Obituaries from November 2019

Eva May Goebel, age 72, Mound City, Kan., passed away on Monday, Oct. 28, 2019 at her home. A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 9, 2019 at the Mound City United Methodist Church. Visitation will be held from 10 a.m. to service time at the church. Contributions are suggested to the Shriner's Childrens Hospital. Online condolences can be left at www.schneiderfunerals.com...

Debra Sue Salami, age 64, a resident of Fort Scott, Kan., passed away Thursday, Oct. 31, 2019, in Joplin, Mo. She was born June 16, 1955, in Fort Scott, Kan., the daughter of Will Henry Sharp and Alta Marie DeMoss Sharp. Debra graduated from the Fort Scott High School and later received an Associates Degree in nursing from Crowder College. ...

Evelyn Lavonne Feezell, age 80, left for her heavenly home, Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2019, at the Via Christi Hospital in Pittsburg, Kan. She is survived by her daughter, Cindy Little, husband, Rod Little and granddaughter, Meagan Little, all of Waco, Texas; her son, James Feezell, of Fort Scott, Kan., her brother, Robert Skiles of Buena Park, Calif., and her husband of 59 years, Floyd Feezell, of Fort Scott...

William E. Griffiths, age 70, resident of Bronaugh, Mo., died Saturday, Nov. 2, 2019, at Medicalodge Nevada, Mo. Funeral services were held at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 5, at the Cheney Witt Chapel. Burial followed in the Worsley Cemetery, Bronaugh, Mo. ...

Just a few short months after her 91st birthday, my sweet grandma, Marilyn Hampton, was called home. She passed away Nov. 1, 2019, in the same small town and on the same land she grew up on. Marilyn was born in Blue Mound, Kan., to parents, Harold and Erma (Smith) Green on Sept. 9, 1928, just before the Great Depression...

Raymond Joseph Shullick, 80, of Bronson, Kan., passed away Oct. 29, 2019 at his home surrounded by family. Raymond was born to Joseph and Elizabeth Shullick on May 24, 1939 in Lorain, Ohio. Raymond moved to Redfield, Kan., in 1971 and remained in the area the rest of his life. He worked for Midwestern Distribution in Fort Scott, Kan., for 20 years, where he drove a truck and was a dispatcher. He then worked as a courier until he retired in 2008...

Paul Carroll Simonds, 86, Lansing, Kan., formerly of Kansas City, Kan., and Fort Scott, Kan., passed away Saturday, Nov. 2, 2019, in a tragic fall. Paul was born July 18, 1933 in Deming, N.M., to Daniel Parker and Rachel Harriet (née Mills) Simonds...

Tabatha Elaine Brown, age 40, Fort Scott, Kan., passed away on Sunday, Oct. 27, 2019. Memorial service will be 11 am Friday, Nov. 1, 2019 at the All Faith Church, Mulberry, Kan. Contributions are suggested to the Tabatha Brown Memorial Fund in care of Schneider Funeral Home, P.O. Box 525, Pleasanton, Kansas 66075...

Frances Marie Pruitt, age 83, a resident of Fort Scott, Kan., passed away Monday, Nov. 4, 2019, at her home. She was born Aug. 29, 1936, in Fulton, Kan., the daughter of James Henry White and Beulah Marie Snider White. She graduated from the Fort Scott High School with the Class of 1954. ...

Perle David Patrick, Sr., age 81, Parker, Kan., went to be with his Savior, Jesus Christ, at his home Nov. 2, 2019. Funeral service will be 1 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 7, 2019 at the Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory, La Cygne, Kan., Chapel. Burial will be in the Parker Cemetery. Contributions are suggested to the Parkinson's Foundation. Online condolences can be left at www.schneiderfunerals.com...

Kenneth Ray “Kenny” Holt, age 67, Uniontown, Kan., passed away on Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2019 at his home after a courageous battle with cancer. He was born on Oct. 11, 1952 in Pensacola, Fla., the son of Kent and Marilyn Hartman Holt. Kenny graduated from Uniontown High School in the Class of 1970. ...

Sharon “Sharry” Ann (Martin) Rains, 72, of Fort Scott, passed away peacefully at her home, Thursday morning, Nov. 7, 2019. She was born on July 29, 1947 in Cherokee, Okla., to Loren Ralph and Anna Hayes Martin. Sharry moved to a farm outside of Fort Scott in 1960 and graduated from Fort Scott High School in 1965. ...

Willis “Hugh” Irvin, 99, of Fort Scott, formerly of Rogers, Ark., passed away Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2019, at his home in Presbyterian Village. He was born in Siloam Springs, Ark., Feb. 10, 1920, the son of Herbert and Hope (Swayze) Irvin. On June 19, 1945, Hugh married Mary Agnes Barrett in San Francisco, Calif., where they had met on a blind date...

James Richard Norman, 66, formerly of Fort Scott, passed away Sunday, Oct. 6, 2019, at his home in Winfield, Kan. He was born Oct. 27, 1952 in Fort Scott, the son of Freeman and Inez (Kynard) Norman. James was a graduate of Fort Scott High School with the class of 1971. ...

Elizabeth Gertrude “Liz” Meyer, 78, of Fort Scott passed away Friday evening, Nov. 8, 2019 near Topeka, Kan. Arrangements are provided by Konantz-Cheney Funeral Home of Fort Scott with a public celebration of Liz’s life scheduled at Fort Scott Presbyterian Church, 306 South Crawford Street, on Saturday, November 16, at 11:00 A.M. The family will join for a private farewell service at Lake George, New York, next Summer. In lieu of flowers, Liz would be thankful for contributions made to P.E.O.’s own Cottey College, Nevada, MO.

Debra Lavaughn Reinecker, age 62, a resident of Fort Scott, Kan., passed away unexpectedly Sunday, Nov. 3, 2019, at her home. She was born April 3, 1957, in Anaheim, Calif., the daughter of Dale and Donna Smith. Debbie married Joseph P. Reinecker on Dec. 2, 1995, at the Community Christian Church in Fort Scott. She had worked as a CNA for area nursing homes for 20 years. She had also worked for Walmart...

Sylva Alletie Jenkins, age 87, a resident of rural Blue Mound, Kan., died Thursday, Nov. 14, 2019 at her home. She was born July 13, 1932 with a twin sister Sarah, in Kansas City, Kan., the daughter of Erma (Cooper) and James Hawkins. Sylva met George Barker Jenkins, Jr. ...

Kenneth “Kenny” Dean Monroe, age 34, a resident of Fort Scott, Kan., passed away Friday, Nov. 15, 2019, at Mercy Hospital in Joplin, Mo. He was born Dec. 28, 1984, in Fort Scott, Kan., the son of Charles Monroe and Lori Culp. Kenny was a devoted father who thought the world of his three children. ...

Austin Colwell Holeman passed away Friday, Nov. 15, 2019, at Freeman Hospital, Joplin, Mo. Colwell was 92. He had suffered numerous health issues in his last months and it was time for God to call him home. Colwell was born in a farmhouse northwest of Bronson, Kan., and was a lifelong farmer and stockman in the Bronson area. ...

Rodger Morris Quick, age 72, resident of Fort Scott, Kan., passed away Sunday evening, Nov. 17, 2019, at his home after a long battle with heart disease. He was born Oct. 11, 1947, in Fort Scott, the son of Morris David and Ethel Delma (VanDyke) Quick. ...

Marcella R. Timmins, age 89, a resident of Fort Scott, Kan., passed away Thursday, Nov. 21, 2019, at the Medicalodge of Frontenac, Kan. She was born Nov. 23, 1929, in Anamoose, N.D., the daughter of William C. Roufs and Josephine Hanenburg Roufs. Marcella graduated from the Fort Scott High School with the Class of 1948. ...

Dorothy Louise Newton, age 77, Pleasanton, Kan., passed away on Sunday, Nov. 24, 2019 at her home. A gathering to celebrate Dorothy's life will be held from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 30, 2019 at the Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory, Pleasanton Chapel. Contributions are suggested to St. Jude's Children Hospital or Wounded Warrior Project, in care of Schneider Funeral Home, P.O. Box 525, Pleasanton, KS 66075. Online condolences can be left at www.schneiderfunerals.com...

Arlen Lewis Rochat, 64, passed away Nov. 23, 2019. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m., Friday, Nov. 29 at Broadway Mortuary with a funeral service at 1 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 30 at Central Christian Church-Chapel. He was preceded in death by parents, Glen and Louise Rochat. Survivors include wife, Janet (Elbrader) Rochat; children, Scott, Katelyn, and Matthew; sister, Glenda (Paul) Elliott; and brother, Alan...

Glen Alexander Pearson, Jr., 3-day old son of Glen Pearson, Sr., and Shelby Brown, of Iola, Kan., passed away unexpectedly, Saturday, Nov. 23, 2019, at the Allen County Hospital Emergency Room in Iola, Kan. He was born Nov. 23, 2019, at Pittsburg, Kan...