Betty Lou Tullis
September 15, 2007
Betty Lou Tullis, 86, of Chetopa, died at 3:34 a.m., Saturday, September 15, 2007, at Chetopa Manor. The daughter of Claude and Floy Kemmerer, Betty was born November 4, 1920, in Parsons. She was a graduate of Parsons High School and Parsons Junior College. In earlier years, she was active in community charities and politics. She was a volunteer for...
Ella May(Steeby) Palmer
September 14, 2007
Ella May (Steeby) Palmer, 104, of Altamont, died at 6:51 p.m., Friday, September 14, 2007, at the Labette Health Emergency Room. She was born January 1, 1903, in Savannah, Missouri, to John S. and Mattie (Hardin) Steeby. She moved with her parents to Labette County in 1908. She graduated from Labette County Community High School in 1922 and continued her...
Alice F. Harms
September 12, 2007
Alice F. Harms, 79, of Parsons, died at 9:25 p.m., Wednesday, September 12, 2007, at her home. She had been in failing health for several months. She was born November 20, 1927 in Hillsboro, Kansas, to Peter D. and Mary (Funk) Pankratz. She grew up and attended schools in the Brudertal Church Community near Hillsboro, Kansas, graduating from Hillsboro High...
Norman C. Downing
September 10, 2007
Norman C. Downing, 72, of Chetopa, died at 5:10 p.m., Monday, September 10, 2007, at his home. He had been in failing health. He was born November 11, 1934, in Commerce, Oklahoma, to William Clinton and Marie Avis (Lucas) Downing. He attended schools in Chetopa prior to graduating high school in Lynwood, California. He and Darlene Piatt were married August...
Frieda Emma Bussman
September 9, 2007
Frieda Emma Bussman, 87, formerly of the Mound Valley and Edna area, passed away Sunday evening, September 9, 2007, in Arlington, Texas. She was born December 15, 1919, in Coffeyville, Kansas, to Paul and Elise C. (Lienemann) Schuetz. She attended the Coffeyville schools, graduating from high school in 1937 and Coffeyville Jr. College in 1939. She taught her first year...
Marjorie A. Hunt
September 9, 2007
Marjorie A. "Marge" Hunt, 91, of St. Paul, died at 10:30 p.m., Sunday, September 9, 2007, at Prairie Mission Retirement Village in St. Paul. She had been in failing health. She was born April 19, 1916, in Mound Valley, to Ralph E. and Alese (Gaither) Edson. She grew up and attended schools in the Mound Valley and Altamont areas, graduating...
Lola Dea (Kellogg) Carson-Landgren
September 4, 2007
Lola Dea (Kellogg) Carson-Landgren, 57, of Parsons, died at her home Tuesday morning, September 4, 2007. Her death was unexpected. She was born, the third of seven children, on January 1, 1950, in Coos Bay, Oregon, to Harold and Opal Maxine (Phillebaum) Kellogg. She moved with her family as a child to Parsons where she attended Meadow View Elementary School...
Beulah M. Kirkland
August 31, 2007
Beulah M. Kirkland, 86, of Edna, died at 2:36 p.m., Friday, August 31, 2007 at Labette Health. She had been in failing health for several months. She was born April 8, 1921 at Phoenix City, Alabama to James A. and Anne (Cross) Shelton. She lived in Phoenix City until the age of nine when she moved to Pallet Grove, Missouri...
Anita K. Myers
August 31, 2007
Anita K. Myers, 63, of Parsons, died at 7:00 p.m., Friday, August 31, 2007, at Labette Health. She had been in failing health for several years; however, death was unexpected. She was born February 8, 1944, in Parsons to James D. Scott, Sr. and Clara B. (Malone) Scott. She grew up and attended schools in Parsons, graduating from Parsons High...
Mary Frances Hodges Foss
August 26, 2007
Mary Frances Hodges Foss, 101, of Altamont, died at 8:07 a.m., Sunday, August 26, 2007, at Elmhaven East Nursing Home in Parsons. She had been in failing health for several years but death was unexpected. She was born October 11, 1905, in Reno County, Kansas, to William and Eliza (Shelton) Hodges. She graduated from Chase High School then taught for...
Frederick L. Cannon
August 25, 2007
Frederick L. Cannon, 54, of Cherryvale, died at 1:30 a.m., Saturday, August 25, 2007, at Labette Health in Parsons. He had been in failing health. He was born May 4, 1953, in Neodesha, Kansas, to Bobby Lee and Wanda Faye (Barnett) Cannon. He grew up and attended schools in Cherryvale. He later worked in oil fields in the Cherryvale area...
Melvin J. Madl
August 24, 2007
Melvin J. Madl, 92, of a longtime farmer in the rural Walnut area, died at 12:40 a.m., Friday, August 24, 2007, at Labette Care in Parsons. He was born January 23, 1915 in St. Paul, Kansas, to John P. Madl and Katherine Rose (VanLeeuwen) Madl. He grew up in rural St. Paul and attended the Brogan Country School. For several...
Jack M. Vanvickle
August 22, 2007
Jack M. VanVickle, 82, of Parsons, died at 6:40 a.m., Wednesday, August 22, 2007, at the Good Samaritan Center. He had been in failing health. He was born January 11, 1925 in Chanute, Kansas, to Donald and Etna VanVickle. He grew up and attended schools in Chanute. In 1960, he moved to Parsons and was employed as a film developer...
Judith A. Brenner
August 21, 2007
Judith A. Brenner, 63, of Parsons, died at 4:20 p.m., Tuesday, August 21, 2007, at the Freeman West Hospital in Joplin, Missouri. She was born June 27, 1944 to Ellis and Lena (Cannon) Brenner. She grew up and attended schools in Parsons, graduating from Parsons High School in 1962. She was a member of the First Christian Church and the...
Leo N. Bogner
August 21, 2007
Leo N. Bogner, 73, a longtime farmer in rural Parsons, died at 12:30 p.m., Tuesday, August 21, 2007, at his home. He was born June 3, 1934 in Mt. Hope, Kansas, to John and Rosalia (Grassel) Bogner. From 1940 to 1948, he attended St. Joseph Catholic School in Ost, Kansas, and from 1948 to 1952, he attended Andale High School...
Clifford D. Kibler
August 19, 2007
Clifford D. Kibler, 74, a longtime resident of Altamont, died at 2:30 p.m., Sunday, August 19, 2007, at Elmhaven East Nursing Home in Parsons. He had been in failing health. He was born October 4, 1932, in Lamar, Missouri, to John and Helen (Bruner) Kibler. He grew up and attended schools in Lamar, graduating from Lamar High School. He enlisted...
Winston E. Taylor
August 8, 2007
Winston E. Taylor, 61, of Parsons, was found at 2:45 p.m., Wednesday, August 8, 2007, at his home. His death was unexpected. He was born November 27, 1945 in Pittsburg, Kansas, a son of Henry and Vessie Lee (Hannah) Taylor. He grew up and attended schools in Pittsburg, graduating from Pittsburg in 1964. He served in the U. S. Air...
Clinton K. Myers
July 31, 2007
Clinton K. "Clint" Myers, 97, of Parsons, died at 1:30 a.m., Tuesday, July 31, 2007, at the Presbyterian Manor in Parsons, where he had resided since November 10, 2006. He had been in failing health. He was born November 10, 1909 in his rural family home between Sedan and Waneta, Kansas, one of eight children to George Edmond Myers and...
Robert L. "Woody" Woodman
July 26, 2007
Robert L. "Woody" Woodman, 68, of Parsons, died at 3:20 a.m., Thursday, July 26, 2007, at the Elmhaven West nursing home. He had been in failing health. He was born November 21, 1938 in St. Louis, Missouri, a son of Jack and Evelyn (Scofield) Woodman. As a child, he moved with his family to Parsons, where he grew up and...
Erica Ann Karleskint
July 24, 2007
Erica Ann Karleskint, 49, of Parsons, died at 5:25 a.m., Tuesday, July 24, 2007, at her home, following a lengthy battle with cancer. She was born July 12, 1958, in Ft. Scott, Kansas, to Joseph C. and Theresa M. (Rei) Karleskint. She grew up in Parsons where she attended St. Patrick's Catholic Elementary School and Parsons High School, and later...
