Aaron J. Engels
Mar 1, 2007
Aaron J. Engels, 32, formerly of Parsons, died at 1:15 a.m., Thursday, March 1, 2007, at the Overland Park Regional Medical Center in Overland Park, Kansas. He had been in failing health but his death was unexpected. He was born October 15, 1974 at Luverne, Minnesota to Alan and Beth (VanderZiel) Engels. He grew up in South Dakota until moving...
Rev. Sherry Elaine (Tosh) Brown
Feb 26, 2007
Rev. Sherry Elaine (Tosh) Brown, 54, of Valeda, Kansas, died at 11:00 a.m., Monday, February 26, 2007, at her home. She had been in failing health. She was born January 15, 1953, in Coffeyville, Kansas, to Norman Chester and Lillie Marie (Toy) Tosh. She grew up and attended school in Valeda and later attended Labette County Community High School in...
James H. Mack, Jr.
Feb 26, 2007
James H. Mack, Jr., 84, of Parsons, died at 10:00 a.m., Monday, February 26, 2007, at his home. He had been in failing health. He was born February 8, 1923, in Higbee, Missouri, to James Henry and Flossie Beatrice (Gaines) Mack. He attended schools in Ft. Scott, graduating from Ft. Scott High School. He served in the U.S. Army during...
Jennifer Ann Beachner
Feb 21, 2007
Jennifer Ann Beachner, 46, of Branson, Missouri, died at 6:15 a.m., Wednesday, February 21, 2007, from injuries sustained in an accident near Adair, Oklahoma. She was born September 25, 1960, in Parsons, to William F. and Mary Lou (Calderon) Beachner. She grew up and attended schools in St. Paul. She had worked at the Kansas Army Ammunition Plant and the...
Wayne O. Wofford
Feb 20, 2007
Wayne O. Wofford, 74, of Parsons, died at 5:20 a.m., Tuesday, February 20, 2007, at the Golden Living Center in Pittsburg, Kansas. He was born May 29, 1932, in Inola, Oklahoma, to Hazel (McClosky) Holt. As a child, he attended Douglas Elementary School and later graduated from Parsons High School. He served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict....
Howard Max Baker
Feb 19, 2007
Howard Max Baker, 83, of rural Altamont, died at 9:30 a.m., Monday, February 19, 2007, at the Good Samaritan Center in Parsons. He was born January 9, 1924, to Wilford and Jessie (Kugler) Baker on his father's home place two miles north of Altamont. He attended his first years of school at Baleu country school. He attended his eighth grade...
Lelah I. Forbes
Feb 18, 2007
Lelah Irene Forbes, 95, a longtime Parsons resident, died at 7:40 a.m., Sunday, February 18, 2007, with her children by her side, at Mt. Carmel Medical Center in Pittsburg. Her death followed a brief illness. She had lived with her son and daughter-in-law, Michael and Evelyn Forbes, in Parsons for twenty years before moving, a year ago, to live with...
Ethel G. Kessler
Feb 17, 2007
Ethel G. Kessler, 103, a longtime resident of Altamont, died at 2:45 p.m., Saturday, February 17, 2007, at Infinia Health Care in Oswego, Kansas. She was born August 26, 1903 in Edna, Kansas to James Franklin and Martha Alice (Bean) Christmore. As a young girl, she grew up and attended schools in the Edna area and later graduated from Labette...
Carolyn A. (Stewart) Cunningham
Feb 14, 2007
Carolyn A. (Stewart) Cunningham, 64, a former longtime resident of Parsons, died at 6:10 p.m., Wednesday, February 14, 2007, at St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center in Topeka, Kansas. She was born to Tom and Loretta (Moore) Stewart on November 25, 1942, in Winfield, Kansas. As a child, she moved with her family to Parsons where she attended Douglas Elementary...
Geraldine Naomi Brady
Feb 13, 2007
Geraldine N. Brady, 90, of Parsons, died at 9:42 a.m., Tuesday, February 13, 2007, at the Good Samaritan Center in Parsons. She was born June 28, 1916 in Porter, Oklahoma to Thomas Woodson "T.W." McKnight, Sr. and Lora (Ricketts) McKnight. As an infant, she moved with her family to Parsons where she grew up and attended schools. She was a...
Hollis Juliann Simms
Feb 12, 2007
Hollis Juliann Simms, 86, formerly of Chetopa, died at 6:00 a.m., Monday, February 12, 2007, in Kansas City, Missouri, at the home of her daughter where she was currently residing. She was born January 16, 1921 in Welch, Oklahoma to Lawrence M. Caldwell, Sr. and Lottie R. (Webb) Caldwell. She attended vocational school during the war where she learned to...
Mary L Samson
Feb 12, 2007
Mary L. Samson, 60, of Parsons, died at 4:15 a.m., Monday, February 12, 2007, at the Good Samaritan Center in Parsons. She had been in failing health. She was born November 1, 1946, in Chanute, Kansas to Howard Lee and Edna Sabina (McGowan) Lucke. She grew up and attended schools in Chanute and Erie. Following graduation from high school, she...
Josephine Dwyer
Feb 6, 2007
Josephine A. Dwyer, 95, of Parsons, died at 6:00 a.m., Tuesday, February 6, 2007, at Elmhaven East Nursing Home in Parsons. She was born October 6, 1911, in Geary, Oklahoma, to Francis and Barbara (Wosika) Colchin. As a child, she moved to Parsons where she attended St. Mary's Catholic School and later graduated from Parsons High School. She also attended...
Rodney D. Johnson
Feb 2, 2007
Rodney D. "Rocky" Johnson, 54, of Parsons, died Friday, February 2, 2007 at his home. He had been in failing health; however, his death was unexpected. He was born June 3, 1952 in Des Moines, Iowa to Ralph H. and Dorothy A. (Yahnke) Johnson. Growing up, he lived in Des Moines, Iowa, Dunning, Nebraska, Hot Springs, South Dakota, and Kearney,...
Darrell E Stringer
Feb 1, 2007
Darrell E. Stringer, 83, of rural Parsons, died Thursday, February 1, 2007, at his home. He had been in his usual health and death was unexpected. He was born November 22, 1923, in Parsons to Wallace and Velma (Pond) Stringer. He grew up and attended schools in Parsons graduating from Parsons High School in 1941. Following graduation, he worked at...
Robert Diggs
Jan 30, 2007
Robert Diggs, 56, a resident of the Parsons State Hospital & Training Center in Parsons, Kansas, died at 4:05 p.m., Tuesday, January 30, 2007 at the Labette County Medical Center in Parsons. Survivors include an uncle, Robert Martin of Columbus, Ohio and a cousin, Mary Thomas, Canal Winchester, Ohio. Following cremation, the family will hold a private memorial service at...
Kirk Brough Austin
Jan 27, 2007
Kirk Brough Austin, 89, of Parsons, died at 4:10 p.m., Saturday, January 27, 2007 at the Parsons Good Samaritan Center where he had resided since July 2006. He was born May 26, 1917 on a ranch, in the Kansas Flint Hills near Strong City, to Earl and Maude (Brough) Austin. He grew up in Emporia, attending schools there including the...
Shirley Maxine Fox
Jan 25, 2007
Shirley M. Fox, 70, of Parsons, died at 9:33 a.m., Thursday, January 25, 2007 at the Parsons Good Samaritan Center. She had been in failing health the past year. She was born November 2, 1936 in St. Paul, Kansas to Pearl and Goldie Hazel (Beery) Riley. She grew up and attended schools in St. Paul, Kansas and Keyes, Oklahoma. She...
Tonya Jo Harrington
Jan 25, 2007
Tonya Jo Harrington, 44, of Parsons, died at 4:55 a.m., Thursday, January 25, 2007 at her home. She had been in failing health. She was born December 13, 1962, in Iola, Kansas to Edward Gene and JoAnn (Turner) Mattox. As a young girl, she moved with her family to Parsons where she grew up and attended schools. She was a...
Mark A Carter
Jan 24, 2007
Mark A. Carter, 50, a lifelong resident of Chetopa, died at 5:50 p.m., Wednesday, January 24, 2007 at the Labette County Medical Center in Parsons. He was born February 20, 1956 in Oswego, Kansas to Robert G. Carter, Sr. and Wilma H. (Merriweather) Carter. As a youth, he attended schools in Chetopa and Coffeyville. He worked for the City of...
