Obituaries from May 2024

It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of Nancy E. Hembree, (formerly Totty), age 66, on Friday, April 12, 2024, in Springfield, Mo. Nancy was a beloved best friend, mom, and nana who touched the lives of all who knew her. Nancy was born on July 15, 1957, to Jack and Jaqueline (Culp) Gunsaullus in Neosho, Mo. She graduated from Fort Scott High School, Class of 1975. Early in her career she worked as an insurance processor at Western Insurance in Fort Scott...

It was a beautiful, sunny Monday morning April 29, 2024, when Rose Anna Workman went to her new home in Heaven. She has started a new adventure and chapter in her life with our Lord Jesus, Charles,her husband, and Rosetta, her daughter. She was born in Bentonville, Ark., to Clyde and Vinna Williams on Jan 25, 1929. Her family moved to the old farm homestead in Fort Scott where she grew up...

Emily Louise Martin, age 27, resident of Fort Scott, KS died Wednesday, May 1, 2024. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday, May 8, at the Community Christian Church. Burial will follow in the Evergreen Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 5 until 7 p.m. ...

Our beloved daughter Emily Louise Martin passed away the evening of May 1, 2024, at her home at the age of 27. Emily was born and raised in Fort Scott, Kan. She was the baby of four daughters born to Jara and Dave Martin. Emily was a happy child full of life and adventure. ...

Fredina Ray Gonzales, age 67, a resident of Fort Scott, Kan., passed away Saturday, May 4, 2024, at St. Luke’s Hospital in Lee’s Summit, Mo. She was born Nov. 17, 1956 in Albuquerque, N.M., the daughter of Clay C. Canon and Carolyn K. Kepley Canon. She met the love of her life and true soulmate David Gonzales in Las Cruces, N.M. and married in...

George William “Bill” Campbell, 92, of Olathe, Kan., formerly of Versailles, Mo., passed away Sunday, Aug. 6, 2023. Graveside services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 14, 2024, at Fort Scott National Cemetery. Arrangements are under the direction of Page-Dady Funeral Home, Stover, Mo...

Clarence Lee Miller, age 61, La Cygne, Kan., passed away Wednesday, May 8, 2024. Funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, May 10, 2024 at the Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory, La Cygne Chapel. Burial will be in the Oak Lawn Cemetery. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. to service Friday at the La Cygne Chapel. Memorial contributions are suggested to Olathe Hospice. Online condolences can be left at www.schneiderfunerals.com...

Gene V. Davis, age 90, a resident of Fort Scott, Kan., passed away Thursday, May 9, 2024, at the Medicalodges in Fort Scott. Graveside services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, May 17 at the Evergreen Cemetery. The family will receive friends on Friday from 1 p.m. until leaving for the cemetery at 1:45 p.m. at the Cheney Witt Chapel. Arrangements are under the direction of the Cheney Witt Chapel, 201 S. Main, Fort Scott, KS 66701...

Kathy Joyce Biggert, age 66, a resident of Fort Scott, Kan., passed away unexpectedly, Thursday, May 9, 2024, at her home. There was cremation. No services are planned at this time. Memorials are suggested to the Kathy Biggert Memorial Fund and may be left in care of the Cheney Witt Chapel, 201 S. Main, P.O. Box 347, Fort Scott, KS 66701. Words of remembrance may be submitted to the online guestbook at cheneywitt.com...

Jack “Happy Jack” Dale Carson, age 73, a resident of Garland, Kan., passed away on Thursday, May 9, 2024. He was born April 4, 1951 in Fort Scott, Kan., the son of Kenneth and Effie (Beerbower) Carson. Jack married Donna Young on March 30, 1976 and later divorced. ...

Donna Sue Schilling, age 78, a resident of Fort Scott, Kan., passed away unexpectedly Wednesday, May 8, 2024, in Fort Scott. She was born May 3, 1946, in Nevada, Mo., the daughter of William A. Carpenter, Sr. and Nellie Mae Lawrence Carpenter. Donna grew up in the Deerfield, Mo., area and graduated from the Nevada High School. She married the love of her life, Dale Schilling on March 4, 1966, at the First Church of God in Fort Scott...

Gene Valgene Davis, age 92, resident of Fort Scott, Kan., passed away Thursday, May 9, 2024, at Medicalodge of Fort Scott. He was born March 28, 1932, in Arcadia, Kan., the son of Charley and Chloe Totman Davis. He married Patricia Ann Edgar on Nov. ...

Gary Gene Davis, age 71, of Fort Scott, Kan., passed away in Nevada, Mo., on May 10, 2024.  Gary was born on March 14, 1953, the son of Val Gene and Patricia Ann (Edgar) Davis at Fort Scott, Kan. He married Linda Sutterby on Oct. 9, 1982 at Miami, Okla., she preceded him in death on Aug. ...

Sylvia Ellen Woodall, age 85, a resident of Fort Scott, Kansas, passed away Sunday, May 12, 2024, at the Guest Home Estates in Fort Scott. She was born April 30, 1939, in Pleasanton, Kan., the daughter of John Emery Henderson and Mary Olive Wilcox Henderson. Sylvia graduated from the Pleasanton High School. She married David Allen Woodall on Jan. 31, 1960, in Miami, Okla. Sylvia was a devoted wife and mother. She enjoyed cooking and sewing and caring for her family...

John Lee Trebian, Jr., age 39, resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died Monday, May 13, 2024. Services for John Trebian are pending and will be announced by the Cheney Witt Chapel, 201 S. Main.

Theodore Arthur Rohde, age 94, resident of Fort Scott, Kan., passed away Friday, May 17, 2024, at Presbyterian Village, Fort Scott. Services for Ted Rohde will be announced by the Cheney Witt Chapel, 201 S. Main.

Ann Johnson, age 80, Pleasanton, Kan., passed away Thursday, May 16, 2024. She was born on Sept. 14, 1943 in Fort Scott, Kan., the daughter of Raymond and Vada Daniels Casida. She graduated from Blue Mound High School and Fort Scott Community College. ...

Theodore Arthur Rohde, age 94, resident of Fort Scott, Kan., passed away Friday, May 17, 2024, at Presbyterian Village, Fort Scott. Services for Ted Rohde will be announced by the Cheney Witt Chapel, 201 S. Main.

Joanna Woody, age 96, resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died Friday, May 24, 2024, at Guest Home Estates Fort Scott. Services for Joanna Woody will be announced by the Cheney Witt Chapel, 201 S. Main.

David Troutman, age 75, resident of Fort Scott, KS died Friday, May 24, 2024, at Research Medical Center, Kansas City, Mo. Services for David Troutman will be announced by the Cheney Witt Chapel, 201 S. Main.

Stella Margaruette Hunter Dale, age 90, Independence, Mo., formerly of La Cygne, Kan., passed away Saturday, May 25, 2024.   Funeral service will be held 2 p.m. Tuesday, June 4, 2024, at the Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory, La Cygne Chapel.  Burial will be in the Cadmus Cemetery.  Visitation will be held from 1 pm to service time at the La Cygne Chapel...

Wilma Virginia Cook, age 89, Stover, Mo., formerly of Pleasanton, Kan., passed away Friday, May 24, 2024. She was born on March 24, 1935 in Lockport, La., the daughter of Edgar and Dorena Matherne Guidry. She owned her own trucking company before retirement. ...

David Dee Troutman, age 79, a resident of Fort Scott, Kan., passed away Friday, May 24, 2024, at the Research Hospital in Kansas City, Mo. He was born May 3, 1945, the son of Vernon Troutman and Verna Clark Troutman. Dave grew up in Niotaze, Kan., and graduated from the Caney High School. ...

Joanna Woody, age 96, a former resident of rural Bronaugh, Mo., and more recently of the Presbyterian Village in Fort Scott, Kan., passed away Friday, May 24, 2024, in Fort Scott. She was born Feb. 29, 1928, in Vernon County, Mo., near what was Swartz, Mo., the daughter of Willard Earl Foster and Pearlie Wilma Hawkins Foster. ...

Stella Margaruette Hunter Dale, age 90, Independence, Mo., formerly of La Cygne, Kan., passed away Saturday, May 25, 2024. 
Funeral service will be held 2 p.m. Tuesday, June 4, 2024, at the Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory, La Cygne Chapel. Burial will be in the Cadmus Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 1 pm to service time at the La Cygne Chapel...

Deborah Sue Baxley, age 67, a resident of Fort Scott, Kan., passed away Tuesday, May 28, 2024 at the Ascension Via Christie Hospital in Pittsburg, Kan. Debbie was born March 20, 1957 in Fort Scott, the daughter of Cecil Otis Lancaster and Vivian Louse Towel Lancaster. ...

Delbert Lee Sinn, age 83, resident of Independence, Mo., passed from this life on Thursday, May 23, 2024, at Centerpoint Medical Center, Independence, Mo. Delbert was born Aug. 6, 1940, in Fort Scott, Kan., the son of George Alfred Sinn and Sophia Muriel Cordill Sinn. ...

Berta R. Weddle, 87, of Nevada, Mo., passed away May 25, 2024, at the Moore-Few Care Center. She was born Aug. 1, 1936, in Hepler, Kan., the daughter of Willard Weddle and Xerphia (Newell) Weddle. She married Lloyd Durwood Pollock and they later divorced...

Deann Eilene Cobbs, age 54, Garnett, Kan., passed away Friday May 31, 2024.  Visitation will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, June 5, 2024, at the Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory, Mound City Chapel. Memorial contributions are suggested to Care To Share, in care of Schneider Funeral Home, P.O. Box J, Mound City, KS 66056. Online condolences can be left at www.schneiderfunerals.com...