Obituaries in Bourbon County KS

Margie Nell Majors, 90, of Fort Scott, Kansas, passed away Wednesday, September 1, 2021, at A Country Place in Fort Scott. She was born March 3, 1931, in Fort Scott, Kansas, the daughter of Norman Curtis and Edna May (Gunsaullus) Bowers. She married ...

Maxine Louise (Lockwood) Kinney Smith, 96, of Fort Scott, Kansas, passed away August 27, 2021, at Country Place Senior Living in Fort Scott. She was born September 18, 1924, in Bourbon County, Kansas, to George and Mildred Lockwood of Godfrey, Kansas...

Shannon Elizabeth Herrington, 30, of Girard, Kansas, passed away Wednesday, August 25, 2021, in Springfield, Missouri. She was born February 27, 1991, in Garnett, Kansas, the daughter of Paul Oscar Herrington, Jr. and Bonnie Lynn (Bolton) Herrington....

Daisy Louise Strader, 94, of Fort Scott, passed away Sunday afternoon, August 22, 2021, at her home. She was born February 19, 1927, in Uniontown, Kansas, the daughter of James Frederick and Bertha Dean (Ramsey) Pryor. She graduated from Uniontown Hi...

Tammy Leighann Owen, 55, formerly of Fort Scott, and most recently of Grandview, Missouri, passed away Saturday, July 31, 2021, in Alton, Missouri. She was born January 29, 1966, in Fort Scott, Kansas, the daughter of Garry Ray and Linda Kay (Turner)...

Clara May Pigg Schwartz, 100, of Fort Scott, Kansas, passed away on Wednesday, July 28, 2021. She was born January 21, 1921, in Arma, Kan., the daughter of Jesse T. and Flora Ruth (Vaughan) Pigg. She married Kenneth Fritz Schwartz on December 16, 194...

Shirley Jean Hutchins, 90, of Scammon, Kansas, passed away at her home Monday afternoon, July 19, 2021. She was born in Uniontown, Kansas, the daughter of Edmond Riley and Deloris Joan (McGuire) Brown. She married James Keith Hutchins on October 9, 1...

Betty Marie Bradbury, 89, of Redfield, Kansas, passed away Friday morning, June 25, 2021, at her home. She was born September 1, 1931, in Fort Scott, Kansas, the daughter of John C. and Bertha Mable (Brown) Lucas. She married Gerald Everett Bradbury,...

Deborah Lynn Silbaugh, 57, of Buffalo, Kansas, and formerly of Fort Scott, passed away Monday, June 21, 2021, at Yates Center Health and Rehab. She was born June 22, 1963, in Chicago, Illinois. She was a Nursing Aide, working primarily in nursing hom...

Thelma Opal Thomas, 83, of Fort Scott, passed away Wednesday, June 23, 2021, at her home. She was born October 10, 1937, in Boicourt, Kansas, the daughter of Benjamin and Viola (Brant) Wurtz, and was the next to the youngest of twenty-five children. ...

Linda Moore, 67, of Redfield, passed away early Thursday morning, June 10, 2021, in Kansas City, Missouri. She was born December 10, 1953, in Fort Scott, Kansas, the daughter of Charles Franklin “Pete” Parker and Helen Juanita (Cowel) Parker. She...

Mary Jo DiNardo, age 96, passed away June 14 at her home for the past 12 years at Presbyterian Village in Fort Scott. Mary Jo was born January 9, 1925, to Myrle and Wilma Gunsaullus in Fort Scott, Kansas. She graduated from Fort Scott High School ...

Eugene L. Farmer (91) was born in the family farmhouse near Devon, Kansas, on January 5, 1930. He passed peacefully May 19, 2021, at Presbyterian Village in Fort Scott.  He was the second child of Alfred and Rowena (McCrum) Farmer. He, his older ...

Betty Jo Messer, 86, of Fulton, Kansas, passed away Wednesday evening, May 26, 2021, at Via Christi Hospital in Pittsburg, Kansas. She was a current resident of A Country Place Senior Living in Fort Scott. She was born September 10, 1934, in Linn Cou...

Laura Marie Steele, 91, of Fort Scott, Kansas, passed away Saturday, May 22, 2021, at Via Christi Hospital in Pittsburg, Kansas. She was born February 21, 1930, in Fort Scott, Kansas, the daughter of Frank Albert “Bert” Wallen and Inga Marie (Eks...

Marvin Dean Nahon, Jr., 65, of Fulton, Kansas, passed away Saturday, May 22, 2021, at his home. He was born February 10, 1956, in Pittsburg, Kansas, the son of Marvin Dean Nahon Sr. and Gloria Jean (Cabodie) Nahon. He married Teresa Ames on June 20, ...

Linda Kay Jones Weiner, 78, of Raleigh, North Carolina, and formerly of Fort Scott, passed away at home on Tuesday, April 27, 2021. Linda was born on February 3, 1943, and was raised in Fort Scott by her grandmother Eunice S. Hill and step-grandfathe...

On May 4, 2021, the curtains closed on the life of John Phillip “Phil” Hammons after being on life's stage for 77 years with his quick wit, his roaring laughter, and his irrepressible personality. The world was graced with Phil's presence on Marc...

Otis Wayne Atkins of Nixa, Missouri, passed away peacefully on April 15, 2021, surrounded by his loving children and grandchildren. Wayne was born in Corpus Christi, Texas, on January 11, 1944, to Ola Wilma Owens and Otis F. Atkins.  He had one sist...

Raymond Claude McIntosh, age 83, was born at home, December 9, 1937, in Freedom Township, Bourbon County, Kansas, and died April 10, 2021. He died in a car crash returning to Buffalo, KS where he lived. He married (1), Ida Rae Staten, December 18,...

Agnes Post, 96, of Fort Scott, passed away Thursday, April 8, 2021 at Diversified Care in Chanute. She was born September 22, 1924, in Moran, Kansas, the daughter of Elmer E. and Susie Agnes (Judge) Norman. Agnes worked as a Nurse Aide for Mercy a...