Stories from Monday, October 26, 2015

James David Paxton "Jim," 58 of Arma, Kan., died unexpectedly on Friday Oct. 23, 2015 at the Girard Medical Center Emergency Room. He was born May 31, 1957 in Iola, Kan., the son of Dee and Janie (Walker) Paxton. He was a graduate of Iola High School and attended Pittsburg State University. Jim had been a resident of the Crawford County Community area since 1986...

Gale Leroy Brown, age 82, of Louisburg, Kan., passed away Saturday, Oct. 24, 2015 at his home. Gale was born on July 17, 1933 in Mapleton, Kan., the son of Durward "Duke" and Hannah Pearl (Ballah) Brown. He graduated in 1950 from Fulton High School in Fulton, Kan., and on Aug. 9, 1952 he married his high school sweetheart, Lucille Marie Durbin. Gale and Lucille shared 63 years of marriage...

Roberta Louise DeCoudres Armstrong, age 62, resident of Arlington, Texas, passed away at her home on Oct.12, 2015. She had been fighting cancer for the last year. She was born Sept. 8, 1953 in Fort Scott, to Clayton and Dorothy DeCoudres. She attended Fort Scott Senior High and graduated in 1971. On Oct. 29, 1972, she married Stan Armstrong, also of Fort Scott. In 1977, they relocated to Arlington, Texas. For 27 years, she was employed by EPA in Dallas, Texas...

Edna E. Probasco, age 84, Pleasanton, Kan., passed away on Sunday, Oct. 25, 2015 at Prescott Country View. Funeral service will be held 2 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 29, 2015 at the Pleasanton United Methodist Church. Burial will be in the Pleasanton Cemetery. ...