Stories from Thursday, April 30, 2009

Representatives of the Mercy Health Center Women in Philanthropy organization announced Thursday that the group has donated grant money for the purchase of rehabilitation equipment at the hospital. Mercy Rehab Services was chosen to receive $4,055 in grant money for the purchase of pediatric physical therapy equipment. ...

Ruth M. Jaro, 71, of Ft. Scott, KS died, unexpectedly, at 5:21 p.m., Sunday, April 26, 2009 in her home. Ruth was born December 17, 1937 in Canon City, CO, to Byron J. and Isla (Albers) Carter. She grew up and attended schools in Stafford, Kansas. She went on to graduate from Mercy School of Nursing and the University of San Francisco...

Loyd Alton Ivey, Sr., resident of 1811 E. First St., Fort Scott, died unexpectedly Tuesday morning, April 28, 2009, at the St. John's Regional Medical Center in Joplin, Mo., following a fall. He was born Dec. 22, 1932, in Siloam Springs, Ark., the son of Sylvester Ivey and Rosie Robinson Ivey...