Stories from Thursday, May 17, 2018

Meghan Ashley Butler Hays, age 27, of Fort Scott, Kan., passed away on, Tuesday, May 15, 2018. Funeral Service will be held, at 11 am, Monday, May 21 at the Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory, Pleasanton Chapel. Visitation will be held from 10 a.m. ...

Becky Crowthers, age 48, Pleasanton, Kan., passed away on Tuesday, May 15, 2018 at Menorah Medical Center. Funeral service will be held 6:30 p.m. Friday May 18, 2018 at the Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory, Pleasanton Chapel. Visitation will be held from 5pm to service time. The family suggests contributions to the American Kidney Foundation. Online condolences for the family can be left at www.schneiderfunerals.com...

Jack DeWaard, 79, Blue Mound, Kan., passed Wednesday May 16, 2018 at his home. Funeral service will be 10:30 a.m. Friday, May 25, at the Blue Mound Federated Church. Burial will be at Fort Scott National Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 5 to 6:30 p.m. Thursday, May 24, at the Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory, Mound City Chapel. Online condolences can be left at www.schneiderfunerals.com...

Alvin Wayne Metcalf, age 71, resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died Wednesday, May 16, 2018. He was born Sept. 8, 1946, in Fort Scott, the son of Wayne and Ellen Schubert Metcalf. He graduated from Fort Scott High School with the class of 1964. He married Linda Lee Cox on Nov. ...