Obituaries
Lottie Louise Neighbors
Lottie Louise Neighbors, 85, of Parsons passed away at 1:02 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 29, 2012, at Labette Health. She was born on Nov. 27, 1926, at Columbus City Hospital to Bruce and Stella Marie (Poynter) Pyne. Lottie graduated from Columbus High School in 1944 and from Kansas State Teachers College (now Pittsburg State University) in 1949. She was a member of Alpha Sigma Alpha sorority. On completion of her education, she moved to Denver to live...
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Raymond Lee Roller
McCUNE — Raymond Lee “Bub” Roller, 75, of McCune died Monday, Jan. 23, 2012, at Labette Health in Parsons. He was born Feb. 3, 1936, in Maysville, Okla., to Roy and Nina (Taylor) Roller. He worked as a farm laborer and studied one year at Carol Granderson’s Bible School, Power and Light Gospel Outreach. He married Penny Brooks on Dec. 15, 1980, in Miami, Okla. She survives. Other survivors are three brothers, David Roller of Siloam Springs, Ar...
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Javonte Zephaniah Fields
Javonte Zephaniah Fields, son of Sandra Martinez and John Fields of Parsons was stillborn at 6:16 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 22, 2012, at Labette Health. Other survivors include five brothers, Dontel Martinez, Johntae Fields and Deontae Fields, all of the home, and Damion Williams and Johnquavise Seals, both of Mississippi; two sisters, Trinity Fields of the home and Sequa Young of Mississippi; maternal grandparents, Simon and Sherry Martinez of Parson...
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Joyce K. Peterson
Joyce K. Peterson, 68, of Parsons died at her home at 3:55 a.m. Friday, Jan. 27, 2012. She had been in failing health for the past few months. She was born on Aug. 4, 1943, at Parsons to Harrison R. and Mary B. (Farris) Stover. She grew up and attended school in Parsons and graduated from Parsons High School in 1961. Following high school, she worked at her family’s restaurant, the Hamburger Hut, to help put her brothers through college. She a...
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Lottie Louise Neighbors
Lottie Louise Neighbors, 85, of Parsons died at 1:02 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 29, 2012, at Labette Health in Parsons. She was the widow of William E. “Bill” Neighbors Jr., who preceded her in death on Dec. 7, 2003. Carson-Wall Funeral Home of Parsons will announce complete obituary information and service arrangements later.
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Paul Michael Purdon Jr.
HOUSTON — Paul Michael Purdon Jr. of Houston, 75, passed away on Monday, Jan. 23, 2012. He is preceded in death by his parents, Paul and Victoria Purdon; son, Michael Purdon; and brother, Jim Purdon. Paul was survived by son, Steve Purdon; daughters, Stephanie Finley and Shelly Yeager and her husband, Jim; sisters, Mary Frances Ames, Kathleen Holden and her husband, Fred, and Carol Wheeler-Dodds and her husband, Rick; several grandchildren and...
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Verl A. Diskin
WALNUT — Verl A. Diskin, 65, of rural Walnut died at 7:28 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 26, 2012, in the emergency room at Girard Medical Center. He had been in his usual health, and death was not expected. He was born on July 17, 1946, at Mercy Hospital in Fort Scott to Patrick Diskin Jr. and Vera B. (Volmer) Diskin. He grew up in rural St. Paul, graduating from St. Paul High School in 1964. Following his high school graduation, he moved to Kansas City...
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Robert O. ‘Bob’ Mustain
Robert O. “Bob” Mustain, 86, of Parsons died early Thursday, Jan. 26, 2012, at his home. He had been in failing health for several years. He was born on April 22, 1925, at Pryor, Okla., one of 10 children born to Robert H. and Delsie I. (Trammell) Mustain. He grew up there and graduated from Pryor High School in 1942. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II from July 1943 to October 1945. After the war, he began employment with the M-K...
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Joyce K. Peterson
Joyce K. Peterson, 68, of Parsons died at her home at 3:55 a.m. Friday, Jan. 27, 2012. She had been in failing health for the past few months.  The service will be at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at Forbes-Hoffman Funeral Home in Parsons. Burial will follow at Memorial Lawn Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 7 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. The funeral home will announce further obituary details later. Online condolences may be left...
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Robert O. ‘Bob’ Mustain
Robert O. “Bob” Mustain, 86, of Parsons died at his home early Thursday, Jan. 26, 2012. His wife, Mary Mustain, survives. The service will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Carson-Wall Funeral Home in Parsons. Burial will be in Memorial Lawn Cemetery in Parsons. Friends may call at their convenience after 1 p.m. Sunday. Memorials are suggested to the Labette Health Foundation and may be left at or sent to the funeral home, Box 942, Parsons, 67357. The fu...
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Ruth D. Pappas
Ruth D. Pappas, 83, a lifelong Parsons area resident, died at 7:15 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 26, 2012, at Labette Health. She had been in failing health. She was born on Sept. 9, 1928, south of Strauss to Daniel R. “Pete” and Della (Sexton) Gunter. She attended rural schools and moved to Parsons with her family in 1938. She graduated from Parsons High School in 1946. Her work career began with employment at Hallmark Cards in Parsons and later with t...
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Beulah Wilson
Beulah Wilson, 86, of Parsons died on Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2012, at Labette Health in Parsons. Survivors include a daughter, Mary Shields of Altamont; two stepchildren, Cloyd Wilson of Pueblo, Colo., and Karen Wilson of Wichita; three grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, Alexander and Ethel (Cecil) Blakely. The graveside service will be at 10 a.m. Saturday in Cheatham Cemetery in Neodesha. Vis...
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Verl A. Diskin
WALNUT — Verl A. Diskin, 65, of rural Walnut died at 7:28 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 26, 2012, in the emergency room at Girard Medical Center. He had been in his usual health, and death was not expected. He is survived by his wife, Carol Diskin, of the home. Forbes-Hoffman Funeral Home in Parsons will announce complete obituary details and funeral arrangements later. Online condolences may be left at www.forbeshoffman.com.
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Richard Edward Uphaus
Richard Edward Uphaus, 65, of Parsons died at 7:20 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2012, at Prairie Mission Retirement Village in St. Paul. He was born on Jan. 3, 1947, in Seneca to August and Rose Elizabeth (Ronnebaum) Uphaus. He grew up in Seneca. Survivors include five brothers, Leonard Uphaus of LaVerne, John Uphaus of Wichita, Donald Uphaus of Seneca, Robert Uphaus of Topeka and Kenneth Uphaus of Leavenworth. He was preceded in death by his pare...
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Richard Edward Uphaus
Richard Edward Uphaus Richard Edward Uphaus, 65, of Parsons died at 7:20 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2012, at Prairie Mission Retirement Village in St. Paul. He was preceded in death by his parents, August and Rose Elizabeth (Ronnebaum) Uphaus. Forbes-Hoffman Funeral Home in Parsons will announce complete obituary details and funeral arrangements later. Online condolences may be left at www.forbeshoffman.com.
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Donald W. Woolman
Donald W. Woolman 86, of Parsons, a former longtime Pittsburg resident and retired professor at Pittsburg State University, died at 11:40 a.m. Tuesday at Labette Health in Parsons. He was born on March 12, 1925, at Asherville to John J. and Alice L. (Critchfield) Woolman. He graduated from Coweta High School at Coweta, Okla. During World War II, he served in the U.S. Army with duty in the Pacific Theater. After the war, he attended college a...
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Donald Woolman
Donald Woolman, 86, of Parsons, a former longtime Pittsburg resident and a retired teacher and professor at Pittsburg State University, died at 11:40 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2012, at Labette Health in Parsons. The service will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Erie Federated Church. Burial will be at 2:30 p.m. Friday in Fort Scott National Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 7 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Pierce-Carson-Wall Funeral Home, Erie. Me...
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Anna Dodson
SEVERNA PARK, Md. — Anna Dodson, 77, a former Parsons resident, died at 3:30 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 22, 2012, at Genesis Health Care Center in Severna Park, Md. She had lived in Severna Park since 2007. She was born on July 14, 1934, at Bertzhausen, Germany, to Anton and Carolina (Niebler) Peter. She grew up in Germany and married Walter Dodson at Laaber, Germany, on Aug. 4, 1954. The Dodson family moved to Parsons in 1969 after he retired from act...
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Virgil LeRoy ‘Bud’ Shaw
ERIE — Virgil LeRoy “Bud” Shaw, 79, of Erie died at 6:15 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 22, 2012, at Prairie Mission Retirement Village at St. Paul. He was born on Feb. 16, 1932, to Mildred and Virgil A. Shaw. After high school, he served in the U.S. Army Airborne. On Feb. 21, 1953, he married Norma Jean Brasier. He was the vice president of a retail store, David’s, in Wichita for 20 years. Survivors include two sons, Virgil Alan Shaw of Carthage, Mo., and...
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Leon E. Cluck
OSWEGO — Leon E. Cluck, 70, of Oswego died on Thursday, Jan. 19, 2012, in Oswego. He retired from S.E.K. Auto Sales, Parsons. He enjoyed fishing and working on lawn mowers. Survivors include his wife of 51 years, Evelyn, of Parsons; two daughters, Kelly Blackburn of Wichita and Kim Cluck and her husband, James Armitage, of Parsons; his father, George Cluck of Tulsa; a sister, Nancy Fletcher of Tulsa; four grandchildren, Stevan Blackburn and hi...
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