David J. “Cookie” Cook, Jr., 60, of Parsons, passed away at 9:44 p.m., Monday, March 30, 2020, at Labette Health in Parsons.

Wilma June Nance (June) 93, of Kansas City passed away from natural causes at approximately 8:15 Am Saturday March 28, 2020, at Wexford Assisted Living in Kansas City Missouri. She was a resident there since June 2014 after moving from Parsons to stay close to immediate family.

John M. Noltensmeyer, 74, of Parsons, died Thursday afternoon at his home.

Edith Stella (Wirz) Roberts, 91, of Parsons, passed away at 12:45 p.m., Wednesday, March 25, 2020, at the Good Samaritan Society.

Shania Marie Lewis, 23, of Galesburg, died at 8:46 p.m., Thursday, March 19, 2020 at her home. Death was unexpected.

Charlie A. Olson, 90, of Parsons and beloved longtime owner and operator of Olson’s Ace Hardware, passed away at 9 p.m., Saturday, March 21, 2020, at the Elmhaven Nursing Home in Parsons.

Audra Rush, 32, of Erie, a pre-school teacher at Erie Elementary School, died Sunday morning at her home. Death was unexpected.

Johnny (John) L. Phelps, of Parsons, KS, passed away unexpectedly at 11:04 A.M., Thursday, March 5, 2020, at Labette Health, Parsons.

Elizabeth “Liz” Colleen Munding, 51, of Parsons, died at 8:55 P.M., Monday, March 2, 2020, at Labette Health.

Dwayne Julian Steinle, 88 of Parsons passed away at 1:55 A.M., Thursday, February 27, 2020, at the Parsons Good Samaritan Center after a brief illness.

David L. Askins, 61, of Girard, died at 11:35 a.m., Monday, February 17, 2020, in the Ascension Via Christi Hospital in Pittsburg. David was born July 26, 1958, in Wichita, the son of Cleo and Esther (Hudson) Askins.

Caroline “Kay” Michael, 79, of Girard, died at 10:00 a.m., Monday, February 17, 2020 in the Ascension Via Christi Hospital in Pittsburg. Caroline was born January 24, 1941 in Goodland, Kansas, the daughter of Charles and Eva Marie (Sponsel) Harbold.

James “Jim” Wesley Clemens, 75, of Parsons, died at 3:15 P.M., Thursday, February 13, 2020, at the Presbyterian Manor.

Jack E. Shue, 73, of Clinton, Missouri and a former Erie resident, passed away at 10:30 a.m., Thursday, February 13, 2020, at the Kansas City Veterans Administration Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri.

Thomas Clinton Trammell, 51, of Winfield, Kansas, formerly Girard, died at 4:10 p.m., Wednesday, February 12, 2020, at the Ascension Via Christi Hospital in Pittsburg.

Bobby D. Ford, 83, of Parsons, died at 7:41 A.M., Wednesday, February 12, 2020, at Labette Health.

Carla June Diediker, 74, of Parsons, died at 12:34 P.M., Tuesday, February 11, 2020 at Mercy Hospital in Joplin.

Geta F. Markley, 88, a longtime Dennis resident, passed away at 3:40 a.m., Monday, February 10, 2020, at Labette Health in Parsons.

Charles Leroy Snow, 79, of Girard, died at 3:58 a.m., Saturday, February 8, 2020 at Barnes Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri.

Donald L. Dean, 93, of Parsons, died at 8:54 a.m., Thursday, February 6, 2020, in the emergency room of Labette Health.

J. B. Smith, 70, of St. Paul, died at 10:25 a.m, Friday, February 7, 2020 at the Prairie Mission Retirement Village in St. Paul.

James Sylvester O’Toole, 77, of Greenbush, entered into eternal rest on February 5, 2020 at his home surrounded by family.

John D. “J.D.” Brader, 88, rural Parsons, died at 12:29 p.m., Sunday, February 2, 2020, at Freeman West Hospital in Joplin.

Marjorie L. Alspaugh, 76, of Parsons, died at 7:09 A.M., Sunday, February 02, 2020, at the Via Christi Hospital in Pittsburg.