For more information, see the Dec. 9, 2009, issue of the Labette Avenue. To locate previously posted death notices, enter the decedent’s last name in the archive search box on Labette Avenue’s home page. Labette Avenue publishes death notices free of charge. Paid obituaries ($20) are printed in their entirety in the Labette Avenue and online at www.taylornews.org/lba.

Delpha Mae (Kennard) Reed

ALTAMONT—Delpha Mae (Kennard) Reed, 88, of Altamont, Kan., died at 4:12 p.m., Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2009, at Labette Health in Parsons.

A farewell service will be held at 2 p.m., Friday, Dec. 4, 2009, at the Altamont United Methodist Church. Burial will be in Mt. Pleasant Cemetery in Altamont. The family will receive friends from 7 to 8 p.m., Thursday, at Bath-Forbes-Hoffman Funeral Home in Altamont.

Memorials are suggested to the Altamont United Methodist Church. These may be left at or mailed to Bath-Forbes-Hoffman Funeral Home, P.O. Box 325, Altamont, KS 67330. Condolences and remembrances may be left at  www.forbeshoffman.com.

Delpha was born July 11, 1921, at Golden City, Mo., to William W. and Tirzah (Litle) Kennard. At the age of three, her family moved to Colorado where she grew up and attended schools and was a graduate of Granada High School. She enjoyed cooking, piecing quilts, sewing and caring for her children and grandchildren. She was known for her delicious pies.

On Aug. 27, 1938, she and Roland C. Reed were married in Lamar, Colo. They moved to the Altamont area in January 1940, where they have since resided. Her husband of 71 years survives of the home.

In addition to her husband, she is survived by two sons, Jerald Reed and wife Mary, Parsons; Larry Reed and wife Donna, Grove, Okla.; one daughter, Kay Wages and husband Terry, Topeka; and six grandchildren, Delvin Reed and wife Cheryl, Altamont; Kristine (Reed) Foussadier and husband Keith, Turnersville, NJ; Thad Wages and wife DiAnna, Austin, Texas; Brant Reed and wife Stacie, Springfield, Mo.; Kamille (Wages) Lamb and husband Jeremy, Topeka; Nicole (Reed) Dean and husband Charles, Oswego; 11 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren; one sister, Jean Page, Coushatta, La.; and five nieces and one nephew.

She was preceded in death by her parents; and two brothers, Omer and Chester Kennard.

Vicky Darlene McCosh

VINITA, Okla.—Vicky Darlene McCosh, 48, of Vinita, Okla., died Sunday, Nov. 22, 2009, in Vinita.

Graveside services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 5, at Oak Hill Cemetery in Chetopa.

Memorials are suggested to the American Heart Association or the American Cancer Society.  These may be left at or mailed to Bath-Forbes-Hoffman Funeral Home, P.O. Box 346, Chetopa, KS 67336.

June Elizabeth Allen

CHETOPA—June Elizabeth Allen, 79, died Sunday, Dec. 6, 2009, at Chetopa Manor in Chetopa.

A graveside service will be at 2 p.m., Wednesday, at McCune City Cemetery, McCune. Brenner Mortuary, Pittsburg, is in charge of arrangements.

Friends may also leave condolences online at www.brennermortuary.com.

Misty K. Waun

PARSONS—Misty K. Waun, 30, of Parsons, Kan., died Monday evening, Nov. 30, 2009, from injuries suffered in an automobile accident near McCune.

Funeral services will be at 10 a.m., Friday, at Forbes-Hoffman Funeral Home. Burial will be in Pleasant Hill Cemetery near Dennis. The family will receive friends from 7 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home.

Memorials are suggested to the Kaia Grace Waun Educational Fund. These may be left at or mailed to the funeral home, P.O. Box 374, Parsons, 67357.

Rev. Bobby  G. “Bob” Robison

PARSONS—Rev. Bobby G. “Bob” Robison, 77, of Parsons, Kan., died at his home at 10:55 p.m., Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2009.

Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m, Saturday, Dec. 5, at the Parsons Church of the Nazarene. Graveside committal services will be at 3 p.m., Saturday, at the Oaks Cemetery near Bella Vista, Ark. The family will receive friends at the Forbes-Hoffman Funeral Home in Parsons from 7 to 8 p.m., Friday.

Memorials are suggested to the Parsons Church of the Nazarene and these may be left at or mailed to the Forbes-Hoffman Funeral Home, 405 Main St., P.O. Box 374, Parsons, Kansas 67357.

Darrell E. Minor

JAY, Okla.—Darrell E. Minor, 54, of Jay, Okla., formerly of Oswego, Kan., died Sunday, Nov. 29, 2009.

A private burial was Monday at McKee Cemetery at Hallowell.

Worley-Luginbuel Funeral Home of Grove, Okla., helped with some arrangements.

Frederick H. “Rick” Sonntag

LIBERTY, Mo.—Frederick H. “Rick” Sonntag, Jr., 64, of Liberty, Missouri, and a former Parsons, Kan., resident, died Saturday, Nov. 28, 2009, at the West Valley Hospital in Goodyear, Arizona.

Funeral services will be at 2 p.m., Friday, at the Carson-Wall Funeral Home.  Burial will be in Oakwood Cemetery.

Memorials are suggested to Operation Bright Touch and may be left at or mailed to the funeral home P.O. Box 942, Parsons, KS 67357.  Online condolences may be left at www.wallfuneralservices.com.