Ellen M. Kruse
November 27, 2022
Ellen Marie Kruse, of Fort Scott, passed away Saturday evening, November 12, 2022, at Ascension Via Christi in Pittsburg. She was born on December 20, 1952, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa the daughter of James Hewitt Miller and Willa Mae (Moore) Miller. She m...
Milton Junior Yazel
November 27, 2022
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Milton “Junior” Yazel, 93, of Columbus, Kansas, passed away October 14, 2022, in Oswego, Kansas. He was born February 24, 1929, in Freeman, Missouri, the son of George Algon and Naomi (Wigginton) Yazel. He married Lily Mae Irwin, and she preceded...
Sandra J. Fulcher
November 27, 2022
Sandra Jill Fulcher, 87, of Fort Scott, passed away Sunday, October 9, 2022, at Girard Medical Center. She was born January 3, 1935, in Iola, Kansas, the daughter of John Joseph “Jack” Laird and Mary Hazel (Remington) Laird. She married Roy “Br...
Dale Wiley
November 27, 2022
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Eldin “Dale” Wiley, 78, of Fort Scott, passed away Tuesday, August 23, 2022, at Freeman Hospital in Joplin, Missouri. He was born January 4, 1944, in Fort Scott, Kansas, the son of Fred Funston and Opal Virginia (Duncan) Wiley. He married Annetta...
Norma J. Fitzsimmons
November 27, 2022
Norma Jean Fitzsimmons, 90, formerly of Fort Scott, passed away Tuesday morning, August 23, 2022, at Saint Francis Hospital in Tulsa, Oklahoma. She was born July 8, 1932, in Redfield, Kansas, the daughter of Harry Earl and Pearl (Gunsolley) Wilson. S...
Betty J. Barnes
November 27, 2022
Betty Jean Barnes, 90, of Fort Scott, Kansas, passed away Friday, August 5, 2022, at the Fort Scott Medicalodge. She was born January 6, 1932, in Fort Scott, Kansas, the daughter of Grover B. and Florence (Lounsbury) Barnes. She was the last of her i...
Marvin L. Taylor
November 27, 2022
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Marvin Lee Taylor, 81, of Fort Scott, Kansas, passed away at his home Friday, August 5, 2022. He was born August 3, 1941, in Fort Scott, the son of Joseph Marvin and Geneva Francis (Hall) Taylor. He married Dorothy Nell Bloesser on November 26, 1966,...
Steve J. Doherty
November 27, 2022
Stephen Joseph Doherty (Stevie, Duff), 62, passed in his sleep surrounded by his family members at The University of Kansas Hospital after a lengthy illness on August 3, 2022. Stevie was born September 13, 1959, son of Bernard Doherty and Delores (...
Pauline Alsop
November 27, 2022
Pauline “Polly” Louise (Gordon) Alsop, affectionately known by family members as “Red”, 99, formerly of Fort Scott, passed away Friday morning, July 29, 2022, at Infinity Park Nursing Home in Overland Park, Kansas. She was born February 8, 19...
Carol J. Hiel-Burns
November 27, 2022
Carol Jean Hiel “Tina Burns”, 56, of Fort Scott, passed away Wednesday, July 20, 2022, at her home. She was born on February 28, 1966, in Fort Scott, Kansas, the daughter of Melvin Lee and Shirley Jean (McCallum) Ransier.
Tina loved life and l...
Illah M. Parsons
November 27, 2022
Illah May (Mason) Parsons, 89, of Fort Scott, passed away late Tuesday evening, July 19, 2022. She was born April 18, 1933, in Uniontown, Kansas, the daughter of Lester Dewey and Myrtle May (Ludlum) Mason. She married Earl Wesley Parsons on December ...
Rita M. Bridgeford
November 27, 2022
Rita Marie (Stewart) Bridgeford, 68, formerly of Fort Scott, passed away Monday, July 18, 2022, at Hands to Lend Assisted Living in Houston, Texas. She was born July 27, 1953, in Fort Scott, Kansas, the daughter of Hally Eugene and Ula Marie (Lucas) ...
Bernard L. Rauschenberger
November 27, 2022
Bernard Lee Rauschenberger, “Bud”, 75, passed away Monday, July 11, 2022, in Fort Scott, Kansas, surrounded by loved ones at his home at the time of his death. He was born October 31, 1946, in Butler, Pennsylvania, the son of William Frank and Je...
Shirley J. Culp
November 27, 2022
Shirley Culp, 86, passed away peacefully with her son by her side on the morning of Monday, July 11, 2022. Shirley was born July 5, 1936, in Uniontown, Kansas, to Bessie (Pauline) and Lawrence Cowan. She met and married her husband, Harold Culp, Sr. ...
Alfred Heinrich Basel
November 27, 2022
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Alfred Heinrich Basel, 86, of Fort Scott, Kansas, passed away early Monday morning, June 27, 2022, at the Girard Medical Center. He was born June 3, 1936, in Hanau, Germany, the son of Otto and Elisabeth (Froschhauser) Basel. After moving to the Un...
Maxine Garrett
November 27, 2022
Leona Maxine Garrett, 91, of Fort Scott, Kansas, passed away early Thursday morning June 30, 2022, at the Oak Pointe Nursing Home in Carthage, Missouri. She was born March 2, 1931, in Cato, Kansas, the daughter of Wesley Curtis and Leona Florence (Co...
Ralph N. Stapp
November 27, 2022
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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
November 27, 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
November 27, 2022
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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
November 27, 2022
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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...
Nancy J. Schmidt
November 27, 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...
Gerald E. Bradbury, Sr.
November 27, 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,...
James E. Emmerson
November 27, 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
November 27, 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
November 27, 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...