Beloved husband, father, and educator Dr. Benjamin Gail Henry, 84, Yates Center, died Thursday, Feb. 26, 2015. Ben was born in Neosho Falls, the fifth of six children of David and Pearl Henry. He served in the U.S. Air Force, 1948-1954, as a radar technician.
Following his discharge, he worked in the Wichita public schools for 32 years, touching the lives of countless students and colleagues while teaching social studies, American history, language arts and government at Central, Allison and Coleman Junior High Schools, working at Murdock Teacher Center, and serving as Wichita School District social studies director. He finished his career as an assistant professor of education at Kansas Newman University.
During retirement he wrote government grants for and served on several community boards including Southeast Kansas Mental Health, Tri-Valley Developmental Services, Quad-County Enterprise Committee and Yates Center United Methodist Church. Dr. Henry was a graduate of Kansas State University and Emporia State College and earned his doctorate of education at Indiana University, Bloomington.
He is preceded in death by his parents; siblings Mary Legan, Blanche Lewis, Pearl Scheibmeir and David Henry; and daughter Julie Ann Henry.
He is survived by his first wife Irene, and his current wife Mary-Louise; daughters Denise (John) Lauffer of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and Leslie (Joseph) Myers of Wichita; son David (Marie-Louise) of Travelers Rest, S.C.; stepdaughters Linda Briscoe of Sidney, Neb., and Sandra Herren of Muscle Shoals, Ala.; grandchildren October Dawn Penner, Tiffany Ellen Bonds, Jonathan True Lauffer and David William Henry; great-grandchildren Madison Martinez, Olivia Bonds and Jackson Penner; and sister Helen (Roy) Lankton of Le Roy.
Funeral services are at 2 p.m. today at United Methodist Church, Yates Center. Burial will be at the Cedarvale Cemetery, Neosho Falls.
In lieu of flowers, memorials are suggested to the American Heart Association and may be left with Waugh-Yokum & Friskel Chapel in Iola. Go to www.iolafuneral.com to leave condolences or sign the guestbook online.

Dannell Louann Cannady Stokes passed away Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2015, in Oklahoma City.
She was born May 17, 1955, to Daniel W. Cannady and Dorles M. Miller Cannady in Yates Center.
She is survived by her three children, James Cannady, Oklahoma City, Anthony Cannady, Lansing, Mich., Jillian Cannady, Missouri; and her seven grandchildren.
She also is survived by sisters Deanna Narcih and husband George, Independence, Denise Hughes and husband Earl, Pocatello, Idaho, and Elaine Depew, Chanute; and a brother, Danny Cannady and Sherry, Scammon.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Daniel and Daroles Cannady, brother, Dennis Cannady, and great-nephew, Shawn Blevins Jr.
Cremation is planned. A memorial service will be scheduled at a later date.
Cards may be sent to James Cannady, 2200 N.W. 40th St., No. 314, Oklahoma City, OK 73112, or via email at latinacarlisle@yahoo.com.

Dr. Benjamin G. Henry, 84, Yates Center, died Thursday, Feb. 26, 2015, at the Kansas Heart Hospital in Wichita.
Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Yates Center United Methodist Church. Burial will follow at Cedarvale Cemetery, Neosho Falls. The family will receive friends from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday at Waugh-Yokum & Friskel Memorial Chapel in Iola.
In lieu of flowers, memorials are suggested to the American Heart Association and left with the funeral home.
To sign the guestbook online or leave a condolence, go to www.iolafuneral.com.

Delbert E. “Satch” Hummel, 80, Yates Center, died Friday, Feb. 27, 2015, at the Windsor Place Nursing Home, in Iola.
Satch was born on Jan. 31, 1935, in El Dorado, to Delbert C. and Opal R. Cupp Hummel.
Satch grew up in Towanda and graduated from high school there. On July 3, 1953, he married Lois Elaine Williams, in Towanda. She died in September of 1974. He then married, Deloris “Dee” Marie Wells Chriestenson on Feb. 18, 1977, in Towanda.
Satch had worked for the Costal Refinery in Wichita. He had served in the National Guard.
Satch was also preceded in death by his parents.
Satch is survived by his wife, Deloris “Dee” of the home; three sons, Russ Hummel and his wife Crystal and Von Hummel and his wife Vanessa, both of Towanda, and Mike Ledbetter, Pittsburg; three daughters, Rhonda Keplar and her husband Randy, Elsmore, Kim Jeffrey and her husband Shane, Pittsburg, and Kindith Holman and her husband Ron, Iola; his twin sister, Joyce Kingsley, El Dorado; a nephew, Clint Hummel and his wife Connie, Towanda; 13 grandchildren; nine great- grandchildren; other relatives and friends.
Memorial graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday, at the Towanda Cemetery, Towanda. Contributions may be made to the American Heart Association and may be sent in care of Campbell Funeral Home, P.O. Box 188, Yates Center, KS 66783.

James Ivan Barnes died at home in Mulberry, Ark., Feb. 15, 2015, at the age 81 due to complications of primary progressive aphasia, from which he suffered for the last few years.
James (Jim) Ivan Barnes was born in Ottawa on July 20, 1933, the seventh child of eight born to Grover C. and Nellie A. (Dant) Barnes. His family moved to Smith Center, where he spent his young years, then returned to Ottawa.
Jim graduated in the class of 1950 from Williamsburg High School in Williamsburg. After basic training at Fort Chaffee, Ark., he served as an Army clerk in Orleans, France, where he was assigned for several years.
From a young age Jim worked in civil service. He was first employed with the U.S. Department of Soil Conservation in Franklin County as a surveyor. Upon returning from France he got his bachelor’s degree in civil engineering at Kansas University. He worked later with the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, starting in Truckee, Calif., and then at the Engineering & Research Center in Denver, Colo. His work encompassed hydraulic and structural design of spillways and outlet works for concrete dams, specializing in stress and stability analyses on concrete arch and gravity dams. From 1975 to 1988 he worked at USBR as chief engineer in the Eastern Colorado Projects Office in Loveland, Colo., overseeing familiar projects such as the Horsetooth, Granby and Big Thompson. 
After retiring with the USBR he returned to his roots and was employed with the Kansas Department of Transportation as area engineer at the Iola office from 1988 to 2004. He had oversight of all construction of highways and bridges in Bourbon, Allen, Woodson and Greenwood counties.
Jim is survived by his loyal wife of 53 years, Gayle (George) Barnes. Gayle always admired his practicality, sound decisions, unconditional love for his family; and was at his side when he passed away. Jim and Gayle enjoyed hard work and playing golf together. They built a home in Loveland, where they lived until 1988 when they moved to Iola. In 2013 they moved with their daughter and son-in-law to Mulberry, Ark.
He is survived by his four children, Brenda (Barnes) Pumphrey, a bookkeeper and homemaker residing in Mulberry with her husband, Randy Pumphrey, who aided greatly with Jim’s care; Douglas Barnes, a stockyard cowboy and auctioneer residing in Greeley, Colo., with his wife, Jill, and son, Taylor James Barnes; Jason Barnes, a concrete product developer and full-time minister with Jehovah’s Witnesses, residing near Bollene, France, with his wife, Jenna, and Neill Barnes, the youngest son, and first grandson, Ethan Hawkins; and three brothers, Max Barnes, Watertown, Wis.,  Clyde Barnes, Springfield, Mo., and Joe Barnes, Kyle, Texas.
Jim was admired, appreciated and will be dearly missed by his family.

Mary Louella LaRue, 70, rural Bronson, died early Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2015, at her home.
She was born Dec. 20, 1944, in San Diego, Calif., the daughter of John Esch and Louella Lunceford Esch. She married Edward LaRue on May 4, 1968, in Pittsburg. 
Mary attended the Catholic church and enjoyed flower gardening.
Survivors include her husband, Ed, and three children, Jeff LaRue and Steph, Bronson, Jennifer LaRue and Rusty, Oldfield, Mo., and Jason LaRue and Heather, Bronson. Also surviving are two children whom she raised, Teresa Zimmerman and Paul, Valley Center, and Tina Gossett and Dave, St. Mary’s, Ohio; a sister, Sally Saar and David, Carrollton, Texas; a brother, Vince Esch, Texas; and numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents and a brother, Steve Esch.
Funeral services will be at 2:30 p.m. Monday at the Cheney Witt Bronson Chapel. Burial will follow in the Bronson Cemetery.
The family will receive friends from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. Memorials are suggested to the American Cancer Society and may be left in care of the Cheney Witt Bronson Chapel, 501 Pine, P.O. Box 93, Bronson, KS 66716.