Obituaries
Arnold ‘Dean’ Elder 1940-2009
Arnold “Dean” Elder, 69, Humboldt, died Friday, July 24, 2009, at Neosho Memorial Regional Medical Center. He was born March 2, 1940, in Walnut to Arnold and Mae Myers Elder. He graduated from Stark High School. He married Karan “Kay” Nelson on June 26, 1960. She survives. He worked at Haldex Brake Corporation for more than 20 years. Other survivors include a son, Randy Elder, Humboldt; a daughter and son-in-law, Deana and Calvin Morrow, Humb...
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Edna T. Welch 1918-2009
Edna T. Welch, 91, longtime Vinita, Okla., resident, died Sunday, July 26, 2009. She was born June 17, 1918, in Walnut to Charles and Lucy O’Brien Boaz. She attended Chanute Junior College and became a school teacher. In 1945 she married Warren Phillip Welch. He preceded her in death. She was a member of the Catholic Church. Survivors include her six children, Teresa Brazil, Wellsville, Jay Welch, Welch, Okla., Tim Welch, Galena, Margaret Kel...
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Howard Lee Lambert 1935-2009
Howard Lee Lambert, 74, died Saturday, July 25, 2009, at Neosho Memorial Regional Medical Center. He was born Jan. 27, 1935, in Neosho Rapids to Leo A. and Virginia Wilson Lambert. He graduated from Hartford High School in 1953. He married Dixie Lee Webster on July 18, 1961, in Miami, Okla. She died on April 27, 1991. He was employed as a Xerox service technician with Doss-Price in southeast Kansas for more than 25 years, retiring in 1995. Su...
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L. Susan Smith
L. Susan Smith, 62, Lincoln, Neb., died Friday, July 24, 2009. She was employed as a teacher and school administrator with Lincoln Public Schools. Survivors include her husband, Sam Smith, Lincoln, Neb.; a son, Spencer Smith, Lincoln, Neb.; an aunt, Virginia Robertson, Chanute; and two cousins, Cindy Robertson, Chanute, and Gina Maloney, Dolores, Colo. She was preceded in death by her parents and an uncle. Funeral will be 1 p.m. Wednesday at ...
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Thomas Carl Maloney 1928-2009
Thomas Carl Maloney, 80, longtime local resident, died Thursday, July 23, 2009. He was born Aug. 6, 1928, in rural Chanute to Gwendolyn Alpha Daughty and Carl Thomas Maloney. He married Delores Ann Phillips, also of Chanute, in 1949. She survives. Other survivors include two children, Lonny Carl Maloney, Dolores, Colo., and DeeAnn Daniels, Humboldt; eight grandchildren; and 15 great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by a son, Thomas Phi...
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Victory R. Williams 1945-2009
Victory R. Williams 63, Cherokee, died Tuesday July 21, 2009 following a long illness at his home. Victory was born August 14, 1945 in Belfonte, Ark., to Floyd Haskell and Faye Modiena McDonald Williams. He was a lifelong resident of the area and attended area schools in Labette County. In 1964 Victory married Martha Irene Madison in Parsons; they later divorced. Victory was in the trucking business and worked for Smith Post Yard Trucking. ...
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Kalli Virginia Welch -2009
Kalli Virginia Welch was born July 16, 2009, at the Wesley Medical Center in Wichita to Scott and Amy Dawson Welch, Moran. She died on Tuesday, July 21, 2009, at the Wesley Medical Center. She is survived by her parents, paternal grandparents, Bob and Cheryl Welch, Moran; maternal grandparents, Debbie Dawson, Humboldt, and Brett and Debra Dawson, Fort Scott; maternal great-grandparents, Frank Labesky, Kansas City, Kan., Patricia Dawson, Laur...
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Margie M. Dutro 1924-2009
Margie Maxine Dutro, 85, Humboldt, died Monday, July 20, 2009, at Pinecrest Nursing Home, Humboldt. She was born July 13, 1924, in Buffalo to Owen and Gladys McAdams Claibourn. She graduated from high school and received her nursing credentials. She married Roy Dutro on July 28, 1938, in Fort Scott. He died on May 3, 1977. She worked as a LPN at Neosho Memorial Regional Medical Center. Survivors include a son, Roger Dutro, Chanute; two daught...
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Dr. Albert A. Kihm 1927-2009
Dr. Albert A. Kihm, 81, Hot Springs Village, Ark., formerly of Chanute, died July 18, 2009, at a local hospital. He was born Dec. 19, 1927, in Clay Center to Albert A. and Evalind Nichols Kihm. He served in the U.S. Navy and practiced medicine for 37 years in Chanute before retiring to the Village. He was a member of Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, the American Legion and Ducks Unlimited. He is survived by his wife of 32 years, Alma Bryant Ki...
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Edward Webber 1917-2009
Edward A. Webber, 92, Mound City, Mo., died Monday, July 20, 2009, at Kansas City Hospice House, Kansas City, Mo. He was born March 3, 1917, on a farm near Burlington to Charles and Mary Webber. He married Margaret Hancock Johns in Nowata, Okla., on Oct. 8, 1966. She survives. Edward worked for Missouri-Pacific Railroad for 14 years, was a caretaker of Pierson Place for 10 years, worked for Crouse Motors in Mound City for five years, and deli...
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Larry Wray ‘Bubba’ Anderes 1946-2009
Larry “Bubba” Anderes, 63, of Iola, formerly of Erie, started his journey on the road to Eternal Life on Sunday, July 19, 2009 at his home in Iola. He was born March 28, 1946, in Benedict to Melvin and Sylvia Pierce Anderes. He graduated from Altoona-Midway High School. He married Debra Richards on Sept. 12, 1980, in Miami, Okla. She survives. He worked for the Chanute Fire Department for 12 years. He farmed most of his life and recently dr...
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Death notice
Larry “Bubba” Anderes, Iola, formerly of Erie, died Sunday, July 19, 2009 at his home in Iola. Memorial services will be held at 11 a.m. on Thursday, July 23 at the Penwell-Gabel Johnson Chapel in Chanute. A full obituary will follow when provided by the family.
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Mary Ann Delaney 1929-2009
Mary Ann Delaney, 80, Fredonia, died Saturday, July 18, 2009 at Fredonia Regional Hospital. She was born March 24, 1929 in New Albany, the daughter of George A. and Hazel Cooley Young. She was a homemaker and farm wife. Mary was married to Damon Delaney. Together they operated Delaney’s Truck Produce, where they were famous for their strawberries. Damon preceded her in death June 13, 1991. She is survived by a brother, George Young, Olpe; tw...
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Jerry C. Collins 1925-2009
Jerry Calvin Collins, 84, Erie, died Sunday, July 19, 2009, at Prairie Mission Retirement Village in St. Paul. He was born April 1, 1925, in Jerico Springs, Mo., to Charles Alonzo and Nellie May Rice Collins. He attended schools in Humboldt and Waco, Mo. He worked as a maintainer operator for Neosho County until his retirement on April 1, 1990. Survivors include by nephews, Wayne Collins and his wife Theresa, Plains, Russell Crane and Karen o...
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Maxine L. Koch 1925-2009
Maxine L. Koch, 83, formerly of Fort Scott, more recently of Fort Scott Manor, died Friday, July 17, 2009, at Mercy Health Center. She was born Aug. 3, 1925, in Beaverton, Mich., to Herbert and Linnie Smith French. She married Robert Lester Koch on April 7, 1946, in Bell, Calif. He survives and resides at Fort Scott Manor. She had been employed with the Chanute JC Penney and Fort Scott Wal-Mart. She was a member of the Brethren Church. She en...
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Ray V. Waller
Ray V. Waller, 89, Chanute, died July 15, 2009, at Midland Hospice House in Topeka. He was born in Clark County, Mo., to William Waller, and Hattie Clasby Waller. He married Louise Clifton in Chanute on July 7, 1946. She died on June 4, 2005. He served in the Army as Private 1st Class in World War II. After his military service he drove a truck for Manley Transfer and retired after 37 years. Survivors include two daughters, Kathy Shields, C...
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Ray V. Waller
Ray V. Waller, 89, Chanute, died Wednesday, July 15, 2009, at Midland Hospice House in Topeka. Penwell-Gabel Gibson Chapel is in charge of arrangements.
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Gary Alan Brooks Sr. 1942-2009
Gary Alan Brooks Sr., 67, Humboldt, died Wednesday, July 15, 2009, at the Kansas Heart Hospital in Wichita. He was born in Humboldt on Feb. 24, 1942, to Lester and Martha Wrestler Brooks. He attended schools in Chanute and Humboldt. He married Patricia Whiteford on June 22, 1968, in Humboldt, She preceded him in death Dec. 21, 2003. He last worked for HBD in Humboldt. Survivors include a daughter and son-in-law, Cindy and Craig Jaro, Humbol...
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Patricia Ann Morris 1947-2009
Patricia Ann Morris went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, July 14, 2009. She was born October 3, 1947 at Chanute, KS., the daughter of Christopher Arlington and Vera Lucille Mason Patton. Mrs. Morris worked as a Supervisor at Blue Cross Blue Shield for 15 years, retiring in 2005. She was a member of the Heritage Baptist Church for 16 ¬Ω years and was also a Sunday School Teacher for most of those years. She married David Lee Morris on De...
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Robert ‘Bob’ Arthur Elrod 1938-2009
Robert “Bob” Arthur Elrod, 70, Centennial, Colo., died on July 5, 2009. He was born in Marfa, Texas to Jesse Lee and Lavon McClimans Elrod on August 12, 1938. He grew up in Kansas and attended college in Iola and Pittsburg. In 1960 he joined the United States Air Force and became a photo operations (intelligence) expert. He married Marilyn Kern Nov. 30, 1968, and they lived in southwest Jefferson County, Colo. He was an early computer pioneer...
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