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Janice R. Stoughton, 79, of Fort Scott, passed away on Jan. 22, 2020 at the University of Kansas Medical Center. She was born on Nov. 30, 1940 in Kansas City, Kan., to Raymond and Lenora Hufford. She worked as a bank teller for 20 years before she was diagnosed with M.S. ...

Sharon Daggett Smith, age 70, Fort Scott, Kan., passed away on Monday, Jan. 20, 2020. Funeral service will be 10 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 25, 2020 at the Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory, Pleasanton Chapel. Burial will be in the Pleasanton Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. ...

Julia Ann Dale, age 87, La Cygne, Kan., passed away Jan. 20, 2020. Funeral service will be held 10 a.m. Friday, Jan. 24, 2020 at the Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory, La Cygne, Kan. Burial will be in the Cadmus Cemetery. Contributions are suggested to the La Cygne Library. Online condolences can be left at www.schneiderfunerals.com...

Howard Arthur Purcell, age 80, of Garnett, Kan., passed away on Saturday, Jan. 11, 2020, at KU Medical Center, in Kansas City, Kan. He was born Jan. 6, 1940, in Fort Scott, Kan., the son of Ralph Emerson and Arleen Edna (Wade) Purcell, the oldest of identical twins...

Colene Janette Gress, 67, of Fort Scott, passed away Wednesday evening, Jan. 15, 2020, at her home. She was born Aug. 27, 1952 in Salina, Kan., the daughter of John W. and Carolee Ann (Green) Summers. She married Wesley Gress Aug. 24, 1975 in Kansas City, Kan., and he survives of the home...

William Wesley Bright, age 98, Pleasanton, Kan., passed away peacefully on Jan. 17, 2020 . Funeral service will be 11 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2020 at the Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory, Pleasanton Chapel. Burial will be in the Woodfin Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Schneider Chapel. Contributions are suggested to Good Sheppard Hospice. Online condolences can be left at www.schneiderfunerals.com...

Christina G. Hagood, age 93, a resident of Fort Scott, passed away Thursday, Jan. 16, 2020, at the Via Christi Hospital in Pittsburg, Kan. She was born May 1, 1926, in Wichita, Kan., the daughter of John Joseph Peters and Philomena Bachman Peters. Christina married John Byron “Jack” Hagood on Feb. ...

Colene Gress, 67, of Fort Scott, passed away Wednesday evening, Jan. 15, 2020 at her home. Funeral arrangements for Colene Gress are incomplete and will be announced later by the Konantz-Cheney Funeral Home.

Leota Vyrl Bruce, 104, of Blue Bell, Pa., formerly of Ottawa, Kan., passed away Dec. 13, 2019. A visitation will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 25, 2020 at Bruce Funeral Home, Gardner, Kan., (913) 856-7111. Memorial Service will follow at 2 p.m. Inurnment will take place at a later date at Prescott Cemetery, Prescott, Kan...

Florene Helen Wilborn, 82, of Fort Scott, formerly of Batesville, Texas, passed away Monday evening, Jan. 13, 2020 at the Medicalodge Nursing Home. She was born, May 20, 1937 in Batesville, Texas, the daughter of Clifford and Jamie Lily (Baxter) Jones. She married Paul Wilborn, June 2, 1955 in Batesville, Texas. He survives of the home (Cavalry Crossing)...