Stories from Tuesday, June 4, 2019

Joseph Albert Brungardt, age 83, a resident of Ft. Scott, Kan., passed away Friday, May 31, 2019, at the Franklin House in Ft. Scott. He was born May 1, 1936, in Russell, Kan., the son of Michael “Mike” Brungardt and Mary Kaberlein Brungardt. Joe served with the United States Army from 1955 to 1958 where he was stationed in Germany. ...

Marilyn Gibson Blincoe passed away on Saturday, April 27, at her home in Lodi, Calif. She was taken up into the arms of God her Heavenly Father. Marilyn Louise Gibson was born to Carl and Nina Gibson on Sept. 20, 1929 in LaCrosse, Kan. She grew up in Dighton, Hays and Lawrence. She was a member of the Gamma Phi Beta sorority at the University of Kansas. She met her husband, Robert Melville Blincoe, at the university. They were married Jan. 27, 1950 in the First Christian Church of Lawrence...

Dean M. Ellis, 65, a resident of Eugene, Ore., died June 1, 2019, in Fort Scott, Kan. He was born to Mark and Barbara Ellis April 3, 1954, in San Francisco, Calif., where he grew up and graduated from Abraham Lincoln High School. He moved to Eugene, Ore., in the early 1980s. He worked in a number of restaurants in San Francisco, Santa Maria, and Eugene, Ore...

Audrey E. Frantz, 97, of Brodheadsville, Penn., passed away on Tuesday, May 28, 2019, at her home. She was the wife of the late Franklin A. "Buck" Frantz who passed away in 2001. Born Sept. 3, 1921, in Arcadia, Kan., she was a daughter of the late James Herbert and Francis Elizabeth (Horn) McDaniel...

Robert Eugene “Bob” Hall, age 86, resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died Monday, June 3, 2019, at Medicalodge of Fort Scott. He was born on March 16, 1933, in Devon, Kan., the son of Walter Roy and Bertha Marie Walker Hall. Bob served in the Army as a sergeant in Korea. ...

Fort Scott City Commissioners learned Tuesday the city made some extra cash from a recent auction of surplus city equipment. Director of Finance Rhonda Dunn said commissioners had previously approved conducting an auction of surplus items May 10, and she reported the auction brought in a total of $14,738.50...

It will take a primary election to whittle the field of candidates for three seats on the Fort Scott City Commission. Fourteen people, including three incumbents, have thrown their hats in the ring as the noon filing deadline passed Monday. See the print or online edition of the Tribune for complete story...