Caroline Barnett Copening Ratcliffe, 67, Lexington, Mo., died Friday, Dec. 12, 2014, at Research Medical Center Hospice in Kansas City, Mo.Caroline was born Sept. 9, 1947, in Iola, to Ruth and Lawrence Copening. She attended…

Julia (Stout) Shores, 83, Iola, died Friday, Dec. 12, 2014, at Windsor Place in Iola.Julia was born June 15, 1931, in rural Erie, the daughter of John and Martha (Smith) Elliott. She married Orville Stout…

Ruth Elaine Casner, 62, Iola, died at her home Sunday morning, Dec. 7, 2014. She was born Aug. 31, 1952, in Fort Scott, the daughter of Marion R. and Edith Florence (Enos) Lybarger. She married…

Ernest Ray Mueller, 68, passed away at Heritage Heathcare in Chanute on Sunday, Dec. 7, 2014. Ernie was born Sept. 18, 1946, in Iola, the son of Ernest G. and Margaret (King) Mueller. He was…

L.C. Crouch, 92, Topeka, passed away Monday, Dec. 8, 2014.L.C. was born May 17, 1922, in Moran, the son of Guy and Pearl (Perkins) Crouch. He graduated from Moran High School and received his bachelor’s…

Clarann Catherine O’Malley, 89, Westphalia, died Monday, Dec. 8, 2014, at Anderson County Hospital Long Term Care in Garnett.Mass of Christian burial will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday at Holy Angels Catholic Church in Garnett.…

Diana Ada Ross, 82, Moran, passed away on Monday, Dec. 8, 2014, at the Kansas Heart Hospital in Wichita.She was born July 13, 1932, in Bury St. Edmunds, England, the daughter of Reginald and Lois…

James Paul Leach, 74, Burlington, died Thursday morning, Dec. 4, 2014, at his home. James was born on Aug. 25, 1940, in Cleveland, Ohio, to James W. and Velma Maus Leach. He grew up in…

Scott E. Hamilton, 60, Iola, died Sunday, Nov. 30, 2014, at his home.Scott was born Sept. 16, 1954, in Iola, the son of Don and Earlene (King) Hamilton. He grew up in Iola and served…

Leslie Rose (Seward) Hayhurst of Humboldt peacefully passed away Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2014, at Fountainview Nursing and Rehab Center in Rose Hill. She was 72. Leslie was born on May 12, 1942 in Terre Haute,…