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Richard Leon Bryant (09/30/16)
Richard Leon Bryant, age 65, resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died early Thursday morning, Sept. 29, at Medicalodge of Fort Scott. He was born Dec. 18, 1950, in Fort Scott, the son of Richard and Elizabeth West Bryant. He married Gayle Edwards in 1972. ...
Joseph M. Johnson (09/30/16)
Joseph M. Johnson, 64, of Fort Scott died Friday, Sept. 30, 2016 at his home. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later by the Konantz-Cheney Funeral Home.
Elizabeth May "Betty" (Parrish) Brazee (09/30/16)
Elizabeth May "Betty" (Parrish) Brazee of Overland Park, Kan., passed away Monday, Sept. 26, 2016 at Menorah Medical Center in Overland Park at the age of 100. Betty was born on Feb. 4, 1916 in Fort Scott, Kan., to Harry Ellsworth and America Jane "Meckie" (Baker) Parrish. ...
Charles Phillips (09/30/16)
Charles Phillips, age 77, Mound City, Kan., passed away on Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2016 at his home. Funeral service will be held 6 p.m. Monday, Oct. 3, 2016 at the Schneider Mound City Chapel. Visitation will be held from 4 to 6 p.m. at the chapel. Private family burial will be in the Prescott Cemetery. ...
Luann Dickerson Russo (09/30/16)
Luann Dickerson Russo, age 64, passed away Sept. 25, 2016. She was born Oct. 5, 1951. Services will be held at 10 a.m., Saturday, Oct. 15 at S. Mary's Cemetery. A complete obituary will appear in a future edition of The Tribune.
Russell Wayne Car-Skaden (09/27/16)
Russell Wayne Car-Skaden, age 38, resident of Bronson, Kan., died Friday, Sept. 23, 2016, at the Mercy Hospital emergency room. Cremation arrangements are under the direction of the Cheney Witt Chapel, 201 S. Main, Fort Scott.
Marion Harrison George (09/23/16)
Marion Harrison George, age 71, a resident of Uniontown, Kan., died early Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2016, at the Mercy Hospital in Fort Scott, Kan. He was born Sept. 24, 1944, in Fort Scott, the son of Leslie Edward George and Viola Pauline Buntain George. ...
Marjorie Elizabeth Budy (09/22/16)
Marjorie Elizabeth Budy, 86, of Fort Scott, passed away Thursday morning, Sept. 22, 2016, at Mercy Hospital. She was born Nov. 12, 1929, in Boonville, Mo., the daughter of Perry Patrick and Florence Kathrine (Rippley) Dedrick. She married Jean Budy June 5, 1954 in Boonville, Mo., and he preceded her in death Sept. 21, 2013...
Billie Joe "Bill" Avery (09/20/16)
Billie Joe "Bill" Avery, age 90, Centerville, Kan., passed away on Monday, Sept. 19, 2016 at Vintage Park in Osawatomie, Kan. Graveside funeral service will be held 11 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 24, 2016 at the Osawatomie Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. ...
Millicent Gladys La Berge (Rea) (09/20/16)
Former Pleasanton resident Millicent Gladys La Berge (Rea), 91, died Friday, Sept. 16, 2016, at the home of her daughter, Laura Rea, in Highlands Ranch, Colo. Graveside services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, Sept. 23, in the Pleasanton Cemetery, Pleasanton, Kans. Military honors will be provided. Services are under the direction of the Cheney Witt Chapel, Fort Scott, Kan. Words of remembrance may be submitted to the online guestbook at cheneywitt.com...
Richard "Rick" Alan Post (09/20/16)
Richard "Rick" Alan Post, age 61, Prescott, Kan., passed away Monday, Sept. 19, 2016 at his home. Graveside service will be held 11 a.m., Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2016 at the Prescott Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. Monday Sept. 26 at the Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory, Pleasanton Chapel. ...
James R. "Red" Stradley (09/17/16)
James R. "Red" Stradley, age 83, a resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died Thursday, Sept. 15 at Ft. Scott Mercy Hospital. He was born on March 18, 1933, in Kansas City, Mo., the son of Jesse and Addie Michaels Stradley. He graduated from Fort Scott High School with the class of 1951. ...
Hazel June Hicks Gordon (09/16/16)
After a long illness, Hazel June Hicks Gordon, 86, formerly of Fort Scott, and a resident of Heritage Health Care in Chanute, Kan., was reunited with her loved ones in heaven on Tuesday evening, Sept. 13, 2016. Hazel June Hicks was born Nov. 9, 1929, in a primitive log cabin on the prairies of Wyoming where her mother, Ruth Belle Crites Hicks, and father, Oscar Allen Hicks, had homesteaded after her father returned from fighting in World War I. ...
Leland L. Lee (09/16/16)
Leland L. Lee, age 83, of Warsaw, Mo., passed away Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2016, in Columbia, Mo. He was born on Sept. 7, 1933 in Appleton City, Mo., the son of Christian and Viola Hill. Leland worked as an electrician in Butler, Mo., and later owned and operated the laundry mat and the sewing center. In 1965, he began work for Culligan in Sedalia and Warsaw. He was an accomplished businessman, avid fisherman and a helping hand to his neighbors and community...
Cynthia Jo Vietti (09/16/16)
Cynthia Jo Vietti, 64, of Fort Scott, passed away at her home Wednesday morning, Sept. 14, 2016. She was born Oct. 30, 1951 the daughter of Eugene Dominic and Wilma Dean (Morrison) Vietti. Cindy attended Girard schools all twelve grades and attended Pittsburg State for two years before entering Mercy School of Nursing in Fort Scott, Kan., graduating in 1973 as a registered nurse. ...
James R. "Red" Stradley (09/16/16)
James R. "Red" Stradley, age 83, a resident of Fort Scott, died Thursday, Sept. 15 at the Fort Scott Mercy Hospital. Services for James R. "Red" Stradley will be announced by the Cheney Witt Chapel, 201 S. Main, Fort Scott.
James "Jim" Tucker Good Sr. (09/09/16)
James "Jim" Tucker Good Sr., 95, Springfield, Mo., died at Sonshine Manor on Sept. 4, 2016. He was born on June 10, 1921 in Kansas City, Mo. Jim graduated from North High School in Wichita, Kan., at age 16 in 1938. He skipped the eighth grade. He graduated from Kansas University in Lawrence in 1942. ...
Hope Melissa Gaynor (09/06/16)
Hope Melissa Gaynor, age 62, a resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died unexpectedly, Thursday, Sept. 1, 2016, at Fort Scott. She was born March 14, 1954, in Richmond, V.A., the daughter of Lehmon Gaynor and Annie Helen Parker Gaynor. Hope had been employed as a manager of the Best Western Hotel and had also worked as a librarian at the Fort Scott Public Library for over 20 years. She had served as a CASA volunteer for 10 years. She loved spending time with her grandsons...
Julia June Blythe (09/06/16)
Julia June Blythe, age 89, a resident of Uniontown, Kan., died Sunday, Sept. 4, 2016. She was born April 3, 1927, the daughter of Loren Edward and Eva Isabel Wilson Ramsey. After graduation from Uniontown High School in 1945, she was among the many women, including her Aunt Opal with whom she lived during that time, who manufactured ammunition for WW II at the Sunflower Powder Plant near DeSoto, Kan. ...
Shirley Ann White (09/06/16)
Shirley Ann White, age 73, a resident of rural Fort Scott, Kan., died Sunday, Sept. 4, 2016, at the Mercy Hospital in Fort Scott. She was born Oct. 28, 1942, in Fort Scott, the daughter of Ward Shaffer Adams and Anna Josephine Wutke Adams. Shirley graduated from the Fulton High School. ...
Ralph Kastl (09/06/16)
Ralph Kastl, age 82, Blue Mound, Kan. passed away Friday, Sept. 2, 2016 at his home. Funeral services were 11 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2016 at Blue Mound Federated Church. Burial was in Sunny Slope Cemetery. Visitation was held from 4 to 6 p.m. Monday, Sept. ...
Lessie J. Davis (09/02/16)
Lessie J. Davis, age 73, Blue Mound, Kan., passed away on Thursday, Sept. 1, 2016 at the Olathe Hospice House. Graveside funeral service will be held 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 3, 2016 at the Sunny Slope Cemetery, Blue Mound, Kan. Visitation will be held from 1 to 2 p.m. ...
Shirley Jean Hull (09/01/16)
Shirley Jean Hull, age 59, resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died Thursday, Sept. 1, 2016, at her home. She was born on Oct. 16, 1956, in Fort Scott, the daughter of Orville and Clara Page. She has been married to her husband Earl for 29 years. Shirley enjoyed working in crafts and picture albums. She loved spending time with her kids, nieces and nephews. She was a member of Westpark Church of the Nazarene...
William "Bill" Roy Franklin (09/01/16)
William "Bill" Roy Franklin, 55, formerly of Fort Scott, died Tuesday night, Aug. 23, 2016 in Topeka, Kan. He was born Oct. 13, 1960 in Fort Scott, Kan., the son of Jack and Doris Mae (Hood) Franklin. Bill is survived by three sisters, Becky Dillon of Lancaster, Calif., Joyce Lockwood and Judy Wade both of Fort Scott, and several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents, and a brother, Richard L. Franklin...
Eunice D. Vann (09/01/16)
Eunice D. Vann, age 76, a resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2016, at the Fort Scott Medicalodge. She was born July 13, 1940, in LaCygne, Kan., the daughter of Earnest and Ida Sullivan. She married Lawrence Vann on Oct. 11, 1976, at LaCygne. ...