Stories from Monday, January 11, 2016

Clara Bernice Stone, age 74, a resident of Wichita, Kan., died Sunday, Jan. 10, 2016, at the St. Joseph Hospital in Wichita. Funeral services for Bernice Stone will be announced by the Cheney Witt Chapel, 201 S. Main St., Fort Scott.

Phyllis Ann Rice, age 69, a former resident of Fort Scott, Kan., and Omaha, Neb., more recently of Grove, Okla., died Friday, Jan. 8, 2016, at her home in Grove. She was born Dec. 26, 1946, in Fort Scott, the daughter of Alden Cullop and Lillian Hurst Cullop. ...

Juanita F. Ogle, 89, of Fort Scott, died Friday morning, Jan. 8, 2016 at Medicalodge Nursing Home in Fort Scott, Kan. She was born May 19, 1926 in Pleasanton, Kan., the daughter of Harry August and Edith Pearl (Madden) Miller. She loved music, sports, and talking on the phone to her many longtime friends...

John Phillip Maycumber, 72, of Fort Scott, died at his home Thursday evening, Dec. 17, 2015. He was born June 26, 1943 in Fort Scott the son of JW and Elsie Anna (Cowan) Maycumber. He married Joyce Elaine Elliott May 28, 1966 in Arcadia, Kan., and she survives of the home...

Ben J. Karleskint, 74, of Girard, Kan., formerly of Hepler, Kan., died at 10:09 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 9, 2016 in the Medicalodge in Girard. Ben was born Jan. 27, 1941 in Fort Scott, Kan., a son of Benjamin Alexander and Gladys (Lundberg) Karleskint. He grew up and attended schools in Fort Scott and graduated from Hepler High School in Hepler...

Dan Dobbins, age 87, resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died Saturday, Jan. 9, 2016, at Guest Home Estates. He was born on March 15, 1928, in Arcadia, Kan., the son of Edwin and Ruth Perry Dobbins. He graduated from Arcadia High School. He was drafted into the U.S. ...

Floyd Earl Dalton, age 78, a resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died Monday, Jan. 11, 2016, at his home. He was born Dec. 15, 1937, in Mapleton, Kan., the son of Thomas William Dalton and Ruth Cook Dalton. Floyd graduated from the Uniontown High School and later served with the United States Army where he was stationed on Greenland and Christmas Island. ...

Adam Joseph Bates, 29, of Girard, Kan., passed away Jan. 8, 2016. Mass of Christian Burial will be 10 a.m., Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2016 at Divine Mercy Catholic Church, 555 W. Main St., Gardner, Kan. Burial will follow at Resurrection Catholic Cemetery, Lenexa. ...