Stories from Saturday, October 10, 2009

Mike Clark, 57, Walker, passed away on Friday, Oct. 9, 2009, at Nevada Regional Medical Center, following a sudden illness. He was born June 24, 1952, in Nevada, to Delbert Lynn Clark and Patricia Lee Spencer Clark. He married Phyllis R. Huff on Nov. 3, 1972, in Nevada, and she survives of the home...

Erma Jean Davis, age 77, a resident of Fort Scott, died Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2009, at the Scottsdale Healthcare Shea Campus in Scottsdale, Ariz.. She was born Dec. 13, 1931, in Stark City, Mo., the daughter of Richard Francis Hazelwood and Alta Elvira Owens Hazelwood. ...

Arthur Bray Jr., 79, Liberal, Mo., passed away on Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2009, at his home in Liberal following an illness of a few months. He was born March 12, 1930, in Liberal, to Arthur Bray Sr. and Tina Hackney Bray. Arthur spent most all of his life in this area. He worked for a time at Sheffield Steel in Kansas City, Mo. He worked for many years for Thorco in Lamar, just recently retiring. He also did some farming...

Elbert Clovis Jennings, age 82, a resident of Guest Home Estates, died Thursday, Oct. 8, 2009, at the Mercy Health Center's emergency room. He was born Jan. 8, 1927, in Mapleton, Kan., the son of Henry L. and Gracie E. Ballou Jennings. Clovis worked as a dishwasher for St. Luke's Hospital in Kansas City, Mo., during the early 1960s. He later worked for Key Work Clothes in Fort Scott in the late 1960s. He was a member of the National Rifle Association...

Bonnie Ruth Longstreth, 78, Moundville, passed away on Thursday night, Oct. 8, 2009, at Willow Lane Nursing Home, Butler, Mo., following a lengthy illness. She was born on Oct. 5, 1931, in Briscoe, Okla., to Harold Fredrick Ledgerwood and Ruth Vinian Farreingham Ledgerwood. She married Alvin Longstreth on March 5, 1960, in Springfield, Mo., and he preceded her in death on Dec. 24, 2000...

Gerald Dean Bogan, 68, of Hume, Mo., died Thursday, Oct. 8, 2009, at his home. He was born May 28, 1941 at Hume, the son of Carl and Novella Boston Bogan. Gerald was reared in the Hume and Metz area. After the eighth grade he worked for his great uncle in Leavenworth, Kan. ...

Wanda Marcella Leonard, age 93, former resident of Fort Scott, and more recently of Osawatomie, Kan., died Friday, Oct. 9, 2009, at the Miami County Medical Center in Paola, Kan. Funeral arrangements for Wanda Leonard will be announced by the Cheney Witt Chapel, 201 S. Main, Fort Scott...

The family of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Post, Mapleton, Kan., announce the couple's 60th wedding anniversary. Howard and Edith (Chaplin) Post were married on Oct. 14, 1949, in Fulton, Kan. The couple will celebrate this special occasion with their three children, six grandchildren and four great-grandsons...

Norman and Pat Hulse, of Nevada, will observe their 50th wedding anniversary with a reception from 2 to 4 p.m., on Saturday, Oct. 17, 2009, at the Nevada Church of Christ, Highway 54W. Norman Hulse and the former Pat Shepley were married in Nevada on Oct. 24, 1959. The couple have two children and three grandchildren...

Delbert and Eva Readinger, formerly of Fort Scott, currently of Nevada, will celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary on Nov. 3, 2009. Eva worked at the Arkhaven Nursing Home as a charge nurse for many years and Delbert worked as a journeyman tuckpointer and also owned and operated a restaurant, liquor store and trash service...

The historic Cottey College Chapel in Nevada, Mo., was the setting for the fairy tale wedding of Courtney Charlene Hinkle and Blake Landon Baker, on May 2, 2009. The marriage celebration took place at the Cottey Chapel sanctuary and was decorated with pink stargazer lilies, white roses, green ivy, and white bows with pearls at the ends of the chapel pews. ...

Rick and Linda Jagels, Rich Hill, Mo., announce the engagement of their daughter, Bethany Jill, to James (Jim) Ottis Rose, son of Mr. and Mrs. Craig Rose, Clinton, Mo. The bride-elect is a 1999 graduate of Rich Hill High School and 2003 graduate of Missouri State University. Bethany is the marketing creative services coordinator at Caravan Ingredients, Overland Park, Kan. The bride's grandparents are Ruth and Gene Campbell, Rich Hill, Mo.; and Marvin and Velda Jagels, Rockville, Mo...

Steve and Jayma Burrow, of Webb City, Mo., announce the engagement and upcoming marriage of their daughter, Whittney Burrow, to Jason Stockdale, son of Marilyn Stockdale and the late John Stockdale, of Lamar, Mo. The bride-to-be is a 2003 Webb City High School graduate and a 2008 Missouri Southern State University graduate with a Bachelor of Science in Sociology. She is employed by Philip W. Richardson law firm...