Stories from Tuesday, September 6, 2016

Ralph Kastl, age 82, Blue Mound, Kan. passed away Friday, Sept. 2, 2016 at his home. Funeral services were 11 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2016 at Blue Mound Federated Church. Burial was in Sunny Slope Cemetery. Visitation was held from 4 to 6 p.m. Monday, Sept. ...

Shirley Ann White, age 73, a resident of rural Fort Scott, Kan., died Sunday, Sept. 4, 2016, at the Mercy Hospital in Fort Scott. She was born Oct. 28, 1942, in Fort Scott, the daughter of Ward Shaffer Adams and Anna Josephine Wutke Adams. Shirley graduated from the Fulton High School. ...

Julia June Blythe, age 89, a resident of Uniontown, Kan., died Sunday, Sept. 4, 2016. She was born April 3, 1927, the daughter of Loren Edward and Eva Isabel Wilson Ramsey. After graduation from Uniontown High School in 1945, she was among the many women, including her Aunt Opal with whom she lived during that time, who manufactured ammunition for WW II at the Sunflower Powder Plant near DeSoto, Kan. ...

Hope Melissa Gaynor, age 62, a resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died unexpectedly, Thursday, Sept. 1, 2016, at Fort Scott. She was born March 14, 1954, in Richmond, V.A., the daughter of Lehmon Gaynor and Annie Helen Parker Gaynor. Hope had been employed as a manager of the Best Western Hotel and had also worked as a librarian at the Fort Scott Public Library for over 20 years. She had served as a CASA volunteer for 10 years. She loved spending time with her grandsons...