Stories from Thursday, July 6, 2017

Jack Leon Hardin, 78, of Sugar Valley Lakes, near Mound City, Kan., died on Thursday, July 6, 2017 at his home. A memorial service will be held at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, July 11, 2017 at Mound City Christian Church. Inurnment will be in Shawnee Mission Gardens, Shawnee Mission, Kan. ...

Veteran Retired Major Carl "Pinky" Gordon was called to Higher Command May 31, 2017. Carl was born in Hiattville, Kan., on April 5, 1923, the son of Arch Brown and Helen Couch Gordon. Carl was raised in Bourbon County, Kan., and graduated from Fort Scott High School in 1941. ...

Patricia Susan Wallace, age 57, Mound City, Kan., passed away on Sunday, July 2, 2017 at the Residencies of Pleasanton. She was born in Freemont, Neb., on Nov. 24, 1959 the daughter of Ethridge and Betty (Roach) Karns. Pat graduated from Uniontown High School and received her associate degree from Fort Scott Community College. ...