Stories from Thursday, June 16, 2016

John Stanley Yoakum, 86, formerly of Fort Scott and most recently of Valley Center, Kan., died Tuesday, June 14, 2016 in Wichita, Kan., at the Robert J. Dole VA Hospital. He was born July 14, 1929 in Niantic, Ill., the son of Merle Truman and Elsie Rachel (Denni) Yoakum. He married Virginia Lee Foster in Fort Scott, Kan., on April 4, 1952, and she preceded him in death Sept. 27, 2010...

Gary Lee Reno, 69, formerly of Fort Scott, Kan., and most recently of Kearney, Mo., died Wednesday morning, June 15, 2016, at St. Luke's Northland Hospital in Kansas City, Mo. He was born Feb. 28, 1947, in Fort Scott, Kan., the son of Leland Alfred and Dorothy Wanetta (Phillips) Reno.He married Anne Johnson June 13, 1998, in Excelsior Springs, Mo., at the American Legion Post, and she survives of the home...

Joan Eshelbrenner Mills, Sterling, Colo., and formerly of Fort Scott, Kan., passed away on Thursday, June 9, 2016, in Sterling, Colo. Joan was born the eighth of 10 children to Carl and Sophia Eshelbrenner on Oct. 16, 1930, in Fort Scott, Kan. At that time Carl owned the Fort Scott Packing Company and the family resided at their home on National Avenue, now known as the Lyons Mansion. ...

Glen Sewell, 93, of Fort Scott, died Wednesday evening, June 8, 2016 at Mercy Hospital. He was born Aug. 18, 1922 in Sabetha, Kan., the son of Glen Roy Sewell, Sr. and Mallie Belle (Hammond) Sewell. He married Esther Anne (Weeks) Woods, his wife of 66 years, on Aug. 14, 1948 in Lawrence, Kan., and she survives of the home...