David Richard Helmert 07-05-1926 to 02-04-2016 - Feb. 10, 2016
David Richard Helmert, 89, La Cygne, Kan. passed away Thursday, Feb. 4, 2016 at the Prescott Country View. He was born July 5, 1926 at Altus, Ark., the son of Hordel and Ora Annison Helmert. He worked as a truck driver for List & Clark prior to retirement. He was an Army Veteran of World War II. He...[More]
Daniel Ray “Dan†Atkinson 01-20-1961 to 02-08-2016 - Feb. 10, 2016
Daniel Ray “Dan” Atkinson, 55, Mound City, Kan., passed away Monday, Feb. 8, 2016 at Providence Medical Center. He was born Jan. 20, 1961, at Lawrence, Kan., the son of Ray and Margaret Malone Atkinson. Dan proudly served his country in the United States Marine Corps. He worked as a construction...[More]
Robert Lowell Walter - Feb. 3, 2016
Robert Lowell Walter, age 79, of the Stilwell and La Cygne, Kan., areas, passed away Feb. 1, 2016 at North Point in Paola, Kan. Funeral service will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 4, 2016 at the Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory, La Cygne Chapel. Burial will be in the Pleasant Valley...[More]
Esther Luree Masters 08-25-1917 to 01-30-2016 - Feb. 3, 2016
Esther Luree Masters, 98, a resident of Presbyterian Village, Fort Scott, Kan., died Saturday, Jan. 30, 2016, at her home. She was born Aug. 25, 1917, in Boicourt, Kan., the daughter of Earl Lee Mitchell and Cordelia Kerns Mitchell. Esther was a 1935 graduate of Burlington High School. She married...[More]
John Donald Riggs Jr. 02-02-1931 to 01-30-2016 - Feb. 3, 2016
John Donald Riggs Jr. of Parker, Kan., was born Feb. 2, 1931, and went home to be with the Lord Jan. 30, 2016, to be reunited with his wife Osee. John and Osee were high school sweethearts at Parker High School. During his senior year, John played center for the Linn County Champs. He was offered a...[More]
Dora Sissy Nash - Feb. 3, 2016
Dora Sissy Nash, 40, Lane, Kan., passed away Monday, Feb. 1, 2016. Funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, Feb. 5, 2016, at the Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory, La Cygne Chapel, with burial in the Oak Lawn Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 9:30 to 11 a.m. Friday at the La Cygne...[More]
Lucile Edna Snyder 06-25-1925 to 01-31-2016 - Feb. 3, 2016
Lucile Edna Snyder, age 90, a resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died Sunday, Jan. 31, 2016, at her home. She was born June 25, 1925, in Mound City, Kan., the daughter of Clarence Edward and Wilhelmina Herman Augur. She married Howard Lee Snyder on June 23, 1943, in Nevada, Mo. He preceded her in death on...[More]
Barbara Mosher 01-19-1919 to 01-30-2016 - Feb. 3, 2016
Barbara Mosher, 97, formerly of Blue Mound and Coffeyville, Kan., died Saturday, Jan. 30, 2016, at De Soto, Kan. Barbara was born Jan. 19, 1919, in Monmouth, Kan., to Schuyler Leaman and Lila (Morrison) Leaman. She attended schools in Monmouth and Cherokee, Kan., graduating from Crawford County Community...[More]
Ruth Margaret Kastl Smith 11-03-1924 to 01-31-2016 - Feb. 3, 2016
Ruth Margaret Kastl Smith, 91, a resident of rural Fort Scott, Kan., died Sunday, Jan. 31, 2016, at her home. She was born Nov. 3, 1924, in Linn County, Kan., the daughter of Earl Jeffers and Ellen Macoubrie Jeffers. Ruth graduated from Blue Mound High School in 1942. The day after her graduation,...[More]
Harold Allen Bradley Sr. 06-08-1934 to 1-12-2016 - Jan. 27, 2016
Harold Allen Bradley Sr. was born June 8, 1934, in Calhoun, Mo., to Ralph Bradley and Frances Leona (Houston) Bradley. The eldest of three children, he attended school there and in Kansas City. After graduating from East High School, Harold pursued a BA in mechanical engineering and a master’s...[More]
