Edward M. Riebel, age 91, Iola, passed away on Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2017 at Heartland Meadows in Iola.Edward Martin Riebel was the sixth of 13 children born to Joseph and Flora (Decker) Riebel. Ed was…

Dale W. (Willis) Jackson, 64, Uniontown, died at his home Monday, Oct. 16, 2017.Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Uniontown United Methodist Church. Burial will follow in the Uniontown Cemetery. Family will…

Betty I. Yokum, 95, Iola, Kansas, died Monday, Oct. 16, 2017, at Greystone in Iola. She was born Sept. 15, 1922, in Hiawatha, the daughter of Thomas O. and Irene Elizabeth (Buehler) Waugh. Betty lived…

Phyllis Ann Bass, 87, Leavenworth, died, Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2017, at the University of Kansas Medical Center. She was born Nov. 5, 1929, in Iola, the daughter of Vernon Henry and Gladys Lillian (Williams) Garner.…

Phyllis Ann Bass, 87, Leavenworth, died, Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2017, at the University of Kansas Medical Center.Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at the R.L. Leintz Funeral Home in Leavenworth. A funeral…

Roy Francis (Hoss) Barnett, 74, passed away on Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2017, at Neosho Regional Memorial Hospital in Chanute.  He was born on March 7, 1943 at St. John’s Hospital, the son of Francis and…

Robert E. Shields, 81, Princeton, died Sunday, Oct. 8, 2017, at the Ottawa Retirement Village in Ottawa.Mass of Christian burial will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Ottawa. Burial will…

Franque Marcene Meliza, 78, Garnett, passed away on Saturday, Oct. 7, 2017, at Richmond Healthcare and Rehab in Richmond.She was born on June 29, 1939, in Ottawa, the daughter of Charles Cyrus and Helen L.…

Gertrude Rachel (Heideman) Larzalere, 85, passed away peacefully Wednesday morning, Oct. 4, 2017, at Columbine Commons Health and Rehab Facility, Windsor, Colo., with loving family members by her side.Gert was born Nov. 18, 1931, in…

COLONY — Terry Ellis, 47, passed away on Friday, Sept. 29, 2017 in Topeka, Kan. He was born on Aug. 25, 1970 in Iola, Kan.Terry had lived in Iola, but had lived most of his…