Stories from Tuesday, May 28, 2019

Joyce Hearn, age 76, of Vassar, Kan., formerly of Linn County, Kan., passed away on Friday, May 24, 2019 at Stormont Vail in Topeka, Kan. Funeral service will be held 11 a.m. Thursday, May 30, 2019 at the Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory, Pleasanton Chapel. ...

Robert D. Bledsoe, age 76, resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died Monday, May 27, 2019, at Girard Medical Center, Girard, Kan. There was cremation. A Celebration of Life Visitation will be held from 1:30 until 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 4, at the Cheney Witt Chapel. Memorials are suggested to Care to Share and may be left in care of the Cheney Witt Chapel, PO Box 347, 201 S. Main, Fort Scott, KS 66701. Words of remembrance may be submitted to the online guestbook at cheneywitt.com...

Kathleen Ruth “Kathy” Ginter, age 73, a resident of rural Fort Scott, Kan., passed away Monday, May 27, 2019, at the Medicalodge in Fort Scott. She was born on Aug. 9, 1945, at Washington, D.C., the daughter of Robert Joseph Hannan and Ruth Evaline Morin Hannan. ...

A new national monument now sits in the Fort Scott U.S. National Cemetery. On Sunday afternoon, the Olson-Frary-Burkhart VFW Post 1165 hosted a dedication ceremony for the U.S. Navy Monument. Due to the threat of rain, the ceremony was moved to Memorial Hall, where Daryl Roller, chairman of the memorial committee, served as master of ceremonies. ...

Bourbon County Commissioners are discussing whether to help fund a replacement generator for the Southeast Kansas Multi-County Health Department, which is in the process of moving to a new location. During their Tuesday meeting, commissioners discussed costs for a new or used generator that would be moved to the SEKMCHD’s new location in a building at the corner of Sixth and Horton streets. ...

What began as a stormy Memorial Day morning became a sunny afternoon, allowing several people to place flowers on graves at the Fort Scott U.S. National Cemetery. The morning weather forced the annual Memorial Day Service to be moved to Memorial Hall...