Edward E. Sprague, Sr.
November 26, 2020
Veteran
Edward Everett Sprague, Sr., 70, of Erie, Kansas, passed away Thursday, November 26, 2020, at the Via Christi Medical Center in Pittsburg, Kansas. He was born July 20, 1950, in Albuquerque, New Mexico, the son of Elgie Olen and Wilma Christine (Gardn...
Barbara J. Stewart
November 10, 2020
Barbara Jean Stewart, 94, of Fort Scott, formerly of Xenia, passed away Tuesday evening, November 10, 2020 at her home. She was born May 30, 1926, in Topeka, Kansas, the daughter of Guy Russell and Agnes Sarah (Davis) Boyd. She married Myron Leslie...
Alice L. McElmurry
October 14, 2020
Alice Louise McElmurry, 89, of Fort Scott, Kansas passed away Wednesday evening, October 14, 2020, at her home. She was born June 21, 1931, in Bronaugh, Missouri, the daughter of Robert Wilfred “Bob” and Mary Lou (Dighero) Clarida. She married Re...
R. Dale Geiger
October 13, 2020
Veteran
Dale Geiger, 87, of Fort Scott, passed away early Tuesday morning, October 13, 2020, at Girard Medical Center. He was born June 24, 1933, in Uniontown, Kansas, the son of Schley and Ruth Marie (Wells) Geiger. He married Bonnie Bolinger on November ...
Loretta M. Arnold
October 13, 2020
Loretta Arnold, 72, of Fort Scott, passed peacefully from this life Tuesday evening October 13, 2020, at KU Medical Center. Loretta answered the call of her Savior to “come home, my child.”
Loretta was born October 6, 1948, to Richard Dale and...
Galen C. Bigelow, Sr.
October 8, 2020
Veteran
Galen Charles Bigelow, Sr., 77, of Fort Scott, passed away Thursday evening, October 8, 2020. He was born November 8, 1942, in Hiattville, Kansas, the son of Charles William and Luella Elizabeth (Wescoatt) Bigelow. He married Marita Lynne Barr June 7...
Robert E. Kibble
October 5, 2020
Veteran
Robert E. Kibble, 90, of Fort Scott, Kansas, passed away Monday evening, October 5, 2020, at Guest Home Estates. He was born May 4, 1930, in Uniontown, Kansas, the son of Donald Vance and Beulah (Ramsey) Kibble. He married Irene Natalie Hitchcock Jul...
Wayne Cowen
October 1, 2020
Richard “Wayne” Cowen, 70, of Fort Scott, Kansas passed away Thursday afternoon October 1, 2020, at Country Place Memory Care Center. He was born July 18, 1950, in Fort Scott, the son of Glenn Richard and Freda Elaine (Bentley) Cowen. He marrie...
Catherine Shackelford
September 28, 2020
Catherine Shackelford, 95, of Fort Scott, passed away Monday morning September 28, 2020, at Via Christi Ascension in Pittsburg, Kansas. She was born August 24, 1925, in Enid, Oklahoma, the daughter of John and Dora C. (Goeller) Ivan. She married Robe...
Norma Jean Jackson
September 27, 2020
Norma Jean Jackson, 90, of Fort Scott, Kansas, passed away early morning on September 27, 2020. She was born March 9, 1930, in Redfield, Kansas, the daughter of Willard L. and Bertha Mae (Delzell) Smith. She married John Lyle Jackson November 25, 195...
Bonnie S. Taylor
September 17, 2020
Bonnie Sue Taylor, 80, of Bronson, Kansas, passed away Thursday afternoon September 17, 2020, at Mercy Hospital in Springfield, Missouri. She was born November 15, 1939, in Coffeyville, Kansas, the daughter of Raymond Samuel and Florence Rhoda (Wycko...
Charles W. Smith
September 16, 2020
Charles Wesley Smith, 95, of Fort Scott, passed away Wednesday afternoon September 16, 2020, at Medicalodge. He was born April 27, 1925, in Devon, Kansas, the son of William George and Bertha Mae (Sauerwein) Smith. He married Ruth Irene Johnston on J...
Raymond T. Harper
September 13, 2020
Raymond Tyler Maxwell Harper, 19, of Fort Scott, passed away Sunday evening, September 13, 2020. He was born February 7, 2001, in Topeka, Kansas.
Ray attended Fort Scott schools and worked for both Twister Trailers and Laco Guttering. He enjoyed f...
Kenneth L. Wolf
September 7, 2020
Kenneth Leroy Wolf, 86, of Fort Scott, passed away Monday morning, September 7, 2020, at his home. Kenneth was born September 19, 1933, in Fort Scott, Kansas, the son of “Ted” Theodore Roosevelt and Mary (Milburn) Wolf. He remarried Sharron Tucke...
Sharon L. Short
September 7, 2020
Sharon Lynn Short, 86, formerly of Fort Scott, passed away Monday morning September 7, 2020, in Overland Park, Kansas. She was born November 6, 1933, in Fort Scott, Kansas, the daughter of Roy G. and Leora Marian (Heitz) Miller. She married Forrest E...
Forestine R. Hoover
July 31, 2020
Forestine Rosetta Hoover, 90, of Fort Scott, passed away early Friday morning, July 31, 2020, at the Medicalodge Nursing Home. She was born December 4, 1929, in Devon, Kansas, the daughter of Charles Frederick and Gladys Ida (Huss) Miller. She marr...
Wes A. Gress
July 19, 2020
Wesley Allan Gress, 68, of Fort Scott, passed away late Sunday night July 19, 2020, at Via Christi Ascension in Fort Scott, Kansas. Wes was born March 22, 1952, in Kansas City, Kansas, the son of Warren Wesley and Dorothy Mae (Snyder) Gress. He marri...
Claudia M. Maberry
July 17, 2020
Claudia Marie Maberry, a former resident of Fort Scott, died July 17, 2020 (one day after her 96th birthday) in Vaiden Community Living Center, Vaiden, Mississippi). She was born July 16, 1924, the daughter of Roy Francis Kennedy and Anna Maria Fag...
Karen Atkins
June 23, 2020
Karen (Mabery) Atkins formerly of Fort Scott passed away suddenly on June 23RD, 2020 in Nixa, Missouri. Karen was born March 15, 1949, in Fort Scott, Kansas, the only child to Frank and Faye (Duncan) Mabery. She graduated from Fort Scott High Sch...
Alpha L. Culbertson
June 17, 2020
Alpha Louise Culbertson, 59, of Fort Scott, passed away Wednesday evening, June 17, 2020, at her daughter’s home in Wichita, Kansas. She was born December 31, 1960, in Nevada, Missouri, the daughter of Bennie Curtis and Nettie Ruth (Turner) Culbe...
Lawrence K. Tinsley
June 8, 2020
Veteran
Lawrence K. (Larry) Tinsley, 63, of Fort Scott, passed away Monday morning, June 8, 2020, at his home. He was born on June 9, 1956, in Overland Park, KS the son of Lawrence O. and Jacqueline (Day) Tinsley. He grew up in the Overland Park and Paol...
Leasha R. Galvis
May 11, 2020
Leasha Renee Galvis, 47, of Olathe, Kansas passed away, Monday, May 11, 2020, at the University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City, Kansas. She was born the daughter of Loretta Hall on August 26, 1972, in Pittsburg, Kansas. She married John ...
Mary B. Irvin
May 8, 2020
Mary Barrett Irvin, 99, of Fort Scott, formerly of Rogers, Arkansas, passed away Wednesday, May 8, 2020, at her home in Presbyterian Village. She was born in Murdock, Minnesota, on August 1, 1920, to Agnes and Earl Barrett. She was preceded in death ...
Wanda A. Larsen
May 7, 2020
Wanda Audine (Smith) Larsen, 89, formerly of Fort Scott, KS, passed away Thursday evening, May 7, 2020, at the Ozark Nursing and Care Center in Ozark, MO. Wanda was born August 3, 1930, in (a farmhouse near Dry Ridge) Blue Mound, KS, the daughter o...
Jean Wiley
April 27, 2020
Norma Jean Wiley, 87, of Fort Scott, passed away Monday evening, April 27, 2020, at the St. Luke’s Hospice House in Kansas City, Missouri. She was born April 18, 1933, in Fort Scott, Kansas the daughter of Steve L. and Louise Eunice (Shelton) Mud...