Obituaries
Paul J. Bogner 1928-2011
Paul J. Bogner, 82, rural Parsons, died Tuesday, July 26, 2011 at Prairie Mission Retirement Village in St. Paul.             He was born Oct. 8, 1928, in Mt. Hope, to John and Rosalia Grassl Bogner.  He grew up in the Andale area and was a 1946 graduate of Andale High School.  He and Roberta H. Orth were married Oct. 21, 1950 at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Andale.  They moved north of Parsons in 1971 where he farmed and raised cattle.  He...
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Lonnie Ray Hazen 1943-2011
Lonnie Ray Hazen, 68, Stark, died Saturday, July 23, 2011 at his home. Lonnie was born in Chanute on March 3, 1943, the son of Oren W. Hazen and Faye Lenora Peacock Hazen Pruitt. He graduated from Sawyer High School in Sawyer. Lonnie was a career naval officer serving during the Vietnam War. He completed his naval service in 1985 with the rank of ATCS, Senior Chief Aviation Electronics. He then worked as a civil servant at the Lakehurst Naval ...
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Joseph Dale Hart 1957-2011
Joseph Dale Hart, 53, Humboldt, died Thursday, July 21, 2011 at his residence . Joseph was born at Falls City, Neb. on Nov. 24, 1957, the son of Wallace and Mary Montgomery Hart. He graduated from Washburn University. He worked at Moon’s Hometown Market in Humboldt. Joseph is survived by his parents; his wife, Anita, Chanute; his children, Lyndsey, Kyle and Jaden Hart, Chanute; and his brothers, Robert Wallace Hart, Kansas City, Mo., and J...
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Ralph L. Adelgren 1938-2011
Ralph L. Adelgren, age 73, Fremont, Neb., died Wednesday, July 20, 2011 at Fremont Area Medical Center. He was born June 1, 1938 in Buffalo, to Henry and Wilma Johnson Adelgren. He grew up in Buffalo and graduated from Vilas High School in Buffalo, in 1956. He received his Bachelor’s degree in agricultural science from Kansas State University in 1963. He worked in construction in Manhattan to pay for his education. After college he liv...
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William Ervin “Bill” Williams 1942-2011
William Ervin “Bill” Williams, 69, Antioch, Calif., formerly of Orofino, Idaho, left Earth for Heaven on Thursday, July 14, 2011 after a long battle with cancer. Bill was born Jan. 22, 1942 in Wendell, Idaho to Charles Orval and Helen Mae Claiborn-Williams. He attended Orofino High School, Orofino, idaho. He received his GED on March 11, 1960 from the United States Armed Forces Institute (USAFI). He served in the United States Army from July 1...
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Keith Dodd 1933-2011
Keith Dodd, 78, Cameron Mo., died Friday, July 15, 2011 from COPD. Keith was born Jan. 27, 1933, in Ravenden Springs, Ark., the son of Clyde and Inez Dodd. Keith graduated from Wyandotte High School in 1951, where he was an All-America member of the basketball team. He graduated from Emporia State with a BS in Business. While at Emporia State he was a member of the basketball team and owned the Bald Eagle Bar…. quite the popular hangout of the...
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Wilma Solomon 1916-2011
Former resident Wilma Solomon, 95, Williamsburg, Va., died Sunday, July 17, 2011. She was born Jan. 27, 1916 in the Vilas community, the daughter of Arthur and Olga Carlson. She attended Wilson County schools and graduated from Buffalo High School in 1934. She received her teaching certificate from Pittsburg State Teacher’s College and taught six years in rural schools in Wilson County. On May 4, 1941, she married Arthur Solomon of Rose. Durin...
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Dianna Sue Shinn 1948-2011
Dianna Sue Ware Shinn, (Jinx), lost her battle with brain cancer on Tuesday, July 12, 2011 at her home in Fredonia. Jinx was born at St. Margaret’s Mercy Hospital in Independence on May 22, 1948, the daughter of Patsy M. Fischer and Merlin H. Ware. Jinx was reared in Altoona. She graduated from Altoona High School in 1966, the year she was football queen. Jinx was employed at the Matthew’s Airosol Plant in Neodesha. On Dec. 14, 1970, in Fr...
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Donald E. “Donnie” Carter 1939-2011
Donald E. “Donnie” Carter, 71, St. Paul, died Sunday, July 17, 2011, at Labette Health in Parsons.  He was born Dec. 2, 1939, on the Big Island in St. Paul, to Raymond A. and Agnes Thielan Carter. He was a 1957 graduate of St. Francis High School in St. Paul.  He served in the United States Army and, upon his honorable discharge, returned home as a fifth generation farmer of the Big Island, south of St. Paul, until his retirement in 2002.   D...
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Pat Stover 1935-2011
Pat Stover, 76, lifelong Parsons resident, died at Friday, July 15, 2011 at his home. Death followed a lengthy period of failing health. He was born Jan. 10, 1935 in Parsons to William Roy and Ella Mabel Weakley Stover. He graduated from Labette County Community High School at Altamont and also attended classes at Labette Community College. He served a two-year enlistment in the United States Army, stationed at Ottawa, Ill. He started the Sto...
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Larry  E.  Harris,  O.D. 1939-2011
Larry Eugene Harris, O.D., 71, Topeka, died Tuesday, July 12, 2011, at Midland Hospice House, Topeka.  Dr. Harris was born July 13, 1939, in Chanute, the son of Paul and Velma Anderson Harris.  He attended Kansas University (1957-58), Neosho County Community College (1958-59), and graduated from Illinois College of Optometry (Doctor of Optometry, 1962).  Dr. Harris entered the U.S. Army as an optometry officer in 1962 and was honorably dischar...
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Erma Jean Van Cleave
Erma Jean Beeney Van Cleave, 81, St. Louis, Mo., died Thursday, July 7, 2011. She was born Feb. 8, 1930 in Edler, Colo., the daughter of Boyd and Marian Bosley Beeney. She graduated from Erie High School and married Buford Van Cleave on Sept. 25, 1951. She was a longtime member of First United Methodist Church in Warrensburg. She received her Bachelor’s in Education from Central Missouri State College. She taught Home Economics. She is surviv...
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Arron Scott Schaffer 1981-2011
Arron Scott Schaffer, 30, Chanute, died Saturday, July 9, 2011 at his home. Arron was born on July 4, 1981 in Chanute, the son of Jimmy L. Schaffer and Jacqueline Dillow. He attended Chanute schools. He is survived by his parents, Jim Schaffer and his wife, Jane, Chanute, and Jackie Dillow, Redfield; brothers, David Schaffer, Ricky Schaffer, Jeff Culbertson, and James Helm; sisters, Staci Ford and Sherri Helm; and many nieces and nephews. He ...
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Dale A. Stemple 1925-2011
Dale Arthur Stemple, 86, Chanute, died Monday, July 11, 2011 at the Heritage Health Care Center in Chanute. Dale was born on April 28, 1925 in Parsons, the son of Ernest and Thelma Martha Vail Stemple. He graduated from Chanute High School in 1943 and attended Neosho County Community College. He served his country in the United States Navy during WWII. Dale was united in marriage to Roxana Reno on Jan. 3, 1947. She preceded him in death on Jul...
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DeAnn R. Horton-Card 1968-2011
DeAnn R. Horton-Card, 43, Collinsville, Okla., died Tuesday, July 5, 2011. She was born March 9, 1968 in Topeka. She is the daughter of Carol Crismas, Chanute. She was a retail sales clerk. A memorial service will be held at Floral Haven Funeral Home Chapel in Broken Arrow, Okla., on Saturday, July 16, at 12:30 p.m.
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Audrey Lee “Linda” Thomas 1946-2011
Audrey Lee “Linda” Thomas, 65, Fredonia, formerly of Junction City, died Friday, July 8, 2011 at her home. She was born June 9, 1946 in Oxford, Miss., the daughter of Aubrey Brown and Gladys Christine Keel Warrick. She was a certified nursing assistant and also owned and operated an antique store. On Oct. 13, 1992, Linda married Michael Wayne Thomas. He survives, of the home. She was a member of the Covenant Promise Church. Survivors include ...
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Ellen Lythene Flottman 1934-2010
Ellen Lythene Flottman, 76, died Saturday, July 9, 2011 at her home in Columbia, Mo. Ellen was born Oct. 2, 1934 in Neosho County near Chanute, to Ernest F. and Alta L. Williams Flottman. She attended Austin, a one-room school, for the first eight grades, then Chanute High School and Chanute Junior College. After earning a B.S. from Kansas State University she worked as an accessories buyer for both Macy’s and Hartzfeld’s in Kansas City. She ...
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Barbara Ann “Bobbie” Goetzinger 1938-2011
Barbara Ann “Bobbie” Goetzinger, 72, Howard, formerly of Leon, El Dorado and Belleville, died Thursday, July 7, 2011 in the Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice at St. Francis Medical Center in Wichita. She was born Sept. 28, 1938 in Belleville, the daughter of Virgil James and Viola Anna Koester White. Bobbie was a licensed practical nurse for many years, retiring from the Susan B. Allen Memorial Hospital in El Dorado in 2000. On May 23, 1986 in Wic...
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Katherine Jane Nottingham
WICHITA - Katherine Jane Nottingham, 76, seamstress and Fruhauf Uniform pattern maker, passed away Wednesday, July 6, 2011. Rosary, 4 p.m., Sunday, July 10; Funeral Mass, 10 a.m., Monday, July 11, both at St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church. Preceded in death by parents, John E. and Sarah (Herrmann) Bollig; sisters, Marie Kirkpatrick and Linda Miller; brother, Anthony Bollig. Survivors: husband, Parris Nottingham; sons, Michael Genn (Mariel...
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Cora Marie Weaver
Cora Marie Weaver, 87, of Moreno Valley, CA died on June 26, 2011. Born January 3, 1924 to William and Cora Wulffin, Waukegan, IL. She is survived by one sister, Dagmar Stark, two sons, Billy Weaver of Chicago, IL and Lee Weaver of Chanute, one sister, Ila Thompson of Moreno Valley, CA, grandchildren, great grandchildren, and great great grandchildren. She is preceded in death by her parents and one brother. Grow side services will be held ...
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