Obituaries

Leona Belle Harned, age 81, a resident of Fort Scott, Kan., went to be with her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ on Tuesday, March 21, 2023, at the Via Christi Hospital in Pittsburg, Kan. She was born at home in Fulton, Kan., on July 3, 1941, the daughter of Luther Martin Harned and Julia Alma Cadwell Harned. ...

Gale Eugene Holman, age 67, resident of Belton, Mo., died Saturday, March 18, 2023, at the Research Medical Center, Kansas City, MO. There was cremation. Arrangements are under the direction of the Cheney Witt Chapel, 201 S. Main St., Fort Scott, KS...

Laverne Cummings Person, age 95, a resident of Fort Scott, Kan., passed away Wednesday, March 15, 2023, at the home of her daughter in Olathe, Kan. She was born Aug. 12, 1927, in Fort Scott, the daughter of Booker T. Cummings and Cleo Mae Jenkins Cummings. ...

Jessica Erin Cox, beloved daughter, and granddaughter, passed away at her home in Lawrence, Kan., March 20, 2023. Jessica was born Nov. 15, 1979, at the University of Kansas Medical Center. She was a graduate of Shawnee Mission West High School. Jessica loved spending time with friends and family. She loved animals and volunteered frequently at local animal shelters. She enjoyed music and writing poetry...

Merle Mayfield, 80, resident of Fort Scott, passed away Friday, March 24, 2023. Arrangements will be announced by the Konantz-Cheney Funeral Home.

Larry Ray Oliver, age 69, Pleasanton, Kan., passed away on Wednesday, March 22, 2023. A funeral service will be 6 p.m. Saturday, March 25, 2023 at the Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory, Pleasanton Chapel. Visitation will follow the service until 8 p.m.  Memorial contributions are suggested to Linn County Hunter Safety, in care of Schneider Funeral Home, P.O. Box 525, Pleasanton, KS 66075. Online condolences can be left at www.schneiderfunerals.com...

John Andrew Allen, age 87, resident of Uniontown, Kan., died Monday, March 20, 2023, at Kansas Heart Hospital in Wichita, Kan. Following cremation, memorial services will be held at 3 p.m. Friday, March 24, in the Cheney Witt Chapel conducted by Rev. ...

Rosetta Marie Bailes passed away at her home in Fort Scott, Kansas on Sunday night, March 19, 2023. She was welcomed to her heavenly home and is worshiping Jesus with a new body. She was born in Kansas City, Kan., to Charles and Rose Anna Workman on July 31, 1953. ...

Jo Ann Dalton passed away Sunday, March 19, 2023, at her home. Pastor Brian Rhoades will conduct funeral services at 10 a.m. Friday, March 24, at the Cheney Witt Chapel. Burial will follow in the U.S. National Cemetery. Words of remembrance may be submitted to the online guestbook at cheneywitt.com...

Donald L. Elkins, age 50, a resident of Fort Scott, Kan., passed away Sunday, March 19, 2023, at the Via Christi Emergency Room in Fort Scott. He was born April 12, 1972, in Rock Hill, S.C., the son of Donald Wayne Elkins and Sherry Lynne Hunt Elkins. ...

David Edwin Myers, age 63, a resident of Fort Scott, Kan., passed away Monday, March 20, 2023, at the Nevada Regional Medical Center in Nevada, Mo. He was born Aug. 4, 1959, in Kansas City, Kan., the son of John Elmer Myers and Waneta B. Witsell Myers.  ...

Vance Laverne Bruner, age 63, Mound City, Kan., passed away Friday, March 17, 2023 at his home.    A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, March 24, 2023 at the Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory, Mound City Chapel. Visitation will be held Thursday, March 23, at the Mound City Chapel. Memorial contributions are suggested to Linn County Care to Share. Online condolences can be left at www.schneiderfunerals.com. ...

Bud Lindsay, age 88 of Prescott, Kan., passed away peacefully at his home Wednesday, March 15, 2023. He was born the son of Esler Roy and Bessie Clara (Deckard) Lindsay at Lebanon, Mo. Bud loved racing, working on old cars, riding horses, tractor pulls and being outside. ...

George Washington Osborn, Jr., age 88, a resident of Fort Scott, Kan., passed away Saturday, March 18, 2023, at the Mercy Hospital in Joplin, Mo. George was born March 20, 1934, to George W. Osborn and Stella Cauthon Osborn in Bates County, Mo. He was the sixth of seven children. ...

Charles Louis Cable, age 88, went to his heavenly home on Wednesday, March 15, 2023, just four days after his precious wife, Willa. Charles was born Feb. 18, 1935, in Liberal, Mo., to Louis M. Cable and Edna McKay Cable. He spent his youth on a farm near Lamar, Mo., and graduated from Lamar High School with the Class of 1954. He continued his education at what is now known as Ozark Christian College in Joplin, Mo. In 1959, he received a bachelor’s degree in Christian ministry...

Barbara “Barb” Anthony Scheel, age 73, of Spring Hill, Kan., passed away March 14, 2023, at her home with family by her side. Barb was born April 16, 1949, in Fort Scott, Kan., to Clarence and Mary Northrop. She graduated from Fort Scott High School...

Willa Ann Woody Cable went softly into the arms of Jesus on Saturday, March 11, 2023, after a very brief battle with brain cancer. She was born Aug. 17, 1944, to Mable Smith Woody in Fort Scott, Kan., She grew up on a farm east of Savonburg, Kan., where she was raised by her mother and maternal grandparents, Emmett and Myrtle Smith...

Rodell Richard “Rodie” Darling, age 96, a resident of Fort Scott, passed away on Monday, March 13, 2023 at Via Christi Hospital in Pittsburg, Kan. Rodell was born on Oct. 25, 1926 in Fort Scott, the son of Reid and Olive Dorn Darling. He attended the Fort School system and was a U.S. ...

Charles Franklin “Frankie” Durossette, age 51, resident of Fort Scott, Kan.,, died Sunday, March 12, 2023, at the Overland Park Regional Medical Center, Overland Park, Kan. He was surrounded by his entire family as he was welcomed into the kingdom of heaven. ...

Marilyn Marie Gerhardt, 69, Miami, Okla., passed away on March 10, 2023, in Tulsa, Okla., following a short Illness. Marilyn Marie Garrison was born on Feb. 16, 1954, in Fort Scott, Kan. She attended the Fort Scott Community College where she earned her degree in nursing while taking care of her horses in her time off. ...

Elvin “Dale” Wiley, 78, of Fort Scott, passed away Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2022. Following cremation, a memorial service was held Sept. 3, 2022. Pastor Paul Rooks will officiate interment services at 1:30 p.m. Friday, March 17, 2023, at the Fort Scott National Cemetery under the direction of the Konantz-Cheney Funeral Home...

Katherine Denise “Mammy” Beal Howe, age 70, resident of West Plains, Mo., died Saturday, March 11, 2023, at the Via Christi Emergency Room, Fort Scott, Kan. Bud Beal and Rusty Beal will conduct graveside services at 1 p.m. Thursday, March 16, at the West Liberty Cemetery. ...

Jerry Johnston, 84, passed away Wednesday, March 8, 2023, in Joplin, Mo. He was born in Fort Scott, Kan., on Feb. 13, 1939. Jerry graduated from Wichita State University with a Bachelor of Economics and spent most of his career in the refrigeration business...

Janet Dean Robinson Staton, age 84, Cleveland, M0., passed away Wednesday, March 8, 2023.   Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Monday, March 13, 2023, at the Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory, Pleasanton Chapel. Visitation will be held form noon to service time. Burial will be in the Pleasanton Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to the Bird Dog Hall of Fame. Online condolences can be left at www.schneiderfunerals.com.  ...

Jerry Wayne Allen, age 68, a resident of Fort Scott, Kan., passed away early Friday, March 10, 2023, at the Guest Home Estates in Fort Scott. He was born Nov. 28, 1954, in Fort Scott, the son of Harold Allen and Esther Gibson Allen. Jerry first married Caroline Frances “Fran” Morrow on April 20, 1981, in Fort Scott. ...

William Stanley “Buddy” Pruitt, 82, resident of Garland, Texas, passed away March 1, 2023. He was born July 26, 1940, in Fort Scott, Kan., the son of Thomas William “Bill” Pruitt and Lazetta Fae (Ridenour) Pruitt.  Buddy is survived by his two sons, who both reside in Garland, Texas. ...

John Lyle Jackson, 93, of Fort Scott, Kan., passed away on March 6, 2023. John was born April 13, 1929, at Isabel, Kan. He was one of eight children born to John Ervin Jackson and Jessie Eva (Hollister) Jackson. He married Norma Jean (Smith) Jackson Nov. 25, 1951, in Bronson, Kan. He is preceded in death by his wife, parents, two brothers and five sisters, Calvin Jackson, Fern Jackson, Dean Jackson, Ruth McEndree, Stella Ludlum, Lila Ludlum and Shirley Ludlum...

Michael Louis Pool, age 70, a resident of Lake Fort Scott, passed Wednesday, March 8, 2023, at his home. He was born July 27, 1952, in Fort Scott, Kan., the son of William Louis “Louie” Pool and Norma Elaine Johnson Pool. Mike grew up in the Bronson area and graduated from the Uniontown High School. ...

Louise Marie Shattuck, age 89, Prescott, Kan., passed away Monday, March 6, 2023. She was born in a farmhouse west of Prescott on Nov. 28, 1933, the daughter of Ed and Avis (Smith) McIntyre. She traveled by herself to Tacoma, Wash., at the age of 17 to be united in marriage to Lyle Shattuck on June 12, 1951...

Suella Jean Hornby, 63, a resident of Springfield, Mo., passed away Sunday, March 5, 2023, at the Centerpoint Medical Center in Independence, Mo. She was born Sept. 8, 1959, in Madison, Wisc., the daughter of Kenneth Ross Wood and Jennie Louise (Reynolds) Wood. She married Charles Matthew Hornby July 16, 1988, and he survives of the home...

John Lyle Jackson, 93, resident of Fort Scott, Kan., passed away Monday, March 7, 2023. Arrangements will be announced by the Konantz-Cheney Funeral Home.

William Stanley “Buddy” Pruitt, 82, resident of Garland, Texas, passed away March 1, 2023. He was born July 26, 1940, in Fort Scott, Kan., the son of Thomas William Pruitt and Lazetta Fae (Ridenour) Pruitt. Buddy is survived by his sons, Troy William Pruitt, and Richard Thomas Pruitt, both of Garland, Texas; a sister Fay Farley, of Catoosa, Okla., and seven grandchildren...

Mary Jeanette (Austin) Crossland, 87, of Paola, Kan., passed away March 4, 2023, at home surrounded by her family after a battle with cancer. Mary was born on Oct. 31, 1935, to Harold and Mary Alice Austin in Fort Scott, Kan. She was the eldest of three daughters. Mary grew up sewing and designing clothes for her dolls. In high school, she was a majorette and loved twirling the baton...

Alice “Jane” Woodburn, 81, resident of Glendale, Ariz., passed away Feb. 20, 2023. She was born Aug. 17, 1941, in Fort Scott, Kan., the daughter of Dr. Francis Marion Stone and Alice Jane (Givens) Stone. She married William D. “Bill” Woodburn on Aug. 25, 1962, in Fort Scott, and he survives of the home...

Roy Emerald Townsend, age 87, resident of rural Fort Scott, Kan., died Wednesday, March 1, 2023, at Via Christi Hospital in Pittsburg, Kan. He was born on Sept. 7, 1935, in Harding, Kan., the son of Perry and Elizabeth Snyder Townsend. Roy served in the Army from 1958 until 1961. ...

James Dean Allen, age 71, La Cygne, Kan., passed away Sunday, Feb. 26, 2023.   Visitation will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday, March 3, 2023 at the Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory Pleasanton Chapel. A private family graveside will be held at Jingo Cemetery. Memorial contributions are suggested to Ray of Hope, in care of Schneider Funeral Home, P.O. Box 525, Pleasanton, KS 66075.  Online condolences can be left at www.schneiderfunerals.com.  ...

Harper Darleane Marie McCowin, 3-month-old infant daughter of Alexis Freeman and Wesley McCowin, passed away Friday Feb. 24, 2023.  Funeral service will be 11 a.m. Saturday, March 4, 2023 at the Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory, Mound City Chapel. ...

Lynne M. Vanleeuwen of Grand Rapids, Mich., age 79, passed away with her loving family by her side Nov. 20, 2022. According to her wishes, cremation has taken place. Interment will be in Ft. Scott National Cemetery. A Celebration of Lynne’s Life will be announced soon. Memorials may be made to Grand Rapids Symphony or Bourbon County Arts Council (KS). Local arrangements are being handled by the Cheney Witt Chapel, 201 S. Main St...

Betty Le Clayton, age 89, a resident of rural Mapleton, Kan., went home to be with her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, on Sunday, Feb. 26, 2023. She was born March 22, 1933, at her grandmother’s house near Prescott, Kan., the daughter of Raymond Leroy Long and Helen Irene Johnson Long. ...

Judith A. Matson, a former resident of Fort Scott, Kan., and more recently of Pittsburg, Kan., passed away Friday, Feb. 24, 2023, at the Via Christi Hospital in Pittsburg. Judy married Roger G. Matson on Jan. 20, 1962; he preceded her in death in 2018...

Orval R. Doty, age 88, resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died Feb. 16, 2023, at Arma Health and Rehab, Arma, Kan., from complications following a stroke. We are grateful he is no longer suffering. Orval was born Sept. 14, 1934, in Fort Scott to William Bradford Doty and Erma Marie Marshall Doty. They preceded him in death as did brothers, Roy Doty, Bob Doty, Delbert Doty, Larry Moore and one sister Jean Doty Cook. He was also preceded in death by two infant sons, Norman Doty, and Gerald W. Doty...

Kenton Eugene Cowen, 71, of Fort Scott, Kan., passed away Feb. 16, 2023, in his home. He was born Aug. 20, 1951, in Fort Scott, Kan., the son of Glen Richard Cowen and Freda (Bentley) Cowen.  Kenton served in the U.S. Marines from Nov. 22, 1971, until his discharge on Nov. ...

JoAnn Sylvia Clark, age 88, former resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died Friday, Feb. 17, 2023, at The Maples Health & Rehab, Springfield, Mo. She was born Sept. 29, 1934, in Emmeram, Kan., the daughter of Joseph and Albina Weigel Doerfler. She attended schools in Russel, Kan., Wichita, Kan., and graduated from Fort Scott High School. She worked for Western Insurance Company/American States Insurance/Lincoln National Insurance for a combined 40 years...

Voneta V. Lewis, age 96, resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died peacefully at Presbyterian Village in Fort Scott on Feb. 20, 2023. She was born Jan. 26, 1927, in Coyle, Okla., to Nathaniel Arthur and Frances Vontelle (Morgan) Lamb. On Oct. 3, 1948, she married John D. Lewis of Blue Mound, Kan. Together they owned and ran the Town and Country Insurance and Real Estate Agency in Fort Scott for many years. Voneta was a member of Community Christian Church in Fort Scott...

Jerry Shane Mincks, age 51, Pleasanton, Kan., passed away Monday, Feb. 20, 2023. Funeral service will be 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 25, 2023 at the Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory, Pleasanton Chapel. Burial will be in the Pleasanton Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. ...

Orval Ray Doty, age 88, resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died Thursday, Feb. 16, 2023, at Arma Health & Rebab, Arma, Kan. Services for Orval Doty will be announced by the Cheney Witt Chapel, 201 S. Main St.

Helen Davenport, age 77, of Aurora, Neb., passed away Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2023, at CHI-St. Francis Medical Center in Grand Island, Neb., after a long battle with cancer. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m., Monday, Feb. 20 at the Aurora United Methodist Church, 1104 A St. Rev. Michelle Reed will officiate. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the church...

Diana Lynn Taylor (Lewis) passed away peacefully at home on Feb. 13, 2023 with her son Scott and Daughter Kim at her side. Diana was born on May 20, 1949 in Eureka, Kan., to parents Wilbur and Esther Lewis. She graduated from Fort Scott High School in 1967 as valedictorian. ...

James L. Hurd, 76, of Hoyt, passed away on Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2023 at the Midland Hospice House in Topeka. He was born Sept. 27, 1946 at Fort Scott, the son of Charles Hurd, Jr. and Mary Katherine Harris Hurd. He graduated from Girard High School. James had worked at Goodyear Tire in Topeka for 42 years and was a member of Steelworkers Local 307...

Oliver W. “Bill” Hawk, age 80 of Prescott, Kan., died Saturday, Feb. 4 at University of Kansas Health System, Kansas City, Kan. Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 16 at the Schowengerdt Funeral Chapel, Butler, Mo., 660-679-6555. Burial will be in the Woodfin Cemetery in Foster. Online condolences www.schowengerdtchapel.com...