Stories from Monday, October 8, 2012

Helen Elaine Thomas, 76, of Fort Scott, Kan., passed away Thursday, Oct. 4, 2012, at Mercy Hospital. She was born Nov. 27, 1935, in Theresa, N.Y., the daughter of Leslie E. and Margaret (Hall) Gillett. She married Otis "Otie" Thomas March 31, 1956, in Briar Hill, N.Y...