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Pat Lonergan, 81, died Monday, Oct. 14, 2024, at his Gardner home. He was born Lee Patrick Lonergan on May 3, 1943, in Leavenworth, Kan., the son of Michael Roth and Jean Olive (Aaron) Lonergan…

Mark R. Spencer, age 61, Welda, Kan., died from pancreatic cancer on Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2024. He was born Oct. 18, 1962, in Iola to Clifford and Patty (Walden) Spencer. He graduated from Crest High…

Debra Jean “DJ” Ballagh, 66, of Iola, passed away Saturday, Oct. 5, 2024, at Richmond Healthcare & Rehabilitation, Richmond, Kansas. DJ was born June 8, 1958, in Ft. Carson, Colo., the daughter of Leo Paul…

Memorial services for Joan Elizabeth Audley, 76, Iola, will be at 10 a.m., Thursday, Oct. 17, 2024, at Midpoint Baptist Church, 3965 U.S. 54, Moran. She died Monday, Oct. 14, 2024, at her home surrounded…

Betty Sue Whitaker, age 81, Humboldt, passed away Saturday, Oct. 12, 2024. She was born Dec. 17, 1942, to Raymond Dewey and Ida Angeline (Frye) Clements. Betty Sue was preceded in death by her husband,…

David L. Haar, of Maineville, Ohio, formerly of Iola, Kan., passed on Oct. 6, 2024, at 82 years of age. He was a devoted husband to his wife Kathy for 57 years and father of…

Marie “Christine” Garrison, age 90, passed away Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2024, at Shawnee Parc Acute and Rehabilitation Center in Overland Park, Kan. Christine was born Dec. 19, 1933, on her family’s farm in Bayard, Kan.,…

Roberta Lynn (Mingucci) Aubuchon, age 74, passed away Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2024 at her home in Kincaid, Kan. Roberta was born June 18, 1950, to Arthur and Bertha Mingucci. She was a loving sister to…

Jim Baxter Frye, age 86, of Yates Center, Kansas, passed away on Friday, Oct. 4, 2024, at St. Francis Hospital in Topeka. Jim was born on April 19, 1938, in Marion, Indiana, to Marvin Frye…

George C. Murphy, born Nov. 13, 1927, passed away peacefully on Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024, at his daughter’s home in Bucyrus. He was the son of George Cornelius Murphy and Edith (Walden) Murphy. He had…