Obituaries

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,...

Ronald Eugene Love, age 53, a resident of rural Deerfield, Missouri, passed away unexpectedly, Thursday, July 28, 2022, at the Freeman West Hospital...

Charlotte Ruth Morrell, age 88, formerly of Blue Mound, Kansas passed away Tuesday, July 26, 2022.  Funeral service will be held 10:30 am Saturday,...

Rita Marie (Stuart) Bridgeford, 68, formerly of Fort Scott, passed away Monday, July 18, 2022, at Hands to Lend Assisted Living in Houston, Texas....

Illah May (Mason) Parsons, 89, of Fort Scott, passed away late Tuesday evening, July 19, 2022. She was born April 18, 1933, in Uniontown, Kansas,...

Carol Jean Hiel “Tina Burns”, 56, of Fort Scott, passed away Wednesday, July 20, 2022, at her home. She was born on February 28, 1966, in Fort...

Bernard Lee Rauschenberger, “Bud”, 75, passed away Monday, July 11, 2022, in Fort Scott, Kansas, surrounded by loved ones at his home at the time of...

Ricky Albert Sweat, age 67, La Cygne, Kansas passed away Monday, July 18, 2022.  He was born on June 4, 1955 in Highland, Kansas the son of Bracey...

Kathy Lou Stewart, age 69, Prescott, Kansas passed away Tuesday, July 19, 2022.  She was born on October 20, 1952 in Kansas City, Missouri the...

Rudy Lerma, age 55, Mound City, Kansas passed away Saturday, July 16, 2022.  He was born in Phoenix, Arizona on July 20, 1966 the son of Elias and...

Ruth Rosamond Lowry of Richards MO, passed away peacefully at her home on July 8, 2022. Daughter of William Hugh and Mary (Neptune) Johnson, she was...

Loretta Marie Swafford, age 82, resident of Overland Park, KS, formerly of Ft. Scott, KS, died Saturday, July 16, 2022, at Advent Health Care...

Robert Edward Shryer 79 of Prescott Kansas, passed peacefully July 13, 2022. Surrounded by loved ones.  Born October 30, 1942  The only child to...