Obituaries

Elvin “Dale” Wiley, 78, of Fort Scott, passed away Tuesday, August 23, 2022, at Freeman Hospital in Joplin, Missouri. He was born January 4, 1944,...

Marilyn Maxine Ward, age 88, a resident of rural Mulberry, Kansas, passed away early Thursday, August 25, 2022, at her home. She was born October...

Bonnie V. Patton, age 93, Hume, Missouri passed away Wednesday August 24, 2022.  Funeral service will be 11 am Saturday, August 27, 2022 at the West...

Samuel Roy Evans, age 71, lifelong resident of Devon, KS, died Saturday, August 20, 2022, at his home. He was born March 12, 1951, in Ft. Scott, KS,...

Christopher Todd Stockton, age 60, La Cygne, Kansas passed away Saturday, August 20, 2022.A gathering to celebrate Chris's Life will be held from 4...

Clifford Eugene Carpenter, age 66,resident of Liberty, MO, died Friday, August 19, 2022, at Liberty Health and Wellness Nursing Home in Liberty, MO....

Margaret Lucille Leatherman, age 91, a former resident of Ft. Scott, Kansas, and more recently of Joplin, Missouri, passed away Wednesday, August...

Mary Ellen Harper, age 96,resident of Ft. Scott, KS, died Saturday, August 13, 2022, at her home. She was born September 26, 1925, in Uniontown, KS,...

Arthur Carl Hetzke, age 91, Mound City, Kansas passed away Wednesday, August 10, 2022.  He was born on August 5, 1931 in Newton, Kansas the son of...

William John Adair, age 74, La Cygne, Kansas passed away Tuesday, August 9, 2022.  He was born on January 14, 1948 in Kansas City, Kansas the son of...

Betty Jean Barnes, 90, of Fort Scott, Kansas, passed away Friday, August 5, 2022, at the Fort Scott Medicalodge. She was born January 6, 1932, in...

Elizabeth Ann Hall, age 58, loving mother of two children Amanda Knorr and Willis Hall and granddaughter Jessica Knorr, passed away in the early...

Delores Mae Lay, age 88, passed away July 29, 2022, in Susanville, CA, where she lived with her daughter, Valerie Martin. She had formerly lived...

Merle A. Beckman, age 86, Mound City, Kansas passed away Wednesday, August 3, 2022.  He was born in rural La Cygne, Kansas on October 5, 1935, the...

Rosetta May Beard, age 99, passed away Wednesday, August 3, 2022.  She was born on June 2, 1923 in Boicourt, Kansas the daughter of Donald and...

Stephen Joseph Doherty (Stevie, Duff), 62, passed in his sleep surrounded by his family members at The University of Kansas Hospital after a lengthy...

Thomas Edwin Powell, age 82,resident of Ft. Scott, KS, died Wednesday, August 03, 2022, at his home. He was born June 21, 1940, in Hiattville, KS,...

Patsy Lucille Smith, age 59, Pleasanton, Kansas; passed away peacefully in her home, surrounded by family Sunday, July 31, 2022. She was born on...

Pauline “Polly” Louise (Gordon) Alsop, affectionately known by family members as “Red”, 99, formerly of Fort Scott, passed away Friday morning, July...

Thomas W. “Tom” Madison, 56, passed away Sunday, July 31, 2022, as the result of a brain injury sustained in a motorcycle accident in Kansas City,...