Obituaries

Dr. Richard L. “Dick” Spencer, DDS, age 77, a resident of Ft. Scott, Kansas, passed away Tuesday, November 15, 2022, at the Medicalodge in Ft....

Kevin Lee Darling, age 64, resident of Ft. Scott, KS, died Friday, November 18, 2022, at his home. He was born November 20, 1957, in Ft. Scott, the...

Mary Lou (Peterson) Schafer, 87, passed away at her daughter’s home in Apache Junction, Arizona, on October 29, 2022. She had relocated to Arizona...

Ellen Marie Kruse, of Fort Scott, passed away Saturday evening, November 12, 2022, at Ascension Via Christi in Pittsburg. She was born on December...

Timothy Wayne Foxworth, age 62, Mound City, Kansas passed away Thursday, November 10, 2022.  He was born in Great Bend, Kansas on May 9, 1960, the...

Brian Scott McDaniel, age 49, a resident of Ft. Scott, Kansas, passed away unexpectedly Monday, November 7, 2022, at the Via Christi Emergency Room...

Lois Lavon (Middleton) Cooney, age 89, a resident of Frontenac Medicalodge and formally of Ft. Scott, KS, left this world on Monday, November 7,...

Joseph Gabriel O’Bryan, Jr., age 71, current resident of Overland Park, KS, and formerly of Ft. Scott, KS, passed away peacefully at his home Sunday...

Judith Kay Long, age 78, resident of Edwardsville, KS, died Sunday, November 6, 2022, at Advent Health Hospital, Shawnee, KS. She was born March 6,...

Betty Jean Button, age 82, a resident of Ft. Scott, Kansas, passed away Friday, November 4, 2022, at the Medicalodge of Ft. Scott. She was born...

Jan Fritter, age 79, a resident of Springfield, Missouri, passed away Sunday, October 30, 2022, at the Cox South Hospital in Springfield, Missouri....

Franklin Emerson Brisbin, Jr., age 33, a resident of Ft. Scott, Kansas, passed away early Thursday, October 27, 2022, at the University of Kansas...

Daryl M. Roufs, age 63, a resident of Ft. Scott, Kansas, passed away Monday, October 24, 2022, at his home. He was born August 13, 1959, in Ft....

Linda Darlene HowlingCrane, age 65, a resident of Fulton, Kansas, passed away Saturday, October 22, 2022, at her home following her battle with...

Buddy Copelin, age 90, of Peculiar, MO, passed away Tuesday, October 18, 2022, at Methodist Mansfield Medical Center in Mansfield, TX. He was born...

Nella May “Billie” Johnson, age 95, resident of Ft. Scott, KS died Thursday, October 20, 2022. She was born July 14, 1927, in Brickeys, MO, the...

Joy Ann Whitesell O’Neal, age 82, resident of Nevada, MO previously Ft. Scott, KS died Tuesday October 18, 2022, at Mercy Hospital, Joplin MO. She...

Dale Gene Johnson, age 85, a resident of Ft. Scott, KS, died Tuesday, October 18, 2022, at Via Christi Medical Center in Pittsburg, KS. He was born...

Milton “Junior” Yazel, 93, of Columbus, Kansas, passed away October 14, 2022, in Oswego, Kansas. He was born February 24, 1929, in Freeman,...

Sandra Jill Fulcher, 87, of Fort Scott, passed away Sunday, October 9, 2022, at Girard Medical Center. She was born January 3, 1935, in Iola,...