Alan Dean Van Fleet, 65, Burlington, died Dec. 20, 2012, at the Life Care Center in Burlington.Alan was born to Melvin and Lucy Jarvis Van Fleet on Feb. 13, 1947, at Roanoke Rapids, N.C.He married…

Rose Zetta “Rosie” Collins, 72, Piqua, died Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2012, en route from Kansas Heart Hospital, Wichita, to Allen County Hospital.Rosie was born Aug. 15, 1940, in Bloomfield, Ind., the daughter of Clyde and…

Teresa “Terry” (Hayes) Karmann passed away Sunday, Dec. 16, 2012, at Coffey County Hospital, Burlington. She was 67. Terry was born Jan. 16, 1945, in Geary County, the daughter of Ted Hayes and Annetta (Myers).…

Dolores J. Wilson, 79, Iola, passed away Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2012, at her home.Dolores was born Oct. 14, 1933, on the family farm two and a half miles west of Piqua, the daughter of Leo…

Wanda M. Nelson, 91, Lamar, died at her home Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2012, after a long illness.Mrs. Nelson was born July 7, 1921, in Allen County to George Washington and Artie Jean (Tinsley) Alumbaugh. She…

Herman Benjamin Johanning was born in Baldwin on Aug. 24, 1928. Mr. Johanning moved to Arizona in 1960. He left this Earth on Dec. 12, 2012 at the age of 84.  He was a veteran…

Richard Lynn Watson was born on Feb. 27 in Iola 58 years ago to John Newton Watson and Ethylene Watson and died Sunday, Dec. 16, at Mercy Hospital in Springfield, Mo. Richard spent the early…

Eugene Charles Blakesley, 85, Welda, passed away peacefully on Thursday, Dec. 13, 2012, at St. Luke’s South Hospital in Overland Park.Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at Holy Angels Catholic Church,…

Mabel Irene Ellis of Denton, Texas, passed away peacefully on Dec. 13, 2012, at age 99. She was born Sept. 24, 1913, in Carlyle. She graduated from Humboldt High School in 1931 and attended both…

William R. “Bill” Lee, 71, Iola, passed away Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012, at St. Luke’s Hospital in Kansas City.Bill was born Nov. 29, 1941, in Tulsa, Okla., the son of William and Mildred (Moon) Lee.…