Stories from Monday, July 18, 2016

Frank Crowder, age 80, of Pleasanton, Kansas passed away July 15, 2016 at the Mercy Hospital in Fort Scott, Kan. Funeral Service will be held at 10 a.m., Wednesday, July 20 at the Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory, Pleasanton Chapel, with burial following the service at the Trading Post Cemetery. ...

Rose Mary Elkins, 68, of Rural Mapleton, died Sunday, July 17, 2016 at Fort Scott Mercy Hospital. She was born March 14, 1948 in Welch, Okla., the daughter of Robert and Ruth Louise (Cox) Rakestraw. She married Bill F. Elkins May 31, 1986 in Joplin, Mo., and he survives of the home...