Stories from Tuesday, May 31, 2016

Wanita M. Morehead, age 87, a resident of Fort Scott, died early Monday, May 30, 2016, at the Fort Scott Manor. Funeral services for Wanita Morehead will be announced by the Cheney Witt Chapel, 201 S. Main, Fort Scott.

Lenna Lea Roggensees, 57, passed away on Saturday, May 28, 2016 at her home in Nevada after a long battle with cancer. Lenna was born Jan. 8, 1959 in Chickasha, Okla., to Ronald and Anne (Bryant) Dawson. On July 16, 1994 she was married in Nevada to Bob Roggensees and he survives of the home...

Rose Phillips Sluder (90 years young) of Fleming Island and previously from Jacksonville, Fla., and Emporia, Kan., peacefully passed through heaven's gates on Saturday, May 28 surrounded by her family. She was predeceased by her beloved husband of 49 years Harry Sluder, her parents Will and Ovoilette Phillips (Emporia, Kan.), brothers Ray and Bob Phillips and sister Beulah Spillman. ...

Billy C. Page, age 61, a resident of Garland, Kan., died Monday, May 30, 2016, at his home. He was born Sept. 2, 1954, in Fort Scott, Kan., the son of Walter T. Page and Lavone Cox Page. He married Beverly Hightland on Aug. 14, 1986, at Miami, Okla. Billy was a mechanic and had worked for the Pierce Ranch in Texas. He enjoyed hunting and fishing as well as racing cars...

Laurence Adams, 59, of Pittsburg, Kan., died Tuesday evening, May 24, 2016 at the Medicalodge Nursing Home of Frontenac. He was born April 13, 1957 in Fort Scott, Kan., the son of John Henry and Dorcas Elizabeth (Wilkerson) Adams. Survivors include his children, Tosha Clark-Smith, of Lawrence, Kan., Andrew Walker, of Spokane, Wash., and Laurence M. ...