Obituaries
Orville Harlan ‘Shrimp’ Gueulette 1918-2009
Orville Harlan “Shrimp” Gueulette, 90, Fredonia, died Thursday, February 12, 2009, at Golden Living in Fredonia. He was born Dec. 20, 1918, in Mt. Vernon, Ohio, to Joseph and Lillian Eflin Gueulette. He served in the U.S. Army from 1942 to 1946 and was employed with Lafarge Cement for 37 years. He was a member of the Bible Baptist Church, Fredonia. He married Georgia Hoskins on Feb. 25, 1946, in Fredonia. She preceded him in death. Survivors ...
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Mary Louise Walker 1940 – 2009
Mary Louise Walker, 68, Humboldt, died unexpectedly Thursday, Feb. 12, 2009 at her home. Mary was born in Joplin, Mo., on August 13, 1940, the daughter of Delbert and Mary Frazier. She was united in marriage to Charles Walker on Dec. 29, 1970. He survives. She was a homemaker. Along with her husband, Charles, Mary is survived by a son, David, rural Humboldt; one grandchild, Shannon Walker; two great-grandchildren, Blake and Heidi Walker; thr...
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Velma ‘June’ Greve
Velma “June” Greve, 79, Chanute, died Wednesday, February 11, 2009, at Neosho Memorial Regional Medical Center. Arrangements are pending with Penwell-Gabel Gibson Chapel.
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Virgil A. Green 1918 - 2009
Virgil A. Green, 90, Neosho Falls, died Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2009 at Yates Center. He was born March 3, 1918 in Norton County, to Albert and Nora Wheeler Green. He grew up in Norton County then moved to Wichita where he worked for Boeing. He retired from TWA in Tracy, Mo., and moved to Neosho Falls. He married Faye Benjamin in 1938. She preceded him in death August 15, 1996. Survivors include two sons, Virgil L. Green, Neosho Falls, Jesse A. Gre...
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Ortha Kathryn Elrod 1913 – 2009
Ortha Kathryn Elrod, 95, Thayer, died Monday, Feb. 9, 2009 at the Elm Haven West Nursing Home in Parsons. Ortha was born in rural Thayer on August 7, 1913, the daughter of Ray and Mary Harms Adams. She graduated from Thayer High School. She was united in marriage to Truman P. Elrod on May 27, 1932 in Oswego. He preceded her in death on March 13, 1999. She was a homemaker. Ortha was a member of the Thayer United Methodist Church and the Frida...
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Doyle Dean Worley 1920 - 2009
Doyle Dean Worley was born to Richard and Iva Worley in Chanute on Nov. 25, 1920. He was the oldest of five siblings: Barbara (deceased), Phyllis, Dale (deceased) and Richard. He met his future wife, Louise Lee Foster, while playing the sousaphone in the Chanute High School band. They were married in July 1941. Worley went to work at Cessna in 1941, before joining the United States Army Air Corps in 1943. From 1944 through 1945, Worley served...
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Kenneth J. Howard 1938-2009
Kenneth J. Howard, 70, Overland Park, died Monday, Feb. 9, 2009 at the KC Hospice House. Visitation will be held at 1 p.m. and Memorial Service at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 14 at the D.W. Newcomer’s Sons Johnson County Chapel, 11200 Metcalf, Overland Park. Ken was born Dec. 2, 1938 in Kansas City, Mo., and later moved to Pryor, Okla. He served in the Air Force and on returning, he graduated from Northwestern Oklahoma University with a degree i...
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Merritt Raymond ‘Ray’ Ashcraft 1916-2009
Merritt Raymond “Ray” Ashcraft, 92, Kingfisher, died Wednesday, Jan 28, 2009. Ray died at Cimarron Nursing Center where he and his wife, Helen, have been living for the last few years. He was born Dec 30, 1916 to Merritt Allen and Elsie Nancy Brown Ashcraft in Chanute. He quit high school to join the Navy and that is where he learned his trade as an instrument maker. After 12 years in the Navy, he left at the rank of Chief Warrant Machinist, ...
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Willard D. ‘Bill’ Kuder 1927-2009
Willard D. “Bill” Kuder, 81, Chanute, formerly of Osawatomie, died Friday, Feb. 6, 2009 at Neosho Memorial Regional Medical Center in Chanute. Bill was born Oct. 3, 1927 in Beagle, to Charles and Addie Marie Chambers Kuder. He attended Osawatomie schools. He married Mary Alice Lyons on June 30, 1945 in Paola, He lived in Garnett from ’73 to ’02, then moved to Chanute in 2002. He worked at Ralph’s Food Center in Osawatomie for many years and...
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Susan Pauline Naff 1922-2009
Susan Pauline Naff, 86, Humboldt, passed away Thursday, February 5, 2009, at the Windsor Place Nursing Home in Iola. Pauline was born Feb. 26, 1922, in Rural Neosho County, east of Chanute, to Leon Ross and Belle Headrick Tolbert. She graduated from Chanute High School in 1940 and attended Chanute Junior College. Pauline was united in marriage to Walter Lewis Naff on Nov. 3, 1946, in the Chanute Christian Church. He preceded her in death in J...
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Alvina Frances Peters 1919-2009
Alvina Frances Peters, 89, of Iola, Kansas, mother of Dennis Peters and wife, Nadine of Chanute, died Sunday, Feb. 8, 2009, at the Allen County Hospital in Iola. She was born Oct. 25, 1919, at Ost, KS, to Arthur & Madeline (Evertz) Orth. On Aug. 10, 1944, she married Francis “Pete” Peters at Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church in Wichita. They made their home in Wichita until moving to Iola in 1949, where they raised their family of 6 boys and ...
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Jimmie E. Johnston 1928-2009
Jimmie E. Johnston, 80, rural Edna, died Thursday, February 5, 2009, at his home following a short battle with acute leukemia. He was born Aug. 9, 1928, near Bartlett to Vernon and Myrtle Layton Johnston. He was a 1946 graduate of Labette County Community High School in Altamont. He was a farmer and stockman his entire life, and also worked various jobs during the winter months. He was a member of the Bartlett United Methodist Church. He and ...
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Susan Pauline Naff 1922-2009
Susan Pauline Naff, 86, Humboldt, passed away Thursday, February 5, 2009, at the Windsor Place Nursing Home in Iola. Pauline was born Feb. 26, 1922, in Rural Neosho County, east of Chanute, to Leon Ross and Belle Headrick Tolbert. She graduated from Chanute High School in 1940 and attended Chanute Junior College. Pauline was united in marriage to Walter Lewis Naff on Nov. 3, 1946, in the Chanute Christian Church. He preceded her in death in J...
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Edward Frank Carlson 1922-2009
Edward Frank Carlson, 86, died Thursday, February 5, 2009, at Allen County Hospital, Iola. He was born Aug. 26, 1922, on the family farm west of Elsmore to Oscar Frank and Signild Marie Nielson Carlson. He attended Old Elsmore and Skyrocket Grade Schools. He married Virginia Lee Lipsett. She died in 1977. He moved to Lindsborg in 1977 and married Rosalie Larson Shields on Nov. 10, 1978. She died on Feb. 6, 2001. He moved to Iola from Lindsbor...
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Jessie May Waltermire 1916-2009
Jessie May (Johnson) Waltermire, 93, of Chanute, passed away Wednesday, February 4, 2009, at the Neosho Memorial Regional Medical Center in Chanute. Jessie was born on Jan. 24, 1916, the daughter of Charles William and Myrta Mildred Grady Johnson. Her grandfather, Harmon Johnson, had homesteaded the farm in 1876 and his family has lived there to the present date. Jessie received a Century Farm Award in October 2000. She attended Grady Rural ...
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George T. ‘Buddy’ Ibbetson 1916-2009
George Thomas “Buddy” Ibbetson, 92, lifelong resident of rural Buffalo, died Monday, Feb. 2, 2009 at Coffey County Hospital in Burlington. He was born Oct. 13, 1916 on the Ibbetson farm northwest of Buffalo, the son of George Frederick and Chestine Elizabeth Kennedy Ibbetson. He attended West Buffalo District 28 grade school and graduated in 1934 from Buffalo High School. He was a farmer and rancher for 75 years, retiring in 2000. He attended...
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Clayton ‘Del’ Totman 1932 – 2009
Clayton Delroy “Del” Totman, 76, Chanute, died Monday, Feb. 2, 2009 at the Wesley Medical Center in Wichita. Del was born in Arcadia on April 1, 1932, the son of William and Mary Nasworthy Totman. He served his country in the United States Navy during the Korean War. Del was united in marriage to Darlean G. Shults on May 21, 1991 in Chanute. She survives. He was a machinist for Churchill. Del is survived by his wife, Darlean, of Chanute; two ...
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Lyle E. Clum
Lyle E. Clum, 70, Pt. Pleasant, N.J., died Friday, January 30, 2009, at his home surrounded by his loving family. Born in Humboldt to Walter and Velda Negely Clum, Lyle was one of four sons. He graduated with a degree in electrical engineering from Kansas State University and later an MBA from Rockhust University. After spending time in the U.S. Army, he began a very successful 35-year career in the telecommunications industry with Bell/ATT/L...
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Ronald Eugene Horn 1941 – 2009
Ronald Eugene Horn, 67, Chanute, died unexpectedly, Friday, January 30, 2009, in Goodland. He was born Sept. 26, 1941, in Iola to Cecil L. and Audrey Baker Horn. He attended Iola High School. He served in the U.S. Navy during the Vietnam War. He married Shirley Cook on May 26, 1977, in Chanute. She survives. He worked for Custom Campers, Inc. Other survivors include his children, Chuck Cohee, Terri Jo Conger, Cindy Gard, Carla Frazier, Gina R...
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Richard ‘Gordon’ Wiltse 1914-2009
Richard “Gordon” Wiltse, 94, Altoona, died Saturday, January 31, 2009, at Golden Living Center, Fredonia. He was born Sept. 11, 1914, in Altoona to Floyd and Della Roney Wiltse. He graduated from Kansas State University with a degree in agronomy. During World War II he served in the U.S. Army Air Corp, earning the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. On Dec. 2, 1939, he married Betty Jane Spaulding in Osawatomie. She preceded him in death. He was a me...
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