Dr. Bruce Duane Mentzer, Lt. Cmdr., USN Ret., died unexpectedly on Thursday, Dec. 8, 2016, at Union Hospital Emergency Room in Terre Haute, Ind., at the age of 57. Dr. Mentzer is survived by his…

Naida Ardell House, 88, Iola, passed away peacefully from heart failure on Sunday, Dec. 11, 2016, at Greystone Residential Home in Iola.Naida was born on Jan. 16, 1928, in Michigan City, Ind., the only child…

Mary Lou Mahan, 86, passed away Saturday, Dec. 17, 2016, at Emporia Presbyterian Manor.Mary Lou Beal was born July 10, 1930 in rural LaHarpe, the daughter of Owen and Mabel Tennant (Robenstein) Beal. She graduated…

Lyndell Gordon Mosley, formerly of Humboldt, departed this life on Saturday, Dec. 17, 2016, at home in Midway, Ark., surrounded by his loving family. He was born April 16, 1931, in Logan County, Ellsworth Township,…

Evelyn Tait, 78, Chanute, passed away Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2016, in Chanute. Evelyn was born on July 6, 1938 in Westphalia, the daughter of Virgil Leroy and Agnes (Constable) Kelley.On Sept. 26, 1961, Evelyn married…

Irene Broyles, 86, Humboldt, passed away Thursday, Dec. 15, 2016 in Humboldt.  Irene was born on June 19, 1930, in Byng, Okla., the daughter of Noah Thomas and Francis (Smith) Abbott.On June 21, 1947, Irene…

Margaret Brinkman, 90, formerly of Humboldt, passed away on Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2016.    There will be a funeral service at 10 a.m. Monday at Countryside Funeral Home: 908 Central, Humboldt. Interment will be private…

Jane (Kincheloe) Saferite, 74, Wichita, beloved wife, mother and grandmother, passed away Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2016. Visitation will be at 9:30 a.m. and funeral services at 10:30, both on Monday at Broadway Mortuary Chapel in…

  Rose Marie “Rosie” Stokes, 80, Iola, passed away Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2016, at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita. Rose was born March 10, 1936, in rural Kincaid, the daughter of Cecil George and Alice…

Former Iolan Marjorie Mildred Ellis, 99, Sun City Center, Fla., died Monday, Dec. 12, 2016. Born in Florence, Kansas, she is predeceased by her husband, former Iola mayor Ben C. Ellis, and sister Esther Nicholson,…