Stories from Thursday, September 13, 2018

Mrs. Gwen (Mantooth) Hill Kennedy, age 89, of Wheatland, Mo., formerly of Fort Scott, Kan., passed away Sept. 13, 2018 at Hermitage Nursing & Rehab, Hermitage, Mo. She was born May 24, 1929 at Anaheim, Calif., to William Boyce Mantooth and Hazle Celesta (Koger) Mantooth. She had been a plant manager at Key Industries at Fort Scott, Kan., and Hermitage, Mo., from 1977-1996...

Mildred “Millie” Harris, 97, passed away peacefully on Saturday, Sept. 8 at her home, Laurel Place in Port Angeles, Wash. Mildred was born in Redfield, Kan., to Herbert and Hazel (Eisenbrandt) Elbrader. After meeting Forrest Harris during a community dance at age 15, they were later married on Aug. 29, 1937, in Nevada, Mo. They went on to have two children, Kenneth and Linda, a few years later...