Stories from Monday, December 14, 2015

Nancy Lynn Burton, age 69, of Sugar Valley Lakes near Mound City, Kan., passed away on Saturday, Dec. 12, 2015 at St. Luke's South in Overland Park, Kan. Memorial Mass will be held 11 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 17, 2015 at Holy Trinity Catholic Church. Private family inurnment will be in Holy Cross Cemetery. ...

Ruby I. Nation, age 87, Mound City, Kan., passed away on Sunday, Dec. 13, 2015 at the Olathe Medical Center. Funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, Dec. 18, 2015 at the Mound City First Baptist Church. Burial will be in the Linnville Cemetery. ...

Bobby Lee Button, age 69, a resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died early Sunday, Dec. 13, 2015, at the Fort Scott Manor. He was born Aug. 18, 1946, in Fort Scott, the son of Merle Button and Mable Dunham Button. Bobby married Judy Hoggatt on June 13, 1964, in Fort Scott. ...

Cynthia Denise Emmerson, age 52, lifelong resident of Fort Scott, died early Monday, Dec. 14, 2015, at her home. She was born Aug. 10, 1963 in Fort Scott, the daughter of James Edwin Emmerson and Rita Marie Johnston Emmerson. Cindy was a 1985 graduate of Fort Scott High School and graduated from Fort Scott Community College in 1987. ...

Earl "Gene" Holder, age 88, resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died Friday, Dec. 11, 2015, at Mercy Hospital, Fort Scott. He was born Nov. 1, 1927, in Grand Island, Neb., the son of Earl Raymond and Zelma Mae Montgomery Holder. He married Mary Sherlock on Feb. ...