Wilma Joan Westhoff
March 8, 2007
Wilma Joan Westhoff, 71, of Parsons, died at 1:00 a.m., Thursday, March 8, 2007, at the Granbury Care Center in Granbury, Texas. She had been in failing health. She was born July 7, 1935, in Richards, Missouri, to Thomas Leo and Ruth May (Webster) Hibdon. She was raised by her mother and step-father, Charles Sheehy, after her father died in...
Joseph A. Beasley
March 7, 2007
Joseph A. Beasley, 79, of Parsons, died at 7:16 a.m., Wednesday, March 7, 2007, at the Labette County Medical Center in Parsons. He had been in failing health, but death was unexpected. He and his twin brother, Jackson Lee, were born June 24, 1927, in Joplin, Missouri, to Arnold and Florence L. (Coryele) Beasley. He grew up and attended Joplin...
Silas Andrew Wood
March 6, 2007
Silas Andrew Wood, infant son of Ryan S. and Krista L. (Meck) Wood, of Girard, was stillborn at 3:11 p.m., Tuesday, March 6, 2007, at the Mt. Carmel Medical Center in Pittsburg. OTHER SURVIVORS INCLUDE: Maternal Grandparents - Richard and Vickie Meck Tecumseh, KS Paternal Grandparents - Raymond and Sondra Wood Pittsburg, KS Maternal Great-Grandparents – Bill and Violet Moore...
Carmen Lou Spielbusch
March 2, 2007
Carmen Lou Spielbusch, 76, of St. Paul, died at 4:45 p.m., Friday, March 2, 2007 at the Labette County Medical Center Emergency Room. Her death was unexpected. She was born June 23, 1930 at St. Paul to Fred and Carmen (Lancaster) Born. She grew up and attended school in St. Paul and graduated from High School there in 1948. Following...
Marene Maness
March 2, 2007
Ada Marene (Gaddis) Maness, 73, of Parsons, died Friday, March 2, 2007, at her home. She had been in failing health, but her death was unexpected. She was born March 24, 1933 in Parsons to Elmer B. and Alice Rosemond (Tillman) Gaddis. She grew up and attended schools in Parsons. For a time, she lived in Wichita, Kansas, and Houston,...
Aaron J. Engels
March 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
February 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.
February 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
February 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
February 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
February 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
February 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
February 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
February 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
February 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
February 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
February 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
February 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
February 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
February 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...
