Obituaries

Howard J. Logan, age 91, Centerville, Kan., passed away on Wednesday, March 21, 2019. Graveside funeral service will be held 3 p.m. Sunday, March 24, 2019 at the Centerville Cemetery. Contributions are suggested to the American Heart Association. Online condolences can be left at www.schneiderfunerals.com. Arrangements: Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory, Mound City Chapel...

Betty Jean Chambers, 86, of Arkansas City, died Monday, March 18, 2019, at the Winfield Senior Living Community. The family will greet friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday evening at the funeral home. Cremation and graveside services will follow at a later date...

Peggy J. Finley, age 77, Webb City, Mo., passed away on Friday March 15, 2019 at Freeman West in Joplin, Mo. She was born on Oct. 9, 1941 at Fort Scott, Kan., the daughter of Charles Eldon and Mary Lillie Pellett Harper. She graduated from Fort Scott High School, Fort Scott Community College and Missouri Southern State University, where she received her Bachelor's in Human Resources. ...

William M. "Bill" Scott, age 94, Mound City, Kan., passed away on March 15, 2019 at his home near Mound City. Funeral services are at 11 a.m. Tuesday, March 19, 2019 at the Mound City United Methodist Church. Burial will be in the Curry Cemetery. Visitation will be held 5 to 6:30 p.m. ...

Grace P. Hyatt, Sept. 3, 1928 – March 14, 2019. Grace Hyatt, of Emporia, Kan.,, died at Newman Hospital in Emporia. Thursday, Grace Pauline Hyatt went to be with her Lord and her husband in Heaven. Her cowboy went to Heaven 12 years ago on Friday. Grace Pauline Carmean was born near Des Moines, N.M. ...

Louise Woodworth Crist Prell, beloved mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, passed away peacefully early Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2018, at St. Joseph Hospital in Orange, Calif. She was born Dec. 22, 1933, in Evanston, Ill., to C. Francis Crist and Alice Woodworth Crist. ...

Robert “Bob” Howard, age 76, resident of rural Fort Scott, passed away at home on Tuesday, March 12, 2019, after his battle with cancer. He was born in Fort Scott on Sept. 18, 1942. Bob joined the Navy in 1960. He married Judy Saker on March 7, 1964, in Fort Scott. ...

Carolyn Sue Daugherty, 75, of Springfield, passed away Tuesday, March 12, 2019 at her home surrounded by her loving family following a short period of illness. Carolyn was born Aug. 6, 1943 and graduated from Nevada High School in 1961. She married Boyd Daugherty and lived and worked in Nevada for 25 years. ...

Merle Dean Monroe passed away Thursday, Feb. 28, 2019, at the age of 77. He was born June 19, 1941, in Fort Scott, Kan. Merle was a lifelong resident of Fort Scott where he worked hard all his life working as a truck driver for many years. Following his retirement he continued working until he couldn’t any longer...

Alice Jean Armstrong, 80, of Fort Scott, died on Tuesday, March 5, 2019, at the Medicalodge in Frontenac, Kan. Jean was born on Aug. 22, 1938 at Hepler, Kan., to David and Ethel (Hardin) Huber. She graduated from Hepler High School in 1956 and attended Ozark Bible College in Joplin, Mo. She married Thomas Armstrong on April 26, 1958 in Hepler, Kan. He preceded her in death on March 11, 1994...

Ruth P. Sharp, age 89, of Fort Scott, Kan., passed away peacefully Wednesday, March 6, 2019, at home at Guest Home Estates in Fort Scott. She was born June 7, 1929, in Lamar, Mo., the daughter of Troy and Nellie Taylor Fanning. Ruth grew up on a farm in Lamar and worked in the fields with her brothers. She married Bob Taylor on March 20, 1950. Bob preceded her in death on Nov. 30, 1965. She married Robert K. (Jack) Sharp on Sept. 3, 1966, who preceded her in death on Feb. 27, 2008...

Loretta McLaughlin, 98, formerly of Fort Scott, passed away Monday morning, March 4, 2019, at the Pioneer Ridge Nursing Facility in Lawrence, Kan. She was born June 19, 1920, in Horton, Kan., the daughter of Henry Joseph and Leona Theressa (Hillebrand) Gampper, Sr. She married William Patrick McLaughlin June 12, 1950, in Horton, Kan. He preceded her in death Jan. 21, 1986...

Surrounded by her husband and six children, Patricia “Pat” E. Schwepker, 77, of Cape Girardeau, Mo., passed away Sunday, March 3, 2019, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau She was born July 7, 1941, in Pleasanton, Kan., to Earl and Nora Atherton McIntosh. She and Robert “Bob” H. Schwepker were married April 7, 1962, in Fulton, Kan. For the most part, they raised their family in Kansas and moved to Cape Girardeau in the late 1980s...

Lela Jean Rogers, age 93, a resident of Fort Scott, Kan., passed away Monday, March 4, 2019, at the Medicalodge of Fort Scott. She was born Dec. 21, 1925, in Kincaid, Kan., the daughter of Elias Hardy Garrison and Jessie Mae Wolfe Garrison. Her father died when Jean was a child and she was raised by her aunt and uncle Hattie and Audley Bradley. ...

Audrey Ann Proffitt, age 81, a resident of Prescott, Kan., passed away Thursday, Feb. 28, 2019, at the Olathe Medical Center in Olathe, Kan. She was born Nov. 12, 1937, the daughter of Jesse Belmont Crane and Vera Davis Crane. From the age of 8, she was raised by her father and his wife, Lillian Mayfield Crane. ...

Charles Elmer Beckman, age 88, Mound City, Kan., passed away on Thursday, Feb. 28, 2019 at the Olathe Hospice House. Funeral service will be held 2 p.m. Tuesday, March 5, 2019 at the Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory, Mound City Chapel. Burial will be in the Woodland Cemetery. ...

Mary Elizabeth Lundberg, age 101, resident of Bronson, Kan., died Monday, Feb. 25, 2019, at Arrowood Lane, Humboldt, Kan. She was born Aug. 31, 1917, in Redfield, Kan., the daughter of Clarence Lee Harber and Lila May Quick Harber. She attended Redfield School. ...

Patricia Ellen “Patty” Daniels, age 91, a former resident of Redfield, Kan., and more recently of the Presbyterian Village in Fort Scott, passed away early Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2019, at the Medicalodge in Fort Scott. She was born Dec. 18, 1927, at the family home in Arcadia, Kan., the daughter of Thomas Edward Potter and Edna Blanch Bradbury Potter. ...

Mary Elaine Allen, age 68, of Fort Scott, Kan., passed away Monday, Feb. 25, 2019, at Olathe Medical Center. She was born Aug. 15, 1950, in Nevada, Mo., the daughter of Alfred Leon and Betty Ruth (Anderson) Barker. She graduated from Fort Scott High School with the Class of ‘68 and attended Fort Scott Community College. She married Larry Lee Allen on Feb. 2, 1969, in Fort Scott. They just celebrated their 50th anniversary...

Harold Dudley Stroud, of North Platte, Neb., died at home surrounded by his family on Monday, Feb. 25, 2019, at the age of 81. Harold was born March 23, 1937, to Alexander Dudley and Mable Louise (Pellett) Stroud at Garland, Kan. He grew up in Kansas where he attended Field Kindley High School in Coffeyville then graduated from Fort Scott High School in 1955. Harold moved to Coffeyville and worked for Exnerdodge, Fadelers, Armstrong Ice Cream, Co. and Sears...

William Lawrence “Bill” Gates, Jr., age 82, a resident of Fort Scott, Kan., passed away Sunday, Feb. 24, 2019, in Pittsburg, Kan. He was born April 22, 1936, in Dewey, Okla., the son of Rev. W.L. Gates, Sr. and Donna Hurley Gates. He first married Dixie Dill. ...

Tammy Jewel Irene Conklin, age 51, resident of Pittsburg, Kan., died Monday, Feb. 25, 2019, at her home. There was cremation. Rev. Jim Sukraw will conduct memorial services at 1 p.m. Friday, March 1, at the Cheney Witt Chapel. Memorials are suggested to the Tammy Conklin Memorial Fund and may be left in care of the Cheney Witt Chapel, P.O. Box 347, 201 S. Main St., Fort Scott, KS 66701. Words of remembrance may be submitted to the online guestbook at cheneywitt.com...

Franklin Lee Davis, age 66, a resident of Fort Scott, Kan., passed away Friday, Feb. 22, 2019, at his home. He was born Nov. 11, 1952, in Wichita, Kan., the son of Donald Lee Davis and Carol Lee “Kay” McCracken Davis. Lee graduated from the Uniontown High School with the Class of 1970. ...

Richard Ivan Cullison, Sr., age 71, rural Fort Scott, Kan., passed away early Saturday morning, Feb. 23, 2019 in Medicalodges Nursing Home. He was born on Nov. 30, 1947 in Fort Scott, the son of Lloyd Isaac Cullison and Ellen Catherine Pellett Cullison. ...

Roma Elaine Shroyer, age 75 of Prescott, Kan., passed away at her home on Thursday, Feb. 21, 2019. She was born Oct. 17, 1943 in Uniontown, Kan., the daughter of Alvin and Suda Edwards Post. She married Jack Shroyer on May 28, 1961 in Prescott, Kan. ...

Robert Lee Comstock passed from this world on Feb. 18, 2019, at the age of 50. Robert was born on June 15, 1968 to Raymond and Shelby Jean (Grant) Comstock. There was cremation. Inurnment will be in the Bronson Cemetery in Bronson, Kan., at a later date. ...

Doris Reola DeMott, age 85, a resident of Fort Scott, Kan., passed away Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2019, at the Olathe Medical Hospice House in Olathe, Kan. She was born Dec. 29, 1933, in Fort Scott, the daughter of Walter Eugene Knox and Hattie India Martin Knox. ...

Joleen (Scott) McGuirt, loving wife of Don, amazing sister, aunt, other mom, grandma and Neen was suddenly taken from us much too soon and unexpectedly due to cardiac failure on Friday, Feb. 15 at her home in Blue Eye. (Luanna) Joleen Scott was born in Fort Scott, Kan., on Thanksgiving Day, Nov. ...

Charlene D. Endicott, 85, loving wife, mother and grandmother, passed away on Feb. 13, 2019. She was born in Columbus, Kan., on Aug. 26, 1933. She is survived by her children Larry Endicott, Gary Endicott, Debra Thornbro, Kathy Ann Stallings, Terrie Ramsey and Brandon Endicott; 16 grandchildren; 23 great-grandchildren; one sister, Shirley Simonds. Charlene is preceded in death by her husband of 60 years, Thomas Endicott...

Robert William Findley, age 70, of Fort Scott, Kan., passed away Feb. 11 surrounded by his family. The son of Eldon and Ula (Carr) Findley, Robert was born in Fort Scott, at Mercy Hospital, on Jan. 10, 1949. In his youth Robert helped his father on the family farm. ...

Robert Earl Lightwine, age 72, passed away Monday, Feb. 11, 2019, in Mesa, Ariz. He was born Feb. 28, 1946, in Fort Scott, Kan., the son Harold Lee Lightwine and Maida Belle Parker Lightwine. Bob graduated from the Fort Scott High School with the Class of 1965. ...

Robert W. Findley, age 70, resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died Monday, Feb. 11, 2019, at St. Luke’s Hospice House, Kansas City, Mo. Services for Robert Findley will be announced by the Cheney Witt Chapel, 201 S. Main St.

Jerry Dean Payne, age 78, a resident of Erie, Kan., passed away Saturday, Feb. 9, 2019, at his home. He was born Sept. 4, 1940, in Fort Scott, Kan. He was raised by his mother, Alice May Brady Ashley and his step-father, William L. Ashley. Jerry graduated from the Herington High School. He married Wilma Winters on July 5, 1997, in Ft. Scott. Jerry worked in law enforcement for 33 years. He retired as chief of police for Erie, Kansas...

Anna Margaret Gibson, resident of Carthage, Mo., formerly of Fort Scott, Kan., passed away on Feb. 10, 2019, into the loving arms of her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, at Joplin Gardens, Joplin, Mo. She was born May 15, 1928, in Fort Scott, the daughter of Ralph, Sr. ...

Alice Hill, 85, of Santa Marta in Olathe, Kan., died on Saturday, Feb. 2, after a day surrounded with love by family. Alice was born in Fort Scott, Kan., and spent most of her life in the Kansas City area. The oldest of three children, Alice graduated from Fulton High School. She married her husband Jack in 1954, and went on to have four children together...

Larry Lee Shirley, age 52, resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died Thursday, Feb. 7, 2019, at his home, following a battle with cancer. The family will receive friends from 5 until 7 p.m. Thursday at the Cheney Witt Chapel, 201 S. Main, Fort Scott.

Russell Leroy Vann, age 80, a resident of Fort Scott, Kan., passed away Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2019, at the St. John’s Mercy Hospital in Joplin, Mo. He was born March 30, 1938, in Fort Scott, the son of Harry Vann and Peggy Harris Vann. He married Carolyn Harris on Aug. 25, 1962, at Fort Scott. Russell served with the United States Air Force. He later worked for the Fort Scott Fire Department for over 25 years. He was an avid sports fan...

Inez Irene Sutcliffe, age 89, a resident of Fort Scott, Kan., passed away Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2019, at her home. She was born Nov. 6, 1929, in Oskaloosa, Mo., the second of six children of Willie A. Carpenter and Carrie E. Guss Carpenter. Irene graduated from the Liberal High School with the Class of 1947. ...

Romalea Miller, age 90, Pleasanton, Kan., passed away on Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2019 at The Residencies of Pleasanton. Funeral service will be held 11 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 16, 2019 at the Pleasanton United Methodist Church. Burial will be in the Trading Post Cemetery. ...

Connie Golden, age 62, a resident of Fort Scott, Kan., passed away Sunday, Feb. 3, 2019, at her home. Following cremation, Rev. Paul Rooks will conduct a memorial service at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 13 at the Cheney Witt Chapel. Private burial will take place at a later date in the Large Cemetery south of Fort Scott. ...

Shirley Mae Allen, age 72, a resident of Pleasanton, Kan., passed away Sunday, Feb. 3, 2019, at the Kansas City Hospice House in Kansas City, Mo. She was born Jan. 8, 1947, in Humboldt, Kan., the daughter of Claude Pollett and Dorothy Heimburg Pollett. ...

Jerrold Clifford (Cliff) Patterson, age 79, of Fort Scott, Kan., passed away on Saturday, Feb. 2, 2019, at Via Christi Hospital in Pittsburg, Kan. He was born on Sept. 21, 1939, in Kirksville, Mo., the son of Reece Jerrold and Ruth Margaret (Reynolds) Patterson. ...

Robert Jack Eshelbrenner, age 71, died on Jan. 9, 2019. Bob was born Nov. 1, 1947 in Fort Scott, Kan., the son of Jack and Sara Handly Eshelbrenner. He was a 1965 graduate of Fort Scott High School. Bob graduated from Pittsburg State University with a degree in business. ...

Elmer Jack Adamson, age 76, resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died Friday, Feb. 1, 2019, at St. Francis Hospital, Wichita, Kan. Jack was born Dec. 19, 1942, in Fort Scott, the son of Paul King Adamson, Sr. and Edna Ellen Deeds Adamson. He graduated from Uniontown High School with the class of 1960. ...

Danny E. Culbertson, Sr., age 58, resident of Mulberry, Kan., died Saturday, Jan. 26, 2019, at Via Christi Hospital, Pittsburg, Kan. There was cremation. Rev. Chuck Russell will conduct memorial services at 2 p.m. Friday, Feb. 8, at the Cheney Witt Chapel. Memorials are suggested to the Danny Culbertson Memorial Fund and may be left in care of the Cheney Witt Chapel, P.O. Box 347, 201 S. Main, Ft. Scott, KS 66701. Words of remembrance may be submitted to the online guestbook at cheneywitt.com...

John Aubrey Roberts, 93, of Columbia, Mo., passed away on Saturday, Jan. 26, 2019 in Columbia. Visitation will be held on Tuesday, Feb. 5 from 5 to 7 p.m. at Memorial Funeral Home in Columbia. Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, Feb. 6 at 2 p.m., also at Memorial Funeral Home...

Ruth R. Mudd, 98, formerly of Uniontown, passed away Monday morning, Jan. 28, 2019, at the Kingswood Health Center in Kansas City, Mo. She was born Nov. 20, 1920, in Uniontown, Kan., the daughter of Thomas Jefferson and Effie Bertha (Summers) Hart. She married (James) Kelly Mudd June 18, 1943, in Riverside, Calif. He preceded her in death Feb. 22, 2002...

Roger William Westhoff, 78, of Hepler, Kan., passed away at the family home, Monday. Jan. 28, 2019. Roger was born Jan. 12, 1941 in rural Hiattville, Kan., a son of William and Elinor (Robinson) Westhoff. He attended school in Walnut, Kan., graduating from Walnut High School...

Art Terry, age 71, Prescott, Kan., passed away on Monday, Jan. 28, 2019 at his home. Funeral service 10:30 a.m. Friday, Feb. 1, 2019 at the Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory, Pleasanton Chapel. Burial will be in the Fort Scott National Cemetery with military honors provided by Olson Frary Burkhart VFW Post 1165. Visitation will be held...