Obituaries

Jeffrey J. Hack, age 67, a resident of rural Fort Scott, Kan., passed away Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2019, at his home. He was born Nov. 30, 1951, in Wichita, Kan., the son of Joseph C. Hack and Mary Kathryn Potts Hack. He graduated from the Fort Scott High School. ...

Diana Lynn Kessler, age 61, Blue Mound, Kan., passed away on Saturday, Jan. 12, 2019 at the Olathe Medical Center. A funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 17, 2019 at the Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory, Pleasanton Chapel. Burial will be in the Richland Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 1 p.m. to service time, Thursday at the Chapel. Online condolences for the family can be left at www.schneiderfunerals.com...

Roy Luttrell, age 69, of Pleasanton, Kan., passed away on Friday, Jan. 11, 2019 at the Olathe Medical Center. A memorial service will be held 3 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 20, 2019 at the Pleasanton First Christian Church. Contributions are suggested to the Arthritis Foundation. Online condolences for the family can be left at www.schneiderfunerals.com. Arrangements: Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory, Pleasanton Chapel...

John Edward Kost, 69, died peacefully at home on Saturday, Jan. 12, 2019. John was a quiet man with a great sense of humor. He was a loving husband to his wife of 48 years and a great dad and provider to his four daughters and five grandchildren. John grew up and lived in Kansas City, Mo., all of his life and in his youth spent many summers with his family in Fort Scott, Kan...

Raef Cameron-Lee Casner, age 17, Iola, Kan., passed away on Monday, Jan. 7, 2019, at Children’s Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, Mo. Raef was born March 19, 2001, in Chanute, Kan., to Keith Casner and Lea (Dillingham) Thomas. Raef attended school at Iola High School, Iola, Kan., where he was currently a junior...

Virginia Lee Finley, 76, of Walnut, died at 3:32 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 10, 2019 at her residence in Walnut. Virginia was born Oct. 28, 1942 at Fort Scott, a daughter of Howard and Agnes (Workman) Armstrong. She attended Hepler Grade School, Walnut High School and she graduated from Stark High School...

Fred L. Wright, age 73, a resident of rural Fort Scott, Kan., passed away Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2019, at his home. He was born April 12, 1945, in Fort Scott, the son of Johnnie A. Wright and Thelma Pyle Wright. Fred graduated from the Arcadia High School with the Class of 1963. ...

Forrest E. “Slim” Hall, age 86, a resident of Fort Scott, passed away Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2019, at the Via Christi Hospital in Pittsburg. He was born April 4, 1932, in Dadeville, Mo., the son of Forrest L. Hall and Ada Vance Hall. At age 16, he moved from Dadeville to Fort Scott, Kan., where he was employed by Lyons Cleaners and later for Woodard Cleaners. ...

James Kenneth Shelton, born Sept. 28, 1931, passed on the 8th day of January 2019, at his home after a brief illness. He was 87 years old. Mr. Shelton was born outside Richards, Mo., to James Jacob Shelton and Myrtle Mae (Lively) Shelton. He had seven brothers and sisters, Earl, Everett, Charles, Sheridan, Gilbert, Mildred and Margie. Mr. Shelton was a graduate of Fort Scott High School in 1949 and served his country as a Marine in the Korean War from 1951 to 1953. He received a Purple Heart...

Forrest E. “Slim” Hall, age 86, a resident of Fort Scott, passed away Tuesday, Jan. 8 at the Via Christi Hospital in Pittsburg. Funeral services for Slim Hall will be announced by the Cheney Witt Chapel, 201 S. Main St., Fort Scott.

Shelby Frank Rice, age 87, a resident of Fort Scott, Kan., passed away Sunday, Jan. 6, 2019, at his home. He was born June 12, 1931, in Valiant, Okla., the son of Frank Rice and Nelia Thompson Rice. He married Sandra Brown in 1963. Following high school, Shelby graduated from barber school in Oklahoma. ...

Rolene Louise Goodno (Regan), age 67, died Thursday, Jan. 3, 2019, at KU Medical Center. She was born on Sept. 15, 1951 in Fort Scott, Kan., daughter of Clyde and Marie Goodno and sister of Fred Goodno. She graduated from Uniontown High School in 1969...

Benjamin J. Davis of Prairie Village, Kan., passed away on Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2018 at the age of 92. Ben graduated from Fort Scott Junior College in 1947, then later went on to earn his master’s degree in education from Pittsburg State University. His first teaching job was in Metz, Kan., where he taught social studies, physical education and was a coach. ...

Bonnie Evelyn Irby, 96, of Fort Scott, passed away Thursday evening, Jan. 3, 2019 at her home. She was born Feb. 19, 1922, in Kansas City, Kan., the daughter of Nathan W. and Laura Rachel (Beaty) Stanley. She married A. C. Irby Oct. 15, 1966, in Fort Scott, Kan., and he preceded her in death May 12, 1986...

Carolyn Blanche Franklin, 63, of Fort Scott, passed away Saturday evening, Dec. 29, 2018 at Mercy Hospital in Joplin, Mo. She was born April 11, 1955, in Fort Scott, Kan., the daughter of James and LeOne Louise (McCreedy) Cullor. She married Richard Leon Franklin Dec. 19, 1973 in Miami, Okla. He preceded her in death March 20, 2009...

Lois Yvonne Hubert passed away Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2019, at the age of 92. Lois was born March 5, 1926, in Upland, Neb., to Gust A. and Frances (Danielsen) Jameson. Lois attended Upland Schools until she transferred to Minden High School her senior year and graduated in 1944. ...

James Franklin Norman, age 42, departed his earthly life on Dec. 30, 2018 at Olathe Medical Center surrounded by his family. Funeral service will be held 2:30 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 5, 2019 at the Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory, Pleasanton Chapel. Burial will be in the Trading Post Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 1:30 p.m. to service time at the Chapel. Contributions are suggested to the Kidney Foundation. Online condolences for the family can be left atwww.schneiderfunerals.com...

Kathleen Denise Marshall, 55, of Fort Scott, passed away Saturday morning, Dec. 29, 2018 at the Medicalodge Nursing Home. She was born Jan. 13, 1963, in Fort Scott, Kan., the daughter of Melvin Lee and Shirley Dean (McCallum) Ransier. She married James Marshall Feb. 7, 1994, and he survives of the home...

KristaMarie Mahon, age 38, of Ottawa, Kan., formerly of Centerville and La Cygne, Kan., passed away on Sunday, Dec. 30, 2018 at the Olathe Hospice House. Funeral service will be 3 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 5, 2018 at the Centerville Community Church. Visitation will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. ...

Edward Blair Byerley, 91, passed away peacefully on Dec. 24, 2018, at Country Place Senior Living Center, Fort Scott, Kan. Ed was born in Mapleton, Kan., on 20 April 1927. He was the only child of Blair D. “Sandy” Byerley and Myrtle P. Byerley (Brown). Ed graduated from Fulton High School, Fulton, Kan., in 1945 and joined the U.S. Navy shortly thereafter...

Mark Lynn McDaniel, age 51, a resident of Fort Scott, Kan., passed away Sunday, Dec. 23, 2018, at his home. He was born Dec. 28, 1966, in Fort Scott, the son of Donald Lee McDaniel and Barbara Sue Wolfe McDaniel. He graduated from the Fort Scott High School and later completed welding and truck driving courses at Fort Scott Community College. ...

Tom (Moose) Lawrence, age 58, resident of Ft. Scott, Kan., died Friday, Dec. 21, 2018, at the Mercy Hospital Emergency Room. He was born July 20, 1960, in Ft. Scott, the son of Lloyd D. Lawrence and Shirley J. Sears Lawrence. He graduated from Fort Scott High School with the class of 1978. ...

Ada Maxine Burnett, age 92, resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died Wednesday, Dec. 26, 2018, at Guest Home Estates. She was born Jan. 25, 1926, in Fort Scott, the daughter of Ernest Goddard and Ruby Hazel Evans Goddard. Maxine graduated from Richards Missouri High School where she excelled at basketball. ...

Oral Hazel Rhynerson, age 101, passed away on Wednesday, Dec. 26, 2018 at her home. Funeral service will be held 11 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 5, 2019 at the Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory, Mound City Chapel. Burial will be in the Oak Lawn Cemetery, La Cygne, Kan. ...

Carrol Martin Glendening, 91, Shawnee, Kan., passed away on Tuesday, Dec. 25, 2018 at Garden Terrace in Overland Park, Kan. A visitation will be held from 1 to 2 p.m., with service at 2 p.m., on Sunday, Dec. 30, at Johnson County Funeral Chapel, 11200 Metcalf Ave., Overland Park, KS 66210. Burial will follow at Shawnee Mission Memorial Gardens...

Elvis “Sode” Myrle Reeder, age 87, of Bronson, Kan., passed away peacefully into the arms of our Lord on Thursday, Dec. 20, 2018, at Freeman West Hospital in Joplin, Mo., after a sudden illness. Elvis was born Jan. 31, 1931, in Uniontown, Kan., the firstborn of three children to Eldon “Buzz” Delois Reeder and Hazel Levonia “Vone” (Shull) Reeder...

The family of Mabel L. Miller, 91, who passed away Friday, Oct. 19, 2018, would like to invite family and friends to a memorial service in her memory. The memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 29, 2018 at the Hiattville United Methodist Church. There will be a visitation following the service...

Paul Vernon Russell, age 87, a life-long resident of Redfield, Kan., passed away Thursday, Dec. 20, 2018, at the Medicalodge in Fort Scott. He was born July 1, 1931, on the family farm in Redfield, the son of John Russell and Muriel Boileau Russell. ...

Tommy Lee Lawrence, age 58, resident of Fort Scott, died Friday, Dec. 21, 2018, at the Mercy Hospital Emergency Room. Services for Tommy Lawrence will be announced by the Cheney Witt Chapel, 201 S. Main.

Elvis M. Reeder, age 87, resident of Bronson, Kan., died Friday morning, Dec. 21, 2018, at Freeman Hospital West in Joplin, Mo. Services for Elvis Reeder will be announced by the Cheney Witt Chapel, 201 S. Main.

Donna Lynn Bruner, age 73, resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2018, at the Mercy Hospital emergency room. She was born on Sept. 22, 1945, in Nevada, Mo., the daughter of Ava “Brownie” Brown and Ethel Goins Brown. She attended Fort Scott schools until December of her senior year when her family moved to Spring Hill, Kan. ...

Daryl Keith Swanwick was born in Columbus, Kan., on Aug. 23, 1946 to Francis Darrell “Sonny” Swanwick and Alma Arlene McCorkle Swanwick of rural Oswego, Kan. He attended Sunny View Elementary School, which was a one-room schoolhouse in his first grade year, then was replaced by a modern two-room school from his second through eighth grades. There were five students in his eighth-grade graduation class, four boys and one girl. Daryl sang “The Marines Hymn” at his graduation...

Charles Maurice Blevins, age 86, a resident of rural Fort Scott, Kan., peacefully passed away Saturday, Dec. 15, 2018, at Country Place Memory Care in Fort Scott. He was born April 20, 1932, in Foster, Mo., the son of Maurice Blevins and Hazel Hooper Blevins. ...

Shirley Ann Remby, age 72, a former resident of Pleasanton, Kan., and more recently of Rogers, Ark., passed away Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2018, in Bentonville, Ark. There was cremation. A memorial service with burial in the Holmes Cemetery will take place at a later date. Arrangements are under the direction of the Cheney Witt Chapel, 201 S. Main, Fort Scott, Kan...

Ronald L. Graves, 70, of Olathe, Kan., passed Monday, Dec. 10, 2018. Visitation will be from 1 to 3 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 16, at Penwell-Gabel Funeral Home, Olathe Chapel. Graveside service will be 11 a.m. Monday at Olathe Memorial Cemetery. To view his obituary please visit www.PenwellGabelOlathe.com...

David Lee Graham, age 54, resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2018, at Mercy Hospital, Fort Scott. He was born on June 12, 1964, in Fort Scott, the son of Billy and Shirley Nutter Graham. He graduated from Fort Scott High School with the class of 1982. ...

Leon Foster passed away peacefully Tuesday evening Dec. 11, 2018, in Independence, Kan., with family members by his side. He was 94. He was born in McCune, Kan., Aug. 2, 1924, to Marie (Tridle) and Earl Foster. At McCune High School he excelled as a student and an athlete in track and football. After graduation in 1943 he immediately joined the Navy and served his country during World War II until 1946 as a hydraulics engineer building turrets for aircraft bombers...

Charles Wesley Hall, age 61, a resident of Fort Scott, Kan., passed away Sunday, Dec. 9, 2018, at the Valley View Senior Living Center in Junction City, Kan. He was born Aug. 30, 1957, in Fort Scott, the son of Edward LeRoy Hall and Mary Bolen Hall. Charley had worked in construction and demolition work. He enjoyed working and always was kept busy. He enjoyed fishing...

Virginia Ruth Mitchell, age 88, Pleasanton, Kan., passed away on Monday, Dec. 10, 2018 at her home. Funeral service will be 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 15, 2018, at the Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory, Pleasanton Chapel. Burial will be in the Pleasanton Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 1 p.m. to service time at the Chapel. Contributions are suggested to the American Heart Association. Online condolences can be left at www.schneiderfunerals.com...

Frederick Gerald Clary, of Syracuse, Kan., passed away at the Wesley Woodlawn Hospital in Wichita, on Dec. 1, 2018, at the age of 80. He was born April 19, 1938, in Deerfield, Mo., the son of Noah Frederick Clary and Lois Vivian (Thurman) Clary. Gerald spent his entire life in Kansas. ...

Deborah Louise Underwood, age 65, a resident of Ft. Scott, Kan., passed away Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2018, at her home. She was born Sept. 5, 1953, in Lebanon, Pa., the daughter of Ezequiel Santana and Esther Rebecca Mark Santana. She married Steven Underwood on Oct. ...

Randall Scott "Randy" Banta, age 55, of Pleasanton, Kan., passed away at his home on Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2018. Funeral service will be 2 p.m. Friday, Dec. 7, 2018 at the Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory, Pleasanton Chapel. Burial will be in the Pleasanton Cemetery. ...

William Harry “Bill” Smith, Jr. (Wild Bill to his biker buds), age 60, passed away unexpectedly Dec. 3, 2018, at Via Christi Hospital in Pittsburg, Kan. He was born on Aug. 22, 1958, in Ft. Scott, Kan., to Charlene and William “Blacky” Smith, Sr. Bill was a very hard-working man. ...

Kenneth LeRoy Davis, age 91, resident of Fort Scott, Kan., passed away peacefully at his home in Happy Hollow, surrounded by his family and love. He was born July 27, 1927, in Fort Scott, the son of John Kenneth Davis and Sylvia Opal Sluder Davis. Kenny had numerous occupations throughout his lifetime beginning with helping his granddad dig coal and sell it on Market Square. ...

Betty Jane Martin Farmer of Shawnee, Kan., age 86, peacefully joined her Creator on Nov. 28, 2018. BJ (now Jane) was born Friday, Sept. 13, 1932, to C.C. and Mabel (States) Martin of Fort Scott. She forever honored her parents; he a self-sustained pastor and owner of a plumbing/heating shop and she a registered nurse. They both were army veterans from WWI and Mabel a civilian nurse during WWII. Service to others and celebrate life was the family creed...

Ivan L. Bare, age 88, a resident of Fort Scott, Kan., went home to be with the Lord on Monday, Dec. 3, 2018, at the Medicalodge in Fort Scott. He was born March 24, 1930, in Summerville, Kan., the son of Carl Horace Bare and Bertha Mabel Kirk Bare. Ivan served with the United States Army from 1951 to 1953 where he was stationed in Germany. ...

Arlene Snow, age 92, Mound City, Kan., passed away on Sunday, Dec. 2, 2018 at her home. She was born on Sept. 17, 1926 at Mound City, Kansas the daughter of Chester A. and Fallie DeMott Nickelson. She was united in marriage to Frank Wilford "Bill" Snow on Oct. ...

Elton E. Fletcher, age 96, Pleasanton, Kan., passed away on Friday, Nov. 30, 2018 at the Galena Nursing Center. Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 8, 2018 at the Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory, Pleasanton Chapel. Burial will be in Mount Carmel Cemetery. ...

Harold Eugene Roosa, Jr., age 86, a resident of Paola, Kan., passed away Thursday, Nov. 22, 2018, at the North Point Skilled Nursing Center in Paola. Rev. Chuck Russell will conduct graveside services at 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 5 at the U.S. National Cemetery. ...

Robert Eugene Schweikert, age 86, a resident of rural Fort Scott, Kan., passed away Thursday, November 29, 2018, at Country Place Senior Living in Fort Scott. He was born May 9, 1932, in Fort Scott, the son of Dorace Benjamin Schweikert and Lorene Hays Schweikert. ...