Obituaries from August 2018

Debra Lynn Dohle, age 62, a resident of Arcadia, Kan., went to be with the Lord at 12:20 a.m., Friday, Aug. 3, 2018, at the Mercy Hospital in Joplin, Mo. She was born March 9, 1956, in Hayward, Calif., the daughter of Jess H. Thompson and Beverly L. ...

Mrs. Rose Mary Huber passed away unexpectedly in St. Petersburg, Fla., on July 24, 2018, the loving wife of Robert “Bob” Huber, who remains at the home in St. Petersburg, Fla. Rose was the daughter of the late Herman W. Bacon and the late Ruby Mae (Miller) Bacon Harper and born in Fort Knox, Ky., on Oct. ...

Orlena Pearl Rookstool, age 72, Blue Mound, Kan., passed away on Saturday, Aug. 4, 2018. Funeral service will be 11 a.m. Friday, Aug. 10, 2018 at the Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory, Mound City Chapel. Burial will be in Curry Cemetery. Visitation is from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday at the Chapel. The family suggests contributions to the American Cancer Society...

Kenneth Henne, 81, passed away Aug. 5, 2018 at Kansas City Hospice House after a courageous battle with cancer. He was born in Hume, Mo., on July 14, 1937 to Verl and Ruby (Wakefield) Henne. He graduated from Hume High School and briefly attended Pittsburg State University in Pittsburg, Kan. ...

Patricia Lee White, age 85, resident of Devon, Kan., died Saturday, Aug. 4, 2018, at St. Luke’s Hospital, Kansas City, Mo. She was born Aug. 27, 1932, in Appleton City, Mo., the daughter of Paul, Sr. and Edna Deeds Adamson. She attended Uniontown schools, having lived most of her life in the Devon area. ...

Eldred S. Whitley, age 79, Pleasanton, Kan., passed away on Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2018. The funeral service will be held 2 p.m. Friday, Aug. 10, 2018 at the Pleasanton Assembly of God Church. Burial will be in the Fairview Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 9 at the Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory, Pleasanton Chapel. The family suggests contributions to the University of Kansas Heart Institute. Online condolences can be left at www.schneiderfunerals.com...

Lois Keating Harrison, age 89, Mound City, Kan., passed away on Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2018. She was born on Oct. 23, 1928 at Iola, Kan., the daughter of Lester and Zelma Davidson Casteel. She graduated from Mound City High School. She married Thomas Keating. ...

Angela Kay Delaney, age 52, resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2018, at her home. There was cremation. Memorial services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Friday, Aug. 17, at the Cheney Witt Chapel. Private family interment will take place at a later date in the Centerville Cemetery. ...

Jennifer Lyn Houston, age 30, a resident of rural Arcadia, Kan., passed away Sunday, Aug. 5 at the Cox South Medical Center in Springfield, Mo., following injuries received in an automobile accident in Cedar County, Mo. She was born Sept. 28, 1987, in Fort Scott, Kan., the daughter of Richard Allen Barnard and Connie Patricia Price Barnard. ...

Hunter Dean Kovacic, 15, of Stark, Kan., died at 10:12 a.m., Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2018 as a result of injuries sustained in an automobile accident on Highway 69 in Bourbon County, Kan. Hunter was born July 9, 2003 in Fort Scott, Kan., a son of Jeffrey and Jennifer (Jamison) Kovacic...

Virginia Marie Gillen McKenna died Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2018, at Mercy Hospital in Fort Scott, Kan., at the age of 80. Virginia was born July 14, 1938, in Harper County, Kan., to Arnold P. and Margaret A. (Goetz) Gillen. She grew up on a farm near Willowdale where she and her eight siblings played hide-n-seek and red rover outside on the wide prairie. ...

Terry Wayne Camp died Aug. 9, 2018 at Wheat State Manor in Whitewater, Kan. He was born March 8, 1951, at Fort Scott, Kan., to H.V. and Lorene Camp. He graduated from Uniontown High School in 1969. He served in the U.S. Army in 1st Armored Division, Old Ironsides from 1971 to 1973 and was stationed in Germany. After the army, he was employed by Excel Industries in Hesston and Harvey County Highway Department...

Wanda Lou Sharp, age 72, Mound City, Kan., passed away on Sunday, Aug. 12, 2018 at her home. Visitation will be held 3 to 4 p.m. Sunday, Aug.19, 2018 at the Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory, Mound City Chapel. The family suggests contributions to Concern Inc, c/o Schneider Funeral Home, P.O. Box J, Mound City, Kansas 66056. Online condolences can be left at www.schneiderfunerals.com...

James Lewis Eastwood, age 81, a resident of rural Fort Scott, Kan., passed away early Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2018, at the Mercy Hospital Emergency Room. He was born March 27, 1937, in Fort Scott, the son of Harold Lewis Eastwood and Verda Leola Thomas Eastwood.  Jim graduated from Fort Scott High School with the Class of 1955. He married Patricia Ann Hoggatt on February 10, 1957, at Fort Scott. In earlier years, Jim had been employed by various Fort Scott grocery stores including, Gunsolles Grocery, Foodtown and Safeway. ...

Cynthia Sue Weece of Miami, Okla., passed from this life Monday, Aug. 13, 2018 at her home. She was 70. Cynthia was born Feb. 10, 1948 in Webster City, Iowa, to Floyd and Mary (Bosworth) Wood. She had lived in Miami since 1989, moving from Lawton, Okla. ...

Robert Otis McCutchen, age 55, a resident of Fort Scott, Kan., passed away early Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2018, at the Mercy Hospital Fort Scott. There was cremation and no services are planned at this time. Arrangements were handled by Cheney Witt Chapel, 201 S. Main, Fort Scott...

Barbara L. Simmons, 90, passed away Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2018 in Tulsa, Okla. Funeral Service will be 10 a.m., Saturday, Aug. 18, 2018 at Moore’s Southlawn Chapel, 9350 E. 51st, Tulsa, OK 7414, (918) 663-2233.

Marli Ann Allmond, 22 months, passed away June 8, 2018. Marli was born Aug. 8, 2016 to Lane and Misty Allmond of Richards, Mo. Marli was a beautiful and happy little girl. She loved her life on the farm. She loved the puppies and checking the cows and playing with her baby dolls. She referred to all of them as “my bebes.”...

Sue Winter, 72, of Altamont, and formerly of Fort Scott, passed away at 2:48 p.m., Friday, Aug.17, 2018 at her home. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m., Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2018 at the Richards Christian Church in Richards, Mo. Burial will be in Deerfield Cemetery in Deerfield, Mo. The family will receive friends from 7 to 8 p.m., Monday, at the Bath-Forbes-Hoffman Funeral Home in Altamont, Kan...

Sue Winter, 72, of Altamont, and formerly of Fort Scott, passed away at 2:48 p.m., Friday, Aug. 17, 2018 at her home. She was born Oct. 8, 1945 in Lexington, Ky., to Elmo and Lorainne (Smith) Prather. As a young girl, Sue grew up and attended schools in Tennessee and Ohio...

Earl Clifford Pritchett, Jr., age 78, a resident of Uniontown, Kan., passed away Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2018, at the Nevada Nursing and Rehab in Nevada, Mo. He was born April 20, 1940, in Bonneterre, Mo., the son of Earl C. Pritchett and Etta Uleny Cooper Pritchett. ...

Aaron Dean Eastwood, age 57, Pleasanton, Kan., died Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2018 at Overland Park Regional Medical Center. Funeral service will be 6:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 24, 2018 at the Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory, Pleasanton Chapel. Visitation will be from 5 p.m. to service. Contributions are suggested to the Dean Eastwood Memorial Fund. Online condolences for the family can be left at www.schneiderfunerals.com...

Joycelyn N. “Jo” Stogsdill, age 82, a resident of Fort Scott, Kan., passed away Friday, Aug. 17, 2018, at the Hospice House of Olathe in Olathe, Kan. She was born Aug. 30, 1935, in Englewood, Kan., the daughter of Charlie Newton Withrow and Doris Mae Crosby Withrow. ...

John Roger McWilliam, age 65, Pleasanton, Kan., passed away on Thursday, Aug. 23, 2018 at Olathe Medical Center. Funeral service will be 2 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 26, 2018 at the Pleasanton Church of the Nazarene. Disposition will be in the Pleasanton Cemetery. Roger will lie in state Saturday at the Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory, Pleasanton Chapel from noon until 4 p.m. Contributions are suggested to the church or the Roger McWilliam Memorial Fund...

Bobbie Gene Combs, age 79, a resident of Fort Scott, Kan., passed away Thursday, Aug. 9, 2018, at the Franklin House assisted living facility in Fort Scott. He was born Aug. 12, 1938, in Fort Scott, the son of Ralph Francis Combs and Georgia Haynes Combs. ...

Vera Jane Wiggans Hays, age 80, formerly of Fort Scott, died Wednesday evening, Aug. 22, 2018, at Greystone Assisted Living in Iola, Kan. Vera was born Aug. 9, 1938, to Marjorie and Pascal Wiggans in rural Bronson. She attended Bronson schools, played basketball and was drum majorette. ...

Arlene Allen, age 89, a resident of Fort Scott, Kan., passed away Thursday, Aug. 23, 2018, at the Guest Home Estates in Fort Scott. She was born Dec. 15, 1928, in Fort Scott, the daughter of Terry Misener and Winifred Allison Misener. Arlene graduated from the Fort Scott High School with the Class of 1946 and the Fort Scott Junior College with the Class of 1948. ...

Leland Duane Wood, 70, of Fort Scott, was welcomed into Heaven’s open arms on Aug. 23, 2018. Bless his tired heart, he is now shooting baskets with the best cheering section you could find in Heaven. Leland was born Oct. 14, 1947, in Fort Scott, Kan., the son of Vergil Leon and Delma Dorene (Brown) Wood. He married Mary Underwood Sept. 28, 1968, in Mapleton, Kan., and she survives of the home...

Fern E. Nichols, age 91, Pleasanton, Kan., passed away on Sunday, Aug. 26, 2018 at Medicalodge of Butler. She was born in Oklahoma the daughter of Niles and Frona Cutshall. She was married to Alfred "A.W." Nichols on Aug. 5, 1944 in Independence, Kan. He preceded her in death on...

Peyton R. Riedel, age 25, a resident of Colorado Springs, Colo., passed away Monday, Aug. 27 as the result of a car accident in Colorado Springs. Services for Peyton Riedel will be announced by the Cheney Witt Chapel, 201 S. Main, Fort Scott.

Edwin G. Leonard, age 78, a resident of Mesa, Ariz., passed away Monday, Aug. 27 in Mesa. Funeral services for Edwin Leonard will be announced by the Cheney Witt Chapel, 201 S. Main, Fort Scott, Kan.

Donald “Fred” Savage, 80, of Fulton, Kan., passed away Monday morning, Aug. 27, 2018, at Mercy Hospital in Fort Scott, Kan. He was born Feb. 4, 1938, in Harrison, Ark., the son of Thomas Franklin and Rita Myrle (Willis) Savage. He married Joan Hays April 3, 1957, and she preceded him in death Aug. 22, 2017...

Jack Edward Kendrick, Sr., age 82, a resident of Fort Scott, Kan., passed away Thursday, Aug. 30, 2018, at the Medicalodge in Fort Scott. He was born Feb. 20, 1936, at Fort Scott, the son of Russell Allen Kendrick, Sr. and Wilma Jean Blair Kendrick. ...

Edwin Gilbert Leonard, age 78, a former resident of Fort Scott, Kan., and more recently of Mesa, Ariz., passed away Monday, Aug. 27, 2018, in Mesa. He was born Aug. 14, 1940, in Fort Scott, the son of Wilbur H. Leonard and Hattie L. Francis Leonard. He married Leanna Corine Wise on July 31, 1960, in Fort Scott. Ed and Leanna moved from Fort Scott to Arizona in 1969. Ed had worked in Arizona as a carpenter...

Peyton Ryne Riedel, 25, of Colorado Springs, Colo., passed away on Aug. 28, 2018 in Colorado Springs as a result of a tragic automobile accident. On Nov. 14, 1992 in Wichita, Kan., the Lord blessed the home of Stephen and Pamela Riedel (Simons) with the gift of a daughter. ...