Obituaries from February 2018

Marilyn Jane Love, age 73, a resident of rural Redfield, Kan., passed away Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2018, at the Mercy Hospital in Joplin, Mo. She was born Oct. 2, 1944, in Fort Scott, Kan., the daughter of Lawrence Homer “Jack” Query and Alberta Mae Duncan Query. ...

Thomas P. Bowerman, age 72, resident of Fort Scott, died Thursday, Feb. 1, 2018, at his home. Services for Thomas Bowerman will be announced by the Cheney Witt Chapel, 201 S. Main.

Wylma Campbell, age 96, of Fort Scott, Kan., passed away Thursday Feb. 1, 2018 at the Hospice of the Valley, Eckstin Center in Scottsdale, Ariz. Services will be held at 1 p.m. Friday, Feb. 9, 2018 at the Cheney Witt Chapel. Burial will be in the U.S. National Cemetery, Fort Scott, Kan. Words of remembrance may be submitted to the online guestbook at cheneywitt.com...

Ella Louise Greenfield, 58, of Fort Scott, passed away late Wednesday evening, Jan. 31, 2018, at Mercy Hospital. She was born Nov. 14, 1959, in Fort Scott, Kan., the daughter of John Calvin and Rachel Elinor (Hord) Greenfield. Ella is survived by her children, Scarlett “Pete” Greenfield of Pittsburg, Kan., and John Greenfield, of Fort Scott; nine brothers and sisters, John C. ...

Mildred Katie Bortzfield, age 86, formerly of Pleasanton, Kan., died Sunday, Feb. 4, 2018, at Pinnacle Ridge Nursing and Rehabilitation, Olathe, Kan. She was born on Oct. 26, 1931, in Fulton, Kan., the daughter of Robert and Hazel Wurtz Clendening. She married LeRoy Bortzfield on June 8, 1949, in Salt Lake City, Utah. ...

Wylma Pearl Campbell, 96, passed away Feb. 1, 2018 at Hospice of the Valley, Scottsdale, Ariz. She was born April 20, 1921 in Ft. Scott,the daughter of Pearl Gunsolley Wilson and Harry Wilson. She married Austin Campbell May 31, 1941 in Hot Springs, Ark., while he was serving during WWII. He preceded her in death on June 25, 2002...

Thomas P. Bowerman, age 72, resident of Fort Scott, passed through the gates of heaven Thursday, Feb. 1, 2018, at his home. He was born May 17, 1945, in Fayetteville, Ark., the son of Jess and Hazel Bowerman. He attended South Side Grade School and Rogers High School in Rogers, Ark. ...

Donald Dale Simpson, age 90, a resident of rural Garland, Kan., passed away early Saturday, Feb. 3, 2018, at the Country Place Assisted Living facility in Fort Scott, Kan. He was born March 16, 1927, in Fort Scott, the son of Maurice Simpson and Nina Alice McPheron Simpson. ...

Junior Eugene Lawrence, age 89, a resident of Fort Scott, Kan., passed away early Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2018, at the Medicalodge of Fort Scott. He was born May 9, 1928, in Deerfield, Mo., the son of Edward Samuel Lawrence and Nellie Zimmerman Lawrence. ...

Shirley Mae Soto, age 79, a resident of Fort Scott, Kan., passed away Thursday, Feb. 8, 2018, at the University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City, Kan. She was born Dec. 30, 1938, in California, the daughter of Lee Wurtz and Pauline Sharp Wurtz. ...

The family of Ginger Thomas cordially invites you to attend a memorial service at 1 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 18, at Lath Branch Cemetery. It is located approximately three miles east of Fort Scott on U.S. Highway 54 at 245th Street at the end of Lucky Road...

Helen B. Clark Rhodes Sexton, a former resident of Pittsburg, Kan., and more recently of Fort Scott, Kan., passed away Friday, Feb. 9, 2018, at the Guest Home Estates in Fort Scott. She was born Jan. 28, 1925, the daughter of Edward D. Clark and Dora Anna Whiteside Clark, at Moundville, in Vernon County, Mo. ...

Lois Wanda Moseley, age 85, a resident of Wichita, Kan., passed away Monday, Feb. 12, 2018, at the Family Health and Rehab in Wichita, Kan. Graveside services will be held at 11:30 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 17, 2018 at the Hiattville Cemetery under the direction of the Cheney Witt Chapel. ...

The family of Ginger Thomas cordially invites you to attend a memorial service at 1 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 18, at Lath Branch Cemetery. It is located approximately three miles east of Fort Scott on U.S. Highway 54 at 245th Street at the end of Lucky Road...

Robert "Bob" L. Miller, 85, of Hays, Kan., passed away on Monday, Feb. 12, 2018 at the Good Samaritan Society in Ellis, Kan. He was born Aug. 25, 1932 in Fort Scott, Kan., to Harry and Edith (Madden) Miller. Bob graduated from Fort Scott High School in 1950 and attended Pittsburg State University. On Sept. 3, 1960 he married Dorothy “Dottie” Serafin in Kansas City, Kan...

Sandra Sue “Sandy” Rylander, 75, passed away Wednesday afternoon, Feb. 14, 2018, at KU Medical Center in Kansas City, Kan. Arrangements will be announced by the Konantz-Cheney Funeral Home.

Roderick H. McKay, age 71, Pleasanton, Kan., passed away on Thursday, Feb. 15, 2018 at his home. Funeral Requiem Mass will be held 11 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2018 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Mound City, Kan. Burial will be in Sacred Heart Cemetery. ...

Robert L. "Bob" Calvert, age 76, La Cygne, Kan., passed away on Thursday, Feb. 15, 2018. Funeral service 11 a.m. Monday, Feb. 19, 2018 at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, Louisburg, Kan. Rosary will be prayed 4 p.m. Sunday at the Schneider Funeral Home, La Cygne Chapel. Visitation will follow from 4:30 to 6 p.m. Contributions are suggested to Cancer Research, Grady's Kids or Knights of Columbus. Online condolences for the family can be left at www.schneiderfunerals.com...

Michael Owen True, age 71, resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died late Friday, Feb. 16, 2018, following a heart ailment. He was born Dec. 11, 1946, in Kansas City, Kan., the son of Warren D. True and Lucille Leach True. He married Joyce Haller on June 15, 1968, in Shawnee, Kan. ...

Sandra Sue “Sandy” Rylander, 75, of Fort Scott, Kan., passed away unexpectedly of a heart attack Wednesday afternoon, Feb. 14, 2018, at KU Medical Center in Kansas City, Kan. Sandy was born Oct. 16, 1942, in Fort Scott, Kan., the daughter of the late John C. and Nettie Caroline (Townsend) Stanbro...

Mary Elizabeth Stoughton, age 95, a resident of Fort Scott, Kan., formerly of rural Mapleton, Kan., died Sunday, Feb. 18, 2018, at Country Place Living in Fort Scott. She was born Jan. 16, 1923, in rural Bourbon County, the daughter of Nixon and Eula Hutcherson Blair. ...

Sue Ann Cannon, age 65, a former resident of Fort Scott, Kan., and more recently of Edwardsville, Kan., passed away early Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2018, at the University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City. She was born July 6, 1952, in Fort Scott, the daughter of Delbert Lowell Smith and Cathern Armatha Ward Smith. ...

Alice M. Adams, age 94, La Cygne, Kan., passed Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2018. Funeral serves will be at 2 p.m. Friday, Feb. 23, at New Life Baptist, La Cygne. Burial will be in Trading Post Cemetery. Visitation will be 1 p.m. to service at the church. Contributions are suggested to New Life Baptist or Crossroads Hospice. Online condolences for the family can be left at www.schneiderfunerals.com. Arrangements: Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory, La Cygne Chapel...

Dian Gail McIntosh, age 74, Prescott, Kan., passed away Thursday, Feb. 22, 2018. Contributions may be made to: KU Center for Research, Brain Research Foundation and may be sent in care of Schneider Funeral Home P.O. Box 525 Pleasanton, KS 66075.

Gerald O. “Nate” Beaman, 93, passed away Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2018, at A Country Place Senior Living in Fort Scott. He was born Aug. 7, 1924, in Uniontown, Kan., the son of Ray and Ruth (Turner) Beaman. He married Mary Kathryn “Kay” Henson on Jan. 11, 1947, in Fort Scott, Kan., while attending Fort Scott Junior College, and they recently celebrated their 71st wedding anniversary, January of 2018...

Joe Dean Hull, age 73, resident of Fort Scott, died Saturday, Feb. 24, 2018, at his home following a lengthy illness. He was born on Oct. 5, 1944, in Fort Scott, Kan., the son of James Isaac Hull and Ruby Terrill Hull. He married Myrtle Gaston on June 15, 1965, in Nevada, Mo. ...

Helen Marie (Dunnington) Murrow, age 94, Blue Mound, Kan., passed away on Saturday, Feb. 24, 2018 at the Fort Scott Manor. She was born on Jan. 21, 1924 east of Prescott, Kan., the daughter of Fredrick Otto and Ethel Cordell Shaler Dunnington. She married Vernon Edwin Murrow on Aug. 29, 1945 at Iola, Kan.They lived south of Blue Mound all their married life of 56 years. He preceded her in death on May 17, 2002...

Helen Dold Niemeir, age 95, a resident of Fort Scott, Kan., made her way home to heaven on Sunday, Feb. 25, 2018. She was born March 3, 1922, in Sheldon, Mo., the daughter of Jules Keith Sawyer and Josephine Welker Sawyer. Helen grew up in Parsons, Kan., and attended schools there graduating from Parsons High School with the Class of 1940. ...

Raymond Lee Tourtillott, age 77, a resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died Monday, Feb. 26, 2018, at his home. He was born Aug. 5, 1940, in Panama, Mo., the son of Denver and Willa Weddle Tourtillott. He graduated from Metz High School. He married Zeta Adams in 1962. ...

Madge Carrie Cox, age 70, a resident of Fort Scott, Kan., passed away Friday, Feb. 23, 2018, at the Mercy Hospital in Fort Scott. She was born Feb. 6, 1948, in Kansas City, Kan., the daughter of Bill DeCoudres and Ruby Thompson DeCoudres. Madge graduated from the Fort Scott High School with the Class of 1966. ...