Stories from Thursday, July 2, 2015

Lucille (Lyn) Gwendolyn Provence-Slater, formerly of Fort Scott and Overland Park, Kan., passed away peacefully from a sudden heart attack on June 28, 2015 at age 89 at the Good Samaritan Hospital in Puyallup, Wash. Lyn was the daughter of William Martin Provence and Lulu Estella Packer of Hammond, Kansas. ...

Lillian Lorraine Vanderford, age 50, resident of Prescott, Kan., died Wednesday, July 1, 2015, at her home. She was born on Dec. 26, 1964, in Kansas City, Mo., the daughter of John M. and Elsie Louise Schaffer Spears. She married Willis Vanderford on Oct. ...