Treva "Joan" Stangle
Mar 12, 2013
Treva "Joan" Stangle, 57, of rural Parsons, died at 8:43 p.m., Tuesday, March 12, 2013, at Freeman West Hospital in Joplin. She was born February 16, 1956, in Parsons, Kansas, to Junior C. and Theresa B. (Whetzel) Stangle. She was a 1975 graduate of Labette County High School in Altamont. Joan was a lifelong resident of the Parsons area and...
Ray C. Wilson
Mar 12, 2013
Ray C. Wilson, 86, of Chetopa, died at 6:00 a.m., Tuesday, March 12, 2013, at Chetopa Manor Nursing Home. He was born February 19, 1927, in rural Chetopa, Kansas, to Clinton and Anna (Gail) Wilson. As a young boy, he attended rural grade schools and was a 1944 graduate of Labette County Community High School in Altamont. After high school...
Abdul Nawab Omarkhail
Mar 9, 2013
Abdul Nawab Omarkhail, 78, of Parsons, died at 1:41 a.m., Saturday, March 9, 2013, at Labette Health. He was born March 22, 1934, in Laghman, Afghanistan, to Abdul Monaff and Haniffa (Rahimullah) Omarkhail. He immigrated to the District of Columbia in the early 1960's to attend the American University. He lived out most of his life in Arizona as a...
Debra "Kay" Brown
Mar 8, 2013
Debra "Kay" Brown, 37, of Bartlett, died at 11:15 p.m., Friday, March 8, 2013, at her home. She was born December 6, 1975, in Coffeyville, Kansas, to Cecil D. and Shirley (Brown) Kimrey. As a young girl, she grew up in Edna where she attended Edna Grade School and was a 1994 graduate of Labette County High School in Altamont....
Kenneth J. Porter
Mar 7, 2013
Kenneth J. Porter, 79, of Chetopa, died at 8:10 p.m., Thursday, March 7, 2013, at Chetopa Manor Nursing Home. He was born January 25, 1934, in Scoffield, Missouri, to Leo Beacher and Geraldine (Camel) Porter. As a young boy, he attended Mound Valley Grade School. From 1953-1965, he served in the United States Air Force as a member of the...
Phyllis E. Nutt
Mar 7, 2013
Phyllis E. Nutt, 83, a longtime resident of McCune, died at 4:25 a.m., Thursday, March 7, 2013, at the Oswego Nursing and Rehabilitation Center where she had resided the past eleven years. She was born December 31, 1929, in Beulah, Kansas, to Elba Earl and Ethel Francina (Burris) Martin. As a young girl, she grew up in the Hiattville, Girard...
Barbara Ann "Ladybug" Thompson
Mar 4, 2013
Barbara Ann "Ladybug" Thompson, 64, of rural Altamont, Kansas, passed away peacefully at her home on Monday, March 4, 2013. She had been in failing health. Barbara was born September 6, 1948, in Parsons, Kansas, to Louis Herold and Ruth (Grady) Herold. She attended Altamont Grade School and Labette County Community High School. She then attended John Brown University in...
Robert J. "Bob" Greenough
Feb 28, 2013
Robert J. "Bob" Greenough passed away peacefully at his home in Parsons at 10:10 a.m., Thursday, February 28, 2013. He had been in failing health. Bob was born September 12, 1940, in Boston, Massachusetts, to Robert A. Greenough and Mary Irene (Moneypenny) Greenough. At the age of 5, he moved to North Reading, Massachusetts, where he attended school. He enlisted...
Rick D. Vannoster
Feb 27, 2013
Rick D. Vannoster, 58, of rural Afton, Oklahoma, died at 11:49 a.m., Wednesday, February 27, 2013, at Freeman West Hospital in Joplin, Missouri. He was born July 18, 1954, in Wichita, Kansas, to Robert Daniel and Berthann (Guest) Vannoster. As a young boy, he moved with his family to the Coffeyville area where they lived at Dearing, Kansas. Rick was...
William S. "Will" Slayter
Feb 24, 2013
William S. "Will" Slayter, 23, of Edna, died early Sunday morning, February 24, 2013, from injuries sustained in an automobile accident south of Parsons. He was born January 16, 1990, in Coffeyville, Kansas, to James Allen "Jay" Slayter, III and Cheryl Jean (Smith) Slayter. He grew up in Edna where he attended Edna Grade School, was a 2008 graduate of...
Hubert L. Jones
Feb 24, 2013
Hubert L. Jones, 87, of Altamont, died at 11:44 a.m., Sunday, February 24, 2013, at Labette Health in Parsons. He was born November 14, 1925, in rural Labette City, Kansas, to Joseph Leon and Esther Lois (Walker) Jones. As a young boy, he grew up and attended school in rural Labette County at Center Bethel School and was a 1943...
Victoria Ramirez
Feb 24, 2013
Victoria L. Ramirez, 68, of Parsons, died at 6:15 a.m., Sunday, February 24, 2013, at Oswego Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. She was born February 13, 1945, in Parsons, Kansas, to Earl L. and Lettie Jean (Wilkerson) Cooper. She graduated high school in Norwalk, California. Victoria was a homemaker and a member of the Jehovah's Witnesses. Survivors include: One Son –...
Bonnie A. Spriggs
Feb 23, 2013
Bonnie A. Spriggs, 77, of rural Afton, Oklahoma, formerly of rural Oswego, Kansas, died at 8:16 a.m., Saturday, February 23, 2013, at Oklahoma State University Medical Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma. She was born June 10, 1935, in rural McCune, Kansas, to Eli Olen and Nellie Leah (Carson) Czapansky. As a young girl, she grew up and attended school in rural...
Kurt Alan Volz
Feb 23, 2013
Kurt Alan Volz, 55, of Archie, Missouri, formerly of Parsons, Kansas, died Saturday, February 23, 2013, at his home. He had been in his usual health and death was not expected. He was born July 18, 1957, in Parsons, Kansas, to Francis J. and Teresanell (Hill) Volz. He grew up and attended schools in Parsons and was a graduate of...
Dortha Mae Lancaster
Feb 22, 2013
Dortha Mae Lancaster, 78, of rural Welch, Oklahoma, formerly of Chetopa, Kansas, died at 12:05 a.m., Friday, February 22, 2013, at her home. She was born June 18, 1934, in Lowell, Kansas, to James Howard and Opal (Phenix) Schofield. As a young girl, she attended rural schools. Through the years she worked as a cook in area restaurants including Redwood...
Charles Read Oakleaf, Sr.
Feb 17, 2013
Charles Read Oakleaf, Sr., 99, of Hot Springs, Arkansas, formerly of Mound Valley, Kansas, died at 12:05 a.m., Sunday, February 17, 2013, at his home. He was born November 8, 1913, at Mound Valley, Kansas, to Orton and Helena (Read) Oakleaf. During World War II, Charles served in the United States Army. Upon his honorable discharge, he returned to Mound...
Ann F. Pontious
Feb 17, 2013
Ann F. Pontious, 99, of Parsons, died at 1:55 p.m., Sunday, February 17, 2013, at Elmhaven East Nursing Home in Parsons. She was born December 14, 1913, in Parsons, Kansas, to John F. and Annie M. (Quirin) Journot. As a young girl, she grew up on a farm southwest of Parsons and was a graduate of Dennis High School. She...
Betty L. Mcwilliams
Feb 16, 2013
Betty L. McWilliams, 89, of Parsons, died at 5:20 a.m., Saturday, February 16, 2013, at Oswego Community Hospital. She was born September 14, 1923, in Ft. Scott, Kansas, to William S. and Blanche Emma (Williams) Batley. She grew up in Ft. Scott where she attended schools and was a graduate of Ft. Scott High School and later Ft. Scott Jr....
Donald Thomas Ginn
Feb 14, 2013
Donald Thomas Ginn, 95, a longtime local contractor of Parsons, died at 2:20 p.m., Thursday, February 14, 2013, at Woodridge Estates in Parsons where he had resided since December of 2009. He was born June 18, 1917, in Blue Earth, Minnesota, to Thomas Elton and Hazel (Hainsworth) Ginn. At the age of 12, he moved to Kansas where he lived...
Richard W. Hoffman
Feb 13, 2013
Richard W. Hoffman, 86, of Wichita, Kansas, died at 2:35 a.m., Wednesday, February 13, 2013, at the Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice Center at Via Christi St. Francis Campus in Wichita. He was born October 9, 1926, in the Coy community of rural Woods County, Oklahoma, to Benjamin Franklin and Cinderella (Sellers) Hoffman. As a young boy,...
