Norma Lois Avery - 11-17-1929 to 12-09-2014 - Dec. 17, 2014
Norma Lois Avery, 85, Centerville, Kan., passed away Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2014. She was born Nov. 17, 1929 at Ottawa, Kan., the daughter of Chester and Genevieve Andrews Fredricks. She graduated from Ottawa High School. Norma married Billie Joe “Bill” Avery July 25, 1948, in Ottawa. Her grandfather,...[More]
Lucy Mae Staton - 12-13-1919 to 12-12-2014 - Dec. 17, 2014
Lucy Mae Staton, 94, Pleasanton, Kan., passed away Friday, Dec. 12, 2014. She was born Dec. 13, 1919, at La Cygne, Kan., the daughter of Roland and Mae Johnston Coffel. The family moved to Drexel, Mo., in 1922 and she attended Maple Grove School until 1925. In 1926, the family moved to Linn County and...[More]
Odiva Jean Little Elder Ethridge - 12-03-1927 to 12-12-2014 - Dec. 17, 2014
Our precious mother, grandma, great-grandmother, aunt, cousin and friend left her earthly home Dec. 12, 2014, at Myrtue Medical Center in Harlan, Iowa.Odiva Jean Little Elder Ethridge was born in Cameron, Texas Dec. 3, 1927 to Grady and Oma (Weems) Little. That remained her home until her marriage to...[More]
Carl Dee Holmes - 02-20-1940 to 12-13-2014 - Dec. 17, 2014
Carl Dee Holmes, 74, Pleasanton, Kan., passed away Saturday, Dec. 13, 2014. He was born Feb. 20, 1940, at Fort Scott, Kan., the son of Vernon and LaVerne Ashley Holmes. He graduated from Pleasanton High School and attended Bible College at Springfield, Mo.He married Janie McQuinn in 1961. To this union,...[More]
Reverend Howard Ray Curry - 03-29-1921 to 12-12-2014 - Dec. 17, 2014
Reverend Howard Ray Curry, 93, La Cygne, Kan., passed away Friday, Dec. 12, 2014. He was born at Mulberry, Kan., March 29, 1921, the son of William and Pauline (Gary) Curry.He married Ruth Lee on Oct. 7, 1942. He served his country during World War II in the United States Marine Corps.Howard worked in...[More]
Orville Wesley “Bud†Rogers - 06-27-1922 to 12-12-2014 - Dec. 17, 2014
Orville Wesley “Bud” Rogers, 92, of Iola, Kan., died Friday, Dec. 12, 2014, at Allen County Regional Hospital in Iola, Kan. Orville was born June 27, 1922, in Ericson, Neb., the son of Thomas Orville and Lillie Leota (Platt) Rogers. In 1927, he moved with his parents to a farm halfway between...[More]
Paul Robert “Bob†Stainbrook - 08-21-1943 to 12-05-2014 - Dec. 10, 2014
Paul Robert “Bob” Stainbrook, 71, Olathe, Kan. passed away Friday, Dec. 5, 2014. He was born Aug. 21, 1943 in McCook, Neb., the son of Paul and Mildred Stainbrook. He graduated from Shawnee Mission North High School and attended Emporia State University. During his working career, he was...[More]
Betty Lou Davis - 04-02-1927 to 12-05-2014 - Dec. 10, 2014
Betty Lou Davis, 87, Pleasanton, Kan., passed away Friday, Dec. 5, 2014. She was born April 2, 1927, at Pleasanton, Kan., the daughter of George and Nancy Elkington New.She married William Davis March 29, 1947 in Kansas City, Kan. He preceded her in death July 23, 2005.She worked at Central Armature...[More]
Herschel Leon Vail - 10-31-1925 to 12-07-2014 - Dec. 10, 2014
Herschel Leon Vail, 89, passed away Sunday, Dec. 7, 2014. He was born at Boicourt, Kan., on Oct. 31, 1925, the son of Raymond and Leona Dodge Vail.He married Nancy Wisdom April 25, 1954.He served his country in the United States Navy during World War II. Herschel owned and operated a trash disposal service...[More]
Norma L. Avery - Dec. 10, 2014
Norma L. Avery, age 85, Centerville, Kan., passed away on Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2014. Funeral service will be held 10 a.m. Friday, Dec. 12, 2014, at the Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory, Mound City Chapel. Visitation will be held from 5-7 p.m. Thursday at the Mound City Chapel....[More]
