Stories from Tuesday, December 27, 2016

Carey Lee Wileman, age 82, a former resident of Fort Scott and more recently of Sitka, Alaska, passed away Saturday, Dec. 24 in Sitka. Funeral services for Carey Wileman will be announced by the Cheney Witt Chapel, 201 S. Main, Fort Scott.

Donald Stevens, age 52, Paola, Kan., formerly of La Cygne, Kan., passed away on Saturday, Dec. 24, 2016. Funeral service will be held at 11:30 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 29, 2016 at the La Cygne Christian Church. Burial will be in the Oak Lawn Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 10:30 to service time at the church. ...

Kathryn Smith, age 82, Blue Mound, Kan., passed away Sunday, Dec. 25, 2016 at Mercy Health Center, Fort Scott. Funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, Dec. 30, 2016 at the Blue Mound Federated Church. Burial in the Sunny Slope Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. ...

Norma June Edgar, age 91, Austin, Texas, formerly of Pleasanton, Kan., passed away on Monday, Dec. 26, 2016 at the West Oaks Nursing Facility. She was born at Pleasanton on July 16, 1925. Funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, January 2, 2017 at the Schneider Funeral Home Pleasanton Chapel. ...

Leonard J Imhof, 96, of Cherokee, passed away at 8:18 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 24, 2016 at the Guest Home Estates of Fort Scott. He was born June 14, 1920 at Cherokee, Kan., the son of Charles Fred and Martha Victoria (Catterson) Imhof. He graduated from Cherokee High School in 1937. ...

Robert Lee Howell, age 60, a resident of Fort Scott, Kan., passed away Thursday, Dec. 22, 2016, at the Via Christi Hospital in Pittsburg, Kan. He was born March 26, 1956, in Salinas, Calif., the son of Bill and Jean Howell. He married Shirley Ann McReynolds on May 1, 1987, at their home in Fort Scott. Bob served with the Kansas Army National Guard in Fort Scott for 13 years as a 12 bravo and a M60 gunner. He also worked for many years for Peerless Products...

David Lee Hardman, age 58, a resident of Fort Scott, Kan., passed away, Saturday, Dec. 24, 2016, at the St. Luke's Hospital in Kansas City, Mo. He was born Aug. 2, 1958, in Milwaukee, Wis. David had served with the United States Army. He had made his home in Dallas, Texas and Olathe, Kansas, where he worked in maintenance for apartment complexes specializing in heating and air. He also worked in airfreight at the Dallas airport. He enjoyed listening to music and fishing...

Larry Kent Allen was born on Jan. 5, 1944, in Fort Scott, Kan., to Ruth and T.J. Allen and went home to join family on Christmas Day 2016. Larry's childhood was spent in Richards, Mo., where he graduated from high school in May of 1962. After graduating, he started working at Key Work Clothes and continued to live in Richards, Mo., until he married his grade school love, Rosalita Williams, on May 15, 1964. ...