Moneta M. Kite Hanny
July 8, 2008
Moneta M. Kite Hanny, 96, of Parsons, died at 8:55 a.m., Tuesday, July 8, 2008, at Parsons Presbyterian Manor where she had resided since 1997. She was born March 23, 1912, in Parsons, to Jake and Sylvia (Cole) Bolinger. She grew up in the Galesburg-Erie area where she was raised by her paternal grandmother, Cathrine Bolinger. She was a 1929...
Charles D. Burns
July 7, 2008
Charles D. Burns, 93, of Erie, died at 7:50 p.m., Monday, July 7, 2008, at Prairie Mission Retirement Village, in St. Paul, where he had resided since March of this year. He was born June 4, 1915, in Walnut, Kansas, to Clarence and Leona (Mudd) Burns. He grew up and attended schools there graduating from Walnut High School in 1933....
Jim F. Barney, Jr.
July 4, 2008
Jim F. Barney, Jr., 63, of Parsons, passed away at 6:58 p.m., Friday, July 4, 2008, at Labette Health following a brief illness. He was born November 23, 1944, in Los Angeles, California, to Jim Francis Barney, Sr. and Loretta Jean (Allen) Barney. He grew up and attended school there. In 1963, he moved with his family to Parsons where...
Clifton L. Gilmore
July 2, 2008
Clifton L. Gilmore, 32, of Parsons, died at 8:15 a.m., Wednesday, July 2, 2008. He was born December 11, 1975, in Parsons, to Darrell L. "Bob" and Cecilia A. (Luman) Gilmore. He grew up in Parsons where he attended Garfield Elementary School and was a graduate of Parsons High School. He worked at various manufacturing plants in Parsons through the...
Earl H. Gannaway
July 1, 2008
Earl H. Gannaway, 65, of Galesburg, died at 5:24 a.m., Tuesday, July 1, 2008, at Labette Health. He had been in his usual health and death was not expected. He was born February 27, 1943, in Parsons, to Earl M. and Elizabeth (Villamaria) Gannaway. He grew up in Parsons where he attended St. Patrick's Catholic Schools and graduated in 1961...
Mertie Fern Schenck
June 26, 2008
Mertie Fern Schenck, 91, of Independence, formerly of Altamont, died at 12:50 a.m., Thursday, June 26, 2008, at Bradford Place, in Independence, where she had resided the past 2 ½ years. She was born October 15, 1916, in rural Labette County, near Star School, to Charles Elmer and Sarah Cora (Harris) Dobbins. She grew up in that area and was...
Robert A. Robison
June 26, 2008
Robert A. "Bob" Robison, 76, of Chetopa, died at 9:35 a.m., Thursday, June 26, 2008, at his home. He was born February 29, 1932, to Carson J. and Catherine A. (Barrett) Robison, in New Rochelle, New York. He attended schools in Dutchess County, New York. He served in the United States Marine Corps. He moved to Chetopa in 1976 and...
Karen M. Harrington
June 26, 2008
Karen M. Harrington, 69, of Parsons, died at 12:58 p.m., Thursday, June 26, 2008, at Elmhaven East Nursing Home in Parsons. She had been in failing health. She was born May 26, 1939, in Sherman, Kansas, to Slim and Bertha (Whitson) Miller. At the age of six, she was adopted by Elmer and Veda (Patterson) Wilson. Following Veda's death, she...
Betty L Scoones
June 24, 2008
Betty L. Scoones, 80, of Erie, died at 12:20 p.m., Tuesday, June 24, 2008, at Labette Health in Parsons. She was born August 13, 1927, in rural Stark, Kansas, to Richard F. and Hazel E. (Hobson) Vanderford. As a young girl, she grew up and attended school in rural Erie. While in the fourth grade, she began attending Erie District...
Phyllis C. Thompson
June 24, 2008
Phyllis C. "Granny" Thompson, 86, of Altamont, formerly of Parsons, died at 10:00 a.m., Tuesday, June 24, 2008, at Labette Health. She was born June 11, 1922, in Huron, South Dakota, to Cecil L. and Hattie R. (Marks) Crabb. She grew up in South Dakota and moved to Stark, Kansas, as a child. She was a 1940 graduate of Grant...
Vernon Harley Banzet
June 24, 2008
Vernon Harley Banzet, 68, of rural Chetopa, Kansas, died at 3:45 p.m., Tuesday June 24, 2008, at St. John's Regional Hospital in Joplin, Missouri, after a year-long battle with lung cancer. He was born to Wayne, Sr. and Reva (Kessler) Banzet on January 3, 1940, in Northeast Oklahoma. He graduated from Labette County Community High School in 1958. He attended...
Roberta J. Howard
June 23, 2008
Roberta J. Howard, 89, of Parsons, died at 12:45 p.m., Monday, June 23, 2008, at the Parsons Good Samaritan Society. She was born January 27, 1919, in Parsons, to S. Clarence and Ethel (Foster) Jackson. She grew up and attended schools in Parsons graduating from Parsons High School and later Parsons Junior College. For a time, she worked as a...
Chloe Nichelle Robinson
June 21, 2008
Chloe Nichelle Robinson, 1 year old, of Parsons, died at 2:09 p.m., Saturday, June 21, 2008 at Children's Mercy Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri. She was born May 8, 2007, in Emporia, Kansas, to Shane Derik Johnson and Tiffany Marie Robinson. She moved with her family to Parsons in December 2007. SURVIVORS: Parents - Shane Johnson and Tiffany Robinson of...
John B. Brown
June 17, 2008
John B. Brown, 89, of Chetopa, died at 11:35 a.m., Tuesday, June 17, 2008, at Labette Health in Parsons. He was born June 12, 1919, in Pomona, California, to Arthur Winford and Katherine Irene (Knell) Brown. He and Mildred Coons were married February 27, 1945. He served in the U.S. Army for two years before becoming a park caretaker for...
Dolores Maxine Polk
June 16, 2008
Dolores Maxine Polk, 78, of Chetopa, died at 2:30 a.m., Monday, June 16, 2008, at Chetopa Manor Nursing Home in Chetopa, Kansas, where she had resided since December 2007. She was born July 10, 1929, in Calumet, Oklahoma, to Harold J. and Beulah B. (Knox) Smith. In early childhood, she moved with her family to a farm in Oswego. She...
Judith F. Redburn
June 16, 2008
Judith F. "Judy" Redburn, 62, of Parsons, Kansas,died Monday, June 16, 2008, at her home. She had been in her usual health and death was not expected. She was born November 26, 1945, in Fort Smith, Arkansas, to Leo Joseph and Nell Marie (Farley) Allen. As a young girl, she grew up in Fort Smith and Wichita, Kansas. She and...
Roger D. Green
June 13, 2008
Roger D. Green, 46, of rural Mound Valley, died at 4:07 p.m., Friday, June 13, 2008, at Labette Health in Parsons. He was born September 13, 1961, in Parsons, to Earl and Jo Ann (Rose) Green. He grew up in Parsons where he attended elementary schools and later Parsons High School. Through the years he worked at Parsons Auto Parts...
William E. Wass
June 4, 2008
William E. "Bill" Wass, 81, of Parsons, died at 6:59 p.m., Wednesday, June 4, 2008, at Labette Health following a brief illness. He was born December 28, 1926, in Parsons, Kansas, to Charles James and Mildred Marie (Tetley) Wass. As a child, he moved with his family to the rural Dennis-Timber Hill area. He attended schools in Dennis and Cherryvale....
Raymond J. Mckinney
June 2, 2008
Raymond J. McKinney, 78, of Humboldt, formerly of Erie, died at 11:29 a.m., Monday, June 2, 2008, at Neosho Memorial Regional Medical Center in Chanute. He was born November 25, 1929, in South Mound, Kansas, to William L. "Bill" and Emma A. (Thomas) McKinney. In 1938, he moved with his family to Erie where he attended school and later worked,...
Jean Canfield Schultz
May 30, 2008
Jean Canfield Schultz, 86, of Chetopa, died at 11:06 a.m., Friday, May 30, 2008, at Labette Health in Parsons. She was born March 19, 1922, in Scammon, Kansas, to Marvin and Frances (Jones) Canfield. She graduated from Pittsburg High School and later attended Pittsburg State Teachers College in Pittsburg. She married Frederick S. Schultz on July 13, 1941. She and...
