Stories from Thursday, May 31, 2018

Robert S. Tastad, age 77, of the Sugar Valley Lake Community near Mound City, Kan., passed away on Monday, May 21, 2018 at his home. A day to commemorate Mr. Tastad's service to community and country will begin Wednesday June 6, 2018 with a Visitation from 9:30 to 10:15 a.m. ...

Jack Maluch Jeserick, age 87, La Cygne, Kansas passed away on Monday, May 28, 2018 at his home. He was born in Philadelphia, Penn., on June 6, 1930, the son of German immigrant parents, Frank Carl and Margaret Gertrude Maluch Jeserick. He moved to the farm in 1944 and graduated from Drexel, Mo., High School. ...

Linda June Hurd Riley, age 75, a resident of rural Fort Scott, Kan., passed away early Wednesday, May 30, 2018, at the Mercy Hospital in Fort Scott. She was born Sept. 5, 1942, in Fort Scott, the daughter of Grant Wesley Wiggans and Osa Lavetta Morrow Wiggans. ...

Lester Vergil McCoy, age 75, of Mapleton, Kan., passed away at his home, Wednesday, May 30, 2018. A memorial service will be held at 5 p.m., Tuesday, June 5, 2018, at the Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory, Pleasanton Chapel. Visitation will be from 3 to 5 p.m., Tuesday, June 5, 2018 at the Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory, Pleasanton Chapel. ...