarillo, Texas, to Bill and Loretta (Ingram) Hand. She enjoyed being outdoors and interior decorating. She especially enjoyed spending time with her family. She was a member of the Faith Baptist...
Jeanne St. Clair
August 5, 2008
W. Jeanne (Burgess) St. Clair, 87, of Parsons, died at 1:40 p.m., Tuesday, August 5, 2008, at Labette Health in Parsons. She was born December 9, 1920, in Iola, Kansas, the youngest of twelve children, to Richard Carl and Olive Jeanette (Chalfant) Burgess. As a young girl, she grew up in Iola where she attended schools and graduated from Iola...
Judson M. Booth
July 30, 2008
Judson M. Booth, 80, of rural Bartlett, died at 9:00 a.m., Wednesday, July 30, 2008, at Chetopa Manor Nursing Home. He was born April 15, 1928, in Vinita, Oklahoma, to Frank E. and Rosalba (Albertine) Booth. Survivors include a niece, Marilyn Eck, of Bartlett, Kansas. His body has been donated to science. The Bath-Forbes-Hoffman Funeral Home in Chetopa is in...
Carl Singleton
July 30, 2008
Carl Singleton, 60, of Chetopa, died at 5:05 p.m., Wednesday, July 30, 2008, at his home. He had been in his usual health and death was not expected. He was born April 1, 1948, in Wisconsin to George Edward and Fern (Noble) Singleton. Before moving to Chetopa a year ago, he had lived in Warsaw, Missouri, several years. SURVIVORS: Two...
Laurel W. "Larry" Pearson
July 26, 2008
Laurel W. "Larry" Pearson, 94, of Parsons, died at 1:45 p.m., Saturday, July 26, 2008, at his home. He had been in his usual health and death was not expected. He was born February 8, 1914, on a farm in Benton County, Minnesota, to Randolph Nelson and Mary Janette (Edwards) Pearson. At the age of 10, he moved with his...
James A. Waln
July 26, 2008
James A. "Jim" Waln, 56, of Independence, Kansas, died at 4:56 a.m., Saturday, July 26, 2008, at Mercy Hospital in Independence following a brief illness. He was born December 20, 1951, in Concordia, Kansas, to Francis William Waln, Sr. and Wauneta Elmina (Hiner) Waln. He grew up and attended schools in Belleville, Kansas. He served in the U.S. Marines from...
Thomas O. Landstad
July 23, 2008
Thomas O. Landstad, 61, of Parsons, died at 10:00 p.m., Wednesday, July 23, 2008, at his home. He was born June 27, 1947, in Burbank, California, to Ole Archie and Jule Laverne (Waples) Landstad. He grew up and attended schools in California where he earned an Associate degree from Antelope Valley College in Lancaster, California. He served in the U.S....
Robert G. Carson
July 21, 2008
Robert G. "Rob" Carson, 46, of Parsons, died in a drowning accident, Monday evening, July 21, 2008, near South Mound, Kansas. He was born October 15, 1961, in Cheyenne, Wyoming, to Louis Eugene and Macy Ann (O'Bryan) Carson. As a young child, he moved to California where he grew up and attended schools. He was a graduate of Santa Clara...
Larry L. Traxson
July 20, 2008
Larry L. Traxson, 69, of rural Edna, died at 12:26 a.m., Sunday, July 20, 2008, at Freeman West Hospital in Joplin, Missouri. He was born March 19, 1939, at the family farm in rural Angola, to Clarence and Inez (Hoobler) Traxson. He grew up in rural Angola where he attended Richland Elementary School. He was a 1957 graduate of Labette...
Harriet A. Wheeler
July 18, 2008
Harriet A. Wheeler, 72, of Oklahoma City, and a former Parsons resident, died at 7:11 a.m., Friday, July 18, 2008 at the Mercy Health Center in Oklahoma City. She was born August 4, 1935 at Parsons to Vernon and Harriet Rosenstahl. She grew up and attended schools in Parsons. She moved to Oklahoma City following her marriage to Richard Wheeler....
David K. Dean
July 18, 2008
David K. Dean, 51, of rural Parsons, died at 2:30 p.m., Friday, July 18, 2008 at St. John's Regional Medical Center in Joplin. He died as a result of injuries received in an automobile accident on July 9th. He was born May 28, 1957 at Parsons where he grew up and attended school. He worked as a welder for several...
Pansy Waters Hulette
July 15, 2008
Pansy Waters Hulette, 90, of Parsons, died at 12:09 p.m., Tuesday, July 15, 2008, at the Good Samaritan Society of Parsons where she had resided since May 2005. She was born December 15, 1917, in Seligman, Missouri, to Lee Otie and Alma (Taylor) Pendergraft. She grew up and attended schools there. At the age of 15, she moved to Joplin,...
Robert E. Webster, Sr.
July 11, 2008
Robert E. "Bob" Webster, Sr., 82, of Altamont, died at 9:15 a.m., Friday, July 11, 2008, at Labette Health. He was born August 8, 1925, in Barnsdall, Oklahoma, to Lee and Lizzie Ellen (Horn) Webster. He moved, as a child, with his family to Oswego where he grew up and attended schools. He graduated from Oswego High School and attended...
James Albert Griggs
July 10, 2008
James Albert Griggs, 82, of Parsons, died at 2:10 p.m., Thursday, July 10, 2008, at the Good Samaritan Society in Parsons. He was born August 13, 1925, in Altus, Arkansas, to Arvel William and Lillie (Hughes) Griggs. He grew up in Northwest Arkansas, attending schools at Wheeler and White Oak. He was called to serve his country on March 9,...
Rose Marie Houston
July 9, 2008
Rose Marie Houston, 78, of Parsons, died at 9:56 a.m., Wednesday, July 9, 2008, at Saint Francis Hospital in Tulsa, Oklahoma. She was born July 7, 1930, in Parsons, to Leon Shaw, Sr. and Edith Susan (Watkins) Shaw. She grew up in Parsons where she attended Douglas Elementary School, graduated from Parsons Sr. High and earned an Associate Degree at...
