Stories from Thursday, March 31, 2016

Ray Skeen, age 68, a former resident of Fort Scott, Kan., and more recently of Reeds Spring, Mo., died Monday, March 28, 2016, at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Fayetteville, Ark. He was born Nov. 18, 1947, in San Luis Obispo, Calif., the son of Virgil Ethan Skeen and Mabel Ellen Plew Skeen. ...

Ardeline Rae "Ardie" Ober, age 95, a resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died Wednesday, March 30, 2016, at the Mercy Hospital in Fort Scott. She was born Jan. 19, 1921, in Isabel, Kan., the daughter of Theodore Milford and Iona Clark Milford. She first married Raymond L. ...

Marilyn Jean Fowler, age 82, resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died Wednesday, March 30, 2016, at Mercy Hospital. She was born on May 11, 1933, in Devon, Kan., the daughter of John and Flossie Hall Hurd. She married William "Bill" Fowler in June 28, 1950. ...