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Cathy Ann Rowe, age 61, passed away Wednesday, Feb., 23, 2022, in Nixa, Mo. Cathy was born to David and Carol Rowe in 1961. She attended Iola High School and graduated with the Class of…

Jaime Lynn Ellis, age 45, passed away Monday, March 14, 2022.  Jaime was born Feb. 25, 1977, in Cumberland County, N.C., to Susan Lynn Sherrill and James A. Glaze Jr. She graduated from Iola High…

Harry (Doug) Shay died on Thursday, March 17, 2022, at the Kansas City Hospice House peacefully and surrounded by loved ones at the age of 69. He was born in Topeka on Aug. 6, 1952. …

Loren Mitchell, age 84, died Monday, March 14, 2022, at Allen County Regional Hospital in Iola.  He was born May 30, 1937, to Elvyn and Anna (Daniels) Mitchell, in Independence.  He married Marvilla (Zeigler) Mitchell…

Evelyn Louise Wade, 92, of Olathe, formerly of Iola, went home to Heaven on March 9, 2022. A funeral service will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday, March 16, 2022 at the New Life Baptist Church,…

Former Moran Manor administrator Jeanette Oberzan, 73, died Friday, Dec. 31, in Iola. She was born Oct. 30, 1948, in Joplin to Donald R. and Dorothy J. (Powell) Graham. She is survived by her son,…

Jerry L. Griffith of Lawrence passed away on Tuesday, March 8, 2022.  He was born on July 8, 1919, in Collinsville, Okla., to John A. Griffith and Elizabeth Driskell Griffith.  He was preceded in death…

Bonnie Dorene Jordan, 82, of Iola passed away on Friday, March 4, 2022, at St. Luke’s Hospital in Kansas City, Mo. Bonnie was born on March 2, 1940, in Texas. Bonnie mostly grew up in…

Jerry Joe Ranes, 84, lifelong resident of Le Roy, passed away early Friday, March 4, 2022, at the Life Care Center in Burlington. Jerry was born July 11, 1937, in Iola, the son of Homer…

Kenny Scheibmeir, 62, died Sunday, March 6, 2022, at his home in Yates Center.  Kenny was born June 12, 1959, to Lloyd F. and Pearl M. (Henry) Scheibmeir in Iola. Kenny is preceded in death…