Stories from Tuesday, September 8, 2020

James “Jim” Marshall Streeter, age 91, a longtime resident of Fort Scott, Kan., passed away early Saturday morning, Sept 5, 2020, at Via Christi Hospital in Girard, Kan. He had been a resident of Presbyterian Village in Fort Scott for the last six months. ...

Mauricia M. O’Brien, 81, of St. Paul, Kan., died at 10:03 a.m., Thursday, Sept. 3, 2020 at the Brookdale Senior Living Center in Shawnee. She was born March 3, 1939, at the family farmhouse in rural St. Paul, to Henry William and Mary Leodcadia (Donahue) Vitt. She graduated from St. Francis High School in 1957...

Paul M. Greenfield, 64, passed away Saturday, Aug. 15 at Inova Fairfax Hospital in Fairfax, V.A. after losing his battle with cancer. Paul grew up in Fort Scott and graduated from Fort Scott Senior High School. He later attended Pittsburg State University. Paul married Sudie Khajehmiraki on April 22, 1982 in Pittsburg, Kan...

Frankie Dean Sustarsic, age 74, a resident of Pittsburg, Kan., passed away Thursday, Sept. 3, 2020, at the Via Christi Hospital in Pittsburg. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, Sept. 11 at the Cheney Witt Chapel. Private burial will take place at a later date in the Garden of Memories Cemetery. ...

Kenneth Leroy Wolf, 86, of Fort Scott, passed away Monday morning, Sept. 7, 2020, at his home. Kenneth was born Sept. 19, 1933, in Fort Scott, Kan., the son of “Ted” Theodore Roosevelt and Mary (Milburn) Wolf. He remarried Sharron Tucker Feb. 23, 1965, and they divorced in 2009...

Sharon Lynn Short, 86, formerly of Fort Scott, passed away Monday morning, Sept. 7, 2020, in Overland Park, Kan. She was born Nov. 6, 1933, in Fort Scott, Kan., the daughter of Roy G. and Leora Marian (Heitz) Miller. She married Forrest E. “Skip” Short May 1, 1955, in Fort Scott, and he preceded her in death May 3, 2004...

Comments made by a citizen during Tuesday’s Fort Scott City Commission meeting opened the door for a lengthy discussion on legal fees and demand letters. See the print or online edition of the Tribune for complete story.

Bourbon County Commissioners have filled two open county positions and look to begin interviews this week for two positions in the public works department. See the print or online edition of the Tribune for complete story.