Trinidad Richard “Trine” Ysusi, 91, of Humboldt died Friday, Jan. 30, 2026, at Heritage Health Care in Chanute. He was born Jan. 11, 1935, in Marquez, Texas, the son of Heriberto Ysusi and Catalina (Gutierrez)…

Kathryn Paulette Curry, age 80, La Cygne, Kansas, passed away Saturday, Jan. 31, 2026.  She was born Feb. 27, 1945, in Kansas City, Mo., the daughter of Rudolph George and Dorothy Trecel Burrous Obermeier.  She…

John Thomas “Tom” Higginbotham, 80, of Iola, Kansas, died Sunday, Feb. 2, 2026, at his home. He was born March 14, 1945, in Gas, Kansas, to Floyd and Myrtle (Adams) Higginbotham. Tom spent over 30…

Wallace Lee Hart passed away Friday, Jan. 30, 2026. He was born Nov. 15, 1928, in Sand Point, Idaho, to George W. Hart and Stella (Smith) Hart. He was preceded in death by his wife,…

Alvin Dean Wagner, age 66, passed away Friday, Jan. 23, 2026, in Albuquerque, N.M. Alvin was born March 30, 1959, at Allen County Hospital in Iola. He grew up on his family farm in Moran,…

Glenn Eldon Smith, 93, of Bel Aire, and formerly of Bronson, died Thursday, Jan. 22, 2026. He was born on Nov. 10, 1932, in Iola, to Raymond and Cora (Duzan) Smith. Glenn served in the…

Betty Jean Brownback, age 83, of Tonganoxie, Kan., passed away on Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026, after surgical complications. Betty Jean Brownback was born on Dec. 13, 1942, to Virl Harry Kimzey and Bertha May Patton…

Ruby Elizabeth Moore Davis died Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026, at the age of 111 in Shelbina, Mo. At the time of her death, she was the oldest living person in Missouri and the 24th oldest…

Betty Jean Brownback, age 83, of Tonganoxie, Kan., died Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026, after surgical complications. She was born Dec. 13, 1942 to Virl Harry Kimzey and Bertha May Patton in Moran, Kan.  In 1956,…

Dolores Marie Hoff, 78, died Monday, Jan. 19, 2026, at Medicalodges in Iola. Dolores was born on Aug. 6, 1947, to Herbert W. and Rose (Leiker) Hoff in Great Bend. Dolores moved to Iola in…