Stories from Monday, March 14, 2022

Lewis Nichols Lee, age 89, La Cygne, Kan., passed away Friday, March 11, 2022. Funeral service will be 11 a.m. Saturday, March 19, 2022, at the Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory, La Cygne Chapel. Burial will be in East Mt. Zion Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 9:30 a.m. to service time at the La Cygne Chapel. Memorial contributions are suggested to PVHS Athletics. Online condolences can be left at www.schneiderfunerals.com...

Richard (Dick) Daniel Hedges was born Aug. 22, 1938 to Lawrence and Marjorie (Daniel) Hedges in Fort Scott, Kan. He grew up on a farm near Blue Mound, attended Blue Mound schools graduating from Blue Mound High School in 1956. Growing up, he was involved in a number of school activities including sports, music, FFA, annual and school paper staff. His senior year he was invited to participate in the National FFA band playing his clarinet...

Becky Diane Castillo, age 64, resident of Marshall, Mo., died Saturday, March 12, 2022, at Fitzgibbon Hospital ER in Marshall, Mo. She was born July 20, 1957, in Ft. Scott, Kan., the daughter of Arthur and Neva Ruth Wolfe Bolden. She graduated from Fort Scott high school with the class of 1976. ...