Author: Derfelt Funeral Home

Richard D. Karsten, 77, of Baxter Springs, Ks, died peacefully at his home Friday, May 7. 2021, after an almost 3 year battle with cancer.

Mary Ruth Barnett of Baxter Springs, Kansas passed from this life on Wednesday May 5, 2021, she was 78.

Robert Eugene DeHart, age 71, passed away at 8:55 am, Friday, May 7, 2021 at St John’s Medical Center, Tulsa, OK following an illness.

Donald Gene Ruttgen, Jr., 62 of Oswego passed from this life on Thursday, May 6, 2021 at Labette Health, Parsons, KS.

Alice Lynn Bell, age 72 of Oswego, passed away at her home on April 27, 2021.

Betty Catherine Rogers, age 89, passed away at 10:25 am, Saturday, May 1, 2021 at Quaker Hill Manor, Baxter Springs, KS following an illness.

Peggy Jean Jenkins Kreiger passed away unexpectedly, about 7:55 p.m. Thursday, April 29, 2021, at her home in Crestline, Ks., at the age of 73 years, 4 months and 11 days.

Cheryl Ann Seeman, 59 of Baxter Springs, KS passed from this life on Saturday, May 1, 2021 at Freeman Hospital, Joplin, MO.

Bernice Gail Laurie, age 74, passed away at 10:54 pm, Thursday, April 29, 2021 at her home following an illness.

Lyllis Faye Watts, 74 of Oswego, Kansas passed from this life in the early morning of Wednesday, April 28, 2021 at her sister’s house in Joplin, MO with her family at her side.

Kaitlyn Nicole Kibel, 28 and Jordan DeWayne Kibel 10, of Quapaw, Oklahoma passed from this life on Friday, April 23, 2021 following a motor vehicle accident.

Kaitlyn Nicole Kibel, 28 and Jordan DeWayne Kibel 10, of Quapaw, Oklahoma passed from this life on Friday, April 23, 2021 following a motor vehicle accident.

Michael E. Durbin, age 71 of Galena passed away at 4:27 AM on Wednesday, April 28, 2021 at Mercy Hospital of Joplin, MO.

William Jay Dean “Jay” Rector, age 66, passed away at 12:55 pm, Monday, April 26, 2021 at the Galena Nursing and Rehab Center, Galena, KS following an illness.

Larry R Murdock, 52, of Waddy, Ky. died Sunday, April 4, 2021 in his home.

Raymond Lee Norvell, age 57 died suddenly Tuesday, April 6, 2021 at his home.

Timothy Allen Turnbough of Baxter Springs, Kansas passed from this life on April 17, 2021 at Quaker Hill Skilled Nursing, he was 54.

(Harold) Dean Auman, 81, of Baxter Springs, Kansas, passed away Monday, April 12, 2021.

Holland R. Ellis Galena, KS: Holland R. Ellis, age 67 of Rural Galena, passed away on Saturday, April 10, 2021 at Mercy Hospital in Joplin, MO.

Charles E. “Corky” Schwartz Galena, KS: Charles Ernest “Corky” Schwartz, age 82 of Galena passed away at 4:29 PM on Monday, April 12, 2021 at Mercy Hospital in Joplin, MO.

Ray Dean Bicknell, 82, of Arma, Kansas passed from this life suddenly on Tuesday, April 13, 2021 at his home.

Robert Charles Cassel was born February 14, 1954 in Kansas City, Missouri. He graduated from Shawnee Mission Northwest in 1972. He graduated from Johnson County Community College in 1975, with an Associate of Arts Degree.

Ervin Aaron Dill, age 94, earned his Victory, entering the presence of Jesus at 12:14 am, Thursday, April 8, 2021, at a family home following a short illness.

Garrett (Gary) R Haddock, age 74 of Columbus, KS., passed away at 5:30 am on Monday, April 5, 2021 at Good Samaritan Facility in Hospice care in Olathe, KS.