Stories from Monday, August 28, 2017

Every family has a story to tell…welcome to ours. Graveside services will be held Aug. 31, 2017, at 1:30 p.m. for our parents, Stan and Alma McCoy, where they will be laid to rest in the beautiful Fort Scott National Cemetery. Stan and Alma were married for 63 years and lived in Merced, Calif., until 1993 when they decided to adventure to Phoenix, Ariz. ...

Elmer Earl “Bill” Pettibon, 93, Deerfield, Mo., passed away on Friday, Aug. 25, 2017. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2017 at Ferry Funeral Home, Nevada, with Rev. Bill Smith officiating. Interment will follow in Deerfield Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 7:30-8:30 p.m. on Tuesday at Ferry Funeral Home...

Clinton Clark, 79, La Cygne, Kan., passed away on Sunday, Aug. 27, 2017. Funeral service 10 am, Saturday, Sept. 2, 2017 Calvary Baptist Church. Burial in Oak Lawn Cemetery. Visitation 5 to 7 p.m. Friday, Schneider La Cygne Chapel. Contributions to Calvary Baptist or Crossroads Hospice...

Anthony "Tony" Alexander Knodel passed away August 9, 2017, at Mercy Hospital in Fort Scott, Kansas. He was born to Arnold and JoAn (Hinn) Knodel in New Rockford, ND, on August 31, 1956 and resided on the family farm near Manfred, ND, until the age of nine when the Knodel family, which now included his sister Stefanie, moved to Torrance, CA. ...

Douglas Lee Graham, age 75, a resident of rural Uniontown, Kan., passed away early Monday, Aug. 28, 2017, at his home. He was born Jan. 25, 1942, in Rocky Ford, Colo., the son of Forest Graham and Emma Jean “Jimmy” Sinding Graham. Doug graduated from the Uniontown High School. ...