Marjorie Therese Fisler 05-27-1931 to 09-30-2016 - Oct. 18, 2016
Linn County News Published Oct. 19, 2016 Marjorie Therese Fisler, age 85, Pleasanton, Kan., passed away on Friday, Sept. 30, 2016, at the Olathe Hospice House. She was born on May 27, 1931, at Lyons, Ill., the daughter of Thomas Frank and Helen Amelia Adamski Kuras. She married Jack Emerson. To this...[More]
Marjorie Shaull Tribby 02-01-1929 to 10-10-2016 - Oct. 18, 2016
Linn County News Published Oct. 19, 2016 Marjorie Shaull Tribby, 87, La Cygne, passed away Monday, Oct. 10, 2016. She was born Feb. 1, 1929, to Fredrick and Hettie (Miller) Shaull in La Cygne, Kan. As a child Marjorie attended New Home and Star Valley country schools, and she graduated from...[More]
Jerry M. Boone 11-03-1943 to 10-15-2016 - Oct. 18, 2016
Linn County News Published Oct. 19, 2019 Jerry M. Boone, 72, La Cygne, Kan., passed away on Saturday, Oct. 15, 2016, at the Louisburg Health Care and Rehab. Services will be 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 20, at the La Cygne Christian Church. Inurnment will be at Oak Lawn Cemetery. Visitation will be held...[More]
Florence Eilene McQuitty 02-22-1923 to 10-11-2016 - Oct. 18, 2016
Linn County News Published Oct. 19, 2016 Florence Eilene McQuitty, age 93, passed away on Oct. 11, 2016, at Guest Home Estates III in Chanute, Kan. She was born Feb. 22, 1923, to Arthur and Lena Robinson, the oldest of four children. She graduated from Prescott High School in Prescott, Kan., in 1942. On...[More]
Dorothy “Cleo†Whitten 07-05-1914 to 10-16-2016 - Oct. 18, 2016
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...[More]
Margaret Eileen Needham 12-10-1918 to 10-11-2016 - Oct. 18, 2016
Linn County News Published Oct. 19, 2016 Margaret Eileen Needham, age 97, a former resident of Fort Scott, Kan., more recently of the Prescott Country View Nursing Home, died Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2016, at the Mercy Hospital in Fort Scott. She was born Dec. 10, 1918, near Fulton, Kan., the daughter of...[More]
Linn Valley progressing with senior living accommodations - Oct. 12, 2016
The Linn Valley City Council heard from members of the Linn Valley Planning and Zoning Board concerning an idea to build a 55-and-over living establishment. Prior to P&Z Board members’ comments, City Attorney Gary Thompson updated the council on zoning regulations. To see the full article,...[More]
Bully Pulpit: Disgust - Oct. 12, 2016
Putting it politely, I’m disgusted – from the tip of my toes to the ends of my ever increasingly gray hair. I listened to the first Donald Trump/Hillary Clinton debate on the radio, and Trump’s team had him castrated. He was playing the kinder, gentler Trump that his advisers thought...[More]
State education head talks new vision at county appearance - Oct. 12, 2016
Kansas schools now have an opportunity to redesign their schools to produce a “different student.” Dr. Randy Watson, Kansas commissioner of education, spoke to that Kansas Board of Education vision at a Monday evening appearance at Prairie View’s Performing Arts Center. To...[More]
