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J. Brock Stotler, 48, Iola, died Sunday, July 15, 2012.Brock was born Feb. 21, 1964, in Kansas City, Mo., the son of Joseph and Sharon (Potter) Stotler. He graduated from high school in Warsaw, Mo.He…

Grace M. Hartman, 91, Iola, died Wednesday, July 18, 2012, at Windsor Place in Iola.Grace was born Jan. 3, 1921, on a farm west of Iola, the daughter of Roland and Nellie (Bassett) Butler.She married…

Mark Christopher Ard, 39, Iola, passed away Monday, July 16, 2012, at the Ard family farm, rural Elsmore.   He was born March 17, 1973 in Iola, the son of Robert Dean Ard and Deborah…

Michael McGuire Abernathy, 66, of Orlando, Fla., died Sunday, July 15, 2012, at Orlando. Mike was born Aug. 29, 1945, at Fort Myers, Fla., and was the eldest of the three children of Arthur Briggs…

Former Iolan John E. Zimba, 88, Jacksonville, Fla., died Friday, July 13, 2012, at the Earl B. Hadlow Center For Caring Hospice of Northeast Florida. A complete obituary and memorial services will be announced later.

Jerry Wayne Shears, 63, Mindenmines, Mo., passed away Wednesday July, 11, 2012, at his home.   Jerry was born Oct. 3, 1948, in Iola to Robert and Patsy Burris Shears.   He was a self-employed construction worker,…

Mark Ard, 39, Iola, passed away on Monday, July 16, 2012.  Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Elsmore United Methodist Church. Burial will follow in Elsmore Cemetery. The family will greet friends…

  Mabel Marie Kelsey Centlivre, 96, Iola, died Friday, July 13, 2012, at Windsor Place in Iola. Mabel was born June 25, 1916, in Kimball, in Neosho County, the daughter of Samuel Ferdinand and Sarah…

  Hazel Mae Lord, 81, Bronson, went to join her sons and grandson in heaven, Friday, July 13, 2012, at Mercy Hospital in Fort Scott. Hazel was born Feb. 3, 1931, in Woods County, Okla.,…

  Eunice “Nadine” Kenison, 89, McLouth, died Thursday, July 12, 2012, at the F.W. Huston Geriatric Center, Winchester.  She was born Feb. 11, 1923, in Chanute, the daughter of Charles John and Signa Elinor Bergsten…