Obituaries from November 2021

Willis Karl Hamilton, a.k.a. Will Hamilton, went home to be with the Lord on Oct. 29, 2021. Services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 11, at the Evangelistic Center International Ministries, 1800 Washington Blvd., Kansas City, Kan. Services will be live streamed on the Evangelist Center Church YouTube channel. ...

Emma June Croan, age 88, Mound City, Kan., passed away Thursday, Nov. 4, 2021. Funeral service will be 11 a.m. Monday, Oct. 8, 2021 at the Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory, Mound City Chapel. Burial will be in the Curry Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 10 am to service time. Contributions are suggested to Missouri Hospice and Palliative Care. Online condolences can be left at www.schneiderfunerals.com...

Carl Wayne Bowman, age 76, Mound City, Kan., passed away on Monday Nov. 1, 2021. Funeral service will be held 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 6, 2021 at the Mound City First Baptist Church. Burial will be in the Goodrich Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 5 to 6:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 5 at the Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory, Mound City Chapel. Contributions are suggested to the Mound City First Baptist Church. Online condolences can be left at www.schneiderfunerals.com...

Thorene F. Roberts, 93, of Fort Scott, passed away Monday afternoon, Nov. 8, 2021, at Medicalodges. Arrangements will be announced by the Konantz-Cheney Funeral Home.

Louis J. Chermok, age 82, resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died Saturday, Nov. 6, 2021, at Arma Health & Rehab, Arma, Kan. He was born June 24, 1939, in Berhoud, Colo., the son of Louis Chermok, Sr. and Ann Kouma Chermok. The family moved to David City, Neb. ...

Vivian C. Moore, age 76, a resident of Fort Scott, Kan., passed away Friday, Nov. 12 at the home of her brother in rural Arcadia, Kan. Funeral services for Vivian Moore will be announced by the Cheney Witt Chapel, 201 S. Main, Fort Scott, Kan.

Donajean Bauer, age 76, a resident of Fort Scott, Kan., passed away Friday, Nov. 12 at her home. Funeral services for Donajean Bauer will be announced by the Cheney Witt Chapel, 201 S. Main, Fort Scott, Kan.

Thorene F. Roberts, 93, of Fort Scott, passed away peacefully Monday afternoon, Nov. 8, 2021. She was born Feb. 29, 1928, in Mount Hope, Kan., one of four children to Scott and Dollie (Lumbert) Johnson. She married Kale Lee Roberts on Feb. 1, 1947, in Mount Hope, Kan., and they had two sons, Kent and Kim. Kale preceded her in death on April 14, 2021...

Robert L. Roweth, age 90, a resident of Uniontown, died Thursday, Nov. 11, 2021 at the Girard Medical Center. There was cremation. A private family burial will take place at a later date at the Mt. Orum Cemetery. Arrangements are under the direction of the Cheney Witt Chapel, 201 S. Main St., P.O. Box 347, Fort Scott, KS 66701...

Donajean Bauer, age 76, resident of Fort Scott, Kan., went to be with her Lord on Friday, Nov. 12, 2021, at her home. She was born June 30, 1945, in Moran, Kan., the daughter of Leland and June Enos Mattson. Donajean attended Old Elsmore rural grade school and graduated from Elsmore High School. ...

Vivian Corrine Moore, age 76, a resident of Fort Scott, Kan., passed away Friday, Nov. 12, 2021, at the home of her brother in rural Arcadia, Kan. She was born Oct. 10, 1945, in Fort Scott, Kan., the daughter of Elmer Leon Allen and Enid Corrine Shinn Allen. ...

Ronald Lee Wadel, 72, Richards, Mo., passed away at KU Medical Center on Monday, Nov. 15, 2021 following an unexpected illness. Ron was born in Dodge City, Kan., on Nov. 20, 1948 to Frank and Anna Wadel. On Nov. 14, 1975 he was united in marriage with Deborah Kaye McDonald and she preceded him in death on June 13, 2016. He reconnected with childhood schoolmate Karen (Jamison) Cuendet. They were united in marriage on April 17, 2021 and she survives of the home...

Lifelong Fort Scott resident Maybelle Mertz, 100, passed away comfortably at her home on Nov. 15, 2021. Mrs. Mertz was born and was raised in Fort Scott. She was born on Feb. 6, 1921, the daughter of Harlan and Mabel (Hicks) Spencer. She graduated from Fort Scott High School in 1939. She and Jim Mertz were married Jan. 20, 1945, at their home in rural Fort Scott, and he preceded her in death May 30, 1982...

Jean Kygar Eblen, who inspired generations of journalists with her boundless energy, appreciation for quality journalism and decades of volunteering for key projects across Kansas and Oklahoma, passed away Nov. 11, 2021, in Lawrence, Kan. She was 77...

Laura "Elaine" Johnson, age 82, Mound City, Kan. passed away Thursday, Nov. 18, 2021. Graveside service will be held 1 p.m. Monday, Nov. 22, 2021 at the Richland Cemetery. Elaine will lie in state from 12:30 to 4 p.m. Sunday and Monday before the service at the Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory, Mound City Chapel. ...

Leonard Frank Fyock, age 92, formerly of Prescott, Kan., passed away on Saturday, Nov. 20, 2021. Funeral service will be 11 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 24, 2021 at the Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory, Pleasanton Chapel. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. ...

Catherine Diane (Felt) Boyd, resident of Weatherford, Texas, died Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2021, at Mercy Hospital, Springfield, Mo. The family will receive friends from 11 a.m. until noon on Wednesday, Dec. 1, at the Cheney Witt Chapel, 201 S. Main. Private family burial will take place in Evergreen Cemetery. Words of remembrance may be submitted to the online guestbook at cheneywitt.com...

Betty Sue Reed, age 94, a resident of Fort Scott, Kan., passed away Wednesday, Nov. 24, 2021, at the Olathe Medical Center in Olathe, Kan. She was born Oct. 11, 1927, at the family farm near Lamar, Mo., the daughter of John Beall and Ellen Beagles Beall. ...

Warren Hayward Barber, age 90, La Cygne, Kan., passed away Monday, Nov. 29, 2021. A graveside service will be at 1:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 3, 2021 at Fort Scott National Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 2 at the Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory, Pleasanton Chapel...

Mary Bell (Isabel) Tallman, 93, formerly of Fort Scott, passed away Nov. 24, 2021, at her home in Scottsdale, Ariz. She was born April 9, 1928, in St. Paul, Kan. She married Harry “Charles” Tallman Oct. 13, 1946, in Fort Scott, Kan., and he preceded her in death Feb. 10, 1991...

Marita Lynne Bigelow, 79, of Fort Scott, Kan., passed away Tuesday morning Nov. 30, 2021, at her home. She was born July 20, 1942, in Fort Scott, Kan., the daughter of Preston “Pete” Lafayette and Dorothy Lavella (Pottorff) Barr. She married Galen C. Bigelow, Sr. on June 7, 1960, in Fort Scott, and he preceded her in death Oct. 8, 2020...

Catherine Diane (Felt) Boyd, age 76, went to be with her Lord and Savior on Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2021, in Springfield, Mo. She spent her final days surrounded by love and support of her Kansas/Missouri family. Diane was born July 24, 1945 to Martin Joseph and Helen Louise Maher in Kansas City, Mo. Diane spent summers in Fort Scott with her grandparents where she met and married Marcus Leon Felt. She graduated from Ursuline Academy, Paola, Kan., in 1963...