Dorotha Ann “Dottie” Lee, 75, Salina, passed away Thursday, Dec. 18, 2014, at Salina Regional Health Center.Dorotha was born in Iola on May 14, 1939, a daughter of the late Crystal Maxine (Jensen) and Franklin…

John W. Lust, 91, died Saturday, Dec. 20, 2014, in Iola.Mr. Lust was born near LaHarpe on Nov. 23, 1923. He grew up on the farm his grandfather homesteaded in the 1800s. John graduated from…

Iolan Jeffery Lynn Miller, 57, died Monday, Dec. 15, 2014, at his home. He was born Jan. 19, 1958, in Pittsburg. He married Kathy Barker on July 12, 1980, in Fort Scott, where they made…

Linda Kay Williams, 69, La Cygne, formerly of Allen County, passed away on Thursday, Dec. 18, 2014.  She was born on July 1, 1945, the youngest child of 14 to Bertlum and Lois Ryan Stokes.…

Dennis Wayne “Yogi” Yocham, 50, Fayetteville, Ark., died Nov. 26, 2014, at his home.He was born Dec. 13, 1963, in Iola, the third of four sons to Fred and Verna Barnes Yocham.When his mother passed…

Kay Jeanette Smith Norris, 77, who has family in the Iola area, died Saturday, Dec. 13, 2014, at her residence in Tatum, Texas.Graveside funeral services will be at 3:30 p.m. today in the Tatum Cemetery,…

Betty Jean Heppler, 70, Wichita, retired cashier supervisor for St. Joseph Hospital, passed away on Friday, Dec. 12, 2014. Betty was preceded in death by her parents, Frank and Mary (Kipp) Heiman; her loving husband,…

R. Harold Rice, 90, Iola, died Friday, Dec. 12, 2014, at Allen County Regional Hospital.Robert Harold Rice was born Nov. 11, 1924, in Wichita Falls, Texas, the son of Dr. Reuben and Jimmie Ethel (Myers)…

Orville Wesley “Bud” Rogers, 92, Iola, died Friday, Dec. 12, 2014, at Allen County Regional Hospital in Iola.Orville was born June 27, 1922, in Ericson, Neb., the son of Thomas Orville and Lillie Leota (Platt)…

Marion Lee Stoll, 91, Humboldt, passed away peacefully Thursday, Dec. 11, 2014, in Hospice at Windsor Place Care Home in Iola.Marion was born Oct. 17, 1923, in St. Clair County, Mo., to John Frederick and…