Obituaries from April 2023

Thomas Edwin Hedges, age 83, formerly of Blue Mound, Kan., passed away Monday April 3, 2023. A gathering to celebrate Tom's life will be announced at a later date. Online condolences can be left at www.schneiderfunerals.com.

Segrid Laughlin Salmon, beloved wife, mother, and grandmother died March 30, 2023, in Placerville, Calif. She was 89 years old. Segrid was born July 30, 1933, to Stanley Joe Laughlin and Olive May Foster Laughlin in Chanute, Kan. She grew up in Prescott, Kan., and Ft. ...

Richard L. “Rick” Nation, age 54, resident of Fort Scott, KS, died Wednesday, April 5, 2023, at Menorah Medical Center, Overland Park, KS. Services for Rick Nation will be announced by the Cheney Witt Chapel, 201 S. Main.

Hazel Kay Wilkerson, age 81, Pleasanton, Kan., passed away Thursday, April 6, 2023.  Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Tuesday, April 11, 2023, at the Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory, Pleasanton Chapel. Burial will be in the Pleasanton Cemetery.  Visitation will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. ...

John William Page, age 71, resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died Friday, April 7, 2023, at his home. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, April 12, at the Cheney Witt Chapel. Burial will follow in the Hepler Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 1 p.m. ...

Richard L. “Rick” Nation, age 54, resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died Wednesday, April 5, 2023, at Menorah Medical Center, Overland Park, Kan., after a lengthy battle with cancer. Rev. Paul Rooks conducted funeral services at 1 p.m. Tuesday, April 11, at the Cheney Witt Chapel. ...

Nathan David Riley, age 61, passed away Friday, March 31, 2023, at The Ohio State University Medical Center in Columbus, Ohio following a three-year battle with cancer. Nathan was born April 20, 1961 in Fort Scott, Kan., to Richard Riley and Phyllis (Totman) Riley. Nathan joined the U.S. Navy in 1981 and served four years on board the USS John F. Kennedy. Following his discharge from the Navy, he returned to Fort Scott before moving to Newark, Ohio...

James “Jerry” Henry Lyons, 90, passed away at his home in Fulton, Kan., on Feb. 8, 2021. He was born on Aug. 16, 1930, in Fulton, Kan., the son of Luther Byron Lyons and Lucy Christine (Leitch) Lyons. He married Beverly Ann Kluge on June 27, 1964, in Joplin, Mo. She preceded him in death on Dec. 15, 2006...

Steven Ray Smith, age 77, of Pittsburg, Kan., passed away on Monday. April 10, 2023, after a long battle with Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. He was a devoted Christian, husband, father, and grandfather. Steve was born on April 17, 1945, in Pittsburg, to Gene and Helen Moody Smith. He attended Pittsburg schools, and graduated with Pittsburg High School’s class of 1963. Following high school, he served his country in the U.S. Army National Guard...

Norman “Wayne” Stine, age 64, passed away at his home surrounded by family on April 10, 2023, after a tough battle with cancer. Graveside services will take place on Wednesday, April 19, 2023, at 2 p.m. at the Bronson Cemetery, Bronson, Kan. Cremation has take place. Memorial contributions are suggested to Integrity Hospice and can be left in the care of Feuerborn Family Funeral Service, 1883 US Hwy 54, Iola, Kansas 66749. Condolences can be left for the family at www.feuerbornfuneral.com...

Betty Sue Sheehy, age 97, of Independence, Mo., formerly of Nevada, Mo., passed away peacefully on April 15, 2023, surrounded by her loving family. Betty was born on Oct. 6, 1925, in Sprague, Mo., to Robert Hugh and Mary Elizabeth (Goodwin) Rutherford. She married Thomas Rex Sheehy in 1940 and worked as a surgical nurse at Mercy Hospital in Fort Scott for 33 years. ...

Helen Irene Carson, age 90, resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died Sunday, April 16, 2023. Rev. Dusty Drake will conduct funeral services at 11 a.m. Wednesday, April 19, at the Cheney Witt Chapel. Burial will follow in the Evergreen Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 10 a.m. ...

Cecil Lee Miller, age 86, a resident of rural Fort Scott, Kan., passed away at his home on April 15, 2023. Cecil was born the third child of Cleo Ambrose and Lela Darlene (Maley) Miller on a farm northwest of Neosho Falls, Kan., on April 2, 1937. The first few years of his life he lived on different farms in and around Neosho Falls, Geneva, and Vernon, Kan...

Jon L. Farrell, 57, resident of Fort Scott, passed away Thursday evening, April 13, 2023, at Overland Park Regional Medical Center as a result of multiple medical complications. Following cremation, the family will hold private services at a later date. ...

George Albert Freeze, age 69, a resident of Fort Scott, Kan., passed away Sunday, April 23, 2023, at his home. He was born to Fred and Irma Dickey Freeze on Oct. 30, 1953 in Pittsburg, Kan. George was a registered respiratory therapist and worked at Mercy Hospital in Fort Scott, Kan., for 47 years. He loved his job. The past three years, he worked the switchboard for Via Christi Hospital...

Donna Lea Jacquinot Warehime, age 91, a resident of Stroud, Okla., died Monday, April 17, 2023 at the Stroud Health Care Center. Donna was born Aug. 25, 1931 to Pete and Alta Herron Jacquinot in Greenbush, Kan. Donna met and married Dorwin R. Hall in 1951 at Fort Scott, Kan. ...

Linda Marie Huckaby, 75, of Grove, Okla., died on Friday, April 21, 2023, at St. John’s Hospital in Tulsa, surrounded by her husband and children. Linda was born on June 7, 1947, in Fort Scott, Kan., to Chester and Mary Shoemaker Hunter. She grew up on the family farm and loved spending time with animals, particularly her favorite horse, Pet...

Delbert R. Cornett, age 94, Parker, Kan., passed away Monday, April 24, 2023. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, April 29, 2023 at the Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory, La Cygne Chapel. Burial will be in the Richland Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 1 p.m. ...

William David “Bill” Wood, age 76, resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died Monday, April 24, 2023, at St. Luke’s Hospital in Kansas City, Mo. Funeral services and burial will take place in Colton, S.D. Local arrangements are under the direction of the Cheney Witt Chapel, 201 S. Main St...

Hazel Maxine Dickerson, age 92, resident of Bronson, Kan., died Friday, April 21, 2023, at St. Luke’s East Hospital in Lee’s Summit, Mo. She was born June 14, 1930, in Fort Scott, Kan., the daughter of Ray Fred Stewart and Nellie Hazel Robinson Stewart. ...

Elouise S. Young, born May 20, 1938, in Milwaukee, Wisc., went home to be with the Lord April 1, 2023. Elouise graduated from North Division High School, Milwaukee, Wisc. Elouise met and married Junior L. Young on the 17th Day of October 1963. Together and with help from their parents, they raised the fearsome foursome, Shirley (Cookie), Willie, David, and Terri. ...

Clara Belle Page, age 91, resident of Hiattville, Kan., died Wednesday, April 26, 2023, at the Horton House, Fort Scott, Kan. She was born Oct. 19, 1931, in Lamar, Mo., the daughter of Carl and Hannah Sheets Chaplin. Clara worked in housekeeping and laundry for three area nursing homes during her career. ...

Mary Marie Marshall, age 95, a resident of Fort Scott, died Friday, April 27, 2023, at the Via Christi Hospital in Pittsburg, Kan. Funeral arrangements for Mary Marshall will be announced by the Cheney Witt Chapel, 201 S. Main St.

Robert Earl “Bob” Daylong, age 94, a resident of Fort Scott, Kan., passed away early Friday, April 28, 2023, at his home. He was born May 19, 1928, on the family farm north of Moran, Kan., the son of Sile R. Daylong and Violet L. Hayes Daylong. At the age of two, the family moved to the Dry Ridge Community where Bob attended the Dry Ridge School. ...

Annie Lucile “Lucy” Bacon, age 95, a resident of rural Moran, Kan., passed away Wednesday, April 26, 2023, at the Residential Living Center in Garnett, Kan. She was born Oct. 29, 1927, on the family farm in rural Allen County, Kan., the daughter of William Deer and Nora Cady Deer. ...

Bourbon County Commissioners are mulling over a request to contribute county funds to a project to construct a farmer’s market pavilion in a parking lot on the west end of Skubitz Plaza. During the commission’s April 20 meeting, Fort Scott Mayor Matthew Wells approached commissioners to request 25% of the total budget for the project, which amounts to $37,500. Wells said the total cost to build the structure as it has been presented is $190,456...