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Amy Rosetta Schroder

Amy Rosetta Schroder

Feb 11, 2013

Amy Rosetta Schroder, 85, of Independence, Kansas, died at 4:05 a.m., Monday, February 11, 2013, at Montgomery Place Nursing Home in Independence. She was born November 16, 1927, in rural Altamont, Kansas, to Frank and Etta May (Meyers) Hinkle. As a young girl, she grew up and attended school in rural Labette County. She and Arthur Triebel were married. They...

Pansy I. Ward

Pansy I. Ward

Feb 10, 2013

Pansy Ward, 101, of Parsons, formerly of Altamont, died at 7:12 a.m., Sunday, February 10, 2013, at Parsons Presbyterian Manor. She was born January 31, 1912, in Lawrenceburg, Missouri, to William W. and Nancy L. (Vanderpool) Ballinger. As a young girl, she moved with her family to Chanute, Kansas, where she grew up and attended school. For several years, she...

Tina M. Wolke

Tina M. Wolke

Feb 8, 2013

Tina M. Wolke, 45, of Parsons, was found at her home Friday, February 8, 2013. She had been in her usual health and death was unexpected. She was born September 18, 1967, in Wichita, Kansas, to Leonard George Wolke, Sr. and Barbara Kay (Rose) Wolke. She grew up and attended school in Wichita until moving with her family to the...

Judy Dwyer

Judy Dwyer

Feb 7, 2013

Judy K. Dwyer, 69, of Parsons, died at 3:00 a.m., Thursday, February 7, 2013, at her home. She was born March 21, 1943, in Parsons, Kansas, to Fred and Mira (McLane) Groff. She grew up in Parsons where she attended Washington Elementary School and was a 1961 graduate of Parsons High School. For a short time she worked at the...

Lisa D. Mcguire

Lisa D. Mcguire

Feb 6, 2013

Lisa D. McGuire, 51, of Parsons, died at 6:08 p.m., Wednesday, February 6, 2013, in the Emergency Room at Labette Health. She was born February 7, 1961, in Clovis, New Mexico, to Darrell L. and Texalee (Adair) Smith. She grew up and attended school in New Mexico until moving with her family to the Kansas City area where she attended...

Juanita A. "Nita" Lindsey

Juanita A. "Nita" Lindsey

Feb 6, 2013

Juanita A. "Nita" Lindsey, 85, of Burlington, Kansas, formerly of Parsons, Kansas, died at 4:00 p.m., Wednesday, February 6, 2013, at Stormont Vail Hospital in Topeka, Kansas. She was born August 2, 1927, in Oswego, Kansas, to Earl and Nancy (Tindle) Hardin. As a young girl, she attended schools in Oswego, Vinita, Oklahoma, and Denver, Colorado. As a teenager, she...

Helen Ida (Rohling) Simon

Helen Ida (Rohling) Simon

Feb 3, 2013

Helen Ida (Rohling) Simon, 92, of Parsons, died at 6:45 a.m., Sunday, February 3, 2013, at Elm Haven West Nursing Home in Parsons. She was born July 9, 1920, in Andale, Kansas, to Frank and Catherine (Gorges) Rohling. As a young girl, she grew up and attended schools in Colwich, Kansas. She and Aloysius William "Al" Simon were married May...

Hilda L. Nash

Hilda L. Nash

Feb 3, 2013

Hilda L. Nash, 92, of Parsons, died at 6:05 p.m., Sunday, February 3, 2013, at Elm Haven West Nursing Home in Parsons. She was born June 25, 1920, in Carthage, Missouri, to Charles and Pauline (Johnson) Mitchell. As a young girl, she grew up and attended schools in Carthage. She and Henry L. Nash were married. After marriage, they lived...

Bryan Smith

Bryan Smith

Feb 2, 2013

Bryan Smith, 45, of St. Paul, Kansas died at 7:45 a.m., Saturday, February 2, 2013 at Via Christi Mt. Carmel Hospital in Pittsburg, Kansas. He was born March 31, 1967, in Parsons, Kansas, to Lawrence C. and Katherine (McAtee) Smith. He grew up in St. Paul where he attended school and was a 1985 graduate of St. Paul High School....

Noma R. Horton

Noma R. Horton

Jan 31, 2013

Noma R. Horton, 82, of Parsons, died at 12:40 a.m., Thursday, January 31, 2013, at Elm Haven West Nursing Home in Parsons. She was born April 7, 1930, in Cooper, Texas, to Houston and Irene (Moore) Beeler. While her father worked as a welder, her family lived in various cities throughout the United States. She graduated from high school while...

Fidelis Starr

Fidelis Starr

Jan 29, 2013

Mary "Fidelis" Starr, 96, formerly of Coffeyville, died Tuesday, January 29, 2013, at Manor Care Health Services in Overland Park, Kansas. She was born March 22, 1916, in Coffeyville, Kansas, to Thomas and Hannah (Ridgeway) McGrath. As a young girl, she grew up and attended schools in Coffeyville and was a graduate of Coffeyville High School. She and Howard Eugene...

Brooksie Marie (Titus) Newton

Brooksie Marie (Titus) Newton

Jan 26, 2013

Brooksie Marie (Titus) Newton, 86, of Parsons, died at 11:55 p.m., Saturday, January 26, 2013, at Freeman West Hospital in Joplin, Missouri. She was born August 24, 1926, in Vernon County, Missouri, to James Lawrence and Alice (Mullen) Titus. As a young girl, she grew up on a farm near Bronaugh where she attended Belmont Grade School and was a...

Grace Varwig

Grace Varwig

Jan 18, 2013

Clara "Grace" Varwig, 87, of Parsons, Kansas, formerly of Bartlett, Kansas, died at 12:46 a.m., Friday, January 18, 2013, at Labette Health in Parsons. She was born September 18, 1925, in Tishomingo, Oklahoma, to James and Anna Mae (Gilliam) Smith. As a young girl, she grew up in Tishomingo where she attended school and was a graduate of Tishomingo High...

Maxine Hiatt

Maxine Hiatt

Jan 15, 2013

Mary "Maxine" Hiatt, 92, formerly of Altamont, died at 3:00 a.m., Tuesday, January 15, 2013 at St. Francis Health System in Tulsa, Oklahoma. She was born June 21, 1920, in rural McCune, Kansas, to Charles and Mary (Pintar) Perry. As a young girl, she grew up and attended school in McCune where she was a 1938 graduate of McCune High...

Patricia E. True

Patricia E. True

Jan 13, 2013

Patricia E. True, 67, of Parsons, died at 10:10 p.m., Sunday, January 13, 2013, at her home. She was born May 8, 1945, in Burlington, Kansas, to George F. and Amy Irene (Johnson) True. As a young girl, she grew up and attended school in Burlington. At a young age, she moved into care facilities for the mentally disabled. For...

Charla M. Seager

Charla M. Seager

Jan 12, 2013

Charla M. (Cramer) Seager, 53, of Mound Valley, passed away Saturday, January 12, 2013, at her home. She was born August 28, 1959, at Parsons, Kansas to Charles Andrew Cramer and Golda May (Meier) Cramer. Charla grew up and attended school in Mound Valley, Kansas and then the Labette County High School in Altamont where she graduated in 1977. Following...

Richard Almus Davis

Richard Almus Davis

Jan 8, 2013

Richard Almus Davis, 71, of St. Paul, died at 9:45 a.m., Tuesday, January 8, 2013, at Girard Medical Center. He was born November 18, 1941, in Bolivar, Missouri, to Jess Harrison and Nellie May (Craft) Davis. As a young boy, he grew up in Bolivar until moving to Kansas with his family. He resided at the Winfield State Hospital and...

Demple L. Kastler

Demple L. Kastler

Jan 4, 2013

Demple L. Kastler, 95, of Altamont, died at 11:50 a.m., Friday, January 4, 2013 at the Parsons Good Samaritan Society. She was born April 12, 1917 in rural Craig County, Oklahoma, to Harry Howe and Nettie (Jackman) Howe. She grew up in rural Oklahoma graduating from Centralia High School in Centralia, Oklahoma, in 1936. She and Chester Kastler were married...

Margaret E. Cooper

Margaret E. Cooper

Jan 3, 2013

Margaret Ellen (Hayes) Cooper, 90, of Edna, passed away at 2:55 p.m., Thursday, January 3, 2013, at the Windsor Place Nursing Home in Coffeyville where she had been a resident since August 9, 2000. She was born September 14, 1922, to Frank and Mabel (Goodwin) Hayes at the family farm near Edna, Kansas. She attended Edna Grade School and graduated...

Ray E. Wachs

Ray E. Wachs

Jan 3, 2013

Ray E. Wachs, 88, of Coffeyville, died at 12:00 a.m., January 3, 2013 at his home in Coffeyville. He was born July 18, 1924, in rural Phillips County, Kansas, to Otto Edward and Helen Marie Katherine (Grauerholz) Wachs. As a young boy, he grew up in rural Phillips County where he attended elementary school and was a graduate of Kensington...