Edgar “Bud” Dean Beecher, 73, passed away at his home in Yates Center on Saturday, Feb. 2, 2013. Bud was born Sept. 17, 1939, the son of Edgar A. and Clara (Bode) Beecher in El…

Jimmie Higginbotham, 82, Fort Scott, passed away Monday, Feb. 4, 2013, at Mercy Hospital.Jimmie was born Feb. 26, 1930, at Iola, the son of Floyd B. and Myrtle (Adams) Higginbotham. He grew up in the…

Kathleen Percival, 87, Overland Park, mother of Cecelia Orcutt, Iola, passed away Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2013. She had Alzheimer’s for nearly 10 years. Katie was preceded in death by her parents, brother Keith and beloved…

Marvin LeRoy Sander, 84, Elsmore, was born April 3, 1928, to Paul Bernhard Sander and Rosa Maude (Aten) Sander in El Reno, Okla. His Heavenly Father gathered him into His loving arms on Jan. 30,…

Vincent E. Culbertson, 97, left this world and went home to Jesus on Sunday, Jan. 27, 2013, at Chanute Health Care Center in Chanute. Vincent was born to George W. Culbertson and Ida E. (Geddes)…

Audrey Irene (Plumlee) Clifton, 101, mother of Ava Marney of Humboldt, died Sunday, Jan. 27, 2013, at Chanute HealthCare Center.Graveside services will be at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at Rocky Comfort Cemetery in Rocky Comfort, Mo.,…

Virgil Orth, 91, a former resident of Iola, passed away Dec. 27, 2012, in Peoria, Ariz. He and his wife, Irene, were involved in square dancing in Iola for many years.

Debbie Anderson, 45, passed away Jan. 25, 2013, at Via Christi Regional Medical Center in Wichita. She was born March 30, 1967, in Fort Scott. Debbie graduated from Burlington High School in Burlington then attended…

Charles Edward “Ed” Gray Jr., 67, loving husband, father, grandfather and friend, died Thursday, Jan. 24, 2013. Visitation with family was from 6 to 7 p.m., Thursday, at Broadway Mortuary. Funeral services are this morning…

Anna LaymonAnna Faye Laymon, 91, longtime Neosho Falls resident, passed away Thursday, Jan. 24, 2013, at Allen County Hospital.Anna Faye was born April 16, 1921, at Garnett, the daughter of Fred and Alta (Drybread) Allen.…