Stories from Wednesday, January 2, 2019

Edward Blair Byerley, 91, passed away peacefully on Dec. 24, 2018, at Country Place Senior Living Center, Fort Scott, Kan. Ed was born in Mapleton, Kan., on 20 April 1927. He was the only child of Blair D. “Sandy” Byerley and Myrtle P. Byerley (Brown). Ed graduated from Fulton High School, Fulton, Kan., in 1945 and joined the U.S. Navy shortly thereafter...

KristaMarie Mahon, age 38, of Ottawa, Kan., formerly of Centerville and La Cygne, Kan., passed away on Sunday, Dec. 30, 2018 at the Olathe Hospice House. Funeral service will be 3 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 5, 2018 at the Centerville Community Church. Visitation will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. ...

Kathleen Denise Marshall, 55, of Fort Scott, passed away Saturday morning, Dec. 29, 2018 at the Medicalodge Nursing Home. She was born Jan. 13, 1963, in Fort Scott, Kan., the daughter of Melvin Lee and Shirley Dean (McCallum) Ransier. She married James Marshall Feb. 7, 1994, and he survives of the home...

James Franklin Norman, age 42, departed his earthly life on Dec. 30, 2018 at Olathe Medical Center surrounded by his family. Funeral service will be held 2:30 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 5, 2019 at the Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory, Pleasanton Chapel. Burial will be in the Trading Post Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 1:30 p.m. to service time at the Chapel. Contributions are suggested to the Kidney Foundation. Online condolences for the family can be left atwww.schneiderfunerals.com...