Stories from Friday, December 27, 2019

Virgil Eugene Stevens, age 60, Pleasanton, Kan., passed away on Thursday Dec. 26, 2019. Funeral service will be held 2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 4, 2019 at the Pleasanton First Baptist Church. Burial will be in the Pleasanton Cemetery. Visitation will be held Friday, Jan. 3, from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory, Pleasanton Chapel. Contributions are suggested to the Pleasanton First Baptist Church. Online condolences can be left atwww.schneiderfunerals.com...

Geraldine Frances Raney, age 98, a resident of Colorado Springs, Colo., passed away Saturday, Dec. 21, 2019, at her home in Colorado Springs. Funeral services will be announced by the Cheney Witt Chapel, 201 S. Main, Fort Scott, Kansas.

Patricia Ann German, age 82, a resident of Fort Scott, Kan., went to be with her personal Lord and Savior Thursday, Dec. 26, 2019, at the Via Christi Hospital in Pittsburg, Kan. She was born Feb. 21, 1937, in Triadelphia, W.V., the daughter of Albert Martin King and Ruth Pauline Rhoades King. ...

When 2019 began, the question was what health care would be available in Bourbon County in the wake of Mercy closing the Fort Scott hospital on Dec. 31, 2018. As 2019 draws to an end, many of the pieces are in place, but like a jigsaw puzzle picked up at a garage sale, it’s not all there...

The march to the November election did not come without some controversial events. By the filing deadline in June, 14 people, including three incumbents, had thrown their hats in the ring for six seats on the Fort Scott City Commission. See the print or online edition of the Tribune for complete story...

It doesn’t take Glenn Post long to recall memories of nearly a century on this earth. Post, who lives in Redfield, recalls working with his father on the family farm, living through the Great Depression, serving his country during World War II, and Christmases of years past...

Vicky Lynne Nation, 57, of Fort Scott, passed away Thursday, Dec. 26, 2019 at Ascension Via Christi Hospital in Pittsburg, Kan. She was born in Fort Scott, Kan., June 15, 1962, the daughter of Fred Allen and Connie Arleata (Hanna) Pettyman. She is survived by two sons, Bryan Nation of Fort Scott, Kan., and Blayne Nation of Reno, Nev., her mother, Connie Prettyman, a sister, Toni Reece and two nephews, Victor and Emerson Reece all of Pomona, Kan...