Robert Diggs
January 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
January 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
January 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
January 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
January 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...
Douglas Everett Melton
January 23, 2007
Douglas Everett Melton, 23, of Edna, died at 12:16 p.m., Tuesday, January 23, 2007 at St. John's Medical Center in Tulsa. He was born October 6, 1983 in Tulsa, Oklahoma to Larry E. and Susan E. (Ledbetter) Melton. He grew up in Edna. He attended Altamont Grade School and was a 2002 graduate of Labette County High School. He enjoyed...
Georgia E. Comstock
January 22, 2007
Georgia Comstock, 40, of Parsons, died at 6:30 p.m., Monday, January 22, 2007 at Elm Haven West Nursing Home in Parsons. She was born March 2, 1966 in Everett, Washington to Lawrence and Elaine (Williams) Walker. She grew up and attended schools in Everett. She had lived in Kansas City, Kansas for 12 years before recently moving to Parsons. She...
Marlys Jean Parks
January 22, 2007
Marlys Jean Parks, 57, went to be with the Lord on Monday, January 22, 2007. She was born December 5, 1949 in Parsons Kansas to Margaret M. & Richard E. Parks. Her unexpected death was the result of a severe respiratory condition and followed a brief stay in the Tulsa Regional Medical Center in Tulsa Oklahoma. Marlys was an exceptional...
Virgil Harold Merrick
January 20, 2007
UPDATED INFORMATION: Graveside services have been rescheduled for 2:00 p.m., Monday, January 29, 2007 at the Mound Valley Cemetery in Mound Valley, Kansas. Virgil Harold Merrick, 77, of Harlingen, Texas, died at 6:45 a.m., Saturday, January 20, 2007 in Harlingen, Texas. He was born February 23, 1929 in Mound Valley, Kansas to Ira and Lena (Kelly) Merrick. He grew up...
Henry J. Rohmiller
January 18, 2007
Henry J. Rohmiller, 99, of Chetopa, died at 8:55 p.m., Thursday, January 18, 2007 at the Chetopa Manor Nursing Home. He was born January 20, 1907 in Dewey County, Oklahoma to Nick and Martha (Uhl) Rohmiller. As a young boy, he attended Fields County School in Craig County, Oklahoma and later Welch High School in Welch, Oklahoma. He served in...
Wilbur M. Hahn
January 18, 2007
Wilbur Michael Hahn, 92, of Bartlett, died at 9:00 p.m., Thursday, January 18, 2007 at the Oswego Medical Center. He was born May 22, 1914, in their family home west of Bartlett, to Henry Michael and Cora (Crane) Hahn. He attended Lake Creek School through the 8th grade at which time he joined his dad in farming and ranching. Wilbur...
Orville Lee Eaton
January 13, 2007
Orville Lee Eaton, 88, of Oswego, died at 9:50 p.m., Saturday, January 13, 2007 at the Good Samaritan Center in Parsons where he had resided since March 2006. He was born March 4, 1918 in Dewey, Oklahoma to Frank and Louise (Newman) Eaton. As a child, he moved with his family to Moundville, Missouri where he grew up and attended...
Martha W. Autem
January 10, 2007
Martha W. Autem, 102, of Parsons, formerly of McCune, died at 2:07 a.m., Wednesday, January 10, 2007 at the Labette County Medical Center in Parsons. She was born June 25, 1904 in Wheeling, Missouri to Herman G. and Hattie E. (Leu) Reich. In 1910, she moved with her parents to a farm east of McCune, known as the Jordan Ranch....
Lydia M. Ratzlaff
January 8, 2007
Lydia M. Ratzlaff, 74, of Joplin, Missouri, died at 4:45 p.m., Monday, January 8, 2007 at her home. She had been in failing health. She was born September 14, 1932 in Chetopa, Kansas to Juan Newton and Artie Ledora (Ellis) Corn. She grew up and attended schools in Chetopa graduating from Chetopa High School. She and Emmett Burton were married...
Carl H. Longan
January 6, 2007
Carl H. Longan, 88, of Altamont, a former resident of Springfield, Missouri, died at 1:30 p.m., Saturday, January 6, 2007 at the Labette County Medical Center in Parsons. He was born November 15, 1918 in Texarkana, Arkansas to Clyde Henry Longan and Jettie Lee (Bonner) Longan. He grew up on the family farm. In 1941, he moved to Carthage, Missouri...
Richard H. Stull
January 5, 2007
Richard H. Stull, 85, of Altamont, died at 9:35 a.m., Friday, January 5, 2007 at the Presbyterian Manor in Parsons where he had resided since 2003. He was born March 2, 1921 in Wichita to Harry Sylvester and Mabel Alice (Palmer) Stull. As a young boy, he moved to Salina with his family where he grew up and attended schools....
Inez Louise Holland
January 3, 2007
Inez Louise "Granny" (Stine) Holland, 82, died January 3, 2007 at her home in Edna, Kansas. She was in failing health; however, death was unexpected. She was born November 20, 1924 to Joseph Henry and Vesta Myrtle (Clark) Stine in rural Edna. She attended grade school at Rosehill School (east of Edna) and was a graduate of Edna High School....
Lavina Marie Luman
December 30, 2006
L. Marie Luman, 95, of Chetopa, died at 5:45 p.m., Saturday, December 30, 2006 at the Chetopa Manor. She was born April 8, 1911 in Carthage, Missouri, the oldest of ten children, to Robert B. and Mary E. (Wiley) Tullis. She moved with her family to rural Bartlett, Kansas where she grew up and attended schools. She and Gilbert A....
George N. Clarke
December 28, 2006
George Nelson Clarke, 79, of Parsons, died at 6:00 a.m., Thursday, December 28, 2006 at Elm Haven East Nursing Home in Parsons. He was born July 5, 1927 in Parsons to Nelson Henry and Mollie Lee (Fischer) Clarke. He grew up and attended schools in Parsons graduating from Parsons High School in 1945. He joined the U.S. Navy in 1945...
Yvonne E. Miller
December 22, 2006
Yvonne E. Miller, 71, of Chetopa died at 1:46 a.m., Friday, December 22, 2006 at the Labette County Medical Center in Parsons. She was born June 14, 1935 in Craig County, Oklahoma to Robert L. and Evelyn T. (Rohmiller) Parks. She attended Fields Country School in rural Welch, Oklahoma and graduated from Welch High School in 1952. She was a...
