Georgie Louise (Middleton) Omarkhail
Jan 16, 2014
Georgie Louise (Middleton) Omarkhail, 74, of Parsons, died at 9:30 a.m., Thursday, January 16, 2014 at the home of her son in rural Parsons. She was born February 22, 1939 in Yazoo City, Mississippi to W. G. and Edith (Kirk) Middleton. As a young girl, she grew up and attended school in Yazoo City where she graduated high school. From...
Mirl E. Jones
Jan 16, 2014
Mirl E. Jones, 78, of Erie, died at 8:47 a.m., Thursday, January 16, 2014 at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita. He was born June 20, 1935 in Montana, Kansas to Glenn and Verda Varyle (Jones) Jones. As a young boy, he grew up in the Montana, Parsons, Dennis and Morehead areas. Following high school, he traveled across the United States...
Mary A. (Hammack) Pontious
Jan 15, 2014
Mary A. (Hammack) Pontious, 71, of Pittsburg, died at 7:56 p.m., Wednesday, January 15, 2014 at Via Christi Hospital in Pittsburg. She was born November 11, 1942 in Cherryvale, Kansas to Allen Glenn and Rutheen D. (Metcalf) Hammack. She attended schools in Parsons and Altamont. In early years she had worked as a waitress, and later at the Kansas Army...
Virginia R. "Renee" Shaw
Jan 13, 2014
Virginia R. "Renee" Shaw, 40, of Parsons, died at 11:10 a.m., Monday, January 13, 2014 at Mercy Hospital in Joplin, Missouri. She was born July 12, 1973 in Monroe, Louisiana to Willie Brown and Virginia Lee. She grew up in Monroe and attended schools in Winnsboro, Louisiana. In 1999, she moved to Parsons where she had worked at Grandview Products...
Leona F. Clifton-Journot
Jan 8, 2014
Leona F. Clifton-Journot, 80, of Parsons, died at 9:25 p.m., Wednesday, January 8, 2014 at her home. She was born July 16, 1933 in Parsons, Kansas to Albert H. and Emma Alice (Oler) Stringer. As a young girl, she grew up on a farm and attended schools in Parsons. On March 11, 1950, she and Eddie "Bud" Clifton were married...
Mary L. Breeze
Dec 30, 2013
Mary L. Breeze, 66, of Parsons, died at 2:15 p.m., Monday, December 30, 2013 at her home. She was born November 3, 1947 in Thayer, Kansas to Carl and Helen (Ballew) Berkenmeier. She grew up in Thayer and graduated from Thayer High School. She later moved to Parsons and worked at IMI Business Forms as a bindery supervisor until retiring....
Margie L. Crager
Dec 29, 2013
Margie L. Crager, 82, of St. Paul, died at 2:15 a.m., Sunday, December 29, 2013 at her home. She was born November 8, 1931 in Walnut, Kansas to George W. and Adel F. (Brazil) McAtee. As a young girl, she grew up in St. Paul where she attended school and graduated from St. Paul High School. On January 5, 1952,...
Lou E. Collins
Dec 27, 2013
Lou E. Collins, 83, of Oswego, died at 10:30 a.m., Friday, December 27, 2013 at the Oswego Home Place in Oswego, Kansas. Memorial services will be held at 1:00 p.m., Thursday, January 2, 2014 at the Oswego Home Place with The Rev. Wayne Mason of Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice officiating. Online condolences may be left at www.forbeshoffman.com.
Albert I. Wilson
Dec 27, 2013
Albert I. Wilson, 75, of Wichita, died at 3:00 a.m., Friday, December 27, 2013 at the Meridian Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Wichita. He was born June 5, 1938 in McPherson, Kansas to Levi Allison and Edith Helen (Nelson) Wilson. He was a graduate of Galesburg High School. On March 3, 1962 he and Roberta Carson were married at the...
Carla D. Kendrick
Dec 25, 2013
Carla D. Kendrick, 40, of Parsons, died at 1:04 p.m., Wednesday, December 25, 2013 at the University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City, Kansas. She was born July 9, 1973 in Monroe, Louisiana to Lanny Natt and Gloria Jean Kindrick. She grew up and attended school in Rayville, Louisiana. In 1993, she moved to Parsons where she had lived...
Kevin D. Mcray
Dec 24, 2013
Kevin D. McRay, 53, of Parsons, died Tuesday, December 24, 2013 in Parsons. He was born January 16, 1960 in Parsons, Kansas to Willis Fletcher and Esther Janet "Jan" (Miles) McRay. As a child, he moved around the country with his family and was a 1978 graduate of William Chrisman High School in Independence, Missouri. In his early 20's, he...
Marvin L. Cherry
Dec 20, 2013
Marvin L. Cherry, 87, of Parsons, went to be with his Lord and Savior at 6:55 a.m., Friday, December 20, 2013 at the home of his daughter and son-in-law in Olathe, Kansas. He was born October 23, 1926 in rural Pittsburg, Kansas to John Leonard and Zella Mae (Fikes) Cherry. He grew up and attended school at Beulah, Kansas and...
Mildred G. Kuffler
Dec 18, 2013
Mildred G. Kuffler, 85, of Parsons, died at 4:55 a.m., Wednesday, December 18, 2013 at Labette Health. She was born February 20, 1928 in St. Paul, Kansas to William E. "Bill" Holding and Dora Ethel (Hentzen) Holding. As a young girl, she grew up in St. Paul where she lived on the "Big Island" and attended school. She then moved...
Norma Nell Sprague
Dec 18, 2013
Norma Nell Sprague, 82, of rural Parsons, passed away at 9:00 a.m., Wednesday, December 18, 2013 at her home following a brief battle with cancer. She was born November 13, 1931 in McCune, Kansas to Eli Olen and Nellie Leah (Carson) Czapansky. At the age of 4, she moved with her family to rural Oswego, Kansas, and as a...
Evelyn A. J. Brungardt
Dec 11, 2013
Evelyn A. J. Brungardt, 85, of Galesburg, died early Wednesday morning, December 11, 2013 at Freeman West Hospital in Joplin, Missouri. She was born February 19, 1928 to John Edward and Regina (Volmer) Lortz at rural South Mound, Kansas. As a young girl she attended school at South Mound and St. Paul and was a graduate of St. Francis High...
Richard W. Moss
Dec 10, 2013
Richard Moss, 65, of Parsons, died at 9:35 p.m., Tuesday, December 10, 2013 at Labette Health in Parsons. He was born August 17, 1948 in Oswego, Kansas to Henry H. Moss, Jr. and Catherine (Mickens) Moss. He grew up and attended school in Oswego and was a 1968 graduate of Oswego High School. In the early 1970's, he moved to...
Marvin Christz Draeger
Dec 9, 2013
Marvin Christz Draeger, 85, of Chetopa, died at 6:15 a.m., Monday, December 9, 2013 at Mercy Hospital in Joplin, Missouri. He was born December 12, 1927 to Christz and Myrle (Ball) Draeger on a farm near Sherwin, Kansas. As a young boy, he attended Globe Rural School and was a 1945 graduate of Columbus High School. On March 6, 1950,...
Betty J. Veto
Dec 4, 2013
Betty J. Veto, 82, of Parsons, died at 9:20 a.m., Wednesday, December 4, 2013 at the Parsons Good Samaritan Society. She was born October 17, 1931 to Wayne A. Patchin and Vergie (Johnson) Patchin. She grew up in the Parsons area and attended McKinley Elementary School and Parsons High School. She worked in the cafeteria at the Parsons State Hospital...
Barbara A Gwartney
Dec 4, 2013
Barbara A. Gwartney, 64, of Chetopa, died at 9:15 p.m., Wednesday, December 4, 2013 at Labette Health in Parsons. She had been in failing health. She was born March 26, 1949 at Elkins, West Virginia to Allen Monroe Hyre and Jacqueline Rae (Daniels) Hyre. She grew up and attended schools in West Virginia until moving to Texas with her family....
Hollie Betts
Nov 25, 2013
Cami Jo Umbarger, 29, and her three children, Hollie Betts, 9, Jaxon Betts, 6, and Averie Betts, 4, of Parsons, died at their home in Parsons. She was born March 19, 1984 at Wilson County Hospital in Neodesha, Kansas to Larry E. Umbarger, II and Cindy A. (Smedley) Umbarger. She grew up and attended school at Thayer where she graduated...
