Stories from Monday, August 10, 2015

Lois Ann Carney, age 59, Pleasanton, Kan., formerly of Mound City, Kan., passed away Sunday, Aug. 9, 2015 at Mercy Hospital Fort Scott. She was born at Paola, Kan., on Jan. 13, 1956 the daughter of Alva "Shorty" and Marilyn Frank Poole. She graduated from Jayhawk-Linn High School in the Class of 1974. ...

Richard Leroy Ramsey, age 79, a long-time resident of Uniontown, Kan., and more recently of Fort Scott, Kan., passed away early Saturday, Aug. 8, 2015, at the University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City, Kan., following a brief illness. He was born Jan. ...

Peggy Lou Swink, age 49, a resident of Jerico Springs, Mo., died Thursday, Aug. 6, 2015, at her home. She was born May 4, 1966, in Fort Scott, Kan., the daughter of Ray and June Forester Crowley. She graduated from Nevada High School with the class of 1984. She married Jeff Swink on Dec. 21, 1990, in Fort Scott. She was baptized in the Richards Christian Church. Peggy enjoyed tending her chickens and fishing. Her life revolved around her children and grandchildren...

Ruby May Grimm, 66, of Sabetha, formerly of Morrill, passed from this life Saturday, Aug. 8, 2015 at the Stormont-Vail Hospital in Topeka, Kan., from complications following a heart attack. She was born April 18, 1949, the daughter of Charles and Dorothy (Kraft) Sinn in Fort Scott, Kan...

Nora Lee Wright, 77, of Bonner Springs, Kan., formerly of Hume, Mo., died on Thursday, Aug. 6, 2015. Nora Lee was born July 15, 1938 in Hume, Mo., to Elmer Lee and Eula (Adams) Wright. She is survived by her sister, Freda Reynolds, of Bonner Springs, Kan...