Obituaries from January 2022

Betty Jean Shoemaker, age 83, of Pleasanton, Kan., passed away at Olathe Medical Center, Thursday, Dec. 30, 2021. Betty was born the daughter of Jesse E. and Saloma Porter Brown on Jan. 8, 1938 in Eldon, Mo. Betty graduated from Argentine High School in Kansas City, Kan. ...

Pamela Kay Saunders, age 75, Pleasanton, Kan., passed away Saturday, Dec. 25, 2021. She was born in Weiser, Idaho on Dec. 5, 1946, the daughter of Lewis and Imogene Maddox Murray. After graduating from high school, she attended Oregon State University at the same time her father did. ...

Donna Lyn (Scott) Spencer, age 81, of Mound City, Kan., passed away Wednesday, Dec. 29, 2021. She was born on July 30, 1940 in rural Mound City, Kan., daughter of Charles and Ruth (Barnes) Scott. Donna accepted Jesus Christ as her Lord and Savior at an early age. ...

Rhonda Kay Tinkey, age 52, a resident of Fort Scott, Kan., passed away Friday, Dec. 24, 2021, at the Via Christi Emergency Room in Fort Scott. She was born July 12, 1969, in Fort Scott, the daughter of Lowell William Beerbower and Donna Kay Lawson Beerbower. ...

Michael L. Hansen, 66, of Fort Scott, Kan., passed away Friday afternoon Dec. 24, 2021, at Via Christi Pittsburg. He was born in Wakefield, Neb., Jan. 19, 1955, the son of Louie M. and Edna M. (Baker) Hansen. He married Karen Roth on July 17, 1982, in Parkston, S.D., she survives, of the home. ...

Edward L. Keating, age 74, resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died Saturday, Jan. 1, 2022, at his home from complications of COPD and lifelong lung problems. He was born Dec. 17, 1947, in Mound City, Kan., the son of Thomas L. and Lois Casteel Keating. Survivors include his wife Deborah of 44 years; two brothers, Jerrold Keating (Pam), Forney, Texas, and David Keating (Dawn), Springfield, Mo. ...

Larry Merle Neville, 69, passed away in Nixa, Mo., late Thursday evening, Dec. 30, 2021. Funeral services will be conducted by Pastor Marty DeWitt of First Missionary Baptist Church in Uniontown, Kan., on Saturday, Jan. 8, 2022 at 1 p.m. The family invites all to fellowship at a casual reception immediately following the service. ...

Edward Theodore Wolf, age 61, resident of Fort Scott, Kan., passed away peacefully on Christmas Eve in Fort Scott, Kan. Ed was born Feb. 13, 1960 to Erma Knight and Theodore Melvin Wolf. He was preceded in death by his father Theodore Melvin Wolf on April 25, 2019...

Jimmy Dale Austin, age 82, resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died Jan. 2, 2022, at his home. Evangelist Bill Downy will conduct funeral services at 11 a.m. Friday, Jan. 7, at the Cheney Witt Chapel. Burial will follow in the Memory Gardens Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 10:30 until 11 a.m. ...

Dorothy Coleene Lockwood, age 90, a resident of Fort Scott, Kan., passed away Sunday, Jan. 2, 2022, at the Presbyterian Village in Fort Scott. She was born April 1, 1931, in Hammond, Okla., the daughter of Ross Ball and Sally Allen Ball. Following the death of her mother, Coleene, moved to Fort Scott to live with her sister and brother-in-law. ...

Michael L. Hansen, 66, of Fort Scott, Kan., passed away Friday afternoon, Dec. 24, 2021, at Via Christi Pittsburg. He was born in Wakefield, Neb., on Jan. 19, 1955, the son of Louie M. and Edna M. (Baker) Hansen. He married Karen Roth on July 17, 1982, in Parkston, S.D., and she survives of the home. ...

Melissa Lynn Hays-Mitchell, 48, left our world unexpectedly on Dec. 21, 2021. Melissa was born on July 4, 1973 to James and Jo Ann Hays in Fort Scott, Kan. She graduated from Fort Scott High School in 1991and continued her education at Pittsburg State University, earning her bachelor’s degree in social work...

Lois Marie Parks, 93, of Fort Scott, passed away early Thursday morning, Jan. 6, 2022. Arrangements will be announced by the Konantz-Cheney Funeral Home.

Carol Jean Carter, 77, of Fort Scott, Kan., passed away on Jan. 1, 2022, in Buffalo Grove, Ill. Carol was born in Fort Scott, Kan., on April 3, 1944, to George and Sophia Sinn. Carol was raised on a small farm outside of Fort Scott. She graduated from Fort Scott High School and was married, living in Wichita, Kan., where she started her family, raising her three children. ...

Evonna Lou McIntosh, 80, passed away Monday afternoon Jan. 3, 2022, at the Via Christi St. Francis Hospital in Wichita, Kan. She was born March 6, 1941, in Parker, Kan., the daughter of Glen and Opal (McCarty) Davey. She married Richard Earl McIntosh June 21, 1959, in Pleasanton, Kan., and he preceded her in death...

Anna Marie Rose, 100, of Uniontown, Kan., passed away, Monday evening, Jan. 3, 2022, at the Medicalodges Nursing Home in Fort Scott. She was born Dec. 23, 1921, in Muskogee, Okla., the daughter of Rupert Marcus and Clara Alma (Price) Warren. At the age of 5, she and her family moved from Muskogee to McCune, Kan., where she attended Idell Grade School and McCune High School, graduating in 1941. ...

Kenneth Louis Fritter, age 85, Nevada, Mo., passed away on Thursday, Jan. 6, 2022 at Medicalodges in Nevada. Kenney was born Sept. 5, 1936 in Eve, Mo., the son of Louis W. Fritter and Stella Gardner Fritter. He married Rebecca (Becky) Rylander on Dec. 1, 1956 in Nevada, Mo. and she survives of the home...

Margaret M. Johnson, 85, of Bronson, Kan., passed Tuesday Jan. 4,2022. Marge was born in Kansas City on Aug. 9, 1936 to William F. Goodhall, Sr. and Mary Leah (Upton) Goodhall. Marge was united in marriage to Thomas C. Johnson on April 5, 1985. He survives of the home. ...

Robert Lee “Bob” Stone, age 80, resident of Overland Park, Kan., died Friday, Jan. 7, 2022, at Brookdale College Square, Overland Park, Kan. Services for Bob Stone will be announced by the Cheney Witt Chapel, 201 S. Main St.

John L. Rodabaugh, age 74, a former resident of Pittsburg, Kan., and more recently of Fort Scott, Kan., passed away Thursday, Jan. 6, 2022, at the Freeman West Hospital in Joplin, Mo. He was born Feb. 17, 1947, in Pittsburg, the son of Roy Rodabaugh and Anna Mae Westerlin Rodabaugh. ...

Patricia A. "Patty" Stanton, age 73, Pleasanton, Kan., passed away Friday, Jan. 7, 2022. Funeral service will be 4 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2022 at the Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory, Pleasanton Chapel. Visitation will follow the service until 6 p.m. Contributions are suggested to the American Heart Association. Online condolences can be left at www.schneiderfunerals.com...

Robert (Bob) Lee Stone passed away on Jan. 7, 2022, in Overland Park, Kan., from Parkinson’s disease. Bob was born Sept. 22, 1941, in Louisville, Ky., to Robert Thomas and Elsie Burr Payne Stone. His siblings include twin sister Beverly Ann Stone Felton, and brother Stephen Bruce Stone. ...

Stephen Douglas Suddock, 69, beloved husband, father, and grandfather, passed away, Saturday, Jan. 8 2022 at his home near Clonmel, Kan. Doug, as he was affectionately known, was born Oct. 21, 1952 in Lawrence, Kan., to Hunter Ray Suddock and Wilhelmina “Billie” Rose (Troll) Suddock. ...

Lois Marie (Duncan) Parks, age 93, of Fort Scott, passed away peacefully at home on Jan. 6, 2022. Lois was born on Sept. 17, 1928, to Richard and Alma Duncan. On Dec. 1, 1946, she married Floyd Donald Parks. They had one daughter, Clara (Parks) Dunn and one granddaughter, Hannah Dunn...

Violet Marie (Nardelli) Magee, 97,formerly of Fort Scott, passed away at her home in Baldwin City, Kan., Jan. 11, 2022. Arrangements will be announced by the Konantz-Cheney Funeral Home.

Sondra Kay Pearson, 79, of Wichita, Kan., passed away Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2022. Visitation will be from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 16, 2022 at Headley Funeral Chapel, Augusta. Graveside service will be 2 p.m. Monday, Jan. 17, 2022, at West Liberty Cemetery, Hammond, Kan. ...

Karen Sue Stout, age 81, resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2022, at her son’s residence in Frontenac, Kan. She was born April 5, 1940, in Fort Scott, the daughter of Jack Willard Phillips and Kathryn Marie Williams Phillips. She graduated from Fort Scott High School with the class of 1958. ...

James Gerteis, age 77, a resident of Fort Scott, Kan., passed away Thursday, Jan. 13, 2022, at the Midland Care Connection Hospice House in Topeka, Kan. Funeral services for Jim Gerteis will be announced by the Cheney Witt Chapel, 201 S. Main, Fort Scott...

Violet Marie (Nardelli) Magee, age 97, passed peacefully, surrounded by family and caregivers, at her home, in Baldwin, Kan., on Jan. 11, 2022. Violet was born in Gross, Kan., to Mario Nardelli and Johanna (Zanona) Nardelli, Oct., 6, 1924. She graduated from Arcadia High School in 1941, completed her teaching certificate at Kansas State Teachers College of Pittsburg and began her first job in a one-room schoolhouse at St. Paul, Kan., on the “island.”...

Charles E. Hull, age 81, a resident of Ft Scott, Kan., passed away Saturday, Jan. 15, 2022, at the Via Christi Hospital in Pittsburg, Kan. He was born Nov. 28, 1940, in Fort Scott, the son of James I. Hull and Ruby Terrill Hull. Charles was a man of honor, integrity and dignity. ...

Sister Mary Concetta Cardinale, 98, formerly of Fort Scott, passed away Friday, Jan. 14, 2022, in St. Louis, Mo. Arrangements will be announced by the Konantz-Cheney Funeral Home.

Leota Irene Schneider, age 83, Mound City, Kan., passed away Sunday, Jan. 16, 2022. She was born in Whiting, Kan., on March 19, 1938, the daughter of Stanley and Irene Andrick Knutsen. She graduated from Whiting High School. She was united in marriage to Ralph A. ...

Betty H. Baysinger, 79, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2022, at Diversicare, Hutchinson, Kan. Betty was born on Dec. 16, 1942, to Kane and Mabel (Aumiller) Rice in Anaconda, Mont. Betty grew up in Goodland, Kan. She married William Leroy (Bud) Baysinger on Jan. 7, 1961. They had two daughters, Lynda Sue Altvater and Cheri L. Baysinger. Betty enjoyed many activities such as bowling, bunco, bridge and golfing. She also belonged to several sororities...

James “Jim” Edmund Gerteis, age 77, of Fort Scott, Kan., passed away on Jan. 13, 2022. Jim was born in Wichita, Kan., on July 23, 1944, to Jeremiah and Florence Gerteis. He graduated from Wichita East High School (1962) and continued his education at Friends University in Wichita. He joined the Air Force on Oct. 11, 1966, serving in Germany as a radar technician and was honorably discharged July 18,1972...

Sister Mary Concetta Cardinale, RSM, 98, formerly of Fort Scott, passed away Friday, Jan. 14, 2022, in St. Louis, Mo. She was born Feb. 22, 1923, in Chanute, Kan., the daughter of Angelo and Helen Louise (Blome) Cardinale. A faithful Sister of Mercy for 77 years and nursing pioneer, Sister Concetta entered the Sisters of Mercy on April 9, 1945, and professed final vows on Aug. ...

Sandra Louise "Sandy" Hagman, age 80, Mound City, Kansas passed away Friday, January 21, 2022. Funeral service will be 2 pm Wednesday, January 26, 2022 at the Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory, Mound City Chapel. Burial in the Curry Cemetery. Friends may call from 1 pm until service time at the Chapel. ...

Richard Eugene “Rick” Petrechko, age 67, a resident of Fort Scott, Kan., passed away early Monday, Jan. 24, 2002, at the Kansas City Hospice House after injuries her received in an accident at his home in November of last year. He was born Oct. 29, 1954, in Independence, Mo., the son of Richard Petrechko and Berniece Pitts Petrechko. ...

Deborah Kay Parker, 70, of Redfield, Kan., passed away Sunday, Jan. 23, 2022, at Via Christi Hospital in Pittsburg, Kan. She was born Jan. 19, 1952, in Fort Scott, Kan., the daughter of Neil Benjamin and Anna Mae (Powell) Smith. She married Ronald Dean Parker April 18, 1971, in Fort Scott, Kan., and he survives of the home...

Anne Emerson, age 83, died Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2022, at the Girard Medical Center in Girard, Kan. Services for Anne Emerson will be announced by the Cheney Witt Chapel, 201 S. Main St.

Nancy Marie Campbell- Scoggin, 60, passed away on Jan. 12, 2022, at her home in Wichita, Kan., surrounded by her children. She was born Jan. 1, 1962 to Fred and Viola Campbell. Making her the first-born baby of that year. She was a graduate of Fort Scott High School in the class of 1980. ...

Anne Weir Bickel Emerson, age 83, a resident of rural Fort Scott passed away on Jan. 25, 2022. She was born on Aug. 25, 1938 to Katherine McCarthy and H. Rank Bickel, Jr. in Lebanon, Penn., where she lived with her older sister Elizabeth Kay until June 1960. ...

Jeffrey Lee Seaver was born on April 25, 1960 to Howard Wintford and Gertrude Seaver of Fort Scott, Kan. Jeff graduated from Fort Scott High School in 1978 and went on to complete his vocational training to be a certified welder at Fort Scott Community College where he became a welder by trade. ...

Robert "Bob" Dean Adams, age 76, of Fulton. Kan., went to be with the Lord on Jan 27, 2022. He was born May 6, 1945 in Fort Scott, Kan., to Ward and Josephine Wutke Adams. He married Arlene Swickard who survives of the home on May 24, 1964 at the Fulton United Methodist Church. He graduated from Fulton High School the class of 1963...

Kennedy Ladine Leihsing, age 15, a resident of Fort Scott, Kan., passed away unexpectedly Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2022, at the Via Christi Emergency Room in Fort Scott. She was born March 27, 2006, in Fort Scott, the daughter of Winona Jolene Bosley and Scott Ryan Perkins, who was her daddy figure. ...

Lois M. Reeder, age 84, a resident of Fort Scott passed away Friday, Jan. 28, 2022, at the Via Christi Emergency Room. Funeral arrangements for Lois Reeder, will be announced by the Cheney Witt Chapel, 201 S. Main St. Fort Scott, KS.

Lois Marie Reeder, age 84, resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died Friday, Jan. 28, at the Via Christi Emergency Room, Fort Scott. She was born March 30, 1937, in Richards, Mo., the daughter of Ross and Alvaretta Richmond Rowland. She married Roy Reeder on Sept. ...

Earl Stanley Weers, Jr., age 77, of Fulton, Kan., formerly of Louisburg, passed away Jan. 28, 2022 at Research Medical Center. Visitation will be held from 4 to 6 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 5, 2022, at Dengel & Son Mortuary Louisburg Chapel. Funeral service will be held at 10 a.m. Sunday, Feb. 6, 2022 at Dengel & Son Mortuary Louisburg Chapel. Burial to follow at Barnesville Cemetery in Fulton, Kan...