Obituaries

Roy C. Holdridge, Jr. a former resident of Fort Scott, Kan., passed away Sunday, July 5, 2020, at the home of his daughter in Elephant Butte, N.M. He was born Dec. 13, 1938, to Gladys “Happy” and Roy C. Holdridge, Sr. He grew up going to school and working with his father at their new and used car dealerships, Holdridge Motor Company in Albuquerque, N.M...

John Joseph “Jack” Coomes, 85, of Frontenac, Kan., died on July 6, 2020 at his home with his wife Martha by his side. Jack was born July 24, 1934, in St. Paul, Kan. He was the son of Ray and Cora (Brazil) Coomes. Jack served in the United States Navy during the end of the Korean War.He was a prisoner of war and served as a Navy Seal. ...

Verlee Ann Logue, age 82, resident of Ashland, Mo., died Wednesday, July 8, 2020, at Ashland Villa, Ashland, Mo. She was born April 6, 1938, in Shelby County, Iowa, the daughter of Adolph and Celma Rassamen Breining. She married Veral Dean Sorensen in 1955. ...

Dannie "Dan" Gale Wood, 70, passed away on Tuesday July 7, 2020. He was born Dec. 11, 1949 in Fort Scott, Kan., the son of Daniel James and Myrtle Maude Wood. He married Phronsie (Farrand) Wood on Sept. 8, 1979. He was proceeded in death by his father, mother, and sister Patricia Wood. ...

George William “Bill” Frick passed away on July 5 in Palm Desert, Calif. He was born to Ethel and Phillip Frick on June 7, 1944, in Ft. Scott, Kan., where he attended public schools and graduated valedictorian of his class. He attended the University of Kansas, joined Phi Delta Theta fraternity, served as president of the Student Union Activities and graduated Phi Beta Kappa and With Distinction. ...

Karen (Mabery) Atkins, formerly of Fort Scott passed away suddenly on June 23, 2020 in Nixa, Mo. Karen was born March 15, 1949 in Fort Scott, Kan., the only child to Frank and Faye (Duncan) Mabery. She graduated from Fort Scott High School with the Class of 1967...

Verdon Howard Dauben, age 82, a resident of Fort Scott, Kan., went to meet his Lord and Savior Tuesday, July 7, 2020, at St. Luke’s Hospital in Kansas City, Mo. He was born May 13, 1938, in Fort Scott, the son of Howard Dauben and Edith Stephan Dauben. ...

William Herbert Kruse, 82 of Hepler, Kan., passed away at 2:30 a.m., Friday, July 3, 2020, at his residence in rural Hepler. Obituary details may be viewed at www.wallfuneralservices.com

Roy Allen Miller, age 78, Fort Scott, Kan., passed away on Saturday, June 13, 2020. A graveside funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday, July 12, 2020 at the Benjamin Cemetery, Amoret, Mo. Contributions may be made to a charity of your choice. Online condolences can be left at www.schneiderfunerals.com. Arrangements: Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory, Pleasanton Chapel...

Jimmie Allan Wier, age 83, Mapleton, Kan., passed away on Saturday, April 11, 2020. There will be a graveside service for Mr. Wier at 11 a.m., Saturday, July 11, 2020 at Mapleton Cemetery. A visitation will be on Friday, July 10, 2020 at Schneider Funeral Home, Mound City Chapel from 3 to 5 p.m. ...

Grace Earlene Myers, age 96, resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died Wednesday, July 1, 2020, at Guest Home Estates in Fort Scott. She was born Jan. 15, 1924, in Sprague, Mo., the daughter of Rev. Earl R. Bingham and Susan Pickford Bingham. She graduated from Fulton, Kan., High School in 1942 and attended Fort Scott Junior College. ...

James Leon Picht, age 90, resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died Tuesday, June 30 2020, at Medicalodge of Fort Scott. He was born Feb. 8, 1930, in Hiattville, Kan., the son of Glen Picht and Martha Payne Picht. Jim attended school in Fort Scott K-12 and then Fort Scott Junior College, and then he attended Kansas State Teachers College in Pittsburg, Kan. ...

Ellen Roberta Chaplin, age 67, a resident of Fort Scott, Kan., passed away early Monday, June 29, 2020, at the home of her daughter in Fort Scott. She was born Oct. 1, 1952, in Fort Scott, the daughter of Robert Wiggans and Doris Spaur Wiggans. Ellen graduated from Fort Scott High School with the Class of 1970. ...

Larry Ginter, age 76, resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died Monday, June 22, 2020, at Nevada Regional Medical Center, Nevada, Mo. He was born June 8, 1944, in Appleton City, Mo., the son of Elton Glen Ginter and Marjorie Cook Ginter. Larry served in the United State Navy. ...

LeRoy Turpen Sr., age 75, La Cygne, Kan., passed away Tuesday, June 23, 2020. Funeral service will be at 10 a.m. Saturday, June 27, 2020 at the Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory, La Cygne Chapel. Burial will be in the Oak Lawn Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. ...

Joan M. Lowe, 88, of Pittsburg, passed away at 5:00 p.m., Tuesday, June 23, 2020, at the Medicalodge of Frontenac. She was born June 14, 1932, at Pittsburg, Kan., the daughter of Edward and Lidye (DeRidder) Trumbule. She was united in marriage to William "Bill" Howard Lowe on March 12, 1954 at Pittsburg, Kan. He preceded her in death on Jan. 29, 2015. Together they owned and operated Lowe's Skateway Roller Rink; also she spent many years at the Fort Scott Roller Rink...

Mary Janet Elliott, age 79, resident of Fort Scott, died Tuesday, June 23, 2020, at Via Christi Hospital, Pittsburg. She was born July 7, 1940 in Fort Scott, the daughter of Edward William Ogle and Cleda Medrienne Davis Ogle. She married Charles E. Elliott, Sr., on Jan. 7, 1957, in Fort Scott. He preceded her in death on Dec. 30, 1994...

Kathryn A. "Kathy" Parks, age 65, formerly of Pleasanton, Kan., passed away on Wednesday, June 17, 2020. A gathering to celebrate her life will be held at a later date. She will be laid to rest in Leavenworth National Cemetery. Contributions are suggested to the charity of choice. Online condolences can be left at www.schneiderfunerals.com. Arrangements: Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory, Pleasanton Chapel...

Jackie Lee Kountz, age 70, resident of Lamar, Mo., died Monday, June 22, 2020, at Mercy Hospital in Joplin, Mo. Graveside services will be held Friday in the U.S. National Cemetery in Fort Scott, Kan. Memorials are suggested to the Jackie Kountz 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...

Tonya Sue Belle, age 46, resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died Saturday, June 20, 2020, at her home. Pastor Larry Stevicks will conduct graveside services at 10 a.m. Thursday, June 25, in the Memory Gardens Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to the Tonya Belle Memorial Fund and may be left in care of the Cheney Witt Chapel, P.O. Box 347, 201 S. Main, Fort Scott, KS 66701. Words of remembrance may be submitted to the online guestbook at cheneywitt.com...

Gerald Joseph Davis, age 82, resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died Friday, June 19, 2020, at his home. He was born Nov. 21, 1937, in Farmington, Minn., the son of Lawrence Edward and Rose Louise Tutewohl Davis. He served in the U.S. Airforce and Airforce Reserve. ...

Albert Horace Eshelbrenner, Sr., age 100, resident of Frontenac, Kan., died Thursday, June 18, 2020, at Medicalodge of Frontenac. He was born Dec. 8, 1919, in Fort Scott, Kan., the son of Carl W. Eshelbrenner, Sr. and Sophia Leitz Eshelbrenner. He graduated from Fort Scott High School with the Class of 1939. ...

Alpha Louise Culbertson, 59, of Fort Scott, passed away Wednesday evening, June 17, 2020 at her daughter’s home in Wichita, Kan. She was born Dec. 31, 1960 in Nevada, Mo., the daughter of Bennie Curtis and Nettie Ruth (Turner) Culbertson. She married Jonathan Money Aug. 30, 2013...

Kevin Earl Stancer, age 71, a resident of Fort Scott, Kan., passed away Monday, June 15, 2020, at his home. He was born Jan. 2, 1949, in Centralia, Wash., the son of Earl E. Stancer and Lorest P. LaBrue Stancer. Kevin graduated from the Fort Scott High School. ...

Robert Paul “Pete” Piotrowski, age 89, a resident of Fort Scott, Kan., passed away Saturday, June 13, 2020, at the Country Place Senior Living Facility in Fort Scott, Kan. He was born Aug. 8, 1930, in Fort Scott, the son of George Francis Piotrowski and Margaret Chambers Piotrowski. ...

Yvette Nelson, age 89, was born May 13, 1931, to the late Albert P. and Bonnie Dale Wilson and went home to be with the Lord Saturday, June 13, 2020, at West Ridge Assisted Living. She was preceded in death by her husband of 62 years, Bro. Gene Nelson; and brother, Albert “Sonny” Wilson...

James Otis Hill, age 80, resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died Saturday, June 13, 2020, at Medicalodge of Fort Scott. He was born Jan. 23, 1940, in Fort Scott, the son of Drexel and Ruth Roy Hill. From a youth, he enjoyed playing games with the neighborhood kids and working on anything with a motor. ...

Glenn Galen Isaac, 86, resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died on Friday, June 12, 2020, at Country Place Assisted Living. He was born to Glenn Charles Isaac and Thelma Charlaine Weathers Isaac in Kansas City, Kan., on Aug. 11, 1933. Galen married Iva Jean Isaac, and they were blessed with six children. He later married Shirley Ann Isaac on March 22, 1985...

Mary H. Friend, 75, passed away on Wednesday, June 10, 2020, at the home she loved in Raytown, Mo. Visitation services will be at 9 a.m. on Wednesday, June 17, at Langsford Funeral Home in Lee’s Summit. Following the visitation, she will be buried beside her beloved husband in the U.S. ...

James Otis Hill, age 80, resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died Saturday, June 13, 2020, at Medicalodge of Fort Scott. Services will be announced by the Cheney Witt Chapel, 201 S. Main St.

Joseph E. "Joe" Cox, age 61, Paola, Kan., passed away on Thursday, June 11, 2020. Funeral service will be held 11 a.m. Saturday, June 20, 2020, at the Pleasanton Nazarene Church. Burial in the Pleasanton Cemetery. Online condolences can be left at www.schneiderfunerals.com. Arrangements: Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory, Pleasanton Chapel...

Ellis Lee Beth, age 95, resident of rural Fort Scott, Kan., died June 10, 2020, at his home. He was born Feb. 21, 1925, in Fort Scott, the son of Clifton and Edna White Beth. He graduated from Fulton Kansas High School in 1943. He lived his entire life as a farmer in the West Liberty community. ...

Dale C. James, age 87, resident of Kemah, Texas, died Wednesday, April 1, 2020, at Afton Oaks Nursing Home in Houston, Texas, from chronic respiratory failure. He was born June 16, 1932, in Crawford County, Kan., the son of Kenneth and Jessie Coonrod James. ...

Lawrence K. "Larry" Tinsley, 63, of Fort Scott, passed away Monday morning, June 8, 2020 at his home. He was born on June 9, 1956 in Overland Park, Kan., the son of Lawrence O. and Jacqueline (Day) Tinsley. He grew up in the Overland Park and Paola, Kan., area and attended schools there...

Charles Raymond Mosier, 87, of McLouth, Kan., died May 28, 2020. He was born on Aug. 23, 1932 in Uniontown, Kan., to Raymond Bowles and Esther Pauline Mosier. He graduated from Uniontown High School in 1950, where he was a letterman in football, basketball and track. ...

Mary Lea Nitcher was born in Pomona, Kan., Nov. 11, 1927, the daughter of Ray L Nitcher and Buena Vista (Abshire) Nitcher. The family moved to Uniontown, Kan., in March of 1938, where her father accepted the pastorate of the Missionary Baptist Church of Uniontown and the Dry Ridge Baptist Church...

Linda Maxine Chambers, a resident of Fort Scott, died Monday, May 25 at the hospital in Pittsburg, Kan. Linda was born June 18, 1947 in Corvallis, Ore., the oldest child of Earl and Maxine Wagner Priest. Linda attended most of her school years at Pleasanton, Kan., and graduated in 1965 at Arvada West High School in Arvada, Colo. ...

Vicky Sue Hawkins, age 56, a resident of Fort Scott, Kan., passed away Saturday, May 30, 2020, at the Via Christi Hospital in Pittsburg, Kan. She was born July 3, 1963, in Fort Scott, the daughter of Albert Richard Hawkins and Clara May Love Hawkins. ...

Darlene McCoy, age 91, Mound City, Kan., passed away on Wednesday, May 27, 2020. A private family service will be live-streamed at 10 a.m. Monday, June 1, 2020. A graveside service will be held at 11 a.m. Monday at the Linville Cemetery. Darlene will lie in state Sunday, May 31, 2020, from noon to 4 p.m. at the Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory Mound City Chapel. Contributions are suggested to Integrity Hospice, in care of Schneider Funeral Home, P.O. Box J, Mound City, KS 66056...

Donald L. Stewart, 87 of Springfield, Mo., went to be with his Lord, Wednesday, May 27, 2020 with his wife Shirley by his side, holding his hand. Don was born to Walter and Elsie Stewart in Bronson, Kan., on Feb. 4, 1933. Don grew up in Allen County, Kan., graduating from Elsmore High School in 1951 where he met his wife, Shirley J. Beeman, marrying the same year. Don and Shirley celebrated 69 years of marriage April 7, 2020...

Linda Lee Ross, age 78, La Cygne, Kan., passed away on Thursday, May 28, 2020. Graveside funeral service 10 a.m. Wednesday, June 3, 2020 at the Oak Lawn Cemetery, La Cygne, Kan. Linda will lie in state from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday, June 2, at the Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory La Cygne Chapel. Contributions are suggested to the La Cygne Library, in care of Schneider Funeral Home, P.O. Box 304, La Cygne, KS 66040...

Carolyn Jean Stancer, age 67, a resident of Fort Scott, Kansas, passed away Wednesday, May 27, 2020, at the Barnes Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri. She was born May 15, 1953, in Lawrence, Kansas, the daughter of Howard Wayne Cash and Wilma Leona Hillman Cash. ...

Paul David Schnichels, age 68, a resident of Topeka, Kan., passed away Wednesday, May 27, 2020, at the Midland Care Hospice in Topeka. He was born June 21, 1951, in Cautemoc, Mexico. He and his three siblings were adopted by Elfie M. Schnichels, a Baptist missionary. ...

Mark Alan Brooker, 59, of Siloam Springs, Ark., died on May 24, 2020 at Northwest Medical Center in Bentonville, Ark. Funeral services will be 11 a.m., Friday, May 29, 2020 at Community Christian Fellowship in Siloam Springs, with Pastor Pat Callahan officiating. Burial will follow at Oak Hill Cemetery in Siloam Springs. Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m., Thursday, May 28, 2020 at Community Christian Fellowship in Siloam Springs...

Nadyne Marie Walker, age 92, resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died Sunday, May 24, 2020, at her home. She was born Aug. 25, 1927, in Uniontown, Kan., the daughter of Herbert and Beulah Neth Holt. She graduated from Uniontown High School with the class of 1946. ...

Susan Kay Schnichels, age 68, resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died Saturday, May 23, 2020, at Yates Center Health and Rehab in Yates Center, Kan. She was born on Sept. 18, 1951, in Fort Scott, the daughter of Donald and Betty Powell Wiggans. She married Paul Morris, Sr. in 1974. They later divorced. She married Mark Schnichels on Jan. 4, 1980. He preceded her in death on Feb. 6, 2007. Susan worked for Tri-Valley Developmental Center for 10 years. She loved spending time with her grandchildren...

Shelly Kay Guder Collier, age 47, a resident of rural Bronson, Kan., passed away Friday, May 22, 2020, at the home of her parents in rural Bronson. She was born Aug. 14, 1972, in Ft Scott, Kan., the daughter of Russell R. Guder and Wanda D. Carson Guder. ...

Leslie Dell "L.D." Murray, age 93, Pleasanton, Kan., passed away on Monday May 25, 2020. Private family graveside service will be held at the Trading Post Cemetery. Individual respects and condolences can be made Wednesday, May 27, 2020 from noon until 5 p.m. ...

Lynette Renee Vann, age 55, resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died Thursday, May 21, 2020, at Via Christi Hospital, Pittsburg, Kan. Private family burial will take place in Evergreen Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to Care 4 All and may be left in care of the Cheney Witt Chapel, P.O. Box 347, 201 S. Main, Fort Scott, KS 66701. Words of remembrance may be submitted to the online guestbook at cheneywitt.com...

Susan Lynn Brown, age 65, resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died late Tuesday, May 19, 2020, at her home. There was cremation. A private memorial service will be held. Services are under the direction of the Cheney Witt Chapel, 201 S. Main. Words of remembrance may be submitted to the online guestbook at cheneywitt.com...