Mignonette “Mig” L. Kelley, 80, LaHarpe, died Friday, May 13, 2016, at her home.   Visitation is 6-8 p.m. Friday at Waugh-Yokum & Friskel Chapel in Iola. Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday…

Dorothy J. Catron, 78, Iola, passed away Saturday, May 14, 2016, at her home surrounded by her loving family. Dorothy was born June 29, 1937, in Iola, the daughter of Edward “Eddie” Frank and Helen…

It was Solomon who penned, “There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity in this life: a time to be born and a time to die.” On Wednesday, May 4, 2016,…

Doris Shay, born June 24, 1931, died Tuesday, May 10, 2016. Doris was born in Topeka, the daughter of Mark and Ruth Rankin. Doris devoted her life to her family as a loving wife, mother…

L. Catherine Belcher Yocham went for a walk with the angels into her heavenly home, Wednesday, May 11, 2016. Born in Howell County, Mo., Nov. 4, 1925, to John T. and Willa Rena Belcher, the…

Wayne Richard Brown Sr., 68, Iola, died Thursday, May 12, 2016, at his home. Wayne was born May 7, 1948, in Mason City, Iowa, the son of Theodore Paul and Leona Irene (Fewings) Brown. He…

Marilyn Louise (Slapar) Wade, 82, passed away Sunday, May 8, 2016, at the Freeman Heart Institute in Joplin. She had lived in Pittsburg all her adult life until November 2014, when her health declined and…

On May 11, 2016, Virgil Arthur Lair, 88, Piqua and later Chanute, died peacefully with his loving and devoted wife Mary Alice Lair at his side, holding his hand. Virgil was born Sept. 23, 1927,…

Former Iolan Todd Allen Williams, 52, Jacksonville, Fla., died Saturday, April 30, 2016, at East Florida Hospice Care Facility.   Information about Williams’ life and memorial services will be provided at a later date.

Carl Allen Elmore, 86, formerly of Erie, died Monday, May 9, 2016, at Sunset Manor in Waverly. Carl was born May 25, 1929, in McCune, the son of Harvey and Violet (Wells) Elmore and grew…