Stories from Monday, January 3, 2022

Betty Jean Shoemaker, age 83, of Pleasanton, Kan., passed away at Olathe Medical Center, Thursday, Dec. 30, 2021. Betty was born the daughter of Jesse E. and Saloma Porter Brown on Jan. 8, 1938 in Eldon, Mo. Betty graduated from Argentine High School in Kansas City, Kan. ...

Pamela Kay Saunders, age 75, Pleasanton, Kan., passed away Saturday, Dec. 25, 2021. She was born in Weiser, Idaho on Dec. 5, 1946, the daughter of Lewis and Imogene Maddox Murray. After graduating from high school, she attended Oregon State University at the same time her father did. ...

Donna Lyn (Scott) Spencer, age 81, of Mound City, Kan., passed away Wednesday, Dec. 29, 2021. She was born on July 30, 1940 in rural Mound City, Kan., daughter of Charles and Ruth (Barnes) Scott. Donna accepted Jesus Christ as her Lord and Savior at an early age. ...

Rhonda Kay Tinkey, age 52, a resident of Fort Scott, Kan., passed away Friday, Dec. 24, 2021, at the Via Christi Emergency Room in Fort Scott. She was born July 12, 1969, in Fort Scott, the daughter of Lowell William Beerbower and Donna Kay Lawson Beerbower. ...

Michael L. Hansen, 66, of Fort Scott, Kan., passed away Friday afternoon Dec. 24, 2021, at Via Christi Pittsburg. He was born in Wakefield, Neb., Jan. 19, 1955, the son of Louie M. and Edna M. (Baker) Hansen. He married Karen Roth on July 17, 1982, in Parkston, S.D., she survives, of the home. ...

Edward L. Keating, age 74, resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died Saturday, Jan. 1, 2022, at his home from complications of COPD and lifelong lung problems. He was born Dec. 17, 1947, in Mound City, Kan., the son of Thomas L. and Lois Casteel Keating. Survivors include his wife Deborah of 44 years; two brothers, Jerrold Keating (Pam), Forney, Texas, and David Keating (Dawn), Springfield, Mo. ...

TOPEKA – The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) has updated the isolation and quarantine guidance following the recent changes by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for health care workers in a hospital setting and the general population. CDC is in the process of updating guidance for other settings such as correctional facilities, long-term care facilities, preschool, K-12 schools and institutions of higher education...

Larry Merle Neville, 69, passed away in Nixa, Mo., late Thursday evening, Dec. 30, 2021. Funeral services will be conducted by Pastor Marty DeWitt of First Missionary Baptist Church in Uniontown, Kan., on Saturday, Jan. 8, 2022 at 1 p.m. The family invites all to fellowship at a casual reception immediately following the service. ...

Edward Theodore Wolf, age 61, resident of Fort Scott, Kan., passed away peacefully on Christmas Eve in Fort Scott, Kan. Ed was born Feb. 13, 1960 to Erma Knight and Theodore Melvin Wolf. He was preceded in death by his father Theodore Melvin Wolf on April 25, 2019...

Jimmy Dale Austin, age 82, resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died Jan. 2, 2022, at his home. Evangelist Bill Downy will conduct funeral services at 11 a.m. Friday, Jan. 7, at the Cheney Witt Chapel. Burial will follow in the Memory Gardens Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 10:30 until 11 a.m. ...

Dorothy Coleene Lockwood, age 90, a resident of Fort Scott, Kan., passed away Sunday, Jan. 2, 2022, at the Presbyterian Village in Fort Scott. She was born April 1, 1931, in Hammond, Okla., the daughter of Ross Ball and Sally Allen Ball. Following the death of her mother, Coleene, moved to Fort Scott to live with her sister and brother-in-law. ...