Almira Alice Clayton 02-08-1919 to 03-16-2016 - Mar. 23, 2016
Linn County NewsPublished March 23, 2016Almira Alice Clayton, 97, of Fort Scott, died at her home Wednesday evening, March 16, 2016. Alice was born Feb. 8, 1919, in Parker, Kan., the daughter of James Floyd and Helen Sarina (Bottrell) Troutman. She married Curtis Ray Clayton on Feb. 1, 1946, in Pleasanton,...[More]
Ed Pemberton 09-16-1936 to 03-12-2016 - Mar. 16, 2016
Ed Pemberton, age 79, La Cygne, Kan., passed Saturday, March 12, 2016, at his home. He was born at Ash Flat, Ark., on Sept. 16, 1936, the son of Jasper and Bonnie Matney Pemberton. He was a member of the United Auto Workers Union and worked for several years at General Motors on the assembly line. He...[More]
Vernon Roger Davis Jr. - Mar. 16, 2016
Vernon Roger Davis Jr., age 70, of Mound City, Kan., died Tuesday, March 8, 2016, at Providence Medical Center in Kansas City, Kan. Mass of Christian Burial was Saturday, March 12 at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church, Kansas City, Kan. Entombment was in Mt. Calvary Mausoleum. In lieu of flowers, the...[More]
Norman L. Kettler 06-01-1927 to 03-09-2016 - Mar. 16, 2016
Norman L. Kettler, age 88, Paola, Kan., passed away on Wednesday, March 9, 2016, at his home. He was born on June 1, 1927, at Block, Kan., the son of Herman and Emma Block Kettler. He married Illene Mendenhall on March 11, 1951, at Paola, Kan. Together Illene and he farmed until retirement. He was a...[More]
Gard Adrian Robinson 11-25-1916 to 03-10-2016 - Mar. 16, 2016
Gard Adrian Robinson went to be with the Lord on Thursday, March 10, 2016. He was born Nov. 25, 1916, one mile east of Blue Mound, Kan. He was the son of Gardner and Ina (Austin) Robinson, the middle of three children. Adrian attended a country grade school, Buckeye #101, graduating from Blue...[More]
Lena Maye Johnson 07-06-1929 to 03-13-2016 - Mar. 16, 2016
Lena Maye Johnson, age 86, resident of rural Fort Scott, Kan., died unexpectedly Sunday, March 13, 2016, at her home. She was born July 6, 1929, in Newtonia, Mo., the daughter of George and Mary Weems Wheeler. She married Russell Eugene Johnson on Aug. 12, 1951, in Tulsa, Okla. She graduated...[More]
Mona Sue Sadler 01-27-1944 to 02-25-2016 - Mar. 2, 2016
Mona Sue Sadler, 72, of Olathe, Kan., died at 6:35 a.m. on Thursday, Feb. 25, 2016, at the Olathe Hospice House after a courageous battle with multiple myeloma. Mona was born south of Kincaid, Kan., on Jan. 27, 1944, to Gene Ira and Reitha L. (Kastl) Sutterby. Mona attended schools in Kincaid and graduated...[More]
Dorothy Elizabeth Mumma 09-07-1919 to 02-25-2016 - Mar. 2, 2016
Dorothy Elizabeth Mumma, 96, of Linn Valley, Kan., passed away Feb. 25, 2016, at Vintage Park of Louisburg. Graveside service was Monday, Feb. 29, 2016, at Spring Hill Cemetery, Spring Hill, Kan. Memorial contributions may be made to a charity of your choice. Arrangements by Bruce Funeral Home, Spring...[More]
Kevin Wayne Byron Harkness 09-30-1959 to 02-23-2016 - Mar. 2, 2016
Kevin Wayne Byron Harkness, age 56, resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2016, at Mercy Hospital in Fort Scott. He was born Sept. 30, 1959, in Kansas City, Mo., the son of K. W. and Lorraine Phillips Harkness. He graduated from FSHS with the class of 1977. Most of his working life...[More]
Thelma Irene “Jo†Orton 09-22-1928 to 02-18-2016 - Feb. 24, 2016
Thelma Irene “Jo” Orton, age 87, of Humboldt, Kan., passed away Thursday, Feb. 18, 2016, in Chanute, Kan. Thelma was born on Sept. 22, 1928, in Mound City, Kan., the daughter of Russell and Beulah Rose (Bowman) Krull. On Nov. 9, 1947, Thelma married Dale A. Orton in Fort Scott, Kan. Dale...[More]
