Jason Shapel, 37, Iola, died Saturday, July 21, 2012.
Jason was born Jan. 14, 1975, at Fort Scott, the son of John Howard and Elaine (Deer) Shapel. He has resided in the Iola area since he was 10.
On April 22, 2006, Jason married Michelle C. Shrum in Piqua, and they made their home in Iola.
He was a member of the Iola Elks.
His wife survives, as do two children, Courtney Greer, Humboldt, and Rook William Shapel of the home; his mother, Elaine Gibbons, Chanute; four siblings, Mike Shapel, Humboldt, Lori Stewart and her husband, Brian, Bronson, Sara Gibbons, Fort Scott, and Jessica Gibbons, Chanute; five nieces and five nephews.
He was preceded in death by an infant son, Rowdy Chancelor Shapel, and his father.
Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Waugh-Yokum & Friskel Chapel in Iola. Burial will follow at Le Roy Cemetery.
The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home.
Memorials to the Jason Shapel Memorial Fund may be left with the funeral home.
Online condolences for the family may be left at www.iolafuneral.com.
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