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Obituaries
Alta May Foister
Sep 26, 2006
Alta May Foister, 95, longtime Edna resident, died at 1:30 a.m., Tuesday, September 26, 2006 at the Elmhaven East Nursing Home in Parsons. She was born June 14, 1911 at Elm City, Kansas to Henry C. and Nannie A. (Waugh) Hayes. She grew up in the Elm City area and attended school at the Rose Hill School which was two...
June Carson
Sep 26, 2006
June Carson, 81, of rural Parsons, died at 9:09 p.m., Tuesday, September 26, 2006 at her home known as Corbett Farms. She was born October 1, 1924 at the Mercy Hospital in Parsons to Alfred L. Hayes, Sr. and Sadie (Corbett) Hayes. She grew up and attended Mentor Country School and graduated from Parsons High School in 1942 and later...
Marion E. Neargarten
Sep 24, 2006
Marion E. Neargarten, 94, of rural Parsons, died at 1:24 p.m., Sunday, September 24, 2006 at the Labette County Medical Center in Parsons. She was born March 29, 1912 in Brazil, Indiana to John and Buelia (Neese) Daugherty. She moved to Parsons as a child and attended local schools, graduating from Parsons High School. On November 18, 1933 she married...
Leona B. Mccrery
Sep 23, 2006
Leona B. McCrery, 91, of Independence, formerly of Altamont, died at 3:15 p.m., Saturday, September 23, 2006 at the Heatherwood Nursing Home in Independence. She was born February 14, 1915 in Columbia, South Carolina to Lawrence and Alice (Kelly) Latta. At a young age she moved with her family to Detroit. In 1945 she moved to Cherryvale, Kansas. She worked...
Arlene F. Madl
Sep 23, 2006
Arlene F. Madl, 70, of Parsons died at 8:48 p.m., Saturday, September 23, 2006 in the Emergency Room at the Labette County Medical Center in Parsons. She is survived by her husband John Madl of Parsons. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m., Thursday, September 28, 2006 at Oakwood Cemetery. Friends may call at their convenience after 9:00 Wednesday...
Makayla Jane Haraughty
Sep 21, 2006
Makayla Jane Haraughty, infant daughter of Jeff Haraughty and Lori Curtis, died Thursday evening, September 21, 2006 at the Freeman West Medical Center in Joplin, Missouri where she was born earlier in the evening. She was the twin sister of Zackrey Dean Haraughty. Further obituary details and funeral arrangements will be announced later by the Forbes-Hoffman Funeral Home of Parsons.
Roy D. Dalin
Sep 20, 2006
Roy D. Dalin, 81, of St. Paul, died at 11:45 a.m., Wednesday, September 20, 2006 at the Prairie Mission Retirement Village in St. Paul. He was born February 11, 1925 in Wichita, Kansas to Roy F. and Ada Dalin. At the age of 14, he became a resident of the Wichita Boys Home. In 1988 he moved to Living Skills...
Bessie A. Eagan
Sep 18, 2006
Bessie A. Eagan, 98, of Washburn, Missouri and former Pittsburg and McCune resident died at 1:15 a.m., Monday, September 18, 2006 at the Mt. Carmel Medical Center Emergency Room in Pittsburg. Her death was unexpected. She was born in Beaver County, Oklahoma on December 6, 1907 to George Bryan and Elizabeth (Strohr) Bryan. She grew up and attended school in...
Betty A. Robbins
Sep 16, 2006
Betty A. Robbins, 73, of Altamont, died at 9:36 a.m., Saturday, September 16, 2006 at the Freeman West Medical Center in Joplin. She had been in failing health. She was born May 27, 1933 at Edna, Kansas to Hollie and Lula (Hart) Thomas. She attended the Hawkins Grade School in Altamont and graduated from Labette County Community High School. She...
Edith M. Gilliland
Sep 15, 2006
Edith M. Gilliland, 87, of Chetopa, died at 12:30 a.m., Friday, September 15, 2006 at her home. She was born August 23, 1919, into a family of five brothers and two sisters on a farm near Southard, Oklahoma. Her parents were Tom Elie and Rettie Isebell (Stuart) Wallace. She grew up in a railroad family and attended grade school in...
Tyler Michael Wendel Wiseman
Sep 12, 2006
Tyler Michael Wendel Wiseman, infant son of Shaun M. and Mollie S. (Downs) Wiseman, of Oswego, was stillborn September 12, 2006, at the Labette County Medical Center in Parsons. SURVIVORS: One Sister - Terra Wiseman Of the Home Paternal Grandmother-Edna Wiseman Oswego, KS Two Aunts - Mary Downs and her son Nathaniel Waggoner Of the Home Kelli Wiseman Chetopa, KS...
Mary Jan Wright
Sep 9, 2006
Mary J. Wright, 80, of Pittsburg, formerly of Walnut, died at 1:58 p.m., Saturday, September 9, 2006 at Cornerstone Village in Pittsburg. She was born April 17, 1926 to Frank L. and Ida J. (Simerson) Honbarrier in Yadkin, North Carolina. She grew up and attended schools in that same area. She married Edward L. Wright. Through the years, they lived...
Charles D. "David" Davis
Sep 6, 2006
Charles "David" Davis, 67, of Chetopa, died at 2:00 p.m., Wednesday, September 6, 2006 at the Integris Baptist Regional Health Center in Miami, Oklahoma. He was born October 23, 1938 in Chetopa to George W. and Flossie Lucille (Lancaster) Davis. He grew up and attended schools in Chetopa where he graduated from Chetopa High School in 1957. He participated in...
Lucille M. Rosson
Sep 3, 2006
Lucille M. Rosson, 84, of Edna, died at her home Sunday afternoon. She had been in her usual health and her death was unexpected. She was born April 22, 1922 in Greenwood County, Kansas to William H. and Jesse M. (Goldy) Rogers. She grew up there and attended school at Yates Center. She worked for a time at Sinclair in...
Terry L. Myers
Aug 27, 2006
Terry L. Myers, 56, of rural Parsons, died at 6:20 a.m., Sunday, August 27, 2006, at his home. His death was unexpected. He was born March 4, 1950 in Yates Center, Kansas to Theodore "Ted" and Geraldine (Cunningham) Myers. In 1959, he moved with his family to Ulysses, Kansas. He attended grade school in Big Bow and high school in...
Errol F. Garber
Aug 27, 2006
Errol F. Garber, 91, formerly of Parsons, died at 8:45 p.m., Sunday, August 27, 2006 at the Meadowlark Hills Nursing Home in Manhattan, Kansas. He was born on August 24, 1915 to Fred Albert and Luella May (Myers) Garber in Parsons, Kansas. He grew up and attended schools in Parsons graduating from Parsons High School in 1933. He spent four...
Roberta Irene Mayfield
Aug 24, 2006
Roberta Irene Mayfield, 56, of Chetopa, died at 10:15 a.m., Thursday, August 24, 2006, at Freeman West Hospital in Joplin, Missouri, following a lengthy illness. She was born April 18, 1950 in Oswego, Kansas to Ralph "Bud" Stice, Jr. and Mildred (Allison) Stice. She grew up and attended schools in Oswego and graduated from Oswego High School in 1968. She...
Eunice Josephine Redburn
Aug 24, 2006
Eunice Josephine Redburn, 89, formerly of Parsons, died at 2:00 a.m., Thursday, August 24, 2006, at the Community North Hospital in Indianapolis, Indiana. She was born June 26, 1917 in rural St. Paul, Kansas to James Elmer and Emma (Nolan) Garrison. She attended elementary school in the Lake View neighborhood north of McCune, Kansas. She graduated from McCune Rural High...
Charles Joseph Forbes
Aug 21, 2006
Charles Joseph Forbes, 81, of Parsons, died at 5:40 a.m., Monday, August 21, 2006, at the Labette County Medical Center in Parsons. He was born November 8, 1924 to Patrick J. and Mary E. (McNerney) Forbes in Parsons, Kansas. He attended St. Patrick's Grade School, Parsons Jr. High and graduated from Parsons Sr. High School in May 1942. Following graduation,...
Lawrence Golden
Aug 20, 2006
Lawrence Golden, 101, a former resident of rural Altamont, died at 4:57 p.m., Sunday, August 20, 2006, at the Chetopa Manor Nursing Home in Chetopa, Kansas, where he had resided since April 12, 2006. He was born June 6, 1905 in Hurdland, Missouri to Scott and Belva (Shirkey) Golden. His family moved to Kansas when he was ten years old...



