George W. Burnett
December 19, 2006
George W. Burnett, 77, a lifetime resident of southeast Kansas, died at 8:30 a.m., Tuesday, December 19, 2006 at his home in Chetopa. His death was unexpected. Being one of ten children, he was born May 1, 1929 in Baxter Springs, Kansas to John and Maggie (Moore) Burnett. He grew up and attended schools in that area. He and Jesmon...
Pauline P. Leuty
December 10, 2006
Pauline P. Leuty, 82, died at 2:43 p.m., Sunday, December 10, 2006 at her home in Parsons. She had been in failing health. She was born May 10, 1924 in Chetopa to Walter and Roxie (Rice) Finley. As a young girl, she grew up and attended schools in Chetopa. She and Leroy Leuty were married September 11, 1941 in Miami,...
Opal Toomey Sly
December 8, 2006
Opal Toomey Sly, 100, of Parsons, died at 12:15 p.m., Friday, December 8, 2006 at Elm Haven East Nursing Home in Parsons. She was born November 30, 1906 in Neodesha, Kansas to Elzia M. and Eva (Gildart) Toomey. She grew up and attended schools in Neodesha and was a graduate of Neodesha High School. Following high school graduation, she attended...
Billy Dale Westervelt
December 7, 2006
Billy Dale Westervelt, 58, entered into rest at 8:29 p.m., Thursday, December 7, 2006 at Providence Medical Center in Kansas City, Kansas. He was born February 3, 1948 to Dale and Carmen Westervelt in rural Altamont. He grew up on the farm where he loved animals and nature. Billy attended Altamont Grade School and graduated from Labette County High School...
Edward Bamberry
December 7, 2006
Edward Bamberry, 93, died at 8:50 a.m., Thursday, December 7, 2006 at his home in Altamont. He had been in failing health. He was born September 4, 1913 in Norfolk, Nebraska to Edward Bamberry, Sr. and Sarah Jane (Joseph) Bamberry. He moved with his family, at the age of three, to southwest Missouri. At the age of 8, they moved...
Claudine D. Barnett
December 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
December 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
November 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
November 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
November 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
November 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
November 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
November 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.
November 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
November 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
November 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
November 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
November 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
November 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
November 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...
