Linn County News
Published Oct. 19, 2016
Dorothy “Cleo” Whitten, age 102, Hume, Mo., passed away on Sunday, Oct. 16, 2016, at the Prescott Country View. She was born on July 5, 1914, at Passaic, Mo., the daughter of David Allen and Melinda Mosier Zwahlen. She was married to Thomas Whitten who preceded her in death in 1960.
She babysat and was a dietician at Fort Scott Mercy Hospital starting in 1969 and retiring when she turned 70. She then worked as cook at the Hume School. She was a member of the Worland Baptist Church, Hume Senior Citizens and quilted with the Hume Methodist ladies, whom she dearly loved.
She was also preceded in death by a son Thomas Whitten.
Cleo is survived by a daughter Linda Wymore; four grandchildren Thomas Whitten Jr. and Ellen, Ronald Whitten and Jodi, Tonya Jacobs and Shane, and Tammy Hendren; seven great-grandchildren Whitney, Dalton, Melinda, Scott, Hannah, Tommy and Haleigh; and four great-great-grandchildren Logen, Hadley, Wyatt and Cole.
Graveside services will be held at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2016, at the Salem Cemetery, Foster, Mo. The family suggests contributions to the Salem Cemetery, c/o Schneider Funeral Home. Online condolences for the family may be left at www.schneiderfunerals.com.
OBITUARIES
Burton Clyde Brownback ~ 05-21-1953 to 07-13-2025
Linn County News Published July 16, 2025 Burton Clyde Brownback, age 72, Tri-Ko resident in Osawatomie, Kan., passed away Sunday, July 13, 2025. He was born on May 21, 1953, in Kansas City, Mo., the son of Clyde and Shirley Drake Brownback. He graduated from Prairie View... [More]
Ruth Ann Antrim ~ 05-21-1951 to 07-07-2025
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Helen Maxine Wright ~ 05-28-1939 to 06-19-2025
Linn County News Published July 16, 2025 Helen Maxine Wright, age 86, formerly of Blue Mound, Kan., passed away at her home in Abbyville, Kan., on Thursday, June 19, 2025. Funeral service was held at 11 a.m., Monday, July 7, 2025, at the Community... [More]
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- Jackie Junior “Jack” Hewitt ~ 07-17-1935 to 06-18-2025
- Priscilla “Pat” Haney Smith ~ 11-19-1935 to 06-07-2025
- Ron Arbogast ~ 08-31-1946 to 06-05-2025
- Richard “Dick” Smith ~ 04-18-1942 to 06-22-2025
- Charles Edwin Sutterby ~ 06-20-1951 to 06-19-2025
NEWS
SPECIAL: Resurfacing on U.S. 59 in Anderson County to begin in August 4
A Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT) resurfacing project on U.S. 59 in Anderson County is scheduled to begin the week of August 4. The project will resurface 15 miles of U.S. 59 using a hot-mix asphalt overlay, beginning at the Allen/Anderson... [More]
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Mulberry Limestone CUP approved by P & Z
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SPORTS
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