Obituaries in Bourbon County KS

Florene Helen Wilborn, 82, of Fort Scott, formerly of Batesville, Texas, passed away, Monday evening, January 13, 2020, at the Medicalodge Nursing Home.  She was born, May 20, 1937, in Batesville, Texas, the daughter of Clifford and Jamie Lily (Baxt...

Mary Del Sparks, age 93, passed away on Friday, January 10, 2020, at  Country Place Senior Living in Fort Scott where she had been a resident for two years. Mary Del was born on September 21, 1926, in Pittsburg, KS. She was the daughter of Peter A. ...

James Randall Smith, 70, of Fort Scott passed away suddenly, Saturday evening, January 4, 2020, in Fort Scott.  He was born June 24, 1949, in Chicago, Illinois the son of John Fred and Virginia Marie (Kedzior) Smith. He married Paulette Smetana, Jul...

Gary Wesley Dennison, 75 of Fort Scott, passed away Tuesday night, December 31, 2019, at the Overland Park Regional Medical Center.  He was born January 18, 1943, in Booneville, Missouri, and became the son of Guy Wesley and Allie Faye (Maberry) Den...

Vicky Lynne Nation, 57, of Fort Scott, passed away Thursday, December 26, 2019, at Ascension Via Christi Hospital in Pittsburg, Kansas.  She was born in Fort Scott, Kansas, June 15, 1962, the daughter of Fred Allen and Connie Arleata (Hanna) Pettyma...

Liz’s smile said it all. She was not one to let the little inconveniences and the occasional setbacks of life alter her “can do; let’s do it” attitude. She truly achieved the fullness of life in her 78 years and died doing what she loved most...

Sharon “Sharry” Ann (Martin) Rains, 72, of Fort Scott, passed away peacefully at her home, Thursday morning, November 7, 2019.  She was born on July 29, 1947, in Cherokee, Oklahoma to Loren Ralph and Anna Hayes Martin. Sharry moved to a farm out...

Tobiah G. “Toby” Nighswonger, 45, of Fort Scott, passed away Sunday evening, October 27, 2019, at the Medicalodge Nursing Home.  He was born September 19, 1974, in Fort Scott, Kansas the son of Thomas Henry and Glenda Frances (Painter) Nighswong...

Billie Jean Arbogast, 54, of Fort Scott, passed away Saturday, October 12, 2019, at Guest Home Estates. She was born December 24, 1964, in Wichita, Kansas, the daughter of Forest Eugene and Iona (Crisp) Burns.  Billie is survived by her children,...

Roy Clifford Jackson, 90, of Fort Scott, passed away, Thursday evening, October 3, 2019, at his home.  He was born November 7, 1928, in Neodesha, Kansas the son of Roy Frank and Myrtle Mae (Combs) Jackson. He married Ruth I. Evans on June 12, 1949, ...

Shirley Lorene Stephens, 84 of Fort Scott, passed away Friday evening September 27, 2019, at Ascension Via Christi Hospital in Pittsburg, Kansas.  She was born April 17, 1935, in Fort Scott, the daughter of Dan and Edith Amelia (Tucker) Freer.  She...

Floyd Gilbert Harper, 94, of Uniontown, Kansas, passed away Sunday morning, August 18, 2019, at the Medicalodge Nursing Home in Girard, Kansas.  He was born January 4, 1925, in Uniontown, Kansas, the son of Walter William and Iva Kough Harper.  He ...

Marcine L. West, 85, formerly of Redfield, Kansas, passed away Thursday afternoon, August 15, 2019.  She was born at home on April 16, 1934, to Albert Henry and Lorenia Long Davis. She was raised on the family farm north of Bronson, near Xenia, Kans...

Jesus stretched out his loving arms and took John to live in his heavenly home on Wednesday evening July 31, 2019, at Country Place Memory Care in Fort Scott. John was born on February 7, 1945, at the family farm home near Redfield, Kansas.  He was ...

Jean Isaac, 81, formerly of Uniontown, Kansas, passed away Tuesday morning, July 30, 2019, in Mission, Kansas. She was born February 18, 1938, in Uniontown, Kansas, the daughter of Earl and Iva (Holt) Wittsell. Jean was a school teacher for twenty...

Beatrice C. Palet, 73, of Fort Scott, passed away early Tuesday morning, July 16, 2019, at the Medicalodge of Fort Scott. She was born December 25, 1945, in Kansas City, Missouri, the daughter of William V. and Laura Amanda Beatrice (Rountree) Dunnam...

Grant Daniel Wells, known fondly to many as “Big Son”, passed unexpectantly from this life on June 21, 2019, while visiting his parents in Fort Scott, Kansas. He was born on July 12, 1993, to Dan Wells and Marti Wells-Smith in Okmulgee, Oklahoma....

JASON WAYNE BOLINGER, age 39, of Fort Scott, Kansas, passed away peacefully on Friday, June 14, 2019, after a lengthy battle with brain cancer, at the home of his parents, Robert and Cherie Collins, where he resided.  He was born March 1, 1980, in F...

Dean M. Ellis, 65, a resident of Eugene, Oregon, died June 1, 2019, in Fort Scott, Kansas. He was born to Mark and Barbara Ellis April 3, 1954, in San Francisco, California, where he grew up and graduated from Abraham Lincoln High School. He moved...

Audrey E. Frantz, 97, of Brodheadsville, Pennsylvania, passed away on Tuesday, May 28, 2019, at her home. She was the wife of the late Franklin A. "Buck" Frantz who passed away in 2001. Born September 3, 1921, in Arcadia, Kansas, she was a daug...

Donna Ruth Needham’s journey to our Lord ended peacefully on May 7, 2019, in Fort Scott, Kansas.  Her journey began June 21, 1931, in Wichita, Kansas. Donna was a graduate of Wichita North High School.  She earned her B.S. in education at Pitt...