Stories from Monday, June 20, 2016

Robert Lee "Bob" Hill, age 82, resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died Saturday, June 18, 2016, at Country Place Living, Fort Scott. He was born in Seneca, Mo., on Nov. 16, 1933, the son of Beulah Violet Crowder and Leonard Harvey Hill. He attended Seneca schools, graduating from high school in 1951, where he had excelled in football and basketball. ...

Mary Lou Heiser Hardy, 88, of Fort Scott, passed away Monday, June 20, 2016 at her home. She was born Nov. 26, 1927 in Garland, Kan., the daughter of Clarence S. and Fern D. (Boone) Snow. She married Robert G. Heiser Nov. 23, 1949 in Fort Scott, Kan., and he preceded her in death May 25, 1984. She later married William O. Hardy, and he preceded her in death July 23, 2010...

Sandra E. Duren, age 56, resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died Friday, June 17, 2016, at Mercy Hospital in Joplin, Mo. She was born Jan. 1, 1960, in Fort Scott, Kan., the daughter of Charles and Goldie Bright DeMott. She married Billy R. Duren on March 7, 1991. ...

C.W. Birdsell, 90, of Fort Scott, died Saturday morning, June 18, 2016 at the Fort Scott Manor Nursing Home. He was born Jan. 10, 1926 near Cato, Kan., the son of Louis Edward and Frances Edna (Brown) Birdsell. He worked for years at Lawson's Radiator Shop in Fort Scott...