Linn County News
Published Nov. 4, 2020
Wheeler E. Cortner, age 91, formerly of Blue Mound, Kan., passed away on Monday, Nov. 2, 2020. He was born in Kansas City, Mo., on December 5, 1928, the son of Wheeler D. and Pearl F. Chamberlin Cortner. He proudly served his country during World War II in the United States Army. He worked as an engineer for the Rock Island Railroad. He was married to Shirley Jean Schilling who preceded him in death on June 16, 2008. He was also preceded in death by his parents and two brothers, Robert and Bernard Cortner. He was a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Mound City, Kan., and the American Legion Mooney-Long Post #279, Blue Mound, Kan.
Graveside
funeral service will be held 11:30 a.m. Friday, Nov. 6, 2020, at the Rosebank
Cemetery, Mulberry, Kan. Visitation 10 a.m. Friday at the Schneider
Funeral Home, Mound City Chapel. Wheeler will lie in state Thursday at the
Schneider Mound City Chapel. Contributions are suggested to Sacred Heart
Church or American Legion Post #279, c/o Schneider Funeral Home, P.O. Box J,
Mound City, Kan. 66056. Online condolences can be left at
www.schneiderfunerals.com.
OBITUARIES
Rubie Mae Blackman Scott 02-06-1929 to 11-29-2020
Linn County News Published Dec. 2, 2020 Rubie Mae Blackman Scott, age 91, Mound City, Kan., passed away Nov. 29, 2020. She was born Feb. 6, 1929, to Zenas Andrew and Sylvia Estilla Bruce Blackman in Pleasanton, Kan. She attended all 12 years of school in the Pleasanton schools,... [More]
Phyllis Lorraine Halverson Green 03-22-1943 to 11-25-2020
Linn County News Published Dec. 2, 2020 Phyllis Lorraine Halverson Green, age 77, Mound City, Kan., passed away Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2020. She was born on March 22, 1943, in Marshalltown, Iowa, the daughter of Howard and Iva Kiser Halverson. She was united in marriage to Robert... [More]
Charles Edward Jones 08-09-1946 to 11-21-2020
Linn County News Published Dec. 2, 2020 Charles Edward Jones, 74, passed away Nov. 21, 2020. Visitation was Friday, Nov. 27, from 5 to 7 p.m. at Penwell-Gabel Funeral Home, Olathe, Kan. Private funeral service will be held. Burial will be in the Olathe Memorial Cemetery.... [More]
More Obituaries
- Thomas Franklin “T.F.” Edmonds 01-14-1928 to 11-06-2020
- Vernon LeRoy “Roy” Massey 02-09-1922 to 10-07-2020
- Margaret Eileen Wier 02-15-1943 to 09-21-2020
- Elynor Ann Miller 08-28-1924 to 08-02-2020
- James J. Shannon Robinson 03-29-1980 to 08-01-2020
- Charles William “Bill” Atwood Jr. 05-31-1927 to 07-29-2020
- Verna Louise Bright 09-06-1935 to 07-30-2020
- Adelaide Helen Greene 10-22-1942 to 07-28-2020
NEWS
HAPPY THANKSGIVING!
Just a reminder that our offices are closed from 12 p.m. (Noon) today through the weekend. We will see you all on Monday morning, Nov. 30, at 8 a.m. Wishing you all a very Happy Thanksgiving!
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SPECIAL: FBI seeking information in cold case investigation
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SPORTS
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