Stories from Tuesday, August 4, 2015

Lucile Irene Wolf, 96, of Fort Scott, died at her home, Saturday morning, Aug. 1, 2015. She was born Jan. 15, 1919 near Deerfield, Mo., the daughter of William Lewis and Alice Messick Endicott Schilling. She married Arthur Edward "Art" Wolf on Sept. 18, 1946 in Fort Scott, Kan. He preceded her in death on July 6, 2004...

Dolores Aileen (Queen) South passed away Saturday, Aug. 1, 2015. She was born in Redfield, Kansas on April 29, 1927 and grew up in Uniontown, Kan. The daughter of Lester "Slim" Queen and Georgia Gibbs, she helped her parents keep Bourbon County in eggs and chickens, learning the value of hard work from a very early age. She passed this and many other wonderful values down to her children...

Rev. R.B. Shoemaker, age 98, former pastor of the Cherry Grove Baptist Church, went to be with his Lord on Sunday morning, Aug. 2, 2015, at the Presbyterian Village, Fort Scott, Kan. He was born Dec. 19, 1916, near Appleton City, Mo., the son of Ora Ernest and Maude Parks Shoemaker. He was named after his two grandfathers, Rufus and Bob, but went by the initials R.B. He was the sixth in a family of 12 children...

Dorothy W. Franz, age 97, a former resident of the Devon area and more recently of Fort Scott, Kan., passed away Saturday, Aug. 1, 2015, after a brief illness. She was born Sept. 13, 1917, in Fort Scott, the daughter of Herbert Arthur Miller and Bessie Hutcherson Miller. ...

Two people are facing misdemeanor charges after they allegedly took something they could have gotten for free -- if only they had waited until Monday. On Saturday, two individuals who removed a television off The Beacon's loading area then drove away were apprehended by police...

For the last two years, the Bronson City Council has been working on a grant that would provide funds to help repair homes in Bronson. However, during the final steps of the grant application process, it has become apparent that the city will not be able to proceed at this time...

Fort Scott National Historic Site Trailblazers learn how to raise the American flag on the first day of camp. The week-long Trailblazers Day Camp is for children nine through 12 years-old. Participants learn the history of Fort Scott in hands-on activities such as laundering clothes, writing letters and flag-raising...