Patsy Ruth Davies Nott, 82, passed away Sunday, June 29, 2014, at Moran Manor after a long battle with Alzheimer’s disease. She was born May 30, 1932, in Liberal to Price J. and Adeline Davies. She graduated from Liberal High School and attended Kansas State University, becoming a member of the KSU cheerleading squad and ADPi Sorority. In 1954 Patsy graduated with dual degrees from the University of Kansas (BS in Nursing) and Kansas State University (BS in Home Economics). From this point forward, she remained a passionate ambassador for her beloved K-State and “Purple Pride.”

Patsy married Edward C. “Bud” Nott, Jr. in 1954. Bud was a U.S. Navy pilot and over the course of his 22-year career the family moved frequently with his deployments to diverse locations around the United States and the world, eventually settling in Colorado Springs, Colo., in 1971 where Patsy continued to live until shortly before her death. Over the next 40 years, Patsy was involved in numerous organizations including the Kansas State University Alumni Association Board of Directors, International Order of Rainbow Girls, Colorado American Legion Girls State, American Business Women’s Association, Ronald McDonald House and the Colorado Springs Symphony. She loved spending her summers at the family cabin in Cuchara, Colo.

Patsy was preceded in death by her parents and her sister and brother-in-law, Willa Francis and John Ragland. She is survived by her children, Deborah Nott, La Veta, Colo., Jerry Nott (Merrie), La Veta, Colo., Judy (Nott) Works (Fred), Iola, and Monte Nott (Teri), Monument, Colo.; her grandchildren, Cody, Sam and Emma Nott, Dylan, Abby and Colby Works, and Gareth and Maya Nott.

A private celebration of life will be held at a future date in Cuchara, Colo. Patsy’s family would be honored to have remembrance donations in her name to the Cuchara Hermosa or the Cuchara Chapel scholarship fund. Memorial gifts may be left with Waugh-Yokum & Friskel Memorial Chapel, Iola, which assisted the family. To sign the guestbook online or leave a condolence, go to www.iolafuneral.com.

Paul J. Haen, 66, Iola, died Wednesday, July 9, 2014, at the Overland Park Regional Medical Center.

Paul was born Oct. 27, 1947, in Iola, the son of Ralph and Rose Mary (Heiman) Haen. He grew up in Piqua and joined the U.S. Navy serving in Vietnam. Paul retired from the military in 1984 with 20 years of service and returned to Iola. For the past several years he has worked with Don Hammer on the farm.

On June 24, 1972, Paul married Rita M. Cammarano. His was a member of the Non Commissioned Officer Association.

Survivors include his wife, Rita; two sons, Dominick J. Haen, Jacksonville, Fla. and Paul J. Haen, Jr. and wife Janette, Blue Mound; two daughters, Kathleen McCowin and husband Calvin, Lancaster, Texas, and Elizabeth Hopkins and husband Jeremy, Iola; three brothers, Richard Haen and wife Ruth, St. Louis, Mo., Stephen Haen and wife Patty, Iola, and David Haen and wife Patsy, Iola; one sister, Ruth Menzer, Pratt; 14 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by a brother, Michael Haen, and a sister, Dorothy Delaplain.

Visitation will be 4-6 p.m. Saturday at Waugh-Yokum & Friskel Chapel, Iola. Cremation will follow the service. Waugh-Yokum & Friskel Memorial Chapel is in charge of arrangements. To sign the guestbook online or leave a condolence, go to www.iolafuneral.com.

L. Doris Traw, 88, formerly of Emporia, died Sunday, July 6, 2014 at Windsor Place Care Center, Iola.

She was born Lela Doris Williamson, the youngest of 11 children, to Arthur Eben and Laura May (Sime) Williamson, in rural Hartford on Sept. 10, 1925. She married Paul R. Traw in Burlington on April 9, 1944. He died May 4, 1996. 

Surviving members of the family include three sons, Dennis (Rena) Traw, Emporia, Pastor Steven P. Traw, Iola, and Rex B. (Linda) Traw, Tulsa, Okla.; three sisters, Bessie McCartney, Emporia, Lena Griffin, Burlington, and Jean Richards, Torrance, Calif.; six grandchildren, two step-grandchildren and 22 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, three brothers and four sisters.

Mrs. Traw worked for Interstate Bakeries/Dolly Madison Cake in Emporia for 21 years, retiring in 1990. She graduated from Strawn High School and was valedictorian of her class of three. She attended Kansas State Normal School (ESU) in Emporia and taught one year in the Otter Creek Elementary School in rural Coffey County. She was a member of Flint Hills Christian Church, Emporia.

Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday in the Chapel of Flint Hills Christian Church, Emporia. The service will be conducted by Pastor Bob Robison, Madison Christian Church. Burial will be in Strawn Cemetery, Coffey County.

Memorials have been established with Allen County Hospice or Emporia Alzheimer’s Support Group. Contributions may be sent in care of Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home, P.O. Box 175, Emporia, KS, 66801. Online condolences for the family may be left at the funeral home web site, www.robertsblue.com.

Ivan Rex Calahan, 92, Iola, died Monday, July 7, 2014, at Moran Manor in Moran. He was born on Feb. 10, 1922, in Oberlin, the son of Arthur George and Pearl Mae (King) Calahan.

Rex moved to the Colony area with his family at the age of 13. He worked in the Garnett area before serving with the U.S. Army during World War II. On June 9, 1946, he married Tena Runnells and they lived in Colony before moving to a farm near Lone Elm. They left the farm and moved to Kincaid where they lived for 30 years. He was postmaster and then delivered rural mail before retiring. They moved to Iola in 1985.

He was a member of the Kincaid V.F.W., Kincaid Masonic Lodge and Eastern Star, and the Fort Scott Consistory.

Survivors include his wife, Tena; three sons, Robert, Ottawa, Darrel, Colony, and Douglas, Brighton, Colo.; one daughter, Nancy Henderson, Olathe; one sister, Wanda Quick, Joplin, Mo.; 10 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by a son, Larry, and three brothers, Robert, Kenneth and Virgil.

A visitation will be Friday at Waugh-Yokum & Friskel Memorial Chapel from 6 to 8 p.m. Cremation will follow the visitation with inurnment in Lone Elm Cemetery at a later date. Memorials are suggested to the Shriners Hospitals for Children and may be left at the chapel. To sign the guestbook or to leave a condolence online go to www.iolafuneral.com 

Richard D. Moore, 83, Independence, Mo., passed away, Monday, July 7, 2014, at St. Luke’s Hospital in Independence, Mo. Cremation is planned with a memorial Mass at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at St. Mark’s Catholic Church, 3736 Lee’s Summit Rd., Independence, Mo. Inurnment will follow in Woodlawn Cemetery. The family will greet friends from 9:30 a.m. until service time at the church. In lieu of flowers donations may be made to the church.

Richard was born in Gas to Howard and Hazel (Close) Moore and graduated from Iola High School in 1948. He worked as a meat cutter for Kroger’s, Schnucks and United Supers until he retired in 1992. He was a member of the Meat Cutter’s Union Local No. 2 and St. Mark’s Catholic Church. He proudly served in the U.S. Navy during the Korean Conflict. 

He was married to Marilyn Lackey on Sept. 29, 1956 and she survives of the home. Other survivors include two sons, Kenneth Moore and wife Cynthia and Ronald Moore, all of Independence, Mo.; two daughters, Peggy Petroni of Louisville, Ky., and Cynthia Hartley and husband Mark of Warsaw, Mo.; nine grandchildren, five great-grandchildren, a sister-in-law and numerous cousins. 

He was preceded in death by a son, Jeffrey Lynn Moore, in 1959, his parents and a brother, Jerry Moore. Online condolences may be expressed online through Speaks Suburban Chapel at www.speakschapel.com

Evelyn R. Blake Calhoon, 93, Iola, died Sunday, July 6, 2014, at Allen County Regional Hospital.

Evelyn was born Nov. 7, 1920, in Liberty, Mo., the daughter of Sterling Orbie and Bertha May (Stockham) Britton. She grew up in the Mosby and Excelsior Springs, Mo., areas.

On March 11, 1944, Evelyn married Rev. Harold L. Blake and they moved to Iola in 1951. She worked at the Iola Chamber of Commerce before beginning her career in banking at Iola State Bank. Mr. Blake preceded her in death April 8, 1972. Evelyn and A. Merle Calhoon were married Feb. 14, 1994. He died May 12, 1997.

Survivors include three children, Penny Lee Kafka, Reisterstown, Md., Harold Lee Blake and wife Jeanie, Ennis, Texas, and Larry G. Blake, Portland, Ore.; two step-children, Larry Calhoon and wife Sheri, Chanute, and Sharon Phillips and husband Bob, Wichita; eight grandchildren, four great-grandchildren, three step-grandchildren and four step-great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents, both husbands, one granddaughter and two sisters.

Visitation will be from 7 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at  Waugh-Yokum & Friskel Chapel, Iola. Funeral service will be at 10 a.m. Thursday, at the chapel. Burial will be at Memorial Park Cemetery, Chanute.

Memorial contributions can be made in Evelyn’s honor to Friends of the Bowlus and may be left with Waugh-Yokum & Friskel Memorial Chapel. To sign the guestbook online or leave a condolence, go to www.iolafuneral.com.