Obituaries
Leroy H. Lacen 1935 – 2008
Leroy H. Lacen, 73, Thayer, died Thursday, October 9, 2008, at Neosho Memorial Regional Medical Center. He was born June 13, 1935, in Chanute to Edgar F. and Maxine Flickinger Lacen. He graduated from Chanute Senior High School in 1953. He married Goldie D. Babcock on Aug. 7, 1955. She died on Dec. 31, 2005. He was employed as a truck driver, mechanic and welder. Survivors include a daughter and son-in-law, Debra and Kraige McElroy, Wichita;...
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Richard C. King 1957-2008
Richard C. King, 50, Chanute, died Thursday, October 9, 2008, at his home. He was born Dec. 26, 1957, in Shellyville, Ind., to Bill and Dorothy King. He was an employee of Quest Cherokee Oilfield Service. Survivors include his companion, Sharon King, of the home; three daughters, Audra King, Chanute, Erin Hudson, Lawrence, and Andrea King, Chanute; three grandchildren; his mother, Dorothy King, Kingston Heights, Ind.; five brothers and four s...
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Kenneth L. Dunlap 1947-2008
Kenneth L. Dunlap, 61, Colony, died Tuesday, October 7, 2008, at his home. He was born Aug. 5, 1947, in Garnett to Dee Milton and Marjorie Croan Dunlap. He graduated from Wellsville High School and Wichita Business College. He served in the Navy. He married Connie Vanderslice on Jan. 7, 1967, in Wichita. She survives. He was employed as service manager with Kipper Chevrolet in Pleasanton. Other survivors include three sons, Ray Dunlap, Chanu...
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Genevia F. Gay 1925 – 2008
Genevia F. Gay, 83, Chanute, died Wednesday, October 8, 2008, at her home. She was born in Rayborn, Mo., on July 21, 1925, to Hiram Franklin and Dalia Lathrom Carder. She married Alvin Gay on Sept. 4, 1961. He survives. She was a homemaker. Other survivors include two daughters, Donna Shepard and Sue Shaw; six grandchildren; two stepgrandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren; three stepgreat-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews. She was ...
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Ray W. Eble 1927-2008
Ray W. Eble, 81, Louisburg, died Tuesday, Oct, 7, 2008. He was born on Jan. 18, 1927, in Olathe to George and Fern Hayne Eble. He worked for the U.S. Post Office before retiring and devoting his time to his Christmas tree acreage north of Louisburg. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II. He was a lifetime member of the Masonic Lodge and member of the Louisburg VFW. He was a member of the Louisburg United Methodist Church and a member...
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Joshua Linn Elliott 1984-2008
Joshua Linn Elliott, 24, Chanute, died Saturday, October 4, 2008, in Tulsa, Okla. He was born Jan. 3, 1984, in Chanute to Doug and Mary Bly Shannon. He was later adopted by Marvin and Jane Bly Elliott. He graduated from Chanute High School. Survivors include his birth mother, Mary Shannon, Olathe; adoptive parents, Marvin and Jane Elliott, Iola; two sisters, Rose Kass, Topeka, and Ellen Shannon, Topeka; four brothers, Charles Bly, Wichita, Mi...
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Rex Allen Vandegrift 1963-2008
Rex Allen Vandegrift, 45, Gypsum, died Saturday, October 4, 2008, near Tampa. He was born March 30, 1963, at Forbes Air Base in Topeka to Francis Jr. and Edna Marie Mead Vandegrift. He was employed as a carpenter’s helper. He married Teresa Moore in Strong City. They divorced. Survivors include two sons, William K. Vandegrift, Sedgwick, and Evan A. Vandegrift, Newton; a stepson, Josh Moore, El Dorado; three grandchildren; a step-grandchild; a...
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Geneva L. Herrin 1923-2008
Geneva L. Herrin, 85, Moran, died Monday, October 6, 2008, at Allen County Hospital, Iola. She was born March 27, 1923, in Sharon to Clarence and Louise Lehnus Shepherd. She grew up in various parts of Kansas before graduating from Stark High School in 1943. On May 15, 1943, she married Roy Herrin in Erie. He died Nov. 1, 2004. The Herrins made their home on a farm in rural Walnut until 1996 when they moved to Moran. She enjoyed working cross...
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Orval Keith Adams 1943-2008
Orval Keith Adams, 65, Midwest City, Okla., died Saturday, October 4, 2008, at Yates Center Healthcare. He was born July 26, 1943, in Girard to Orum and Bonnie Keighley Adams. He was employed by Conoco Oil Co. as a convenience store manager until he retired due to health reasons. Survivors include two sons, Justin Adams, El Dorado, and Kevin Adams, Andover; three brothers and sisters-in-law, Ken and Sharon Adams, Thayer, Tom and Judi Adams, ...
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Jay “Scott” West 1954-2008
Jay “Scott” West, 53, Chanute, died Sunday, October 5, 2008, at his home. He was born Nov. 18, 1954, in Chanute to Floyd and Lou Winans West. He graduated from Chanute High School and Ottawa University. He was a retired pharmaceutical representative. Survivors inlcude his mother, Lou West, Chanute; a daughter, Jillian West, Eau Claire, Wis.; and two sisters, Terri Orozco and Jana Geiger, both of Chanute. He was preceded in death by his fathe...
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The Rev. Clyde A. Dyke 1938-2008
The Rev. Clyde A. Dyke, 70, rural Dennis, died Sunday, September 28, 2008, at his home after a brief illness. He was born Aug. 19, 1938, in Parsons to George F. and Elsie L. Modesitt Dyke. He graduated from Labette County Community High School, Altamont, in 1956 and later Pittsburg State University. He served in the U.S. Navy. He retired from Vallis-Wngroff Printing Company in Cherryvale in 2004. He as pastor at several Southern Baptist churc...
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Maxine Garrett 1928-2008
Maxine Garrett, 80, Yukon, Okla., died Wednesday, August 27, 2008, at Mercy Hospital in Oklahoma City, Okla., after an extended illness. She was born Feb. 13, 1928, in Meade to Harvey and Maggie Elledge. She attended Meade schools. She married Carl C. Garrett, Ponca City, Okla., on Sept. 11, 1945 at St. Anthony’s Catholic Rectory in Fowler. Survivors include three daughters, Carolyn Lowe, Chanute, Deborah Lindley, Yukon, Okla., and Beverly Ga...
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Woodrow L. Youngberg 1913 – 2008
Woodrow L. Youngberg, 95, Chanute, died Friday, September 26, 2008, at Heritage Health Care Center, Chanute. He was born Sept. 5, 1913, in Chanute to Elmer and Sigrid Elvira Warner Youngberg. He graduated from Chanute High School. He served in the United States Army during World War II. He married Margaret Tolbert on Oct. 13, 1940. She survives. He was a machinist at Ash Grove Cement Plant until his retirement. As a young man, Woodrow enjoye...
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Sylvia D. Nelson Myers 1910 – 2008
Sylvia D. Myers, 98, Chanute, died Thursday, September 25, 2008, at Heritage Health Care Center, Chanute. She was born Aug. 31, 1910, in Chanute to Frank and Lydia Wilmont-Johnson Nelson. After graduating from high school in Stark, she graduated from Omaha Beauty School and practiced in Independence and Chanute until her marriage. She married Kenneth F. Myers, Chanute, on Oct. 1, 1934. He died on April 13, 1991. She was a homemaker. Survivors...
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Chase Michael Cosby -2008
Chase Michael Cosby was stillborn at Tuesday, September 16, 2008, at Neosho Memorial Regional Medical Center. Survivors include his parents, Justin and Rachele Cosby, Rural Walnut; a sister, Chellby Cosby, Rural Walnut; maternal grandparents, Mike and Barbara Duling, Rural Walnut; paternal grandparents, Kandy Stemple, Rural Erie, and Gary and Phyllis Cosby, Rural Altamont; maternal great-grandparents, Ernest and Eva Smith, Rural Walnut, and B...
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Clara Francis Forst 1921-2008
Clara Francis Forst, 87, St. Paul, died Wednesday, September 24, 2008, at Prairie Mission Retirement Village. She was born Aug. 10, 1921, at Marienthal to Mike and Elizabeth Greminger Palkowitsh and later attended Marienthal schools. On Oct. 25, 1949, she and Urban F. Forst were married. He died Feb. 22, 1993. She was employed at Living Skills Care Center as a kitchen aid in St. Paul. She was a member of the St. Francis Catholic Church at St....
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Albert W. Jesseph 1920-2008
Albert W. Jesseph, 88, Humboldt, died Wednesday, September 24, 2008, at Pinecrest Nursing Home, Humboldt. He was born April 27, 1920, in Iola to Albert Oliver and Amanda Luvada Dennis Jesseph. He was raised in the Piqua/Neosho Falls area and graduated from Iola High School in 1938. After his schooling he traveled to the West Coast where he worked at a few jobs, including apple-picking in Washington. He attended the World’s Fair in San Francis...
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Cecelia Studebaker 1920-2008
Cecelia Studebaker, 88, Fredonia, died Wednesday, September 234, 2008, at Villa St. Francis, Olathe. She was born Sept. 11, 1920, in Fall River to Alfred Stephen and Julia West Violett. She attended Fredonia High School and, at the age of 60, received her G.E.D. On April 3, 1940, she married Calvin Eli Studebaker in Eureka. He died Aug. 7, 2000. She attended the Catholic church and was employed with Studebaker Refrigeration and cleaned part-t...
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Clara Francis Forst
Clara Francis Forst, 87, St. Paul, died Wednesday, September 24, 2008, at Prairie Mission Retirement Village. The Funeral Mass will be 10 a.m. Tuesday at St. Francis Catholic Church. Burial will be in the St. Francis Cemetery. A Daughter’s of Isabella Rosary will be recited at 3 p.m. Monday at Prairie Mission Chapel; the casket will be returned to the Carson-Wall Funeral Home at St. Paul following the Rosary. The Parish Rosary will be rec...
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Carin Britton 1956-2008
Carin Dawn Britton, 52, Gillette, Wyo., died Thursday, September 18, 2008, at St. Luke’s Hospital in Tempe, Ariz., of a sudden illness. She was born March 11, 1956, in Chanute to Elmer and Katherine Davis Pilgrim. She was raised and educated in the Chanute area. She married Dale Britton on Nov. 11, 1977. He survives. She owned and operated CND Services Inc., which tested water for methane companies. Other survivors include a daughter, Sunn...
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