Obituaries in Bourbon County KS

Dorothy Lee Ames, 85, of rural Fulton, Kansas, died Monday evening July 25, 2016 at Fort Scott Mercy Hospital.  She was born December 21, 1930 in Stotesbury, Missouri the daughter of Walter Lee and Grace Elizabeth (Owens) Shade.   Dorothy...

ROSE   MARY   ELKINS   Rose Mary Elkins, 68, of Rural Mapleton, died Sunday, July 17, 2016 at Fort Scott Mercy Hospital.  She was born March 14, 1948 in Welch, Oklahoma the daughter of Robert and Ruth Louise (Cox) Rakestraw. She marri...

Theresa Lee Jackson, 83, formerly of Redfield, Kansas died Friday afternoon, July 1, 2016 at her daughter’s home in Mulberry, Kansas.  She was born January 16, 1933 in Fort Scott, Kansas the daughter of Lee Roy and Kathryn “Katy” (Leverton) Wi...

Mae Ellen Gift, 96, of Fort Scott, passed away Tuesday afternoon, June 28, 2016 at Mercy Hospital in Fort Scott. She was born October 11, 1919 in Arcadia, Kansas the daughter of Fred Allen and Lydia Ellen (Stroud) Large.  She married Charles Arthur ...

W. Birdsell, 90 of Fort Scott, Died Saturday morning, June 18, 2016 at the Fort Scott Manor Nursing Home. He was born January 10, 1926 near Cato, Kansas the son of Louis Edward and Frances Edna (Brown) Birdsell.   He worked for years at La...

Mary Lou Heiser Hardy, 88, of Fort Scott, passed away Monday, June 20, 2016 at her home. She was born November 26, 1927 in Garland, Kansas the daughter of Clarence S. and Fern D. (Boone) Snow. She married Robert G. Heiser November 23, 1949 in Fort Sc...

Leslie Waldo Haines, Sr., 82, of Milo, Missouri died Saturday afternoon, June 4, 2016 at Mercy Hospital in Fort Scott, Kansas. He was born December 18, 1933 in Wichita, Kansas the son of Harry Waldo and Vera Isabelle (Woodman) Haines. He married Bett...

Laurence Adams, 59, of Pittsburg, Kansas, died Tuesday evening, May 24, 2016 at the Medicalodge Nursing Home of Frontenac.  He was born April 13, 1957 in Fort Scott, Kansas, the son of John Henry and Dorcas Elizabeth (Wilkerson) Adams.   ...

Emma Jean Allen, 86, of Fort Scott, passed away early Monday morning, May 23, 2016. She was born April 29, 1930 in Fort Smith, Arkansas the daughter of Theodore Roosevelt and Minnie Watson (Williams) Collins. She married Lawrence Roger Allen January ...

Opal Maxine Brillhart, 81, of Fort Scott, died Sunday morning, May 15, 2016 at St. Luke’s East Hospital in Lee’s Summit, Missouri.  She was born November 2, 1934 in Walnut, Kansas the daughter of Charles Oscar and Grace Olive (Boileau) Cowan. Sh...

Loretta M. Graham, 79, of Fort Scott, died May 10, 2016 in Kansas City, Missouri. She was born November 29, 1936 in Fort Scott, Kansas, the daughter of Julius P. and Loretta L. (Bayless) Karleskint. She married John Kemper Graham April 12, 1978, and ...

Barbara Louise “Barb” Loyd, 61, of Fort Scott, passed away Wednesday, May 11, 2016 at her home. She was born December 30, 1954 in Fort Scott, Kansas the daughter of Ronald Allen “Romey” and Josephine Ruth “Jo” (Keating) Rogers. She marrie...

Mary Deloris Regan, 95, of Fort Scott, Kan., was born March 17, 1921, in Rich Hill, Mo., and while at Mercy Hospital Fort Scott, she departed this world to be with her heavenly Father on Monday evening, April 18, 2016.   Mary was the daugh...

Jacqueline Elizabeth Hill-Hardy passed away peacefully on Sunday afternoon, April 10, 2016.  The daughter of Albert Edward Hill and Fontella Edith Evelyn Hill, she was born on May 8, 1925 in Fort Scott, Kansas.   Her surviving family incl...

Margaret Mae Brownie Leonard Hartman, 80, of Uniontown and Rose Hill, passed away at home with her family Monday evening, April 4, 2016 in Rose Hill, Kansas. She was born February 23, 1936 in Bristol, Tennessee the daughter of Airy Newell and Burnice...

Louise M. Crandall, 82, of rural Fort Scott, died Saturday evening, March 26, 2016 at Mercy Hospital.  She was born on October 1, 1933 the daughter of Elmer and Lula (Hixon) Ellis.  She was born on the family farm in Pawnee, Kansas and lived almost...

Clarence Leroy Sackett, 79, of Fort Scott, passed away early Friday morning, March 18, 2016. He was born July 14, 1936 in Bourbon County, Kansas the son of Clarence Barton and Mary Jane (Crystal) Sackett.   Leroy is survived by three broth...

Bruce L. Henry passed peacefully on January 4, 2016, in Fort Scott, Kansas, after a brief illness. He was 76 years old. If you met Bruce once, you never forgot him. To say that he had personality or character was an understatement. He had many friend...