Janet (Stewart) Halloran, 79, of Topeka, passed away Friday, July 27, 2012.   She was born in Dodge City, on Nov. 23, 1932, to Robert and Margaret (Rees) Stewart.  She graduated from Wichita County Community High…

Jacqueline E. “Jackie” Hutton, 53, of Iola, Kansas, died Friday, July 27, 2012, at her home.Hutton was born Sept. 4, 1958, in Iola where she grew up and graduated from Iola High School in 1976.On…

David Royce Oliphant, Bartlesville, Okla., passed away July 8, 2012, at Clare Hospice Center in Tulsa, Okla. He was born Feb. 16, 1955, in Iola to Marion (Buck) and Catherine (Tomlinson) Oliphant. He is survived…

Ella Lorraine Hulett, 93, Garnett, sister of Iolans Lloyd Kinzle and Colleen Kinzle Gumfory, died Wednesday, July 25, 2012, at Anderson County Long Term Care in Garnett. Funeral services will be at 10:30 am. Monday…

Humboldt native Kimberly Allen Bumstead, 54, Stafford, Va., died Wednesday, July 18, 2012. Bumstead, son of Ron and Connie Bumstead, Humboldt, died following surgical complications while on vacation in a Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, hospital.…

Iolan Irene Rose Heckman, 94, died Wednesday, July 25, 2012.  She was born Jan. 4, 1918, in Catoosa, Okla., the daughter of Willis Grant Black and Elizabeth Marie (McClellan) Black.  She moved to Kansas as…

James M. Isaacson, Jr., 36, Fort Scott, died Thursday, July 19, 2012, at Freeman Hospital in Joplin, Mo. There was cremation. The Rev. Jared Witt will conduct memorial services at 10 a.m. Friday in the…

James David Callaway, 53, rural Colony, died Sunday, July 22, 2012, at his home. A memorial service will be at 11 a.m. Friday at First Christian Church in Iola. In lieu of flowers, memorials are…

Jason Shapel, 37, Iola, died Saturday, July 21, 2012. Jason was born Jan. 14, 1975, at Fort Scott, the son of John Howard and Elaine (Deer) Shapel. He has resided in the Iola area since…

Mary Ann Lager, 101, died Friday, July 20, 2012, at Wesley Towers Hester Care Center, Hutchinson. She was born May 11, 1911 in Iola, the daughter of Lawrence and Bertha Bolz Diebolt. On June 5,…