Stories from Thursday, May 26, 2016

Laurence Adams, 59, of Pittsburg, Kan., died Tuesday evening, May 24, 2016 at the Medicalodge Nursing Home of Frontenac. Funeral arrangements for Laurence Adams are incomplete and will be announced later by the Konantz-Cheney Funeral Home.

Earl White, 104, of Prescott, Kan., passed away May 24, 2016 at Fort Scot, Kan. He was born on Dec. 3, 1911 at Barnesville, Kan., the son of Garfield and Fannie Allpress White. He graduated from Fulton High School. He married Laurel Bloomfield on June 25, 1938. ...

Jeffrey Warren Daly, age 57, resident of Fort Scott, died Wednesday, May 25, 2016, at Mercy Hospital. Jeff was born Jan. 17, 1959 in Fort Scott, the son Bob Daly and Winnie Leek Daly. He married Sharon Jamison on Jan. 14, 1989, in Fort Scott. Jeff worked for Midwestern Distribution, Coke, and as a truck driving instructor for Fort Scott Community College. Jeff loved spending time with friends and family especial the grandkids. He loved the outdoors and was always there to lend a helping hand...

Emma Jean Allen, 86, of Fort Scott, passed away early Monday morning, May 23, 2016. She was born April 29, 1930 in Fort Smith, Ark., the daughter of Theodore Roosevelt and Minnie Watson (Williams) Collins. She married Lawrence Roger Allen Jan. 7, 1951 in Fort Scott, Kan., and he preceded her in death Aug. 24, 2015...