Obituaries
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Rosemary Suckstorf, 77, Thayer, died Friday, March 27, 2009 at Labette Health Center, Parsons. Cremation will take place. A memorial service will be held at a later date and full obituary will follow when provided by the family. Penwell-Gabel Johnson Chapel is in charge of arrangements.
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Betty McGuffey, 88, Chanute, died Friday, March 27, 2009 at Neosho Memorial Regional Medical Center, Chanute. Arrangements are pending with Penwell-Gabel Gibson Chapel, Chanute.
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Howard N. Birch 1917-2009
Howard N. Birch, 91, went to sleep in Jesus Wednesday, March 25, 2009, in Chanute. He was born June 26, 1917, near Weyburn, Saskatchewan, Canada, to Nels and Mamie Birch. He lived several places, including Chicago, South Milwaukee, and Mission, Texas. He was growing grapefruit in the Rio Grande Valley before deciding to further his education at Keene, Texas. There he met Effie Fisher and they married on July 13, 1946, at Stanley, N.M. She sur...
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D. Maxine Linde 1931-2009
D. Maxine Linde, 77, Yates Center, died Tuesday, March 24, 2009. She was born Aug. 26, 1931, in Fort Scott to George and Edith Edgar Thompson. She graduated from Yates Center High School in 1949. She was a member of the Calvary Episcopal Church. She married William Walker “Bill” Linde on Feb. 8, 1951, in Yates Center. He preceded her in death. Survivors include a son, Mike Linde, Yates Center; two sons, Susan Loman and Debbie Purce, both of Y...
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Virginia Pauline Warwick Carey 1921-2009
Virginia Pauline Warwick Carey, 87, beloved wife, mother and grandmother, went to be with our Lord and Savior on the evening of March 24, 2009, after a long battle with Alzheimer’s. She was born Nov. 16, 1921, in Edna to Wylie and Lillian Bailey Warwick. Hurschel and Virginia were united in marriage at the Assembly of God Church on March 15, 1946, in Coffeyville. She leaves her husband of 63 years, Hurschel W. Carey and son Robert E. (Bonnie)...
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Jack L. Standiferd 1944-2009
Jack L. Standiferd, 64, Wichita, formerly of Fredonia, died unexpectedly on Monday, March 23, 2009, at Via Christi St. Joseph Medical Center in Wichita. He was born Oct. 12, 1944, in Independence to E.O. and Helen E. Sidlinger Standiferd. He retired as maintenance inspector with Lafarge Corporation in Fredonia. He married Rosemary Young. She survives. He was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Fredonia. Other survivors include a...
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Jack C. Brink 1919-2009
Jack C. Brink, 89, a lifetime farmer and rancher, died Tuesday, March 24, 2009, at his farm near Howard. He was born Aug. 1, 1919, in Wichita to Gaylord Ralph and Nellie Mae Eaton Brink. He attended Francher Valley Grade School near Fall River and was a 1937 graduate of Fall River High School. On March 14, 1938, he married Betty Marie Dudgeon in Yates Center. She died on Sept. 20, 2004. He attended the Severy Church of the Nazarene and was a ...
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Pauline S. McGuire 1915-2009
Pauline S. McGuire, 93, Chanute, died Saturday March 21, 2009, at Heritage Health Care Center. She was born in McDonald County, Mo., on May 25, 1915, to George W. and Carrie Jones Cooper. She attended schools in Powell, Mo. She married Kenneth McGuire on Feb. 14, 1935, in McDonald County, Mo. He died in 1980. She was a homemaker and also worked in the Buffalo Café for more than 20 years. Survivors include a daughter, Barbara Bishop, Chanut...
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Robin Louise Roles-Ulrich 1978-2009
Robin Louise Roles-Ulrich, 30, Chanute, died Sunday, March 22, 2009, at KU Medical Center in Kansas City as the result of an accident. She was born May 17, 1978, in Auburn, Neb., to Bobby Dean and Lorna Allen Roles. She attended Chanute High School. She married Dave Everett. They divorced. She married Brent Ulrich, and they divorced. She was employed as a caregiver with Tri-Valley Developmental Services. Survivors include her mother, Lorn...
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Louis Wendell Shaw 1913-2009
Louis Wendell Shaw, 95, of Galesburg and Erie, died Tuesday, March 24, 2009 at Labette Health. He was born Nov. 21, 1913 at Galesburg, a son of Homer Ivan and Maud Trowbridge Shaw. He was raised in Galesburg and attended school there. During the depression years he worked on the construction of the Grand Coulee Dam on the Columbia River in Washington State. He returned to Galesburg in 1939 and began farming. He farmed many years at Galesburg...
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Virginia P. Carey, 87 died Tuesday, March 24, 2009. Services are pending with Dunsford~Zeiner Funeral Home, 201 East Fifth Avenue, Augusta, KS 67010 (316) 775-6363.
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Pauline S. McGuire 1915-2009
Pauline S. McGuire, 93, Chanute, died Saturday March 21, 2009, at Heritage Health Care Center. She was born in McDonald County, Mo., on May 25, 1915, to George W. and Carrie Jones Cooper. She attended schools in Powell, Mo. She married Kenneth McGuire on Feb. 14, 1935, in McDonald County, Mo. He died in 1980. She was a homemaker and also worked in the Buffalo Café for more than 20 years. Survivors include a daughter, Barbara Bishop, Chanute;...
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Wendell Shaw, 95, of Galesburg and Erie, died Tuesday, March 24, 2009, at Labette Health, Parsons. Further obituary and service details will be announced by the Carson-Wall Funeral Home.
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Phyllis H. Peterson 1920-2009
Phyllis H. Peterson, 88, longtime Buffalo resident, died Saturday, March 21, 2009, at Chanute Nursing Center. She was born June 1, 1920, in Riley County to Fred and Mary Buss Johnsmeyer. She graduated from Emporia State Teacher’s College in 1941 and Emporia State University in 1971. She spent 35 years teaching school in area elementary schools and business classes. On Dec. 24, 1942, in St. Joseph, Mo., she married Milo E. Peterson. He d...
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Ronald Dale Davis 1955-2009
Ronald Dale Davis, 55, Gas, died Sunday, March 22, 2009, at the Allen County Hospital, Iola. He was born Feb. 28, 1954, at Lucas to John W. and Renata Wacker Davis. He graduated from Lincoln High School in 1972. He began working part-time with the Soil Conservation Service while in high school. He continued with the SCS at Washington, Kansas and Iola. At the time of his death he was employed as a civil engineer technician with the U.S. Depart...
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Debra Lee ‘Debbie’ Bishop 1952-2009
Debra Lee Bishop 56, Humboldt, died Saturday, March 21, 2009, at Neosho Memorial Regional Medical Center. She was born Nov. 9, 1952, in Parsons to R.A. and Gloria Kober Pefley. She graduated from Chanute High School in 1970. She married Steve Bishop on June 8, 1973, in Earlton. He survives. She was employed with SEK Educational Service Center and worked for several different school districts around the area as an interpreter for the de...
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Mary Elizabeth Browning 1916-2009
The best Mom, Grams, Great-Grams and friend went to meet the Lord on March 18, 2009. Mary Elizabeth (Maribeth) Gibson was born Feb. 16, 1916, in Kansas City, Kan., to Elza Price Gibson and Maude Arminda Bascom Gibson. Her childhood years were spent in Independence where she graduated from Independence High School. In 1936 she married Robert Wayne Browning in Jefferson City, Mo. They later moved to Chanute after World War II. They had one chil...
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Patricia A. Stone 1941-2009
Patricia A. Stone, 67, passed away peacefully on Friday, March 20, 2009, in Houston, Texas. She was born Aug. 31, 1941, in Chanute to Charles W. and Zona Viola Toon Hawley. She married Dennis Stone on Dec. 17, 1960. He survives. She was baptized into faith on Dec. 9, 1979. Other survivors include a daughter and son-in-law, Laura Ann and Greg Pflughaupt; a daughter, Linda Denise Chambers; a daughter-in-law, Karen Stone; eight grandchildren; an...
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Earl Kenneth ‘Kenny’ Wilson 1936-2009
Earl Kenneth “Kenny” Wilson, 72, Branson West, Mo., died Friday, March 20, 2009, at his home. He was born Sept. 1, 1936, in Independence to Loras B. and Rena L. Cook Wilson. He was raised in Chanute and lived in the Kansas City area most of his life where he worked for BSNF (formerly Santa Fe Railway) for 40 years, sharing the occupation of his brother and brother-in-law. After retiring in 1998, Kenny and his wife, Wanda, moved to Branson We...
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Anna Irene Edwards 1919-2009
Anna Irene Edwards, 89, a resident of Prairie Mission Retirement Village in St. Paul, died Sunday, March 22, 2009, at Labette Health in Parsons. She lived in Erie before moving to the nursing home nearly three years ago. She was born April 27, 1919, in Urbana to Everett and Gertie Dilley McGowen. She grew up in Shaw and graduated from Erie High School in 1936. She married Marion R. Edwards in Oswego on Dec. 30, 1936. He died on April 2, 19...
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