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Geraldine Bain of Iola died Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2017, in Eureka. Funeral services will begin at 9 a.m. Saturday at Iola’s First Presbyterian Church.

Lila M. Curry, 84, Kincaid, died Monday, Jan. 23, 2017, at St. Luke’s Hospital on the Plaza.Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at the Kincaid-Selma United Methodist Church in Kincaid, with burial to…

Fannie Sue Whitworth, El Dorado, Ark., passed away peacefully at the age of 94 at Windsor Place in Iola. She was born Oct. 16, 1922 in Texarkana, Texas, the daughter of Lawrence Lee and Mary…

Donald Eugene Whitcomb, 79, Centerville, died Friday, Jan. 20, 2017, at Residential Living Center, Garnett.The family will greet friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Feuerborn Family Funeral…

Katheleen Hufferd, 88, Chanute, passed away Friday, Jan. 20, 2017 at her home surrounded by her daughters.Katheleen was born July 15, 1928, in rural Westphalia, to George and Katie (Latimer) Watson as the sixth of…

Allen R. Baker, 72, Muskogee, Okla.,, died Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2017, at the Springs in Muskogee.He was born March 21, 1944, in Iola, to Merrill W. and Louise Ruth Baker. He grew up in Iola…

Lucretia Cowan Callahan, 55, Iola, formerly of Sallisaw, Okla., died Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2017, in Iola.  She was born April 1, 1961, in Sallisaw, the daughter of Clara Maier Cowan and A.M. Walter Cowan. She…

Lelia G. “Granny” Damron, 75, Garnett, passed away peacefully on Friday, Jan. 20, 2017, at her home in Garnett.She was born Dec. 23, 1941, in Iola. Lelia was the third of seven children born to…

Katheleen Hufferd of Chanute died Friday, Jan. 20, 2017, at her home. Visitation is scheduled from 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday at Feuerborn Family Funeral Service in Iola. Graveside services will be at 2 p.m.…

Margaret E. Hess, 78, Butler, Mo., passed away Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2017, at her home. Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10 a.m. Monday at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in Butler. A Rosary will…