UPDATE: A celebration of life will be Aug. 1 with a private family event. Family will receive visitors from 1 to 3 p.m. at the Masonic Lodge, 201 W. Madison, Iola. Minnie M. (Gerdsen) Smoot,…

Robert Calvin Talley died Thursday, July 23, 2020. He was born Nov. 30, 1926, to Claude Lee and Nellie Nola Talley in Melbourne, Fla. He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II. He…

Marlyn Otis Sutterby, age 83, of Mapleton, died Monday, July 27, 2020.  Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory Chapel in Mound City. Visitation will be from 6…

William David LaPorte, age 66, passed away Friday, July 24, 2020 at Olathe Hospice House in Olathe.  William was born Feb. 17, 1954 to Wilfrid and Dorothy (Crawford) LaPorte in Grinnell, Iowa. He attended school…

Brenda Kay Buck, age 62, passed away Wednesday, July 22, 2020 at St. Luke’s Hospital in Kansas City, Mo.  Brenda was born Sept. 28, 1957 in Iola, to Norman and Betty (Burris) Michael. She graduated…

Erwin Keith Hammond of Neosho Falls, died Sunday, July 19, 2020 at KU Medical Center in Kansas City. He was born June 15, 1951 in Colony. He is the son of Raymond and Kathryn (Mechnig)…

Winifred L. Lawrence, 97, formerly of Iola, died Sunday, July 19, 2020, at the home of her granddaughter, Allison Lawrence Hughes and husband Michael Hughes of Mission Hills. She is survived by son Bret (Linda)…

Ralph F. Johnson, Sr., age 98, a resident of Fort Scott, passed away Sunday, July 19, 2020, at the Medicalodge of Fort Scott. He was born Aug. 24, 1921, in Drumright, Okla., the son of…

Floy Nelson, age 101, died Tuesday, July 21, 2020 at Windsor Place in Iola.  She was born Sept. 16, 1918, to James and Rosa (Shaw) Minkler near Kincaid.  She married Emmet W. Nelson on Aug.…

Bill McAdam, age 89, of Moran, passed away Tuesday, July 21, 2020, at his home surrounded by family.  Billy Dale McAdam was born Feb. 2, 1931, at St. John’s Hospital in Iola. Bill was the…