Philip C. Butler, 96, of Iola, Kansas, passed away Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2013, at Allen County Hospital.Visitation will be from 1 to 2 p.m. Saturday at Waugh-Yokum & Friskel Chapel in Iola, prior to the…

Jessie (Hay) Brown, 92, Iola, passed away Monday, Feb. 18, 2013, at Tara Gardens.She was born Aug. 11, 1920, in Chanute, the daughter of Harry and Bessie (Brownrigg) Hay. The family grew up in Neosho…

Thomas R. “Tommy” Thomas II, 32, Iola, passed away Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013, in Ogden, Utah. Tommy was born April 16, 1980, on the New London Connecticut Naval Submarine Base in New London, Conn., the…

Jacob George, 89, Colony, passed away on Sunday, Feb. 17, 2013, at Allen County Hospital.He was born on May 21, 1923, on a farm two miles southwest of Neosho Falls, the son of J.B. and…

Loren Millard Howerton, 77, rural Iola, passed away Friday, Feb. 15, 2013, at Kansas Heart Hospital in Wichita.Loren was born April 24, 1935 at Savonburg, the son of Olaf M. “Bill” and Lillian (Austin) Howerton.…

Loren M. Howerton, 77, rural Iola, died Friday, Feb. 15, 2013, at Kansas Heart Hospital in Wichita.Funeral arrangements will be announced later by Waugh-Yokum & Friskel Memorial Chapel, Iola.Online condolences for the family may be…

Richard D. “Dick” Riddle passed away Feb. 6, 2013, at Galichia Heart Hospital, Wichita, at the age of 84. Richard was born the son of James and Juanita (Vinson) Riddle on  Nov. 5, 1928, in…

Dorothy Jane (Robb) Hemphill, 86, formerly of Humboldt, passed on to be with her heavenly family on Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013, at Clare Bridge Senior Living in Wichita.She was born July 4, 1926, on the…

Bradford L. “Brad” Medcalf, 61, Osawatomie, died Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013, at Girard Medical Center.Brad was born April 9, 1951, in Iola, the son of Thomas and Mary Ellen (Bartlett) Medcalf. He graduated from Osawatomie…

Dale R. Hawk, 81, was born July 6, 1931, at Hennessey, Okla. to Nina (Witt) and Orville Hawk. He died at Windsor Place, Iola, on Tuesday, Feb.12, 2013.He and his family moved to a farm…