Stories from Monday, April 10, 2023

Hazel Kay Wilkerson, age 81, Pleasanton, Kan., passed away Thursday, April 6, 2023.  Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Tuesday, April 11, 2023, at the Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory, Pleasanton Chapel. Burial will be in the Pleasanton Cemetery.  Visitation will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. ...

John William Page, age 71, resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died Friday, April 7, 2023, at his home. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, April 12, at the Cheney Witt Chapel. Burial will follow in the Hepler Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 1 p.m. ...

Richard L. “Rick” Nation, age 54, resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died Wednesday, April 5, 2023, at Menorah Medical Center, Overland Park, Kan., after a lengthy battle with cancer. Rev. Paul Rooks conducted funeral services at 1 p.m. Tuesday, April 11, at the Cheney Witt Chapel. ...

Nathan David Riley, age 61, passed away Friday, March 31, 2023, at The Ohio State University Medical Center in Columbus, Ohio following a three-year battle with cancer. Nathan was born April 20, 1961 in Fort Scott, Kan., to Richard Riley and Phyllis (Totman) Riley. Nathan joined the U.S. Navy in 1981 and served four years on board the USS John F. Kennedy. Following his discharge from the Navy, he returned to Fort Scott before moving to Newark, Ohio...

James “Jerry” Henry Lyons, 90, passed away at his home in Fulton, Kan., on Feb. 8, 2021. He was born on Aug. 16, 1930, in Fulton, Kan., the son of Luther Byron Lyons and Lucy Christine (Leitch) Lyons. He married Beverly Ann Kluge on June 27, 1964, in Joplin, Mo. She preceded him in death on Dec. 15, 2006...