Obituaries
Ernest Q. ‘Ernie’ Smith 1929-2009
Ernest Q. “Ernie” Smith, 80, Walnut, died Tuesday, June 2, 2009, at his home. His death was unexpected. He was born Feb. 17, 1929, at Melrose to Ernest Q. and Aletha Gertrude Lammey Smith. He was raised in the Melrose area and graduated from Columbus High School. After graduating from high school, he farmed until being drafted into the U.S. Army in 1951 and served in the Korean War. He was honorably discharged in April 1953 and returned to th...
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Patty L. Karp
A graveside service for Patty L. Karp, daughter of Leslie Robert and Edna Carpenter Byers, will be 11 a.m. Saturday at Neosho County Memorial Park Cemetery on West 21st Street. Contributions be made to Patty’s great-granddaughter, Kaylie Kern’s college fund in care of Steve Kern, 1585 Durazno, Las Cruces, NM 88001.
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Ernest Q. ‘Ernie’ Smith
Ernest Q. “Ernie” Smith, 80, Walnut, died Tuesday, June 2, 2009, at his home. He is survived by his wife, Eva, of the home. Funeral will be 10:30 a.m. Friday at the First Christian Church in Erie. Burial will be in the Glenwood Cemetery. Arrangements are under the direction of Pierce-Carson-Wall Funeral Home, Erie. The family will receive friends from 6:30-8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Contributions to the American Heart Association ma...
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William G. ‘Bill’ Hines 1924-2009
William G. “Bill” Hines, 85, Hutchinson, died Sunday, May 31, 2009, at the Ralph Thorne Care Center in Hutchinson. He had lived in Hutchinson since December 2006. He was born May 8, 1924, in Neosho County to George Ola and Vietta Victoria Seibert Hines. He graduated from Erie High School in 1943. During World War II he served with the U.S. Army. He received seven battle stars while serving in the battles and campaigns of Normandy, Rhineland, ...
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Patty L. Karp
A graveside service for Patty L. Karp, daughter of Leslie Robert and Edna Carpenter Byers, will be 11 a.m. Saturday, June 6 at Memorial Park Cemetery. In the company of her friends and family, we invite those that knew her to celebrate Patty’s memory and her everlasting legacy of kindness, her warm gestures, and her eternally happy and affectionate personality. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorial contributions be made to Pat...
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Ruth Louise Lawrence 1920 – 2009
Ruth Louise Lawrence, 88, Chanute, died Friday, May 29, 2009, at the Eudora Medical Lodge in Eudora. Ruth was born in Drumright, Okla., on August 27, 1920, the daughter of Roe and Laura Jane Doss. She was united in marriage to Marvin Ivan Lawrence on Dec. 31, 1941 in St. Charles, Mo. He preceded her in death on August 4, 2007. She was a Librarian in the Elementary School System. Ruth is survived by a daughter, Barbara Kay Walters, Eudora; two...
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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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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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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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