Leon R. Cleaver
October 1, 2015
Veteran
Leon Richard “Lonnie” Cleaver, 89 of Rural Fort Scott, died Thursday evening, October 1, 2015 at the Guest Home Estates. He was born March 7, 1926 in Fort Scott, Kansas the son of August M. and Ruth Jane (Flora) Cleaver.
Lonnie was a farmer ...
Lester C. Young
September 29, 2015
Veteran
Lester Charles Young, 66, of Fort Scott died early Tuesday morning September 29, 2015. He was born December 21, 1948 in Kansas City, Missouri the son of Earl Wayne and Lona Marie (Burrell) Young. He married Alice May Agnew October 12, 1972 in Miami, ...
Lawrence Allen
August 24, 2015
Lawrence Roger Allen, 83 of Fort Scott, died Monday evening, August 24, 2015 at his home. He was born October 31, 1931 in Rogers, Arkansas the son of William John and Edith Alma (Robinson) Allen. He married Emma Jean Collins January 7, 1951 in the Fi...
Leatha Griffith
August 22, 2015
Leatha Lenora Griffith of Fort Scott passed away on August 22, 2015 at the age of 100. She will be remembered by most simply as “Grannie”.
Grannie was born to Fred and Sarah (Galvin) Ricketts in Nevada, MO. She married Charles F. (“Big Dad...
Mary Nelle Beth
August 16, 2015
Mary Nelle Beth, 97 of Fort Scott, died Sunday evening, August 16, 2015 at the Guest Home Estates. She was born February 24, 1918 in Fort Scott, Kansas the daughter of Alex and Christina (Wiley) Mason. She married Glen Merdith Beth August 5, 1939 in ...
Nancy Dizmang
August 12, 2015
Nancy Lou Dizmang, 73 of Fort Scott, died Wednesday afternoon, August 12, 2015 at the Fort Scott Manor Nursing Home. She was born February 14, 1942 in Ottawa, Kansas the daughter of George Frederick, Sr. and Mary Opal (Bingham) Hull. She married Cha...
Lucile Wolf
August 1, 2015
Lucile Irene Wolf, 96, of Fort Scott, died at her home, Saturday morning, August 1, 2015. She was born January 15, 1919 near Deerfield, Missouri the daughter of William Lewis and Alice Messick Endicott Schilling. She married Arthur Edward “Art”...
Norma Campbell
July 30, 2015
Norma Jean Campbell, 82, resident of Fort Scott, KS died Thursday Morning, July 30, 2015. She was born May 5, 1933 in Fort Scott, Kansas, the daughter of Lester (Pete) and Marion Dudley.
During high school Norma was Worldly Advisor to the Rainbo...
Betty Hixon
July 28, 2015
Betty Louise Hixon, 87, of Fort Scott, Kansas, passed away on the evening of Tuesday, July 28, 2015, at Benton House of Shoal Creek in Kansas City, Missouri, after a lengthy battle with cancer. Betty was surrounded by family and friends at the time ...
George Cheatham
July 20, 2015
George Marvin Cheatham, Sr., 96, formerly of Fort Scott, passed away in Tulsa, Oklahoma Monday, July 20, 2015. George was born on December 11, 1918 in Lupus, Missouri to George Marvin Cheatham and Eula Edwards Cheatham. The family moved to Valley Fa...
Dorothy Headley
July 18, 2015
Dorothy May Headley, 64, of Fort Scott, died Saturday morning, July 18, 2015 at the Kansas University Medical Center in Kansas City, Kansas. She was born May 9, 1951 in Fort Scott, Kansas the daughter of Mearl and Essie E. (Zion) Headley.
Doroth...
Bobbie Turner
July 18, 2015
Bobbie D. Turner, 77, of Fort Scott, died Saturday morning, July 18, 2015 at the Medicalodge Nursing Home. He was born September 24, 1937 in Deerfield, Missouri the son of Dale and Lorena Estella (Hood) Turner. He married Myrna Burke February 14, 195...
John Adams
July 14, 2015
John David Adams, 61, of Fort Scott, passed away at his home Tuesday, July 14, 2015. He was born October 17, 1953 in Fort Scott, Kansas the son of John Henry and Dorcas Elizabeth (Wilkerson) Adams.
Survivors include his two sons, Bryan Adams of Pi...
Maurice Bruns
July 6, 2015
Maurice Gene Bruns, 78, of Fort Scott, passed away at his home Monday, July 6, 2015. He was born March 28, 1937 in Wathena, Kansas the son of Howard Archibald and Vesta Hattie “Jackie” (Staines) Bruns. He married Charlene Cowan June 14, 1983 in M...
Lucille Slater
June 28, 2015
Lucille (Lyn) Gwendolyn Provence-Slater, formerly of Fort Scott and Overland Park, Kansas passed away peacefully from a sudden heart attack on June 28, 2015 at age 89 at the Good Samaritan Hospital in Puyallup, Washington.
Lyn was the daughter of ...
Carol Durbin
June 20, 2015
Carol Deanette Durbin, 67, of Fort Scott, died Saturday Morning, June 20, 2015 at the Cox Medical Center in Springfield, Missouri. She was born in La Cygne, Kansas, on September 24, 1947 the daughter of Russell Stokes and Beatrice Imogene Willis Merr...
Bob Crain
June 14, 2015
Robert Tallman Crain, 90, of Fort Scott died early Sunday morning, June 14, 2015 at the Medical Lodge in Fort Scott. He was born on March 19, 1925 in Fort Scott, Kansas the son of John Tallman and Anna Josephine (Dudley) Crain. He married Bonnie J. H...
Bill Sellen
June 14, 2015
William W. “Bill” Sellen, 91, formerly of Topeka, Kansas, died Sunday afternoon, June 14, 2015 at the Fort Scott Manor Nursing Home. He was born February 22, 1924 in Providence, Rhode Island, the son of Arthur Godfrey and Grace (Walker) Sellen. H...
Dollie Riley
June 6, 2015
Dollie Bernadine Riley, 88, of Wichita, Kansas Saturday, passed away June 6, 2015. She was born August 27, 1926 in Fort Scott, Kansas the daughter of Robert Volney and Mary Ann (Roberts) Wagner. She married Charles Lemuel Riley April 18, 1946 in Fort...
Donald Fink
May 20, 2015
Donald Lee Fink, 91 of Rural Fort Scott, died at his home Wednesday evening, May 20, 2015. He was born July 16, 1923 in Redfield, Kansas the son of Gottlob Julius and Laura Frances (Ruthrauff) Fink. He married Alice Jean Endicott Dare September 7, 19...
Frances Merrell
May 16, 2015
Frances A. Merrell, 103, of Fort Scott, died Saturday morning, May 16, 2015 at Guest Home Estates. She was born December 28, 1911 in a covered wagon in Indian Territory in Oklahoma. She was the daughter of Sterling and Octa (Morris) Anderson. She mar...
Gary Deloney
May 13, 2015
Gary Edward Deloney, 72, of Fort Scott died Wednesday afternoon, May 13, 2015 in Fort Scott. He was born August 17, 1942 in Mound City, Kansas the son of Adolph Lewis and Mildred Marie (Coffeen) Deloney. He married Charyl Ann Doherty October 7, 1967 ...