Floyd Arthur Holmes 01-13-1916 to 02-13-2021 - Feb. 16, 2021
Linn County News Published Feb. 17, 2021 Floyd Arthur Holmes (or Arthur Floyd Holmes, it was never clear which) passed away peacefully at his residence at Grandwood Assisted Living in Grove, Okla., on Feb. 13, 2021, exactly one month after celebrating his 105th birthday. Floyd to family, and “F.A.”...[More]
J. Thomas “Tommy†Ruf, Jr. 03-19-1925 to 02-03-2021 - Feb. 16, 2021
Linn County News Published Feb. 17, 2021 J. Thomas “Tommy” Ruf, Jr. age 95, died Feb. 3, 2021, in Olathe, Kan. He was born on March 19, 1925, in Kansas City, Mo., the son of Thomas Ruf, Sr. and Anna B. (Windler) Ruf. He graduated from Westport High School in Kansas City in 1942. Shortly...[More]
Richard Joseph Coffey 12-21-1968 to 02-03-2021 - Feb. 9, 2021
Linn County News Published Feb. 10, 2021 Richard Joseph Coffey, age 52, Fulton, Kan., died Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021, as the result of an accident. He was born on Dec. 21, 1968, in Rochelle, Ill., the son of John Fredrick and Mary Ellen Eagan Coffey. He was a laborer working out of Laborer’s Union...[More]
Barbara Sue Smith Michael 10-21-1944 to 02-02-2021 - Feb. 9, 2021
Linn County News Published Feb. 10, 2021 Barbara Sue Smith Michael, age 76, departed this life Feb. 2, 2021, after a lengthy fight with cancer. She was born Oct. 21, 1944, the third child of William Louis and Irmal Irene Cowan Smith. She was first married to Brett Lewis. They had one child, Edward...[More]
Margaret Jane Lamb Shaw 12-15-1926 to 02-05-2021 - Feb. 9, 2021
Linn County News Published Feb. 10, 2021 Margaret Jane Lamb Shaw, age 94, Moran, Kan., passed away Feb. 5, 2021, peacefully at Country Place Memory Care in Fort Scott, Kan. Margaret was born Dec. 15, 1926, south of Potosi schoolhouse in Pleasanton, Kan. She was the third of six children born to Mamie...[More]
Dora Arlene Johnson 12-19-1930 to 02-04-2021 - Feb. 5, 2021
Linn County News Published Feb. 10, 2021 Dora Arlene Johnson, age 90, Mound City, Kan., passed Thursday, Feb. 4, 2021. She was born on Dec. 19, 1930, in Farlinville, Kan., the daughter of Lawrence Russel and Dora May Johnson Holt. She graduated from Mound City High School. Arlene...[More]
Donald R. Pryor 08-29-1945 to 02-01-2021 - Feb. 4, 2021
Linn County News Published Feb. 10, 2021 Donald R. Pryor, 75, of LaCygne, Kan., passed away unexpectedly on Feb. 1, 2021. Don was an amazing man who loved his family and enjoyed spending as much time as he could with them. He had many hobbies such as drag racing, working on his race...[More]
Gary W. Keitel 08-05-1952 to 01-22-2021 - Feb. 2, 2021
Linn County News Published Feb. 3, 2021 Gary W. Keitel went home to be with the Lord on Jan. 22, 2021. Gary was born on Aug. 5, 1952 in Paola, Kan., to Herman and Madge Keitel. He went to school at Cadmus, Parker and Prairie View High School (PVHS), graduating with the PVHS class of 1970....[More]
Ruth Marian Curry 09-20-1924 to 01-30-2021 - Feb. 2, 2021
Linn County News Published Feb. 3, 2021 Ruth Marian Curry, 96, La Cygne, Kan., went to be with her heavenly father on Saturday, Jan. 30, 2021. She was born on Sept. 20, 1924, the daughter of Charles A. and Greeta Gove Lee in Springfield, Vt. Her family moved to Chicago, Ill., in 1929 where...[More]
Grace Pauline Dougherty 06-18-1942 to 01-31-2021 - Feb. 2, 2021
Linn County News Published Feb. 3, 2021 Grace Pauline Dougherty, 78, of Mound City, Kan., died on Sunday, Jan. 31, 2021, with her loving daughters by her side. Grace was born in Lamar, Colo., on June 18, 1942, the only child of Clifford and Geneva (Oyler) Batterton. The family moved to Kansas...[More]
