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Glen Edward Weldin, 101, Colony, passed away on Monday, Jan. 2, 2017, at Anderson County Hospital, Garnett.He was born March 3, 1915, in Tonganoxie, the son of Edward and Laura (Hamilton) Weldin.Glen married Carol Fay…

Winona Pauline Powell passed away Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2016 in the comforts of her home in Montrose, Colo. at the age of 95.She was born Aug. 1, 1921 to Irl and Ella (Johnson) Smith in…

Kim Denise Enaboifo, 56, Iola, was welcomed home by God on Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2016.Kim was youngest of five children born to Wilbur and Betty (Borror) Riley. She was born on May 12, 1960, in…

Peggy (Yohon) Tholen, 66, Garnett, died Saturday, Dec. 31, 2016, at home with her family after a long battle with multiple systems atrophy.She was born Sept. 10, 1950, to the late Robert Yohon and Helen…

Sharon Leigh Leach, 73, Burlington, died Thursday, Dec. 29, 2016, at Coffey County Hospital.Sharon was born on Feb. 18, 1943, in Iola, to Ellis and Mabel L. Oliver Henson.On May 8, 1962, she married James…

Steven Roy Taylor, 59, Iola, passed away Saturday, Dec. 24, 2016, in Iola. Steve was born Feb. 2, 1957, in Ottawa, the son of Roy and Doris (George) Taylor. He grew up in Ottawa until…

Ellen Louise Whitcomb, born in Earlton, died Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2016, in Springfield, Mo.She was the daughter of Verne and Julia Wilson, Chanute. She was preceded in death by her parents, brother Kenneth Wilson and…

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 wife,…

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…