Stories from Thursday, March 24, 2016

Nelda Williams, age 89, a longtime resident of Redfield, Kan., and more recently of Guest Home Estates, died Thursday, March 24 at the Guest Home Estates in Fort Scott. Funeral services for Nelda Williams will be announced by the Cheney Witt Chapel, 201 S. Main St., Fort Scott...

Henry "Hank" Harris Wheeler passed away March 11, 2016, at 95 years of age at Mercy Hospital in Fort Scott, Kansas, surrounded by his family. He was born Oct. 9, 1920 at home in Sprague, Mo. He was preceded in death by his parents, Arthur and Nora Wheeler, sister Ruth Reed, Marie Davis, June Fuller, Bessie Mae Manchester and Pansy Smith and brothers Lee Wheeler and Calvin Wheeler...

Stephen (Steve) L. Schulz, 65 of Pittsburg died unexpectedly Monday March 21, 2016 at his home. He was born April 24, 1950 in Missouri the son of Robert E. and Katherine (Sears) Schulz. He was a 1968 graduate of Louisburg High School. He attended Baker University for two years before joining the United States Army in 1970. ...

Vivian Loraine Driskill, age 83, Frontenac, Kan., formerly of Pleasanton, Kan., passed away on Tuesday, March 22, 2016 at Medicalodge Frontenac, Kan. She was born on June 25, 1932 at Boicourt, Kan., the daughter of Charles E. and Violet Cronmiller Carpenter. ...