Steve J. Doherty
August 5, 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
August 3, 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...
Rita M. Bridgeford
July 25, 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) ...
Carol J. Hiel-Burns
July 22, 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
July 22, 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 ...
Bernard L. Rauschenberger
July 22, 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
July 12, 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. ...
Gerald E. Bradbury, Sr.
July 12, 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,...
Maxine Garrett
July 5, 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...
Alfred Heinrich Basel
July 1, 2022
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...
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...
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. ...