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John Wesley Skillings was born on April 18, 1928, in Springfield, Ohio, to Anna Skillings and Byron E. Skillings. He died Friday, April 22, 2022, at 8:28 a.m.  Visitation will be from 6 to 8…

Brian Christopher Dillow, 46, of Kansas City, Mo., passed away Friday April 22, 2022, at University Health Hospital, Kansas City. Brian was born Jan. 9, 1976, in Joliet, Ill., to Howard Dillow and Cheryl (Johnson)…

Peggy Marie Gilliland, age 93, of Iola, died on Sunday, April 24, 2022, at Allen County Regional Hospital, Iola.  She was born Jan. 19, 1929, in Sun City, Kan., to Jess Farris and Pearl (Boling)…

Marion Charles Sponseller, 80, died Saturday, April 23, 2022, at the Kansas City Hospice House in Kansas City, Mo.  Marion was born April 14, 1942, in Iola, the son of Harvey Neal and Anna Elizabeth…

Tammy Jo Stokes Romine Parker, 58, died Tuesday, April 19, 2022, at Heritage Health Care in Chanute.  Tammy was born July 6, 1963, to Charles Wilford and Belva Joyce (Appling) Stokes in Iola. She married…

Todd Jay Brandon, 52, Humboldt passed away on Friday, April 15, 2022 at Menorah Medical Center in Overland Park. Todd was born on Oct. 28, 1969, in Chanute, the son of Spencer and Janice (Fisher)…

Linda Sue Shaw, age 74, Iola, died Friday, April 15, 2022, at Olathe Medical Center. Linda was born April 23, 1947, in Emporia, to Orville Dunmire and Emma Sue (Tinsley) White. She and James Shaw…

Colleen Marie Eisenbart, 84, Park City, formerly of Parsons, died Monday, April 18, 2022 at the home of her daughter, Christina Dowding, at Park City.   Further obituary details and funeral arrangements will be announced…

Ellen L. Lee, 96, of Humboldt passed away at Heritage Healthcare in Chanute on Friday, April 15, 2022. Ellen was born to Roy Everrett Towse and Tilla M. Dennis Towse on March 9, 1926, in…

Jesse Robert (Bobby) Chavez passed away on April 10, 2022, in Tacoma, Wash.  Bobby was born in Iola, on Sept. 7, 1957. He graduated from Iola High School in 1975, where he excelled in tennis,…