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Benner - Willis
David and Pam Benner, Winchester, and Rick and Susan Willis, Chanute, announce the engagement of Jennifer Benner, Winchester, and Matthew Willis, Chanute. The bride-elect graduated from Grace College in May 2011 with a degree in English. She is now pursuing her Master’s degree at Truman State University where she has a graduate teaching assistant position. Willis will graduate from Truman State University in May 2012 with two degrees, in ...
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Clarence ‘Butch’ Amos 1920-2012
Clarence Albert “Butch” Amos, 91, a resident of Fort Worth, Texas, died Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2012 in Fort Worth. Clarence was born May 4, 1920 in Fredonia, the son of John Albert and Alice Logan Penn Amos. He was a 1939 graduate of Fredonia High School. Butch was a retired U.S. Air Force major, serving for 23 years. He was the most senior ordained Catholic Deacon of the Fort Worth Catholic Diocese. On Nov. 17, 1941 in Fredonia, Clarence was...
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Verl Diskin 1946-2012
Verl A. Diskin, 65, rural Walnut, died Thursday, Jan, 26, 2012, in the emergency room at Girard Medical Center. He had been in his usual health and death was not expected. He was born July 17, 1946 at Mercy Hospital in Fort Scott to Patrick Diskin, Jr. and Vera B. Volmer Diskin. He grew up in rural St. Paul, graduating from St. Paul High School in 1964. Following his high school graduation he moved to Kansas City, where he worked for Hallma...
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Brent Matthew Jackson 1982-2012
Brent Matthew Jackson, 29, rural Elsmore, Kansas, died Thursday, Jan. 26, 2012. Brent was born May 17, 1982, at Lawrence, the son of Brian Conrad and Janet Marie Houk Jackson. He began elementary school in North Manchester, Ind., before the family returned to the farm south of Elsmore. He graduated from Marmaton Valley High School in 2000. He attended Allen County Community College and transferred to Pittsburg State where he studied ...
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Kenneth Edwin Powers 1950-2012
Funeral services will be held Friday, Jan. 27, 1 p.m. at the Paintsville First Church of God, Paintsville, Ky., for Kenneth Edwin Powers, 61, East Point, who died Monday, Jan. 23, 2012 at his residence. Powers was born Sept. 7, 1950 in Thayer, son of the late Rabern and Marie Fern Umbarger Powers. He was a federal reclamation inspector. Surviving are his wife, Mistcha “Misty” Wells Powers, East Point; one daughter, Misty Green and husband...
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William P. ‘Bill’ Hutchison 1952-2012
William P. “Bill” Hutchison, 59, Arkansas City, died Saturday, Jan. 21, 2012, at the South Central Kansas Medical Center in Arkansas City. Funeral services have been scheduled for 11 a.m. Friday, Jan. 27 at the Rindt-Erdman Funeral Home. Cremation will follow. Friends may greet the family 6-8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Bill was born March 23, 1952, to Frank W. And Carol L. Campbell Hutchison in Bartlesville, Okla. Bill graduated fr...
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Virgil LeRoy “Bud” Shaw 1932-2012
Virgil LeRoy “Bud” Shaw, 79, Erie, died Sunday, Jan. 22, 2012 at the Prairie Mission Retirement Village at St. Paul. Bud was born on Feb. 16, 1932 the son of Marie and James Simonson and Mildred and Virgil A. Shaw. On Feb. 21, 1953, he married his Erie High School sweetheart, Norma Jean Brasier. After high school he spent four years in the U.S. Army Airborne and the next 20 years as vice-president of a retail store, David’s in Wichita. Fo...
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Mary Jo Robison 1926-2012
Mary Jo Robison, 85, Brandon, Miss., formerly of Parsons, died Saturday, Jan. 21, 2012, at Baptist Medical Center in Jackson, Miss. She was born April 26, 1926, in South Mound, to Omer and Olive Pontious Johnston. As a young girl, she grew up in the South Mound area and was a graduate of St. Paul High School. For a time, she worked at the Kansas Army Ammunition Plant in Parsons. On April 10, 1947, she married Vester “Vic” Robison in Arkans...
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Josephine Flores Jimenez 1920-2012
Josephine Flores Jimenez, 91, died Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2012 at the Heritage Villa Nursing Home in Bartlesville, Okla. Josephine was born on March 16, 1920 in Fort Worth, Texas, the daughter of Socorro and Andrea Vidal Flores. The family lived a short time in Kansas City, before settling in Humboldt. She was united in marriage to Cruz Jimenez in Civil Court on Oct. 9, 1943, and on Oct. 20, 1943, they remarried at St. Joseph Catholic Church. ...
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Patrick Dean Jordan 1959-2012
Patrick Dean Jordan, 52, LaCygne, died Saturday, Jan. 21, 2012 at Olathe Medical Center. He was born March 17, 1959 in Topeka, the son of Louis Glenn and Ella Louise Jordan. On Aug-ust 5, 1988, he married Paula Folden. They were divorced in 2006. Survivors include two children, Joshua Jordan, Osawatomie, and Rebekah Shafer, Parker; a grandson; five brothers, Jeff Jordan, Kansas City, Mo., Randy Jordan, Osawatomie, Mike Jordan, Chanute, Gal...
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Donna Faye Hole 1911-2012
Donna Faye Hole, 100, Chanute, died Monday, Jan. 23, 2012, at Chanute Health Care Center. Donna was born May 8, 1911 in Hiwasse, Ark., the daughter of William and Lucille Spiva. She was united in marriage to John G. Hole in 1937 in Chanute. Donna loved her family, and dedicated her life as a homemaker to their comfort. Donna is survived by a son, Johnny Lee Hole, Chanute; six grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; and three great-grea...
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Mary Bake 1916-2012
Mary Bake, 95, Humboldt, died Saturday, Jan. 21, 2012, at Heritage Health Care Center in Chanute. Mary was born May 27, 1916, at rural Yates Center, the youngest of 11 children born to Isaac and Nettie Matilda Chapman Terrell. She grew up on the family farm north of Yates Center and attended Yates Center schools. On August 18, 1949, Mary married Estle Miller Bake at the Burt community north of Yates Center. They moved to Humboldt in 1955...
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William Eugene Gahagan 1929-2012
William Eugene Gahagan, 82, lifetime farmer of rural Walnut, entered eternal rest on January 21, 2012. He had been in failing health. Known to his family and friends as “Bill,” he was born Feb. 20, 1929 to Edmund Eugene and Mary Felicy Jacquinot Gahagan on the family farm in Walnut, Kansas. He farmed there until he retired to live in town. He attended Raymond School and Mound Valley until the 7th grade, at which time he began farming the fa...
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Norma B. Cation 1934-2012
Norma B. Cation, 77, LaHarpe, died Saturday, Jan. 14, 2012 at the Windsor Place Nursing Center in Iola. Norma was born in Decatur, Ark., on August 1, 1934, the daughter of Arthur and Laura Hoffman Gericke. She was united in marriage to Donald Cation on May 12, 1952. He preceded her in death in Dec. 25, 2005. Norma was a professional seamstress, working at Fruhauf in Wichita and H.L. Miller’s in Iola. She was an avid gardener and bird wat...
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Betty Ruth Umbarger 1926-2012
Betty Ruth Umbarger, 85, Coffeyville, formerly of Chanute, died Thursday, Jan. 19, 2012 at the Coffeyville Regional Medical Center. Betty was born in Alma, Ark., on July 5, 1926, the daughter of Charles Jr., and Freda Smith Purkapile. She graduated from Altoona High School. She was united in marriage to Troy Carter on Jan. 7, 1944 at Erie. He preceded her in death. She was later united in marriage to Chester Umbarger on June 28, 1969 at th...
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Bennett - Silcox
Shannon Denyce Bennett, Chanute, and Brian Ray Silcox, Iola, have announced wedding plans. The bride-elect is the daughter of Annette and Mel Shoemaker and granddaughter of William and Ethel Lee, Chanute. Silcox is the son of Brent and Delores Silcox, Iola. Bennett is employed at Chanute Healthcare and Silcox with Gates Rubber Company, Iola. The couple are planning a May 15 wedding at the First Baptist Church in Chanute.
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Eleanor Moser 1921-2011
Eleanor Moser, 90, Chanute, died Thursday, Jan. 19, 2012 at Heritage Health Care. Eleanor was born in Monte Vista, Colo., on June 21, 1921, the daughter of Fred David and Fern Inez Batchelder Speiser. She was united in marriage to Ralph Moser on July 12, 1941 in Toledo, Ore. He preceded her in death on August 21, 1990. Eleanor was a homemaker and operated Toledo Flower Shop in Toledo, Ore., for a number of years. She was a 4-H leader for...
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Sheridan Lee Crumrine 1921-2012
Sheridan Lee Crumrine, 90, Chanute, died Monday, Jan. 16, 2012 at the Neosho Regional Medical Center in Chanute. Sheridan was born in Independence on July 23, 1921, the son of Roy Herbert and Mary Helen DeVore Crumrine. Sheridan, a resident of Chanute since 1933, was better known in the community as “Shevy.” He graduated from Chanute High School in 1940 and married Shirley Mary McCune on Jan. 17, 1946 in Chanute. Sheridan served throughout...
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Wahed Uddin ‘Sam’ Chowdhury 1962-2012
Wahed Uddin Chowdhury, also known as Manik or Sam, 50, died Saturday morning, Jan. 14, 2012 in Chanute, He was born on Jan. 1st, 1962, in Dhaka, Bangladesh where he was raised by Bashira and Obaid Chowdhury, with eight siblings, including Borhan Chowdhury, Moinuddin Chowdhury, Messbauddin Chowdhury, and Kajol Chowdhury. Wahed graduated from high school in Bangladesh and graduated from college in Chicago with a Bachelor’s degree in Aeronaut...
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John Owen Jones 1925-2011
John Jones, 86, Chanute, died Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2012 at Heritage Nursing Home in Chanute. John was born in Ingals, Okla., on Jan. 30, 1925 the son of James and Calla Anna Donia Reeves Jones. He graduated from Yale High School in 1942. John joined the Navy where he spent 21 years as a cook. After leaving the Navy he worked in various jobs and retired from the Iola School System as a bus driver for several years. John married Bernelle Kidwell...
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