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Former Iolan Ken Bryan died Friday, July 29, 2022, in Eldon, Mo. Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 3, at Eldon Cemetery. He is survived by wife Donna Bryan and son Dylan…

Betty Suzann Owens, 74, Iola, died Wednesday, July 27, 2022, at Yates Center Health & Rehab. Betty was born June 22, 1948, in Iola, to Charles H. Wiedemann and Geraldine I. (Osborn) Wiedemann. She worked…

Diana R. Wilhite, 66, rural Emporia, passed away Monday, July 25, 2022 at the Saint Luke Hospice House, Kansas City, Mo., after a long battle with cancer. Diana R. Hawk was born in Iola on…

Charlotte Ruth Morrell, 88, Blue Mound, died Tuesday, July 26, 2022. She is survived by four children, Jack Morrell, Richard Morrell, Nancy Fonseca, and Micky Morrell.   Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday,…

Sau Fong “Judy” Wong, 96, passed away Friday, July 15, 2022, in Hong Kong. Sau Fong was born on Feb. 28, 1926 in Shanghai, China. She married the late Shu Wan Cheung in 1948, then…

Harold Keith (Snooks) Thornhill, 82, Iola, died Sunday, July 24, 2022, at Allen County Regional Hospital. Snooks was born Sept. 3, 1939, in Iola, to Russell C. Thornhill and Vina Thornhill.  Snooks and Barbara JoAnne…

Craig “Trooper” Cloud, 33, passed away Wednesday, July 20, 2022, at KU Medical Center in Kansas City. Craig was born July 28, 1988, to Rick Cloud and Ronna Howerton in Iola. He attended Iola High…

Graveside services for Brenda Fudge-Bailey will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Gas cemetery. She died Dec. 19, 2021, at the age of 61.

Arlene Virginia (Vance) Potter, 92 of Blanchard, Okla., died July 9, 2022, at her home. She lived in California, Iola and then Oklahoma. She worked in retail and volunteered at St. Timothy’s Episcopal Church. Her…

Mark A. Dozier, 59, of Paola, passed away Thursday, July 14, 2022, at Menorah Medical Center, Overland Park. Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday, July 21, at Paola Firehouse Gym, 202 E.…