Stories from Saturday, September 1, 2012

Landan Mark Bland, 3, received his angel wings Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2012, after a brave battle with brain cancer. He passed away in his home surrounded by close friends and family. Landan was born in Springfield, Mo., Oct. 17, 2008, to Ed and Carrie (Havens) Bland, whose lives he filled with love and Legos. ...

Ruth M. "Peaches" Webb, 96, Nevada, passed away on Thursday, Aug. 30, 2012, in Nevada, with her family present. She was born June 29, 1916, in Kansas City, Mo., to Charles Albert Mundell and Annabelle Foster Mundell. She married Elford William "E.W." Webb on June 20, 1937, in Nevada, and he preceded her in death on July 19, 2009...

Harold Earl Brown passed away peacefully on Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2012. A funeral service will be held at Glen Oaks Memorial Park in Chico on Tuesday, Sept. 4, at 9:30 a.m. He was born May 2, 1925, in Redfield, Kan., to George Washington Brown and Delta Mae (Wells) Brown. ...

Dianna Rose Duncan, 72, Nevada, passed away Friday, Aug. 31, 2012, at Moore-Few Care Center, Nevada, following an illness of several weeks. She was born Jan. 2, 1940, in Mt. Carmel, Ill., to Elmer Bybee and Ruby Pearlin Miskel Bybee. Dianna came to Nevada in 1959 and lived most of the remainder of her life here. ...

Peggy Woodall, 80, of Rich Hill, Mo., died at her home on Aug. 29, 2012. Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 1, at the Heuser Funeral Home with burial in the Greenlawn Cemetery, Rich Hill. Memorial contributions may be made to the Heartland Hospice or Double Branch Christian Church in care of Heuser Funeral Home...

Regina Clara "Jean" Johnson, 78, of Pleasanton, Kan., died Friday, Aug. 31, 2012, at the home of her niece, Kimberly Berry, after a battle with cancer. Services will be held at 11 a.m., Tuesday, Sept. 4, at the Bykota Southern Baptist Church, Pleasanton, Kan. Friends may call from 10 until service time at the church. Memorial contributions are suggested to the Bykota Baptist Church. Interment will be in the Pleasanton Cemetery...

Margaret Louise Thompson, 84, a resident of Fort Scott, died early Friday, Aug. 31, 2012, at the Medicalodges of Fort Scott. She was born Oct. 13, 1927, in Visalia, Calif., the daughter of Jess Thompson and Annabelle McNeil Thompson. For many years, Margie helped her parents on the family farm. She later moved to the Tri-Valley group home and later moved to Medicalodges. She enjoyed doing household chores and working in the garden. She also enjoyed crafts...

Virginia Sue Hardin Wilson was born July 18, 1925, to Glenn and Claribel Hardin in Nevada, Mo. Following World War II, she married Neil Gregg Wilson, in Nevada, on June 16, 1946, and relocated to Houston, Texas, in 1950. Sue was a member of Memorial Women's Club and Memorial Methodist Church in Houston. ...

Andrew Johnson and Kayla Marie Hamel announce their engagement. Kayla is the niece/daughter of Trish Hamel and Tim Hamel, both of Carthage, N.Y., and daughter of Angela Barton, Ashville, N.C., and Hogie Henderson of DeFuniak Springs, Fla. Andrew is the grandson/son of Donna Johnson of Pleasanton, Kan., and son of Tonia Baty, Fredericktown, Mo., and Paul Johnson, Fort Scott, Kan...

Monty and Kathy Dade of Golden City, Mo., and Donald Leavell of Sheldon announce the engagement and upcoming marriage of their children, Kayla Dade and Andrew Leavell. Kayla is the granddaughter of the late Jack and Lois Dade. Andrew is the grandson of the late Shirley Leavell...

Special to the Herald-Tribune Army Spec. Mallery R. Heldenbrand has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson, Columbia, S.C. During the nine weeks of training, the soldier studied the Army mission, history, tradition and core values, physical fitness, and received instruction and practice in basic combat skills, military weapons, chemical warfare and bayonet training, drill and ceremony, marching, rifle marksmanship, armed and unarmed combat, map reading, field tactics, military courtesy, military justice system, basic first aid, foot marches, and field training exercises.. ...

FORT SCOTT -- Uniontown won the team title and had three of the top four medalists Thursday as they won a home junior varsity golf tournament at Woodland Hills Golf Course. Fort Scott High also took part, finishing third as a team. The Eagles shot 231 followed by Girard at 244, Fort Scott 252 and Pomona-West Franklin 298. Yates Center had entrants but not enough to qualify for team scoring...

BURLINGTON, Kan. -- Uniontown High School opened its cross-country season here Thursday, taking part in the Burlington Invitational. Three runners participated for the Eagles. Junior Kelli Wilkinson finished in 16th place in the four-kilometer girls' varsity race with a time of 19 minutes, 11 seconds. Sophomore Jonathan Wheeler placed 31st in the 5K boys' varsity run in 22:38. And Rachel Demoss, a first-year sophomore, finished fifth in the 3,200-meter girls' junior varsity race in 14:39...

LaCYGNE, Kan. -- Fort Scott High School's volleyball team "Rose to the challenge," in the words of head coach Carol Bingesser here Thursday as they swept non-league matches in two sets each. The Tigers defeated former Southeast Kansas League rival Iola 25-22, 25-14 and downed Prairie View 27-17, 26-24...

PARSONS, Kan. -- Fort Scott High School's tennis team claimed the team title at the Labette County High School tournament here Thursday as Tiger entries won two of the four divisions and finished second in another. Fort Scott scored 12 team points to 11 for Pittsburg in the five-team affair. Chanute finished with 10 points, LCHS 6 and Coffeyville 1...

ALTAMONT, Kan. -- Fort Scott High School junior Katren Rienbolt finished in third place at the season-opening Labette County Cross Country Invitational here Thursday. In a race that finished two of the top 20 finishers at last year's Kansas State Meet, Labette County's Michaela Ozier finished in first place with a time of 17 minutes, 20.26 seconds over 3,200 meters. Rienbolt finished third in 18:15.28 with Baxter Springs' Paige White finishing in between in 17:51.25...

FORT SCOTT -- Fort Scott High School's offense produced 404 total yards in a 65-7 rout of Southeast Kansas League rival Parsons in both teams' season opener at Frary Field Friday night. Fort Scott senior Marques Floyd scored on a 71-yard run on the first play from scrimmage and finished with 138 yards on just five carries with two additional first-half scores...