Stories from Monday, August 15, 2022

Jolene Koopmann, 85, Nevada, Mo., passed away on Friday, Aug. 12, 2022 at the Barone Alzheimer’s Care Center in Nevada. Jolene was born on Sept. 20, 1936 in Wisner, Neb., to Fritz Wilhelm Emil Koopmann and Leola Anna Marie (Breitbarth) Koopmann. Jolene graduated from Nevada High School Class of 1954. ...

Mary Ellen Harper, age 96, resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died Saturday, Aug. 13, 2022, at her home. She was born Sept. 26, 1925, in Uniontown, Kan., the daughter of Benjamin and Hazel Cox Hite. She married Richard Harper on Oct. 29, 1944, in Arma, Kan. ...