Benton High Kansas Alumni Obituaries

Charles E. "Chuck" Stewart 79 of St. Joseph Missouri went home to be with his Heavenly Father and Savior Jesus Christ Sunday January 4 2026 in St. Joseph Missouri surrounded by the love and prayers of family and friends. He was born October 10 1946 in Kansas City Missouri son of the late Bonnie Alex...

John Doyle Vannaman 79 of St. Joseph Missouri passed away Wednesday January 28 2026 at Providence Medical Center in Kansas City KS. He was born December 22 1946 in St. Joseph son of Betty and Doyle Vannaman. John attended Benton High School. Following high school he enlisted in the U.S. Navy. On Apr...

Brenda Gene Bennett 69 of Highland Kansas formerly of St. Joseph passed away on Tuesday December 16 2025 at her home in Highland KS. Born on October 13 1956 in St. Joseph the daughter of Martha and Clinton Burns. Brenda graduated from Benton High School. She was married to Ronnie Bennett in St. Jose...

Helen F. Mantonya age 86 of Deepwater Missouri passed away Wednesday January 28 2026 at St. John Hospital in Leavenworth Kansas. Helen was born March 12 1939 in Benton County Missouri the daughter of Edmund and Sallie Stadler Gaylord. A deep woman of faith her salvation came at the early age of thir...

Mary Ann Nichols passed away peacefully at home with her Grand Daughter AnnMarie by her side in Mission Kansas on January 2nd 2026. She was born in Kansas City Missouri on January 31st 1947 to Ray and Marie McPheeters Cox. After graduating from Westport High School she attended Rockhurst College and...

Larry A. Brown, 58, of Eldorado, IL, passed away on November 19, 2025 in Harrisburg, IL.Larry was born in Eldorado, IL on September 13, 1967 to the late Roy Michael and Donna Sue (Williams) Brown. Larry was a graduate of Galatia High School class of 1985 and SIC College. He was a former Deacon of ...

Arthur Jacob Heimsoth 87 of Cole Camp passed away Wednesday February 4 2026 at his home Cole Camp. He was born on November 4 1938 in Cole Camp Missouri a son of Elmer and Laura Brunjes Heimsoth. Arthur grew up on a dairy farm northeast of Cole Camp and first attended Lake Creek School and then atten...

Virginia Louise Della Vedova age 84 passed away peacefully on December 6 2025 at Westview Care Center in Indianola Iowa. Born in Lockman Iowa on October 2 1941 to Dominic and Catherine Scala Virginia lived her life with the love and laughter of family and friends. A graduate of Albia High School Vir...

Rev. James Harold Cottle Sr. 92 of Benton passed away Tuesday December 23 2025 at the Deaconess Hospital in Marion IL. Mr. Cottle was born in Kenbridge Virginia on June 8 1933 the son of William Harvey Garnett McGinnis Cottle. He married Beatrice Sharpton on June 11 1955 in Cullman Alabama in her m...

Marianne Rhoades Pittman age 94 of Dublin Ohio passed away on March 15 2025 in her home. She was born on July 12 1930 to Paul and Orpha Benton Rhoades the youngest of four children. On her fridge was the Hunter S. Thompson quote Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safel...

Ramah Yvonne Lulie Henderson Shinn age 86 of Gepp Arkansas formerly of rural Wisdom Missouri passed away Tuesday January 27 2026 at her home. She was born February 18 1939 in Benton County Missouri the daughter of Homer C. and Ramah Breshears Henderson. When she was 11 years old Yvonne was convicted...

Donald Hatch, of Archie, Missouri, passed away on his 71st birthday, September 21, 2025, at the University of Kansas Hospital, Paola Campus, following a recent hospitalization with pancreatitis. A visitation will be held from 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm Saturday, Septpember 27, 2025 at Mullinax Funeral Home,...

She was born on August 17 1935 in Caney Kansas to Paul and Gertrude Richey. She grew up in Houston and graduated from Jeff Davis High School where she met the love of her life Milton Benton Halfin Jr. Wauneta wore many hats throughout her remarkable life. She was a devoted mother of five a dedicated...

Virginia Evelyn Perkins 87 of Sedalia passed away Thursday September 25 2025 at her home. She was born on October 5 1937 in Benton County Missouri a daughter of James H. and Emma E. Robinson Allen. On March 4 1957 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Sedalia she was united in marriage to Robert Leonar...

Marvel J. Mars Wininger age 83 of Edwards Missouri passed away Wednesday January 7 2026 at Bothwell Regional Hospital in Sedalia Missouri. She was born February 12 1942 in Wichita Kansas the daughter of Ernest and Evelyn Miller Kingry. Mars grew up in Wichita where she graduated from high school. Sh...