Obituaries

MARCELINE "MARCY" JOHNSON (02/08/12)
Marceline "Marcy" Johnson, 83, Lamar, Mo., passed away Monday, Feb. 6, 2012, at Mercy Hospital Springfield, Mo. Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday, Feb. 10, 2012, at Konantz Warden Funeral Chapel. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 9, at Konantz Warden Funeral Home. Contributions can be made to Methodist Church, Lamar, Mo., Iantha Methodist, Iantha, Mo., Christian Church, Lamar, Mo., or the American Red Cross...

ROBERT DOUGLAS "DOUG" INGRAM (02/08/12)
Robert Douglas "Doug" Ingram, age 51, a resident of rural Bronson, Kan., died Friday, Feb. 3, 2012, at his home. He was born May 6, 1960, in Lebanon, Ky., the son of Robert Ingram and Ada White Ingram. He had been a dairy farmer. Survivors include a son, Jared Ingram and wife, Jere, Bardstown, Ky., and a sister, Jada Fuhrman and husband, Dave, Bronson, Kan...

MARY ESTHER HAM (02/07/12)
Mary Esther Ham, age 93, resident of Nashville, Tenn., died Friday, Feb. 3, 2012, in Nashville. She was born May 9, 1918. She was preceded in death by her husband of 67 years, Dr. Howard M. Ham. Mary Esther was a loving wife and mother. Her life's work was teaching and she spent several years as a librarian at St. Bernard's Academy in Nashville. Her devotion to her church home at Belle Meade United Methodist Church was an important part throughout her life and especially in her later years...

WILMA FAYE ENDY (02/07/12)
Wilma Faye Endy, age 81, a resident of Fort Scott, died Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012, at the Via Christi Health Center in Pittsburg. She was born Dec. 17, 1930, in Springfield, Mo., the daughter of Paul Jones and Cora Shoup Jones. Wilma first married Dwayne Cundiff in 1950...

CAROL SUE HUDSON (02/07/12)
Carol Sue Hudson, age 58, resident of Uniontown, Kan., died Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012, at Via Christi Hospital in Pittsburg, Kan. She was born Jan. 2, 1954, in Iola, Kansas, the daughter of Kenneth Tinsley and Emily Donnell Brown Tinsley. In earlier years, she worked at Western Insurance and as receptionist for Citizens Bank...

Monte Pollock (02/04/12)
Monte Pollock, 48, of Fort Scott, died early Thursday, Feb. 3, 2012, at the Overland Park Regional Medical Center in Overland Park, Kan. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later by the Konantz-Cheney Funeral Home.

Robert Douglas "Doug" Ingram (02/04/12)
Robert Douglas "Doug" Ingram, 51, a resident of rural Bronson, Kan., died Friday, Feb. 3, 2012, at his home. Funeral services for Doug Ingram will be announced by the Cheney Witt Bronson Chapel.

Mary Esther Ham (02/04/12)
Mary Esther Ham, 94, resident of Nashville, Tenn., died Friday, Feb. 3, 2012, in Nashville. Local services will be announced by the Cheney Witt Chapel, 201 S. Main, Fort Scott.

Barney W. Kohlenberger (02/04/12)
Barney W. Kohlenberger, 80, resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012, at Fort Scott Manor. He was born Oct. 21, 1931, in Dupo, Ill., the son of Henry and Grace Kohlenberger. He worked for the Steel Union Workers of St. Louis, Mo. His wife, Alma Frances Kohlenberger, preceded him in death in 1991. In his earlier years he greatly enjoyed gardening and spending time outdoors...

Jack Orville McElwain (02/04/12)
Jack Orville McElwain, 82, Nevada, passed away on Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012, at Christian Health Care in Nevada. He was born June 26, 1929, in Garland, Kan., to Miles Orville McElwain and Alta (Banghart) McElwain. He married Pat Crawford on May 3, 1953, and she survives of the home...

Iris Fern Swan (02/04/12)
Iris Fern Swan, 86, Nevada, died Friday, Feb. 3, 2012, at her residence, following a lengthy illness. She was born Jan. 1, 1926, in Nevada, to Douglas Clyde Williams and Glady Almetta Peterson Williams. She was married in 1945 to Leo "Pete" Hord and he preceded her in death in 1971. She then married Neale Swan on June 29, 1973, in Nevada, and he survives of the home...

DOROTHY ANNIE SESSLER (02/01/12)
Dorothy Annie Sessler, 86, formerly of Uniontown, Kan., passed away on Sunday, Jan. 29, 2012, at St. Clare Meadows Care Center in Baraboo, Wis., with family at her side. Dorothy, daughter of Richard Herschel and Mabel Pearl (Richards) Coldren, was born on April 15, 1925, in Walnut Grove, Mo. She married Harold Sessler in Fort Scott, Kan., on June 15, 1944...

FRANCES L. WRATCHFORD (02/01/12)
Frances L. Wratchford, 78, resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died Monday, Jan. 30, 2012, at Fort Scott Manor Nursing Home. She was born May 18, 1933, in Fort Scott, Kan., the daughter of Everett Wratchford and Mable Manning Wratchford. Frances was raised on the family farm north of Hammond...

RICHARD MYERS (01/31/12)
Richard Evan (Dick) Myers, 78, of Fort Scott, died Saturday morning, Jan. 28, 2012, at St. Luke's Hospital in Kansas City, Mo. He was born Nov. 17, 1933, in Emporia, Kan., the son of Francis Evan and Dorothy Myrtle (Hand) Myers. He married Virginia Joyce Yoke Dec. 19, 1954, in Fort Scott; she survives of the home...

MARGARET M. HARPER (01/31/12)
Margaret M. Harper, 90, a resident of Fort Scott, died Sunday, Jan. 29, 2012, at Mercy Health Center. She was born July 21, 1921, in Prague, Okla., the daughter of John Richard Wadsack and Maggie Tharpe Wadsack. She married Harvey Harper on April 15, 1939, at Walnut, Kan. He preceded her in death on March 31, 2003...

CHESTER CARPENTER (01/31/12)
Chester Carpenter, 77, resident of Richards, Mo., died Friday, Jan. 27, 2012, at the Via Christi Hospital in Wichita, Kan. He was born Jan. 22, 1935, in Deerfield, Mo., the son of Herbert Carpenter and Bessie Houk Carpenter. He was a graduate of Richards High School. ...

Melvin N. Kithcart (01/28/12)
Melvin N. Kithcart, 88, of Rich Hill, Mo., died Jan. 26, 2012, at the Willow Lane Center, Butler, Mo. Funeral services will be held Monday, Jan. 30, at 10 a.m., at the Heuser Funeral Home with burial and military rites in the Greenlawn Cemetery, Rich Hill. The family will receive friends Sunday, 4-6 p.m., at the funeral home. The family suggests memorial donations to the Heartland Hospice or donors choice in care of Heuser Funeral Home, Rich Hill...

Chester Carpenter (01/28/12)
Chester Carpenter, 77, resident of Richards, Mo., died Friday, Jan. 27, 2012, at Via Christi Hospital in Wichita, Kan. Funeral arrangements will be announced by the Cheney Witt Chapel, 201 S. Main, Fort Scott, Kan.

Paul Ernest Pitts (01/28/12)
Paul Ernest Pitts, 85, formerly of Uniontown, Kan., more recently of Fort Scott, Kan., died Thursday, Jan. 26, 2012, at Fort Scott Medicalodges. He was born Jan. 2, 1927, in Jerico Springs, Mo., the son of Clarence F. "Jack" Pitts and Mary Pearl Jenkins Pitts. He graduated from Arcadia High School with the class of 1944. He married Marjorie Earlene Rogers on Jan. 2, 1947, in Fort Scott...

Carolyn S. Ewing (01/28/12)
Carolyn S. Ewing, 68, Fort Scott, Kan., formerly of Nevada, passed away on Thursday, Jan. 26, 2012, at her home in Fort Scott. She was born March 25, 1943, in Nevada, to Roy E. Jones and Lena V. Schmidt Jones. Carolyn was raised in Nevada and graduated from Nevada High School in 1961. ...

PAUL E. PITTS (01/27/12)
Paul E. Pitts, 85, formerly of Uniontown, Kan., more recently of Fort Scott, died Thursday, Jan. 26, 2012, at Fort Scott Medicalodges. Services will be announced by the Cheney Witt Chapel, 201 S. Main.

CAROLYN S. EWING (01/27/12)
Carolyn S. Ewing, 68, Fort Scott, formerly of Nevada, Mo., passed away on Thursday, Jan. 26, 2012, at her home in Fort Scott. Family information will be announced later. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Monday, Jan. 30, at Ferry Funeral Home, Nevada. Interment will follow in Newton Burial Park, Nevada. The family will receive friends from 6-8 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 29, at the funeral home. You may view obituary and send condolences on line at www.ferryfuneralhome.com...

LAWRENCE RUSSELL WRIGHT (01/27/12)
Lawrence Russell Wright, 86, of Liberty, Mo., formerly of Uniontown, Kan., passed away Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2012. His celebration of life was Saturday, Jan. 14, at Pleasant Valley Baptist Church, Liberty, Mo. Russell was the son of Lawrence P. and Dessie (Hite) Wright of Uniontown, Kan. He was born on Nov. 20, 1925, in Uniontown. On Oct. 16, 1946, he married Fleta May Harper, of Petersburg, Kan., in Fort Scott...

JERRY EUGENE YUILLE (01/24/12)
Jerry Eugene Yuille, 63, of Kansas City, Kan., died Saturday, Jan. 21, 2012, at his home. Jerry's wishes were to be cremated. A graveside memorial service will be held at 11 a.m., Saturday, Jan. 28, at the Prescott Cemetery, Prescott, Kan. Memorial contributions are suggested to the Jerry Yuille Memorial Fund c/o the funeral home...

WILBUR KELLOGG (01/24/12)
Wilbur Kellogg, 88, of rural Fort Scott, died Sunday morning, Jan. 22, 2012, at Via Christi Hospital in Pittsburg, Kan. He was born Feb. 8, 1923, near Richards, Mo., the son of Ray Irving and Nellie Mae Debus Kellogg. He married Pearl O'Dell Feb. 20, 1943, in Nevada, Mo. She preceded him in death on Oct. 9, 1995...

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