Stories from Tuesday, November 28, 2017

Wesley Whittier Batcheler, age 88, former resident of Bronaugh, Mo., died Monday, Nov. 27, 2017, at Parkview Heights in Garnett, Kan. He was born on Sept. 13, 1929, in Hartley, Iowa, the son of Nathan and Clara Deering Batcheler. He owned and operated his own farm in Bronaugh for most of his life. ...

Lucy Ann Taylor, age 67, former resident of Fort Scott, died Sunday, Oct. 19, 2017, at Mercy Hospital in Springfield, Mo. She was born Oct. 29, 1950, in Fort Scott, to John Cates and Ruth Harper Garrison. She married Richard Eugene Taylor, Sr., on June 8, 1965 in Nevada, Mo., he preceded her in death on Jan. ...

Charlene Esther Simpson, age 89, a resident of rural Garland, Kan., passed away Monday, Nov. 27, 2017, at the Country Place Assisted Living in Ft. Scott, Kan. She was born Jan. 14, 1928, the second daughter of Charles Mason and Esther Eleanor Cheever Mason. She grew up in the Hammond-West Liberty area and attended school at Union Center, a rural one-room school. She was a graduate of Ft. ...

Esther Beecham, 94, passed away on Nov. 27, 2017. A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. on Thursday, Nov. 30, at Johnson County Funeral Chapel, 11200 Metcalf Ave., Overland Park, KS. Burial will follow at 3 p.m. at the Fairview Cemetery in Fulton, Kan. For full obituary, visit www.johsoncountychapel.com...

Fort Scott Community College nursing students have an opportunity to earn a four-year nursing degree without leaving the college’s campus. FSCC Nursing Director Bill Rhoads updated the FSCC Board of Trustees Monday on a partnership between FSCC and the University of Kansas School of Nursing for a program that allows nursing students to complete an associate degree in nursing at FSCC and a bachelor of science in nursing at KU at the same time. ...

William L. “Bill” Henderson, 71, of Clarence, N.Y., died Nov. 27, 2017. He was the beloved husband of Linda S. (Dikeman) Henderson; loving father of Valarie (Robert) Furchi, Jeremy (Tien) Henderson, Joshua (Nelis) Henderson, and Kyle Lynn Henderson; dear grandfather of Alexzandria, Roman, Chase, Caden, and Lillian; cherished brother of Linda Henderson and the late Mary Lou Alabiso; and was the son-in-law of Nell Dikeman of Fort Scott...

Local youth helped Bob Lemons paint candy canes to be displayed in neighbors’ yards along a block of Burke Street. Lemons, who lives at 10th and Burke streets, cut the wood candy canes and directed the children in painting them white. Lemons then finished the decorations by painting the red stripes and displaying them in residents’ yards...

PARK HILLS, Mo. — Fort Scott Community College’s men dropped a pair of games to NJCAA Division I teams at a weekend classic at Mineral Area. Friday, the Greyhounds (5-5) lost to Vincennes, which is ranked No. 4 in the Division I pre-season poll, by a 75-41 score. Vincennes won the second half, 39-15...

Fort Scott Middle School’s girls’ basketball teams each won their games against Girard at the FSMS gym Monday. The Tigers’ seventh-grade A team took a 21-5 win. Sydney Herrin led with 9 points. The Fort Scott B team won, 20-4, as Mia Martin and Liberty Sigmon each scored 6 points...

PARSONS —The second season for the Fort Scott Middle School interscholastic wrestling program concluded with a tournament at Parsons on Saturday. There was a special moment during the day. Fort Scott’s Kyle Mitchell was involved. For those who have seen videos of football teams and basketball teams putting a special player into the game as everyone on both sides cheering for them, this was that kind of a moment...

Fort Scott High School’s Red & White Scrimmage in the main gymnasium Monday night went off without a hitch as the Tigers prepared for their season openers Friday in the Willard (Mo.) Tri-State Classic. Both basketball teams scrimmaged under running clocks, going with mixes of varsity and junior varsity players in the first and final parts and freshmen in the middle section...