Obituaries
Herbert L. ‘Herb’ Baum
Herbert L. “Herb” Baum, 89, of Parsons died at 7 a.m. Wednesday, May 30, 2012, at his home. He had been in failing health the past few weeks. He was born on July 30, 1922, at Caney to Perry and Ollie (Barnes) Baum. The family moved to Oswego when he was a small child and to Parsons a few years later. During World War II, he served in the U.S. Army Air Corps and served in the battles and campaigns of Normandy, Northern France, Rhineland, Ardenn...
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Herbert L. Baum
Herbert L. Baum, 89, of Parsons died at 7 a.m. Wednesday, May 30, 2012, at his home. His wife, Lela Jo Baum, survives of the home. The service will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Carson-Wall Funeral Home. Burial, with military honors, will be in Oswego Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. Memorials are suggested to Harry Hynes Hospice.
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Kassia L. Seager
WICHITA — Kassia L. Seager, 33, of Wichita, formerly of Mound Valley, died Thursday, May 24, 2012, at her home.  Following cremation, the service will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at First Christian Church in Mound Valley.  Memorials are suggested to the Kassia Seager Memorial Fund and may be left at or mailed to Forbes-Hoffman Funeral Home, P.O. Box 374, Parsons, 67357. Online condolences may be left at www.forbeshoffman.com.
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Peggy I. Clegg
NEODESHA — Peggy I. Clegg, 88, of Neodesha died Monday evening, May 28, 2012, at her home. Peggy Isabel Clegg was born on Nov. 14, 1923, in Grundy County, Mo., to William Dennis and Bertha (Patton) Runk. She attended and graduated from Trenton High School in Trenton, Mo., in 1941. She also attended Independence Community College. She worked as a secretary with USD 461 in Neodesha. She was a member of United Methodist Church, where she served a...
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Shirley Lorraine Thurman
WICHITA — Shirley Lorraine Thurman, 93, of Wichita died on Monday, May 28, 2012. She was born on Oct. 24, 1918, in Galesburg to Alvin and Lydia Wertz Heisey. She married Orville Thurman on April 7, 1940. He preceded her in death. Survivors include three children, James Thurman, and his wife, Doris, Marcia Calvert and her husband, Michael, and Kathy Hostetler, and her husband, Rolland; five grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren. She also w...
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Charles T. Lawson
OSWEGO — Charles T. Lawson, 92, of Oswego died at 3 p.m. Saturday, May 26, 2012, at Oswego Hospital surrounded by his loved ones. He was born on June 28, 1919, in Neosho, Mo., to Thomas W. and Anna Virginia (Watkins) Lawson. As a young boy, he grew up and attended school in Neosho. He then moved to Webb City, Mo., where he lived for a time before moving to Kansas, where he made his home and farmed for many years in the Faulkner area.    On Jun...
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Lucille M. Noriega
WICHITA — Lucille M. Noriega, 83, of Wichita died on Saturday, May 26, 2012.  She was a former nurse and social worker.  Survivors include a son, Roger Noriega; three daughters, Rita Prahm and her husband, Michael, Emilie Palmer and Rosalie Jackson and her husband, Douglas; a sister, Lydia Ahumada; a brother-in-law, Sam Ramirez; a sister-in-law, Socorro Romero; nine grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; and an honorary daughter, Irene Flore...
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Charles T. Lawson
OSWEGO — Charles T. Lawson, 92, of Oswego died at 3 p.m. Saturday, May 26, 2012, at Oswego Hospital. He had been in failing health. Bath-Forbes-Hoffman Funeral Home of Chetopa will announce further obituary details and funeral arrangements later.
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Evelyn M. Reeves
Evelyn M. Reeves, 83, of Parsons died at 4:40 a.m. Sunday, May 27, 2012, at Elmhaven West nursing home in Parsons. She had been in failing health, but her death was unexpected. She was born on Aug. 7, 1928, at Wichita to Clarence and Anna (Gitt) Bonnett. She grew up in the Bronaugh and Nevada, Mo., area and attended schools there. She graduated from Bronaugh High School. She married Ernest Reeves on Dec. 3, 1949, at Nevada, Mo. He preceded her...
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Eleanor M. Carr
PITTSBURG — Eleanor M. Carr, 86, of Pittsburg died Thursday, May 24, 2012, at Via Christi Hospital in Pittsburg following an illness. She was born on May 8, 1926, in Parsons to Michael Timothy and Grace (Moore) Carr. She resided in the Pittsburg area for her early years and later moved to California following a career in nursing. She received nurse’s training at Fort Scott Community College and later received her masters in nursing degree at ...
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Helen L. Norris
ST. PAUL — Helen L. Norris, 90, of St. Paul died at 11:44 p.m. Friday, May 25, 2012, at Prairie Mission Retirement Village in St. Paul. She was born on Dec. 14, 1921, at Walnut to Thomas J. and Celia J. (Reeves) Marnell. She grew up and attended school there and graduated from Walnut High School. She then attended Parsons Junior College and Pittsburg State Teacher’s College. She taught in rural schools from 1940 to 1947. On Jan. 3, 1946, she m...
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Ola B. Kendrick
Ola B. Kendrick, 59, of Parsons died at 4:55 p.m. Tuesday, May 22, 2012, at Freeman West Hospital in Joplin. She was born on Jan. 21, 1953, in Oak Ridge, La., to Josh A. Sr. and Casseal (Ford) Kendrick. She grew up and attended school in Louisiana before moving with her family in the mid-1970s to Parsons, where she had lived since. Through the years, she worked in housekeeping at various nursing homes in the area. She was a member of Macedonia...
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Dorothy L. Slane
CHANUTE — Dorothy L. Slane, 92, of Chanute passed away on Friday, May 25, 2012, at Guest Home Estates II in Chanute. Dorothy was born on Jan. 14, 1920, in Frontenac to Emma Jane and Harry E. Smith. She grew up on a farm south of St. Paul on the Big Island. Growing up, everyone worked hard, long hours, and all of the area families helped each other with whatever needed to be done. Dorothy graduated from Parsons High School and attended Parsons ...
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Larry D. Ortgies
OTTUMWA, Iowa — Larry D. Ortgies, 62, of Ottumwa, Iowa, died at 12:18 a.m. Friday, May 25, 2012, at Ottumwa Regional Health Center. He was born on Sept. 24, 1949, in Columbus to Earle and Dorothy Browning Ortgies. He married Teri Diane Rexwinkle on July 11, 1970, in Parsons. Mr. Ortgies earned a bachelor of arts in business management and accounting from Pittsburg State University. He had worked for Wilson Foods in Oklahoma City then in Chero...
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Eleanor M. Carr
PITTSBURG — Eleanor M. Carr 86, of Pittsburg, formerly of Parsons, died Thursday, May 24, 2012, at Via Christi Hospital in Pittsburg following an illness. Bath Naylor Funeral Home of Pittsburg will announce further obituary details and funeral arrangements later.
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Kassia L. Seager
WICHITA — Kassia L. Seager, 33, of Wichita, formerly of Mound Valley, died Thursday, May 24, 2012, at her home.  Bath-Forbes-Hoffman Funeral Home in Altamont will announce complete obituary details and funeral arrangements later. Online condolences may be left at www.forbeshoffman.com.
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Ruth ‘Tuttie’ Wiggins
Ruth “Tuttie” Wiggins, 49, of Parsons died at 5:35 a.m. Thursday, May 24, 2012, at her home. She had been in failing health. She was born on Feb. 24, 1963, in Escondido, Calif., to James Bernard and Carol Joan (Knight) Wiggins. As a young girl, she moved with her family to Parsons, where she attended grade school at Washington Elementary School. She later moved back to California, where she attended junior high and high school.  In 1992, she r...
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Ruth ‘Tuttie’ Wiggins
Ruth “Tuttie” Wiggins, 49, of Parsons died at 5:35 a.m. Thursday, May 24, 2012, at her home. She had been in failing health. Forbes-Hoffman Funeral Home will announce complete obituary details and funeral arrangements later. Online condolences may be left at www.forbeshoffman.com.
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Evelyn Irene Roskob
IOLA — Evelyn Irene Roskob, 61, of Iola died Monday, May 21, 2012, at Iola Nursing Center. She was born Dec. 25, 1950, in Wichita to James and Clara Belle (McGinnis) Lewis. She grew up in Fredonia. Survivors include two daughters, Milissa Sanders of Triangle, Va., and Lisa Clawson of Iola; her mother, Clara Belle McGinnis of Triangle, Va.; two brothers, Bill Lewis of Fayetteville, N.C., and James Lewis Jr. of West Plains, Mo.; nine grandchildr...
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Ola B. Kendrick
Ola B. Kendrick, 59, of Parsons died at 4:55 p.m. Tuesday, May 22, 2012, at Freeman West Hospital in Joplin. The service will be at 1 p.m. May 31 at Forbes-Hoffman Funeral Home in Parsons. Burial will be in Oakwood Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 7 to 8 p.m. May 30 at the funeral home. Memorials are suggested to Macedonia Soul Winning Ministry and may be left at or mailed to the funeral home, P.O. Box 374, Parsons, 67357. The fu...
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