Stories from Monday, April 3, 2017

Arthur "LeRoy" Wheeler, 81, of Winfield, Kan., passed away early Friday morning, March 31, 2017 at Cumbernauld Village. Born Nov. 16, 1935 in Wichita, Kan., he was the son of Henry and Gertude (Whitticar) Wheeler. He was raised and received his education in Wichita graduating from Wichita East High School. ...

Carolyn Jeanne (Key) Titus, 79, of Frontenac, Kan., passed away peacefully at 11:17 a.m. on April 1, 2017 at the University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City, Kan., with her children and son-in-law by her side. Carolyn was born in Fort Scott, Kan., on March 29, 1938. ...

Sharon June Seaver, age 87, a resident of rural Fort Scott, Kan., passed away Sunday, April 2, 2017, at the Freeman West Hospital in Joplin, Mo. She was born March 31, 1930, in Fort Scott, the daughter of Harrison Dunbar and Mary Logston Dunbar. Because her mother died when Sharon was 6 months old, Sharon was raised by her grandfather, Hiram Dunbar. ...

Allen Laverne Sather, age 84, resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died Monday, April 3, 2017, at his home. He was born Sept. 2, 1932, in Shell Lake, Wisc., the son of Ephraim and Inga Solie Sather. He married Donna Hefter on June 27, 1953, in Shell Lake. He purchased his first farm at the age of 18. ...

Carol Jean Bradley, age 74, a resident of Fort Scott, Kan., went to home to her Lord, on Saturday, April 1, 2017. She was born June 9, 1942, in Pawhuska, Okla., the daughter of James Otto Stephenson and Verbel Viola King Stephenson. She married Charles B. Bradley on June 9, 1960, at the Grace Baptist Tabernacle in Fort Scott. In earlier years, Jean had worked for Campbell's Laundry and for the Western Insurance Company. She was a long-time member of the Grace Baptist Tabernacle...