Stories from Monday, July 1, 2019

Patricia Cowan, age 73, passed away peacefully Saturday, June 29, 2019, in Topeka, Kan. Patricia lived in Fort Scott, Kan., the majority of her life. She worked for Western Insurance companies and then American States for many years. She retired in the mid 90s to spend more time with her loving husband and new grandchildren. ...

Anna Darlene Woods, age 85, resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died Friday, June 28, 2019, in Kansas, Okla. She was born Sept. 2, 1933, in Fort Scott, the daughter of John and Pearl Martin Mitzner. She attended Fort Scott area schools and received her LPN degree from St. ...

Marian Thomas of Alamogordo, N.M., formerly of Sedalia, Mo., died Monday, June 24, 2019, at Gerald Chapman Hospital in Alamogordo. She was 88 years old. The daughter of Preston K. and Julia Rife, she was born Oct. 13, 1930, at Shaw, Kan. On March 2, 1958, she married James “Jake” Thomas in Iola, Kan. They made their home in various states including Kansas, Oregon and Missouri...

Sarah Lucille Smith, 93, of Shawnee, Kan., passed away Wednesday, June 27, 2019, at the Olathe Hospice House. Sarah was born Oct. 30, 1925 to the late Eugene Earl and Myrtle Florence (Hunsicker) Bates in Uniontown, Kan. Sarah graduated from Fort Scott High School in 1942. ...