Stories from Monday, March 7, 2016

Dorothy M. Pack, age 86, Pleasanton, Kan., passed away on Sunday, March 6, 2016. A memorial service will be held at a later date and time. The details will be announced by the Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory, Pleasanton Chapel. The family suggests contributions to Wayside Waifs. Online condolences for the family can be left at www.schneiderfunerals.com. Arrangements: Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory, Pleasanton Chapel...

Georgetta Browning Foxx, age 88, lifelong resident of Garnett, Kan., passed away on March 3, 2016, at Overland Park Regional Medical Center, Overland Park, Kan. She was born Aug. 30, 1927, the daughter of Ernest and Alverta (Hermon) Browning in Garnett, Kan., the last of three daughters. She went to school at Garnett and was a member of the Class of 1945...

Sandra Lynn Rice, of Fort Scott was born July 13, 1937 in Sweetwater, Texas, and passed away on March 6, 2016 in Overland Park, Kan. She was survived by her husband Shelby Rice of Fort Scott, Kan., and her children Nancy Boore of Girard, Kan., and Terry Rice or San Francisco, Calif. Her surviving grandchildren are Chelsea Boore of Chanute, Kan., Morgan Samuels of Kansas City, Kan., and Aaron Boore of Pittsburg, Kan...

Violet Lee Watkins, age 90, a resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died Sunday, March 6, 2016, at the Fort Scott Manor. She was born Dec. 1, 1925, in Arcadia, Kan., the daughter of Shirel Davis and Bessie Swafford Davis. She married Lee Stufflebeam in 1941. ...

Margie Louise (Brooks) Johnson, 87 Nevada, Mo., went to be with the Lord on Friday, March 4, 2016 at Moore-Few Care Center in Nevada. Margie was born on Sept. 3, 1928 in Hume, Mo., to Jim and Gussie Brooks. She was united in marriage to Roy (Mutt) Johnson Jr., in June 1945 in Fort Scott, Kan., and he preceded her in death in October 2000...