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Marjorie Ellen Dingus, age 91, Pleasanton, Kan., passed away on Friday, Nov. 27, 2020. Graveside service will held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 5, 2020 at the Battlefield Cemetery. Contributions are suggested to St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital, in care of Schneider Funeral Home, P.O. Box 525, Pleasanton, KS 66075. Online condolences can be left at www.schneiderfunerals.com...

Carol Jean (Perry) George, age 76, from Redfield, Kan., passed away Monday, Nov. 30, 2020, at Country Place Senior Living in Ft Scott, Kan., after a long battle with Alzheimer’s disease. She was born on June 4, 1944, in Fort Scott, Kan., the daughter of William Herbert and Ruby Eileen (Heckenlaible) Perry. ...

Sonja Kay Holsti-Wells, age 73, passed away peacefully in her home at 4:10 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 28, 2020 with her husband Tim by her side. Sonja was born Feb. 3, 1947, in Ft. Scott, Kan., to Wayne Holsti and Mary K. (Land) Turley who later married Herbert Theodore Turley. ...

Latroy F. “Troy” White, Jr., age 77, a resident of Fort Scott, Kan., passed away Sept. 18, 2020, at his home in Fort Scott. A celebration of life service will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 5 at the Fort Scott Church of the Nazarene. Burial with military honors was in the U.S. ...

Rubie Mae Blackman Scott, age 91, Mound City, Kan., passed away Nov. 29, 2020. Graveside funeral service will be at 1 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 3, 2020 at the Curry Cemetery. Friends may pay respects from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 2 and 9 a.m. to noon Thursday, Dec. 3 at the Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory, Mound City Chapel...

Edward Everett Sprague, Sr., 70, of Erie, Kan., passed away Thursday, Nov. 26, 2020, at the Via Christi Medical Center in Pittsburg, Kan. He was born July 20, 1950, in Albuquerque, N.M., the son of Elgie Olen and Wilma Christine (Gardner) Sprague.He married Kathy Lynn Petty April 4, 1976, in Cherryville, Kan., and she preceded him in death April 3, 2011...

Della Lorene Emmerson, age 85, a former resident of Fort Scott, Kan., and Joplin, Mo., more recently of Gardner, Kan., passed away Friday, Nov. 27, 2020, at Azria Health Care in Olathe, Kan. She was born July 22, 1935, in Fort Scott, the daughter of Charles Dixon and Della Reno Dixon. ...

William Junior Hamilton, age 92, a former resident of Garland, Kan., and more recently of Bartlesville, Okla., passed away Friday, Nov. 27, 2020, at the Jane Phillips Medical Center in Bartlesville. He was born July 31, 1928, in Garland, the son of William Hamilton and Mary A. ...

Talitha Ann (Brown) Madison, age 47, resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2020. She was born April 10, 1973, in Fort Scott, Kan., the daughter of Mike and Vicki (Trites) Brown. She graduated from Fort Scott High School with the class of 1991. ...

David Mitchell DeMayo, 59, of Centerville, Kan., passed away Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2020. The funeral service will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2020 at Mound City Christian Church, Mound City, Kan. A visitation will be from 10 a.m. until service time at the church. ...