Patricia A. Cruse
June 8, 2023
Patricia Ann Cruse, 62, formerly of Fort Scott, passed away Saturday morning, December 25, 2021, at her home in Afton, Oklahoma. She was born November 23, 1959, in Fort Scott, Kansas the daughter of Russell Vincent and Alta Maye (Hall) Schasteen. She...
Leslie David George
June 8, 2023
Leslie “David” “Dee” George was welcomed into the arms of Jesus on December 23, 2021. He was born in Fort Scott, Kansas on December 30, 1942. He graduated from Uniontown High School and Pittsburg State University. He married the love of his l...
Todd S. Woodward
June 8, 2023
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...
Scott L. Ehnes
June 8, 2023
Scott Lee Ehnes, of Stover, Missouri passed away Sunday morning, December 5, 2021, at the home of his aunt Jane Lacy, in Lathrop, Missouri. He was born July 8, 1960, in Cheyenne, Wyoming the son of Steven and Shirley Allene (Steely) Ehnes.
Scott s...
Marita L. Bigelow
June 8, 2023
Marita Lynne Bigelow, 79, of Fort Scott, Kansas, passed away Tuesday morning November 30, 2021, at her home. She was born July 20, 1942, in Fort Scott, Kansas the daughter of Preston “Pete” Lafayette and Dorothy Lavella (Pottorff) Barr. She marri...
Mary I. Tallman
June 8, 2023
Mary Bell (Isabel) Tallman, 93, formerly of Fort Scott, passed away November 24, 2021, at her home in Scottsdale, Arizona. She was born April 9, 1928, in St. Paul, Kansas. She married Harry “Charles” Tallman October 13, 1946, in Fort Scott, Kansa...
Maybelle L. Mertz
June 8, 2023
Lifelong Fort Scott resident Maybelle Mertz, 100, passed away comfortably at her home on November 15, 2021.
Mrs. Mertz was born and was raised in Fort Scott. She was born on February 6, 1921, the daughter of Harlan and Mabel (Hicks) Spencer. She g...
Thorene F. Roberts
June 8, 2023
Thorene F. Roberts, 93, of Fort Scott, passed away peacefully Monday afternoon, November 8, 2021. She was born February 29, 1928, in Mount Hope, Kansas, one of 4 children to Scott and Dollie (Lumbert) Johnson. She married Kale Lee Roberts on February...
Donna M. Davidson
June 8, 2023
Donna M. Davidson, 77, of Uniontown, Kansas, passed away Sunday evening October 17, 2021, at her home. She was born March 7, 1944, in Fort Scott, Kansas, the daughter of Lee Charles and Allie Ethyl (Peterson) Middleton. She married Clarence Williams ...
Velma J. Stevens
June 8, 2023
Velma Jean (VJ) Stevens, 97, formerly of Prescott and most recently of Anamosa, Iowa, passed away peacefully on October 7, 2021, in Anamosa. She was born on April 2, 1924, in Stotesbury, Missouri. She lived in Prescott for much of her life but la...
Patricia M. Belkham
June 8, 2023
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...
Norma J. Cowan
June 8, 2023
Norma Jean Cowan, 89, of Nevada, Missouri and formerly of Devon, passed away late Tuesday evening, September 21, 2021, at Freeman Hospital in Joplin, Missouri. She was born May 30, 1932, in Fort Scott, Kansas, the daughter of Archie Jesse and Irma E....
Jim E. Hoover
June 8, 2023
James Eldon “Jim” Hoover, 60, of Joplin, Missouri, passed away September 20, 2021, at his home. He was born October 19, 1960, in Detroit, Michigan, the son of Eldon Lee and Forestine Rosetta (Miller) Hoover.
Jim served in the US Army and was a...
Clara N. Brewer
June 8, 2023
Clara Brewer, 97, of Fort Scott, passed away Saturday evening, September 18, 2021, at the home of her daughter, Mildred Hall. She was born, December 18, 1923, in Yates Center, Kansas the daughter of Albertis Orville “Bert” and Moma Mary Martin Ho...
Margie N. Majors
June 8, 2023
Margie Nell Majors, 90, of Fort Scott, Kansas, passed away Wednesday, September 1, 2021, at A Country Place in Fort Scott. She was born March 3, 1931, in Fort Scott, Kansas, the daughter of Norman Curtis and Edna May (Gunsaullus) Bowers. She married ...
Maxine L. Kinney Smith
June 8, 2023
Maxine Louise (Lockwood) Kinney Smith, 96, of Fort Scott, Kansas, passed away August 27, 2021, at Country Place Senior Living in Fort Scott. She was born September 18, 1924, in Bourbon County, Kansas, to George and Mildred Lockwood of Godfrey, Kansas...
Shannon E. Herrington
June 8, 2023
Shannon Elizabeth Herrington, 30, of Girard, Kansas, passed away Wednesday, August 25, 2021, in Springfield, Missouri. She was born February 27, 1991, in Garnett, Kansas, the daughter of Paul Oscar Herrington, Jr. and Bonnie Lynn (Bolton) Herrington....
Daisy L. Strader
June 8, 2023
Daisy Louise Strader, 94, of Fort Scott, passed away Sunday afternoon, August 22, 2021, at her home. She was born February 19, 1927, in Uniontown, Kansas, the daughter of James Frederick and Bertha Dean (Ramsey) Pryor. She graduated from Uniontown Hi...
Tammy L. Owen
June 8, 2023
Tammy Leighann Owen, 55, formerly of Fort Scott, and most recently of Grandview, Missouri, passed away Saturday, July 31, 2021, in Alton, Missouri. She was born January 29, 1966, in Fort Scott, Kansas, the daughter of Garry Ray and Linda Kay (Turner)...
David Newcomb
June 8, 2023
David Newcomb, 72, passed away on March 31, 2021. He was born on November 11, 1948, to John and Pauline (Greer) Newcomb. Following graduation from Fort Scott (KS) high school in 1966, David attended Fort Scott Community College and enlisted in the U....
Clara May Schwartz
June 8, 2023
Clara May Pigg Schwartz, 100, of Fort Scott, Kansas, passed away on Wednesday, July 28, 2021. She was born January 21, 1921, in Arma, Kan., the daughter of Jesse T. and Flora Ruth (Vaughan) Pigg. She married Kenneth Fritz Schwartz on December 16, 194...
Shirley J. Hutchins
June 8, 2023
Shirley Jean Hutchins, 90, of Scammon, Kansas, passed away at her home Monday afternoon, July 19, 2021. She was born in Uniontown, Kansas, the daughter of Edmond Riley and Deloris Joan (McGuire) Brown. She married James Keith Hutchins on October 9, 1...
Betty M. Bradbury
June 8, 2023
Betty Marie Bradbury, 89, of Redfield, Kansas, passed away Friday morning, June 25, 2021, at her home. She was born September 1, 1931, in Fort Scott, Kansas, the daughter of John C. and Bertha Mable (Brown) Lucas. She married Gerald Everett Bradbury,...
Deborah L. Silbaugh
June 8, 2023
Deborah Lynn Silbaugh, 57, of Buffalo, Kansas, and formerly of Fort Scott, passed away Monday, June 21, 2021, at Yates Center Health and Rehab. She was born June 22, 1963, in Chicago, Illinois. She was a Nursing Aide, working primarily in nursing hom...
Thelma O. Thomas
June 8, 2023
Thelma Opal Thomas, 83, of Fort Scott, passed away Wednesday, June 23, 2021, at her home. She was born October 10, 1937, in Boicourt, Kansas, the daughter of Benjamin and Viola (Brant) Wurtz, and was the next to the youngest of twenty-five children. ...