Obituaries from September 2020

Roberta Jean Davis, age 91, a resident of Fort Scott, Kan., passed away Friday, Aug. 28, 2020, at her home. She was born Nov. 24, 1928, in Hiattville, Kan., the daughter of Otis Rolla Hixon and Bernice Boileau Hixon. Roberta graduated from the Hepler High School with the Class of 1947. ...

Merleen Della Dean, age 76, resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died Friday, Sept. 4, 2020, at her home. She was born on April 7, 1944, in Canastota, N.Y., the daughter of William Harris King and Emma Wilma Kolar King. She married Stephen Dean on Jan. 28, 1961, in Peterborough, N.Y. ...

Charles Irvin Key, 88, formerly of Hume, Mo., passed away Thursday, Sept. 3, 2020. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, Sept. 7, 2020 at the Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory, Pleasanton Chapel. Burial will be in the Hume Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 10 a.m. to service time at the Pleasanton Chapel. Contributions are suggested to the Salvation Army. Online condolences can be left at www.schneiderfunerals.com...

James “Jim” Marshall Streeter, age 91, a longtime resident of Fort Scott, Kan., passed away early Saturday morning, Sept 5, 2020, at Via Christi Hospital in Girard, Kan. He had been a resident of Presbyterian Village in Fort Scott for the last six months. ...

Mauricia M. O’Brien, 81, of St. Paul, Kan., died at 10:03 a.m., Thursday, Sept. 3, 2020 at the Brookdale Senior Living Center in Shawnee. She was born March 3, 1939, at the family farmhouse in rural St. Paul, to Henry William and Mary Leodcadia (Donahue) Vitt. She graduated from St. Francis High School in 1957...

Paul M. Greenfield, 64, passed away Saturday, Aug. 15 at Inova Fairfax Hospital in Fairfax, V.A. after losing his battle with cancer. Paul grew up in Fort Scott and graduated from Fort Scott Senior High School. He later attended Pittsburg State University. Paul married Sudie Khajehmiraki on April 22, 1982 in Pittsburg, Kan...

Frankie Dean Sustarsic, age 74, a resident of Pittsburg, Kan., passed away Thursday, Sept. 3, 2020, at the Via Christi Hospital in Pittsburg. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, Sept. 11 at the Cheney Witt Chapel. Private burial will take place at a later date in the Garden of Memories Cemetery. ...

Kenneth Leroy Wolf, 86, of Fort Scott, passed away Monday morning, Sept. 7, 2020, at his home. Kenneth was born Sept. 19, 1933, in Fort Scott, Kan., the son of “Ted” Theodore Roosevelt and Mary (Milburn) Wolf. He remarried Sharron Tucker Feb. 23, 1965, and they divorced in 2009...

Sharon Lynn Short, 86, formerly of Fort Scott, passed away Monday morning, Sept. 7, 2020, in Overland Park, Kan. She was born Nov. 6, 1933, in Fort Scott, Kan., the daughter of Roy G. and Leora Marian (Heitz) Miller. She married Forrest E. “Skip” Short May 1, 1955, in Fort Scott, and he preceded her in death May 3, 2004...

Esther Agnes Werling (nee Meyer), of Olathe, Kan., died Sept. 9, 2020, at the age of 98. She was born in Grandfield, Okla., Feb. 13, 1922, to Reverend Walter H. and Anna Meyer. Esther was raised in Haven, Kan. and attended St. Paul’s Lutheran Grade School...

Tom Brink of Fort Scott, KS passed away on September 4th at the age of 67. A service for close friends and family will be held at 10 AM on September 14th at Evergreen Cemetery in Fort Scott. Tom was born to Doris and Robert Brink on February 9th, 1953. ...

Leslie Shaughnessy, age 95, Louisburg, Kan., went to be with the Lord and beloved husband Bryan on Sunday, Sept. 13, 2020. A private family service is planned. Contributions are suggested to the Prairie View Family Church, Olathe, Kan. Arrangements: Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory, Mound City Chapel...

Darrel George, age 66, a resident of rural Uniontown, Kan., passed away March 21, 2020. A celebration of Darrel’s life will be held from 4 to 6 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 20 at the Bourbon County Fair Pavilion. Friends and family are encouraged to bring a lawn chair and enjoy food and fellowship. ...

Raymond Tyler Maxwell Harper, 19, of Fort Scott, passed away Sunday evening, Sept. 13, 2020. He was born Feb. 7, 2001, in Topeka, Kan. Ray attended Fort Scott schools, and worked for both Twister Trailers and Laco Guttering. He enjoyed fishing, carpentry and building things, and loved to be outdoors...

Joe Van Hoecke was peacefully released into the arms of our Savior on Wednesday, Sept 16. Joe was born June 8, 1932 in Kansas City, Mo. Joe’s parents, Jean-Baptiste and Augusta Landuyt Van Hoecke, were Belgian immigrants and raised their family on a small farm in the East Bottoms of Kansas City. ...

Charles Wesley Smith, 95, of Fort Scott, passed away Wednesday afternoon, Sept. 16, 2020 at Medicalodge. He was born April 27, 1925, in Devon, Kan., the son of William George and Bertha Mae (Sauerwein) Smith. He married Ruth Irene Johnston on July 16, 1950, and she preceded him in death in 1988. ...

Judith Mae "Judy" McArdle, Centerville, Kan., passed away Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020 at Anderson County Hospital after a three-year battle with cancer. A funeral service will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday, Sept. 21, 2020 at Mound City First Baptist Church. Burial will be in the Sunny Slope Cemetery. ...

Bonnie Sue Taylor, 80, of Bronson, Kan., passed away Thursday afternoon, Sept. 17, 2020, at Mercy Hospital in Springfield, Mo. She was born Nov. 15, 1939, in Coffeyville, Kan., the daughter of Raymond Samuel and Florence Rhoda (Wyckoff) Mason. She married Ronald “Ronnie” Fred Taylor on May 31, 1959, in Fort Scott, and he survives of the home...

Margaret Eileen Wier, age 77, of Parker, Kan., formerly of La Cygne, Kan., passed away on Monday, Sept. 21, 2020. She was born on Feb. 15, 1943 in Fort Scott, Kan., the daughter of Joseph and Alice (Terry) Stoker. She attended grade school at Star Valley and graduated from La Cygne Rural High School in the Class of 1961. ...

Richard L. "Dick" Carpenter, age 75, Pleasanton, Kan., died Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020. Funeral Service will be 11 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2020 at the Pleasanton High School Gymnasium. Burial will be in the Pleasanton Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. ...

Latroy Franklin “Troy” White, Jr., age 77, a resident of Fort Scott, Kan., passed away Friday, Sept. 18, 2020, at his home. He was born Feb. 26, 1943, in Bilaspur, India. Troy’s parents, Latroy F. White, Sr., and Ada Rue Stiles White were serving as missionaries in India. ...

Jess Francis Fletcher, III, age 46, resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died Monday, Sept. 21, 2020, at his home. He was born April 29, 1974, in Lawrence, Kan., the son of Jess Francis Fletcher II and Suzanne Marie Garfield Fletcher. He married Kim Bailey on March 10, 1997, in Fort Scott. ...

Mildred ”Millie” Louise Jurgens, Mound City, Kan., passed away on Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2020 at the Olathe Medical Center Hospice House after a short battle with lymphoma. Millie was born to Clara Spurgeon and Charles Harclerode on July 11, 1940 in Bronson, Kan. She grew up in Uniontown, Kan., in the home of her great-grandmother...

Donna Lea Hall, age 78, resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died peacefully on Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2020, at her home while surrounded by her family. She was born on Oct. 4, 1941, in Redfield, Kan., to Edwin Elmer Christy and Edith Alice Hartman Christy. She married the love of her life, Clete Hall, on Jan. ...

Mary Ann Worthington Klenklen, age 86, resident of Springfield, Mo., passed away peacefully at Springfield Mercy Hospital on Friday, Sept. 25, 2020. Mary Ann was born June 21, 1934, to Fred and Alice Sager in Frederick, Kan. When she was young, the family moved to Moran, Kan., where she grew up and attended schools there, graduating from Moran High School. ...

Joan Mulkey Lewis, age 94, formerly of Mildred, Kan., passed away on Friday, Sept. 25, 2020. Graveside funeral service will be held 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2020 at the Fairview Cemetery, Mildred, Kan. Visitation will be held from 10 to 11:30 a.m. ...

Norma J. Jackson, 90, of Fort Scott, passed away early morning on Sept. 27, 2020. Arrangements will be announced by the Konantz-Cheney Funeral Home.

Catherine Shackelford, 95, of Fort Scott, passed away Monday morning, Sept. 28, 2020, at Via Christi Ascension in Pittsburg, Kan. She was born Aug. 24, 1925, in Enid, Okla., the daughter of John and Dora C. (Goeller) Ivan. She married Robert Everett Shackelford in Colton, Calif., and he preceded her in death August 29, 2001...