Duane E. Cool, 47, of El Dorado, died Wednesday, April 30, 2008 as the results of a motorcycle accident.

Dale Jordan Artz, 84, died April 25, 2008.

Mary Louise (Marylou) Wheeler, 81, of North Tustin, passed away peacefully on April 23, 2008. MaryLou was born in El Dorado on July 26, 1926, and was married to Ross, her childhood sweetheart, on June 15, 1947. They moved to California in 1950, after living in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and Chicago, Illinois and resided in North Tustin for 48 years, raising five children. After attending Butler County Community College, she earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees in sociology from CSU Fullerton.

Sondra La Donna (Huggins) Liggens, 46, of El Dorado, died Sunday, April 27, 2008 at her home. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Park Avenue Baptist Church. Interment will follow in Sunset Lawns Cemetery. 

Margaret “Margie” Love, 87, homemaker, died Tuesday, April 15, 2008.  Services wil be at 10 a.m. Friday at Greenwich United Methodist Church. Margie was a long-time Greenwich resident.

Jean Ann Calaway, 65, of Arlington, passed away after a long battle with cancer Wednesday, April 16, 2008 in Fort Worth.

Forest L. Hayes, 80, retired heavy equipment manager, passed away April 13, 2008. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Hillside Funeral Home East.

Donald Richard Einerson, 70, of El Dorado, died April 11, 2008. Services will be held April 16 in Watson, Minn., at the Lutheran Church.

Leona L. Trollope-White, 95, of El Dorado, went home to be with her heavenly Father on Monday, April 7, 2008 at Lakepoint Nursing and Rehabilitation in El Dorado. Graveside services will be at 2:30 p.m. Friday at the Latham, Kansas Cemetery.

Services for Helen Louise George, 94, of Lenexa and a former resident of Emporia will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Lebo Cemetery. Mrs. George died December 9, 2007.

Colleen Ellis, 82, of Lawrence and  formerly of El Dorado, died Sunday, April 6, 2008 at the Lawrence Memorial Hospital.  Visitation with family present will be from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Friday. Celebration of her life will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at the Kirby-Morris Funeral Home. Burial will follow at the Sunset Lawns Cemetery.

 Logan Tessler, 19, of rural El Dorado, died Thursday, April 3, 2008 at the Kansas Heart Hospital. Memorial services will be  at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Carlson Funeral Home. Cremation preceded the services.

Forrest M. Sooby, 74, of El Dorado, died Saturday, April 5, 2008 at his home.  Services will be at 10 a.m., Friday at First Baptist Church. Visitation with the family will be from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday at Carlson Funeral Home.

Chris Harder, 24, of Whitewater, died Friday, April 4, 2008 in rural Whitewater. Services will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Berean Academy in Elbing, with Pastors Bill Wiebe and Bob Clark officiating. Burial will be at Emmaus Cemetery with Pastor Laverne Busenitz officiating. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. today, with the family present from 5 to 7, at Lamb Funeral Home in Whitewater.