Obituaries
Ronald E. Heilman-Mann 1950-2009
Ronald E. Heilman-Mann, Wichita, passed away on June 1, 2009. He was born March 31, 1950, to Ruth and Harold Heilman, Chanute. He graduated from Thayer High School in 1968 and from Pittsburg State University in 1972. He then received his Master of Fine Arts degree in Costume Design from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, PA. Ronald’s professional career included designing costumes for Hollywood movies and wedding gowns and evening wear...
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Gerald Wayne Aday 1949-2009
Gerald Wayne Aday, 59, Farlington Lake, died unexpectedly on Friday, May 29, 2009, as the result of a vehicle accident. He was born June 27, 1949, in Tulsa, Okla., to Roy and Delphine Huber Aday. He received an Associate’s Degree from Neosho County Community College. He was the owner/operator of the Speedy Mac’s convenience store in Humboldt. Survivors include his parents, Roy and Delphine Aday, Russellville, Ark.; three sons, Marcus Aday, Wi...
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Myrna B. Akers 1934-2009
Myrna B. Akers, 74, Iola, formerly of Humboldt and Elsmore, died Saturday, May 30, 2009, at the home of her daughter in Iola from complications of Aplastic Anemia. She was born Dec. 20, 1934, on a farm southeast of Humboldt to Jacob and Grace Ladd Thompson. She graduated from Humboldt High School in 1953. In 1954, she married George Munson. He died in 1956. In 1957, she married Earl D. Carlson. They later divorced. In 1996, she married James ...
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Mary Alice McNitt 1948-2009
Mary Alice McNitt, 61, Yates Center, died Thursday, May 28, 2009, at Olathe Medical Center. She was born March 21, 1948, in Eureka to Paul C. and Bessie Bernita Woodside Hibbard. She graduated from Toronto High School in 1966. On Aug. 3, 1969, she married Gordon McNitt at the Toronto United Methodist Church. He survives. She was a member of the Toronto United Methodist Church and was employed as a teacher’s aide with the Yates Center Grade Sc...
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Ruth Ann Lawrence
Ruth Ann Lawrence, 88, Chanute, died Friday, May 29, 2009, at Eudora (Kan.) Medical Lodge. Funeral will be 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at First Baptist Church in Chanute. Burial will be held at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Fort Scott National Cemetery. Arrangements are under the direction of Penwell-Gabel Gibson Chapel. Contributions to the Chanute Public Library or the Heart of America Hospice in Lawrence may be left with the funeral home. A full obitua...
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Melvin Iden Paget 1926-2009
Melvin Iden Paget, 83, Chanute, died Thursday, May 28, 2009, at Neosho Memorial Regional Medical Center. He was born May 7, 1926, to Lewis Benton and Myrtle May VanWey Paget at Rural Lebanon, Smith County. Funeral will be 10:30 a.m. Monday at First Baptist Church in Chanute. Burial will follow at Highland Cemetery in Iola under the direction of Penwell-Gabel Gibson Chapel. The family will receive friends from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. Monday at the ...
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E. Lucille Tolle
E. Lucille Tolle, 96, Erie, died at Thursday, May 28, 2009, at Guest Home Estates in Erie. Graveside services will be 2 p.m. Monday at Clintonville Cemetery at El Dorado Springs, Mo. Burial will follow. The family will receive friends from 3 to 4 p.m. Sunday at Pierce-Carson-Wall Funeral Home, Erie. Contributions to Guest Home Estates in Erie may made in care of the funeral home, 303 N. Grant St., P.O. Box 182, Erie, KS 66733. Further obitua...
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Marieta Fiscus 1939-2009
Marieta Fiscus, 69, Humboldt, died on Sunday, May 24, 2009. She was born Oct. 3, 1939, in Neodesha to George Truman and Ola Audiss Finley. She married Roy Dean Fiscus on May 10, 1957, in Erie. He preceded her in death. She worked as a Licensed Practical Nurse. Survivors include her mother, Ola Philbrick, Humboldt; three sisters, LaVetta Creekmore, Oklahoma City, Okla., and Lois Dean and Diantha Summer, both of Mountain View, Mo.; two sons, Ro...
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Margaret I. Peterson
Memorial services for Margaret I. Peterson will be 3 p.m. Saturday at the Seventh Day Adventist Church in Thayer. Burial will be in the Thayer Cemetery. Arrangements are under the direction of Carson-Wall Funeral Home, Parsons.
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Marieta Fiscus 1939-2009
Marieta Fiscus, 69, Humboldt, died on Monday, May 4, 2009. She was born Oct. 3, 1939, in Neodesha to George Truman and Ola Audiss Finley. She married Roy Dean Fiscus on May 10, 1957, in Erie. He preceded her in death. She worked as a Licensed Practical Nurse. Survivors include her mother, Ola Philbrick, Humboldt; three sisters, LaVetta Creekmore, Oklahoma City, Okla., and Lois Dean and Diantha Summer, both of Mountain View, Mo.; two sons, Roi...
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Jimmie J. Spilman
A committal service for Jimmie J. Spilman, 80, Edmond, Okla., who died on April 27, will be held at 11:30 a.m. May 30 at Mt. Hope Cemetery in Independence.
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Frances Elinor Herder 1913-2009
Frances “Elinor” Herder, 95, Humboldt, died Tuesday, May 26, 2009, at Neosho Memorial Regional Medical Center. She was born Sept. 19, 1913, in Walnut, Ill., to W. Lemmon and Clara Lund Cole. She graduated from Humboldt High School in 1930. She married Bennett Clark Herder on Feb. 16, 1935. He died on Nov. 21, 2007. She was a homemaker. Survivors include two sons and daughters-in-law, Kenneth and Margaret Herder, Chanute, and Charles and Kale ...
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Earl Lewis Stevens 1918-2009
Earl Lewis Stevens, 81, Buffalo, died Sunday, May 24, 2009, at Via Christi St. Francis Medical Center in Wichita. He was born April 16, 1928 at Buffalo, to Earl and Ida Amelia Puckett Stevens. He grew up and attended school in Buffalo graduating from Buffalo High School. Following high school he attended Chanute Junior College. He was a veteran of the Korean War serving in the U.S. Army from January 1951 until receiving an honorable discharge...
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Kyle Alan Curtis 1989-2009
Kyle Alan Curtis, 19, Yates Center, died Monday, May 25, 2009. He was born July 21, 1989 in Chanute, to Wade and Joann Hartwig Curtis He grew up in Yates Center and graduated from Yates Center High School in 2007. He was employed by Gates Manufacturing in Iola, Kansas. Survivors include his parents, Wade and Joann Curtis; two brothers, Tyler Hartwig, Houston, and Bradley Curtis, Yates Center; a sister; Ashley Curtis, Medicine Lodge; grandp...
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Ina Marjory Basler 1916-2009
Ina Marjory Basler, 92, Chanute, died Sunday, May 24, 2009, at Harry Hynes Hospice, St. Francis Hospital in Wichita. She was born June 12, 1916, in Earlton to Ted and Carrie Bolin Billbe. She attended Wilson County schools. She married George H. Basler on Sept. 25, 1937, in Erie. He died on Sept. 2, 1961. She was a factory worker in the twine industry. Survivors include two sisters, Ella Jane Markham, Chanute, and Vivian Marie Tennis, Meade...
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Paul William Hunt 1959-2009
Paul William Hunt, 50, Lawrence, passed away Saturday, May 23, 2009, at St. Luke’s Hospital in Kansas City, Mo. Paul was born in Chanute on May 20, 1959, the son of Jack Warren and Dorothy Evelyn Hawton Hunt. He graduated from Chanute High School, and attended Kansas State University. He worked as a Senior Technician for 16 years for Hoss and Brown Engineers, Inc., in Lawrence. Paul was a member of the First Baptist Church in Chanute. He was ...
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Ozalee Elizabeth ‘Ozzie’ Slay Perkins 1929-2009
Ozalee Elizabeth “Ozzie” Slay Perkins, 79, died Sunday, May 24, 2009, at her home near Toronto. She was born July 30, 1929, in Snowball, Ark., to Lowell and Floyce Long Slay. She worked for many years in Wichita with physically and mentally challenged adults at Star Key and the Elks Training Center. On Dec. 11, 1976, she married Pete Perkins in Wichita. He died on Feb. 18, 1992. Survivors include a son, Doc Peerson, Rose Hill; two brothers, ...
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Bill Martin Williams 1929-2009
Bill Martin Williams, 80, Joplin, Mo., passed away at 3:05 a.m. Wednesday, May 20, 2009, at his home with his devoted wife Willa at his side, surrounded by all nine of his children and many grandchildren, in-laws and loved ones after a courageous 23 year battle with cancer. Bill was born Jan. 30, 1929, in Osawatomie to Curham and Esther Williams. Bill moved with his parents to Neodesha where he attended school and participated in football, ba...
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Ruth Maurine Caldwell 1920-2009
Ruth Maurine Caldwell, 88, Chanute, loving wife, Mother, Mimi, Mimi-Great, and friend to many, went to the Palace of the Lord on May 20, 2009. She was the first born of four children to Fred and Myrtle Elizabeth Simms Manley on Dec. 8, 1920. Her siblings were Robert “Bob,” Charles Eugene “Gene,” and Lawrence D. “Larry.” She graduated from Chanute High School and attended Neosho County Community College. She worked as the office manager for ...
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George Creekmore 1955-2009
George Creekmore, 53, Toronto, died Tuesday, May 19, 2009, at Allen County Hospital, Iola. He was born Sept. 14, 1955, in Blackwell, Okla., to George L. and Opal J. Roberts Creekmore. He was a construction worker for many years. Survivors include three brothers, Ray and Duane Creekmore, both of Toronto, and Jack Creekmore, Wichita; and a sister, Karen Moore, Tulsa, Okla. He was preceded in death by his parents. He was cremated and a memorial ...
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