Obituaries
A.J. ‘Red’ Bieker 1926-2009
A.J. “Red” Bieker, 82, Chanute, formerly of Hays, died Saturday, April 18, 2009, at Harry Hynes Hospice Center in Wichita. He was born Nov. 6, 1926, in Hays to Nick and Pauline Boos Bieker. He was a fire fighter and fire chief in Hays in the 1950s and 1960s. He became fire chief at the Osawatomie State Hospital in the late 1960s and early 1970s before becoming a State Fire Marshal. After his retirement as a State Fire Marshal he resided in Ch...
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Aloysius J. ‘A.J.’ Bieker
Aloysius J. “A.J.” Bieker, 82, Chanute, formerly of Hays, died Saturday, April 18, 2009, at Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice Center, Wichita. Arrangements are pending with Brock’s North Hill Chapel, 2509 Vine, Hays.
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Rhonda Jo Marple 1949-2009
Rhonda Jo Marple, 59, rural Buffalo, died Monday, April 20, 2009, at Fredonia Regional Hospital. She was born Oct. 5, 1949, in Wichita to Owen Duane and Delora May Rollins Baird. She graduated from Midway High School in 1967 and received her Associates degree from Independence Community College. She was employed as a secretary for Advanced System Homes in Chanute for 25 years. On May 29, 1971, at High Prairie, she married David Dean Marple. H...
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Andrew James Eli 1985-2009
Andrew James Eli, 23, Kansas City, Mo., was taken from us as a victim of homicide early afternoon on Saturday, April 18, 2009. Andrew was born in Chanute on Oct. 31, 1985, and later attended school in Coffeyville, Mill Valley High School in Shawnee, and Johnson County Community College in Overland Park. He took pride in his position as a manager of the Overland Park IHOP restaurant after eight years of dedicated service. Andrew enjoyed spendi...
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Mildred ‘Millie’ Slaback Alcock
After a long illness, Mildred “Millie” Slaback Alcock passed away at home, Roscoe, Texas, on Monday, April 6, 2009. Millie never met a stranger. She always had a ready smile and friendly “hello.” She was a very special, giving and kind person who everyone loved. She was a wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister and good friend to many. Creativity should have been her middle name because when she sat down her hands were always bus...
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John C. Jones
John C. Jones, 76, Pittsburg, formerly of Chanute, died Saturday, April 18, 2009, at Medicalodge South of Pittsburg, where he was on a Hospice Respite. Additional obituary information can be found at www.brennermortuary.com. A Celebration of Life Service will be 11 a.m. today at the Presbyterian Church of Pittsburg. Contributions to the Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice may be made in care of Brenner Mortuary, 114 East 4th St., Pittsburg, KS 66762...
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Norma L. Clark 1923-2009
Norma L. Clark, 85, Fredonia, died Friday, April 17, 2009, at Golden Living Center in Fredonia. She was born Oct. 8, 1923, in Neodesha to Clyde H. and Maude L. Smith Hayden. He graduated from Fredonia High School in 1941. She worked for 24 years as a stenographer in the law office of Tom Hampson. On Dec. 26, 1942, in Fredonia, she married Delaney “Dee” Clark. He died on June 8, 1995. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church in F...
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Iva V. Graham 1917 - 2009
Iva Graham, 92, Savonburg, died Wednesday, April 15, 2009, at her home. Iva was born on Feb. 3, 1917 in Buffalo to John Bishop and Ida Viola Rohrbach Bishop. She lived most of her life in Buffalo until moving to Stark in 1975, and then to Savonburg with her daughter Dixie in 2002. She married Sam Graham on Nov. 3, 1937 in Falfurrias, Texas. He preceded her in death in 1975. She was a homemaker. Survivors include four daughters and sons-in-la...
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Raymond L. ‘Ray’ Hedrick 1926-2009
Raymond L. “Ray” Hedrick, 82, Parsons, died Wednesday, April 15, 2009 at Labette Health. He was born Sept. 2, 1926, near Altamont, to Henry C. and Cora M. Fry Hedrick. He grew up in that area and graduated from Labette County High School in 1944. From 1944 to 1946 he served in World War II in the United States Navy and was stationed on the USS Cassin Young destroyer in the Pacific. On Sept. 4, 1948 he and Mary E. Montgomery were married at t...
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Virginia F. Brown 1913 - 2009
Virginia F. Brown, 95, Chanute, passed from time to eternity on Sunday, April 12, 2009 at the Chanute Health Care Center. She was born on June 6, 1913 in Chanute, the daughter of William and Ethyl Washington. She was a lifelong resident of Chanute. She was united in marriage to Ralph H. Brown. He preceded her in death. She was a homemaker. Virginia leaves to cherish her memory her son Duane Washington and his wife, Debbie, of Scapoose, Ore.; ...
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Kolby G. King 1982-2009
Kolby Guy King, 27, Joplin, Mo., died at his home on Monday, April 13, 2009. Born in Pittsburg on Jan. 19, 1982, he had lived in Joplin the past five years. He was a 2000 graduate of Pittsburg High School, where he played baseball. He enjoyed all sports and was an avid learner and reader with a real thirst for knowledge. Kolby was kind hearted, caring for others more than self. All who met and knew him loved him and appreciated his smile. He ...
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Virginia Brown
Virginia Brown, 95, Chanute, died Sunday, April 12, 2009, at Chanute Healthcare Center. Funeral will be 11 a.m. Saturday at New Hope Baptist Church in Chanute under the direction of Penwell-Gabel Gibson Chapel. A full obituary will follow in Friday’s edition.
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Iva Graham
Iva Graham, 92, Savonburg, died Wednesday, April 15, 2009, at her home. Funeral will be 2:30 p.m. Saturday at the Penwell-Gabel Gibson Chapel in Chanute. Burial will follow in Buffalo Cemetery. A full obituary will follow when provided by the family.
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Glenn Dye 1938-2009
Glenn Dye, 70, Sand Springs, Okla., died Tuesday, April 14, 2009, in Tulsa, Okla. He was born Dec. 27, 1938, in Billings, Mo., to Clifford Cecil and Esther Kelly Dye. He and Betty Prine were married in Ava, Mo., on Dec. 21, 1954. She survives. He owned Dye’s Quality Assurance Services, Inc., a firm which performed welding inspections. In conjunction with his business, he traveled through much of the United States. He was an ordained minister ...
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Nelda Armedia Brown Hawkins 1942-2009
Nelda Armedia Brown Hawkins, 66, Winfield, died Tuesday, April 14, 2009, at her home. She was born Oct. 27, 1942, in Wichita to A. Cheetham and Mary Jane Nelson. She was adopted by Glenn F. and Leola M. Black Brown, Wichita, on April 6, 1944. She graduated from Labette County High School in 1960. She married William A. “Jack” Backes in 1963. The couple later divorced. She married James Shively in 1972 and he died in 1982. She married Henry R....
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Grace Lorene Timmons 1917-2009
Grace Lorene Timmons, 92, South Hutchinson, formerly of Thayer, died Monday, April 13, 2009, at Mennonite Manor in South Hutchinson. She was born March 10, 1917, in Sterling to Archie and Asenath Hinshaw Stone. She graduated from Sterling High School in 1935. She taught school in Stafford and Rice Counties and was a member of Living Waters Evangelical Free Church. She married Glen H. Timmons on May 28, 1940, in Hays. He died on Aug. 3, 19...
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Jerome ‘Jerry’ Linn McIntyre 1948 – 2009
Jerome “Jerry” Linn McIntyre, 60, Humboldt, died Friday, April 10, 2009 at his home. Jerry was born on Dec. 12, 1948 in Iola, the son of Wilford Robert and Julia Helen Norton McIntyre. He served his country in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War. He was united in marriage to Christine Headley on July 20, 2002 in Erie. She survives, of the home. Jerry worked for Whitaker Construction. Along with his wife, Christine, Jerry is survived by two...
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Minnie M. Grizzle 1911-2009
Minnie M. Grizzle, 97, LaHarpe, died Thursday, April 9, 2009, at Moran Manor. She was born Dec. 3, 1911, in Kingfisher, Okla., to James and Laura Vail Jones. On March 16, 1929, she married George F. Grizzle. He died on May 18, 1988. She was a cook at Menegay’s Restaurant. Survivors include six sons, Virgil Grizzle, Chanute, Lionel Grizzle, Sweet Home, Ore., Glen Grizzle, Lebanon, Ore., Darrell Grizzle, Wellington, Alvin Grizzle, LaHarpe, and ...
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Shelly Lynn Lowry 1963 – 2009
Shelly Lynn Lowry, 45, Chanute, died Wednesday, April 8, 2009 at her home. Shelly was born in Fort Scott on Nov. 19, 1963, the daughter of Larry Dean and Vivian Ann Nichols Bloesser. She graduated from Fort Scott High School. She was united in marriage to Harry Randall Lowry, Jr. on August 21, 1982. He survives, of the home. She worked as a clerk/cashier at G&W Foods. Shelly is survived by her mother, Vivian Bloesser, Richards, Mo., her husba...
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Bobby R. Craig 1937 – 2009
Bobby R. Craig, 71, Humboldt, died Wednesday, April 8, 2009 at his home. Bobby was born in Landersville, Ala. on July 25, 1937, the son of Russell Greer and Dorothy Earleen Bradford Craig. He graduated high school in Moulton, Ala., in the Class of 1956. He was united in marriage to Mary Shults on May 28, 1977 at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Humboldt. She survives. Bobby worked as a machinist in the oil industry. Along with his wife Mary, h...
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