Dowana D. Holsinger
Mar 5, 2008
Dowana D. Holsinger, 84, of Parsons, died at 4:00 a.m., Wednesday, March 5, 2008, at her home following a brief illness. She was born December 1, 1923, in McCook, Nebraska, to John Rathiel and Mary Elizabeth (Laughlin) Ewing. At the age of eight, she moved to Gillette, Wyoming, where she grew up and attended schools. She and Elmer J. Holsinger...
Billy E. Castle
Mar 3, 2008
Billy E. Castle, 79, of Pierce City, Missouri, formerly of Chetopa, Kansas, died at 2:25 a.m., Monday, March 3, 2008, at the Monett Health Care Center in Monett, Missouri. He had been in failing health. He was born September 6, 1928, in Hackberry Township, rural Chetopa, Kansas, to Joe and Cora (Riley) Castle. He grew up and attended schools in...
Dorothea M. Holm
Mar 1, 2008
Dorothea M. Holm, 90, formerly of Mound Valley, died at 6:45 a.m., Saturday, March 1, 2008, at the home of her daughter, Shirley Gideon, in Carterville, Missouri, where she had resided the past 4 ½ years. She had been in failing health. She was born April 17, 1917, in Pittsburg, Kansas, to Ezra and Susie (Ellis) Seybold. As a young...
Thomas F. "Frank" Moore
Feb 26, 2008
Thomas Franklin "Frank" Moore, 78, passed away at 2:00 a.m., Tuesday, February 26, 2008, at the family home in St. Paul, Kansas, with his wife by his side, following a brief illness. He had suffered with rheumatoid arthritis for years. He was born August 8, 1929, in Sparks, Oklahoma, the youngest of eight children, to John H. and Nora Ellen...
Waneta M. (Pruitt) Spear
Feb 26, 2008
Waneta M. (Pruitt) Spear, 79, of Parsons, died at 6:25 p.m., Tuesday, February 26, 2008, at Freeman West Hospital in Joplin following a brief illness. She was born June 11, 1928, in Independence, Kansas, to L. Ralph and Zella Mae (Snow) Pruitt. She grew up in Cherryvale where she was raised by her Aunt Charlotte Nordurfth. In 1945, she graduated...
Helen Katherine Davis
Feb 20, 2008
Helen Katherine Davis, 89, of Chetopa, died at 11:10 p.m., Wednesday, February 20, 2008, at Freeman West Hospital in Joplin. She had been in failing health and had resided at Oswego Health Care and Rehabilitation since January of this year. She was born February 26, 1918, in Chetopa, to John and Janie (McDaniel) Sherwood. She grew up and attended school...
Raymond A. Houston
Feb 18, 2008
Raymond A. "Tony" Houston, 56, of Parsons, died at 1:40 p.m., Monday, February 18, 2008, at his home. He had been in failing health. He was born September 4, 1951, in Parsons, to Raymond Edward and Willnella (Monroe) Houston. He grew up and attended schools in Parsons and later attended Emporia State University. In 1967, he joined the U.S. Army....
Wanda M. Crowl
Feb 16, 2008
Wanda M. Crowl, 75, a former resident of Thayer, died Saturday, February 16, 2008, at the Geary Community Hospital in Junction City. She was born November 29, 1932, in the Thayer community, to James and May (Addams) Lieblie. She was a graduate of Thayer High School. In August of 1950, she was married to Clyde Crowl. Most of their married...
James A. Woods
Feb 16, 2008
James A. Woods, 82, of Chanute, died at 2:40 a.m., Saturday, February 16, 2008, at Chanute Healthcare Center in Chanute, Kansas. He had been in failing health. He was born November 9, 1925, in McClain County, Oklahoma, to Plaze and Nancy Jane (Collins) Woods. He grew up in Oklahoma before moving to Altamont and later Missouri. For a time, he...
R. A. Tullis
Feb 14, 2008
R. A. Tullis, 85, a lifelong resident of Bartlett, died at 9:30 p.m., Thursday, February 14, 2008, at his home. He had been in failing health. He was born May 9, 1922, west of Bartlett, the sixth child of Robert "Doc" and Mary (Wiley) Tullis. He grew up in Bartlett and attended Foland Grade School, Bartlett High School and was...
Francis W. Cooper
Feb 10, 2008
Francis W. "Pops" Cooper, 93, of Chetopa, died at 6:50 a.m., Sunday, February 10, 2008, at his home. He had been in failing health. He was born December 27, 1914, in Oswego, Kansas, to John Franklin and Cora (Smith) Cooper. He grew up and attended schools in Oswego graduating from Oswego High School in 1932. He and Elizabeth M. Harshaw...
David Ashby, Sr.
Feb 9, 2008
David Ashby, Sr., 67, of rural Oswego, died at 12:33 p.m., Saturday, February 9, 2008, in the Emergency Room at Labette Health. He had been in his usual health and death was not expected. He was born April 19, 1940, in Saint George, West Virginia, to Cecil and Frances (King) Ashby. As a young boy, he grew up and attended...
Edward Hernandez, Sr.
Feb 7, 2008
Edward Hernandez, Sr., 72, of Parsons, died at 11:15 a.m., Thursday, February 7, 2008, at Freeman West Hospital in Joplin. He was born May 5, 1935, in Parsons, to Daniel Hernandez, Sr. and Francisca (Yanez) Hernandez. He grew up in Parsons where he attended Lincoln Elementary School, East Jr. High and was a graduate of Parsons High School. He worked...
Jeanette E. Albertson
Feb 6, 2008
Jeanette Albertson, 73, of Parsons, died at 11:00 a.m., Wednesday, February 6, 2008, at the Parsons Good Samaritan Center where she had resided since February 2006. She was born February 28, 1934, in Parsons, to Carlos E. and Opal L. (Rook) Daniels. As a young girl, she attended schools in Parsons. In 1954, she moved to Plymouth, Michigan. Upon her...
Maxine Lumm
Jan 30, 2008
W. Maxine Lumm, 88, of Chanute, and formerly of Altamont, died at 6:45 a.m., Wednesday, January 30, 2008, at the Neosho Memorial Regional Medical Center in Chanute. She was born April 9, 1919, in Altamont, to Samuel and Edith (Hannigan) Reid. As a young girl, she grew up and attended schools near Valeda, Kansas and was a graduate of Labette...
Donald R. Merrill
Jan 29, 2008
Donald R. "Donnie" Merrill, 43, a resident of the Parsons State Hospital and Training Center, died at 12:41 a.m., Tuesday, January 29, 2008, at Labette Health. He was born March 2, 1964, in Wichita, Kansas, to Richard Dean and Judith Arlene (Kiser) Merrill. At the age of 2, he entered Winfield State Hospital. He then moved, at the age of...
Martha Fern Singleton Wilson
Jan 21, 2008
Martha Fern Singleton Wilson, 62, of Chetopa, Kansas, died at 3:02 p.m., Monday, January 21, 2008, at the Oswego Community Hospital in Oswego, Kansas. She had been in failing health. She was born May 1, 1945, in Deepwater, Missouri, to George Edward and Fern (Noble) Singleton. She grew up and attended schools in Missouri and Wisconsin. She and Gerry Mitchell...
Dwane Barr
Jan 16, 2008
Dwane Barr, 66, of Chetopa, died at 6:48 p.m., Wednesday, January 16, 2008, at Freeman West Hospital in Joplin. He was born April 5, 1941, in Craig County, Oklahoma, to Arthur and Nadine Elouse (Wiley) Barr. As a young boy, he grew up and attended schools in the Chetopa area. He was a graduate of Chetopa High School and continued...
Alfred L. Van Dyne, Jr.
Jan 14, 2008
Alfred L. Van Dyne, Jr., 75, of Parsons, died at 7:30 a.m., Monday, January 14, 2008, at his home. He had been in failing health. He was born October 24, 1932, in Parsons, to Alfred L. Van Dyne, Sr. and Hazel P. (Poston) Van Dyne. He was a graduate of Labette County Community High School in Altamont and attended college...
George E. Schoenhofer
Jan 13, 2008
George E. Schoenhofer, 95, of St. Paul, died at 1:55 a.m., Sunday, January 13, 2008, at Prairie Mission Retirement Village in St. Paul. He was born November 5, 1912, in Walnut, Kansas, to George J. and Sophia (VanLeeuwen) Schoenhofer. As a young boy, he grew up and attended schools in Walnut. He later worked in a saw mill there with...
