{"id":6344,"date":"2026-01-30T16:48:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-30T22:48:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.coffeycountyonline.com\/?p=6344"},"modified":"2026-02-04T16:54:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T22:54:09","slug":"2025-obituaries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.coffeycountyonline.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/30\/2025-obituaries\/","title":{"rendered":"2025 Obituaries"},"content":{"rendered":"

Obituary Archive<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n

Linked pdfs available to subscribers<\/span>.<\/p>\n

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2025 Obituaries<\/h2>\n
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December 25, 2025<\/strong><\/span>
\n<\/span>Carl Otto, 99, LeRoy – <\/span>Read obituary<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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December 18, 2025<\/strong><\/span>
\n<\/span>Lyle Fischer, 73, LeRoy – <\/span>Read obituary<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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December 11, 2025<\/strong><\/span>
\nShellie Bauer, 59, Erie – <\/span>Read obituary<\/a><\/span>
\n<\/span>Eddie Crotts, 83, LeRoy – <\/span>Read obituary<\/a><\/span>
\n<\/span>April Grames 50, Burlington – <\/span>Read obituary<\/a><\/span>
\n<\/span>Donald Johnson, 85, Burlington – <\/span>Read obituary<\/a><\/span>
\n<\/span>Carl Otto, 99, LeRoy – <\/span>Read obituary<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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December 4, 2025<\/strong><\/span>
\n<\/span>Danny Huntsman, 71, Waverly – <\/span>Read obituary<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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November 27, 2025<\/strong><\/span>
\nLois Hetrick, 96, Westphalia – <\/span>Read obituary<\/a><\/span>
\n<\/span>Retha Hunter, 91, Hartford – <\/span>Read obituary<\/a><\/span>
\n<\/span>Gerald Laws, 79, Hartford – <\/span>Read obituary<\/a><\/span>
\n<\/span>Don Ulrich, 78, Burlington – <\/span>Read obituary<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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November 20, 2025<\/strong>
\nNo Obituaries today.<\/span><\/p>\n

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November 13, 2025<\/strong><\/span>
\n<\/span>Sharon Beougher, 82, Burlington – <\/span>Read obituary<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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November 6, 2025<\/strong><\/span>
\n<\/span>Doris Hutchinson, 89, Topeka – <\/span>Read obituary<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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October 30, 2025<\/strong><\/span>
\nTerry Anderson, 52, Burlington – <\/span>Read obituary<\/a><\/span>
\n<\/span>Terry Cox, 68, Burlington – <\/span>Read obituary<\/a><\/span>
\n<\/span>Raymond Klaus, 85, LeRoy – <\/span>Read obituary<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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October 23, 2025<\/strong><\/span>
\n<\/span>Wanda Broden, 62, Waverly – <\/span>Read obituary<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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October 16, 2025<\/strong><\/span>
\n<\/span>Bob Harred, 79, Melvern – <\/span>Read obituary<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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October 9, 2025<\/strong><\/span>
\nTeresa Newkirk, 74, Osawatomie – <\/span>Read obituary<\/a><\/span>
\n<\/span>Ray Whipple, 88, Ness City, Kan. – <\/span>Read obituary<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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October 2, 2025<\/strong><\/span>
\nPaul Austin, 90, Kansas City, Mo. – <\/span>Read obituary<\/a><\/span>
\nPamela Clarkson, 50, Waverly – <\/span>Read obituary<\/a><\/span>
\nLydia Crooks, 82, Waverly – <\/span>Read obituary<\/a><\/span>
\nKaren Massingill, 48, Burlington – <\/span>Read obituary<\/a>
\n<\/span>Chalmers Smith, 84, Topeka – <\/span>Read obituary<\/a><\/span>
\n<\/span>Wilma Williams, 93, Burlington – <\/span>Read obituary<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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September 25, 2025<\/strong><\/span>
\nEverett Clason, 81, Bonner Springs – <\/span>Read obituary<\/a><\/span>
\n<\/span>Dorothy Wyrick, 80, Waverly – <\/span>Read obituary<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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September 18, 2025<\/strong><\/span>
\nGlenn Hodges, 90, Emporia – <\/span>Read obituary<\/a><\/span>
\nSheilah Longhofer, 84, St. Charles, Mo. – <\/span>Read obituary<\/a><\/span>
\n<\/span>Danny Turner, 76, Burlington – <\/span>Read obituary<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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September 11, 2025<\/strong><\/span>
\nJerry Fann, 81, Waverly – <\/span>Read obituary<\/a><\/span>
\n<\/span>Jim Oehlert, 79, Burlington – <\/span>Read obituary<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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September 4, 2025<\/strong><\/span>
\nDonna Bottomley, 74, Burlington – <\/span>Read obituary<\/a><\/span>
\nCalvin Brodman, 102, Yates Center – <\/span>Read obituary<\/a><\/span>
\nGary Parker, 89, Medicine Lodge – <\/span>Read obituary<\/a><\/span>
\nWayne Steffens, 88, Burlington – <\/span>Read obituary<\/a><\/span>
\n<\/span>Jack Terrell, 83, Andover – <\/span>Read obituary<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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August 28, 2025<\/strong><\/span>
\nTerri Kay Andrews, 44, Waverly – <\/span>Read obituary<\/a><\/span>
\nCharlene Gandy, 84, Evergreen, Colo. – <\/span>Read obituary<\/a><\/span>
\nMartin Harscch, 83, Lyndon – <\/span>Read obituary<\/a><\/span>
\nLon Nelson, 89, Green Valley, Ariz. – <\/span>Read obituary<\/a><\/span>
\nValeta Parmley, 87, LeRoy – <\/span>Read obituary<\/a><\/span>
\n<\/span>Alice Potts, 81, Salina – <\/span>Read obituary<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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August 21, 2025<\/strong><\/span>
\nJames Austin, 66, Winston-Salem, N.C. – <\/span>Read obituary<\/a><\/span>
\nJudith Kay Bryan, 83, Burlington – <\/span>Read obituary<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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August 14, 2025<\/strong><\/span>
\nAudra Hughes, 88, Burlington – <\/span>Read obituary<\/a><\/span>
\nJudy Paxson, 82, Burlington – <\/span>Read obituary<\/a><\/span>
\nLaVerne Smith, 88, Burlington – <\/span>Read obituary<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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August 7, 2025<\/strong><\/span>
\nMarge Gannaway, 82, Stockton, Mo. – <\/span>Read obituary<\/a><\/span>
\n<\/span>Nina Urton, 87, Waverly – <\/span>Read obituary<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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July 31, 2025<\/strong><\/span>
\n<\/span>Mary Frances Massingill, 70, Burlington – <\/span>Read obituary<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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July 24, 2025<\/strong><\/span>
\nDr. John Atkin III, 90, Yates Center – <\/span>Read obituary<\/a><\/span>
\n<\/span>Ricky Combes, 66, Carbondale – <\/span>Read obituary<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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July 17, 2025<\/strong><\/span>
\nPatty Pegram, 85, Waverly – <\/span>Read obituary<\/a><\/span>
\n<\/span>Charles Raaf, 87, Wichita – <\/span>Read obituary<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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July 10, 2025<\/strong><\/span>
\nCarol Mechnig, 87, Westphalia – <\/span>Read obituary<\/a><\/span>
\n<\/span>Mary Alice Smith, 82, Topeka – <\/span>Read obituary<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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July 3, 2025<\/strong><\/span>
\nDoug Jones, 46, Rabun County, Ga. – <\/span>Read obituary<\/a><\/span>
\nKaren Kaufman, 84, Burlington – <\/span>Read obituary<\/a><\/span>
\nLouis Madden, 27, Waverly – <\/span>Read obituary<\/a><\/span>
\n<\/span>Mary Alice Smith, 82, Topeka – <\/span>Read obituary<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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June 26, 2025<\/strong><\/span>
\nKaren Kaufman, 84, Burlington – <\/span>Read obituary<\/a><\/span>
\nLaRita Peterson, 83, Phillipsburg – <\/span>Read obituary<\/a><\/span>
\n<\/span>Betty Schofield, 94, Burlington – <\/span>Read obituary<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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June 19, 2025<\/strong><\/span>
\nCarl Findley, 68, Wichita – <\/span>Read obituary<\/a><\/span>
\n<\/span>Mike Hill, 77, Lutz, Fla. – <\/span>Read obituary<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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June 12, 2025<\/strong><\/span>
\n<\/span>Gail Harvey, 75, LeRoy – <\/span>Read obituary<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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June 5, 2025<\/strong><\/span>
\n<\/span>Kenny Woods, 74, Jacobs Creek – <\/span>Read obituary<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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May 29, 2025<\/strong><\/span>
\nMaggie Knight, 80, Waverly – <\/span>Read obituary<\/a><\/span>
\nBill Lockhart, 85, Burlington – <\/span>Read obituary<\/a><\/span>
\n<\/span>Helen Wallace, 96, Lebo – <\/span>Read obituary<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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May 22, 2025<\/strong><\/span>
\nWilliam Kneisly, 90, Burlington – <\/span>Read obituary<\/a><\/span>
\nDarlene Smith, 89, Westphalia – <\/span>Read obituary<\/a><\/span>
\n<\/span>Bertha Williams, 95, Topeka – <\/span>Read obituary<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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May 15, 2025<\/strong><\/span>
\nGene Eccles, 75, Waverly – <\/span>Read obituary<\/a><\/span>
\nCasey Freeman, 49, Clinton, Mo. – <\/span>Read obituary<\/a><\/span>
\nMartha Hatch, 86, Topeka – <\/span>Read obituary<\/a><\/span>
\n<\/span>Annette Ratzlaff, 83, Hartford – <\/span>Read obituary<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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May 8, 2025<\/strong><\/span>
\nReta Hampton, 91, Emporia – <\/span>Read obituary<\/a><\/span>
\nKarla Jordan, 60, Lebo – <\/span>Read obituary<\/a><\/span>
\n<\/span>Daryl Knight, 94, Lebo – <\/span>Read obituary<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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May 1, 2025<\/strong><\/span>
\nPaul Brogan, 73, Gridley – <\/span>Read obituary<\/a><\/span>
\n<\/span>Irma Griffin, 98, Scranton – <\/span>Read obituary<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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April 24, 2025<\/strong><\/span>
\nJill Brozek, 54, Hartford – <\/span>Read obituary<\/a><\/span>
\nGeorge Harris Sr., 84, Burlington – <\/span>Read obituary<\/a><\/span>
\n<\/span>Forrest Robrahn, 93, Burlington – <\/span>Read obituary<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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April 17, 2025<\/strong>
\nNo Obituaries today.<\/span><\/p>\n

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April 10, 2025<\/strong><\/span>
\n<\/span>Eileen Coker, 81, Burlington – <\/span>Read obituary<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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April 3, 2025<\/strong><\/span>
\nJohnny Akers, 70, Burlington – <\/span>Read obituary<\/a><\/span>
\nGene Chrisman, 84, Topeka – <\/span>Read obituary<\/a><\/span>
\nSamantha Sharon, 54, Smithville, Texas – <\/span>Read obituary<\/a><\/span>
\n<\/span>Dennis Sherman, 76, New Strawn – <\/span>Read obituary<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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March 27, 2025<\/strong><\/span>
\n<\/span>Pat Brush, 82, Bella Vista, Ark. – <\/span>Read obituary<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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March 20, 2025<\/strong><\/span>
\nStephen Austin, 77, Burlington – <\/span>Read obituary<\/a><\/span>
\nEdward Hoyt, 75, Burlington – <\/span>Read obituary<\/a><\/span>
\nLyle Sherwood, 58, Burlington – <\/span>Read obituary<\/a><\/span>
\nNancy Thompson, 89, Burlington – <\/span>Read obituary<\/a><\/span>
\n<\/span>Charles True, 90, Burlington – <\/span>Read obituary<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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March 13, 2025<\/strong><\/span>
\nStephen Austin, 77, Burlington – <\/span>Read obituary<\/a><\/span>
\nJoan Freeman, 93, LeRoy – <\/span>Read obituary<\/a><\/span>
\n<\/span>Larry Jewett, 85, Burlington – <\/span>Read obituary<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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March 6, 2025<\/strong><\/span>
\nSandy Gohlson, 48, New Strawn – <\/span>Read obituary<\/a><\/span>
\n<\/span>Carol McCarty, 78, Topeka – <\/span>Read obituary<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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February 27, 2025<\/strong><\/span>
\nSusan Everett, 78, Gridley – <\/span>Read obituary<\/a><\/span>
\nBob Mitchell, 86, New Strawn – <\/span>Read obituary<\/a><\/span>
\nJan Naylor, 78, Leawood – <\/span>Read obituary<\/a><\/span>
\n<\/span>Mary Margaret Smith, 99, Derby – <\/span>Read obituary<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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February 20, 2025<\/strong>
\nNo Obituaries today.<\/span><\/p>\n

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February 13, 2025<\/strong><\/span>
\nJoanne Beard, 94, LeRoy – <\/span>Read obituary<\/a><\/span>
\nTim Burger, 65, Westphalia – <\/span>Read obituary<\/a><\/span>
\nEvelyn Ernst, 74, Burlington – <\/span>Read obituary<\/a><\/span>
\nDylan Lomon, 21, Burlington – <\/span>Read obituary<\/a><\/span>
\n<\/span>Daryl Patterson, 74, Melvern – <\/span>Read obituary<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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February 6, 2025<\/strong><\/span>
\nElsie Mozingo, 90, Gridley – <\/span>Read obituary<\/a><\/span>
\n<\/span>Evelyn Ernst, 74, Burlington – <\/span>Read obituary<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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January 30, 2025<\/strong><\/span>
\nJeffery Johnson, 44, Azel, Texas – <\/span>Read obituary<\/a><\/span>
\nJane Walker, 87, LeRoy – <\/span>Read obituary<\/a><\/span>
\n<\/span>Lois Walsh, 71, Kansas City, Mo. – <\/span>Read obituary<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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January 23, 2025<\/strong><\/span>
\nLucille Brown, 102, Burlington – <\/span>Read obituary<\/a><\/span>
\nBev Smith, 86, Burlington – <\/span>Read obituary<\/a><\/span>
\n<\/span>Gary White, 81, Waverly – <\/span>Read obituary<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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January 16, 2025<\/strong><\/span>
\nDiane Bitler, 73, Burlington – <\/span>Read obituary<\/a><\/span>
\nAlice Chambers, 95, Burlington – <\/span>Read obituary<\/a><\/span>
\nGeorge Hayes, 77, Aliceville – <\/span>Read obituary<\/a><\/span>
\nSylvia Robrahn, 89, Burlington – <\/span>Read obituary<\/a><\/span>
\nElizabeth Sanders, 83, Burlington – <\/span>Read obituary<\/a><\/span>
\nBev Smith, 86, Burlington – <\/span>Read obituary<\/a><\/span>
\n<\/span>Lena Wyrick, 97, Waverly – <\/span>Read obituary<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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January 9, 2025<\/strong><\/span>
\nArthur Lake, 88, Aliceville – <\/span>Read obituary<\/a><\/span>
\n<\/span>Dave VanHorn, 53, LeRoy – <\/span>Read obituary<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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January 2, 2025<\/strong>
\nNo Obituaries today.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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