September 16, 2021

Dennis A. Thurman, 89, of rural Oswego, passed away the morning of Thursday, September 16, 2021, at his home.

Dennis Albert Thurman was born on April 2, 1932, in St. Louis, Missouri. As a young boy, he grew up and attended school in St. Louis.  He served his country in the 1950's in the United States Air...

September 15, 2021

LaDonna F. Brothers, 92, of rural Cherryvale, passed away at 10:30 p.m., Wednesday, September 15, 2021, at her home.

LaDonna Fern Likins was born on April 9, 1929, to Clifford E. and Opal Margaret (Atherton) Likins in rural Parsons.  As a young girl, she grew up and attended grade school at Pleasant Hill school, where she later...

September 14, 2021

Calvin H. Morris, 76, of rural Cherryvale, passed away at 12:55 p.m., Tuesday, September 14, 2021, at the Cherryvale Senior Living Center.

Calvin H. Morris was born on December 2, 1944, to R.B. and Fern Beatrice (Tyson) Morris in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.  He grew up and attended school in the Mustang, Oklahoma area.  After graduating from Mustang...

September 11, 2021

Marvin E. Cunningham, 93, of rural Weir, Kansas, passed away at his home early Saturday, September 11, 2021.

Marvin Eugene Cunningham was born October 26, 1927 near Bartlett, Kansas to Clarence Henry Cunningham and Mary Diana (Hall) Cunningham. Marvin grew up and attended schools in the Bartlett area. He graduated from the Labette County Community High School...

September 11, 2021

Robert K. Allen, 99, of Parsons, passed away at 5:45 a.m., Saturday, September 11, 2021 at the Elmhaven Nursing Home in Parsons.

Robert Kenneth Allen was born July 28, 1922 in Neodesha, Kansas to Harvey and Viva (Lawson) Allen.  At the age of seven, Robert moved with his family to El Dorado, Kansas where he graduated from...

September 8, 2021

Kenneth C. Russell, 57, of Parsons, passed away at 6:39 p.m., Wednesday, September 8, 2021, at Research Medical Center in Kansas City, Missouri.

Kenneth Craig Russell was born February 14, 1964, in Clarksville, Arkansas to Edward and Rosie (Perry) Russell.  He grew up and attended schools in Clarksville and graduated from the Hartman High School in 1982. ...

September 1, 2021

Charles A. "Charlie" Stangle, 67, of Parsons, passed away at 8:27 a.m., Wednesday, September 1, 2021, at the Good Samaritan Society in Parsons.

He was born on September 12, 1953, to Junior C. and Theresa Vernice (Whetzel) Stangle in Parsons.  As a young boy, he grew up in Sherman City and Parsons area, attending McKinley Grade School...

August 28, 2021

Ruth Ellen Miller, 91, of Chetopa, passed away at 1:17 a.m., Saturday, August 28, 2021, at Labette Health in Parsons.

Ruth Ellen Willis was born on January 5, 1930, to James Aubrey and Grace Lorene (Wright) Willis in Chetopa.  She grew up, attended school and spent most of her life in Chetopa.

She worked as...

August 26, 2021

Billy Joe Ballard Thomas, 86, of Welch, Oklahoma, passed away at 8:20 p.m., Thursday, August 26, 2021, at Freeman West in Joplin.

He was born March 10, 1935 at Welch, Oklahoma to William and Effie (Jones) Thomas.  Bill grew up and attended school in Chetopa, Kansas and graduated from Chetopa High School in 1953.  For most of...

August 26, 2021

Jessie F. Carrell, 89, of Chetopa, passed from this life at 8:15 a.m., Thursday, August 26, 2021, at Coffeyville Regional Medical Center.

Jessie was born on October 20, 1931, to Albert and Cora (Stice) Carrell in rural Oswego, Kansas.  He grew up and attended school through the 8 th grade at the Shiloh School in rural Oswego....

August 23, 2021

Gale Duane Lansman, 80, of Columbia, Missouri, passed away at 1:30 a.m., Monday, August 23 rd , 2021, at Harry S. Truman Memorial Veterans' Hospital. Gale was born at his home in Denison, Iowa to Ewald Teenus and Margaret Laverne (Bristol) Lansman on December 19 th , 1940.  He attended school in Denison through second grade, then went to school...

August 19, 2021

Judy Stanford, 64, of Edna, passed away at her home the morning of Thursday, August 19, 2021.

Judy Nell Stanford was born on January 28, 1957, in Killeen, Texas, where she grew up and attended school.  After earning a bachelor's degree, Judy worked as a software engineer.

Her greatest joy came from spending time with...

August 18, 2021

Patricia J. Emmerick, 86, of Oswego, passed away at 6:55 a.m., Wednesday, August 18, 2021, at Oswego Health and Rehab.

Complete obituary details and funeral arrangements will be announced by the Bath-Forbes-Hoffman Funeral Home of Chetopa.

August 16, 2021

Bettie L. Draeger, 89, of Carthage, Missouri, and formerly of Chetopa, passed away at 5:03 a.m., Monday, August 16, 2021, at the St. Luke's Care Center, in Carthage.

Bettie Lou Sexton was born on June 25, 1932, at her family home in rural Chetopa, the fourth of seven siblings, born to James Andrew and Lulu Mae (Mayfield)...

August 11, 2021

Dayton James Smith, 30, of Edna, passed away Wednesday, August 11, 2021.

He was born on February 9, 1991, to Daniel Smith and Delinda Wass in Parsons.  As a young boy, he grew up in the Parsons area and attended Labette County High School, graduating from Humboldt High School.

Dayton enjoyed working on the railroad. ...

August 6, 2021

Norma Jean Lewellen, 87, of Oswego, passed away at 8:12 p.m., Friday, August 6, 2021, at Oswego Health and Rehab.

She was born June 14, 1934 at Parsons, Kansas, to Omar Kenneth Turner and Dot Ethlynn (Wilson) Turner.  She grew up near Lake McKinley and attended the Oak Grove School northeast of Parsons.  Later, she moved with...

August 5, 2021

Rodney L. "Rod" Trimble, Sr.,  85, of Melrose, Kansas passed away at 2:30 p.m., Thursday, August 5, 2021 at Freeman West Hospital in Joplin, Missouri.

Rodney Lee Trimble, Sr. was born August 1, 1936 in Gladewater, Texas to Walter Coker Trimble and Addie Lee (Rash) Trimble.  Rod grew up and attended school in Texas City, Texas graduating...

August 3, 2021

Charles Duwayne Baunhofer, 74, passed away at 2:09 p.m., Tuesday, August 3, 2021, at St. John's Medical Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

He was born on January 27, 1947, to William C. and Kathryn (Jacob) Baunhofer at the family home in rural Chetopa, Kansas.  He grew up with his two brothers, Darrell and Gary, on the family farm. ...

August 2, 2021

William A. Wiener (Bill), 85, of Parsons, passed away peacefully on the evening of Monday, August 2, 2021, at his home with family by his side.

He was born on July 17, 1936, to Emanuel and Betty (Lewis) Wiener in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and spent his early days as a young boy in Trenton, New Jersey. During those...

July 29, 2021

Debra Sue Haven, 69, of Chetopa, passed away at 5:47 p.m., Thursday, July 29, 2021 at Labette Health in Parsons, Kansas.

She was born January 20, 1952 in Tulsa, Oklahoma to Charles and Joan (Roberts) Haven.  As a young girl she moved with her family to Chetopa where she grew up and attended school.  She graduated from...