Obituaries from February 2024

Heather Anne (Tonne) Steiger “Pixie” passed away on Jan. 29, 2024 at her home in Republic, Mo. She was born on Oct. 22 1976 in San Francisco, Calif. Heather was born with a larger than life personality. Her capacity to learn helped her achieve many goals she would set for herself. She spent many years as a cosmetologist...

Patsy D. Sanders, age 86, a resident of Fort Scott, Kan., passed away Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2024, at her home. She was born April 9, 1937, in Fort Scott, Kan., the daughter of Coleman Eden and Belva Edwards Eden. She married Willis Orville Sanders. Patsy had worked as a jewelry associate at Walmart in Fort Scott for many years. After her retirement from Walmart, she provided babysitting services out of her home. Patsy loved to play Bingo and travel...

Joseph James “Jay” O’Brien, 84, of St. Paul, passed away at 5:22 p.m., Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2024, in the emergency room at Labette Health in Parsons. He was born on Dec. 19, 1939, a lifelong resident of St. Paul to Joseph Andrew “Joe” and Mary Cleo (Duling) O’Brien. He grew up near St. Paul and attended the Lone Elm one-room country school where his mother taught. Jay went on to graduate from St. Paul High in 1958...

Susan Elaine McClure, age 72, a resident of Fort Scott, Kan., went home to her Heavenly Father on Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2024. Susan was born to Raymond Roy Bassett and Virginia Bassett on April 21, 1951. As a young girl, Susan enjoyed playing softball where she played first base. ...

Connie Sue Raymond, age 63, a resident of Fort Scott, Kan., passed away unexpectedly Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2024, at her home. She was born Nov. 10, 1960, in Paola, Kan., the daughter of Jess Warren Edwards and Shirley Jean Thatcher Edwards. She married David Hayes on June 10, 2008, in Fort Scott. ...

Sharon Kay Mauck, age 77, a resident of Fort Scott, Kan., passed away Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2024, at the Via Christi Hospital in Pittsburg, Kan. Funeral service will be held at 10:30 a.m. Friday, Feb. 9 at the Parkway Church of God (Holiness). Burial will follow in the Evergreen Cemetery. ...

For those shouldering the responsibility of ongoing home care for disabled loved ones, a group is now offered that provides fellowship and understanding. The Caregiver Support Group, founded and facilitated by Sherman Sisco, is free to any non-paid caregivers and meets on the second Tuesday of each month at the Presbyterian Church in Fort Scott. ...

Joann Delores Vann, age 82 a resident of Fort Scott, Kan., passed away, Thursday, Feb. 1, 2024 in Fort Scott. Rev. George Proctor will conduct funeral services at 10 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024, at the Cheney Witt Chapel. Burial will follow in the Evergreen Cemetery. ...

Sharon Kay Mauck, age 77, a resident of Fort Scott, Kan. passed away Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2024, at the Via Christi Hospital in Pittsburg, Kan. She was born Dec. 26, 1946, in Fort Scott, the daughter of Kenneth Lee Peterson, Sr. and Marie Elizabeth Judy Peterson. ...

George Daniel “Danny” Butler Jr., age 52 of Fort Scott, Kan., formerly of Pleasanton, Kan., passed away Friday, Feb. 2, 2024. Visitation will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024 at the Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory Pleasanton Chapel. Memorial contributions are suggested to Bourbon County Care to Share, in careof Schneider Funeral Home, P.O. Box 525, Pleasanton, KS 66075. Online condolences can be left at www.schneiderfunerals.com...

Marylou Lorene Bell, age 74, Prescott, Kan., passed away Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2024.   Graveside service will be held 2 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2024 at the Curry Cemetery near Mound City, Kan. Visitation will be held from 6 to 7 p.m. Monday, Feb. 12 at the Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory, Mound City Chapel. Memorial contributions are suggested to the Olathe Hospice House. Online condolences can be left at www.schneiderfunerals.com...

Esther Stanbrough, age 93, formerly of Mound City, Kan., passed away Saturday, Feb. 10, 2024, at the Horton House, Fort Scott.  She was born Aug. 21, 1930, in Prescott, Kan., the daughter of Chesley and Esther Mathews. She taught in a one-room schoolhouse before her marriage to Lloyd Stanbrough on May 29, 1949. Esther served as postmaster in Mound City for many years. She was a member of the Mound City United Methodist Church...

Brenda Sue Hathaway, age 66, a resident of rural Fulton, Kan., passed away Friday, Feb. 9, 2024, at her home. She was born July 8, 1957, in Fort Scott, Kan., the daughter of Frank Leon Moore and Donna Hall Moore. Brenda married David Hathaway on May 26, 1984, at Mapleton, Kan. ...

Justin Dean Hersh, age 45, a resident of Overland Park, Kan., passed away unexpectedly Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024, at his home. He was born Feb. 10, 1978, in Fort Scott, Kan., to Jack D. Hersh and Ann (Cook) Hersh. He graduated from Fort Scott High School with the class of 1996, and then attended Kansas State University with degrees in Wildlife Biology and Natural Resources...

Keith E. Gibson, age 89, a resident of rural Fort Scott, Kan., passed away Saturday, Feb. 10, 2024, at his home. He was born March 31, 1934, in Mount Ayr, Iowa, the son of George Gibson and Violet Rowena Newman Gibson.  There was cremation and no services are planned at this time. ...

Trina Renee Watson, age 52, Blue Mound, Kan., passed away Sunday, Feb. 11, 2024 in the Olathe Medical Center after complications from a Jan. 3, 2024 surgery. She was born in Garnett, Kan., on July 6, 1971, the daughter of William and Kathy Danley Shaughnessy...

Deborah Anne "Debbie" Rhynerson, age 65, Blue Mound, Kan., passed away Monday, Feb. 12, 2024.  She was born in Fort Scott, Kan., on Sept. 17, 1958 the daughter of Edwin T. and Mildred L. Dean Peery. She was in the first class to graduate from Jayhawk-Linn High School. Debbie was united in marriage to Donnie Rhynerson on Feb. ...

Christina Judith “Judy” Mack, age 80, a resident of Fort Scott, Kan., passed away Sunday, Feb. 11, 2024, at the University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City, Kan. She was born July 24, 1943, in Grenada, West Indies, the daughter of Donald “Sam” Perrotte and Brownie Bonaparte. ...

Helen Wade, 87, of Fort Scott, passed away Thursday morning, Feb. 15, 2024, at the Medicalodge of Fort Scott. Helen Lois Jackson Wade was born the daughter of Robert Elmer Jackson, Jr. and Orpha Geraldine (Dowty) Jackson, in rural Neodesha, Kan., on June 7, 1936, joining her sibling Jimmy, who was two years older. Her mother passed shortly after her birth of pneumonia...

Pauline S. Hart, 85, of Fort Scott, passed away Wednesday evening, February 14, 2024, at Freeman Hospital in Joplin, Missouri. Graveside services for Pauline will be held at 1 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2024, at the Large – Pleasant View Cemetery, under the direction of the Konantz-Cheney Funeral Home. The complete obituary will appear in the Wednesday edition of the Tribune and online...

James (Jim) Roberts Miesner unexpectedly passed on to his heavenly home on Sunday, Feb. 18, 2024. Family and friends are invited to celebrate Jim’s life on Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024, at 10 a.m. at the Cheney Witt Funeral Chapel. Interment will follow in Fort Scott National Cemetery at 11 a.m. ...

Kenneth R. Wood, 92, of Fort Scott, Kan., passed away late Friday evening, Feb. 16, 2024, at the Medicalodges of Leavenworth, Kan. Arrangements will be announced by the Konantz-Cheney Funeral Home.

Pauline Sue Hart, 85, of Fort Scott, Kan., passed away Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2024, at Freeman West Hospital, in Joplin, Mo. She was born on Oct. 9, 1938, in Arcadia, Kan., the daughter of Paul Fowler Coonrod and Mildred Pauline (Davis) Coonrod. Pauline graduated from Arcadia High School as class valedictorian in 1956. ...

Mr. James Floyd Thurston, 88, of Rochester, Wash., passed away on Feb. 6, 2024. He was a kind and quiet man with a great sense of humor. Mr. Thurston served in the Navy aboard the U.S.S. Washburn from 1956 to 1960. He had a successful career as a long haul trucker and cattleman. His hobbies included boating, camping, fishing, and yard sale bargain hunting...

Theodore “Ted” Frederick Willard was born on July 30, 1957 in Fort Scott, Kan., to Bertha M. and Paul F. Willard. He graduated from Fort Scott High School and attended North Central Kansas Technical College in Beloit, Kan. Ted married the love of his life Cheryl Kay Wilson, who preceded him in death...

Joanne M. Baranske died early Sunday, Feb. 18, 2024, at her home in Stark. She was 82. She was born Aug. 29, 1942, in Waukegan, Ill., to Theodore Hanlon and Laverne (Salo) Hanlon. She was their only daughter. She had three brothers, Ted, Chuck, and Jimmy, her twin...

James (Jim) Roberts Miesner unexpectedly passed on to his heavenly home on Sunday, Feb. 18, 2024. Jim’s life was filled with multiple achievements, but none were more important than leading his family in Christ. Born to William H. and Martha Frances (Roberts) Miesner in Tulsa, Okla., on Nov. ...

Kenneth Ross Wood, 92, formerly of Fort Scott, Kan., went to be with his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, on Feb. 17, 2024, at Medicalodges in Leavenworth, Kan. He joins his beloved wife, Jennie, who preceded him in death in 2021. They were married over 62 years...

Betty Ruth White, age 100, resident of Fort Scott, Kan., formerly of Uniontown, Kan., died Friday, Feb. 23, 2024, at Guest Home Estates, Fort Scott. Graveside services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 29, at the U. S. National Cemetery, Fort Scott. Memorials are suggested to Guest Home Estates Activity Fund and may be left in care of the Cheney Witt Chapel, PO Box 347, 201 S. Main St., Fort Scott, KS 66701. Words of remembrance may be submitted online at cheneywitt.com...

Cynthia J. Farmer Huyett, of Kansas City, Kan., age 74, was born in Fort Scott, Kan., on Jan. 12, 1950. With her family by her side, she peacefully joined her creator the early morning of Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2024. Cyndy grew up on the family farm, attended a one-room schoolhouse, was actively involved in 4-H Club and graduated from Fort Scott High School in 1968. ...

James Roy Danley, age 82, a resident of Fort Scott, Kan., passed away Saturday, Feb. 24, 2024, at the Guest Home Estates in Fort Scott. He was born Sept. 21, 1941, in Fort Scott, the son of Marvin James Danley and Ruth Post Danley. Jim graduated from the Fulton High School. ...

Robert Evans “Bob” Hirons, age 77, a resident of Fort Scott, Kan., passed away Sunday, Feb. 25, 2024, at Advent Shawnee Mission hospital in Merriam, Kan., following complications from extensive back surgery. He was born Dec. 10, 1946, in Kansas City, Mo. ...

Charles Vernon Rowe, age 93, Pleasanton, Kan., passed away Monday, Feb. 26, 2024.  Funeral service will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, March 2, 2024 at the Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory, Pleasanton Chapel. Burial will be in the Battlefield Cemetery.  Visitation will be held from 1 p.m. to service time at the Pleasanton Chapel. Memorial contributions are suggested to Wayside Waifs or shelter of your choice. Online condolences can be left at www.schneiderfunerals.com...