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Mark Dean Weeks, age 58, formerly of Iola died Monday, May 27, 2019, at Kansas City Hospice House in Kansas City, Mo. He was born  Feb. 9, 1961, in Wichita, to Lloyd D. and Anita…

Leon David Hay, age 74, of LaHarpe, passed away Saturday, Aug. 3, 2019, at Diversicare in Chanute. Leon was born on May 20, 1945, in Iola, to James B. Hay and Florence L. (Morrison) Hay.…

Ada Baeten, 92, died on Saturday, Aug. 3, 2019. She was born on Aug. 29, 1926, to George “Eddie” and Ruby (Adams) Frederick. She married Kenneth Baeten on June 7, 1955. He preceded her in…

Douglas Eugene Roberts, age 75, of Richmond, died on Saturday, Aug. 3, 2019, at his home. He was born on Oct. 25, 1943, to Herbert Joseph and Nancy Pauline (Nelson) Roberts at Kansas City, Mo.…

Dale Swift, age 60, of Colony, died Sunday, Aug. 4, 2019, at the University Of Kansas Hospital, Kansas City, Kan. He was born in Iola on Aug. 1, 1959,  to Robert Elmer Swift and Charlotte…

Edith Thohoff Vail, age 90, of Iola, passed away on Wednesday, July 31, 2019, at Windsor Place in Iola. Edith was the youngest of three children born to Iver and Edith (Moore) Fowler. She was…

LuCeil Mae Wright, age 86, formerly of Humboldt, passed away on Tuesday, July 30, 2019, in Shawnee. She was born on Sept. 8, 1932, in Braymen, Okla., the daughter of Fred and Lola (Bechtel) Awalt. …

Jeffery Len Nowell, age 45, of Iola, died at his residence on Friday, July 23, 2019. He was born Jan. 29, 1974, in Clinton, Mo., to LeRoy Nowell and Katherine L. (Kimberlin) Gibson. He married…

Edith Thohoff Vail, age 90, Iola, passed away on Wednesday, July 31, 2019, at Windsor Place, Iola. Edith is survived by her husband, Claude Vail, of the home; and daughter, Evelyn Ann Thohoff, Iola. A…

Dorothy H. (Jones) Sherwood spent more than half of her life caring for others. On Sunday, July 28, 2019, Dorothy was called home to be with our Lord. She was 68 years old, Dorothy was…