Stories from Monday, November 2, 2015

Terry Smith, age 66, Pleasanton, Kan., passed away on Saturday, Oct. 31, 2015 at St. Luke's Hospital on the Plaza. Funeral service will be 11 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 5, 2015 at the Schneider Pleasanton Chapel. Burial will be in the Trading Post Cemetery. ...

Raymond Miller, age 100, LaCygne, Kan., passed away on Saturday, Oct. 31, 2015 at Miami County Medical Center, Paola, Kan. Funeral service will be 3 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2015 at the Schneider Funeral Home La Cygne Chapel. Burial in the Oak Lawn Cemetery. ...

Donald Lee Breuel, age 84, Mound City, Kan., passed away on Friday, Oct. 30, 2015 at the Olathe Hospice House. Funeral service will be 11 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2015 at the Mound City First Baptist Church. Burial will be in the Woodland Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. ...

Wilma Hattie Colvin Wright, age 96, resident of Granbury, Texas, went to her heavenly rest on Oct. 30, 2015, at her home, surrounded by family. She was born in Uniontown, Kan., on Oct. 26, 1919, to James and Blanche Folk Winship. She married Virgil William Colvin in 1940. ...

Harold Leon Lightwine, 76, passed away on Friday, Oct. 30, 2015 at Heritage Health Care in Chanute, Kan. Harold was born on Feb. 8, 1939 in Fort Scott, Kan., the son of Harold Lee and Maida Belle (Parker) Lightwine. Harold married Lavella Lightwine, May 9, 1959, she passed away on June 19, 1989. He then married Evelyn Carder (Adams) Lightwine on Nov. 27, 1989 in Miami, Okla., who survives him...

Ronald L. "Ron" Lewis, 71, of Fort Scott, died Friday, Oct. 30, 2015 at Mercy Hospital. He was born Sept. 2, 1944 in Fort Scott, Kan., the son of Marvin Singleton and Marjorie Alice (Singmaster) Lewis. He married Edith Leah Dill June 2, 2001 in Fort Scott and she survives of the home...

Raeanne Lea Farmer, 51 of Fort Scott, died Tuesday morning, Oct. 20, 2015 at Mercy Hospital in Fort Scott. She was born May 24, 1964 in Fort Scott the daughter of Raymond Harold and Carole Rosalie (Cline) Farmer. Raeanne grew up in Overland Park, Kan., and returned to Fort Scott in 1986. She had a kind heart and a generous spirit and was loved by her family and friends...

Jimmie V. Durossette, Sr., age 67, a resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died late Saturday, Oct. 31, 2015, at the Olathe Medical Center in Olathe, Kan. He was born Sept. 28, 1948, in Hood River, Ore., the son of Roy Floyd Durossette and Emma Jean Greer Durossette. Jimmie married Darlene McBeath on March 2, 1968, in Belton, Mo. Over the years, Jimmie had worked in various area factories. He enjoyed fishing and doing mechanic work...