Obituaries in Bourbon County KS

Charles Wesley Smith, 95, of Fort Scott, passed away Wednesday afternoon September 16, 2020, at Medicalodge. He was born April 27, 1925, in Devon, Kansas, the son of William George and Bertha Mae (Sauerwein) Smith. He married Ruth Irene Johnston on J...

Raymond Tyler Maxwell Harper, 19, of Fort Scott, passed away Sunday evening, September 13, 2020. He was born February 7, 2001, in Topeka, Kansas. Ray attended Fort Scott schools and worked for both Twister Trailers and Laco Guttering. He enjoyed f...

Sharon Lynn Short, 86, formerly of Fort Scott, passed away Monday morning September 7, 2020, in Overland Park, Kansas. She was born November 6, 1933, in Fort Scott, Kansas, the daughter of Roy G. and Leora Marian (Heitz) Miller. She married Forrest E...

Kenneth Leroy Wolf, 86, of Fort Scott, passed away Monday morning, September 7, 2020, at his home. Kenneth was born September 19, 1933, in Fort Scott, Kansas, the son of “Ted” Theodore Roosevelt and Mary (Milburn) Wolf. He remarried Sharron Tucke...

Forestine Rosetta Hoover, 90, of Fort Scott, passed away early Friday morning, July 31, 2020, at the Medicalodge Nursing Home.  She was born December 4, 1929, in Devon, Kansas, the daughter of Charles Frederick and Gladys Ida (Huss) Miller. She marr...

Wesley Allan Gress, 68, of Fort Scott, passed away late Sunday night July 19, 2020, at Via Christi Ascension in Fort Scott, Kansas. Wes was born March 22, 1952, in Kansas City, Kansas, the son of Warren Wesley and Dorothy Mae (Snyder) Gress. He marri...

Claudia Marie Maberry, a former resident of Fort Scott, died July 17, 2020 (one day after her 96th birthday) in Vaiden Community Living Center, Vaiden, Mississippi).  She was born July 16, 1924, the daughter of Roy Francis Kennedy and Anna Maria Fag...

Karen (Mabery) Atkins formerly of Fort Scott passed away suddenly on June 23RD, 2020 in Nixa, Missouri.  Karen was born March 15, 1949, in Fort Scott, Kansas, the only child to Frank and Faye (Duncan) Mabery.  She graduated from Fort Scott High Sch...

Alpha Louise Culbertson, 59, of Fort Scott, passed away Wednesday evening, June 17, 2020, at her daughter’s home in Wichita, Kansas.  She was born December 31, 1960, in Nevada, Missouri, the daughter of Bennie Curtis and Nettie Ruth (Turner) Culbe...

Mary Barrett Irvin, 99, of Fort Scott, formerly of Rogers, Arkansas, passed away Wednesday, May 8, 2020, at her home in Presbyterian Village. She was born in Murdock, Minnesota, on August 1, 1920, to Agnes and Earl Barrett. She was preceded in death ...

Leasha Renee Galvis, 47, of Olathe, Kansas passed away, Monday, May 11, 2020, at the University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City, Kansas.  She was born the daughter of Loretta Hall on August 26, 1972, in Pittsburg, Kansas.  She married John ...

Wanda Audine (Smith) Larsen, 89, formerly of Fort Scott, KS, passed away Thursday evening, May 7, 2020, at the Ozark Nursing and Care Center in Ozark, MO.  Wanda was born August 3, 1930, in (a farmhouse near Dry Ridge) Blue Mound, KS, the daughter o...

Norma Jean Wiley, 87, of Fort Scott, passed away Monday evening, April 27, 2020, at the St. Luke’s Hospice House in Kansas City, Missouri.  She was born April 18, 1933, in Fort Scott, Kansas the daughter of Steve L. and Louise Eunice (Shelton) Mud...

Renea Lynn Gress, 37, of Fort Scott, passed away Wednesday, April 22, 2020, at her home. She was born June 17, 1982, in Kansas City, Kansas the daughter of Wesley Allan and Colene Janette (Summers) Gress. Renea is Survived by her Father, Wes Gr...

Glen Richard “Rick” Singmaster, 74, of Arcadia, Kansas, passed away on April 13, 2020, at his home.  He was born March 19, 1946, in Fort Scott the son of Donald “Reece” and Luetta “June” Kitchen Singmaster.  Rick was a member of the For...

Phyllis Norris, 88, of Fort Scott, passed away at her home Saturday morning, April 11, 2020.  She was born March 11, 1932, in Liberty, Kansas, the daughter of Archibald Warren and Hazel Johanna (Johnson) Austin.  She married Claude Wayne Norris on ...

Judith Ann Brandt, 75 of Centerton, Arkansas, passed away Monday evening, March 23, 2020, at her home.  She was born on March 9, 1945, in Wichita, Kansas the daughter of Paul Stewart and Lillie Ann Sivey Elliott.  She married Larry Kenneth Brandt o...

On Saturday, March 14, 2020, Esther Anne Sewell passed from this earth at age 97. She was known as Annie to her friends, Grannie Annie to her grandchildren and, of course, Mom to her children. Annie is survived by three children: Larry Sewell and ...

Erla Mae Casner, 90, of Fort Scott, passed away Thursday, March 5, 2020, at Guest Home Estates. She was born October 26, 1929, in Mapleton, Kansas, the daughter of William Fred and Lula Mae (Wellington) Bloesser. She married Merle LaVerne Casner on O...

Martha Ann Clark, 86, of Fort Scott, passed away, Sunday, February 23, 2020, at the Medicalodge of Fort Scott.  She was born May 11, 1933, in Springfield, Missouri the daughter of John Paul and Cora (Shaup) Jones. She married Kenneth E. Clark on Oct...

Jerry Eugene Nafgzer, 83, of Fort Scott, Kansas, formerly of Lancaster, Ohio, went to be with his Lord peacefully, Monday afternoon, February 3, 2020, at the Guest Home Estates of Fort Scott.  He was born November 23, 1936, in Obetz, Ohio, the son o...

Marjorie Mae Foster, age 98, died Thursday, January 23, 2020, at the Medicalodge in Fort Scott, Kansas. She was born September 14, 1921, in Fort Scott the daughter of Frank and Ruby (Gump) Phillips.  She married Melvin “Boots” Foster November 2,...