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Claudine D. Barnett

Claudine D. Barnett

Dec 6, 2006

Claudine D. Barnett, 75, of Altamont, died at 8:45 p.m., Wednesday, December 6, 2006 at the Presbyterian Manor in Parsons. She was born June 22, 1931 in Parsons to Claude T. and Nina P. (Tipping) Payne. As a young girl, she grew up and attended schools in Parsons, graduating from Parsons Senior High School in 1949. She and Homer Thompson...

Patricia A. Baunhofer

Patricia A. Baunhofer

Dec 1, 2006

Patricia Ann Baunhofer, 56, of Chetopa, died at 3:45 p.m., Friday, December 1, 2006 at the Chetopa Manor Nursing Home in Chetopa. She was born January 20, 1950 in Oswego to Alva and Grace (Haley) von Wedell. As a young girl, she grew up in that area and was a 1968 graduate of Chetopa High School and also attended Labette...

Meredith L. Barragar

Meredith L. Barragar

Nov 28, 2006

Meredith L. Barragar, 82, of rural Oswego, died at 9:50 a.m., Tuesday, November 28, 2006 at Infinia Health Care at Oswego. He had been in failing health. He was born March 20, 1924 in Liberty, Kansas to Earl and Grace (Stoker) Barragar. He grew up and attended schools in that area and was a graduate of Labette County Community High...

Mary Jane Cabot

Mary Jane Cabot

Nov 27, 2006

Mary Jane Cabot, 58, of rural Parsons, died at 1:30 p.m., Monday, November 27, 2006 at the home of her daughter, Brenda Dunlap. She had been in failing health. She was born May 2, 1948 in Parsons to Wilfred and Marion (Daugherty) Neargarten. As a young girl, she grew up and attended schools in Parsons graduating from St. Patrick's Catholic...

Louise M. Price

Louise M. Price

Nov 26, 2006

Louise Maxine (Rexwinkle) Price, 90, of Parsons died at 9:20 a.m., Sunday, November 26, 2006 at the Presbyterian Manor in Parsons. She was born August 8, 1916 in Altamont, Kansas to William and Bessie (More) Rexwinkle. She grew up and attended elementary and high school in that area. During the war, she was employed at the Kansas Ordinance Plant. She...

George D. Mcelroy

George D. Mcelroy

Nov 26, 2006

George D. McElroy, 85, of St. Paul, died at 2:15 p.m., Sunday, November 26, 2006 at the Prairie Mission Retirement Village in St. Paul. He had been in failing health. He was born December 19, 1920 to Dewey and Alma (Darras) McElroy in Madrid, New Mexico. He grew up and attended schools in Raton, New Mexico. During World War II,...

Verna L. Allen

Verna L. Allen

Nov 22, 2006

Verna L. Allen, 90, of Parsons, died Wednesday, November 22, 2006 at Elm Haven East Nursing Home in Parsons where she had resided since 1994. She was born in rural Cherokee County, Kansas on March 31, 1916 to Delbert Claude and Alice Ethel (Zimmerman) Allen. As a young girl, she grew up and attended schools in that same area and...

Willie T. Martin

Willie T. Martin

Nov 22, 2006

Willie T. Martin, Sr., 69, of Mound Valley, died at 11:40 a.m., Wednesday, November 22, 2006 at Elm Haven East Nursing Home in Parsons. He was born April 30, 1937 in Alabama to Amos Martin and Sylvia Simms. He grew up and attended schools in Blakely, Georgia. On October 4, 1955 he and Betty Ann Shelfer were married in Blakely,...

Thomas H. Long, Jr.

Thomas H. Long, Jr.

Nov 18, 2006

Thomas H. "T.H." Long, Jr., 68, of Altamont, died at 1:07 p.m., Saturday, November 18, 2006 at the Labette County Medical Center in Parsons. He had been in usual health and death was unexpected. He was born December 22, 1937 in Mt. Harris, Colorado to Thomas H. Long, Sr. and Pansy R. (Bowen) Long. His father later remarried, and at...

Cory R. Smith

Cory R. Smith

Nov 18, 2006

Cory R. Smith, 20, of Altamont, died at 9:20 a.m., November 18, 2006 at the Barnes Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri. He had been in failing health. He was born June 30, 1986 in Burlington, Kansas to Mark L. Smith and Tina M. (Reeves) Smith. His family moved to Altamont in January of 1987. He attended schools in Altamont...

Dorothy D. Fowler

Dorothy D. Fowler

Nov 16, 2006

Dorothy D. Fowler, "Grandma Arky", 87, of Coffeyville, and formerly of the Mound Valley area, died at 9:45 p.m., Thursday, November 16, 2006 at the Coffeyville Regional Medical Center. She had been in failing health. She was born April 9, 1919 in Mound Valley, Kansas to Ira and Lena (Kelley) Merrick. As a young girl, she grew up and attended...

Gladys M. Jones

Gladys M. Jones

Nov 12, 2006

Gladys M. Jones, 86, formerly of Parsons, died at 10:00 p.m., Sunday, November 12, 2006 at the Methodist Home in Enid, Oklahoma. She was born September 28, 1920 in Council Grove, Kansas to Ralph Campmier, Sr. and Kittie M. (Belt) Campmier. As a young girl, she grew up and attended schools in Council Grove and graduated from Council Grove High...

Guy R. Stapleton

Guy R. Stapleton

Nov 11, 2006

Guy R. Stapleton, 82, of Parsons, died at 7:40 p.m., Saturday, November 11, 2006 at the Good Samaritan Center in Parsons. He had been in failing health. He was born November 5, 1924 in Highland, California to Fred Zachary and Marchie Miranda (Sprouse) Stapleton. He grew up and attended schools in Oswego. He worked at Guy Jones Grocery in Oswego....

Mildred I. West

Mildred I. West

Nov 7, 2006

Mildred I. West, 84, formerly of Warrensburg, Missouri and Parsons, died at 7:50 a.m., Tuesday, November 7, 2006 at the home of her daughter, Mary Muninger, in Independence, Kansas. She had been in failing health. She was born March 28, 1922, in Morris, Minnesota to Claude Orville and Edith Rose (McCracken) Brooks. As a child, she moved with her family...

Ernest R. Hinman

Ernest R. Hinman

Nov 6, 2006

Ernest R. "Bud" Hinman, 68, of Hallowell, died at 11:17 a.m., Monday, November 6, 2006 while working on a construction project near Montana, Kansas. He had been in his usual health and death was unexpected. He was born October 16, 1938 in Parsons to Ernest Wilson and Elnora Catherine (Stover) Hinman. He grew up and attended school in Parsons and...

Paul F. Madl

Paul F. Madl

Nov 6, 2006

Paul F. Madl, 55, of St. Paul, died at 11:55 p.m., Monday, November 6, 2006 at Prairie Mission Retirement Village in St. Paul where he had resided since February of this year. He was born May 5, 1951 in Walnut, Kansas to John Cyril and Erville Corrine (Allen) Madl. He grew up and attended school in the Walnut and St....

Beryl D. (Wheat) Fultz

Beryl D. (Wheat) Fultz

Nov 3, 2006

Beryl D. (Wheat) Fultz, 74, of rural Parsons, died at 3:05 p.m., Friday, November 3, 2006 at the Parsons Good Samaritan Center. She had been in failing health. She was born June 2, 1932, in Parsons, to A. V. and Audrey E. (Manners) Wheat. As a young girl, she attended Spring Hill Country School. In 1949, she graduated from Labette...

Nancy L. Rowe

Nancy L. Rowe

Nov 1, 2006

Nancy L. "Nana" Rowe, 64, of Parsons, died at 3:20 a.m., Wednesday, November 1, 2006 at the Labette County Medical Center in Parsons. She had been in failing health. She was born November 21, 1941 in Parsons to Ralph and Louise (Richardson) Rhoades. As a child, she grew up and attended schools in Parsons. She and Larry Rowe were married...

Lester U. Herridge

Lester U. Herridge

Oct 31, 2006

Lester U. Herridge, 80, of Baldwin City, Kansas, died at 5:10 p.m., Tuesday, October 31, 2006 at the Claremore Veterans Administration Center in Claremore, Oklahoma. He was born October 12, 1926 in Bluff City, Kansas to Edward and Vivian Mae (Cantwell) Herridge. At age seven, he and his family moved to rural Chetopa. During World War II he served in...

Hazel M. "Joy" Ezell

Hazel M. "Joy" Ezell

Oct 31, 2006

Hazel Marie "Joy" Ezell, 68, of Columbia, South Carolina, died at her home Tuesday, October 31, 2006. She was born May 5, 1938 to John Henry and Ola Mae (Pitts) Neal in Quinton, Oklahoma. As a young girl, she grew up and attended schools in Farmersville, California. She and Roy Henson were married. They later divorced. She and Leon "Bud"...