James Raymond Howell 10-16-1945 to 10-04-2021 - Oct. 12, 2021
Linn County News Published Oct. 13, 2021 James Raymond Howell, age 75, Pleasanton, Kan., passed away on Monday, Oct. 4, 2021. Graveside funeral service with military honors will be held 11 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 19, 2021, at the Fort Scott National Cemetery. Contributions are suggested to help defray...[More]
George Junior Williams 11-07-1949 to 10-11-2021 - Oct. 12, 2021
Linn County News Published Oct. 13, 2021 George Junior Williams, 71, of La Cygne, Kan., died at 2:39 a.m. Monday, Oct. 11, 2021, at Promise Hospital in Overland Park, Kan. He was born in Topeka, Kan., on Nov. 7, 1949, the son of Loren “Lee” and Ruby M. (Eiserman) Williams. He married Linda...[More]
Thomas Eugene Schasteen 11-11-1934 to 08-29-2021 - Oct. 12, 2021
Linn County News Published Oct. 13, 2021 Thomas Eugene Schasteen, age 86, formerly of Mound City, Kan., passed away Sunday, Aug. 29, 2021. He was born on Nov. 11, 1934, in Mound City, the son of Abraham Lincoln and Beulah Hewitt Schasteen. He proudly served his country in the United States Army serving...[More]
Richard Lee White 09-03-1943 to 09-28-2021 - Oct. 12, 2021
Linn County News Published Oct. 13, 2021 Richard Lee White, age 78, formerly of Linn Valley, Kan., passed away Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2021, at his daughter’s home in Bedford, Texas. He was born in Henderson, Ky., on Sept. 3, 1943, the son of James Arnett and Mildred Lucille Richmond White. He was...[More]
William Dean “Bill†Potter 11-30-1946 to 10-06-2021 - Oct. 12, 2021
Linn County News Published Oct. 13, 2021 On Oct. 6, 2021, William Dean “Bill” Potter, Pittsburg, Kan., moved to eternal rest from the family home where he was lovingly cared for by his daughter and wife. Bill was born on Nov. 30, 1946, to Orville and Virginia Potter in Columbus, Kan. He...[More]
Mary Ellen Gray Cheek - Oct. 11, 2021
Mary Ellen Gray Cheek, 87, of Morrilton, Arkansas, passed away Wednesday, October 6, 2021. She was born in Linn County in 1934. She is the daughter of John Wolfinger and Jessie Ellen Cross Wolfinger. She graduated from Linnville Schools in Pleasanton, Kan. and graduated...[More]
Betty Sue Stainbrook 05-02-1941 to 09-30-2021 - Oct. 5, 2021
Linn County News Published Oct. 6, 2021 Betty Sue Stainbrook, age 80, passed away on Thursday, Sept. 30, 2021. She was born on May 2, 1941, in Kansas City, Kan., to Paul and Mildred Stainbrook. Betty was raised in Overland Park, Kan., and graduated from Shawnee Mission North High School in 1959. After...[More]
Charles Leon Holmes 08-08-1936 to 10-02-2021 - Oct. 5, 2021
Linn County News Published Oct. 6, 2021 Charles Leon Holmes, age 85, was born Aug. 8, 1936, on his parents’ farm near Prescott, Kan., the son of Harold S. and Marguerite Coon Holmes. Leon lived his entire life in the Prescott community attending grade school at Shiloh and Prescott and graduating...[More]
Linda Kay Klee 10-03-1941 to 09-27-2021 - Sep. 30, 2021
Linn County News Published Oct. 6, 2021 Linda Kay Klee, age 79, Mound City, Kan., passed away Monday, Sept. 27, 2021. She was born in Norton, Kan., on Oct. 3, 1941, the daughter of Timothy and Dorothy McAdams Ward. She was married to Henry Fredrick Klee in Steele City,...[More]
Aloma Ann Sterling 10-03-1942 to 09-25-2021 - Sep. 28, 2021
Linn County News Published Sept. 29, 2021 Aloma Anne Sterling, 78, was born Oct. 3, 1942, in East Liverpool, Ohio, to Clifton and Gertrude Gillespie. They moved to the Midwest when she was about 9 years old. There she met Lee Breese Sterling, and they were married on May 2, 1960. They had six children:...[More]
