Ralph N. Stapp
June 24, 2022
Ralph Newton Stapp, 98, was promoted to be in the presence of his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, on Monday, June 20, 2022, at his home in Fort Scott, Kansas. He was born December 3, 1923, in Arcadia, Kansas, the son of Ralph Newton and Nellie Lucil...
Craig W. Hart
June 22, 2022
Craig Wynn Hart, 72, died on June 21, 2022, at the Girard Medical Center. He was born January 25, 1950, in Wichita, Kansas, the son of Wilbur Wynn and Helen Maxine (McGrew) Hart. He was a resident of Fort Scott Medicalodge.
Craig graduated from ...
Duane J. Kliewer
June 19, 2022
Duane John Kliewer, 88, of Omaha, Nebraska, died peacefully at home on June 15th, 2022. He was born in Santanta, Kansas, on February 15, 1934, to John and Esther Kliewer.
Duane graduated from Lawrence High in 1952 and went on to play football for ...
Walter F. Fredericksen
June 2, 2022
Walt was born July 19, 1925, on the Sadie Beck farm near Odense, Kansas, to Walter and Marguerite (Woodruff) Fredericksen. He attended Savonburg grade school and graduated from Neodesha High School in 1943.
Walt served in the U.S. Army Infantry in...
Gerald E. Bradbury
May 18, 2022
Gerald E. Bradbury, 86, of Redfield, Kansas, passed away Monday evening May 9, 2022, at his home. He was born September 3, 1935, in Emporia, Kansas, the son of William Lewis and Vyrel Vayden (Yenzer) Bradbury. He married Betty Marie Lucas on March 2,...
Nancy J. Schmidt
May 17, 2022
Nancy Jill (Henley) Schmidt, 70, most recently of Star Valley, Arizona, passed away in Scottsdale, Arizona on May 7, 2022. She was born February 5, 1952, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, the daughter of Everett Bruce and Hara Jane (Franis) Henley. She mar...
Patricia M. Belkham
May 13, 2022
Patricia Maley Belkham, 77, a resident of Valrico, Florida died September 29, 2021. She was born on January 23, 1944, in Sandusky, Ohio to Eileen Murphy.
Pat is survived by her husband of 31 years Ernie Belkham, three children, Michael Maley (Dian...
James E. Emmerson
May 13, 2022
James (Jim) Edwin Emmerson, age 77 of rural Fort Scott, KS, passed away Thursday, May 12, 2022, surrounded by family. Jim was born August 29, 1944, in Fort Scott, KS, the son of John and Evelyn Emmerson. Jim graduated from Fort Scott High School ...
Mary "Kaye" K. Beaman
May 3, 2022
Mary Kathryn “Kaye” Beaman went to be with the Lord on April 28, 2022, after passing peacefully at the age of 93. Kaye was born in Fort Scott, KS on July 26, 1928. She was preceded in death by her husband, Gerald O. “Nate” Beaman, parents Eve...
Helen L. Harper
April 22, 2022
Helen Louise Harper, 95, of Uniontown, passed away Wednesday evening April 20, 2022, at Via Christi Hospital in Pittsburg. She was born February 18, 1927, in Fort Scott, Kansas, the daughter of Carl William and Sophia Mary (Leitz) Eshelbrenner. She m...
Raymond G. Larsen
April 19, 2022
Raymond George Larsen, 93, passed away Sunday, April 17, 2022, at Via Christi, Pittsburg. He was born April 9, 1929, in Richards, Missouri, the son of George Christian and Myrtle Elizabeth (Schnedler) Larsen. He married Mary Kathryn Brown May 12, 195...
Mary "Sug" I. Beckford
April 19, 2022
Mary Irene “Sug” Beckford, 90, formerly of Fulton, Kansas passed away Thursday morning, December 23, 2021, at Lawrence Memorial Hospital in Lawrence, Kansas. She was born February 13, 1931, in Devon, Kansas, the daughter of George Franklin and ...
Mark S. Wade
April 12, 2022
Mark Stanley Wade, 64, resident of rural Redfield and more recently of the Medicalodge, passed away Monday, April 11, 2022. He was born October 21, 1957, the son of Oscar J. and Helen (Jackson) Wade of Rural Redfield, Kansas. He attended the Redfield...
David D. Mullies
March 29, 2022
David D. Mullies, 81, of Fort Scott, passed away Monday morning, March 28, 2022. He was born March 8, 1941, in Kansas City, Missouri, the son of Ewing Edgar and Wilma L. (Saunders) Mullies. He married Patricia Ann Jennings October 15, 1960, and she s...
Todd S. Woodward
March 28, 2022
After a 2-week hospital stay, Todd Spencer Woodward, a 2003 Fort Scott High School Graduate, died on December 1, 2021, in Auburn, Washington, of natural causes. Todd was born to Barbara Doherty Woodward and John Spencer Woodward in Ocean Springs, Mis...
Tynce L. Joles
March 9, 2022
Tynce “Tiny” Lloyd Joles, 68, of Girard, Kansas, formerly of Hiattville, Kansas. passed away, Thursday, March 3, 2022, at the Girard Medical Center. He was born March 23, 1953, the son of Harry Shadden and Colleen Joles in Coalgate, Oklahoma. ...
Marjorie A. Hayden
March 1, 2022
Marjorie Aleen (Commons) Hayden, 99 years young, was peacefully lifted into Heaven early Friday morning, February 25, 2022. Marjorie was born July 1, 1922, on the family farmstead of rural Devon, Kansas where she grew up with her parents, Allie (Al) ...
Leesa L. Silvers
March 1, 2022
Leesa Lynn Powell Silvers, of Fort Scott, died Thursday, Feb. 17, 2022, in Fort Scott at the age of 70. As many of her friends and family knew, Leesa was generous, kind and loving, and would often forego her needs to ensure those around her were take...
Perry W. Bower
February 24, 2022
Perry William Bower, 89, of Fort Scott, passed away Wednesday morning, February 23, 2022, at Via Christi Hospital in Pittsburg, Kansas. He was born February 14, 1933, in Redfield, Kansas, the son of Jesse Shotwell and June Kathryn (Dunbar) Bower. He ...
Kathryn E. Wilson
February 23, 2022
Kathryn Elaine “Kathie” Greenfield Wilson, 70, of Fort Scott, passed away Friday evening, February 18, 2022, at the Medicalodge in Fort Scott. She was born August 12, 1951, to Rachel Hord and John C. Greenfield Sr., in Tacoma, Washington. Kathie ...
Paul J. Newton
February 21, 2022
Paul Joseph Newton II, 64, of Fort Scott, Kansas passed away Friday evening, February 18, 2022, at the Ascension Via Christi Emergency Room in Fort Scott. He was born July 4, 1957, in Fort Scott, the son of Paul J, and Jennie Zembal Newton. He marrie...
Robert E. Jackson
February 14, 2022
Robert Eugene Jackson, 90, formerly of Fort Scott, passed away the afternoon of January 28, 2022, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He was born December 10, 1931, the son of L. C. Jackson and Katherine (Harris) Jackson in Fort Scott Kansas. He married ...
Terry L. Culp
February 7, 2022
Terry Lee Culp, 70, of Eureka, Kansas, passed away Friday, February 4, 2022, after battling liver disease. He was born in Fort Scott, Kansas, on November 27, 1951. He married Diane Culp on January 12, 1974, in Hooper, Nebraska, they later divorced....
Bobbe E. Ward
February 1, 2022
Bobbe Ellen Ward, 91, passed away on January 29 at Guest Home Estates in Fort Scott where she had resided for the past few years. Bobbe was born on July 4, 1930, in Uniontown, Kansas to Alton and Ellen (Roberts) Clark. She graduated from Uniontown Hi...
Sister Mary Concetta Cardinale
January 26, 2022
Sister Mary Concetta Cardinale, RSM, 98, formerly of Fort Scott, passed away Friday, January 14, 2022, in St. Louis, Missouri. She was born February 22, 1923, in Chanute, Kansas, the daughter of Angelo and Helen Louise (Blome) Cardinale.
A faithfu...