Harry James (Jim) Norton - 11-11-1944 to 02-14-2015 - Feb. 18, 2015
Jim Norton never met a stranger and was a true friend to everyone who knew and loved him.Jim died unexpectedly Feb. 14, 2015. He was born Nov. 11, 1944, to Maxine and Junior Norton. He was a joy to his parents and learned to love the land and all of nature from them. He drove a tractor by age ten and...[More]
Beatrice Younce Salters - Feb. 11, 2015
Beatrice Younce Salters, age 80 of Fort Scott, Kan., formerly of Hume, Mo., passed away on Sunday, Feb. 8, 2015. Funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2015, at the Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory Hume Chapel. Visitation will be held from 1 p.m. to service time at the Hume Chapel....[More]
Roland Earl Surbaugh - 09-28-1935 to 02-03-2015 - Feb. 11, 2015
Roland Earl “Rod” Surbaugh, 79, La Cygne, Kan., passed away Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2015. He was born Sept. 28, 1935, at Fontana, Kan., in the Twin Spring Community. He graduated from La Cygne Rural High School in the Class of 1954. He then served his country in the United States Army during the...[More]
Roland Surbaugh - Feb. 4, 2015
Roland Surbaugh, age 79, of La Cygne, Kan., passed away Feb. 3, 2015. Services are pending at this time through Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory, La Cygne Chapel....[More]
Robert Wallace Bousfield - 10-15-1938 to 01-24-2015 - Feb. 4, 2015
Robert Wallace Bousfield, 76, of Drexel, Mo., died Saturday, Jan. 24, 2015, at the VA Medical Center in Kansas City, Mo.A visitation will be held from 10 a.m. - 12 p.m., on Friday, Feb. 6, 2015, at Schneider Funeral Home & Crematory La Cygne Chapel. There will be a private family burial at Fort Scott...[More]
Robert “Bob†McGee - 10-03-1936 to 01-26-2015 - Jan. 28, 2015
Robert “Bob” McGee, age 78, La Cygne, Kan., passed away on Monday, Jan. 26, 2015. He was born on Oct. 3, 1936, at Mound City, Kan., the son of C. Ellis and Edna Ruth Schasteen Brayton.He attended grade school in Mound City and graduated from La Cygne Rural High School. He was united in marriage...[More]
Rita Anne Wilson - 04-11-1946 to 12-18-2014 - Jan. 28, 2015
Rita Anne Wilson, 68, of Osawatomie, Kan., died Thursday, Dec. 18, 2014, at Miami County Medical Center of Paola, Kan. Rita was born in Beagle, Kan., April 11, 1946, to James and Elsie (Loch) Wilson. Rita is the second of four children. When she was born (prematurely, and weighing only about four pounds...[More]
Stephen Russell Johnson - 07-12-1952 to 01-26-2015 - Jan. 28, 2015
Stephen Russell Johnson, age 62, resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died from cardiac complications on Monday, Jan. 26, 2015, at Mercy Hospital. He was born July 12, 1952, in Paola, Kan., the son of Russell and Lena Wheeler Johnson. He attended high school in Pleasanton, Kan. He then attended college at KU...[More]
Marilyn Lee Northrop - 03-07-1930 to 01-10-2015 - Jan. 21, 2015
Marilyn Lee Northrop, 84, of Mound City, Kan., died at 1:50 a.m. on Saturday, Jan. 10, 2015, at Prescott Country View Nursing Home, Prescott, Kan. Marilyn was born March 7, 1930, in Council Bluffs, Iowa, to Merlin and Leeyota (Lyon) Smith. She graduated from high school in Woodbine, Iowa. Marilyn attended...[More]
Patricia E. “Pat†Mathews - 04-30-1941 to 01-18-2015 - Jan. 21, 2015
Patricia E. “Pat” Mathews, 73, Pleasanton, Kan., passed away Sunday, Jan. 18, 2015. She was born in Picher, Okla., on April 30, 1941, the daughter of Melvin Leo and Opal Faye Rector Bryan.She married Neal Mathews May 22, 1959. Pat was a self-employed beautician working out of the shop at...[More]
